Miroku quickly reacted, immediately focusing her mind and gathering her energy. She formed hand seals with both hands and drove the sealing formula with all her strength.
As the sealing runes gradually lit up, an invisible pressure spread through the air.
Moryo felt a trace of unease.
It and the priestess had originally been one, and each knew the other inside out. It knew the priestess had laid out a sealing formation to seal it away.
"You won't succeed!"
Moryo let out a deafening roar, violently twisting its enormous body as it tried to break free of its restraints.
Boom, boom, boom.
The cave shook violently. The rock walls split, and rubble rained down from the ceiling.
The Daikokuten pinning Moryo down was brutally thrown off by its sheer strength.
Shisui's expression shifted slightly, and he poured chakra into Susanoo without hesitation.
The emerald-green giant collided violently with Moryo's burly, purplish-black body.
The struggle between the two behemoths left the entire cave on the verge of collapse. Deafening impacts rang out, rubble flew everywhere, and dust filled the air.
On the rock wall, Uchiha Douyang nimbly dodged a falling boulder, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield.
Moryo was bulkier than Susanoo and clearly had the upper hand in strength.
Their fierce struggle brought the cave's structure to the brink of collapse. Cracks spread across the ceiling, and more and more rocks came crashing down.
I can't wait any longer.
With a slight shift of thought, Uchiha Douyang extended his right palm toward Moryo while pouring a steady stream of chakra into his Kokugan.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Dozens of black rods took shape in midair. With sharp whistles, they shot out like a torrential downpour, piercing Moryo's body with precision.
The Black Chakra Rods had considerable penetrating power, but their most terrifying feature was their ability to disrupt and suppress chakra.
Shisui, who was controlling Susanoo and struggling to contend with Moryo, was startled to notice that its resistance had weakened considerably.
What strange black rods!
Under the combined suppression of the Black Chakra Rods and Susanoo, Moryo's struggles gradually weakened.
Just as Douyang and Shisui thought Moryo had run out of tricks...
Moryo suddenly let out a deafening roar. "You ants know nothing of my power!"
The terrifying sound waves echoed through the cave, deafeningly loud.
Douyang and Shisui were unaffected. One controlled Susanoo to grapple with Moryo at close range, while the other released Black Chakra Rods from a distance and used Daikokuten to pin it down.
Moryo suddenly twisted its head around the Black Chakra Rods, its scarlet eyes fixed on Shisui. "How could mere ants possibly stop me!"
Miroku hurriedly shouted, "Careful! It's going to use a Dark Secret Technique!"
"It's already too late!"
Moryo stared at Shisui, laughing wildly as it roared, "Human, become my slave! Dark Secret Technique: Soul Possession!"
Moryo could control people's minds.
The fanatics of the Yomi Cult had been influenced by Moryo's Dark Secret Technique and reduced to its puppets.
After using the Soul Possession Technique, Moryo looked at Shisui and said coldly, "Human, release me at once."
Douyang's heart gave a slight jolt, and he hurriedly looked at Shisui.
The priestess beside him also felt her heart pounding wildly.
Given the formidable combat strength Shisui had displayed, the consequences would be unthinkable if Moryo controlled him.
Under their gazes...
Shisui controlled Susanoo, raising its arm and smashing it down hard on Moryo's head.
Boom.
Moryo's head caved in and became embedded in the ground.
"Heh."
Seeing this, Douyang chuckled.
Ultimately, the Dark Secret Technique was a mental secret technique that affected people's minds-in other words, genjutsu.
Shisui, however, had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and possessed Kotoamatsukami, a terrifying genjutsu that ranked among the very best in the entire shinobi world.
Moryo trying to control Shisui with genjutsu was nothing short of a fool's dream.
Douyang turned to Shisui and said, "Shisui, fall back and protect the priestess. Leave the rest to me."
Shisui panted heavily, dismissed Susanoo, and darted over to stand in front of Miroku.
Less than ten minutes had passed since the battle began, yet blood was already seeping from Shisui's eyes.
That showed just how severe the Mangekyō Sharingan's side effects were.
Without Shisui's Susanoo suppressing it, the pressure on Moryo abruptly eased, and it began struggling again.
Crack!
Two Black Chakra Rods emerged from Uchiha Douyang's palm.
The next instant, he pushed off the rock wall and darted forward, leaping onto Moryo and driving the Black Chakra Rods down hard.
Compared to the enormous Moryo, Douyang was like an ant.
But this was when the advantage of being small became apparent.
A fierce tiger could never kill the lice on its own body.
And Douyang was a louse that could take Moryo's life.
As more and more Black Chakra Rods pierced its body, Moryo's chakra went berserk and began showing signs of slipping out of control.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Moryo roared in fury, brutally slamming its body against the rock wall in an attempt to shake Douyang off.
"Sukunahikona!"
Douyang used Sukunahikona, shrinking himself.
The next instant, Douyang appeared out of thin air atop Moryo's head and viciously plunged two black rods into its eyes.
Watching from a distance as Douyang clung to Moryo like a maggot burrowing into bone and battered it into a sorry state, Shisui could not help a flicker of surprise crossing his face.
This ability to grow and shrink is far too incredible.
Didn't Douyang only awaken the one-tomoe Sharingan? Where did those golden eyes with their eight-spoked pattern come from?
Meanwhile, outside Demon-Sealing Mountain...
"Magnet Release: Magnetization Technique!"
With sharp whistles, more than a dozen magnetized square shuriken shot out. Cracks appeared across the surfaces of countless puppets before they finally shattered into fragments strewn across the ground.
Toroi's face was pale, his expression grave.
After using Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder to shatter more than a dozen terracotta soldier puppets, the Scorch Release ninja Pakura turned to look at the entrance to Demon-Sealing Mountain.
Ever since Moryo had charged inside, deafening booms had sounded from within at intervals.
It was not hard to imagine the fierce battle taking place inside.
Elsewhere, Kakashi used Chidori to pierce several terracotta soldier puppets, then likewise looked toward the cave with a grave expression, his scarlet left eye spinning rapidly.
Under Kakashi's gaze, a savage, evil chakra filled the cave and continuously seeped out.
Kakashi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his heart sinking slightly. What a terrifying monster. I wonder how Douyang and Shisui are dealing with it.
Just then, Toroi suddenly said, "You two guard the outside. I'll take some people in to have a look."
Pakura asked suspiciously, "Didn't we agree to leave sealing Moryo to those two kids?"
Toroi snorted disdainfully. "I don't trust them."
Kakashi raised his brow slightly. "Why didn't you say that before the operation?"
Rumble!
Before his words had faded, another thunderous crash rang out from the cave.
Toroi focused his gaze. "You've both seen how terrifying Moryo is. One more person means a little more strength. I have a special way to deal with Moryo."
Seeing how composed Toroi was, Pakura moved her lips but said nothing.
Although Kakashi had his doubts, Pakura had not objected, so he could only nod silently.
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