Killing Intent Boiling Over!!

Inside the palace.

Clack! Clack!

Clear sounds echoed through the stone rubble.

Hyuga Setsuna stood in the palace, his expression grim as he stared at the triangular ritual array that had not vanished.

He was too late. He had arrived too late.

Judging from the glaring blood inside the palace, Gekko Baiyue was most likely in grave danger.

Hyuga Setsuna felt deeply frustrated. After all, Gekko Baiyue had originally suggested returning to the village, while he had insisted on carrying out this mission.

That was why her misfortune filled him with guilt.

Otsutsuki Kaguya's voice sounded beside Hyuga Setsuna's ear.

"This ritual looks very familiar to me. Could it be connected to the Evil God?"

The Evil God?

Otsutsuki Kaguya's words struck Hyuga Setsuna like lightning, and he suddenly remembered.

No wonder... no wonder he had felt such strange familiarity when he first saw this ritual.

Wasn't this the blood sacrifice ritual of the Jashin Cult, worshipped by Hidan in Akatsuki?

The ritual in the original story had a circle surrounding the triangle, while the one before him consisted only of the triangular shape.

No wonder Gekko Baiyue had been defeated. Facing an Immortal Body along with such a sinister ritual, even a Kage-level expert could die horribly without knowing the relevant information, much less Gekko Baiyue, who was merely a Jonin.

Although the plot of an anime could not be directly applied to reality, his arrival had clearly changed certain developments. The Jashin Cult had actually appeared this early!

"Setsuna, you must be careful!"

"If you encounter danger, use my power immediately. Do not hesitate!"

Otsutsuki Kaguya warned Hyuga Setsuna solemnly.

"Grandmother, did you sense something?" Hyuga Setsuna asked.

After a moment of silence, Otsutsuki Kaguya spoke.

"There seems to be a problem with my memories. I clearly know the Evil God well, yet I cannot remember anything about it!"

Hyuga Setsuna frowned deeply, his expression full of gravity. This mission had become somewhat more unexpected than he had anticipated.

Still, his first priority was to rescue Gekko Baiyue.

Since she was not inside the palace, she had likely been taken away. Or perhaps there was a secret passage within this palace!

"Byakugan, activate!"

Veins immediately bulged around Hyuga Setsuna's temples as he used the Byakugan's insight to examine everything around him.

Found it!

Hyuga Setsuna leaped to the very center of the palace. Pale blue Chakra flames ignited around his hands as he slammed his palm into the entrance of the secret passage!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A bottomless black pit, like a dark abyss, appeared before Hyuga Setsuna.

At the same time, Otsutsuki Kaguya spoke with confusion in her voice.

"Setsuna, I can sense an aura similar to Yomotsu Hirasaka. This place carries the aura of Yomi!"

"So it is not only the Evil God that feels familiar to me, but also this power similar to Yomi!"

Yomotsu Hirasaka was a unique power Otsutsuki Kaguya had obtained after consuming the God Tree Fruit.

At present, aside from Hyuga Setsuna, no one else could use it at all.

Yet an aura similar to Yomotsu Hirasaka had appeared in this place. Otsutsuki Kaguya found it utterly unbelievable!

Hyuga Setsuna's Byakugan continuously examined the black pit, but a strange power within it blocked his sight, preventing him from seeing through it!

As that strange power emerged, the Sealing Power within his body also began to stir restlessly!

Pale golden Sealing Power surged from his body, transforming into dazzling motes of light that drifted around him!

With the support of the Sealing Power, Hyuga Setsuna's Byakugan involuntarily transformed into brilliantly azure Tenseigan!

Bathed in pale golden radiance, his body seemed divine, while the Tenseigan in his eyes resembled the eyes of a god that could perceive the world!

At that moment, he seemed like a god walking among mortals, ruling over all things in the world!

The Sealing Power within Hyuga Setsuna's body also impatiently guided him toward the black pit.

Then, with the aid of the Sealing Power, he finally broke through the blockade of that strange force and saw what lay within the black pit!

He witnessed a sight that filled him with killing intent!

Inside the black pit.

Hidata Tetsuya dragged Gekko Baiyue into a dilapidated temple.

Broken and disorderly facilities lay scattered throughout the temple. Piles of ghastly white bones, so numerous they were horrifying, were heaped to one side, and there were even children's bones among them!

In a corner nearby stood more than ten huge cages filled with cruel instruments of torture.

The bright red blood inside the cages had already turned dark crimson, continuously giving off a pungent, nauseating stench!

Yet the center of the temple was clean and orderly, utterly out of place beside the surrounding cruelty and bloodshed.

Upon the altar at the center of the temple stood an evil and eerie statue.

It was a strange Evil God with the head of a bat, the body of a human, six arms, and an enormous scarlet scythe in its hands.

The statue's face bore eyes identical to those in the ritual array.

Its eyes revealed bloodthirsty cruelty, while its lips wore a lofty, compassionate smile.

Those two extreme temperaments seemed to have been perfectly fused into the statue, creating an exceptionally bizarre aura.

With devout madness on his face, Hidata Tetsuya walked onto the altar beneath the statue.

He casually tossed the unconscious Gekko Baiyue onto the altar beneath the eerie statue, then drew a black spear and viciously thrust it through his own chest and abdomen!

Kneeling beneath the statue, he continuously muttered prayers.

"O great Evil God, all pain and death in this world are sins bestowed upon us by you. Only those who cleanse themselves of sin may enter the land of Yomi..."

As Hidata Tetsuya began praying like a fanatic, the torches in the temple lit up one by one. Their flames were the color of blood, as though they could burn away everything!

The sound of prayer continued to echo through the eerie temple.

The Evil God Statue above the altar also seemed to awaken beneath the chanting. Its gaze grew even more cruel, while its compassionate smile gradually became a bloodthirsty, crazed grin!

Soon, all the prayers had been recited.

Squelch!

With a devout expression, Hidata Tetsuya rose from the ground, pulled the black spear from his chest and abdomen, and gripped it in one hand as he approached the unconscious Gekko Baiyue.

His bloodshot, crazed eyes slowly settled on the sleeping Gekko Baiyue, as if searching for the most suitable place to offer to the great Evil God!

Hidata Tetsuya's gaze slowly moved to her heart. A murderous smile appeared on his lips, and at that moment, his figure and face looked exactly like the statue!

"Let us start with your heart, sacrifice!!"

He then fiercely swung the black spear in his hand, stabbing it toward Gekko Baiyue's heart as she lay unconscious!

At that critical moment, a voice overflowing with boiling killing intent rang through the Evil God Palace!

"Eight Trigrams Mountain Crusher!!!"

The Japanese pantheon is such a mess. After looking up information for ages, I found so much useless stuff!!