Knives.
Steel needles.
Sawteeth.
All the cold weapons that appeared in human history, like rainwater, like wild grass, surged forth from the sky, from the earth.
"Be careful! Absolutely cannot get injured!" Tsunade loudly reminded.
She only was cursed by one person, and her heart was pierced through, barely surviving by consuming the life force of Byakugō no Jutsu and Katsuyu's healing.
Now the entire village of nearly a thousand people, under the effect of the Evil God formation, was connected into one whole.
As long as the blood was eaten by one among them, it was equivalent to suffering the simultaneous curse-killing of nearly a thousand people.
Even the body tempered Ryosuke, even Tsunade who possessed the Byakugō Seal, was absolutely certain-death without doubt.
Kakashi's two hands rapidly formed seals.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
The earth rose up into a wall, then under the adjustment of his chakra, the wall turned ninety degrees, covering the sky.
Ding Ding~ Dang Dang~
Steel needles fell on the earth wall, producing clear crisp sounds.
Kakashi took the chance and again formed seals, thunder roared in his palm.
On the other side, Tsunade finished forming seals, summoning the ninja beast, Katsuyu.
The enormous slug appeared out of thin air, it raised its tail as a curtain to block wind and rain, shielding Tsunade from the steel needles falling from the sky.
Countless steel needles pierced into Katsuyu's body.
"Sorry, Katsuyu."
The soft tender voice came from Katsuyu's mouth, "It's alright, Tsunade-sama, I have blocked the pain nerves."
"Good!"
Tsunade's right fist hit into her palm, her whole body chakra surged, power flowed into four limbs and bones, making ready to meet the enemy.
"Empty of flesh body!"
"Death returning home!"
The cultists roared, pain granting them strength, at death's door listening to the Evil God's whispers, in this moment their will was incomparably firm, in their gaze toward Ryosuke's three people was full of passion,
"Friends who came from afar!"
"This will send you to death!"
On Ryosuke's skin appeared one by one dragon-scale-like pitch-black, heavy scales.
Steel needles or saw blades, none could cut open his skin.
He stepped forward, boom, breaking through the sound barrier, the blood flowing underfoot splashed, all cultists rushing forward were struck flying even faster.
Ryosuke killed his way to the white-haired Cult Leader, one punch exploded his heart.
Cult Leader death.
Star Platinum hung behind Ryosuke's back, a pair of cold stern eyes sweeping, just as before him the white-haired Cult Leader's corpse turned back into cultist, at the same time it locked onto another cultist turning into Cult Leader.
Star Platinum grabbed Ryosuke's shoulder and fiercely threw him forward.
This time even faster, the white-haired Cult Leader didn't even change his face out before Ryosuke twisted his neck broken.
In only three, four seconds, Ryosuke was like a beam of light, rebounding between mirrors named "Cult Leader."
Thud!
A dozen corpses fell into a pool of blood.
A bottle of water was handed over.
The white-haired Cult Leader smiled and said, "Want to rest a little?"
Star Platinum's palm exerted force, crushing the cultist's skull, the sensation between clenched palms reminded Ryosuke.
The cultists were becoming stronger.
Under the Evil God formation's shroud, they shared life force, and with every cultist's death, they could please the god, giving to the remaining cultists suffering life's torment, a gift of power.
Ryosuke's fist clenched tight.
This life force filling the formation, was not produced out of thin air, all of it originated from the innocent victims brutally killed by the cultists.
The more power the Evil God descended.
The more Ryosuke could hear the sorrowful crying of the innocent victims.
Just at this time, he heard from behind a cry of alarm, "Kakashi!"
Ryosuke turned his head to look in the direction the voice came.
Tsunade's expression was terrified.
Kakashi looked in shock at his calf.
An enemy already cut in half by Raikiri, who should have long since died, suddenly pounced out, long sword in hand slashing, grazing open the skin of Kakashi's calf.
Two or three drops of blood splattered out.
The bisected cultist, both hands exerting, leapt up from the ground like a locust.
He opened his mouth wide, stuck out his tongue, about to swallow Kakashi's blood into his belly, at the same time placing the long sword in his hand against his neck, ready anytime to slit his throat in suicide.
"Ryosuke! Quickly use your Star Platinum to think of a way!" Tsunade shouted.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
"Time, stop flowing!"
Ryosuke knocked aside cultists along the way, erased Kakashi's blood, fingers touching his leg, Ripple power activated, healing the tiny wound.
Time flowed again.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Cultists flew out one after another.
Kakashi came back to himself, looking at Ryosuke standing in front of him, slightly gasping said, "Looks like I've become a burden."
Ryosuke shook his head.
Kakashi was not a burden, only that "ninja" did not suit this battlefield, if replaced with warriors like Miyamoto, clad in armor, instead it would be easier to handle.
The white-haired Cult Leader first looked at the cultists flying away, then at the bloodstains on the ground, "Is it a space ninjutsu similar to Flying Thunder God?"
"No, not right, even if it is space ninjutsu, there would be the four steps of casting the technique, arriving at position, unfolding actions, producing result."
"But your technique has only 'casting the technique,' 'arriving at position,' 'producing result' these three steps."
"That is to say… your technique can skip the step of 'unfolding actions.'"
"Either, you possess the ability of without 'action' being able to make thoughts come true, or else…"
The white-haired Cult Leader twisted open the water bottle in his hand, drank a mouthful, said, "Your ability is stopping time."
He tilted his head slightly, observing Ryosuke's expression, suddenly, revealed a smile.
"So it's like this, no wonder you are crowned 'Invincible' Ryosuke, no one thought of, you actually can control time."
"However, let me guess, how long can you stop time?"
"Surely not too long, otherwise, you only need to stop time, when we all cannot move, kill everyone and it ends."
"So, ten seconds? Seven seconds?"
The white-haired Cult Leader lightly laughed, "It won't be only five seconds, right."
Whoosh~
Ryosuke appeared in front of the white-haired Cult Leader.
"Ora!"
Star Platinum swung a fist, once again shattered his skull.
But this time, the white-haired Cult Leader did not die.
His skull shattered, brain matter spilled everywhere.
But he did not die.
Nearly a thousand cultists, in the battle with Ryosuke, Tsunade, Kakashi, already more than half dead, now only remaining less than two hundred people.
The dead were sacrificed to the Evil God.
Now those still alive, became harder to kill, and even more terrifying.
The white-haired Cult Leader slowly crawled up, shattered eyeballs staring fixedly at Ryosuke, "Stopping time, indeed very frightening."
"But Ryosuke, do not forget, for death, time is eternal. No matter how long you pause, no matter how far you run toward that distant shore, "
"Eternal death, will eventually catch up to you!"
Woooo! Woooo! Woooo!
From the sky came strange sounds.
Tsunade raised her head to look at the sky, on the falling steel needles appeared a trace of black-grey thick smoke, faintly could see one after another happy faces.
That was… the cultists killed by them.
Indescribable murmurs resounded at the ears.
Like scripture, and like mother's whisper in the deep night.
"Come quickly die together."
"Come quickly die together!"
"Come quickly die together!!"
"Die!!!!"
The departed cultists' souls let out blissful shouts.
All the steel needles, sawteeth, blades, no longer random attacks, with the souls attached to them controlling, all rushed toward Ryosuke.
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