When that heavenly thunder was exhausted, the soul body of the unyielding army soul could finally no longer be maintained, and it was about to retreat when it was dispersed into soul power again. Where could Fang Tianyou let them retreat, and at the same time cast the Witch Gate Devouring Technique and the "Hongmeng Immortal Sutra" to devour all these soul powers.

As soon as the soul body dispersed, Ito collapsed weakly on the ground. When he saw Fang Tianyou devouring the soul of the unyielding army like this, Ito Zhixiao's eyes became ghostly, and he shouted in horror: "You...... You're a demon!"

Fang Tianyou ignored Ito Zhiyu and directly burned him to ashes with a fireball talisman. After taking a True Yuan Pill, Fang Tianyou continued to walk forward. I lost a lot of time along the way, and I don't know if the so-called god worship ceremony inside has begun.

Although the palace was intercepted by the iron gate, Fang Tianyou knew that there must be a mechanism in the palace that could open the iron gate, otherwise, how to get out of the palace after Ito Zhiji won the battle, or when he failed and wanted to escape.

Of course, Fang Tianyou didn't go to find the iron door switch, but directly used a escape talisman, walked out of the palace, and continued to march inside.

When the iron door opens, someone will surely enter and search for it. If they don't open the iron gate, the people of the Yasukuni Shrine think that there is still a fight inside, so they won't open the iron gate for a while, and no one knows that the invaders they want to trap have already left the palace and are heading deeper.

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The ordinary people of the island country do not know that under the Yasukuni Shrine, there is a palace of several thousand square meters, and the palace is divided into two floors. The outer layer occupies two-thirds of the entire palace, and the inner palace is only one-third.

At this time, the inner and outer palaces have a completely different atmosphere. In the outer palace, there is a scene of singing and dancing, and rows of musical instruments play the music of the island country. On the stage in the middle of the main hall, there are also geisha dancing fan dances unique to island countries.

Fujiwara Keiya, Koga Shota, and some other bigwigs in the cultivation world of the island country sat in front of the stage, sipping fragrant tea and watching the dance.

It's just that these people have different expressions. Fujiwara Keiya and some other people outside the Koga family looked like they were enjoying themselves and were at ease.

The air here is filled with a fresh fragrance that makes people intoxicated and refreshed. The people of the Koga family said that in order to thank all the guests, in today's main hall, they deliberately used a special aura fragrance to enhance the rich aura of heaven and earth here.

In this regard, Fujiwara Keiya and these people were of course flattered. It's just that what they don't know is that in addition to the strong aura of heaven and earth, there is also a strange power of faith here, which subtly affects the consciousness of the people present, making them more devout to the Yasukuni Shrine.

The people of the Koga family here had embarrassed expressions, fidgeting, and restless. They were all like Koga Shota, who did not complete the task of collecting the sacrifices this time and were blocked in the outer hall.

On the surface, the Yasukuni Shrine is worshiped once a year, but the Koga family and the Yasukuni Shrine worship ceremony is held only once every few years.

Every year, the Yasukuni Shrine's worship ceremony is actually an important moment for the Koga family to assess the descendants of the clan, allocate cultivation resources, and determine the status of the children in the clan.

One of the most important aspects of the examination is the sacrifice to the gods. Especially this time, the Council of Elders decided not to look at everything else, and directly judged the quality of the sacrifices.

Koga Shota didn't have a decent sacrifice this time, so he was brushed down during the preliminary evaluation, and he didn't even have the qualifications to enter the inner temple assessment.

If it weren't for his merit in contacting and winning over the Fujiwara family, I am afraid that he would be driven out of the underground secret palace by the Koga family now. Therefore, although Shota Koga was absent-minded, he had to sit and watch the performance with the guest Keiya Fujiwara.

In stark contrast to the singing and dancing of the outer hall, the inner hall is full of bloody and cruel atmosphere.

Chio Koga sat high on a chair carved with a monster pattern in the middle of the inner hall, and two rows of onmyoji wearing white robes and high hats stood respectfully below.

This is the core son of the Koga family, led by the puppet palace master Koga Momoyo. Usually in the island country, they are all prominent figures, majestic on all sides, but at this time, they are like children, silent and standing with their heads down.

In the middle of the two teams of onmyoji, there was a bloody scene, and more than a dozen withered corpses were thrown on the ground. Each one resembles a corpse in a TV series that has been drained of its essence by a vampire, with only hair, human skin, and bones remaining.

Of the five ninjas brought by Fujiwara Keiya, four have turned into dried corpses on the ground. The last one was bound by the two sons of the Koga family with the Yin and Yang secret technique, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't blurt out or speak.

Witnessing the tragic situation of his companion and several other ninjas, he almost fainted with fright, if he had known this, he would rather bear the charge of betraying the Fujiwara family than come to this trip to Yasukuni Shrine.

