Powerful.
Unbelievably powerful.
Even stronger than his body after eating the pill made from Kinshiki.
Only when Momoshiki truly 'logged in' and operated this body did he realize how much Karin's current body had strengthened.
Unlike Karin, Momoshiki's spiritual power was far beyond what these ordinary 'lower beings' could compare to.
Couldn't he survive in soul and consciousness form even after losing his physical body, being physically killed?
That was the gap between them.
And this powerful spirit allowed Momoshiki to adapt to this body faster than Karin.
"Filthy maggot! Scram!"
Shinra Tensei!
Repulsive forces indiscriminately crushed everything around, completely destroying the entire port within a few breaths.
But the repulsive force stopped upon reaching the seawater.
Not because Momoshiki was kind, worried about Naomi who fell into the sea.
But because he found Shinra Tensei, this physical repulsion method, was useless against that black creature.
Jashin seemed like an illusion existing only in their sight… neither wind blades nor repulsive forces affected it.
But its erosion of this body was real.
"Bastard..."
Momoshiki's spiritual fortress was far tougher than a mere mortal like Karin. After taking over the body, his soul replaced Karin's on the outside, becoming the body's 'guardian'.
This was also forced.
Rather than letting Karin be eroded first and then affecting him, he'd rather proactively sacrifice a bit of spirit to fight that black creature.
"If that's the case..."
Clatter clatter clatter!
More chains than Karin's peak shot out from his body like a porcupine.
These chains differed slightly from Karin's Purifying Lock. Unlike the transparent ones emitting golden light, these chains seemed made of light tubes, each part emitting intense red light.
Furious Smelting!
The power he gained from eating Kinshiki.
An ability to create weapons out of thin air, which is quite convenient.
Now, this Jutsu combined with Karin's own awakened [Purifying Lock] and [Life Lock], transforming into the deep red chains like long snakes.
In fact, even Momoshiki didn't expect two completely different things to have such a chemical reaction.
With Furious Smelting's enhancement and Momoshiki's own spiritual power support, the previously somewhat inadequate chains instantly became bigger, thicker! And more powerful!
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...
Different from the Purifying Lock's front end like a 'vajra', the deep red chains Momoshiki created had barbed hooks at the front.
The chains madly pierced through Jashin's body, then the barbs bound and pulled parts of it.
Earlier, Karin couldn't handle it because her spiritual power was limited. After forcibly restraining it for so long, the number and strength of Purifying Lock chains were insufficient.
Secondly, Jashin took advantage of Karin's mental exhaustion, successfully using indescribable illusions to seize her mind, causing her to lose resistance.
But these were nothing to Momoshiki.
Those whispers like mosquito buzzing were annoying but wouldn't make Momoshiki lose resistance quickly.
"Now it's me who caught you, maggot!"
Momoshiki, in bird form, controlled the deep red chains, pulling Jashin away bit by bit.
Simultaneously, he could feel the black tentacles that seeped into Karin's body quickly dispersing under golden light as Jashin was pulled away.
'Ah, I remembered.'
'That thing called [Pure Gold] right?'
"Tch, lower beings are lower beings, needing such garbage to gain a mere few hundred years of life."
Regarding Pure Gold, which could grant eternal youth, something countless people on the sea would fight to the death for just hearing rumors-
Momoshiki's evaluation was just 'garbage'.
But he wasn't wrong.
Compared to the Otsutsuki Clan with lifespans reaching thousands, tens of thousands... even infinite, the hundred or thousand years of life extended by Pure Gold were completely insignificant.
"However... not entirely without merit."
Saying this, Momoshiki tried to channel the Pure Gold's light with his spirit, attempting to emit it outside like Karin.
Perhaps due to compatibility issues, or maybe some barrier between aliens and Pure Gold, Momoshiki, who could easily control Purifying Lock before, hit a wall with Pure Gold.
'Clearly, this thing could effectively suppress the black maggot, but why? Why couldn't I, the noble Momoshiki-sama use it!'
"Damn it! Garbage is garbage!"
Somewhat impotently furious, Momoshiki directly controlled the deep red chains, tearing Jashin back and forth in mid-air.
What Karin could only use to restrain became 'execution' tools in Momoshiki's hands.
"Perish!"
With Momoshiki's will, the deep red chains instantly tightened straight, tearing Jashin apart.
Instantly, the oppressive black monster turned into 'mud', falling to the ground.
"This is the consequence of opposing the Otsutsuki Clan... Hmm?"
Momoshiki, about to say some grand words after seeing the other torn apart, suddenly sensed something, abruptly flying into mid-air, looking down.
Sure enough.
Under his gaze, the black mud exploded radially, rapidly re-aggregating at a visible rate, trying to reform into a humanoid shape.
Simultaneously, he could hear whispers… pleading, pious, or insane.
"Please! Don't kill me!"
"Great Jashin, accept my sacrifice..."
"Kill you all! Jashin-sama, gaze upon me!"
...
Those were materialized resentment and hatred, the indescribable things Hidan once felt and contacted.
These things might not cause chaos in the Ninja World, but under a series of coincidences, they successfully obtained a concrete 'body' from an echo of spirit, an echo of will.
"Damn it!"
Momoshiki immediately became enraged.
He couldn't tolerate such a lowly maggot surviving his attack.
—As for certain Ninjas, he selectively forgot.
After all, those Ninjas also inherited the Otsutsuki Clan's bloodline… strictly speaking, it's an Otsutsuki civil war!
Can civil war losses count?
As Momoshiki's anger rose, a deep red 'Rasengan' rapidly formed before him.
That was the deep red spiral he used against Naruto and Sasuke from another timeline.
"Alright, let me handle it."
"Hmm??"
Just as Momoshiki planned to destroy this island and a large surrounding sea area, Karin's somewhat tired voice suddenly rang out.