So this was just a simple dungeon after all.

Chapter 1009 So this was just a simple dungeon after all.

"Click... snap... click..."

Enveloped in a dark red aura, Uchiha Gin left a dented black footprint with each step he took on the smooth ground. "Borrow~ Borrow~ Borrow~"

Until the restless aura completely subsided, a tall figure with muscular, worm-like muscles tore through the distorted dream power surrounding him, revealing his true form to everyone.

The jet-black base armor is covered with simple green patterns, and the red-dyed crossover driver extends to the neck, making the red and green color scheme particularly visually striking.

"I hope Sister Wang won't be angry."

Uchiha Gin stretched his body, which was bursting with power, and his face, which was covered by red compound eyes, was full of inexplicable expression. It was the first time he had transformed using a driver other than the one used by his sister, and he felt an indescribable sense of transgression.

Good morning!

Shaking his head to clear away these distracting thoughts, Uchiha Gin raised his hand and beckoned to the vengeful Nightmare not far away, his face filled with resentment. "You... why is your imagination so terrifying?"

The Calamity Dream Demon, suffocating under the pressure of the transformed Uchiha Gin, gritted its teeth and questioned him, clearly sensing that this dream space was gradually slipping out of its control.

All of this was due to the influence of Gin Uchiha's mind-blowing power.

Are you scared? Are you terrified?

Uchiha Gin didn't answer its question. Instead, he tilted his head and looked with great interest at the Nightmare of Calamity that was beginning to emanate an unstable aura from its body. So even gods have fear.

"How could that be? I am a new god, don't underestimate me!"

Faced with Uchiha Gin's provocation, the Nightmare of Calamity, whose defenses were somewhat compromised, roared. The surging aura he had been surging suddenly condensed and quickly contracted, flowing into his body, causing his already burly body to expand rapidly.

"Heh heh~ Offer up your fear."

Looking at the muscular Nightmare of Calamity, whose muscle mass was almost surpassing his own, Uchiha Gin curled his lip in disdain. "How can your muscles, which you got from eating protein powder, compare to mine?"

"Give me back the power of calamity!"

During this period, the Nightmare of Calamity has been frantically absorbing the negative emotional energy of the members of the Saddle Horse Clan, and its own strength has reached an extremely terrifying level. No matter who the enemy is, it believes that it can fight them.

"Mr. Silver, watch out!"

The Kurama brothers, exhausted from the previous battle, helped each other retreat to a safe area, looking with concern at Uchiha Gin, who was clearly inferior to Nightmare of Calamity in terms of imposing presence.

"Whoosh!"

Calamity Nightmare kicked off with both legs, transforming into a black lightning bolt that crashed straight into Uchiha Gin, who was not far away. The sonic waves generated by its high-speed movement made the people present dizzy.

In an instant, the Calamity Nightmare's fist, covered in keratinous spikes, slammed upwards towards Uchiha Gin's wide-open abdomen.

"Nisuchi!"

Seeing that Uchiha Gin, who was standing still, did not make any counterattack, a look of pleasure flashed in the eyes of the Nightmare of Calamity, and he clenched his fist and swung it even more forcefully.

"call!"

The next second, a piercing golden sound rang out. The Kurama brothers turned their heads away with unbearable expressions. In their eyes, Uchiha Gin, who had taken that punch, was doomed.

"Heh heh heh, so it was just a show of strength all along... huh?"

The Nightmare of Calamity thought so too. Feeling its punch hit the mark precisely, a sinister smile curled at the corner of its mouth. It had only uttered half of its mocking trash talk when it sensed something was wrong. Two questions jumped into its mind: Why didn't Uchiha Gin fly out?

Why does my fist hurt so much?

Just then, Uchiha Gin, who had been standing motionless, slowly lowered his head, looked at the fist that hadn't even pierced his own armor, and asked in a calm and collected tone.

"Is that all?"

He had originally hoped that this strangely powerful calamity demon would boost his strength, but he didn't expect that its actual combat power didn't even reach the level of an initial tailed beast rider. At most, it was just a grunt rider.

"Huh? How is that possible? How can you be so hard?"

Despite the excruciating pain in his arm, the Nightmare of Calamity trembled as he raised his head, his eyes filled with confusion as he awaited Uchiha Gin's explanation.

"It's just talent."

Uchiha Gin shook his head slightly, straightened his back and thrust forward sharply, his powerful hips sending the bewildered Nightmare of Calamity flying.

"Wow...what amazing kidneys!"

Not far away, Kurama Murakumo and the others had different expressions. The two brothers had deep envy in their eyes, while Kurama Rin shyly crossed his legs and stared at Uchiha Gin's bouncy waist with affectionate eyes.

"Thump!"