It's a pity that he understands now that it's too late, they have been sold to the Yasukuni Shrine as livestock by their own masters and become a tribute to the gods.

And now he finally understands that the real ceremony of worshipping the gods of the Yasukuni Shrine is not a god, but the old palace master of the Yasukuni Shrine, Chio Koga!

This old thing is a figure from the Tokugawa period, and in the feudal era ruled by the samurai, he relied on his yang and yin spells to gain great prestige in the island country, and established the strong position of the Koga family in the island country.

According to common sense, this old thing should have died a long time ago, but he has always used secret methods, relying on the genius earth treasures collected by the Yasukuni Divine Palace, and relying on devouring a large amount of essence blood to extend his longevity.

The essence blood of cultivators, especially ninjas who practice martial arts, is the most vigorous, and it is the best tonic for Koga Chio, so every time there is a festival to the gods, the Koga family has to coax and trick the ninja to send him to enjoy.

The ninja of the Fujiwara family suddenly understood a lot of things, but it was useless. Chio Koga looked over at him, like a gluttonous child, looking at his favorite candy and sweet.

The ninja suddenly felt a loosening of his body, and the yin and yang secret technique that bound him seemed to have been lifted. He didn't have time to think about it, and he wanted to run towards the outside of the hall, but before he could get up, he suddenly felt his body tighten, and a powerful suction force pulled him backwards and landed in front of Kaga Chio.

"Don't be afraid, child, it should be your honor to be a sacrifice to the gods. Chio Koga clasped the ninja's chest with one hand and the back of the ninja with the other, and looked at the ninja with a kind face.

That expression looked as kind and peaceful as the old man next door, only the blood stains on the corners of his mouth were exposed, he was a ruthless old monster who devoured essence and blood!

"No, no, Koga-sama spare my life, as long as you spare my life, you can let me do whatever I want!" the ninja was almost stunned, but still made a final effort.

"To me, you have no other value except for this body of essence and blood!" Koga Chio's face turned cold, and finally revealed his murderous nature.

He opened his mouth and bit down into the ninja's throat, sucking on the fresh blood. At the same time, his hands have already grabbed the ninja's chest and back, and he uses secret methods to devour the ninja's essence and blood.

The ninja struggled, but he couldn't get out of it, and he couldn't speak, only let out small moans of pain. After more than ten breaths, the ninja's struggle began to weaken, and after a few more breaths, Chio Koga stopped devouring and casually threw the ninja, who had turned into a skinny body, to the ground.

There was a soft sound of "plop", and the body of the ninja was smashed into several knots, although they had already seen the scene of Chio Koga devouring the essence and blood, everyone present still couldn't help but feel a tingling feeling on their scalps.

"Uh......" Chio Koga burped and wiped the remaining blood from the corners of his mouth, looking very satisfied. Those who have seen Chio Koga in an old state before will find that Chio Koga, who was originally like a skeleton covered in a layer of skin, has become much younger at this time.

The flesh and blood have plumped a lot, the skin has become shiny, and even the hair that was originally only sparse and pulled has grown a lot. Except for the original Chio Koga in terms of face, the whole person has almost undergone earth-shaking changes.

Kaga Chio knew that this was his rejuvenating rejuvenation after devouring essence and blood. It's a good feeling of life and vitality that I haven't seen for a long time.

This is a unique technique he cultivates, and he can maintain his lifespan by devouring the essence and blood of others. Half of his nearly 300-year-old lifespan was obtained by relying on the blood of others.

It's just a pity that the effectiveness of this method is getting worse and worse. At the beginning, as long as you devour the essence and blood of others once in ten years, you can rejuvenate to middle age;

Now it takes once every five years, and it can only be rejuvenated to the age of fifty or sixty, and what is more troublesome is that it is almost useless to devour the essence blood of ordinary people, and it is only useful to devour the essence blood of ninjas who have acquired or even innate combat power and are vigorous.

If it weren't for the need to devour essence and blood, with the strength of the Yasukuni Shrine, it would be completely possible to suppress the Iga Martial Shrine, and even wipe out all the ninjas.

The reason why Yasukuni Shrine did not do this, and even made concessions to Iga Martial Shrine, was so that Iga Martial Shrine could cultivate more powerful ninjas, and then be used by Yasukuni Shrine.

This time there was an accident at the Iga Martial Society, and the reason why Yasukuni Jingu would also help participate in the investigation, rescue and other matters was entirely because Koga Chio cared about his own blood and food.

"Okay, very good, you have prepared well for this year's god worship ceremony. Everyone present will be rewarded as they deserve!" said Chio Koga smiled and looked at everyone present.

"Thank you, Palace Master!" the children of the Koga family present let out a long breath and saluted respectfully.

Then, before they could finish their words, they suddenly sensed a powerful coercion rising from Kaga Qianxiong's body, and then a big hand with a ghostly light rushed straight towards everyone.