The Snake clone stared at Toji's completely demonized figure, Jugo, who was focused on that clone, had already noticed what had happened.
He could easily have helped Toji regain his senses, but he didn't, instead, he was curious about the power of that form, so he left.
So when Toji roared, brandishing his lava sword towards the Snake Clone, the Snake Clone simply dodged calmly. Toji's sword struck the ground, creating a huge fissure. A red glow and a foul smell spread through the fissure, lava erupting from it. The Snake Clone looked at the lava with curiosity, but Toji wasn't paying any attention.
Instead, his sword moved as fast as lightning, attempting to strike the Snake Clone with a sideways blow, but the Snake clone quickly vanished from Toji's sight.
When he reappeared, he was already floating not far from Toji, while the demonic figure roared and searched for him. Not finding him, he began to wave his sword randomly.
The ground was charred, trenches filled with lava flowed, trees caught fire, it looked like hell on earth.
The Snake Clone looked thoughtfully at this, he raised a finger, while a Rasengan quickly formed on his finger, the next moment, the Rasengan was ignited, the fire chakra concentrated more and more as Jugo compressed the Rasengan, even so, the Rasengan, with more and more chakra, began to grow.
The intense movement and heat caught Toji's attention. Looking up, he saw the Snake Clone with a sphere of concentrated flames forming ever more rapidly. He roared, dozens of blue flames erupting around him as he pointed his hand at the Snake Clone. The fireballs were fired directly at the Snake Clone, but he easily dodged them, the chakra still rushing rapidly to the sphere above his finger.
The sphere suddenly shrank, as small as a golf ball, only to grow again soon after, as large as a basketball, but its appearance had already changed by that point, it looked like a miniature sun, the extreme heat even causing Toji's flaming skin to begin emitting smoke.
Due to Toji's heightened sense of danger, he froze, his clouded consciousness returning slightly as he sensed the threat of death.
-Wait...!- Toji tried to say. He wasn't scared, he just wanted to let him know he had regained consciousness, but the Snake clone simply smiled at him.
Pointing downwards, his mouth opened as he spoke. - Cruel Sun.
-Damn it...! - Toji only had time to curse, irritated, using all his power to defend himself, using earth chakra to harden his skin and increasing the power of the infernal flames around him.
Boom~
An immense explosion that would have made Deidara cry tears of joy occurred the next moment. The moment he fired his Jutsu, the Snake Clone had already teleported far away, high into the sky. He saw an explosion with a radius of tens of kilometers engulf everything where Toji was.
He remained silent for a while, thinking he had overreacted a bit, Jugo only wanted to test this thing, but besides, he knew it wouldn't kill Toji.
Besides, Toji's fire resistance is extremely high, and his defense is no joke.
Even so, this explosion must have been felt for thousands of kilometers.
When the flames finally subsided, all that remained was a huge crater at the impact site, along with black, still-boiling earth, the rocks had liquefied into lava, it looked like an apocalyptic scene.
Jugo only used chakra, although his chakra is Sage chakra, if he had used his influence over the Tenebrous World to increase the power of that thing... Toji would have turned to ashes.
At the center of it all, Toji's figure was charred, still breathing, but his entire skin was black and cracked, completely naked, he survived, albeit barely.
The Snake Clone looked at that and felt a little embarrassed, he almost killed himself.
Well, at most he would bring that part of his soul back and build a new body for it, but he decided that next time, he wouldn't do something like that. It was really difficult to find a good opponent these days, but in the end, he got excited for a moment.
Sighing, he went to the charred body and began to heal it.
Toji felt it, he opened his dry mouth, his throat cracking as he said with difficulty. -F-fuck yo-u!
-Sorry.- Snake Clone chuckled sheepishly before placing his hands on him. The infernal flames were already working, he only needed to assist. In half an hour, Toji was as good as new.
Even so, he looked at the Snake clone with evident anger.
The Snake clone looked away, pretending not to see.
Toji rolled his eyes, if he wasn't the one to blame, in more than one sense, he wouldn't let it go. He could only manage a tired sigh.
Ignoring the clone, he resolved not to use Devil Transformation again anytime soon, that thing turned him into a mindless Berserker.
Instead, he refocused on the information he had received, and beyond the powers he gained from this sequence, the greatest improvement was in his mind, his sense of fear and panic had been virtually eliminated, something he had already noticed moments before.
Even when facing the "Cruel Sun", he only felt anger, but there was no fear, no panic, that was precisely the reason.
The ritual to advance to a Desire Aplostle is to complete 13 to 49 serial murders, targeting individuals who have fallen into sin. The more complete the ritual, the better the chances of advancement.
Furthermore, there must be an interval of at least 3 days between the murders, otherwise it is easy to lose control, the interval also cannot exceed 9 days, or the ritual will lose its effect.
After each murder, after performing the ritual, he must devour the victim's internal organs. This will drive him into a state of violence and bloodlust, causing him to desire to harm others until that desire is satisfied again.
The ritual is undoubtedly sinister, but Toji wasn't worried about any of that, because he never planned to complete it.
The fact is that without a ritual, even without the creator's awareness to interfere, it is still extremely dangerous, he could go mad or turn into a vegetable.
If it were a common ritual, Toji wouldn't mind completing it, but devouring someone's organs? Sorry, he doesn't have that kind of taste.
If it were a ritual from a more advanced sequence, he wouldn't have much choice, but from a sequence 5? Jugo's power is enough to protect him, he can directly absorb the potion's consequences.
For an Angel, this 'madness' is easily manageable.