Sacrifices? Inoyue and the other two were the sacrifices. Kakuzu gestured towards them, his meaning crystal clear. These three were the sacrifices, to be chosen at will.
"Where are my things?" Kakuzu's voice was low, his tone somewhat unfriendly.
"Your things?" The transparent figure chuckled evilly to himself, his laughter somewhat inexplicable, sending chills down one's spine.
"No, those aren't yours. They should be Asakura Myojin's," the transparent figure said, speaking to himself in a way that made no sense.
Kakuzu's red-eyed, green-pupiled eyes narrowed. It seemed the transaction was not going smoothly.
"Enter the Divine Dream, Stone Statue Transformation," the transparent figure suddenly whispered.
Kakuzu was startled and immediately moved to the right: "Secret Jutsu..." However, before Kakuzu could unleash his Secret Jutsu, the well-digging stone statue suddenly emerged from where Kakuzu had just been, splitting directly into two halves.
From the hollow interior, countless tentacles, like those of Earth Grudge Fear, suddenly surged out, instantly pulling Kakuzu, who was about to use his Secret Jutsu, inside.
This stone statue was surprisingly hollow, like an Egyptian sarcophagus. After Kakuzu was pulled in, it immediately closed;
Kakuzu was entangled by the tentacles during the process, unable to struggle at all. The statue's already melted face let out a "Jie jie..." eerie laugh, the sound particularly grating.
Meanwhile, the transparent figure calling himself Asakura Myojin floated automatically without wind to the statue's position, directly merging with it. At this moment, he was no longer transparent but had flesh and blood.
It was as if the stone statue was his body, and now he had recovered his body, taken back his body.
Everyone was a bit stunned; things were developing too quickly.
Kakuzu was dealt with just like that? Inoyue could hardly believe it, and Karura and Bai Lu felt the same.
An Kage-level figure was subdued with a soft-spoken sentence?
"Impossible!" Inoyue cried out in his heart. How could he continue to play now?
...
The attack methods of an Onmyōji are different from those of a Ninja. They can perform mysterious attacks by speaking true words, without needing to form hand seals or refine Chakra.
Mysterious and bizarre! The Onmyōji calling himself Asakura Myojin had just shown his hand, which indeed shocked Inoyue and the other two.
Asakura Myojin looked at Inoyue and the others with a fox-like smile on his face.
What kind of smile is a fox's smile? It's a smile that makes people feel uneasy after seeing it. It's unfathomable, making one feel uncertain when facing him.
Asakura Myojin beckoned with his right hand, and several withered leaves from the air fell into his hand.
"Redundant people should just die," he chuckled softly, then lowered his head and blew on the leaves in his hand. Three leaves floated into the air, and then he softly spoke: "Divine Dream as Illusion, One Leaf as Sword."
The three leaves floated lightly, heading separately towards Inoyue and the other two. Although they flew in a straight line, their speed was genuinely slow, like snails compared to a kunai thrown by a Ninja.
With three whooshing sounds, Ryoko pulled out a kunai and directly threw it at the flying leaves. However, where the kunai passed, the air flowed, and the leaves gently dodged, causing the originally precise kunai to fly past and miss.
"Hand of Shifting Sand!" Karura made a grasping motion with her right hand, and a right hand formed of yellow sand appeared in the air, reaching out to grasp the three leaves.
But the leaves still passed right through. Karura frowned slightly; she had a feeling that these leaves were very similar to her sand, but stronger than sand.
'Sand Binding Coffin' was ineffective in grasping the leaves, so Karura directly targeted Asakura Myojin's main body.
"Hair Demon Jutsu!" Asakura Myojin still spoke softly, with his signature smile.
As soon as his words fell, countless black threads suddenly surged from his body, forming a whirlpool that completely shredded Karura's 'Sand Binding Coffin'.
These black threads were clearly Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear, but when used by him, they seemed to be even more effective and controlled more skillfully than when Kakuzu used them.
...
The flying leaves were like slow knives cutting flesh, exerting great pressure.
Although Karura and Bai Lu knew that these leaves were very dangerous, they couldn't stop them. Especially Ryoko, who even used Fire Release Ninjutsu, but it was still useless; the leaves remained unharmed.
Asakura Myojin's fox-like smile grew wider, his face filled with an expression of toying with ants.
"Mind's Eye!" Inoyue formed the 'un' hand seal with one hand, instantly activating the first state of his Mind's Eye.
Onmyōji were too bizarre, and Inoyue didn't understand them very well either. He had only seen them in movies and TV shows in his previous life, and now he only had some guesses in his mind.
Activating the Mind's Eye was also just to confirm his guesses. If he could confirm the guesses in his mind, then there might still be a way to deal with this Onmyōji who thought he was a god. If his guesses proved wrong, then he might really be in trouble here.
The leaves were speeding up, and in the Mind's Eye state, he could see a thick layer of light wrapped around them.
There was light! His guess was indeed correct, Inoyue's heart filled with joy.
These leaves were like Karura's sand, they had souls. Most Onmyōji's Yin-Yang Release should originate from this aspect, which is why they can communicate with Yin and Yang and use Shikigami.
As long as something had a soul, the Second-Order Underworld Eyes could definitely handle it. Inoyue's confidence immediately soared.
Dark gold filled his entire eye sockets, and the red door in his black pupils opened. A chilling aura immediately surged from Inoyue's eyes, and the surrounding atmosphere instantly became bizarre and ominous.
As soon as Inoyue's Second-Order Underworld Eyes opened, the three leaves that were rapidly approaching in the air suddenly drifted down, as if they had reverted to ordinary withered leaves, with no difference whatsoever.
It was also at this moment that Asakura Myojin's fox-like smile disappeared. He narrowed his eyes, looking at Inoyue, this loli, with no trace of emotion on his face.
...
As soon as the Mind's Eye opened, Karura knew Inoyue's true identity.
"It's you!" Looking at Inoyue, who stood before her, neutralizing the opponent's attack, Karura's heart was somewhat complex.
"Ah! It's me, I'm sorry!" Inoyue admitted generously, though he himself didn't understand why he needed to apologize.
Inoyue still maintained his Transformation Technique. At this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and saved the three of them. Bai Lu joyfully exclaimed,
"Princess, you..." Perhaps in Ryoko's mind, she still thought Inoyue was the princess herself, and she hadn't expected the princess to possess such abilities.
Karura didn't expose him. Although Ryoko was an undercover agent, this child seemed unsuited for undercover work, and she also seemed to be missing a screw.
"Good sister, let's get through this first, then talk!" Inoyue suggested. Facing this unknown Onmyōji Asakura Myojin, he actually had no confidence in his heart, so he called her very affectionately.
"Ah! Let's talk after we get through this," Karura laughed self-deprecatingly, and also cheered up. This scene was truly unpredictable.
Previously, the two of them were mortal enemies, each belonging to their own factions. Although Karura was unwilling, she had still decided to kill Inoyue; if Minato Namikaze hadn't suddenly appeared at that time, Inoyue might have already been killed by her.
However, now, unexpectedly, the two would fight side by side against a common enemy.
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"An ominous eye," Asakura Myojin muttered to himself. When Inoyue's Second-Order Underworld Eyes opened, it was as if a layer of mist appeared in front of him, making it difficult for Inoyue to see clearly and blocking Inoyue's vision.
"It seems he knows a lot about my eyes?" Asakura Myojin's actions immediately made Inoyue think this thought.