On the vast battlefield, countless ghosts roamed, and ghost realms materialized out of thin air, attempting to drag the many Gundams and the Third and Fourth Hokages into their own rules.
However, their opponents either possessed terrifying Yang Release power or mastered Lightning Release techniques like Chidori, capable of shattering even the barriers of ghost realms. This rendered the ghost realms of the various demons largely ineffective.
Among the numerous ghost realms, several "Gundams" maneuvered strategically. Sasuke unleashed a barrage of arrows, Naruto wildly swung his Rasenshuriken, and Uchiha Madara, wielding twin blades, cleaved through dozens of ghost realms with his sword energy, instantly annihilating the demons within.
Meanwhile, the Third and Fourth Hokages transformed into streaks of lightning, resembling ferocious humanoid beasts, piercing through numerous demons wherever they passed.
As for Senju Hashirama, he stood with his hands clasped atop the Thousand-Armed Buddha, unleashing countless fists from his back. Each fist was imbued with immense Yang Release power. Within a radius of several kilometers, the earth crumbled, and demons struck by these fists were reduced to the most primitive energy particles in existence.
Under these circumstances, Yu Zhibo stood suspended in the void, supporting the Void Nine Revolutions Golden Wheel Burst and unleashing his skill.
This ultimate technique fused many of his attributes, making it one of his strongest skills. Even at the Six Divine Tier, it could destroy opponents over twenty tiers higher.
Now, having merged with Bai Chanyi, his strength approached the Twenty-Four Divine Tier, amplifying the skill's power. Furthermore, due to the integration of void energy, its trajectory became even more unpredictable.
"Crack!"
A barely perceptible sound of void fragmentation echoed, and the nine-colored energy sphere vanished into the void. The next moment, it instantly appeared above the strongest demon commander on the battlefield, erupting in a brilliant nine-colored divine radiance.
"Baka!"
The demon commander transformed into his true form, with a patch of black beard connecting at the philtrum, raised eyebrows, and inverted triangular eyes. With a roar, his ghost realm pulsed with dark light, and countless pitch-black, intensely concentrated demonic energies coalesced into a ferocious dragon, lunging towards the nine-colored energy sphere above.
Simultaneously, his terrifying mental power surged forth, conjuring scenes of utter devastation. Yu Zhibo's eyes widened in fury, his defenses instantly breached.
Within these illusory scenes were depictions of battles involving a hundred kills, a thousand kills, and the brutal shooting and human experimentation inflicted upon the old citizens of Long Country.
In these scenes, beastly officers with sinister smiles swung their sabers, decapitating the old citizens of Long Country, their heads flying and blood gushing skyward.
There were also bullets raining down on weak crowds, their frail bodies torn apart by the projectiles, blood and brain matter splattering everywhere, accompanied by screams of despair and agony… and the laughter of executioners watching as if it were entertainment.
Furthermore, there were horrific scenes from human experimentation, such as terrifying freezing experiments and the devastating consequences of manufactured biological weapons.
For those with insufficient cultivation, a mere glance could plunge them into an abyss of oppression and despair.
This was the ghost realm rule of the demon commander. If one fell into it, they would involuntarily transform into one of the slaughtered civilians, sinking into an endless abyss until assimilated and terminated.
"Is this the beast that the Toilet Society worships?"
Yu Zhibo, filled with extreme rage, took a deep breath. A surge of immense Yin Release energy flowed through his mind, suppressing all emotions. He stared coldly at the commander demon, his crimson pupils suddenly dilating.
"I've changed my mind. Letting you die like this is too easy!"
His icy words left Yu Zhibo's lips. Possessing the Sharingan, he instantly broke free from all illusions. At the same moment, the Void Nine Revolutions Golden Wheel Burst detonated above the demon commander.
The void shattered, and a colossal amount of void energy erupted, shredding all demonic energy. The demon commander's grotesque body twisted, but as a demon of over forty ghost tiers, twenty tiers higher than Yu Zhibo, he did not suffer a fatal blow.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains!"
"Soul Secret: Soul Flame!"
Yu Zhibo clasped his hands together, and instantly, eight golden chains swept out from his abdomen. Black soul flames then enveloped them, causing the chains to intertwine with black and gold, radiating immense divine light while exuding an ominous, deep sense of foreboding.
