Chapter 776: Unexpected
Chapter 776: Unexpected
"Eight Gates, Shock Gate, Open!"
Might Guy roared, activating the Eight Gates up to the Seventh Gate, causing blue steam to rise from his body as his aura became incredibly powerful.
After reaching the Seventh Gate, Might Guy didn't continue to the Eighth Gate but paused temporarily.
The Death Gate, as the final gate of certain death, unleashed a power greater than the combined might of the previous seven gates.
This power was too overwhelming for Might Guy's current physique to bear, leading to a problem—Might Guy's offensive window would be limited in the Death Gate state.
Therefore, he had to gather as much information about Six Paths Madara as possible before opening the Death Gate, ensuring its maximum effectiveness.
At this moment, the Fusion White Light dissipated, revealing a silver-haired figure with a black mask and orange goggles around his neck—the Fusion Ninja.
"I wonder what's the point of wearing a mask all the time."
Dai Tu made a sarcastic remark, removing the mask and tossing it into the Divine Might Space, feeling uncomfortable with the mask on.
Due to their extensive fusion training, they could now utilize the full abilities of the Fusion Ninja without soul fusion, so they opted to maintain dual consciousness.
"I wonder what's the point of wearing goggles all the time."
Kakashi seized control, removing the goggles from his neck and tossing them into the Divine Might Space as well. Then, he spoke to Might Guy:
"Before you open the Eight Gates, we'll take the lead and gather the necessary information."
Might Guy nodded in agreement.
It was more suitable for the Fusion Ninja to take the offensive lead before Might Guy opened the Eight Gates.
Boom! Boom!
The branches of the Divine Tree broke through the ground, extending towards the ninjas, attempting to absorb their chakra as nourishment.
The more powerful the ninja, the more numerous and thicker the surrounding branches became.
Kakashi's group had many strong members, and the attacking branches were numerous and thick.
"Konoha Blade!"
Might Guy concentrated a large amount of chakra in his palm and slashed out with immense force, but he only managed to sever a single branch, which quickly regenerated a new one from the broken end.
"Don't get too close to these branches; leave it to me."
Kakashi ordered the others to retreat, then activated a large amount of chakra within his body and voluntarily entered the branches.
He realized that these branches were similar to Moon Bath's Wood Style, capable of absorbing chakra, and it was best to avoid direct physical contact.
Sensing the abundant chakra within Kakashi's body, numerous branches vied to surround him, attempting to drain his chakra.
However, this was impossible because Kakashi possessed the Unrestricted Technique.
No matter how hard the Divine Tree branches tried, they couldn't truly touch Kakashi's body.
"You're quite capable, Dai Tu."
Feeling the accumulated natural energy within his body, Kakashi praised Dai Tu and entered the Lightning Style: Sage Mode.
This was the advantage of not merging consciousness.
Breathing techniques could absorb natural energy while moving, but the efficiency was far inferior to focusing on absorbing natural energy while stationary.
With two souls in the body, they could divide tasks—one could focus on absorbing natural energy to synthesize Sage Mode chakra, while the other could engage in combat.
This Sage Mode had no time limit; as long as there was chakra in the body, Sage Mode could be maintained indefinitely.
Swish!
Kakashi first used the Lightning Blade Spell to sever a portion of the branches, then swiftly drew out Yamaibane and unleashed dozens of slashes, instantly turning the surrounding branches into broken wood.
"Good to know, but don't slack off later."
Dai Tu spoke.
According to the plan, Dai Tu would control the Fusion Ninja's body for combat, while Kakashi's primary task was to analyze Six Paths Madara's information and formulate tactics during the battle.
As for absorbing natural energy and refining chakra, it was a task that the dual consciousness had to undertake.
"Hurry to Naruto's side; he's in trouble, and his chakra is overflowing."
Kakashi handed control of the body to Dai Tu.
Shizui and the others had already retreated to a safe area, while Naruto was surrounded by numerous Divine Tree branches, unable to activate the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
Whoosh!
"Don't panic, Naruto! I'll help you!"
After taking control of the body, Dai Tu immediately infused a large amount of Sage Lightning Style into the Raijin Shuriken, swiftly throwing out two Raijin Shuriken carrying purple lightning.
With the powerful Sage Mode chakra enhancement, the two shurikens moved at extreme speed, piercing one branch after another, until they reached Naruto's side.
Swish!
Dai Tu flashed past, grabbing the exhausted Naruto and using Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport him to Hinata and the others.
"This kid has learned my ninjutsu well."
Senju Tobirama, who was preparing to rescue Naruto, nodded in approval and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique to rush towards Dai Tu.
"Is this the effect of the Fusion Earring? It's extraordinary; the chakra aura has become so powerful."
Senju Tobirama observed Kakato's body, sensing the powerful chakra within.
If he were still alive, he would likely exhaust all means to research the Fusion Earring's creation method.
As a powerful ninja tool, the Fusion Earring is incredibly strong.
Dai Tu nodded and turned to Naruto, asking, "Naruto, you take a break and recover your chakra. Watch how I beat up that bastard."
With Dual Divine Will and Unlimited in hand, even if he couldn't defeat the Six Paths Madara, Madara couldn't harm him.
"Just you? Although this might dampen our morale, you're definitely no match for him."
Senju Tobirama shook his head.
Madara's chakra had surpassed Tobirama's comprehension; even in his prime, Senju Hashirama couldn't defeat Madara alone.
"Of course, I'm not alone. We have Might Guy, Shizui, and others. Once Naruto recovers his chakra, he'll join me too."
Dai Tu said with a smile.
"Right, and Great Sasuke."
Dai Tu added, noticing Sasuke's arrival.
Although Sasuke wasn't as strong as Naruto, he was still a formidable fighter.
"My name is Sasuke."
Sasuke corrected with a cold face.
"Yeah, Great Sasuke."
Dai Tu nodded.
Sasuke clenched his fist expressionlessly.
"Let's leave a Flying Thunder God Seal on each other so we can swap positions in critical moments."
Senju Tobirama suggested after some thought.
Although Madara had mastered the Yin-Yang Style, which was effective against Impure World Reincarnation, as a dead person, even if he died, he would just return to Purgatory, which was better than injuring Dai Tu.
"Okay, Uncle Clone."
Dai Tu stepped forward and left a Flying Thunder God Seal on Senju Tobirama.
Senju Tobirama: ...
Is there some weird trend in the ninja world? Why do Naruto and Dai Tu have such strange nicknames for him?
Before Senju Tobirama could correct Dai Tu's nickname, Dai Tu flashed towards the Six Paths Madara, with Might Guy quickly following.
"Why don't you understand? I'm invincible now."
The Six Paths Madara frowned and scolded as Dai Tu charged.
Despite some changes in appearance, the Six Paths Madara instantly recognized him as another version of himself.
"Why don't you just go back to your own world? Do you really want to die?"
After mastering the Ten-Tails, he could have easily killed them all, but he didn't want to engage in pointless slaughter.
"Die? You can try to kill me if you want."
Dai Tu retorted.
"Don't think of others like you, who like to escape. I promised Naruto that I'd beat you up and win this war. I won't leave until I fulfill my promise."
In Dai Tu's eyes, achieving peace through Genjutsu to control everyone was an escape.
Because true peace was so difficult, he wanted to take a shortcut.
"Escape? You say I'm escaping after striving for Infinite Tsukuyomi for over a decade!"
The Six Paths Madara's expression turned cold, and his chakra erupted with terrifying power.
Whoosh!
The Six Paths Madara transformed into a fireball and vanished.
"So fast!"
Dai Tu was shocked.
His Sharingan couldn't even see the Six Paths Madara's speed; only with Transparent World could he barely sense it.
Boom!
The Six Paths Madara flashed to Dai Tu's side and threw a heavy punch towards Dai Tu's left cheek.
"What's this?"
The Six Paths Madara looked puzzled as his fist, no matter how hard he tried, could only stay two centimeters from Dai Tu's face.
"Unlimited, kid!"
"Sage Technique: Blue Flame Rasengan!"
Dai Tu chuckled, and a terrifying blue ball of flame rapidly appeared in his palm, where he had been gathering chakra.
Without hesitation, he slapped it towards the Six Paths Madara's face.
Bang!
One of the Six Paths Madara's Sage Orbs swiftly transformed into a massive shield, perfectly blocking all attacks.
"Is this black ball so hard?"
Seeing only a few cracks on the Sage Orb, Dai Tu retreated, his expression turning serious.
The Blue Flame was already terrifying, and with the Rasengan's ability to compress energy and enhance its explosive power, it was even more formidable.
This technique, while not the strongest in Kakato's skill set, was among the top-tier and a powerful spell that Dai Tu couldn't perform alone.
"It's not just hard; it contains seven chakra nature transformations, with unimaginable power. Ordinary ninjas would almost surely die upon contact."
Kakashi said, silently strategizing in his mind.
The Sage Orb's power was too terrifying. Although Might Guy, with the Eight Gates open and his powerful chakra and armored color, had impressive defense, ordinary armored color would be instantly broken by the Sage Orb, rendering it ineffective.
Dai Tu was amazed, unaware that the Six Paths Madara was also surprised.
Roar!
"Day Tiger!"
Might Guy swiftly followed, raising his hands and unleashing a massive tiger-shaped blast.
"Trivial!"
The Six Paths Madara coldly waved the Six Paths Staff, dispersing the Day Tiger.
"Might Guy, you stay back. Shizui, you protect them. This guy is too dangerous.
"Dai Tu spoke to Might Guy and the others.
In the end, without any experience fighting against Six Paths-level opponents, after a brief clash, Dai Tu and his team realized that they had underestimated the strength of Six Paths Dai Tu.
'Dai Tu is right,' said a golden light that flashed by, reaching Dai Tu's side, and Uzumaki Naruto nodded.
