Chapter 200: Barehanded Combat 【17】
Chapter 200: Barehanded Combat 【17】
Time rewound slightly.
Konoha.
Just as Might Guy opened the Eight Inner Gates, shattering Obito's Susanoo and forcing him to lose control of the Nine-Tails, giving Minato a chance to extract the tailed beast.
Feng Ye, who had been staying at home, had a gleam in his eyes as he glanced in the direction Minato was taking the Nine-Tails.
"So Elder Guy has unleashed the Eight Inner Gates Formation..."
"Obito's performance has been cut short. What a pity."
A faint smile played on Feng Ye's lips as he turned to the people behind him, including Rin and Kakashi, and instructed, "Stay here and don't go out."
Whoosh!
As his words fell, Feng Ye's figure flashed and disappeared from the house.
Instead of confronting Uchiha Obito directly, he darted out from the rear of Konoha at incredible speed, heading straight for the mountain range where Minato had taken the Nine-Tails.
A month earlier.
The range of his time acceleration had increased once more, reaching six times speed.
Even without the Eight Inner Gates, his speed, combined with his Sage Mode, was still astonishing at six times acceleration. It only took him a moment to reach Minato's location.
And when he arrived, he saw Minato in a desperate situation.
Minato stood atop the Nine-Tails' head, sensing an extremely sinister spiritual power fluctuation behind him—the power of the Reaper Death Seal.
The Reaper Death Seal's sealing technique had taken control of the Nine-Tails through Minato's body.
Minato knew that his body wasn't suitable to become the jinchuriki for the Nine-Tails, and in this situation where the tailed beast was rampaging, he couldn't use normal sealing methods. The only way to stop the Nine-Tails was to use the Reaper Death Seal, forcibly controlling the beast and going down with it.
But.
The combat power Obito had unleashed made him realize that this plan was impossible! He had thought that their opponent's strength depended on the Nine-Tails, and as long as they sealed the beast, Sarutobi and Jiraiya could defeat him. But the reality was entirely different!
If he used the Reaper Death Seal here and went down with the Nine-Tails, no one would be able to stop 'Uchiha Madara' on the other side. And his body wasn't capable of containing the Nine-Tails' power, becoming its jinchuriki and returning to fight 'Uchiha Madara.'
In this moment of despair.
Feng Ye arrived.
"Is that the Reaper summoned by the Reaper Death Seal? I can't see it, but I can sense it... It doesn't feel like pure sealing technique power..."
Feng Ye narrowed his eyes as he gazed at the back of Minato.
The Reaper summoned by the Reaper Death Seal appeared in Feng Ye's perception as an extremely chaotic and evil mass of spiritual energy. This power was by no means something an ordinary ninja could possess.
Feng Ye instantly thought of a previous speculation—Kaguya Otsutsuki, sealed by the Six Paths Sage, the Ten-Tails split by the Sage, and the Gedo Statue, the shell of the Ten-Tails, sealed within the moon by the Sage.
So where did Kaguya's spirit go?
Black Zetsu?
Black Zetsu was clearly only a part, and a very small part at that.
A larger part of Kaguya's spiritual energy should have been in the same state as the Sage of the Six Paths, immortal and wandering between the illusory and the real in this world.
And the Reaper summoned by the Reaper Death Seal was likely, to a large extent, a mixture of Kaguya's fragmented and chaotic consciousness. But because it was incomplete and chaotic, it lacked self-awareness and merely served as the main body of the seal.
"Feng Ye..."
"Have you cultivated Sage Mode?"
Minato looked at Feng Ye, sensing his state, and his eyes widened in surprise. He sensed that Feng Ye's physique at this moment seemed completely different from what he had encountered before.
Feng Ye looked at Minato, who was struggling to maintain the Reaper Death Seal, and nodded calmly. "Yes."
Minato's eyes flickered a few times before he took a breath and said, "Then, with your current state, you should be able to bear the Nine-Tails' chakra..."
"Do you want me to become the jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails?"
