Chapter 781: The Moonlit Immortal (5k, First Update!)
Chapter 781: The Moonlit Immortal (5k, First Update!)
"You're truly clueless, Madara. If you had only revived Sasuke, you might have lasted a bit longer. Without me, you won't survive more than three minutes."
Kurotsuchi mocked him.
As Kaguya Otsutsuki's creation, he was of high-grade essence, though his strength was average.
"Then leave my body and let me die."
Six Paths Madara spoke without emotion.
Ever since using the Reincarnation Jutsu, he had no intention of staying alive.
"Even trash has its uses. Your body can still fight."
Kurotsuchi sneered.
Although Six Paths Madara lacked a Tailed Beast within him, he had once been the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, and his body had evolved. Moreover, he still retained some Six Paths Chakra, ensuring his strength.
After speaking, Kurotsuchi raised his hand, intending to attack Wave Water Gate and Adult Kakashi.
But he only lifted his hand by five centimeters before losing control of his arm.
"You controlled me earlier because I was too weak. Do you really think you can control me indefinitely?"
Six Paths Madara spoke disdainfully.
Despite having given up the Tailed Beast himself, the damage it caused was no less severe, or else his will wouldn't have been defeated by Sasuke Uchiha.
"Madara is fighting that black guy. How can we help him?"
Wave Water Gate tightly gripped the Raijin Shuriken, deep in thought.
Whoosh!
Madara and Naruto appeared beside Adult Kakashi.
"What's this?"
Wave Water Gate looked at Naruto, who resembled Uzumaki Naruto, and was slightly taken aback.
"Sensei, give me your Nine-Tails."
Madara spoke quickly.
Having witnessed Madara and Kakashi using the Fusion Earrings, Wave Water Gate immediately understood the reason and started transferring Chakra.
"You don't have to give me all of the Nine-Tails. Just transfer most of the Chakra."
Naruto spoke calmly.
Unsure of what would happen after absorbing the Nine-Tails and then disintegrating, Naruto had set aside two and a half minutes to deal with Sasuke Uchiha.
In case of unexpected events, the half-Nine-Tails within Wave Water Gate served as a backup.
Hence, the half-Nine-Tails within Wave Water Gate was an immovable insurance.
"Give me some too."
Madara added, as he didn't have much Chakra left.
"Is this why Sasuke Uchiha was revived?"
After discussing Chakra, Madara finally noticed Six Paths Madara, frozen in place.
"Hurry and destroy my Rinnegan. We can't let Sasuke get both eyes."
Six Paths Madara, seeing Madara's arrival, spoke swiftly.
"Well, the big idiot has already obtained both eyes. He took Nagato's eyes."
Madara scratched his head and said.
Six Paths Madara: ...
He then realized that Nagato's Rinnegan wasn't his own, so the other world Nagato's Rinnegan could only belong to the other world Sasuke Uchiha.
"Madara, your efforts are in vain."
Kurotsuchi ruthlessly mocked him.
Whoosh!
Senju Tobirama and others appeared beside Madara.
"Since you don't want this Rinnegan, why not give it to Nagato?"
Madara looked at Nagato's missing left eye and then at Six Paths Madara's purple left eye, making a good suggestion.
Boom!
Before Six Paths Madara could answer Madara's question, Sasuke Uchiha, holding a black trident, landed.
"Tobirama, I should have dealt with you first."
Looking at the ninjas, who were as sticky as chewing gum, Sasuke Uchiha turned towards Senju Tobirama.
Among the ninjas present, if he had to choose the one he disliked the most, it would undoubtedly be Senju Tobirama.
"Then come at me."
Senju Tobirama coldly scoffed. He wasn't afraid of Sasuke Uchiha when he was alive, let alone now that he was a dead man.
"Heh."
Sasuke Uchiha didn't rush forward but instead looked at Naruto, enveloped in the golden Nine-Tails Chakra.
Rengoku: Edge Hell couldn't be used at all times and had a certain cooldown period.
Naruto's strength was formidable, and Sasuke Uchiha wouldn't dare approach until Rengoku: Edge Hell's cooldown was complete.
"Alright, come and take my Rinnegan."
Six Paths Madara nodded without hesitation.
This Rinnegan was originally taken from Nagato's corpse, so giving it back to Nagato was returning it to its rightful owner.
