Chapter 397: Sealing
Ishiro's attacks did not falter in the slightest, but he didn't mind chatting with Mōryō during the battle to extract some intelligence.
"Mōryō, you yourself are just a prisoner, yet you dare to boast of granting me eternal life? Not even the Sage of Six Paths reborn would dare say he could grant someone eternal life. On what grounds do you spout such nonsense here?"
Mōryō's voice paused, then came again: "By your human calculation of time, I have existed for over several hundred years. As long as you pledge your allegiance to me, I can tell you my method of eternal life."
Ishiro let out a deliberate cold laugh. "Your so-called eternal life is nothing more than dragging out a meager existence by relying on the lives of the successive Priestesses. I don't have generations of Priestesses to extend my life. Your method is useless to me."
Mōryō's defensive movements faltered. It hadn't expected Ishiro to even know this. But considering he possessed the Priestess's power, he must be very close to the current generation, so it wasn't strange that he knew some of its secrets.
So, Mōryō said, "The life force of the Priestesses is not the fundamental reason for my eternal life. I can live forever because of my soul."
To attract Ishiro's attention, Mōryō began to offer up some real substance. Although it didn't touch upon the core of its secrets, it did mention some insights into the soul.
Little did Mōryō know that this information, which it considered to be of no great importance, was extremely advanced knowledge for Iwagakure, which was information-starved in the field of the soul.
While wearing Mōryō down, Ishiro also tempted it to speak of some of its unique insights, a mix of truth and falsehood.
Ishiro had already gained a certain amount of knowledge in soul research during this period. Although his level was still insufficient, he was no longer the novice he was before. So, although he didn't fully understand Mōryō's deliberately mysterious words, he still gained a lot.
A long time later, when Ishiro felt that Mōryō was no longer willing to offer up any new substance, he, who had long been accumulating power, finally made his killing move.
Ishiro suddenly abandoned his attack and controlled all the mud to surge towards Mōryō in one go.
Mōryō had suffered a loss at Ishiro's hands on the ground, so it didn't dare to be careless. It hurriedly retracted all its tentacles to defend, countering all moves by not moving, guarding against a sneak attack. It wrapped all its tentacles tightly around its body, curling up into a ball. All of Ishiro's mud was blocked by these tentacles.
Ishiro didn't mind; this was within his expectations. He controlled the mud to directly envelop the ball. This would normally be useless, as Mōryō could fling the mud away at any time. But just as it was hesitating on whether to counterattack, a large number of sealing runes suddenly appeared on the mud.
Ishiro had directly sealed Mōryō.
Mōryō's constantly flowing body suddenly froze. But it was, after all, a spiritual body. Ishiro's chakra-targeting seal had only a limited effect on a spiritual body like Mōryō. It quickly and forcefully broke free from the seal, then flung all its tentacles at once, sending a large amount of mud flying.
But this opening changed the tide of the battle. Taking advantage of the moment Mōryō was breaking his seal and flinging away the mud, Ishiro's second Light Release was already prepared.
Its body restricted by the Priestess's seal and with nowhere to run, Mōryō solidly took another blast of Light Release.
Ishiro did not hold back. Knowing that the previous Kekkei Tōta had very likely already damaged the seal binding Mōryō, he prepared another Light Release without the slightest hesitation.
Just as Ishiro had expected, although Mōryō was heavily injured and had lost a large number of tentacles, it was pleasantly surprised to find that its chance to escape had arrived. The seal that had restricted it for an unknown number of ages was on the verge of collapsing. So, Mōryō endured the thought of retaliating against Ishiro and began to struggle against the seal with all its might. It was worried that Miroku would reinforce it again.
The result was that just as it had completely torn open the Priestess's seal, the third Light Release arrived.
Boom~
The damage caused by the Light Release this time was greater than the previous two because almost all of Mōryō's tentacles had been blown off. This time, its main body took a blast of Light Release head-on.
This time, Mōryō's foundation was truly injured.
Ignoring its injuries, the newly freed Mōryō wanted to flee.
But at this moment, the mud that had been flung away earlier stuck to it again. Without the protection of its countless tentacles, the mud very easily enveloped it once more. Then, sealing runes appeared on the mud again, sealing it one more time.
Ishiro knew that a conventional seal couldn't hold Mōryō for long. So, while continuously applying the seal, he carried it and flew rapidly into the sky. At this point, the original Priestess's seal was completely gone, so Ishiro's path was unobstructed, and he soon brought Mōryō to a high altitude.
When Mōryō finally broke free from the mud seal again, it was shocked to find itself already in the sky.
It seemed that perhaps, maybe, possibly... it couldn't fly.
Being able to fly or not wasn't important to the original Mōryō. Even if it fell, it wouldn't die.
But not far away, that detestable, nameless fellow's hands were once again forming that strange posture.
In mid-air, Mōryō had nowhere to hide. It could only fall while watching helplessly as Ishiro did his thing.
