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Chapter 218: Anticipating the Six Paths Level [57]
Chapter 218: Anticipating the Six Paths Level [57]
The Land of Rain.
This region borders the Land of Earth.
Since the fall of the Land of Rain to its current state of being controlled by Konoha, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, had consistently dispatched troops to firmly occupy this area, roughly controlling a quarter of the Land of Rain's territory.
Onoki's intention was to plunder ample resources from the Land of Rain, while Konoha's goal was to swiftly stabilize the region. Thus, both sides tacitly avoided any conflict.
However, as time passed and four months went by, the situation in the Land of Rain had completely calmed. The time had come for Iwagakure and Konoha to come to an agreement.
With the shared goal of sparing the Land of Rain from the ravages of war, Iwagakure and Konoha commenced negotiations. Konoha's demand was for Iwagakure to relinquish all occupied land that originally belonged to the Land of Rain and compensate for all the funds plundered from the country.
Naturally, Onoki couldn't agree to this.
The negotiations reached an impasse.
"So, the bottom line from Tsuchikage's side is that they are willing to withdraw from the Land of Rain and assist Konoha in quickly controlling that region, but they demand a fee of ten billion ryo from Konoha as 'payment' for their services in guarding that area for four months?"
In the Hokage's office, Feng Ye chuckled upon hearing the outcome of the negotiations.
Feng Ye's smile made the intelligence ninja standing before him, relaying the details of the frontline negotiations, break into a cold sweat. "Hokage-sama, Tsuchikage of Iwagakure himself attended the negotiations, putting immense pressure on our side..."
"All right, I understand," Feng Ye said, waving his hand dismissively. "Go and tell them that the negotiations are temporarily shelved and postponed for three days."
"Yes." The intelligence ninja acknowledged and left.
Feng Ye turned to Kakashi, who was standing beside him, and said, "Kakashi, deliver a secret order to have the ninja over there deliver 'that' to the new negotiation site."
"Understood," Kakashi nodded and immediately set out to execute the order.
Regarding the location of Feng Ye's Flying Thunder God Kunai, Kakashi was now solely responsible for controlling this highly confidential information due to its importance. After all, if the enemy were to grasp Feng Ye's movement timings, it would pose a significant threat to Konoha.
Thus, only Feng Ye decided when to use the Flying Thunder God technique to move, usually without making any prior definite plans, opting instead to do so whenever the need arose.
Kakashi, on the other hand, exclusively controlled the delivery of the Flying Thunder God Kunai, treating it as top-secret intelligence.
With this arrangement, it would be extremely difficult for anyone to know if Feng Ye would be using the Flying Thunder God technique to leave Konoha temporarily soon. And determining exactly when he would leave was simply impossible.
After seeing Kakashi off, Feng Ye signed a few more documents.
Then, he leaned back in his chair and extended his left hand, waving it in front of him. His pale palm, illuminated by the setting sun, emanated a faint golden glow.
"The Sage Mode body is almost complete..." Feng Ye murmured.
It had been a long time since he had mastered the perfect Sage Mode and began cultivating the Sage Mode body up to this day. The natural energy within him was nearly saturated, fused with every cell, infusing his body with vibrant vitality and granting him the various abilities possessed by the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.
The only difference between him and Senju Hashirama now was that he wasn't the reincarnation of Ashura.
Now, he could also attempt to fuse the earth and water nature transformations to develop the Wood Release kekkei genkai, but that would take some time and wouldn't significantly improve his strength. It was purely for showmanship, something he could consider doing later.
With the completion of the Sage Mode body, every aspect of his being, except for his spiritual power, had reached the pinnacle just below the Six Paths level.
Relying on his time-related abilities, even when facing a Six Paths-level existence, he had the qualifications to fight, depending on the strength of the opponent within the Six Paths realm.
There were varying degrees of power within the Six Paths level.
In Feng Ye's opinion, Sasuke and Naruto, who had inherited half of the Six Paths Sage's chakra each, could be considered the first stage of the Six Paths level.
Uchiha Madara, as the jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, was the second stage of the Six Paths level.
To Feng Ye, Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki wasn't the third stage. Based on Sasuke's perspective, who had fought both Kaguya and Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kaguya was stronger than Momoshiki.
Apparently, Kaguya's plan to create the White Zetsu Army had succeeded, and those White Zetsu had indeed become her soldiers, but not for combat—they were for chakra extraction.
Kaguya, having absorbed the chakra from all the White Zetsu and humans, had surpassed Momoshiki in terms of power. Although Momoshiki possessed the BUG-level ability of 'time freeze', that freeze was based on the power of his dojutsu, and there was a limit to how much he could control. Even Sasuke's Rinnegan couldn't be completely frozen, let alone Kaguya, who was far more powerful.
Therefore, in Feng Ye's judgment, Momoshiki's strength was at the third stage of the Six Paths level, and finally, the fourth stage was Kaguya Otsutsuki.
Momoshiki's power level was an important dividing line.
Sasuke and Naruto, at the Six Paths level, could be restrained by his time freeze, so it was impossible for Feng Ye, who hadn't even reached the Six Paths level yet, to break free. If he encountered Momoshiki, it would likely end in defeat, unless the opponent also pulled off a 'plot armor' move and unleashed a killer technique at the moment of death.
Meeting an enemy at the first stage of the Six Paths level wasn't something he feared. If it came to a fight, it would be hard to predict who would win or lose.
If he encountered the second stage, his only option would be to run away.
Impossible to kill, but also impossible to defeat.
"Once the Sage Mode body is complete, I'll take a trip to the moon. If I can't get my hands on the Rinne Sharingan, then I'll have to start from the Sharingan and work my way up."
Feng Ye murmured to himself.
At his current state, as long as he obtained one of the powers of the Rinnegan or Rinne Sharingan to make up for his spiritual power deficiency, he would be able to firmly step into the Six Paths level.
With the immense power of his time-related abilities, once he entered the Six Paths level, even at the most basic stage, he would immediately cross over to the second stage of the Six Paths level.
With him in this world, Kaguya wouldn't be able to resurrect so easily.
However, Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and eventually, the 'budget-constrained' member of the Otsutsuki clan, Isshiki, would still arrive sooner or later, and they would inevitably clash.
(End of Chapter)
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