Madara immediately pulled Nagato towards Six Paths Madara.
"Madara, didn't anyone teach you not to give away things that don't belong to you?"
Sasuke Uchiha waved his hand, launching two Sage Stones at Madara and Nagato.
Even though he no longer needed the Rinnegan, he wouldn't let others have his eyes.
Kakashi instantly entered Sage Mode and rushed out, intending to block the attack with Spell Unrestricted.
Bang!
Naruto, enveloped in the golden glow of Nine-Tails Chakra, swiftly kicked the two Sage Stones away, saying coldly:
"Old man, just go back to your coffin and stop embarrassing yourself."
"What an arrogant brat."
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes narrowed slightly, sensing that Naruto's Chakra had become even more potent than before.
"Just by absorbing some Nine-Tails Chakra, he becomes stronger. What's this brat's background?"
Sasuke Uchiha was puzzled.
He was an Outer Path Statue with eight Tailed Beasts and half a Nine-Tails, while Naruto had only absorbed a portion of the Nine-Tails Chakra.
Logically, Naruto shouldn't have the power to oppose him, but in reality, Naruto possessed strength extremely close to his own.
Sasuke Uchiha couldn't understand how this was possible.
"I'll take action."
Nagato reminded him as he reached out.
Six Paths Madara nodded calmly.
After confirming Six Paths Madara's willingness, Nagato swiftly removed Madara's eyes, completed the treatment, and then placed them in the eye sockets.
"This Chakra..."
Nagato was stunned, sensing the powerful Chakra within the left eye.
"You idiots, Kakashi, get closer to my body," the Six Paths Dai Tu instructed, looking at Dai Tu and Kakashi.
Kakashi pondered for a moment before walking over to Six Paths Dai Tu's side.
Dai Tu glanced around and realized that the only ones nearby were Nagato, himself, and Kakashi, which made him furious.
"Don't you want the power of the Six Paths?" Six Paths Dai Tu asked.
Dai Tu quickly placed his hand on Six Paths Dai Tu's body.
One thing at a time, but the chakra was still obtainable.
"Due to the need to suppress the black entity within me, I can only give you a portion of my chakra," Six Paths Dai Tu explained.
"The amount of chakra is limited, so use it wisely. Either don't act at all, or when you do, make sure to inflict heavy damage on Sasuke."
Six Paths Dai Tu's expression turned solemn as he reminded them.
"Be careful, Sasuke. Dai Tu has distributed his remaining power to these three guys," Kurotsuchi warned Uchiha Sasuke.
"Always doing unnecessary things," Sasuke muttered, slightly annoyed, as he flew in the air.
"Susanoo!" Naruto's chakra erupted, and a towering purple giant, over 150 meters tall, clad in a golden cloak, appeared on the battlefield. It flapped its wings and soared towards the airborne Uchiha Sasuke.
"Earth Burst Star!" Sasuke continued to ascend, then unleashed more than ten Earth Burst Stars in rapid succession.
"Susanoo: Spiral Shuriken!" Naruto controlled Susanoo, drawing and firing energy arrows imbued with Spiral Shuriken. In no time, all the Earth Burst Stars' cores were destroyed.
"Divine Technique: Mist Lightning Fang!" Taking the opportunity, Sasuke spat out a laser, directly severing Naruto's complete Susanoo.
Whoosh! Naruto rushed forward, unconcerned, as he gathered the Thousand Birds and Rasengan once again, formed from the Six Paths' chakra, his eyes fixed on Uchiha Sasuke.
"Heavenly Hand Force!"
Boom!! Naruto raised the Six Paths' Sage Technique and slammed it down on Uchiha Sasuke, who had swapped positions with him.
"So that's how it is. Your Rinnegan's ability is to swap positions," Sasuke said, finally understanding Naruto's Rinnegan power as he looked at the shattered rocks nearby.
Just moments ago, there were four Earth Burst Star fragments in front of Naruto. But after he moved, the rocks turned into three.
After understanding Naruto's abilities, Sasuke didn't hesitate to activate the Wheel Tomb, allowing the Wheel Tomb clones to take the damage while he withdrew from Naruto's attack.
His Wheel Tomb: Edge Hell had already cooled down, which was why he initiated the attack.
