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A strange aura had always emanated from the deep well on the third level of the Altar of Heaven, appearing faintly to the naked eye, as if wisps of smoke were constantly rising from it.
The five Sand Ninja around the deep well finished drawing the magic circle, then each opened a red scroll and placed it in front of them.
"Death Yin, Sealing Jutsu!" the five Sand Ninja exclaimed in unison, forming the same hand seals.
As the five injected Chakra, the runes of the magic circle drawn around the deep well lit up with white light.
Under the simultaneous operation of the five Sand Ninja, the glowing white runes all surged towards the deep well in the center, merging into the aura visible to the naked eye.
Just as the aura in the deep well seemed to weaken, the Sand Ninja's eyes suddenly widened, as if something had exceeded his expectations.
Suddenly, with a loud bang, a tangible, deathly aura erupted from the well. The five Sand Ninja were directly blown backward. Even the Sand Ninja on guard nearby were affected, completely unprepared for the power that was comparable to several exploding tags.
"How powerful!" Uchiha Suien, hidden in the shadows, was startled. What was powerful was not the explosion, but that deathly aura. It was so terrifying, as if touching it meant instant death.
Sand Ninja and Konoha were currently at war, and although he didn't know what kind of unspeakable deeds these Sand Ninja were doing here, it didn't prevent Uchiha Suien from taking advantage of the situation.
More than ten severely wounded Sand Ninja were an easy task for Uchiha Suien, who was currently a Chunin.
After easily dealing with more than ten enemies, Suien walked to where the Sand Ninja had been blown away, craned his neck, and looked into the bottomless deep well.
....
After the burst of deathly aura, it slightly weakened, but it was still present.
Craning his neck to look down, he could see layers of faint gray mist in the well, like standing above clouds and looking down.
"A very ominous feeling, but should I jump down?" Uchiha Suien hesitated.
The third level was only this small area, and according to intelligence, Inoyue had gone missing here. Now there was a deep well, and no matter how he thought about it, Inoyue was very likely beneath this deep well.
Just as Uchiha Suien was about to jump down, he suddenly heard a scraping sound. Alert, he immediately turned to look around, but there was no one in sight.
After a while, Uchiha Suien's expression was very complex, filled with surprise and deep confusion. Because about five meters away from him, something was scraping on the ground.
What was this?
A calf? And it was the right one. It was just a single, detached calf, and it seemed to have a life of its own, desperately trying to get closer to the edge of the well.
Whose calf was this that had been severed? And it still retained such tenacious vitality? If Inoyue were here, she would definitely remember that this calf was the missing right calf from the well-drilling stone statue.
What he saw before him somewhat overturned Uchiha Suien's understanding. This calf was like a severed leech or earthworm, looking strange and a bit disgusting.
People generally have a strong curiosity about strange things. Uchiha Suien was also very curious, but now was not the time.
After watching for a while, the calf remained the same, with no peculiar changes. Uchiha Suien, pressed for time, pursed his lips: "No time to study this, I'll just burn it!"
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" He said and did, Uchiha Suien was not a procrastinating person.
The huge Great Fireball directly smashed onto the calf that was almost at the edge of the well. With the high temperature, this right calf bounced up with a whoosh, struggling desperately under the suppression of the Great Fireball.
High temperature meeting flesh, in less than two seconds, the air was filled with the smell of roasted meat. Just over twenty seconds later, this incredibly tenacious right calf was directly burned to ashes.
The night wind gently caressed, and the burned ashes dissipated with the breeze.
...
The shattered moon in the sky was like a half-closed eye, watching everything that was happening in this world that was slowly dying.
Here, a scene of three heroes battling Shika Bu was unfolding.
Three women were fighting a man shrouded in mist and wearing a tall hat.
Inoyue and Karura were the main attackers, with Bai Lu assisting from the side. The three women gave the tall-hatted Asakura Myojin no chance to breathe.
Although Asakura Myojin did not show signs of exhaustion yet, maintaining continuous high-speed attacks was itself a psychological pressure tactic.
Karura's attacks were swift and fierce, truly befitting a Kage-level expert; she focused on the upper body. Inoyue, small in stature, was exceptionally agile, focusing on the lower body. Bai Lu, on the other hand, would immediately intervene whenever someone was in danger, forcing Asakura Myojin to save himself.
Would Asakura Myojin save himself?
Yes, Inoyue had confirmed this earlier. Although she herself was injured when she attacked him previously, he still saved himself and dodged the trio's attacks, which was completely different from Hidan.
After Hidan completed his ritual, he wouldn't dodge and would even use himself as a target. But Asakura Myojin would, just like a normal person, as if he didn't possess Hidan's ability.
Bang! With a puff of smoke, Asakura Myojin drew a small five-pointed star with his hand, and the five-pointed star flashed, directly hitting Inoyue. However, Inoyue turned into smoke and disappeared; it was just a Shadow Clone.
Inoyue's disappearance clearly made Asakura Myojin pause, as if he hadn't seen many Shadow Clones. Startled, he hurriedly dodged Karura's opportunistic attack.
Just then, a delicate shout suddenly came from under the sand: "Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!"
A small hand suddenly shot out from the sand, grabbed Asakura Myojin's ankle, and pulled hard. Asakura Myojin felt the earth beneath his feet loosen, and he was instantly pulled into the sand by Inoyue.
As he was pulled, Inoyue had already leaped out of the ground, simultaneously savagely striking with the kunai in her hand, directly aiming at Asakura Myojin's neck.
Inoyue used such a deadly and ruthless strike without a second thought. This was the true essence of the 'Double Suicide Decapitation Technique': as the enemy falls and is pulled into the ground, the kunai in hand already attacks, making the enemy endure this completely unexpected blow while in motion.
This strike not only caught Asakura Myojin off guard, but even Karura, who was nearby, was startled, because Asakura Myojin had previously been able to transfer injuries to Inoyue.
...
It was a dangerous strike, and Inoyue had been resolute. Although she had an idea in her mind, this time she was gambling.
She was betting that Asakura Myojin would definitely dodge. If he didn't dodge, she didn't know if Asakura Myojin would die, but she would definitely die. So this was a gamble, betting that she had seen through his injury transfer jutsu.
Indeed! Asakura Myojin tilted his head back, narrowly dodging Inoyue's fatal strike, but the tip of the kunai still grazed the skin of his neck.
"Grudge Demon Hair!" Asakura Myojin, having dodged the fatal blow, immediately unleashed his Yin-Yang Release.
Seeing the situation turn unfavorable, Karura immediately wrapped Inoyue and Bai Lu in sand and retreated rapidly.
Just then, countless tentacles surged from various parts of Asakura Myojin's body, the long tendrils twitching like spears and blades. Even with Karura's sand shield protection, the three women were quite disheveled, with multiple injuries from the piercing tentacles.
...
Aside from the injuries from the tentacles just now, Inoyue had no other wounds on her body.
She touched her neck, which felt like it had been cut, and it ached a little, but there was no bleeding, and it felt perfectly fine to the touch, with no wound at all.
Fortunately, Asakura Myojin dodged, fortunately she was still alive, and fortunately: she had gambled correctly.
"It seems luck is still on my side," Inoyue smiled knowingly.
The Asakura Myojin before her was no longer a god; once his jutsu was broken, he was just an ordinary Onmyōji. And the direct combat ability of an Onmyōji was inferior to that of a Ninja, which is precisely why Onmyōji were eliminated by history.