People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

Neji struck all 64 pressure points on Otsutsuki Toneri's body.

Suddenly.

Neji deliberately distanced himself from Toneri Otsutsuki; he sensed something was wrong, something felt off.

The impact felt like hitting a hard object.

With ghostly movements, Ōtsutsuki Toneri bypassed Neji's front and appeared behind him.

Neji took a deep breath: "Gentle Fist? Eight Trigrams? Mountain-Shattering Strike!"

He extracted a large amount of chakra in one breath, instantly released it from various acupoints throughout his body, quickly turned around, and delivered a heavy blow to Otsutsuki Toneri's abdomen.

Its effect is comparable to the power of a steel fist.

Otsutsuki Toneri was blasted away, his body seemingly falling apart and beginning to collapse.

"Is this a puppet...?" Neji then realized that Otsutsuki Toneri was actually a puppet.

Although I kept my Byakugan active, just like when I observed the spring, the Byakugan's X-ray vision failed, and everything I saw was distorted.

Yosuke had already noticed something was wrong with Otsutsuki Toneri, because everyone, no matter who they are, even demons, has a life force, but Otsutsuki Toneri had nothing, and his attack methods were very mechanical, as if he was attacking according to a fixed program.

Yosuke had long seen through Otsutsuki Toneri's true nature as a puppet.

Yosuke also wanted to see how strong Neji was so that he could teach him accordingly when they got back.

Therefore, they chose not to intervene.

Otsutsuki Toneri's puppet body suddenly stood up and approached Yosuke and Neji step by step.

"This is not... my true form. If you continue forward, I will greet you with my true form next time!"

After uttering these last words, Otsutsuki Toneri's body completely collapsed.

Neji was somewhat puzzled: "Since he's from the Otsutsuki clan, why does he still need my Byakugan?"

Yosuke guessed, "The Byakugan needs to be combined with the bloodline of the Otsutsuki clan to generate the Tenseigan. Since he covets the Byakugan, it means that his true form does not have the Byakugan. This is just a guess now. We will know when we see his true form."

Yosuke and Neji pass through the bottom of the river and appear in a strange world.

Islands on the sea float in the air.

But actually, the sea surface is twisted into a circle.

And there's the sun and clouds.

Neji was somewhat surprised: "There's a sun underground too?"

"This must all be a man-made scene, not real. Okay, let's go and look for clues here."

Led by Yosuke, Neji and Yosuke arrived on the island.

At this point, Neji's Byakugan was no longer disturbed and he could see through things.

Yosuke spread his wings and carried Neji into the sky to continue their journey.

With Neji's Byakugan's help, they discovered a village in the center of the island.

Yosuke led Neji into the village.

The village looks dilapidated and abandoned, and the rusty kunai on the road indicate that it was once a ninja village.

The skeletons on the street suggest that this village has been through a war.

Chapter 357 Otsutsuki Toneri

Yosuke and Neji searched for clues in the dilapidated village.

The village is not very big.

However, it's also clear that this place used to be very prosperous.

In the heart of the village.

Neji discovered a long-abandoned shrine.

Several dilapidated Buddha statues sit at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

Upon entering the ancestral hall, one finds incomprehensible characters carved on the walls.

Neji, a member of an ancient clan, recognized the characters: "These are ancient hieroglyphs. [An ancient oath, sweeping across humanity, in this way, the Eye of Reincarnation awakens, the Moon Spring will bring about the destruction of mankind]."

Yosuke stroked his chin, pondering the meaning of 'The Tenseigan has awakened, the Moon Spring will bring about the extinction of humanity'.

If the Reincarnation Eye awakens, will humanity perish?

But what exactly is the Moon Spring that led to the extinction of humanity?

Could it be the spring passage that led here with Neji?

suddenly.

Neji heard a whisper in his ear.

"The successor to the Byakugan..."

The entire ancestral hall suddenly shook, and an underground passage appeared in the ground beneath the shrine.

Yosuke and Neji walked down the stairs and discovered a series of graves.

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the shadows, opening empty eyes and muttering repeatedly, "It's the Byakugan, I can feel the Byakugan, there's no mistake, the successor of the Byakugan..."

Neji had already taken out a kunai, wary of the person approaching them.

However, the person opened their mouth wide, and a purple sphere emerged from it, which then emitted a bright light.

Under the light, Neji saw some fragments in his mind before fainting.

Yosuke caught Neji in time and grabbed the stranger by the neck, demanding, "What did you do?!"

