Following the frozen people, the two continued to look!
And at the very center of the basin stood a figure both of them were very familiar with!
It was the Shinigami!
The moment he saw the Shinigami, Soki's body trembled, as if he had returned to those years, the time of being frozen!
But remembering Sora beside him, Soki calmed down.
He now had someone powerful backing him, he wasn't afraid of the Shinigami!
Then, Sora and Soki stepped out of the Garganta.
However, surprisingly, the moment the two stepped out of the Garganta, the Shinigami, standing silently in the center of the basin, suddenly turned its head!
Its lifeless eyes locked firmly onto the two!
Seeing this, Soki instantly trembled: "What do we do, sir?"
"It's fine! Pull back!" Sora signaled for Soki to retreat into the Garganta.
Sure enough, after the two returned to the Garganta, the Shinigami acted as if it hadn't seen them, turning its head back again!
Witnessing this scene, Soki was somewhat bewildered.
But Sora understood: "So that's how it is!"
"Outside, there are only weak Ninjas, so the mechanism only triggers after a group gathers."
"But here, all are powerful Ninjas. To prevent them from uniting, even one appearing warrants vigilance!"
"The Shinigami's mechanism escalates layer by layer!"
"In that case..." Sora didn't voice the rest, the 'what if'.
The rest was just conjecture!
Of course, Sora felt the possibility was high!
"Stay here for now!" After giving the order, Sora stepped out of the Garganta alone!
He decided to fight this Shinigami once more!
And this time, it wouldn't be a fight against a puppet that doesn't fight back!
Seeing Sora step out, the Shinigami instantly locked onto him!
Just as Soki had described before, the Shinigami floating in the air generated chains from its hands, swinging them towards Sora like Obito!
However, actually seeing the attack that had driven Soki and the others to despair, Sora instead found it dull!
"Is this all? Then, you taste the feeling of being frozen!"
"Ice Dragon Tail!"
Sora instantly drew his sword, unleashing a strike!
Tremendous Reiatsu, surging like a great mountain, gushed forth, transforming into a massive amount of ice water that instantly covered everything before him!
Then!
Crunch crunch crunch-
A continuous sound of freezing rang out!
The Shinigami, covered by Sora's ice water, was instantly frozen solid!
"It hit!" Seeing Sora's attack connect, Soki happily pumped his fist.
Then he stared nervously at the scene, wondering if the Shinigami could still move.
And astonishingly, faced with Sora's attack, the Shinigami really was as if frozen solid!
"God, is this the power of a Kage-level?"
Actually, back when he was alive, Soki hadn't felt that Kage-level Ninjas were that much stronger than him.
But now it seemed Kage-level was significantly stronger!
"..." Sora glanced wordlessly at Soki, saying nothing.
This certainly wasn't just Kage-level strength. Kage-level Ninjas, without special means, couldn't restrain the Shinigami either.
This was his Reiatsu!
No matter the Shinigami's Reishi Dispersion, how do you escape the ice seal of Reiatsu?
"Alright, come out now. It can't move anymore!"
Sora said.
Soki stepped out, feeling quite amazed.
He had expected a great battle, but who knew it would be an instant kill.
This left him at a loss for what to do next.
"Um, sir, what do we do now?" Soki asked.
He pointed at the others: "Should we wake them up?"
"That works too!" Sora nodded.
Although his original intention was to wait, to see what other mechanisms of this Pure Land would activate after the Shinigami was frozen, but since Soki wanted to wake them, that was fine too.
Then, Soki went to diligently dig at the ice.
Seeing this, Sora shook his head: "Forget it, I'll do it!"
"Everyone, awaken!" Sora waved Hyorinmaru.
Under Sora's control, all the people, encased in solid ice, rose upwards.
Then, the solid ice shattered, and everyone's restraints were released!
And the moment they were released.
Rumble-
A man clad in red armor suddenly opened his eyes, a powerful Chakra Fluctuation spreading throughout the entire basin!
Stimulated by him, the others also instantly awoke!
"Brother!"
"Tobirama?"
"Hashirama? Tobirama?"
"Father?"
"Waaahhh, you little Senju brat, take my Great Fireball Technique!"
"Bastard, Tajima, why are you going crazy the moment you wake up?"
After Sora awakened everyone, they immediately descended into chaos!
Seeing this, Soki was also at a loss. He instinctively looked towards Sora.
But Sora's reaction was strange.
He simply crossed his arms and took a step back, seeming to have no interest in intervening in the farce before him!
In fact, Sora wasn't uninterested.
He was just waiting for one person, for a man of legend in the Ninja World!
That person's name was… The Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo!