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Chapter 349: Dragon Veins, Time-Space Travel
Chapter 349: Dragon Veins, Time-Space Travel
Regardless of what the Sage of the Six Paths wanted to do, stopping him would be enough.
Yuyi Xuan Yue took the opportunity to send a shockwave toward the Sage.
Having experienced the chakra form, he was well aware that most ninjutsu would hardly be able to kill or restrain the Sage.
However, abilities related to space, gravity, and repulsion forces could influence the stability of chakra forms, causing temporary turbulence.
But what happened next took Yuyi Xuan Yue by surprise.
The Sage of the Six Paths used Yin-Yang Release to briefly give himself a physical body and chose to face Yuyi Xuan Yue's shockwave head-on.
Boom!
The Sage was sent flying backward by the impact, crashing into the ruins nearby.
Before anyone could react...
The Sage, amidst the ruins, swiftly turned his gaze toward the ground where a black seal, once hidden under thick dust, was now revealed due to the disturbance. A determined look appeared on his face, and carrying the remaining might of Yuyi Xuan Yue's technique, he formed hand seals and collided with the seal, destroying it completely.
Ever since he finished explaining the abilities of the God-Birth Nest, the Sage of the Six Paths had remained silent.
He saw how Naruto and his companions were no match for Yuyi Xuan Yue, and he witnessed the change in his mother's attitude as she continuously evaded attacks.
The Sage had come to accept the truth.
If this were to continue...
In this great battle of the Six Paths a thousand years later, the victor would no longer be himself or his mother.
It would be his descendant, who carried his name as a surname.
Having reached the Six Paths level, the Sage knew that Yuyi Xuan Yue would not let them go simply out of respect for their generation or blood relation.
If a mother could betray her own child, then what of a distant descendant with a long-diluted blood relation?
If he wanted to prevent such an outcome, the Sage could only make a decision that wasn't ideal but was the only option at the moment.
"This is the only way to solve the problems in my world. I'm sorry, unknown world."
As the Sage's words fell...
A dazzling radiance suddenly shone from the shattered black seal.
Taking the last moment he had, the Sage of the Six Paths returned to his chakra form and quickly moved to Kaguya Otsutsuki, returning his chakra to her as promised.
"Yu..." Kaguya Otsutsuki brought her hands to her chest as if she wanted to say something.
Within the ruins, the radiance that had risen from the black seal soared into the sky and rapidly expanded in all directions.
As fast as light travels, so too did the speed of the radiance expanding from the seal.
Even for a Six Paths-level being at the center, there was no time to dodge.
"This is..."
Yuyi Xuan Yue immediately thought of something, his pupils shrinking as he instantly opened the Yellow Spring of Hell.
His speed was already impressive, but it couldn't outmatch the speed of the approaching radiance.
Not only him but Kaguya Otsutsuki as well.
Only Naruto and Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who were already at the edge and desperately flying away, had a chance to escape.
In the instant the Sage destroyed the seal, the part of his chakra that was still within Hagoromo immediately alerted the two to leave immediately.
Seeing that the range of the light pillar from the seal was limited and that Hagoromo and Naruto could escape in time, the Sage breathed a sigh of relief.
As the de facto ruler of the Earth for a millennium, he knew the planet like the back of his hand, including the dragon vein that suddenly appeared on the planet during his slumber.
While the chakra of the dragon vein was insignificant to him, the spacetime characteristic it possessed had caught his attention.
Until this moment, when he forcibly awakened it to open a space-time transportation portal.
Using half of his chakra as a sacrifice, he ensured that Hagoromo Otsutsuki and his mother could leave this world.
Although this action might be considered unethical towards the other world, it was the best option for the current world.
In this instant, as Hagoromo and the Sage's mother seemed destined to depart, the Sage was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
But then, with a sickening sound, a palm suddenly pierced through Kaguya Otsutsuki's heart.
"Kaguya!!"
Naruto, standing nearby, froze in his tracks.
"I..."
But Kaguya did not have time to say anything more.
A powerful suction force erupted from the palm embedded in his body.
Behind that palm, beyond the black teleportation portal, stood a figure enveloped in radiant light—Hui Yi Xuan Yue, his expression cold as he said, "You thought you could set off fireworks and then escape?"
Hui Yi never expected that in the final moments, the cunning Sage would still manage to pull a trick on him.
But what truly incensed him was the Sage's attempt to distance himself from the situation. This, Hui Yi Xuan Yue could not tolerate.
Taking advantage of the moment before the dragon vein fully erupted, Hui Yi Xuan Yue used the Yellow Spring of Hell to deliver a backstab to Kaguya, while his palm unleashed a powerful suction force, extracting the Sage's chakra from his body.
If the Sage wanted to make things difficult for him, then Hui Yi would ensure the Sage faced consequences as well.
Moreover...
Having understood that the Sage had detonated the dragon vein and aware of what would happen next, Hui Yi Xuan Yue could not allow the Sage to escape.
If the Sage were given time to stabilize the dragon vein and set up seals, it would spell trouble for him.
And so...
"Let's go together!"
Hui Yi Xuan Yue completely extracted the Sage's chakra.
"No!"
The Sage's face contorted in shock as he tried to resist, but to no avail. He could only watch helplessly as he was pulled out by Hui Yi Xuan Yue.
Without the Sage's chakra, the Sage of Six Paths fell back below the Six Paths level. Kaguya Otsutsuki, with a palm through his heart, knelt on the ground, blood spilling from his mouth, and soon breathed his last.
"Kaguya!!"
Naruto, who had been on the verge of escaping the range of the dragon vein's influence, turned back without hesitation and rushed to Kaguya's side, holding him tightly in an attempt to save his life.
But Naruto forgot.
With the Sage's chakra gone, he, too, no longer possessed the power of the Six Paths, and he could no longer use Yin-Yang Release.
"You're welcome."
With those parting words to Naruto, Hui Yi Xuan Yue, along with Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, and the light, vanished from the world of ninjas.
"What do you mean 'you're welcome'? You bastard, explain yourself!"
Naruto, cradling Kaguya in his arms, shouted angrily in the direction where Hui Yi Xuan Yue had disappeared.
Before he could do anything else, the light that had been chasing them caught up, and Naruto, consumed by rage, pain, confusion, and bewilderment, also vanished from the scene.
The radiant outburst that followed the dragon vein's eruption came and went swiftly, and soon everything returned to its original state.
The once-shaking desert fell silent once more, leaving behind only a scarred and ravaged landscape and a warm corpse—testaments to the events that had just transpired.
(End of Chapter)
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