The stranger before him didn't answer Yosuke, but instead muttered to himself, "Tenseigan...the moon...we must stop...the Otsutsuki's..."

The stranger collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.

Yosuke frowned, pondering everything that had happened.

"It's obvious that this person has come to warn them to stop someone's conspiracy on the moon, but what is the connection between the Tenseigan and the moon?"

Just as Yosuke was speculating about the connection, Neji slowly woke up.

"Are you alright, Neji?"

Neji patted his head: "I'm fine, I just received some memories."

"Received some memories?"

Neji nodded and explained, "I saw the war between the main family and branch family of the Otsutsuki clan on the moon. The branch family used the power of the Tenseigan to slaughter them all. I also saw Otsutsuki Hamura."

Yosuke found it somewhat unbelievable: "Hamura Otsutsuki, the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths?!"

"Yes, in my memory, a group of people claimed to be descendants of Hamura, descendants of the main branch of the Otsutsuki clan. The branch family descendants twisted Hamura's destiny and slaughtered their entire main family. Toneri, a descendant of the branch family, abused the power of the Tenseigan, intending to make the moon fall to Earth. They said that only I could destroy the Tenseigan..."

Then Hamura Otsutsuki appeared and warned me that I could not allow the world created by his brother, the Sage of Six Paths, to be destroyed.

Neji's explanation made Yosuke suddenly realize: "So, Otsutsuki Toneri wants to use the power of the Tenseigan to make the moon fall and then destroy the Earth, right?"

Neji nodded solemnly: "I learned about Toneri Otsutsuki and the location of the Reincarnation Chamber from Hamura Otsutsuki."

"where?"

Neji pointed to the sun in the sky: "It's on that artificial sun! We're already on the moon now."

Yosuke, carrying Neji, flew towards the artificial sun in the sky.

Although it was the sun, the temperature did not change at all.

Yosuke and Neji successfully flew onto the artificial sun.

However, Yosuke and Neji were immediately met by a large pursuing force riding in flying eagles.

After all, Yosuke and Neji were riding on a large number of enormous flying eagles.

Yosuke changed his position in mid-air, grabbed Neji by one hand, and then suddenly turned around.

The katana in his hand was already drawn.

"Blood Breathing? Land Form? Residual Sun Prison Blood!"

A massive slash flew out, slicing down all the pursuing troops that were about to approach.

It then successfully landed on the artificial sun.

After landing on the artificial sun, a huge and magnificent castle palace came into view.

Guided by Hamura Otsutsuki, Neji said, "This is Toneri Otsutsuki's palace."

Just as Yosuke and Neji were about to enter the palace, Otsutsuki Toneri appeared in front of them.

Otsutsuki Toneri said very politely, "Welcome to my palace. Please forgive any neglect."

Neji was about to attack Otsutsuki Toneri when Yosuke stopped him.

"This is also a puppet."

Otsutsuki Toneri walked confidently up to Yosuke and Neji: "If you've come here to stop me, I advise you to leave now and cherish the little time you have left before the Earth is destroyed."

Neji warned, "Your plot will not succeed. If you destroy the Earth with the moon, the moon you are on will also cease to exist!"

"Oh? You already know my plan? It seems that the scattered chakra of the main clan told you. Then you should also know about the existence of the Tenseigan. When I destroy all life on Earth, I will sleep until the dust of the collapsed Earth's environment settles down."

Neji was furious: "You bastard!"

"Isn't this your own fault? I've been watching the development of Earth closely. There's a lack of trust between people, endless wars, and widespread suffering. Instead of reflecting on your actions, you stole the Gedo Mazo from the moon, intending to revive the Ten-Tails and control the entire world. It's better to destroy and rebuild this kind of world."

Otsutsuki Toneri's words were filled with disappointment with the ninja world.

“Otsutsuki Toneri, you are not a god. Even if you were a god, you would not have the right to interfere with the fate of the ninja world. Humans are not as bad as you say. Now, almost everyone in the ninja world has united to fight against the future crisis, unlike you, who just hides on this moon full of puppets, thinking that you are the savior, talking to yourself.”

Yosuke's words were full of sarcasm.

Otsutsuki Toneri sneered, "It's just the ignorant and foolish act of an ignorant mortal. You can try to justify it however you want. After all, he's a dying man, so there's no need for further explanation. When the world is destroyed and reborn, future generations will know who is right and who is wrong."

Chapter 358 Battle on the Moon