All sorts of curses continuously came from its mouth, and waves of soul attacks shot towards Ishiro's location, but they were all blocked by the Priestess's power around his body.
While accumulating power for his Light Release, Ishiro used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to fly directly under Mōryō's huge body.
Then, boom~
Mōryō was hit by Ishiro's fourth Light Release. And, with the force of the explosion, it flew a little higher. While letting out a painful roar, Mōryō tragically discovered that it was now even farther from the ground.
Then came the fifth blast, the sixth... Mōryō's roars became weaker and weaker, until there was no sound at all. Only when Mōryō could no longer let out a roar did Ishiro stop his bombardment.
At this time, Mōryō's mountain-like spiritual body already appeared battered and broken. Its huge body was covered in pits and craters, and the few remaining broken tentacles hung unnaturally at its sides.
After sealing Mōryō with porcelain and leaving it floating in mid-air, Ishiro created two clones. One went underground to collect some of the tentacles left behind when he had blasted Mōryō. The other went to bring Miroku, Megumi, and the others over.
To prevent any accidents, Ishiro did not plan to return to the ground until the threat of Mōryō was completely resolved.
Little Shion, brought up by Ishiro's porcelain, was squealing with excitement. If Megumi hadn't been holding her back, she would have climbed out of the porcelain platform long ago.
But Shion's mother, Miroku, was now numb. She had fallen into a deep self-doubt: "Didn't they say that once Mōryō appeared, it would be the end of the world? Then who was that being juggled in the air like a soccer ball by Ishiro just now?"
"What was the meaning of the successive Priestesses' so-called sacrifice of themselves for the peace of the entire ninja world? What was the meaning of my mother's and the others' sacrifice?"
Although Megumi and the others were also shocked—the sight of that mountain-like behemoth being relentlessly ravaged by the millet-sized Ishiro had indeed had a great impact on them—Ishiro was, after all, the Tsuchikage. In the Will of Stone education of Iwagakure, a Tsuchikage who could use a Kekkei Tōta had always been the strongest in the ninja world.
So, Megumi and the other two were relatively calm. Isn't it normal for the Tsuchikage to defeat a so-called monster with a Kekkei Tōta?
On the contrary, Ishiro himself was not very happy.
Light Release was his strongest attack, and also one of the strongest attacks in the entire ninja world. Yet it had taken so much effort to defeat one Mōryō. What if he were to face Black Zetsu? An image appeared in Ishiro's mind: Black Zetsu standing still with a cold smile, while he used all his means but was still unable to do anything to him.
Shaking his head, he banished those strange thoughts from his mind. He said to Miroku, "Lady Priestess, can you determine Mōryō's current state?"
Miroku came back to her senses, took a deep breath, and told herself that the matter was not yet over. Only then did she forcefully shift her attention to Mōryō.
She reached out and pressed her hand on the Mōryō that was enveloped in mud by Ishiro.
After a while, she said, "Mōryō is not dead, but its consciousness has fallen into a deep coma. Now should be the best time to devour it."
Hearing this, Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief. "In that case, let's begin."
Who would have known that at this moment, Miroku would hesitate? "Lord Tsuchikage, I have a request. I hope you can seal Mōryō into Shion. Shion's talent as a Priestess is stronger than mine. Although she is still small, her chances of successfully devouring Mōryō are greater than mine."
Ishiro frowned. He didn't really want to take the risk. Devouring Mōryō now was clearly safer than doing it later. Who knew if Mōryō's condition would change?
Seeing that Ishiro was silent, Miroku hurriedly said, "Lord Tsuchikage, rest assured, there will be no accidents. I will guide Shion to practice the power of the Priestess from an early age. After Mōryō is sealed in her body, she will soon be able to devour its power little by little."
Megumi said, "Shion is still so small. Will it be okay?"
Miroku looked dotingly at the little Shion, who was still curiously looking around. "It will be fine. The Priestess's power in Shion's body is much stronger than mine. It's just that I don't know the sealing method of you five great nations' Jinchuriki. I don't know how to seal Mōryō inside."
Ishiro said, "This is simple. I will seal Mōryō into Shion's body, then release the restraining function of the seal. After that, you can apply your Priestess's seal."
Miroku thought for a moment. "That will work."
With a solution, things were easy. Ishiro used the Five Elements Seal to seal Mōryō into little Shion's body. The process was not complicated; it just took some time for Ishiro to set up the seal.
After Mōryō had completely disappeared into little Shion's body, Miroku began to set up the Priestess's seal. When Miroku was ready, Ishiro released the restraint on Mōryō, and then Miroku activated the Priestess's seal, trapping Mōryō in the space created by the Five Elements Seal.
When it was over, Ishiro said, "Lady Priestess, I have left a gap in this Five Elements Seal. In the future, Mōryō's power will slowly seep out from it, and Shion can also take the initiative to absorb it."
Miroku nodded, patting the head of the little Shion in her arms, who still didn't know what had just happened to her.
(End of Chapter)
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