Seeing this, everyone gasped in surprise. Inuzuka Shigeru immediately supported Yamanaka Takuma, who swayed, and hurriedly asked, "What did you encounter? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I just accidentally got hurt." Although Yamanaka Takuma was bleeding from his nose and mouth, it was only a physiological reaction caused by the mental shock, and he was not seriously injured.
"The evil god believers were summoned away by summoning jutsu. What in the world is this...?" Seeing that Yamanaka Takuma was fine, everyone looked at the spot where the evil god believers disappeared. It was obvious to anyone with eyes that this was a summoning jutsu, but how could humans be summoned?
"Although I didn't get any information about the mastermind, I can generally understand what's going on," Yamanaka Takuma said, taking a tissue from Asuna and wiping the blood from his face.
"Tell us," Hatake Sakumo asked hastily.
"I'm afraid that evil god village was a place cultivated by someone, and everyone in it, including the evil god believers, were 'food' for their use. The reason those two evil god believers became like this was also caused by that mastermind. To some extent, they are like puppets, so it doesn't seem impossible for them to be used as summoning tools," Yamanaka Takuma said.
"So did you encounter some powerful sealing jutsu?" Inuzuka Shigeru asked. Yamanaka Takuma being mentally shocked usually meant he was accidentally affected by a sealing jutsu backlash.
"No. The evil god believers in this state only have some simple memory fragments, basically no value for applying powerful sealing jutsu. However, in the memory fragments about the mastermind, perhaps just unintentional remnants, there was an unsettling chakra. It was this chakra that caused me mental shock." Recalling his recent experience, Yamanaka Takuma still felt a lingering fear. "If I hadn't left the mental world in time, I don't know what would have happened."
"Is it the same chakra as the secret medicine in the evil god believers?" Hatake Sakumo pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked.
"Possibly, but I can't be sure. I don't have a Byakugan or a Sharingan, so I don't know what kind of chakra is in that secret medicine. Ordinary chakra sensing can't detect it," Yamanaka Takuma said.
Although he said that, everyone felt that the chakra might indeed be the special chakra from the secret medicine. It seemed that this mastermind was truly extraordinary in some aspects.
"Is this chakra very powerful?" Asuna thought for a moment and asked.
"Very powerful. Perhaps in terms of magnitude, it's very close to a Tailed Beast," Yamanaka Takuma considered for a moment and gave an answer.
"Are you serious?" Inuzuka Shigeru was startled. "A Tailed Beast's chakra is at the highest level in this world in terms of magnitude. You're saying the mastermind has similar chakra?"
"Perhaps there's still a gap compared to a Tailed Beast, but for me, they're all the same," Yamanaka Takuma coughed lightly and said, "In short, this matter must be reported thoroughly so that the village can get more information. Perhaps it will help in analyzing the mastermind's identity."
"Asuna, do you think the mastermind is really that Tobi?" Mizuki couldn't help but ask Asuna at this point. She couldn't imagine Tobi having such powerful chakra.
"I don't know. The person I fought didn't have such powerful strength either, but his chakra aura was indeed very strange. I think he might be Tobi, but whether the mastermind with this chakra is Tobi, I can't be sure," Asuna said.
They had thought that invading the evil god believers' mental world would yield more information, but now there were even more mysteries. Everyone was deep in thought, but they had no clue. The evil god believers had also been summoned away, and it was likely impossible to get them back. For now, it was better to return to the city to stabilize the situation.
"Go find Tobi and see what he's up to," Hatake Sakumo said before leaving, which was also what everyone was thinking. They wanted to confirm Tobi's current state.
Meanwhile, Tobi, whom the Konoha ninjas were searching for—that is, Uchiha Kokuya—was in a place far from the previous battlefield with Asuna.
He lay on the ground, his clothes tattered, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Beside him were the two decapitated evil god believers. Uchiha Kokuya paid them no mind, as the two who had lost their minds had no value for discussion.
"Seriously, to run into such a roadblock," Uchiha Kokuya sighed. "Next time I need to be more careful, I almost died."
Facing Asuna's overwhelming Wind Release attacks, Uchiha Kokuya had no means of resistance without exposing his Susanoo. He could only use his Mangekyo Sharingan's genjutsu to perform a body-replacement jump, and after sacrificing dozens of collected souls, Uchiha Kokuya finally escaped the range of the Sage Art.
Asuna's attack, regardless of its duration, had destructive power in a short range similar to Konan's 600 billion exploding tags. Uchiha Kokuya didn't have another Sharingan to cast Izanagi; if he did, it would have been convenient. He was very distressed about sacrificing so many souls.
Moreover, although he had escaped the range of the Sage Art, some impact still reached Uchiha Kokuya's body. Some parts of Uchiha Kokuya's body looked like a large chunk of flesh had been dug out, revealing bone-deep wounds that had already been bandaged, and the bleeding had stopped.
At this moment, Black Zetsu emerged from the ground beside him. Seeing Uchiha Kokuya in this state, he was somewhat surprised and said, "You were actually beaten like this by her?"
"Less talk! If I went all out, I would naturally still have the strength to fight, but I can't expose all my strength so early. Kazemori Asuna is just a rather powerful person; the truly strong one is Fumori masaki!" Uchiha Kokuya said impatiently.
Asuna's displayed strength was indeed astonishing. In Sage Mode, even a Jinchuriki would probably have to fight cautiously. The current Asuna was truly a powerhouse in the ninja world, but even so, there was still a gap between her and Fumori masaki. Although Uchiha Kokuya had never met him, he just felt that way.
Leaving aside other things, just Fumori masaki's normal state was like Asuna's state in Sage Mode. Uchiha Kokuya believed that Fumori masaki was even stronger, but unfortunately, no one had ever seen Fumori masaki at full power.
During the Second Shinobi World War, Fumori masaki's battle with the Third Raikage was conducted secretly, and no one else knew about it. Black Zetsu could only find traces of the battle and judge the scale of their fight. The only information available was from Fumori masaki's battle with the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.
However, Fumori masaki seemed to have held back in that battle, not using his full strength, but instead adopting a stalemate fighting style with Onoki. Therefore, although the information obtained was valuable, it could not be used to estimate his full strength.
"If you used that final eye technique, could you defeat Kazemori Asuna?" Black Zetsu murmured from the side.
"I don't know, I'm afraid it would only be a draw. I see now that my physical abilities and chakra still have great flaws, but I can't take it slowly anymore. Failing to kill Fumori Asuna puts me at a disadvantage," Uchiha Kokuya said with a cold face.
"Then what do you plan to do?" Black Zetsu asked.
Uchiha Ken had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan early on, and over the years, the power of Indra within him had awakened. Fujimura Yuki's strength was still lacking. Uchiha Kokuya planned to deal with Uchiha Ken first, then capture Fujimura Yuki and use drugs or other means to force the awakening of the power of Asura within him.
If he could obtain the power of all creation, then even when facing Fumori masaki, or even the entire Konoha Hidden Village, Uchiha Kokuya felt that he had a chance of victory. The legendary Rinnegan possessed such powerful strength.
Seeing this, Black Zetsu didn't say much. After all, he was just a subordinate and couldn't make decisions for Uchiha Kokuya. Acting as a thug this time was fine, but becoming the overt leader himself was not something he was willing to do.
Moreover, Black Zetsu also felt that instead of letting the two transmigrants fight each other, it was better for Uchiha Kokuya to obtain their chakra. Through his observations these days, Black Zetsu believed that Uchiha Kokuya had the potential to wield the power of the Rinnegan.