Seeing Kikyo's Rinnegan appear, Anyo drew the Unintentional Blade and slashed his palm. Crimson blood flowed along the runes, pouring boundless vitality into Kikyo's body in an almost visible stream. Finally, waves of immense power gathered in her Rinnegan.
The tremendous power made Kikyo's eyes blaze with dazzling light. The burning in her eyes made her cry out in discomfort, "Dad, my eyes hurt so much."
"Bear with it. It'll be over soon."
Anyo activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and stared unblinkingly at Kikyo's Rinnegan, ready to activate Time Reversal at any sign of trouble.
At the same time, he quietly activated the Spirit Transformation Technique. The dark soul within his body gathered together and, under compression, traveled along his blood toward the Rinnegan.
Anyo's plan was to stabilize Kikyo's body with his own abundant vitality, then draw out the Rinnegan's eye power to its fullest. He would test the Rinnegan through eye power, life force, and soul power, while drawing out its most primal power to see whether these eyes had been tampered with.
Just as Anyo's dark soul was about to touch the Rinnegan, his soul power abruptly vanished and appeared within a mysterious space.
The sound of a water droplet rang out. Anyo's dark soul stood where he was, understanding dawning in his mind. Sure enough, my suspicions were right.
"What a dark soul!" A sigh reached him.
Anyo looked toward the source of the voice and said, enunciating each word, "The Sage of Six Paths?"
A figure hovered in the air, holding a black ringed staff, with a row of black orbs circling beneath his knees. He replied to Anyo, "I am the embodiment of peace and order. My name is Hagoromo. The present age is so far removed from my own that I do not know