"The battle is completely over now, right?"
Seeing that the great battle was no longer continuing, the Shadow Clone Orochimaru hurried to Ryun's front.
"Yes, teacher. I have already told the leader of the Akatsuki to return to the village and arrange the surrender. Our people can temporarily stop attacking Amegakure. Just wait for the notification, then directly enter the village to take over everything."
Ryun ultimately still gave Nagato some face, allowing him enough time to handle the power transition. This could also be considered giving an explanation to the villagers of Amegakure and his subordinates.
This explanation, roughly translated, meant: Your 'God' has been defeated, lost to another God. From now on, everyone must accept the rule of the Dragon God...
Actually, if not for the war between the Land of Rice and the Land of Rain, many people within the Land of Rain already worshipped the Illusory Sun Dragon God. Nagato, in his early years, was also one of Ryun's believers. Even after becoming famous, he never interfered with this belief among the villagers.
Therefore, Otogakure taking over Amegakure was destined to proceed relatively smoothly. Especially when the villagers learned that both the 'God' and the 'Angel' had pledged allegiance to the Dragon God... the resistance and opposition should not be too strong.
"Good, I will go arrange it now."
After saying this, Orochimaru actively dispelled the Shadow Clone, and the main body received the memories from here immediately.
Now, the battlefield only contained Ryun, Sasori of the Red Sand, Kakuzu, Kisame Hoshigaki, Deidara, and that separated corpse and head of Hidan...
"You all, go dig out that brat Hidan."
Ryun pointed towards two directions, where the body and the head were located respectively.
"Kisame, come here."
"That Hidan cultist isn't dead yet?" Deidara was astonished. He clearly saw Hidan's head get severed. He thought it was already incredible that he didn't die immediately, but now he could still be alive?
"Bad pennies always turn up. That guy has a truly immortal body."
Kakuzu commented. The several of them then started busy digging. Meanwhile, Ryun began treating Kisame Hoshigaki's external wounds which were still oozing blood.
"Thank you, Dragon God Lord." Receiving treatment directly from the Dragon God, Kisame Hoshigaki felt moved and also exceptionally honored.
"Kakuzu, brother, thank you, good brother, for coming to save me. Please put my head back on my body." The moment Hidan was dug out, he couldn't wait to bark like a dog. However, having his head held roughly in Kakuzu's hand made him feel extremely aggrieved.
"Daring to offer the Dragon God Lord as a sacrifice to Jashin, you really have the gall of a dog. The Dragon God Lord said earlier that he would deal with you after the fight. I dare not presume to help you reattach your body without orders."
As Kakuzu spoke, he had already carried the head over to Ryun. At the same time, Deidara, holding Hidan by the ankle, dragged the body over.
"Hey, hey, hey, that blond brat, can't you be gentler? My body is dragging on the ground. The skin and flesh will be worn away by you, you bastard." Seeing Deidara's rough handling, Hidan couldn't help but curse loudly.
Deidara was the last to join the Akatsuki. In Hidan's eyes, he was a rookie. When dealing with a junior rookie, you scold when you need to, no need to be polite.
"Tch, you're only a few years older than me. Who are you calling a brat?" Deidara curled his lip disdainfully, then threw Hidan's body onto the ground like trash.
"Bastard brat, once I'm back to normal, I will definitely kill you. I'll torture you to death so you learn what it means to respect your seniors." Hidan threatened viciously.
"Get through the boss's ordeal first. Then I'll let you, this senior, experience what true art is, yeah." Deidara held the back of his head, looking completely unconcerned.
"You just wait."
After saying this, Hidan instantly switched to a fawning, ingratiating expression and looked at Ryun.
"Boss, I wasn't really going to offer you to Lord Jashin. You said a few days ago that we could go all out in today's battle. You can't think I'm disloyal just because I used 'Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood', right."
Hidan had surprisingly come up with an excellent excuse. He had already thought about how to deal with Ryun while buried in the soil.
Hearing this, Ryun raised an eyebrow. He somewhat reluctantly acknowledged the logic of this reason.
"Hmph, if you dare mess around with my blood again, you'll spend the rest of your life in a latrine." After threatening, Ryun waved his hand, signaling Kakuzu to reattach his head.
"Wouldn't dare, boss. From now on, whatever the boss says goes." As he spoke, Hidan glared fiercely at Deidara.
Deidara was looking at him with utter contempt, not afraid at all of him seeking trouble after recovering.
"Scorpion, big brother, quickly give me my scythe. I must teach this blond brat what respecting seniors means today." The moment Hidan returned to normal, he wanted to take his scythe to teach Deidara a lesson.
"Enough."
Ryun's sharp rebuke instantly made the still rowdy Hidan shudder.
"All of you, stand guard properly for me. Do not let anything disturb me." After giving the order, Ryun walked straight over to the four Tailed Beasts.
The Tailed Beasts were still in a restrained state. This was the perfect time for him to extract their chakra. There was no need to wait until returning to Otogakure.
Ryun took out a small scroll from his tool pouch and then summoned the Samehada sword through summoning.
He had a shadow clone hold the sword to extract the Eight-Tails' chakra, while his main body concentrated and formed three chakra chains. He then simultaneously inserted the three chains into the bodies of the One-Tail, Six-Tails, and Seven-Tails.
As he formed a series of hand seals, the chakra within the three Tailed Beasts was forcibly extracted and continuously poured into the Nine Revolutions Seal.
"Mister Scorpion, what is the boss doing? He's simultaneously absorbing the chakra of three Tailed Beasts into his body. Isn't he afraid of chakra chaos causing his body to explode?"
The waiting process was boring. Deidara couldn't help but approach Sasori of the Red Sand again. Both being art researchers, Deidara naturally felt closer to this Mister Scorpion.
"I do not know. It looks somewhat similar to the methods of a Jinchuriki, but he seems to only want the chakra, not planning to absorb the Tailed Beasts themselves." Sasori of the Red Sand replied subconsciously.
He was also somewhat curious about Ryun's intentions. Unfortunately, they dared not ask, and Ryun clearly had no intention of explaining.
This chakra plundering lasted from daytime until late at night. Only when all the Nine Revolutions Seals within his body were completely filled did Ryun casually toss the Samehada sword to Kisame Hoshigaki.
"Thank you, Dragon God Lord." Kisame Hoshigaki knelt on one knee, overjoyed. This time, he would not pretend to be polite.
Ryun did not even glance at him, his gaze fixed on the Gedo Statue.
'This shell of the Ten-Tails still contains powerful chakra. To recreate the power of the Ten-Tails, perhaps its strength cannot be lacking. It's also possible that the chakra within the Gedo Statue itself counts as Ten-Tails power. That old dog Madara used it to prolong his life for a long time.'
Ryun thought about this silently to himself.
The next moment, he sat down on the ground cross-legged, intending to modify the Nine Revolutions Seal located in his abdomen on the spot, turning it into a Ten Revolutions Seal. After returning to Otogakure, he would then fuse all the power together.
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