Having successfully attacked, the three women paused their assault, as Asakura Myojin's body was now covered in wildly flailing tentacles, making it seem as if he was losing control.
Could Kakuzu still be alive?
Perhaps he wasn't dead, but now wasn't the time to think about such things.
"Sister Karura, don't worry about the wounds transferring to me anymore; just attack with full force," Inoyue said confidently, lowering the hand that had been touching her neck.
"Oh! You know why?" Karura exclaimed in surprise.
A confident Inoyue smiled, "Of course!"
At this moment, she was like a primary school student who had solved a middle schooler's problem, somewhat smug. This had nothing to do with psychological age; after all, being able to show off in front of two beautiful women was still a bit gratifying.
Yin-Yang Release is very strange and mysterious, but its strangeness and mystery are mostly related to the soul and spiritual power.
Asakura Myojin's ability to transfer wounds clearly couldn't compare to Hidan's, but it was similar to Hidan's. If Asakura Myojin's Yin-Yang Release was the original version, then Hidan's evil art was the evolved version of Yin-Yang Release after the Chakra world.
One is like the computer system Windows 10; although both are made by Microsoft, the latter has evolved countless times based on the former.
Blood is the key to connecting the soul; one's own wounds are returned to the body of the cursed person through the soul, which is somewhat similar to deep mental hypnosis.
The spiritual essence derived from the soul tells the body that it is injured. The body naturally reacts as if injured, just like a torture experiment in the real world.
Blindfold a death row inmate, then have him lie on a stone bed, then use an unsharpened knife to cut his wrist vein, then adjust water droplets to drip down his wrist continuously, and make sure he clearly hears the sound.
The prisoner's wrist was not injured, nor was it bleeding. Only water was dripping, but the prisoner died half an hour later.
Scared to death?
No, this has nothing to do with being scared to death. This is equivalent to mental hypnosis, making a person's consciousness believe that their wrist is bleeding, and then the human body will produce a series of reactions after blood loss, and finally, the prisoner dies.
Were the wounds transferred? No, they weren't transferred at all. The wounds still existed on the caster's body; it's just that their body structure was special, and these minor injuries were simply not a problem.
This Yin-Yang Release for wound transfer follows the same principle, but its power is much greater. The soul and spiritual level inform the body that it is injured, and then the body naturally cooperates, producing a series of injury reactions. For example, wounds appear inexplicably, blood suddenly gushes out, and so on.
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A single strike to the throat—it was precisely because Inoyue understood the principle of this technique that she dared to take such a gamble.
Now it seems she did indeed bet correctly. Asakura Myojin's technique only requires blood, unlike Hidan, who needs specific locations and a so-called ritual. However, its power is indeed weaker than Hidan's evil art.
Inoyue had noticed that when she was injured earlier, the amount of blood flying out into the air was less than the actual bleeding from the wound. And this time, when Inoyue directly sealed the throat with a single strike, she used a genjutsu on herself to mentally suppress the pain.
The effect was very obvious; the skin on her neck only felt a little pain, and no wound appeared. Therefore, based on the above, using genjutsu for mental suppression is effective.
The reason she still felt pain this time was simply because the suppression wasn't strong enough; next time, she would definitely be able to do it without a scratch.
Cracking Asakura Myojin's Yin-Yang Release also meant cracking Hidan's evil art. The principles of both are the same; Hidan's evil art is more powerful, but the process is also more troublesome.
It's not just as Shikamaru said, requiring blood and a specific pattern ritual. Hidan also needs to guide the cursed person step by step to achieve the desired effect of instant death.
First, non-fatal injuries make the cursed person feel that they have been cursed, then it escalates to serious injuries to shock the cursed person; finally, it's a fatal injury to take the cursed person's life. This is to make the cursed person's subconscious deeply believe in the power of the evil art, otherwise Hidan wouldn't have needed to stab his own leg at the beginning; he could have just stabbed Asuma's heart to finish him off.
The smug Inoyue smugly explained the principle of this technique to Karura. Of course, the part about Hidan was not mentioned at all.
