Jugo watched with curiosity as Toji underwent a transformation using the Snake Clone.
Toji continued to roar while controlling himself to avoid destroying everything around him, rolling on the ground as he ripped off his shirt with the claws that had already appeared on his fingers.
The roar of pain continued as Jugo watched Toji's skin begin to turn increasingly red, as if it were being cooked from the inside out.
Toji's eyes deepened for a moment, no, to be more precise, his eyes disappeared, leaving only a void in his head where they should have been. This lasted only a moment before he returned to normal.
But the change returned again, this time the right side of his head took on a skeletal appearance, smoke billowing from his body as he writhed on the ground, the ground around him already beginning to char.
The next moment, Toji stood up screaming, his head had become a complete skull, his hands, arms, chest... his flesh had completely vanished, leaving a skeleton wearing pants and shoes, but the pants didn't become loose, they still seemed to behave as if there was flesh underneath.
Just when Jugo thought the transformation was complete, turning Toji into some kind of skeletal Devil Race, the next moment Toji's entire body burst into flames.
Literally, a layer of fire accumulated around the skeleton, although neither his shoes nor his pants burned from it, Jugo still felt the intense heat, not only that, that fire, even the Snake Clone sensed danger from it, that thing seemed to possess some of the power of the Tenebrous World.
Toji stood still, staring at the skeletal hands in flames, his eyes had disappeared long ago, but he didn't feel that it hindered his vision in the slightest.
Feeling the abilities he had gained in this form, Toji was speechless.
He was truly a Spirit of Vengeance, he had all three basic Ghost Rider abilities: the Penance Stare, hellfire, sin sense... he had it all.
Although he had expected something less malevolent, wasn't this too generic?
If this were fan fiction, he would want to curse the author for lacking creativity.
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Sighing, Toji felt the urge within him, the desire to go out and judge sinners, it was probably influenced by his newly discovered demonic side.
Toji felt as if a valve had opened inside him, at that moment, he closed that valve, his form slowly reverting to its original shape, the flames turning into flesh while only his shirtless, muscular form remained there, standing still.
Jugo raised an eyebrow, curious, but said nothing from beginning to end, instead, he knew how disorienting it could be to advance, receiving not only information about the current sequence, but also about the ritual to follow.
Toji was really focusing on that.
The physical changes were remarkable, his physique became several times stronger. This wasn't just due to the basic enhancements from the sequence, but because most Devils themselves possessed extremely powerful bodies.
The Spirit of Vengeance was no exception.
Toji transformed his fingers into claws and dragged them across his chest with all his might, only a thin trail of blood came out. Moreover, the next moment, the blood literally caught fire. When the fire stopped, only Toji's completely clean chest remained.
Toji blinked slightly, and Jugo even raised an eyebrow, impressed.
They both put that aside while Toji conducted new tests, testing his strength in both his base form and Devil form.
He even uprooted a tree as thick as his waist and used it as a club. The most incredible thing was when he unleashed his infernal flames on the tree, it immediately caught fire, but instead of charring and turning into charcoal slag, the tree itself took on a black, ink-like appearance while its leaves burst into flames.
The tree not only didn't get weaker, but it got stronger! He used it to break a huge boulder and it didn't even leave a mark on the tree.
When he extinguished the flames, the tree returned completely to normal, as if it had never caught fire.
He tried again, this time he really wanted to burn the tree instead of improving it. The tree actually turned to slag this time, extremely fast, it didn't even take 3 seconds to turn into black dust.
Toji sighed, a smile growing on his lips, but he put that aside for now and focused on continuing his tests.
Summoning Manda, the giant snake became angry when summoned, but seeing Jugo nearby, he said nothing. In the end, Toji asked him to inject venom into him.
Manda didn't know Toji, but that didn't matter, seeing Jugo's eyes, he simply bent down, bit the idiot's arm, and injected as much poison as possible.
Toji didn't even move. He could feel the poison entering and being burned the moment it did.
Satisfied, he let Manda go, the poison/toxins no longer worked on him. At least not on that level.
Next, he needed Jugo's help. He asked the Snake Clone to cast a genjutsu on him. The clone did, but as soon as its chakra tried to influence Toji's mind, it was burned directly.
Toji smiled happily. The Snake Clone, intrigued, used the power of the Tenebrous World for the next Genjutsu. This time, Toji fell, his hellfire couldn't burn away the power of the Tenebrous World, but something as powerful as the Tenebrous World shouldn't exist in this world, so he was still satisfied.