[Shrine Maiden's Palace of the Land of Demons]
A clone of Rengoku was currently breaking a corner of the formation to see what Kakashi and the others were doing.
He suddenly looked up toward a direction.
Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, there was a sense of evil chakra rising.
At this moment, Rengoku turned his head, and saw the shrine maiden Miroku, in the middle of the night, carrying a sacred tool and leaping out with agile movements.
She didn't bring a single person with her.
Rengoku looked at the direction shrine maiden Miroku left. It was precisely the direction from which he had just sensed the evil chakra.
Then he decided not to worry about Kakashi and the others, and to go see what Miroku was up to.
———
Kakashi and the other three woke up.
As ninjas, the first thing to do was check their own condition.
Then what surprised the three of them was that they were neither tied up, nor had they suffered the slightest injury.
At this time, the door suddenly opened, and a boy dressed as a guard carrying an unconscious girl broke in.
"You're from Konoha, right? Hurry up and leave!", The boy abruptly said this without context.
Kakashi and the others were stunned, "What happened?"
The boy looked anxious, "I'll explain on the way. It's dangerous here."
Kakashi and the others exchanged glances, and followed the boy out.
The boy looked seventeen or eighteen years old, fully armored, with a bow and arrows at his waist. The girl on his back looked about seven or eight years old.
Once the group got outside the palace, they saw that people inside the palace were steadily and orderly evacuating.
In the distance, light kept shooting out from the dark sky.
The boy's thoughts were clear; while leading Kakashi and the others away, he explained, "Shrine maiden-sama is currently battling a demon. This place may soon become the battlefield."
"We don't know how many enemies there are. To prevent our princess from being affected, we must evacuate immediately."
"Shrine maiden-sama is now officially hiring you to protect the safety of the princess."
"If the battle situation worsens, then we ask you to escort the princess to Konoha to take refuge."
Kakashi and the others looked at the flashing light in the distance and directly lifted his forehead protector.
Under the activation of the three-tomoe Sharingan, his vision became much clearer.
BOOM!
A humanoid figure wrapped in purple-black smoke crashed through the palace wall, smashing a big hole into the ground.
Atop the broken palace wall stood the shrine maiden holding a sacred tool, glowing all over, with bands of light on her body like wings.
Although she didn't have the ability to fly, Miroku's body was light and could even hover briefly in the air.
Although Moryo was using Yomi's body, the outside of the body was wrapped in purple-black chakra.
Each movement between the two caused large craters in the ground.
Seeing all this, Kakashi was somewhat shocked, "What kind of enemy is this powerful?"
Susuki, while not stopping, explained as he led Kakashi and the others away, "This is an enemy that only shrine maiden-sama can deal with. You must not think about helping."
"Escorting the princess to safety is the most important thing."
Kakashi and the others hesitated for a moment but still followed Susuki and left.
However, their figures were seen by Obito, who was standing on the courtyard wall.
'Why is Kakashi here?'
'The Sharingan is restored? Is that my eye?'
Obito's thoughts turned rapidly, but for now, he didn't plan to trouble Kakashi.
Kakashi's speed definitely wasn't faster than his. After things were handled here, he could catch up.
On this side, the rumbling sounds continued nonstop. Shrine maiden Miroku and Moryo were locked in an even battle.
But as time went on, Miroku's stamina and spiritual power began to gradually decline.
She was human and naturally couldn't compare to a monster.
However, she had been leading the battlefield toward the palace all along. Clearly, she had a plan.
At this moment, Moryo clashed with Miroku again, and the kagura bell-like sacred tool in Miroku's hand shattered with a loud bang.
Miroku also spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and was sent flying backward.
Moryo's voice was full of endless malice, "HAHAHAHA, you actually didn't bring the shrine maiden's bell."
"With that, how could you possibly be my opponent?"
"Be good and let me devour you! Hahahaha!"
"Humanity shall be destroyed by me! Hahahaha!"
Moryo, surrounded by a mass of purple-black smoke, suddenly charged into Miroku's body, completely dyeing her body purple-black.
On Miroku's beautiful face, veins bulged all over.
But her gaze remained calm, as if she had long known Moryo would do this.
"Our shrine maiden bloodline, our mission since ancient times, is to stop your evil. Today, I will trap you here forever," Miroku formed hand seals, and a massive formation suddenly rose from the entire palace ground.
Looking down from the sky, Miroku's current position was precisely at the center of the formation.
As the formation rose, there were still many people who hadn't escaped from the palace's range.
But when others touched the formation, they felt no discomfort at all.
The formation shrank and passed through everyone, finally landing on Miroku.
At that instant, countless spell marks appeared on Miroku's body.
Moryo let out a heart-piercing scream, "NO! ARE YOU CRAZY! STOP IT NOW!"
"YOU'LL DIE HERE TOO!"
"AHHHHHHH!"
Miroku continued chanting, and the spell marks stuck to her body like branding irons.
Moryo kept screaming miserably. The purple-black smoke continually dissipated, visibly weakening.
Obito, who had been nearby the whole time, hesitated, then decided to take action.
Like a ghost, he suddenly appeared next to Miroku.
Wood Release: Piercing Technique!
Obito extended his right hand with Wood Release.
He shot a wooden spike at Miroku.
At this moment, Miroku couldn't even move, and could only watch with open eyes as the wooden spike pierced her body.
Then exploded violently inside her body.
But at the same time as Obito made his move, a patch of pitch-black flame also fell directly on his head.
Amaterasu!
In that instant, Obito was terrified to the core.
'Who? Whose Amaterasu is this?'
'Damn it! Am I going to lose another Sharingan?'
Obito didn't have much time to hesitate, because Amaterasu had landed on his head.
If he didn't use it, he would die.
He could only activate Izanagi.
As the red glow appeared in Obito's eye, blood in Miroku's body shot out like a fountain.
In just an instant, Miroku's life reached zero.
Miroku's eyes were full of deep regret as she fell backward.
The Moryo that had been controlled by her body immediately escaped.
Amaterasu!
Another Amaterasu fell down.
"This! What is this flame! UGH! AHHHH!"
The purple-black chakra on Moryo's body boiled like oil in cold water, suddenly bursting.
Amaterasu was directly blocked outside by the purple-black chakra.
Moryo sliced out from that mass of chakra and lunged toward Yomi's body.
The moment he opened his eyes, he immediately fled outward.
He didn't know who the enemy was, he didn't even know where the enemy was.
He had to escape immediately.
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