The Nightmare of Calamity, which had landed in a sorry state, was quite angry at Uchiha Gin's provocative posture. Thinking that it had been careless just now, it raised its fist, which was the size of a sandbag, and charged forward again.

"In my dreams, I am invincible!"

"Very good, very energetic!"

Seeing the persistent nightmare of calamity, Uchiha Gin nodded in approval. To show respect, he stood still and assumed a side stance, his right fist, glowing red, retracting to his waist.

"Then let me shatter your nightmare."

Without any fancy maneuvers or perplexing mechanics, Uchiha Gin simply throws a punch forward in a straightforward manner, with numerical values ​​providing the explanation for his actions.

"Bang!"

The instant their fists clashed, the Nightmare of Calamity's black pupils constricted sharply. "You!"

A terrifying, brute force it had never encountered before surged into its arm, instantly turning the power it had painstakingly accumulated over the past six months into nothingness.

"Snap!"

The black horny armor began to crack, and the mountain-like body collapsed at a visible speed, revealing the true form encased within.

A traditional monster with a blue face and fangs, resembling a ghost or god, with a hunched body, whose clothes and features are similar to those of Kurama Murakumo, showing that the Nightmare of Calamity truly values ​​its first believer.

"I... lost."

The Nightmare of Calamity, knocked back to its factory settings by Gin's punch, gritted its teeth, its defeated eyes fixed on the dejected Gin. "Who are you? Even with the power of Calamity, you can't defeat me so easily."

"No, no, no~ This world is far more complicated than you imagine. The power you seek is insignificant in my eyes."

Uchiha Gin casually waved his hand. This knight power manifested from the power of the God of Calamity was indeed powerful, but unfortunately, it didn't have a high compatibility with him. He should save it for someone who was destined to have it.

"You! Could it be you!?"

"Oh?"

Somewhat surprised to see the Nightmare of Calamity suddenly turn to fear, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow. He had only bragged, but why did this guy look like he was facing a formidable enemy?

"You are from another world, my defeat is not unjust."

"Didn't you know that people from Konoha can fly?"

Upon hearing the words "people from beyond the heavens," Uchiha Gin immediately understood. It seemed that this calamity demon was quite old, having even seen a living Otsutsuki.

"No, you're not, you didn't..."

However, just a few seconds after he finished speaking, the Nightmare of Calamity, who had been staring intently at Uchiha Gin, suddenly changed his mind, his eyes filled with increasing surprise and doubt.

"You talk too much."

Seeing that the Nightmare of Calamity was about to reveal some ancient and ruthless information, Uchiha Gin glanced at Kurama Murakumo and the others who were full of curiosity not far away, and expressionlessly punched the head of the chattering monster in front of him into a bloody mist.

"Ugh... I've already given up, why are you still hitting me?"

The next moment, the scattered blood mist miraculously gathered and instantly reformed into a grotesque face full of pain, a nightmare of calamity. "Defeated opponent, fight me if you want."

Uchiha Gin, having withdrawn his large hand, curled his lip. In Uchiha Gin's eyes, the power of the Calamity Nightmare itself was nothing more than a weakling. Its main strength lay in its overpowered mechanics; with the Dream Space as its home ground, virtually no one could kill it single-handedly.

"Mr. Yin, you...you won already?"

Having witnessed Uchiha Gin shatter the Calamity Soul with a single punch, Kurama Murakumo and the others finally mustered their courage and approached, circling his incredibly powerful transformed form several times, marveling at it. "This is... a Knight? Isn't it only the power of a Tailed Beast that allows transformation?"

Kurama Unkai is a hidden fan of knights. Looking at Uchiha Gin's imposing knight armor, he almost wanted to buy two lemons and stuff them in his eyes.

"That's the power of imagination."

Uchiha Gin didn't offer any further explanation. He simply reached out and pulled off the driver slung across his chest. With a flash of light, it calmly appeared before everyone, completely unharmed. "When it comes to imagination, your Kurama clan isn't even close!"

The Kurama brothers lowered their heads in shame upon hearing this. After all, they were a genjutsu family second only to the Uchiha; their imaginations were truly outrageous.

Even Uchiha Gin, an old Uchiha who doesn't care about worldly affairs, is inferior to him.

"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Mr. Yin."

The two brothers felt their faces burning with embarrassment at the thought of the Third Generation and the 5.5 Generation that they had just summoned by wasting their imagination.

Sigh~ It's all the Third Hokage's fault for constantly promoting himself as the professor of ninjutsu and the strongest Hokage, brainwashing all the ninja clans into believing him.

If only we had invited the second generation from the beginning, the first Nine-Tailed Rider would have easily defeated a monster.

Having taken the money, Gin Uchiha was obligated to provide the service. Since he had accepted the Kurama clan's money, he figured he had to deliver. So, pointing to the Nightmare of Calamity slumped on the ground, he asked, "What are you planning to do with this monster?"

