Chapter 347: The Counterattack of the Hot Water Village Remnants

On the border of the Land of Hot Water,

a hidden village within a valley conceals a group of survivors from the Hot Water Village who did not fully perish after being slaughtered by the Hokage.

In the center of the village,

stands a crudely constructed temple; the figure enshrined within is not a Buddha,

but a black silhouette draped in massive black gauze, with a ferocious, ghastly face like that of a vengeful spirit.

It looks just like the Death God from the Pure Land summoned during the Shiki Fujin, yet it is black.

"Great God, please protect the Hot Water ninja!"

Dozens of tattered Hot Water ninja place the severed limbs and arms of Pollution Monsters hunted in the game, along with two precious pollution crystals,

upon the altar of the God temple.

The worshipped black God seems to come alive, stretching out claws like those of a devil to grab the pollution,

and swallowing it all into its mouth.

Immediately,

the body of the black God, originally crafted from clay, becomes increasingly solid and glossy, as if possessing real flesh and blood.

"We implore the God to save the Hot Water Village!"

The kneeling Hot Water ninja

are the survivors from when they were slaughtered by Hiruzen Sarutobi, known as the remnants of the Hot Water Village.

They hide here and there all day, terrified of leaving a trail.

Originally ninjas from a weak Ninja Village, they never received systematic ninja training; even though they are all at the Chunin level,

in terms of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities, they cannot compare to Konoha from the great Ninja Village, and soon, during their flight, most were killed or injured, all hunted down and silenced by the ninjas of the 【Shadow Organization】.

Driven to a dead end,

these peace-loving Hot Water ninja had no choice but to risk their lives to go to the capital of the Land of Hot Water to beg the Daimyo for protection.

However, the Daimyo kicked them aside once they were no longer useful; with the stronger Konoha Ninja Village already in existence, the Hot Water ninja were merely a burden, so he directly passed the news of the Hot Water ninja to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

After a journey of hardship, the desperate remnants of the Hot Water ninja finally pinned their hopes on Jashinism, which had been passed down since the Sengoku era.

They sold all their assets in exchange for pollution materials, offering them to the deity of Jashinism, praying for protection and for the punishment of Konoha.

Unexpectedly, it actually worked; after taking the pollution materials, the God began to gradually respond to their prayers, hungering for more pollution materials.

"Comrades, soon it will be the day for us to counterattack Konoha."

Leading them is the former advisor of the now-destroyed Hot Water Village; if one were to draw an analogy, he holds the same status as Shimura Danzo once did.

A strange smile hangs on his face,

and at his feet is a pattern drawn in fresh blood, his entire skin having turned black and white.

If anyone from the Akatsuki were present, they would certainly find it familiar; this is the state Hidan enters when performing Jashin Jushu.

Only,

compared to Hidan, the Hot Water advisor's curse technique is more powerful because the offerings he provides to the God are far more abundant.

"Everyone, go collect and purchase more pollution monsters; Lord God will soon be able to fully awaken and eradicate Konoha, which destroys peace!"

"When that time comes, the God will rule the ninja world!"

Coldly watching the changes occurring in the ninja world, Fang Yi does not make a move.

A Fu, standing to the side, is somewhat anxious and says: "Master, are we not going to help the ninja world? If the God awakens, it will very likely lead to the destruction of the ninja world!"

The 【God】 worshipped by Jashinism,

Fang Yi has long been clear about its essence: it is a massive aggregate of chakra.

It is not a Tailed Beast, a nine-headed chakra aggregate artificially created by the Sage of Six Paths, but rather,

an aggregate naturally produced by the evil thoughts instinctively emitted by all chakra lifeforms in the ninja world.

Through worship, Jashinists continuously provide it with evil thoughts and faith, and the God also actively feeds back some special chakra,

which is the Jashin-kyo Mishu released by Hidan.

However, there have always been very few lifeforms that believe in the God—just a small portion of civilians in the Land of Hot Water—so this God of evil thoughts had no presence. But now,

the God, fed with pollution materials by the desperate Hot Water ninja, is like a parched sponge; after absorbing a large amount of pollution essence,

it has entered a corrupted state.

