A monster sustained by sacrifices-the more sacrifices it received, the stronger the monster that emerged from within became.
No matter how he looked at it, this monster only strengthened Bai Ye's conviction in his earlier idea.
"Gozu?"
Bai Ye spoke softly, with a hint of uncertainty.
In the anime, this monster was called Gozu, but he was not entirely sure whether that really was its name.
Hearing Bai Ye's words, Gozu looked at him in surprise. "I never expected anyone would still recognize me..."
Gozu had appeared once before.
But quite a few years had passed since then.
Although Gozu had been trapped inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss all this time, Gozu could still sense the outside world.
And Gozu knew perfectly well that the person standing here was not from Kusagakure.
Yet it was thanks to this man that Gozu had escaped the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
And even received so many sacrifices.
After all these years, human nature remained just as ugly.
As a monster capable of reading people's hearts, Gozu had always known just how ugly humans could be.
For power, for their ambitions, they would sacrifice anything.
Now that Gozu had emerged from the Box of Ultimate Bliss again, an incredible sense of pleasure filled every part of that body.
"Your chakra tastes delicious. It has that same flavor as the old Sage of Six Paths..."
Gozu stared at Bai Ye, a flicker of instinctive greed passing through those eyes.
Gozu was a rational monster.
But faced with the chakra radiating from Bai Ye, Gozu could barely resist the urge to claim that chakra and soul.
Gozu could sense that devouring Bai Ye would grant the power to rule the entire world.
Yes...
This power. This intoxicating power...
Bai Ye's power really did contain quite