The black-robed man took out a sealing scroll and placed it in front of an enormous black cultivation tank before activating a switch.
Immediately, the Hashirama cells began shrinking rapidly, and the White Zetsu bodies started to shrivel at an incredible speed.
The black-robed man laughed.
"Hahaha! I didn't expect these things to have such powerful vitality."
"Good thing I discovered them a few years ago when I went to the Mountains' Graveyard. Those white humanoid creatures look pretty terrifying, but fortunately they were all in a dormant state. Otherwise, dealing with them would have been troublesome."
At that moment, the gigantic cultivation tank in front of him began to glow.
Inside was a black creature that looked like a grotesque fusion of Hashirama and White Zetsu. Numerous heads grew from its body, countless tentacles writhed behind its back, and its lower half resembled a massive serpent's tail.
An overwhelming aura radiated from it—like a demon crawling out of hell.
Tobirama Senju: "What is that!?"
Mito Uzumaki: "What's going on? How could something so evil exist? I can feel its overwhelming malice even through the screen."
Madara Uchiha: "So that thing is the so-called Jashin, Hashirama?"
Hashirama Senju: "Yes. Its strength is probably not inferior to yours or mine… and it's still rising rapidly."
Ōnoki: "What!? Not weaker than Lord Hashirama? And it's still increasing? Wouldn't that mean it could reach the Six Paths level!?"
Fourth Raikage (A): "How could such a dangerous creature exist…?"
Mei Terumi: "All I can feel from it is pure killing intent."
Minato Namikaze: "So this creature was created using the First Hokage's cells and White Zetsu discovered in the Mountains' Graveyard back then?"
Madara Uchiha: "Hmph. Those fools actually took my research results."
Tobirama Senju: "White Zetsu… and my brother's cells? This is bad. Raikage, you're the closest. After this broadcast ends, seal off Yugakure (Hidden Hot Water Village). The fanatics of the Jashin Cult in our world may be planning to revive this Jashin ( The Evil God) as well."
Fourth Raikage: "I was thinking the same."
The scene on the screen continued.
The White Zetsu gradually turned into dried husks, and the Hashirama cells were completely drained.
Suddenly, a blood-red mist emerged from within the underground base. The mist slowly drifted toward the monster and eventually seeped into its body.
The Jashin opened its crimson eyes, filled with bloodlust and slaughter.
At the same time, Nagi, who was soaking in a hot spring, suddenly jolted awake.
"What is this chakra!?"
"Hm?"
He then noticed that the water in the hot spring had begun to vibrate violently.
No—it wasn't just the water.
The entire ground was shaking.
Soon, the tremor stopped.
Sensing something was wrong, everyone quickly got dressed and rushed out of the inn.
Just then—
The shrine used for the festival suddenly exploded, and half of a corpse flew out from inside. When it crashed onto the ground, everyone realized it was the black-robed man from earlier.
A massive black claw drenched in blood burst out of the earth.
Immediately afterward, a serpent-tailed monster covered in tentacles leapt out.
It was the creature possessed by the Jashin.
It looked at the crowd attending the festival, its eyes revealing uncontrollable excitement.
Nagi stared at the Jashin standing atop the shrine, his expression extremely grave.
"What is that thing…? How could such an evil monster exist?"
From the creature, Nagi could sense overwhelming killing intent and bloodlust.
Even worse—
He felt that the monster's strength had likely already surpassed his own.
"This is bad."
The Jashin suddenly opened its mouth and spat a crimson beam into the sky.
The beam exploded and spread outward, quickly forming a massive birdcage-like barrier that enveloped the entire Hidden Hot Water Village.
"Hm? I can't sense my space markers anymore!"
Nagi realized that all of his Flying Thunder God Technique markers outside Yugakure had been completely blocked.
"This is troublesome."
At that moment, Samui took out a radio and tried several times to contact others.
But it failed.
"Nagi, the communication equipment has no signal."
"The Flying Thunder God markers are also being blocked. This is bad. Sasuki, Hinata—did you see anything?"
"I saw the evil energy that monster spat out just now. It formed a giant cage. That creature's chakra is extremely strong… and incredibly sinister."
"No… my Byakugan can't see beyond the cage. The creature's body contains extremely complex chakra, and its chakra volume is even greater than Naruto's."
Just then—
The monster suddenly swung its massive claw toward the crowd at the festival.
Some people didn't react in time.
Others reacted but couldn't escape.
The claw slammed down—
and they were instantly turned into bloody mist.
The shinobi finally reacted and launched their attacks.
Explosive tags, kunai, and various ninjutsu rained down upon the Jashin.
But when the attacks struck its body—
they didn't even scratch its skin.
Not a single attack had any effect.
The tentacles behind the Jashin suddenly moved.
They shot toward the crowd at terrifying speed.
People couldn't dodge in time. Some were impaled, while others were smashed into clouds of blood.
"This is bad… its chakra is increasing. So the more people it kills, the stronger it becomes."
Nagi sensed something was very wrong.
He stepped forward and fired a high-pressure stream of water from his mouth.
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
The razor-thin water jet shot toward the Jashin.
But the creature's tentacles smashed the attack apart and instantly lunged toward Nagi.
Nagi quickly sidestepped.
"So fast!"
Feeling the speed of the tentacles, his expression became even more serious.
Meanwhile, the people at the festival began fleeing.
But when they reached the edge of the barrier, they were blocked.
They tried to break the barrier—
but every attempt failed.
At that moment, the Jashin leapt down from the shrine onto the festival grounds and attacked Nagi's group with the tentacles behind its back.
Nagi used a chakra scalpel to slice through numerous tentacles.
But the moment they were severed—
they regenerated instantly.
The girls also tried to dodge and counterattack the tentacles.
But the attacks were simply too fast.
They struggled to keep up.
Hinata shattered some tentacles with her Vacuum Palm, but they regenerated immediately afterward.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
"Susanoo!"
Naruto and Sasuke stepped in to attack the tentacles.
The vines and Susanoo destroyed many of them—
yet they regenerated almost instantly.
The Jashin launched even more tentacles.
The forest and Susanoo were shattered under the barrage.
Naruto and Sasuke hurriedly retreated to create distance.
After temporarily pushing back the tentacles with Water Severing Wave, Nagi spoke to the girls behind him.
"You go break the barrier. I'll hold this thing off."
Hinata immediately objected.
"No. I'm staying to help you."
Naruto nodded.
"That's right, Nagi. We'll stay and fight too."
Sasuke smacked both of them on the head.
"Are you idiots? That monster is obviously not something we can handle. Staying here will only hold Nagi back."
"Our priority is breaking the barrier. Otherwise, none of us are getting out."
She then looked at Nagi.
"My time-stop ability can help you."
Nagi nodded.
"I understand."
After that, everyone except Sasuke headed toward the barrier to try to break it.
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