Furthermore, it has clearly reached a certain level, having shaped a body with pollution essence and gained the ability to move freely.

It has been thoroughly polluted.

Next, as long as it continues to spread pollution and commit slaughter, it will be able to grow like a snowball, eventually devouring the entire ninja world.

"An aggregate of evil thoughts like this is the most susceptible to contact with pollution and subsequent corruption; must I intervene every single time?"

Although Fang Yi's expression is not very pleasant,

he has absolutely no intention of intervening to save it, despite the potential for a crisis that could destroy the ninja world.

He says: "Once the rules of the Samsara Game are set, blindly intervening will only cause the players to lose their awe of the rules."

"At the end of the day, the fuse for this matter was lit by Konoha."

"The primary target of the God's attack is also Konohagakure; since they had the ability to usurp the nest, they need to be prepared for a counterattack."

The God is a product raised by the remnants of the Hot Water ninja,

and its first enemy is naturally Konoha.

A Fu is somewhat panicked and says: "Master, according to my judgment, the strength of that God is roughly a Level 40 Dark Gold Lord; with Konoha's current strength, it will be very difficult to stop."

As an aggregate of evil thoughts from the entire ninja world,

logically, its strength should not exceed 【Tier 1】, but because of the suicidal offerings of pollution sacrifices by the Jashinists,

the pollution essence that had lost its activity has been restored; once the pollution essence recovers its activity, it is like a coordinate that will be sensed by high-level pollution forces.

This Pollution Crystal eaten by the Evil God dropped from a 【Bomb Goblin】, whose backing pollution force is the 【Abyss of Flesh】.

The Evil God was able to become a Dark Gold Lord,

likely because a high-level pollution entity from the 【Abyss of Flesh】 took notice of the fallen Evil God and proactively released a massive amount of Pollution Aura for the Evil God to absorb.

Once the allotted time passes and the Evil God is not dealt with,

the pollution force of the 【Abyss of Flesh】 will follow the trail and find the Ninja World.

That is why A Fu said that if the Evil God fully awakens, the Ninja World will be destroyed—not by the hands of the Evil God, but by a higher-level pollution force.

A Fu said with some trepidation: "The Abyss of Flesh force is only mid-tier on the Polluted Continent."

"It has a large number of Tier 2 Pollution Monsters, all of which are flesh-mutated pollution monsters like Goblins and Yakshas; the leader of this force, according to game ratings, is at least a Lv. 49 Goblin King."

"Given the current strength of the players, if a full-scale war were to start, even if they all attacked together, the odds of winning would not be high."

Although the players' growth speed is astonishingly fast,

the Samsara Game has only been open for too short a time; the strongest player, Orochimaru, is only Lv. 40 right now and does not yet have the ability to go head-to-head with the 【Abyss of Flesh】.

"Don't worry."

Although Fang Yi was annoyed, he was not overly worried and explained: "The entire Ninja World, the Four Great Ninja Villages and the Noble Alliance, have already carved up most of the territory."

"The first time, Konoha took advantage of the Land of Fire being besieged to launch a blitzkrieg on Hot Water Village, which is why they weren't discovered by the Four Great Ninja Villages."

"Now, if they dared to abandon the Land of Hot Water and use the same methods to attack other forces, they would be immediately swarmed by the forces of the Ninja World."

"As long as they aren't stupid, they will realize that the Land of Hot Water is territory they cannot relinquish, so they will absolutely fight to the very last moment!"

Never mind a Lv. 40 Dark Gold Evil God, even if it were a stronger Goblin King,

Hiruzen Sarutobi would still have to bite the bullet and resist to the death, otherwise, the hearts of the people would truly scatter.

A Fu sighed: "But they are no match for the Evil God."

Among the current Konoha players, the strongest is Tsunade, whose core ability is 【Paladin Lv. 35】, branded with over a dozen skills including 【Apocalypse Pearl】, 【Hammer of Repentance】, and 【Holy Healing Wind】.

She has three pieces of 【Magic Ocean】 armor and a total of 【2400】 combat power.

(End of chapter)