With a sharp scream from the White Snake Sage, the ancient temple suddenly transformed into a hellscape. Countless evil spirits and ghosts emerged from the corners, flying directly toward the two men.
"Is this an illusion or something else?" Naruto thought in surprise, quickly deploying a Truth-Seeking Ball in front of him as a shield!
However, the ghosts simply passed through the Truth-Seeking Ball.
"Not only are they without physical form, but they also lack chakra?" Naruto frowned slightly, this being the first time he had encountered such an unusual attack.
Just as he was preparing to temporarily retreat and prioritize gathering intelligence, Nagato beside him spoke, "Leave this to me!"
Conjuration: Gate of Yama!
After rapidly forming hand seals, a gate to hell with the character "King" written on its top emerged, opening its bloodstained maw to suck in all the flying spirits!
"Guess he really is reliable! I can't fall behind either!" Naruto raised his right hand high as a Truth-Seeking Ball flew into his palm, rapidly beginning to spin!
[Six Paths Sage Art: Truth-Seeking Spinning Shuriken!]
A shuriken resembling a black hole quickly took shape and Naruto hurled it forward!
Sensing the terrifying aura within the shuriken, the White Snake Sage's spirit trembled violently, "Run quickly!"
The three Hebihimes originally hadn't taken the Truth-Seeking Ball seriously after seeing ghosts easily pass through it, but upon hearing the White Snake Sage's panicked voice, they too became flustered, hastily flying toward the exit.
Tachihime and Ichikishima had slightly better luck, dodging the attack.
However, Tachitsuhime was just a step too slow, getting caught in the erupting black mass.
Like lines erased from a sketchbook by an eraser, she disappeared instantly!
Disappearing together with her was the temple itself, erased completely from its very foundation!
Witnessing this scene, both Tachihime and Ichikishima screamed in horror!
Too snake-riffic! (A pun on 'too scary' in Chinese)
With the temple destroyed, the giant toads outside naturally noticed the commotion.
A toad smoking a large pipe jumped over, speaking with obvious annoyance, "Why are Ryuchi Cave's immortals appearing on Mount Myoboku? Naruto, what exactly is going on here?"
Naruto quickly explained, "The Great Toad Sage inside the temple was an imposter. We don't know where those snakes took the real Great Toad Sage and Elder!"
"What?" Gamabunta's anger boiled over in an instant. Letting Ryuchi Cave's foul snakes kidnap several immortals right under their noses was an unspeakable disgrace!
"Kill them all! Tonight we feast on snake soup!"
The other toads angrily joined in, shouting together, "Snake soup! Snake soup!"
However, Nagato reminded them, "The Three Sacred Lands — Mount Myoboku, Ryuchi Cave, and Kumano — should be roughly equal in strength. Even though snakes counter toads, it would be impossible for them to defeat Mount Myoboku's immortals without any commotion at all. They must have help!"
The White Snake Sage hissed, flicking its tongue like a serpent, "This brat's thinking is actually quite clear. Old fellows, come out!"
As soon as the words fell, the ground beneath the temple trembled violently. A monstrous wild boar, several times larger than Gamabunta and rotting from head to toe, burst forth from underground.
In the sky, a three-headed eagle swooped downward.
Another creature stood as tall as a human, black and white in color with bones sticking out all over its body!
Naruto curiously asked, "Are these also Summoned Beasts?"
"Conjurations?" The wild boar laughed loudly. "White Snake, it seems your descendants are having a rough time in this world if they've been reduced to being treated like tamed beasts!"
"They're just my descendants!" the White Snake Sage protested.
"We don't treat them as slaves. We truly regard them as friends and companions!" Naruto corrected firmly.
For some unknown reason, when Naruto said that, he instinctively thought of Manda from the Parallel World!
Only now did the giant boar truly notice Naruto, and he flinched. "Big? B-Big? You're one of the Otsutsuki?"
"Look closely. He's just a human who received the Otsutsuki's blessing!" explained the White Snake Sage.
"No wonder that Otsutsuki released us. So they've had a falling out!" the wild boar nodded, then glared viciously at Naruto, his voice booming like thunder. "Listen well, brat! Me and that idiot bird beside me are both powerful yao monsters..."
The three-headed eagle preening nearby suddenly struck the boar with a bolt of lightning, screeching, "Idiot pig? Who're you calling an idiot bird, you dumb bird?"
Unmoved, the boar shook himself and grumbled, "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been captured back then..."
"Yao monsters?" Naruto suddenly understood. He had studied intensively over the past few days and learned that there were many yao monster seals across this land.
For example, his teacher had apparently encountered two yao monsters—one emerged from the Wish-Granting Casket during the Third Great Ninja War, and another was imprisoned within the Dream World.
Considering that, meeting two yao monsters now seemed perfectly reasonable!
"What about that skeleton? Is he also a yao monster?"
The skeleton opened his eyes, filled with madness. "I am the Evil God of the End, a sinner. You carry an impure and evil aura..."
"Evil God... I feel like I've heard that title somewhere before, but where was it?" Naruto thought hard, then suddenly realized. "Ah, right! Hidan—the so-called Immortal King!"
Naruto gasped in realization. Then, he recalled that god apparently could hear his followers' prayers.
Could it be that this guy is so irritable because Hidan prays to him every day, reciting the Will of Fire?
Thinking about it, Naruto tested cautiously, "Where the leaves dance..."
The ranting evil god reflexively responded, "...the fire also burns ceaselessly..."
Naruto clapped excitedly. "Full marks! You've totally got the Will of Fire!"
Feeling the strange looks cast his way, the evil god lost his cool. "Blasphemous fool, drown in despair and fear!"
It seemed as if his voice carried terrifying magical power. Except for a few toads, the surrounding giant toads went berserk.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Their eyes turned blood-red, and they roared in fury unconsciously, turning on each other in chaos!
Fortunately, only a few toads, like Gamabunta's brothers, possessed weapons suitable for their size.
Without sharp teeth or claws, no matter how fiercely they fought, it would be difficult for any serious danger to arise in the short term.
Naruto was also affected by the chaotic energy, but he quickly regained his senses.
"Eh? Why am I fine?" Naruto rubbed his body in confusion.
"You're protected by the power of the old Sage of Six Paths. Of course these outdated creatures have no effect on you!" Nine-Tails said within his consciousness space.
"But I heard from teacher that Aizen's genjutsu became so strong because he incorporated divine power!" Naruto replied with misunderstanding.
Nine-Tails remained silent for a moment, then roared angrily, "We're in the middle of a fight! Where are all these questions coming from? Attack already!"
"You don't know, so what? No need to yell!" Naruto inwardly complained, then rushed forward and kicked the so-called [Evil God of the End] flying with one kick!
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