Chapter 45: New Assault

Time returned to last night; after Qimu Chao had tended his wound, Bofeng Shuimen began to tell him the information he had learned from Orochimaru over the past few days.

Not only Qimu Chao and Shui Men, Orochimaru had also been investigating the secrets concerning Yucha Island and Kawa no Kuni, and only recently learned part of the truth.

The most crucial piece of information among them was the Evil God Sect.

According to Orochimaru, this Evil God Sect is a very niche sect within Kawa no Kuni, which has only begun to develop slowly over the past ten years, and has even started preaching inside Tangyin Cun.

Although Tangyin Cun claims to love peace, it is still a ninja village, and generally such a religion is absolutely forbidden from preaching within a ninja village.

There can be only one reason for this situation: the Evil God Sect's strength can rival Tangyin Cun, at least enough to make Tangyin Cun's leadership wary.

In the Ninja World, matters ultimately still have to be spoken with fists.

And the yin‑yang duality tradition of Yucha Island also originates from the Evil God Sect; intelligence shows that the current generation leader of the Evil God Sect appears to be the hidden mastermind behind the Hidden Underground Arena, and the sect's most loyal disciples are sent here to undergo the harshest combat baptism, using this method to forge their own ninjas, their warriors.

Because of this training method, combined with the drugs used inside the arena, the ninjas of the Evil God Sect possess quite decent combat abilities, though most of them are not very bright.

Perhaps having amassed enough power, the Evil God Sect began spreading its doctrine within Tangyin Cun, and also set its sights beyond Kawa no Kuni; they intend for Kawa no Kuni to annex He no Kuni.

To achieve this goal, they placed several informants inside He no Kuni; according to Shui Men and Orochimaru's speculation, Caiqian Fenglin is likely one of them.

"Evil God? Does the Ninja World really have such a notion of deities?"

After listening to Shui Men's account, Qimu Chao rubbed his chin; the Evil God Sect sounded vaguely familiar—had he seen comments about it in some forum before?

Based on the scant information Qimu Chao knows about the Ninja World, it seems the entire Ninja World has only two entities that can be called gods.

One is the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, the highest‑level sealing art, which can summon a death god.

The other is the greatest BOSS of the Naruto World, the immortal Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

It is said that the second part of Huo Ying NINJA, Boruto, also features a Ōtsutsuki deity, but that being is far too distant from the entire Ninja World to be taken into account.

The doctrine of this Evil God Sect is to sacrifice blood and lives, requiring massive slaughter to worship the Evil God; from a certain perspective, the name Evil God isn't entirely inaccurate.

However, Qimu Chao thinks founding this sect is problematic; why would one call the deity they worship an Evil God, when usually they refer to their deity as a Holy God?

It's like characters in fantasy novels who call themselves Evil Demon Heretics—clearly a sign of a brain lacking a nerve.

"Who knows? The Ninja World is so vast and has such a long history; perhaps an Evil God truly exists, just as the First Hokage is called the God of Ninjas."

Hearing Qimu Chao's question, Shui Men laughed and scratched his head, then his expression grew very serious: "If this mission truly encounters something like an Evil God, and it is as strong as the First Hokage, we may have to be ready to abandon the mission."

"Is it really that strong?"

Regarding the Ninja World's top combat power, Qimu Chao has never had a precise understanding; he knows the First Hokage is called "First under the Six Paths," but he truly does not know how powerful the First Hokage actually is.

"Ah, right, A Chao, you haven't been to the Valley of End yet, have you? After this mission ends, I'll take you to see it."

When the First Hokage came up, Shui Men suddenly got interested: "That area, according to Teacher Jiraiya, is entirely the remnants of the battles between the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha."

At this point, Shui Men couldn't help but feel awe: "Those destructive traces are comparable to a Tailed Beast; they're definitely not the kind of damage ordinary ninjutsu can cause."

Shui Men has never seen a Tailed Beast's power, but in the Ninja World, people often use Tailed Beasts as a metaphor when describing a person or technique's greatness.

Time returns to the present; due to the Festival, today Yucha Island has far more visitors than the previous days, and pedestrians can be seen everywhere.

Under these circumstances, Qimu Chao and Shui Men's guard duties began to get troublesome; Shui Men raised his vigilance to the maximum, and although Qimu Chao didn't fully activate his Magnetic Field Sense firepower, he still covered a several‑meter radius around himself—anyone stepping into that boundary, even with the slightest malice, could be sensed by him.

Night fell quickly, the bright moon hung high in the sky, and the Festival on Yucha Island had already begun.

On the plaza, on the beach, the whole island was filled with a joyous atmosphere, extremely lively.

Accompanied by drums and lute music, the people of Yucha Island—whether locals or visiting tourists—fell into a fervent mood, involuntarily breaking into smiles and joining the surrounding crowd's singing and dancing.

Caiqian Xingzi also wore a radiant smile, her body swaying with the drumbeat, and Caiqian Leiguang beside her and the other Caiqian family bodyguards did the same.

This situation quickly caught Shui Men's attention: "A Chao, something seems off…"

"Hey, didn't you notice? That music is a supportive Sound Illusion Technique, and combined with that drug called Tiger's Blood Red, anyone with insufficient chakra amount gets affected."

Although Qimu Chao's face bore a smile, his narrowed eyes flashed a hint of danger: "Someone's coming."

"Wha…"

Before Shui Men could finish speaking, a sudden whoosh of a projectile rang from behind; the sound was already barely audible, and with the surrounding music and crowd noise, it was even harder to detect—had Shui Men not maintained maximum vigilance, he would have been hit.

Because of the nearby pedestrians, Shui Men didn't dodge; instead he spun quickly, pinching the incoming Special Senbon, and the Thousand‑Leaf Shuriken he held then expelled a burst of purple smoke from its tip.

Poison Smoke?!

Before Shui Men could act further, Qimu Chao exhaled, blowing the Poison Smoke back toward the crowd behind; the smoke isn't lethal, it only incapacitates, and the people behind collapsed the instant they inhaled it.

Even though this occurred, the surrounding people seemed oblivious, their faces still smiling; the illusion is so bizarre that it immerses them, making them unable to break free.

The third wave of attackers is about to arrive.