"Perhaps these are the remains of the former Xieshen Cult members."
Ye Liang immediately released Hidan's head from the spatial dimension. Since Hidan had cultivated the Xieshen Cult's teachings, he could sense whether these remains belonged to members of the cult.
F***ing hell! You actually trapped me in a sealed space! I almost suffocated to death!" As soon as Hidan emerged, he immediately started cursing.
He gasped for breath for a long while before finally regaining his composure.
"So suffocation won't kill Hidan," Ye Liang realized instantly.
Without hesitation, he urgently asked Hidan, "Carefully sense this place. Are these remains from the Xieshen Cult?"
Still catching his breath, Hidan found Ye Liang's question odd.
"Corpse ghosts?"
He scanned the surroundings and was suddenly shocked by what lay before him.
Rows of white bones were piled up around them. Judging by the sheer number, there were at least dozens!
He gasped in horror.
It wasn't the bones themselves that startled Hidan.
The Xieshen Cult's doctrine was built on senseless killing. The number of people he had personally killed, if not in the thousands, was certainly in the hundreds. He wouldn't be frightened by mere skeletons.
What truly terrified him were the auras surrounding these bones!
Each set of remains was wrapped in a cold, black qi!
This was the Xieshen Cult's signature energy—and far more powerful than Hidan himself!
"How did you find this? These are definitely members of the Xieshen Cult—and each of them is a [Kage-Level Master] or higher!" Hidan said gravely.
"Dozens?"
Ye Liang was stunned.
If Hidan wasn't mistaken, this Xieshen Cult already possessed the power to destroy the world!
Dozens of [Kage-Level Masters]? That's impossible!
Even if you gathered every top master from the Five Great Shinobi Villages, you wouldn't reach ten. And yet there were dozens right here!
Then just how powerful is this Xieshen?!
Ye Liang suddenly regretted entering the Evil God Temple.
Could he really defeat a god strong enough to create dozens of [Kage-Level Masters]?
He was about to leave with Hidan when the dark-skinned man previously killed at the entrance suddenly stood up. He shivered, picked up his own head, and shoved it back onto his neck.
"Return my life to me!"
F***!
Ye Liang spat out a curse before hurling a [Tailed Beast Ball] toward the creature.
Now he finally saw the truth.
The Immortal Xieshen had truly manifested!
"Actually capable of resurrecting the dead?" After blasting the dark-skinned man away, Ye Liang dashed toward the exit!
At that moment, a surge of black qi blocked his path—exactly like before. It was the same energy that even [Sage Chakra] couldn't resist, just like the [Phantom Dragon: Nine Seals Jutsu]!
So this is godly power. No wonder we couldn't resist it earlier.
Ye Liang realized instantly.
The Hidan in his hand immediately cried out in pain, "Put me back into that space now! I feel like this temple is absorbing my strength!"
He screamed, his face twisting in agony.
Ye Liang hesitated.
Not fully understanding what was happening, he immediately shoved Hidan back inside.
At that moment, everything grew silent.
Even the black qi blocking the entrance vanished!
"Is that all?"
Could it be that the Evil God had been provoked by Hidan and thus appeared?
A realization hit him suddenly.
The curse of the Xieshen Cult described by the brown-skinned stranger began right after Hidan's ritual. That meant, this curse had always been connected to Hidan.
When he also noticed how the black aura vanished the moment Hidan disappeared, the truth became clear—Hidan had been the bridge to the Evil God!
He was the representative of this Evil God!
Suddenly, Ye Liang wasn't afraid anymore.
Just as he had suspected all along, a deity wanting to manifest in the mortal realm must rely on certain mediums. Just like those angels in the West, they could only exert their powers by possessing a human body.
If their true forms descended directly, either the cost would be extremely high, or their strength would be severely weakened!
The suppression of this plane wasn't as easy as one might imagine.
"If that's the case, then things should be manageable!" With Hidan trapped in the System Space, there was no way an intangible Evil God could scare him now!
He swung his blade toward the grand Buddha statue.
This time, his target was the central Daibutsu!
[Sword aura] from before had destroyed all the small statues, yet this grand one stood untouched. Obviously, this Daibutsu was the main body of the Evil God.
"Crash! Crash!"
Strike after strike crashed into the Daibutsu.
The cursed blade, capable of instantly defeating Fake Ye Liang, now seemed utterly ineffective!
"This can't be happening!" Ye Liang exclaimed in shock.
Could this Daibutsu actually be made of some special alloy?
He unleashed his power again—not just raw physical strength this time. Ye Liang now channeled the Power of the Sage.
The Daibutsu finally started to crack.
Tiny pieces began flaking off under the pressure of the cursed blade.
After dozens of minutes,
Ye Liang examined the thumb-sized hole he'd managed to create.
"Not good enough. At this rate, even with a whole year, I won't be able to fully destroy this Daibutsu. I need more force!"
Ye Liang summoned his Susanoo.
The colossal figure burst through the ceramic tiles atop the Evil God Temple. He seized the Evil God idol, lifted it high, and smashed it onto the ground.
"Boom!"
Half of its little finger snapped off.
Getting somewhere!
At this speed, he might actually finish the job before sunset!
He grabbed the Evil God idol again.
At that moment, the statue in his hand flickered with a hint of blackness—and spoke!
"Foolish mortal! Remove your filthy hands!"
"Bang!"
The Buddha statue slammed against the ground.
"..."
"Did the statue just speak?" A flicker of confusion crossed Ye Liang's mind.
The sheer size of the Susanoo meant there was a noticeable delay for sound to travel from its arms to its ears. Plus, he was too nervous to notice the Evil God's faint murmurs.
"Foolish mortal…"
"Bang!"
Smashed into the ground again, one of the statue's palms shattered.
"What the heck! Are you freaking deaf?! Can't you hear me?!" The statue shouted furiously, but Ye Liang didn't stop. He lifted his arm again.
This time, something felt wrong.
Even the alloy-made statue began to bead with cold sweat.
"Oh no... This time I've run into a real deaf guy!"
He was about to make a move!
If Ye Liang smashed the Buddha statue, its only believer in this world would disappear forever!
"Behold! Let light appear!"
The Buddha statue murmured quietly, a faint black glow surrounding Ye Liang's arm.
That faint glow...
Though dim, it still caught the eye immediately.
"Smack!"
The Buddha statue crashed onto the ground.
"..."
"You freaking blind or something?!"
The Buddha statue swore loudly!
Encountering a deaf person was bad enough — now he met someone blind too?
Ye Liang reluctantly let go — he had seen that black glow just now after all.
But his hands just moved too fast...
And honestly, if anyone else saw their own arm suddenly glowing, they'd probably drop whatever they were holding too. Naturally, Ye Liang quickly came up with an excuse for his fast reflexes.
Putting the Buddha statue back into the temple, Ye Liang released Susano'o.
"Noticing Ye Liang was finally listening, the Buddha statue swiftly entered sage mode.
Ye Liang ignored him. He stood silently for a moment, then suddenly said with clarity:
"Are you from another realm?"
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