Moments later, the Yuyan Sect Leader's body pulsed with renewed vitality as he rose to his feet, glaring murderously at Satori Hyūga.
"Cursed brat... no matter where you hail from, you will die..."
But before he could finish, Satori lunged forward and smashed a punch straight into his mouth.
"You talk too much. I was just intrigued by your Dark Medical Ninjutsu earlier—if not for that, I'd have crushed you by now."
After sending the Sect Leader flying, Satori unleashed a relentless barrage of punches, driving him into a state of excruciating torment.
Although this foe was both formidable and cunning, his strength was no match for Satori's—particularly in close quarters.
With his Byakugan activated, Satori fought like a berserker, giving his opponent no chance to recover as his fists rained down like a storm.
Each punch carried waves of destructive Dark Chakra that pierced deep into meridians and acupoints, ravaging his internal organs.
"Khhk!" — Black blood erupted from the Sect Leader's mouth as he collapsed onto the ground, writhing in pain.
He bore no visible wounds, yet his injuries ran deeper than before—his ability to channel dark energy had been utterly severed.
As panic surged within him, Satori casually raised his hand, summoning thick black chains that bound the Sect Leader tightly.
An invisible suction force emanated from the chains, greedily draining away his malevolent energy.
The Sect Leader thrashed in panic—the demonic energy he had painstakingly extracted through rituals with Moryo was now draining away.
All of it… lost.
Satori stared coldly at the red-eyed Sect Leader, weighing whether or not to kill him, when suddenly the nearby Stone Golems began to stir violently.
"Hmm? You still have the strength to resist after all this?" Satori asked in surprise, glancing toward the Sect Leader.
He thought he'd been thorough.
The Sect Leader hesitated, eyes widening as he saw the wave of monstrous creatures charging forward with murderous intent.
"It's not me—it's Moryo!"
Even as he spoke, dozens of Stone Golems merged together, fusing into an even larger Stone Giant.
The newly formed titan loomed monstrous and towering, wielding a jagged blade like a living war machine. Each step it took sent tremors rippling through the ground.
A thunderous rumbling echoed across the area, kicking up clouds of dust as if the land itself were quaking.
Yomi, staring at the towering over ten-meter-high Stone Giant, swallowed hard in uneasy dread.
He wondered if he had pledged allegiance too soon.
Great Moryo truly wielded power capable of shattering the world.
"Thieving wretch who dares steal my strength—die!" Moryo's enraged voice bellowed from within the titan.
Its burning crimson eyes fixed on Satori with seething hatred.
"Die!"
It swung its massive blade straight at Satori.
Satori instantly dashed aside, narrowly dodging the strike.
"Moryo, are you projecting part of your soul here?"
Moryo growled, "Were it not for that shrine maiden's seal, I would tear you apart with all my might!"
Hearing that, Satori's eyes gleamed—he recognized a rare opportunity.
"Bei Gongcheng, Kondō—seize him."
The two bodyguards instantly activated the Dark Eight Gates at the command, transforming into two-meter-tall mini-giants and charging forward.
Bei Gongcheng, clad in lightning-forged armor, looked like a thunder god descending from heaven. With an oppressive surge of lightning power, he struck the Stone Giant.
[Thunder Wrath]
A punch brimming with explosive energy crashed down with devastating force.
The three-story-tall Stone Giant lost its footing and staggered before crashing heavily to the ground.
Seeing this, Kondō unleashed his Dark Chakra and charged forward fearlessly with his hulking frame.
[Dark Blade]
Letting out a furious roar, he shot through the night sky like a blade of darkness, aiming directly for the Stone Giant's neck—its weakest point and most vulnerable spot.
As the dark flash faded, the Stone Giant's neck snapped clean in two.
However, Moryo's power was immortal and indestructible, and the Stone Giant's body writhed and began rapidly regenerating.
Seeing this, Satori Hyūga ceased holding back and charged in after activating the Dark Eight Gates.
The devouring chains of the Dark Eight Gates had a natural advantage over Moryo—they were a technique that countered darkness with darkness.
Moryo had once been a terrifying existence rivaling the Tailed Beasts, but after centuries of imprisonment, separation of soul and body, and the projection of his spiritual power...
All these factors had reduced the strength bound to the Stone Giant to dangerously low levels.
This gave Satori the chance to steal its power.
Feeding evil with evil—truly a match forged in hell.
There was no other being richer in negative energy than Moryo.
The chains formed from Dark Chakra coiled around the Stone Giant's head, siphoning its source of power. Instantly, Satori felt euphoric.
Like rain after a long drought, this unique energy poured into his body and was immediately directed by Satori into his half-evolved Byakugan.
His pale-blue eyes gradually absorbed streaks of ink-black color, which deepened until they became profound and mysterious.
Before, his gaze was like a glittering starry sky; now it was more like a black hole devouring everything.
But Satori didn't realize this, still greedily stealing Moryo's power.
Inside the temple.
In the Land of Demons, the shrine maiden Miroku stood at the seal inside the temple, desperately using her own strength to suppress Moryo.
Everything had been under control—until suddenly, Moryo started to go berserk.
[Thief! Damned thief! Stealing my power! Die! Die! Die! Cursed robber...]
Behind the sealed gate, the enraged Moryo roared with fury, spewing curses.
Miroku looked baffled, wondering if Moryo's mind had gone haywire from centuries of sealing.
At that moment, Moryo spoke directly to Miroku.
[Miroku, dear shrine maiden, would you please set me free?]
[Just let me out, and I promise I'll leave the Land of Demons forever, never harming it again.]
[After that, we can each go our separate ways, as different as the heavens themselves.]
Her beautiful eyes narrowing in suspicion, Miroku replied coldly, [What trickery are you playing now, Moryo?]
[The Land of Demons has suffered under your tyranny for far too long. Don't think you can fool me—I will never release you.]
She couldn't believe that the insidious, cunning, and eerie Moryo would actually agree to leave the Land of Demons.
Moreover, it was a shrine maiden's sacred duty to seal and suppress the Moryo—she would never allow it to escape.
Feeling its power gradually slipping away, the Moryo became even more furious. It frantically writhed against the seal, desperate to break free and kill the thief who was stealing its strength.
"Miroku, I'm serious this time. Let me out, and I promise I'll leave the Land of Demons far behind."
Unmoved and unconvinced, Miroku ignored him, leaving the Moryo no choice but to play his final card:
"Miroku, there's a thief who's stealing my power. You have to do something about him!"
As its voice trailed off, the Moryo's tone carried a hint of hurt indignation.
I was just minding my own business at home when, out of nowhere, thieves dropped from the sky.
It had been the perfect chance to finally break free from the seal—until someone dared to interfere and shamelessly stole my hard-earned power.
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