"I'm not some ghost. I have a name. My name is Ido."

Feeling insulted by his demonic nature, the Nightmare of Calamity raised his head and indignantly reintroduced himself, "Uh? Didn't you call yourself the Nightmare of Calamity?"

Uchiha Gin blinked in confusion upon hearing this. The person in front of him was indeed the monster who had almost wiped out the Kurama clan, but why did he use a different name when he was deceiving Kurama Murakumo?

"Heh heh, I corrupted the King of Calamity, seized its divine status, and inherited its divine body, so I am naturally qualified to call myself Calamity."

Speaking of this, Ido had a smug look on his face.

As an obscure ancient demon, it usually grows by stirring up the darkness in people's hearts and earning negative emotional energy.

Unfortunately, he later had bad luck and was captured by the followers of the King of Calamity. He was imprisoned in the No. 7 Shrine under the King of Calamity's name. It was not until the power of the Calamity God weakened that he succeeded in overthrowing his superior and rose from a small monster to a being similar to an evil god.

"Mr. Yin, can you completely eliminate it?"

With the Illusion Tournament approaching, Kurama Murakumo, who had been tormented by nightmares for half a year and was exhausted, just wanted to get rid of this burden as soon as possible, otherwise his Kurama clan might not even be able to defend their runner-up title.

"No! Please don't kill me!"

Upon hearing that Kurama Murakumo wanted to kill him, Ido was instantly terrified and his legs went weak. He had no doubt that Uchiha Gin in front of him could really kill him with a single punch.

Give me a reason not to kill you.

Looking at Ido kneeling and begging for mercy, Uchiha Ginban wondered what kind of reason it could come up with as a demon. "I am willing to offer my power."

In order to survive, Ido decides to sell himself for a chance at life.

"Sorry, I really don't think much of your power."

Uchiha Gin looked at Ido, whose appearance was completely different from his own aesthetic, and waved his hand with a look of disgust.

"If you don't have any last words, then prepare to go!"

"Autumn beans, sack of potatoes!"

"Um?"

Turning his head to look at Kurama Murakumo who had suddenly interrupted him, Uchiha Gin frowned slightly. "Nephew, he is the culprit who kept you bedridden for half a year and prevented you from even creating a baby."

"I can help! Five years, no! Three years, and I guarantee he'll succeed in conceiving!"

Trembling, Idu grasped at a straw, extending three sharp claws to swear to the heavens, "Wait, isn't the King of Calamity in charge of dreams? How come he's in charge of granting children?"

"Having more skills means having more ways to make a living."

Idu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained seriously, "Let's put the child aside for now. What about the power you mentioned?"

Kurama Murakumo was indeed concerned about having children, but compared to the future of the entire family, having children was something he put aside for the time being.

The power that Ido had displayed was already strong enough in his eyes. If the Kurama clan could get its assistance, their rise to prominence would be just around the corner.

"Sign a contract with me, and I will forever protect you and your descendants."

At this moment, Ido remembered that although he had usurped the throne, he was still a god. As long as the Kurama clan was willing to worship him for eternity, it wouldn't be a problem for him to be a guardian deity or something.

"Did you ask the King of Calamities before doing this?"

Looking at Ido, who was putting on a serious act, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but roll his eyes, then opened his palm to reveal the transformation capsule containing the power of the King of Calamity.

"Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~"

The frantically shaking capsule represents the King of Calamity's current anger. If it weren't for the breakdown of his faith and the loss of worshippers, how could a monster have taken over his rightful divine position?

"Your Majesty, King of Calamity, please calm down!"

Sensing the wrath of the Calamity King, and recalling some unpleasant memories from a thousand years ago, Idu swallowed hard and forced a smile.

He explained, "I am doing this for your sake. If the Kurama clan is willing to sign a contract with me, I can also have them enshrine your shrine again, build a new shrine for you, and revive your interrupted lineage."

"You're quite clever."

Noticing that the wrath of the Calamity King in his palm was gradually subsiding, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow in astonishment, actually letting go of this usurper with just a few words.

However, after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that the Calamity King, whose divine power was almost completely depleted, had no better options than to cooperate with Idu.

"Mr. Yin, could this thing be...?"

Soon, Kurama Murakumo, who had finalized the first draft of the contract with Ido, found Uchiha Gin with a smug look on his face, his eyes fixed on the capsule that Gin was playing with in his hand, his intentions very clear.

Uchiha Gin wanted to study these so-called ancient gods, so naturally he wouldn't return the Calamity King now.

He clasped his hands together, his solemn expression sending a chill down Kurama Congyun's spine. "Nephew, this thing is very powerful and not easily controlled by ordinary people. I will keep it safe for your Kurama clan for a few years. When someone capable of controlling it appears, I will return it to its rightful owner."

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