Six Paths Dai Tu was too strong. Even a powerful ninja like Senju Tobirama would need the Flying Thunder God Technique to qualify as an assistant.
'Is the Nine-Tails' chakra refining so fast?' Dai Tu asked, full of envy.
Even with Kakashi working tirelessly, he felt his chakra was lacking.
'No, it's from my dad,' Naruto explained, scratching his head.
Wave Water Gate also had half of the Nine-Tails inside him, and the two Nine-Tails could transfer chakra to each other.
'Stop wasting time. The priority is to eliminate that guy,' said Sasuke, who appeared with a cold demeanor and activated his Susanoo.
A sudden idea flashed in Sasuke's mind, and he thought of a way to hurt Six Paths Dai Tu.
Ordinary Susanoo attacks were ineffective against the Six Paths body, but if they brought along Jugo, who could absorb natural energy from birth, then Susanoo could transform into Sage Mode Susanoo, and all attacks would become sage techniques.
'Great acting, Sasuke. You're even better than Kakashi,' Dai Tu exclaimed.
He remembered the younger Sasuke being quite adorable, much cuter than his brother, Uchiha Itachi.
'Yeah, I've always thought so,' Naruto agreed, nodding deeply.
He had this thought since they were at the Ninja Academy.
Sasuke: ...
If the enemy wasn't right in front of him, he would have turned around and sliced him.
Kakashi, who was absorbing natural energy to refine his chakra, remained silent, but he made a mental note about Dai Tu.
After the war, he would settle the score.
Swish! Sasuke controlled the Sage Mode Susanoo and slashed at Six Paths Dai Tu, but the latter easily dodged the attack.
However, Sasuke had anticipated this and continued attacking with Susanoo's bow and arrow.
At that moment, Naruto, transformed into the Nine-Tails, rushed forward and unleashed a giant Sage Mode Rasengan.
'Futile struggle,' Six Paths Dai Tu waved his hand, and a Sage Stone transformed into a large shield, blocking Naruto's attack. Another Sage Stone changed its form into a giant black arm and grabbed Sasuke.
'Sasuke!' Naruto shouted in concern and charged forward, releasing his chakra, but he was blocked by the Sage Stone.
'Divine Might!' Dai Tu's eye chakra erupted.
A vortex of distortion appeared, and the black arm shattered, freeing Sasuke.
'This is...' Kakashi's expression showed surprise as he witnessed this scene.
He quickly figured something out and said to Dai Tu, 'Use Distorted Divine Might directly on 'Bastard Dai Tu'.'
Dai Tu reacted swiftly, quickly understanding the trick, and focused his gaze on Six Paths Dai Tu's head, activating Divine Might again.
Whoosh! As the space distortion appeared, Six Paths Dai Tu immediately dodged.
His eyes caught the chakra gathered in Dai Tu's eyes.
'Bastard Dai Tu might not be able to use Divine Might now!' Kakashi exclaimed with joy.
The most troublesome thing for Six Paths Dai Tu was not the Sage Stone, but Divine Might.
If Six Paths Dai Tu activated Divine Might, even if Might Guy's Eighth Gate output was high, it would be useless.
In the end, Dai Tu had to enter the Divine Might space to fight Six Paths Dai Tu.
Moreover, because Six Paths Dai Tu possessed Divine Might, Dai Tu's Distorted Divine Might was greatly reduced in effectiveness.
Since Divine Might could influence each other, Intangible Divine Might could render Distorted Divine Might useless, and Distorted Divine Might could enter the Divine Might space to attack the body that entered the Divine Might space.
When both sides had Divine Might, it was as if neither side had it.
Of course, since Six Paths Dai Tu had a single Divine Might, Dai Tu might be able to rely on his Dual Divine Might advantage to forcefully suppress Six Paths Dai Tu's interference.
However, doing so would consume much more eye power and chakra than usual, unless he could win in one strike, it would be meaningless.
'Did he find out?' Six Paths Dai Tu stared intently at Dai Tu's eyes.
For some reason, after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he couldn't use the Sharingan Rinnegan's abilities anymore.
As an experienced user of Divine Might, Six Paths Dai Tu understood how powerful this ability was.
The power of one eye was stronger than the combined power of both eyes with the Sharingan Rinnegan.
'We must end this battle quickly. He might not be fully accustomed to his new body's power yet,' Kakashi quickly devised a new strategy and accelerated the pace of the battle.
He was concerned that if he waited any longer, Six Paths Dai Tu would regain control of his body and use Divine Might again.
'We can't give them any more chances,' Six Paths Dai Tu decided to go all out and end the battle swiftly.
With Naruto's Sage Mode and the power of the Nine-Tails, plus the other person who could use Dual Divine Might, if he didn't go all out, there was a real possibility of defeat.
Whoosh! Six Paths Dai Tu pressed his palms together, and the eight Sage Stones on his back shot out simultaneously, leaving only the two Sage Stones on his sides.
(End of Chapter)"
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