Swish!
The golden and black flowing chains of the Adamantine Sealing Chains instantly sliced through the void, wrapping around the demon commander's grotesque body layer by layer. Yu Zhibo then controlled the Heavenly Emperor's Dharma Idol, stepping into the demon commander's ghost realm and unleashing a powerful strike with the Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul Slaying Sword.
"Is that Amaterasu… no, is it a flame that affects the soul? So powerful…" Uchiha Sasuke, nocking a purple energy arrow, stole a glance in Yu Zhibo's direction and couldn't help but flinch.
"Interesting!" Uchiha Madara, who had never been surpassed, glanced at Yu Zhibo with a hint of fighting spirit on his face.
Under the gaze of many, Yu Zhibo controlled the Heavenly Emperor's clone and cleaved through the demon commander.
"Baka, I am immortal!" The demon commander let out a sharp, wild laugh, the beard on his philtrum twitching incessantly. However, the next moment, his contorted laughing face froze.
"How is this possible…"
Under his horrified gaze, the supreme power of the Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul Slaying Sword directly affected his soul. As it sliced through his body, it drew out a plume of ink-black demonic energy, revealing the essence of his soul within.
Demons were combinations of demonic energy, souls, and malevolent emotions. The demon commander had not expected that his grotesque body, capable of shifting between reality and illusion, would have so much of its essential demonic energy stripped away by that single sword strike.
Moreover, once this essential demonic energy was extracted, his soul seemed to fall into an inert state, unable to reintegrate. This caused his level to drop from the original forty-plus ghost tiers to thirty-nine.
And as his level dropped, he also felt a soul-piercing, agonizing pain. Coupled with the Yang Release energy from the Adamantine Sealing Chains and the soul flames burning like maggots on a bone, he was driven to the brink of madness.
"Are you ready to face hell?"
Yu Zhibo spoke indifferently and swung his sword again. Amidst the demon's piercing screams, as the Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul Slaying Sword was withdrawn, the demon commander's level dropped from thirty-nine to thirty-two.
"I will make you endure three thousand six hundred cuts of lingering death every day, and you will also bear all the suffering you brought upon the civilians of Long Country!"
As he spoke, he continued to strike with his soul-slaying sword, each blow weakening the demon commander's demonic energy until the final strike. As he pulled the sword out, it drew forth a transparent, grotesque soul.
"Emotion points from Demon Commander +60351!"
"Emotion points from Demon Commander +45646!"
"Emotion points from Demon Commander +89684!"
"From…"
System notifications continuously refreshed in his mind, but Yu Zhibo no longer cared. He only wanted to torment the demon commander and other war criminals.
"Kill me quickly…" The demon commander, in his soul state, looked terrified and pleaded with Yu Zhibo. Under the weakening effect of the Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul Slaying Sword and the burning of the soul flames, the pain had pushed him to the verge of collapse.
A blade-like smile flickered across Yu Zhibo's lips. The next moment, his left eye dilated, drawing the demon commander into it.
Simultaneously, he closed his eyes and began to meditate.
Instantly, within the soul space of his left eye, which was responsible for storing souls, he began constructing buildings with his vast mental power. A towering structure rose from the ground, each floor representing a different form of torture: lingering death, dismemberment, and various human experimentation procedures, totaling one hundred and eight floors reaching into the clouds.
Yu Zhibo named it: Soul Prison Tower!
The existence of the Soul Prison was specifically for tormenting souls of the most heinous criminals.
Yu Zhibo cast the demon commander's soul into the Soul Prison.
"Where is this?"
Inside the Soul Prison Tower, the demon commander felt his limbs restored, as if he had returned to his living state. Yu Zhibo's illusions were affecting his soul, creating various hallucinations.
As he entered the first floor of the Soul Prison Tower, a man with a smiling squint approached, holding a knife as thin as a cicada's wing. He smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Kakashi. Next, I'll be slicing you. I need to make three thousand six hundred slices. Try not to make too much noise!"
"Swish!"
As Kakashi's voice fell, four chains flew out from the first floor, wrapping around his wrists and ankles, and pulling him up into the air.
