No one knew how much time had passed.
Ino had just stepped into this world not long ago, so naturally she had no way to endure the bombardment from Aoba.
Halfway through, she naturally grew hazy and fainted.
After letting Ino rest for several hours, Aoba finally removed the sealed space.
Looking at Ino in his arms, who seemed to still be fast asleep, he could not help pinching her nose.
Seeing that she did not react, he simply continued downward, poking at her cheek, lips, collarbone, navel.
As his fingers moved, Ino's brows slowly knit together, her lips pressed tighter and tighter, and her cheeks naturally grew redder and redder.
"Mm…"
At last, Ino let out a soft and cute murmur, then opened her eyes and reached out to stop Aoba from going any further, looking at him with a wronged expression.
"Don't… I-I really can't anymore."
Aoba looked at her with amusement.
"I thought you were going to keep pretending to sleep."
"Aoba, you big bully!"
Ino bit his chest lightly in embarrassment and annoyance.
Aoba rubbed her little golden head and said with a smile, "Alright, you stay at home. I'll head back to the Land of Demons by myself."
"No!"
Aoba had only been thinking about her condition, but he was immediately rejected.
"I want to stay with you a little longer, Aoba."
Ino looked at him pitifully.
"Well… alright then."
Seeing that Ino had put on such a wronged look, what else could Aoba say?
Although it might affect their actions a little, overall it would not be a big problem.
With him there, nothing dangerous would happen.
"Then let's lie down a bit longer."
Aoba spread the sealing barrier again.
"Mhm…"
Gurgle!
Ino buried her face in Aoba's arms and was just about to nod.
But the sudden gurgling sound froze her movement.
"…"
Aoba could not help laughing.
"Let's get up and eat something first."
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At the same time, elsewhere—
[The Land of Demons]
[Inside an Unremarkable Valley, Unremarkable Temple]
It looked like a temple, but it was actually the sealing shrine specially used by the Land of Demons to seal Moryo.
However, what was sealed here was Moryo's soul.
For safety reasons, the mikos of the Land of Demons over the generations had chosen to split Moryo into two parts.
His soul was kept within the Land of Demons, while his physical body was sealed inside a cave in the Land of Swamps.
At this moment, it was the dead of night.
Because Shion had predicted that Moryo would break free within these two days, a large number of samurai were patrolling here.
But it was precisely in this quiet night that, among the guards patrolling the sealing shrine, screams suddenly rang out one after another.
"Enem—UGH!"
One of the samurai saw the attacker.
But before he could finish shouting the warning, his voice abruptly stopped.
The other guards instantly fell into panic.
What followed was flames that lit up the entire area.
The wind roared.
The flames swelled with the wind, swallowing the remaining guards whole.
To ordinary people, the power of ninjas was absolute crushing force.
In just a few breaths, the heavily guarded sealing shrine had completely fallen.
And only at this moment did the mastermind finally reveal himself.
At the front stood a long haired, somewhat unkempt middle aged man.
This man was Yomi, the leader of the Yomi Cult.
Behind him stood his four subordinates.
The so called Yomi Cult actually consisted of only five people in total.
"You all wait outside."
Yomi ordered his subordinates.
"Yes!"
The four answered in unison.
Yomi had already impatiently pushed open the shrine doors and walked inside.
At this moment, he could hardly suppress the excitement in his heart.
More than ten years ago, he had already planned Moryo's revival.
But at that time, he had been stopped by the previous miko, Miroku.
As for the current miko, she was only a teenage girl who could not even fully control her own power.
Although she had chosen to seek help from Konoha, even if Konoha's Hokage came in person, in front of Moryo he would be nothing but dirt.
Only the miko could seal Moryo's power.
The inside of the sealing shrine was extremely simple, with only a long stone path in the middle.
At the end of the path was a platform located at the very center of the shrine.
Yomi stepped onto the platform one step at a time.
On it stood a stone monument covered with sealing formulas.
"Lord Moryo, it is time to return to the human world. Now, let us join hands once more and build a thousand year kingdom together!"
Yomi stretched out his hand and pressed it against the stone monument.
As black chakra surged out, light enveloped the monument.
With a crack, the monument split open, forming an entrance like a constantly rotating black hole.
"Lord Moryo!"
Seeing the black hole appear, Yomi immediately dropped to both knees and said devoutly, "Your servant welcomes your return!"
["Yomi? It has indeed been a long time."]
As if responding to Yomi's plea, a chilling and eerie voice sounded from within the black hole.
["Where is my body? What is the situation now? Without a body, I cannot appear in this world in the form of a soul."]
"With my strength alone, it is difficult to retrieve your body, Lord Moryo."
Yomi explained, "Therefore, I hope you can temporarily enter my body. Please use my body as a vessel, awaken the Undead Legion, and then together we shall go to the Land of Swamps and reclaim your physical form!"
As he spoke, black purple chakra slowly gathered in his palm.
Then he raised both hands and cut open his own chest.
Sss!
Very quickly, a huge opening was carved into his chest, but not a single drop of blood flowed from the wound.
Inside the split chest was a black, bottomless abyss.
This was the dark medical ninjutsu he had painstakingly researched.
["Very good,"] Moryo praised, ["I acknowledge your loyalty."]
Immediately after came a burst of laughter.
["Hahaha! Miko, you cannot trap me!"]
As the words fell, a mass of purple black gas flew out from the opening and entered Yomi's body.
After a scream of pain, Yomi endured it and used chakra threads to stitch his wound back together.
He put on his clothes, stood up, and could not help laughing loudly.
"Rise! My Undead Legion!"
He stood in the center of the shrine, arms spread wide.
The surrounding stones began to tremble violently.
A sound like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting echoed.
Countless broken rocks rolled down in the valley, and the terracotta warriors that had been dormant inside for many years awakened.
Under Moryo's control, they regained vitality.
For a moment, Yomi could already see the entire ninja world crawling at his feet, his arrogance reaching its peak.
After a long while, he gradually calmed down.
The most urgent task now was to head to the Land of Swamps and undo the seal on Moryo's physical body.
Let Moryo's soul and body become one again and return to his peak.
As for the Undead Legion, it would head to the Land of Demons and surround and kill the Miko.
Moryo and the miko's powers restrained each other, like a pair of mortal enemies.
Before returning to his peak, it would be difficult for Moryo to defeat the miko, even if she was a young one.
"Lord Yomi!"
The four subordinates guarding outside hurried forward.
Yomi nodded slightly at them and gave the order.
"You lead the Undead Legion and eliminate the miko and the Konoha ninja!"
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