Ninja Gaiden II/Chapter 10: The Temple of Sacrifice

"A great waterfall parts before Elizébet as if in fear of the Demon Statue held high above her head in a rain of blood. Behind it lies the gaping entrance to a massive cavern. The stench of blood reeks from its sculpted interior Upon this altar, Infernal Priest Dagra Dai will breathe life into the Demon Statue once again. Ryu Hayabusa closes in on his quarry."

Part 1: Blood Rain
Blood, everywhere. Heading up the path, use the Muramasa Statue if you need to and proceed. You will be attacked by a group of Blood Scorpions. Continue up the cliff. Kill off another group of Blood Scorpions and wall run over a small pit. On the other side, Bat Fiends and Blood Scorpions will attack you. Kill them off and examine the chest on the right for several Blue Essences. Continue along the path. Drop down into the ravine at the end to discover a chest containing a Life of the Gods and another containing a Devil Way Mushroom. Head back up to the top. At the top of the cliff, use the two walls to your left to do a double Wall Run to reach the platform beyond.

When you reach the platform, you will be attacked by several Blood Scorpions and Bat Fiends. Keep pressure on the Bat Fiends with Vigoorian Flails and stay out of the corner and this battle proceeds rather smoothly. Search the corpse here for Denji's Notebook. Continue up the path here, save/heal at the Dragon Statue and enter the large cavern here. Within, you will face a load of Shadow Ninja Ratsetsu's little brothers, the Spider Fiend. They are tough, do large damage, are fairly resistant to ninpo and can block your aerial attacks quite easily. I recommend taking out your Eclipse Scythe, charging an Ultimate Technique and waiting for each one to come to you. When they stagger back, pound them with combos and start another charge in time to catch the next one. There are about 8 of them. When they are all dead, continue up the path. Examine the corpse here for a Devil Way Mushroom and continue ahead. Further along will be another corpse with a Grains of Spiritual life. Continue into the tunnel ahead.

In the room ahead, when you touch the acid on the floor, you will start a battle. You will be attacked by Baby Worms and Spiked Insects. Use the Vigoorian Flail's air attacks and try to stay off the ground, as the acid will slowly damage you. When they are done, examine the corpse on the rock near the right wall to fill up your Incendiary Shurikens. Head forward and left to another platform. Examine the pillar here to reveal a shaft. Use your Flying Bird.

At the top, drop down into the pit ahead and take out the large group of Spiked Insects. Open the chest here for several Blue Essences. Use a shaft here to take you back to the top. Do an opposing wall run from the left wall and then off the right to reach the other side. Immediately turn around and perform a wall run off the left wall to reach the platform above and collect a Crystal Skull (#26). Continue along the path. Kill the Baby Worms here and continue along the right edge of the path, avoiding the acid. Drop the pillar here and continue along the acid path. Drop down the shaft at the end of the path and use the Dragon Statue below to save/heal.