Asakura Myojin had been suppressing the rampaging Earth Grudge Fear, and Inoyue and the two women couldn't get close for a while, which is why they had time for small talk.
"But, speaking of which, the shattered moon in the sky seems to have gotten a lot smaller, hasn't it?" Inoyue inadvertently looked at the shattered moon in the sky, and it indeed seemed to have shrunk considerably.
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"With starlight as the guide, open Yin-Yang, see the Underworld!" Asakura Myojin, who had been suppressing Earth Grudge Fear, suddenly roared. With his roar, no less than twenty black-purple five-pointed stars of different sizes appeared around his body and above his head.
The five-pointed stars exuded a deathly Yin aura, and after appearing for a moment, they all shrank and merged into Asakura Myojin's body. At the same time the five-pointed stars merged into his body, the rampaging Earth Grudge Fear was successively forced into his body.
This seemed to be a big move; otherwise, Asakura Myojin wouldn't have suppressed it for so long, only using it when he couldn't succeed.
Once this technique was used, the subtle blood connection Inoyue felt with Asakura Myojin seemed to break.
It was just a feeling, as if a technique imposed on her had been lifted, and her whole being felt much lighter.
However, Asakura Myojin underwent a change. His tall hat fell off, his hair was disheveled, and his face was gloomy. If he was a god before, now he resembled a ghost, and a vengeful ghost at that.
What is he playing at?
This transformation is a bit too fast!
When others transform, they become cooler, but Asakura Myojin here becomes more and more grotesque, directly changing from a god to a ghost, skipping the human experience entirely.
"It's truly falling directly from heaven into hell."
Although Inoyue was constantly complaining in her mind, she had already taken a defensive stance. No matter how Asakura Myojin changed, he seemed to become even more dangerous.
This old ghost, eliminated by history, is probably going to get serious this time. The next attack will definitely be a super move, like a secret technique that can instantly wipe out herself and the two troublesome women. Because she could already see deep impatience in his eyes.
"It's coming!" Karura whispered a warning, and all the surrounding sand lowered, poised for action.
"Mm!" Inoyue and Bai Lu both nodded, indicating they understood.
"Hey! After we settle things here, how about you come to our Sand Ninja Village?" Inoyue and the two women had completely entered battle mode, so Karura's sudden, unexpected remark caught them off guard.
"What?" Inoyue was a bit stunned, her defensive stance, which she had just prepared, was completely disrupted.
"What about going to your Sand Ninja Village?"
"Are you asking us to be guests? Or to betray?" "If it's to be guests, with us currently fighting to the death, that's impossible, isn't it? So, you mean betray?"
Inoyue turned to look at the crouched Karura, blinking her eyes, trying to process what Karura meant.
"How about it?" Karura turned to look at the somewhat bewildered Inoyue and gave her a wide smile.
"So beautiful!" Inoyue secretly praised in her heart. At this moment, Karura's clothes were somewhat torn from the previous offense and defense, revealing a bit. Her figure was very good and well-endowed, with curves in all the right places. Coupled with her heartwarming smile, Inoyue was momentarily stunned.
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"Here it comes!" Karura warned again. This time it was no joke, and Inoyue quickly snapped back to attention to defend.
"I'll just deal with you annoying bugs all at once," Asakura Myojin hissed with a grating, ghostly voice, a strange, evil smile on his face.
"Invert Yin-Yang, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons!" Asakura Myojin pointed one hand to the sky and the other to the ground, and two enormous black-purple five-pointed stars immediately appeared above his head and beneath his feet.
The five-pointed stars rapidly expanded after appearing, and the spot where Asakura Myojin stood immediately turned a deathly gray, as if it had become a true underworld, a place of death.
Countless cries of wronged souls emanated from these dead lands, including sounds of pain, excitement, and all sorts of terrifying noises.
His Yin-Yang Release this time seemed to have opened the true gates of the underworld, seemingly preparing to release the true evil spirits from hell.