Naruto: Passerby and Returnee

Chapter 270 "Possession"

"Let me tell you, I cannot kill you, but you also cannot make me disappear, because we are one."

The whispers of the demon were utterly absurd, and Shion didn't believe them. That thing was an aggregate of evil; it would be lucky if even half of what it said was true. She quickly ran past the dying man and stepped onto the sealing altar.

"The so-called seal is to unite you and me into one, just like your mother Maitreya. That's right, your mother Maitreya... is inside my body."

Don't listen, don't stop! Mom won't turn into that monster.

"The priestess's power was too great. In order to misuse that power, she split her heart and mind in two, living together with mutual resentment. Before we knew it, they became the two names: priestess and demon. Words like light and darkness, good and evil cannot summarize us!"

The demon is a master of lies, don't be fooled! Shion, you can do it!

The incantations and hand seals were already ingrained in her mind, and even though she had never been here before, activating the barrier went incredibly smoothly. Then she retrieved the coffin of the demon and infused it with new power. Although she didn't understand why the previous seal had to be broken before the next one, she did it anyway. Just as she was about to proceed to the next step, something cold suddenly pressed against her back. The man who had been coldly observing her smiled at her from her shoulder, startling her into a scream and throwing her completely off balance.

"Hahaha, you're really impatient, priestess. You should wait for this guy to die before you can set up a barrier." The demon's laughter was so grating.

Ziyuan trembled with fear, but she quickly regained her composure and rushed towards the coffin containing the demon that had already been removed. This guy had deliberately said those things to provoke her into speeding up and opening the barrier, which could only block demons!

Get moving, the demons are about to be resurrected!

But a human body was no match for that soul filled with negative energy. The demon easily swept her away, along with the corpse it had thrown down. However, the barrier she had erected, which released the corpse, stopped her.

"Once the barrier is set up, we will be unable to leave until we take control of the other side. And what will determine the outcome is each other's chakra." The sealed demon indeed understood the process better than the newly appointed priestess. He successfully exploited the loopholes in the rules by using the possessed person and finally regained his body.

"Return, my body. I am deeply grateful to you, for without you, the shrine's seal could not be broken."

The shadow on the coffin disappeared, and the disheartened Ziyuan clearly felt the surging power from the ground. She knew she had messed up.

"This is outrageous! How can these stone statues climb the rock wall?!" Xiao Li, who rarely uses weapons, picked up the meteor hammer that Tian Tian had generously sponsored to break the stone statues, but the task of stopping the ghost army was still fraught with difficulties. These things were so outrageous that they defied common sense and even climbed the rock wall against gravity.

"Has Shion not succeeded yet?" Naruto couldn't leave even if he wanted to; he could only give his comrades a chance to catch their breath by continuously pushing those things down. Last time it failed too, and he was the one who went to rescue them. Would it be the same this time? So why didn't he ask why the sealing failed before?!

"Go in, Naruto. Only you can help." Anyone who has seen the light of the Tailed Beast Ball would have no doubt about Naruto's strength, so Sakura naturally suggested this solution.

Neji also said, "Leave this place to us, we will definitely not let them break in."

"Okay, I'll be right back." Naruto created another wave of earth and stone, washing the stone statue off the cliff. He then formed hand seals, intending to fly directly to Shion's side. However, something unexpected suddenly happened. He sensed that the energy of the demon suddenly erupted like a volcano, and then his body inexplicably lowered his hand seals!

"Get away from here, the farther the better."

Not only were his hands out of control, but his mouth was too! He uttered completely different commands in a short period of time, leaving his companions utterly bewildered.

"Is this a retreat? Did you sense something?" Sakura was genuinely confused, but this wasn't the first time Naruto had given such confusing instructions, and listening to him was always the right thing to do.

But Naruto didn't answer; he simply turned and walked into the passageway leading to the crater.

"Could it be that the little girl failed? I told you, who cares what kind of monster it is, just give it a shot and that's it, right?"

Kurama's sarcastic remark reached Naruto's ears. In his haste, he remembered to examine his inner mental space. But the sight revealed him to be enveloped by the sea. Despite being in a static state, his legs were firmly pressed against the surface, unable to separate even slightly. Realizing something amiss, he looked down and, sure enough, saw himself draped in the Seventh Hokage's robes.

This is really... a big deal!

"The soul of that dark universe life form has reached a certain strength; simply destroying its physical body in the material dimension is not enough to kill it. Just like you, Kurama..." The "Naruto" in the mental space actually answered the question, and his answer was incomprehensible, with not a single word making sense.

It's terrifying enough to be looked at while speaking, but what's even more terrifying is that the other person turned their head to look at their old friend and then raised their hand.

"Kurama! Run!" Naruto lunged at the water, but just like the reflection in the water before, he couldn't break through the seemingly passable membrane. Instead, he felt like he had crashed into a wall. Moreover, although he wanted to scream, no sound came out of his mouth. It was a silent world. He could only hear the muffled thud of his own body hitting the water.

He didn't care whether he would die after the tailed beast was removed, because the biggest threat was brought about by himself!

Kurama wouldn't be wary of the person he trusted most, so "Naruto" naturally succeeded. An extremely simplified mysterious symbol landed on Kurama's head, causing him to fall headfirst and lose consciousness.

"Don't hurt him!"

“This is to protect him.” Naruto actually answered him. “Watch closely how to kill the creatures of the Dark Universe.”