Feng Ye looked at Minato.
Minato nodded and glanced at 'Uchiha Madara's' direction. "I can't become the jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, and neither Jiraiya-sensei nor the Third Hokage can stop him. Now, only you... Only you as the jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails might have the power to stop him."
"So you want to hand Konoha over to me again?
Feng Ye's heart stirred with a hint of surprise.
He hadn't anticipated the story unfolding this way.
Initially, he had come here with thoughts of the Nine-Tails in mind. With his current physique, he could indeed bear the power of the Nine-Tails, and by acquiring its chakra, his strength would draw even closer to that of the Sage of the Six Paths, perhaps even reaching half of the Sage's power.
Feng Ye had expected to employ some schemes to achieve his goal, but he never imagined that Minato would take the initiative to offer the Nine-Tails to him. However, upon further reflection, given the current situation, it seemed that in Minato's eyes, this was the only solution to the crisis facing Konoha.
The people of Konoha didn't trust him enough to inform him about the Nine-Tails, yet now, they had no choice but to place the beast in his hands.
It was quite ironic.
After a moment, the Nine-Tails' chakra, under the control of Minato's Reaper Death Seal, surged into Feng Ye's body. And with his body already possessing the Sage Mode, he effortlessly accommodated the Nine-Tails' chakra, stabilizing it even better than a member of the Uzumaki clan could.
"The rest is up to you..." Minato said with difficulty.
Feng Ye turned around, sensing the Flying Thunder God seal he had left in Konoha, and then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique. In an instant, he vanished from his original spot.
Whoosh!
Inside Konoha, Feng Ye reappeared, landing on the roof of his home.
From this position, he could see the complete Susanoo that Obito Uchiha was controlling. The massive blue sword it held was descending towards Konoha, carried by a powerful gust of wind.
"Then..."
"The next chapter of Konoha begins."
Feng Ye folded his arms behind his back, gazing at the falling sword in the sky. Suddenly, a light golden Sage Mode aura appeared, enveloping his body, and he floated into the air.
Perfect Sage Mode—capable of flight! The unification of the three great Sage Techniques had granted him an incredibly powerful control over natural energy. To him, the world, filled with natural energy, was like a pond, and he was a fish swimming within it.
Under the watchful eyes of countless Konoha ninjas.
The golden-clad Feng Ye rose into the air from Konoha, reaching the village's heights and positioning himself directly below the falling blue chakra sword.
"Look over there!"
"Who's that...?"
"That chakra... Could it be... Lord Feng Ye?!
The eyes of a perceptive-type ninja widened, a gleam of light flashing within.
Feng Ye!
Konoha's silver flash of light! It's not over yet, it's not over! There's still hope!
Upon recognizing the figure soaring through the air to meet the falling sword as Feng Ye, countless Konoha ninjas fixed their gazes on him. Tension gripped them, and countless breaths froze in anticipation. For many, time seemed to stand still.
Feng Ye...
Could he stop such a terrifying enemy?!
Almost everyone in Konoha had heard of Feng Ye's name, but only a handful had witnessed his prowess firsthand, especially in his recent battles where he had slain the Third Raikage, the Jinchuriki of the Three-Tails, and the Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
As ninjas and civilians of Konoha, they all knew of Feng Ye's strength and that he might be the strongest ninja in the ninja world, but they didn't know the true extent of his power.
In this almost frozen atmosphere.
Feng Ye, bathed in golden light, finally made contact with the complete Susanoo!
Under the watchful eyes of the villagers.
Feng Ye extended a hand, minuscule in comparison to the massive Susanoo, and pressed it upward, toward the descending sword edge.
Crack!
The blue sword edge that had previously cleaved two distant mountains in half froze in mid-air upon touching Feng Ye's palm.
As Feng Ye's fingers exerted slight pressure, countless cracks spread across the sword, and then, to the stunned gaze of countless onlookers, it disintegrated into countless specks of light!
Throughout Konoha,
There was utter silence.
(End of Chapter)
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