Orochimaru wearing the mask of the god of death and his strange and inexplicable movements do make people a little confused, but the ancient and mysterious meaning can still be seen.
“Pretending to be mysterious is the beginning of a belief… To maintain a certain level of mystery, the means are not important, the key is to make people feel that it is necessary. It seems that the predecessors of the Uzumaki family have a deep understanding of human nature. They are worthy of being a great family that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years.”
The person who has the ability to create a god and keep it going by faith is definitely not a liar like those wandering monks or those sweet-talkers, but a researcher who truly understands the power of human hearts and has the ability to collect and use the power of faith.
After the clown-like dance and the roaring prayers, an inexplicable aura suddenly appeared in this somewhat dark underground laboratory. Orochimaru also stopped the action that seemed easy but actually consumed a lot of energy and chakra.
"Is this the Grim Reaper?"
Mizuki stared blankly at the void behind Orochimaru. He saw nothing in his sight, but the fear that penetrated deep into his soul involuntarily rose to his heart.
In his perception, a shadow with a mouth full of fangs, holding a thrilling blade of death and messy long gray hair was looking at the objects of harvest around him.
"How does it feel to summon the Grim Reaper for the first time?"
Orochimaru took a breath and then answered:
"I feel an involuntary sense of fear. So this is what the god of death is like!"
For people like Orochimaru and Mizuki, strength has never been an object of fear, and the so-called forbidden techniques are not worth mentioning. The only thing that gives people a headache is the unknown and where to start. As long as they know the reason, they will naturally find a way to deal with it.
Omniscience means omnipotence. No one can achieve this. We can only try to get closer to it. Mizuki and Orochimaru are the best among them.
"No wonder this technique takes away the soul of the caster. It is indeed a forbidden technique that will result in mutual destruction. If you can't take the opportunity to escape, you will surely die."
Only forbidden techniques like the Undying Corpse Reincarnation Technique that involve the soul may not be as powerful as the Shikigami Fuujin, but the principles are actually on the same level and there is no difference in superiority or inferiority. Only this method can escape the harvest of the Grim Reaper's Blade.
"I'm about to start, get ready..."
Orochimaru pulled out the dagger that he had prepared behind him and cut his abdomen with it. The bright red blood splashed out uncontrollably.
At the same time, the Hollow God of Death, who maintained the same posture as Orochimaru, also drew out the Blade of Death and cut a big hole in his stomach.
In addition to Orochimaru's groan of pain, there was also a wave of mentally excited memories that spread in all directions from the seemingly roaring mouth of the god of death, making Mizuki, who had extremely keen perception, a little dizzy.
"It turns out to be a semi-finished product with some autonomous consciousness. Even though it is called a god of death, it is just a high-level life form with insufficient power. It is far from the legendary god of death that controls the end of life."
Orochimaru panted and said:
"If it's a real Shinigami without any flaws, there's no way we could take advantage of it, and it's impossible for it to be used artificially. Don't worry about it for now, don't let your guard down. You haven't seen the Shogun Hokage, Senju Hashirama, so you don't understand how terrifying he is when he gets serious."
"I don't need you to remind me, I understand."
In the perception, a group of glittering souls flew out from the broken belly of the god of death. The souls that were freed from their restraints instinctively flew high into the sky as soon as they touched the air of the ninja world, and were about to go to the place they were supposed to go - the Pure Land, but they were restrained by the water and wood barrier and could not go, and they hovered nearby and refused to leave.
At the same time, a smaller soul fragment followed the attraction of the main body and came to Orochimaru's body and arm, and quickly merged into one. Orochimaru, who was originally seriously injured but had no way to be treated, finally felt mentally complete at this time.
"My ninjutsu is back."
Orochimaru hasn't felt this overjoyed for a long time. After studying ninjutsu for a lifetime, it feels so good to finally get it back.
"Don't be intoxicated, hurry up, the Grim Reaper behind you can't wait any longer, and it seems he's in a bad mood..."
“Really?”
His previous confidence resurfaced in his mind. Orochimaru bit the index fingers of both hands, then began to make hand seals, pressing them lightly on the Impure World Reincarnation Formation pattern that had been drawn on the ground long ago. After more than three years, it was the first time that he relied on his own hands to perform a complete hand seal ninjutsu. It was a long-lost feeling.
The originally scattered and flying souls began to stabilize along with the derivation of the power of the Impure World Reincarnation. Following the inherent connection between the soul and the body, they fell into the body of the sacrifice that had been prepared long ago. Layer by layer, the pictures converged and transformed, and the four former Hokage who had died long ago finally reappeared in front of Mizuki and Orochimaru.
The four former Hokage were not given any chance to react at all. The Impure World Reincarnation performed by Orochimaru was the result of improvements made by Mizuki and although the strength was perfectly preserved, the risk of losing control was not completely eliminated, especially for the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
The moment the Impure World Body was formed, Mizuki immediately activated the barrier sealing array. Circles of runes began to emerge out of thin air, infecting the four Impure World Body and began to suppress the revival of their spirits. The four physical clones of Mizuki also appeared in time, took out the runes bound with control seals and immersed them into the heads of the Impure World Body of the first four generations of Hokage.
After completing this work, Shuimu finally felt relieved.
Next, Mizuki formed seals with his hands, and the four previous Hokage slowly sank down, and along the spiritual connection of Mizuki, began to be taken into the sealed space.
Next, the process was originally going smoothly. The Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato all went smoothly. Only the First Hokage Senju's resistance was too strong. The huge force almost made Mizuki give up the seals in his hands.
Mizuki turned around with a frown, his long silver hair suddenly stretched out, and the diamond seal with a metallic luster wrapped Senju Hashirama's impure world body tightly, finally cutting off Senju Hashirama's power to resist, but this was not enough.
The physical clone of Mizuki, who had sealed the Okiryo in his body, appeared - Hope. With the fingers of her right hand together like a knife, she easily broke through Hashirama Senju's defense like a divine weapon and pierced into the chest of the Shodaime Hokage's Impure World Body.
Fortunately, the immortal Impure World Body has no concept of death. Originally, such an injury would not affect Hashirama Senju's actions. But what was strange was that the Wood Release Chakra surging in Hashirama Senju's Impure World Body suddenly disappeared, and he completely lost the ability to resist, and was then sealed and put away by Mizuki.