The wisdom sage's cold words echoed throughout the halls of the shrine as the head of the Smiling sage fell to the floor with an empty look in its eyes…
"Did Kudai really die just like that?" Muttered Shudai with a shocked look on his face, meanwhile, the wisdom sage turned to the four statues protecting their shrine that were inhabited by their ancestor's spirits and started praying for their brother that fell to the darkness…
The other monkeys overcame their shock and turned around to pray for him including Kuma that suffered a lot in silence because of Kudai. However, Bakorio remained vigilant and only pretended to mimic the monkeys as he knew better than them how terrifying a wielder of dark chakra could be.
And indeed, just as the others lost their focus for a split second, Kudai showed his true intentions as dark chakra gushed out from his wounds and connected his head and body rapidly before claws extended from his body which are his sage weapon and he rushed to stab his true target… Endai the wisdom sage
'I finally got you' Thought Kudai as his claws were only inches away from Endai's back when a dark giant hand appeared in front of him and blocked his hand followed by multiple dark chains that tried to catch him but he avoided all of them skillfully…
'He's far stronger than what he's showing' thought Bakorio while looking at the slight scratch marks that appeared on his perfect Susanoo's armored hand…
The other monkeys turned hurriedly after hearing the sound of the clash only to see that Endai survived a grim fate thanks to Bakorio's help…
"How are you still alive?" Asked Shudai but Endai and Rendai who were both calculative people instantly understood what was going on "YOU BASTARD, YOU ACTUALLY COMPLETELY FELL TO DARKNESS?" Yelled the usually calm Rendai with a terrifying killing intent flowing from his body as a weird aura started accumulating around him like invisible waves…
Kudai smiled wickedly at them and said "Hah, I only did the inevitable, you three don't know the power that darkness holds and in no time you will all follow in my footsteps, although forcefully"
"You bastard actually ruined our ancestor's aspirations for freedom just out of fear?" Asked Endai with a distraught look on his face, and even the status they were just praying to started shaking suddenly at such devastating news…
"You can keep holding on to your traditions all you want, however since I'm exposed today, none of you should dream of leaving this place alive, including you, human brat" Replied Kudai with a weird confidence that surprised the other sages and Kuma couldn't help but ask him curiously
"What makes you so confident? Elder Endai had just beheaded you didn't he?"
Kudai froze slightly at the unexpected question "I let him do it to take him by surprise, don't you understand tactics?"
Kuma seemed genuinely surprised as he replied "AAA that's underhanded"
'Yea right genius, what did you expect from someone that sealed your chakra channels just so you don't take his position' thought Bakorio before he asked
"Did you reveal your true intentions because I approached the sky stone? You and your master seem to value it a lot don't you?"
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Kudai's eyes narrowed slightly at Bakorio's question before he said "It doesn't matter the reason why…"
"Indeed, Die!" Said Endai before he conjured another space blade and launched it at Kudai, however this time, the latter easily dodged it before he said
"I will show you what kind of power you are missing on"
Then a terrifying amount of dark chakra started enhancing his body up to its limits and even far beyond… And then an even more terrifying sage chakra enhanced his body even further now that his capacity for it was stronger…
"Watch closely, this is the greatness of dark chakra HAHAHAHA" Kudai laughed loudly as he felt strength coursing through his body and staring down at the monkey sages that usually were of similar size to him…
'As I expected, he can't merge Dark chakra with sage chakra as well, so he ends up using them together instead which is pretty good in its own way if you want to risk overloading your body like an idiot' Thought Bakorio
"Begone" Said the wisdom sage and attempted to teleport Kudai away like he did inside the sky stone chamber, but a weird amulet suddenly lit up on his neck and dispelled the space power…
"Impossible, where did you get such a treasure" Asked Endai in horror and Kudai replied with a bigger smirk "You think you are the only one that can use space power? You are underestimating the followers of darkness"
Then he rushed with a terrifying speed at Kuma wanting to eliminate the weakest link first "Die, stupid monkey"
Kuma saw the shadow of death rushing at him, but Bakorio instantly stood in front of him to block for him as he said "The only one stupid here is you, Yomi no Kuni!" 4 Thick chains came out of nowhere and created a net that blocked any path of advancing for Kudai.
"To hell with your weird chains" He said before he coated his claws with dark chakra and slashed at the chains, but the only result was that his claws got corroded so he immediately retreated since the chains were trying to surround him…
"Where are you going?" Said the crimson sage as he instantly appeared behind him and lunched a fist made of fire at him that had a few dark spots on it! but Kudai quickly defended by creating a sphere from dark chakra and counter attacked by sending Shudai flying with his huge tail…
Meanwhile, Rendai's 4 ears kept flickering as a weird aura gushed from his body and covered Kudai, this was a terrifying Genjutsu that used sound as a conductor, unlike the Sharingan that used sight… However, it had absolutely no effect on Kudai as he kept fighting without any pause against Endai and Bakorio…
"Not bad, you guys indeed are strong, but this is not enough to save you today" Said Kudai before he finally unleashed one of his trump cards "Dark style: Dark domain Jutsu"
Suddenly, all light was drained from their surroundings and Bakorio and the monkeys lost all of their senses, or at least this was what this domain intended to do, However, Endai was still able to feel things thanks to his space affinity while Rendai's four ears also gave him a certain 6th sense to sense things, and Bakorio also had his own way, the only ones that were affected by this were Shudai and Kuma.
The former instantly covered himself with his red and black fire while Kuma simply stood there warily not knowing what to do… And this time Kudai's target was Shudai wanting to eliminate the threat of his dark flames that were actually a weak form of blaze release… Or in other words Amaterasu!
'Die' Thought Kudai and his nails easily went through the veil of flames and penetrated deeply into the flesh of Shudai, however before he could react… That Shudai exploded into flames and he was hit by it which forced him to discard any pieces of flesh touched by the dark spots…
'Tch, how annoying' he thought as the real Shudai appeared from under Bakorio's Susanoo… These sages all lived for thousands of years, so none of them was easy to deal with, and this fight was definitely going to be hard for Kudai…
"Fine then, Let's see how you deal with attacks from a distance" Muttered Kudai before he started attacking with terrifying dark spheres, each holding the power of a small tailed beast bomb!
Bakorio grabbed the monkeys and defended them with his Susanoo in the hope for one of them to find a solution out of this weird Jutsu since he was focusing on analyzing instead to replicate it, and he didn't have to wait for long as Endai used his space power and successfully dispersed the darkness…
"What are you going to do now?" Bakorio taunted, although his real intentions were only known to him as his pupils rotated silently…