Chapter 495 - 495: Him

"We surrender! Please, let us go!"

"We are willing to offer everything the Otsutsuki clan has! Please, stop this slaughter!"

"Believe us, we are definitely worth more alive than dead!"

With the defeat of the Ten Elders, the Otsutsuki clansmen had completely lost their will to fight.

As despair reached its absolute peak, someone finally broke down and fell to their knees to beg for mercy.

Like falling dominoes, more and more Otsutsuki clansmen chose to kneel and kowtow, pleading for their lives.

In this moment, they were no longer the aloof, supreme clan of gods.

Instead, they were a pack of cowards, willingly offering themselves as slaves just to survive.

Faced with the Otsutsuki clansmen's pleas for mercy, the Third Raikage, Minato Namikaze, and the others didn't show much of a reaction.

They, along with the ninja army behind them, simply stood in silence outside the temple.

Suddenly, a peal of silvery laughter rang out through the sky.

Immediately after, Otsutsuki Kaguya's figure appeared before everyone.

"Hahahahaha..."

"To think that you lot were actually this pathetic deep down in your bones."

"It would be one thing if only a couple of you begged for mercy, but for all of you to kneel and kowtow like this..."

"I have explored the universe for many years, and I have never seen a race as spineless as you."

Hearing Otsutsuki Kaguya's voice, the crowd of Otsutsuki clansmen immediately raised their heads.

When they saw Otsutsuki Kaguya's appearance, expressions of utter bewilderment appeared on all their faces.

Why did this woman before them look so much like them?

It was as if...

She was also an Otsutsuki!

One of the Ten Elders struggled to his feet, glaring at Otsutsuki Kaguya as he roared, "So it was you!"

"Kaguya, you betrayed the Otsutsuki clan and led these people here!"

"Otsutsuki Kaguya, how could you? How dare you!"

The Ten Elders were filled with a mix of shock and fury.

They had originally thought that Otsutsuki Kaguya died at the hands of these people from the ninja world. They never expected her to be alive and well.

Furthermore, from the looks of it, her status in the ninja world wasn't low at all!

Without needing much explanation, the Ten Elders instantly understood many things.

Hearing the Ten Elder's words, the Otsutsuki clansmen were momentarily stunned before erupting into a rage.

They never imagined that the main culprit who had reduced them to such a state was actually one of their own!

"Despicable! How could our Otsutsuki clan have such scum like you?"

"Look at our dead clansmen! Have you no heart?!"

"Why did you do this? Why betray your own kind?!"

Hearing the reprimands from the Ten Elders and the clansmen, Otsutsuki Kaguya threw her head back and laughed a few times before letting out a cold snort.

"Why couldn't I?"

"Why wouldn't I dare!"

"Ever since the establishment of the main branch and branch family system, the Otsutsuki race has lost its vitality."

"Former compatriots became slaves subjugated by the main branch."

"No matter how useless the main branch is, or how outstanding the branch family is, it cannot change the destiny decided from birth."

"Look for yourselves. Among those still alive right now, how many are from the branch family?"

"The main branch, whom the branch family sacrificed their lives to protect, abandoned even their most basic dignity when faced with death."

"What do you take the lives of the branch family for?!"

"This clan has long since rotted away. Trash with no future to speak of should have disappeared from this world a long time ago!"

Hearing Otsutsuki Kaguya's words, the Otsutsuki clansmen all gnashed their teeth.

They clenched their fists tightly, their eyes fixed in a death glare on Otsutsuki Kaguya.

If looks could kill, Otsutsuki Kaguya would already be nothing but dust.

Kneeling and begging the ninjas of the ninja world for mercy carried no psychological burden for them. But being trampled on and mocked by a member of the branch family was something they absolutely could not endure.

The Ten Elders stood up and strode over to the stone statue inside the temple.

One of them said in a deep voice, "Kaguya, it feels great lecturing your former masters, doesn't it?"

"But do you think you've won?"

"Our Otsutsuki clan hasn't dominated the universe for so long based on luck alone."

"Today... you, along with everyone from the ninja world, will all be buried alongside our dead clansmen!"

As his voice fell, the Ten Elders struck simultaneously.

The branch family ninjas of the Otsutsuki clan who had luckily survived were all forcibly turned into bright red Chakra Fruits.

"It's not enough!"

The Ten Elders frowned and immediately struck again.

This time, their targets were the main branch of the Otsutsuki clan!

The ten of them joined forces to cast a secret technique, enveloping all the surrounding Otsutsuki clansmen within it.

Accompanied by a heart-palpitating wail, all the Otsutsuki clansmen within the range of the secret technique were reduced to a mist of blood, ultimately coalescing into a massive Chakra Fruit.

Seeing this scene, the surviving Otsutsuki clansmen looked at the Ten Elders with terrified eyes.

Someone asked in a trembling voice, "Lord Ten Elders, what are you doing? Why would you do such a thing to our own clansmen?"

Hearing this, the leading Ten Elder coldly snorted and said indifferently, "Everything is for the clan."

"If we don't make the necessary sacrifices, we will all die here."

"Only by awakening Him can we survive!"

After the leading Ten Elder finished speaking, he placed all the collected Chakra Fruits onto the altar in front of the stone statue.

Following that, the Ten Elders began to chant in unison.

Accompanied by an obscure and incomprehensible incantation, the Chakra Fruits on the altar transformed into a streak of red light that shot into the stone statue's body.

"Guardian of the Otsutsuki clan, the true god existing in the universe..."

"Lord Shibai, your most loyal believers require your protection. Please, awaken from your slumber!"

As the Ten Elders prayed devoutly, the crowd of Otsutsuki clansmen, filled with a mix of surprise and joy, prostrated themselves toward the stone statue.

Within the Otsutsuki clan, there was no one who didn't know the legend of Otsutsuki Shibai.

That legendary god possessed the mighty power to create and destroy worlds.

Especially his Shinjutsu, which was simply unimaginable.

With a single thought, all things could be created or destroyed!

It was just that very few people truly believed it.

But now, at the critical moment when the race faced life and death, the Ten Elders were actually praying to the stone statue.

That meant...

The legend was true!

Otsutsuki Shibai truly existed!

"Great! We're saved now!"

"Hahahahaha... You ninja world scum, tremble in fear before a god! Then, God will annihilate you all, letting you die in despair!"

"You're definitely dead this time! I refuse to believe you possess power that can rival a god's."

"Kaguya, you traitor to the Otsutsuki clan! Lord Shibai will definitely make you wish you were dead!"