These four chains contained infinite vitality. The demon commander felt his own life force flowing, but he didn't realize that this vitality directly amplified his pain receptors a hundredfold, while also keeping his soul lucid.
At the same time, a red liquid appeared, enveloping the demon commander. This was chili water mixed with salt, which would cause the demon commander to experience an even more extreme pain feast when his wounds came into contact with it.
Kakashi's eyes flashed with cold light. He plunged his hand into the red liquid, grabbed the demon commander's 3.14 cm appendage, and brought down his knife.
The next moment, a piercing scream erupted.
Time seemed to pass for a long time, or perhaps only an instant. The demon commander's body was sliced into 3600 pieces, leaving him a skeletal figure with traces of blood. Guided by some rule, he ascended to the second floor.
The moment he stepped onto the second floor, his body miraculously recovered.
"Spare me!" The demon commander cried like a child, tears streaming down his face, utterly pathetic. His consciousness was forcibly kept clear, preventing him from completely breaking down under the torture of the first floor.
A man with a smiling squint, wearing a white lab coat, greeted him.
"Hello, my name is Kakadon. Next, we'll begin human experimentation. It's similar to your 731 unit. The first is the freezing experiment!"
Kakadon said with a smile. The next moment, the scene on the second floor changed. The demon commander found himself in a sealed room surrounded by equipment that could spray cold air.
Kakadon snapped his fingers, and instantly, cold air below minus thirty degrees Celsius was sprayed onto the demon commander's hand, causing fear to flash across his face.
"Oh dear! It's frozen! Let's try some hot water to soak it!" Kakadon laughed, picked up a bucket of boiling water, and despite the demon commander's struggles, pressed his hand into the one-hundred-degree boiling water.
"It's dirty, let's wash it!" After soaking for a few minutes, Kakadon took his hand out, grabbed his palm, and with a slight squeeze, flesh and blood fell off.
"Ahhhhhh~" The demon commander's pupils contracted violently, and he retreated backward frantically. However, Kakadon's hand was like a vise. After finally breaking free, he discovered that his entire wrist and the flesh of his palm had been peeled off, revealing his blood-streaked bones.
Piercing screams echoed throughout the experimental room.
"I'm just using the experiments you once performed on others on you. Why can't you handle it?" Kakadon shook his head and proceeded with the subsequent freezing experiments.
Amidst the agonizing screams, the demon commander finally completed the process and, once again a skeleton, ascended to the third floor.
A man in a white lab coat greeted him. He smiled and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Kakanan!"
Kakanan snapped his fingers, and instantly the demon commander's body was restored, but his expression had become incredibly numb, as if he had been completely broken.
"This won't do!" Kakanan stripped away the negative emotions the demon commander had experienced from his previous tortures. As fear began to surface on the latter's face, he smiled and said, "That's more like it!"
"Next, we'll begin vivisection! Also known as 'rolling logs.' The key to this task is to ensure the subject is absolutely conscious. In other words, no anesthesia is allowed, because your people once believed that data from anesthetized subjects was inaccurate…"
Fourth Floor:
"Hello, my name is Kakabei. Next, we'll conduct pressure tests to examine the effects of intense pressure on the human body…"
Fifth Floor:
"Hello, I am Aganto. Next, we'll begin the flamethrower experiment…"
Sixth Floor:
"Hello, I am Aganto. We'll begin the experiment of tooth extraction without anesthesia!"
"Hello, I am Agan Shang. We'll start the exchange of human blood and horse blood~"
"Hello, I am Agan Xia. Let's begin the human limb exchange experiment…"
…
Although the scenes within the Soul Prison Tower seemed extensive, they actually occurred in an instant. Once a soul entered the left eye's soul space, everything within it was under Yu Zhibo's control.
"Is this the torment that the old citizens of Long Country once endured? From now on, not a single one of these demons will be spared!" Yu Zhibo declared, his icy gaze sweeping over the numerous ghost realms on the battlefield.
Some war demons inexplicably shivered.
At this moment, Uchiha Sasuke let out a sinister laugh.
"These demons can gain a large amount of emotion points through torture. Sink into my Mangekyo!"
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