Chapter 356: The Conflicted Grim Reaper

Jiraiya was already in a bit of a mess at this time. In Sage Mode, he had incredible combat power, but facing a group of opponents who were good at sealing techniques and even knew how to interfere with natural energy, he had really met his nemesis.

But with his experience, Jiraiya could still hold on for a while. Aoba concentrated on observing the ninjas chasing him.

As expected, there was something wrong with those guys. It wasn't a question of how strong they were, but in Qingye's eyes, they were all dead.

Although their bodies were active and their minds seemed clear, from a deeper spiritual level, those guys were dead, at least 99% dead.

The remaining ten percent is maintained by some special force.

The fighting power and activity they showed now were like a huge steel ball weighing hundreds of tons suspended by a very thin steel wire. All the weight was on the steel wire. If the steel wire broke, everything they showed now would collapse instantly.

It’s just that this soul-level characteristic is simply not noticeable to ordinary people.

Qingye did not pursue them rashly. He was now basically certain that these people in front of him were the remnants of the Uzumaki clan.

It's not just about their techniques, but also about the various issues at their soul level.

Qingye tried to trace the root of these people's soul problems. This was not easy, because the control of the soul by the god of death itself was one of the best among all gods.

Even if the other party's authority is incomplete, he is still a top-notch master at the soul level.

A few seconds later, Aoba opened his eyes, glanced at Jiraiya, and felt that he could still hold on for a while, so he disappeared without a second thought.

The small mountain village in the valley.

At this time, in a temple deep in the mountain village, a group of old men in sacrificial robes were performing some kind of ceremony.

Death has been hiding here for a long time.

As the native gods of the ninja world, they are more primitive and chaotic than those Otsutsuki, just like the natural energy is difficult to control.

This is actually because the history of the ninja world is too short and they did not have enough time to be born.

Most of the gods in the ninja world were born not long ago. A thousand years or so is just the infancy stage for these natural spirits.

Because of this, very few people in the ninja world can come into contact with true native gods.

In the early days, the Uzumaki clan was one of the few ninja clans that could do this. However, they could not have imagined that the god of death might not want to come into contact with humans.

Most of the local gods are natural spirits. They do not appear by absorbing the power of faith. Therefore, they have basically nothing to do with humans.

If you pray to such gods for protection, they will just look at you like a fool and hide in the dark to watch the fun. If they are in a good mood, they may help you. If they are in a bad mood, they will directly add fuel to the fire.

Because the survival of mankind has nothing to do with them. At present, the only evil god that Qingye has come into contact with is the one in Feiduan, which was created by the power of faith.

Therefore, it needs Feiduan to constantly kill people as sacrifices to it, because once the sacrifices are stopped, it itself will not be able to survive for too long.

Moreover, the Uzumaki clan at that time was a real ninja clan. After they realized the existence of the god of death, their first thought was how to use the power of the god of death.

Shiki Fujin is considered to be using the power of the god of death. But it is an exchange. Using the life of the caster in exchange for the god of death to take action once. This is not a true use.

The Uzumaki clan wanted to treat the Shinigami as a tailed beast and use the Jinchuriki method to directly extract its power. That's right, they wanted to enslave the Shinigami.

This is something the God of Death absolutely cannot tolerate. As mentioned before, it is a natural spirit and has nothing to do with humans. It is naturally impossible for it to give power to believers like the evil gods do.

But the Uzumaki clan is not to be underestimated. They used the sealing technique and actually began to touch the secret of the power of the god of death.

Death realized that if he let these guys continue their research, it might not take long. These guys might really be able to seal him up and use him as a power bank.

It was very easy for the Death God to kill people. However, the Death God at that time escaped from the Pure Land. The Six Paths Sage was eyeing his remaining authority. Naturally, he could not directly carry out a massacre.

Therefore, there was the big event of the ninja alliance attacking the Uzumaki clan. This event itself was secretly instigated by the god of death.

Although he couldn't attack directly, there were many things a god could do. The God of Death was one of the gods who had the deepest control over souls. Unknowingly, leading a war was a piece of cake for him.

In a sense, when Indra slaughtered the local gods, he actually protected the ninja world in disguise. Otherwise, those local natural spirits would grow up and the entire ninja world would become their playground.

However, since the God of Death itself was in danger, it ultimately did not choose to completely destroy the Whirlpool Clan.

The potential of this group is very huge. As long as they are not engaged in dangerous research, they are still useful.

In the end, the God of Death saved a small number of Uzumaki clan members, allowing them to move away from the center of the ninja world and hide in this small mountain village.

With the intervention of divine power, the remaining members of the Uzumaki tribe soon became loyal followers of the god of death.

At this time, the God of Death realized a somewhat complicated problem. That is, these faithful believers provided it with the power of faith, allowing its divine power to be restored.

But at the same time, because of absorbing the power of faith, the God of Death found that the nature of his existence had changed. He was no longer a pure natural spirit, but began to become a half-natural spirit, half-believing in God.

This posed a serious problem: it was unable to shake off these Uzumaki people.