Chapter 116 The True Form of the GhostGaara's words stunned everyone in front of the seal once more.
Of course, the most surprised were Miko and Mouryou.
From the initial shock to watching Mouryou's constant loss of composure, Miko's inner fear had dissipated considerably, turning into admiration for Gaara. He had actually forced a demon like Mouryou to this point. Now, hearing Gaara say that Mouryou didn't want to kill her made her even more astonished.
As for Mouryou, he had completely calmed down at this moment.
"Why? Why do you think that?"
For Gaara, Mouryou's calmness was already revealing a lot.
"I'm just guessing. You said that the only way a shrine maiden could seal you was by choosing to fuse with you. I've investigated the history of the Land of Demons. Over the past millennium, there have been many ambitious individuals like this Yomi. You've been released several times, but each time you were successfully sealed by a shrine maiden. Moreover, I've also heard a legend that the power of the Land of Demons' shrine maidens is passed down through bloodlines, generation after generation. So, I have a guess: you deliberately get sealed. You're not interested in rebuilding the Thousand-Year Kingdom at all. Your purpose in doing this is simply to devour the shrine maidens' power generation after generation, thereby strengthening yourself. And now, Miko has no descendants of her own. In order to prevent the shrine maiden's bloodline from being severed, you absolutely won't kill her. Am I right?"
"..."
Silence. The entire underground palace was eerily quiet at this moment.
Everyone was staring at Gaara, Miko, and Mouryou with incredulous gazes.
Yomi was the most unable to accept it.
"Lord Mouryou, this... this isn't true, is it...?"
If what Gaara said was true, then what about Yomi's plan to conquer the world?
Mouryou simply didn't bother with a small fry like Yomi, and said in a chilling tone.
"Human, I must say, you are indeed very clever. I can now give you a choice: become my follower, and I can bestow my power upon you..."
As soon as these words came out, Yomi, who had originally been looking forward to becoming a follower, was immediately dumbfounded.
Gaara, on the other hand, became interested and asked.
"Your power? What is your power?"
"My power, hehehe, you will naturally know when you become my follower."
It seemed that Mouryou wasn't a fool either.
This made Gaara even more curious and he asked.
"Then what about the ability to foresee the future that the shrine maidens inherit? Since you are of the same mind, does that mean you also possess the shrine maiden's power?"
The shrine maiden's ability to foresee the future had already faintly touched upon the most powerful force in this world: the power of space-time.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Mouryou's tone became low and沉寂, carrying a hint of resentment as he said.
"That was originally one of my powers as well, the detestable fellow..."
Seeing Mouryou's resentful appearance, Gaara became even more expectant.
It seemed that whether it was Mouryou or the shrine maiden's power, he couldn't let either of them go this time!
Thinking of this, he looked at the demon in front of him with fiery eyes. Sensing Gaara's hunter-like gaze, Mouryou also asked with a gloomy expression.
"So, human, what is your choice?"
"Sorry!"
Gaara's answer was very simple.
"I do want your power very much, but I have no interest in becoming a follower or anything like that."
"Is that so? Then there's no other way!"
Mouryou's low voice sounded, as if he wasn't surprised by this.
However, from the shaking of the entire underground palace, one could tell that Mouryou was already extremely angry.
As the tremors grew stronger and stronger, powerful chakra burst forth from the sealed stone gate like a flood...
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Night, in the Land of Demons' city in the distance.
The sleeping people of the Land of Demons were suddenly awakened by a violent tremor.
"What's going on? Is it an earthquake?"
"What are you spacing out for? Run!"
"Ah... right, right, right..."
As the entire land shook more and more violently, the people of the Land of Demons ran out of their homes and into the open spaces. Everyone looked at each other in panic and confusion, not understanding what was happening.
Just then, someone seemed to see something and shouted.
"Look, it's the back mountain! The back mountain is collapsing!"
Everyone then turned their gazes over.
Although there were no lights, under the illumination of the bright moon, everyone could still see what was happening.
A huge mountain behind the city began to shake violently, countless huge boulders fell from above, and then the entire mountain began to crack, with huge fissures appearing.
This made all the people of the Land of Demons shrink their pupils and turn pale.
"What... what on earth is going on?"
Just as everyone was at a loss, a scene that made them even more terrified appeared.
Amidst the cracks in the mountain, accompanied by a violent roar, a huge and thick purple dragon head emerged from within, emitting a chilling hiss.
Before these people could even scream, another huge head also emerged from within.
"Boom... boom... boom!"
In this way, accompanied by the constant sound of roaring.
Under the bright moonlight.
A huge monster, hundreds of meters tall, with eight dragon heads and a lower body like a giant python, covering the sky and the sun, appeared in everyone's vision.
At this point, even a fool would know that something was wrong.
Just then, someone finally seemed to realize something and shouted.
"Mour... Mouryou... It's the monster Mouryou that the shrine maiden sealed..."
"It's bad, the demon Mouryou has escaped..."
"Everyone, run!"
The entire city became chaotic at once.
The mountain that sealed Mouryou, after Mouryou completely revealed his true form, also completely disintegrated, turning into endless rolling rocks.
In this stone rain, which was like a torrential downpour, Gaara controlled the gold dust cloud, sheltering Honoka and Miko as they constantly dodged.
"It's truly astonishing, is Mouryou's body actually so huge?"
At this time, the six members of the Covert Mobile Unit also came to Gaara's side.
"Lord Kazekage, what do we do now?"
Mouryou's true form was actually so huge, which Gaara hadn't expected. He remembered that in the plot it seemed very small.
This meant that the originally prepared barrier range was not enough.
However, this was not a problem.
"Honoka, take Raiga and the others to prepare the barrier, and protect Miko while you're at it, leave this place. Daikoku, Sekiyu, and Kakushou, you guys go and deal with the six people from the Land of Demons. I'll go and play with Mouryou..."
As soon as the words fell, Gaara put his hands together, and the senjutsu energy in his body surged.
"Sage Art: Magnet Release: Shukaku Manifestation..."
Under the bright moonlight, another monster appeared in everyone's vision...