"Knowing won't help. This is a Dojutsu power you can't resist," Naruto said coldly as he landed on the ground.
"Arrogant brat," Sasuke dismissed him.
Naruto's Rinnegan Dojutsu was powerful, but Sasuke's Wheel Tomb: Edge Hell was no weaker.
Sasuke, flying in the air, controlled the Wheel Tomb clones and rushed towards Naruto.
Naruto appeared unconcerned, but his mind was constantly strategizing.
There was an awkward situation at hand; Naruto was slightly stronger than Sasuke, but not by a significant margin, making it challenging to defeat him quickly.
Whoosh! At that moment, the sound of a shuriken tearing through the air echoed.
One shuriken flew towards a nearby Wheel Tomb clone, while another aimed at the airborne Uchiha Sasuke.
"With such little strength, you dare challenge me?" Sasuke smirked.
The power Six Paths Dai Tu had given to Kakashi and the others was probably only enough for a single ninjutsu. What could they possibly do?
Whoosh! Dai Tu, along with Nagato and Kakashi, flashed to the side of the Wheel Tomb clone.
"Heavenly Seal!" Nagato placed his hands on the Wheel Tomb clones, using the Six Paths power given by Dai Tu to perform the sealing technique.
The dark sealing technique covered the Wheel Tomb clone's body, and to Sasuke's surprise, he found that he had lost control of those two clones.
"How did he master such a powerful sealing technique?" Sasuke wondered in shock.
Nagato, a mere mortal, had temporarily controlled two of his Wheel Tomb clones.
The other two Wheel Tomb clones swiftly attacked Nagato.
"Heavenly Hand Force!"
Naruto quickly swapped positions with the Flying Thunder God Shuriken, blocking the Wheel Tomb clone's attack with his hand.
"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Naruto created four shadow clones, who entangled the remaining Wheel Tomb clones.
Boom! Sasuke was instantly blown away by the Flying Thunder God Shuriken, flying high into the sky.
After several attempts, Sasuke confirmed that distance was the weakness of Naruto's Rinnegan Dojutsu. When Naruto was at a considerable distance, he couldn't perform the position swap.
"Sasuke!"
Just then, Senju Hashirama, using a Wood Clone, launched himself towards Uchiha Sasuke.
"Wood Style: Wood Dragon!"
Senju Hashirama placed his palms together, instantly creating a thick Wood Dragon.
"Hashirama, don't you understand our current gap in power!" Uchiha Sasuke waved his trident, shattering the Wood Dragon.
Against Sasuke, who had the Ten-Tails' power, Senju Hashirama's Wood Style was too weak.
Whoosh! Senju Tobirama appeared above Uchiha Sasuke, accompanied by Maito Gai and Adult Maito Gai.
Senju Hashirama wasn't the main attacker; he was the moving coordinate!
"Day Tiger!"
Maito Gai and Adult Maito Gai both unleashed their full power, launching two incredibly powerful Tiger Air Cannons.
The mighty force propelled Uchiha Sasuke downwards at high speed.
Dai Tu glanced at Kakashi, and both of them wore extremely serious expressions as they began to gather the Six Paths power within their bodies.
Naruto didn't have much time. They had to defeat Uchiha Sasuke with this attack.
But Uchiha Sasuke was stronger than Six Paths Dai Tu. Regular techniques wouldn't work; they could only try the interwoven power that was still in development.
In fact, Kakashi had always felt that the interwoven power had succeeded; it was just that their chakra was insufficient to perform it.
(End)
Two figures stood face-to-face, their palms touching. On Obito's palm, a sweltering green flame appeared, while Kakashi's palm was covered in destructive purple lightning.
In an instant, their chakras spun rapidly, forming a chakra sphere.
Within the chakra sphere, the flames and lightning intertwined and merged, fire within lightning and lightning within fire.
"Ten Hand Force!"
Naruto and Sasuke, with a Thousand Birds in his left hand and a Rasengan in his right, kept their eyes fixed on the falling Uchiha Madara, who activated his Sharingan.
Whoosh!
Before Madara could comprehend his surroundings, an attack struck his body.
"Sage Technique: Lustrous Lightning Rasengan!"
"Sage Technique: Heaven Thunder Flame!"
The two Six Paths Sage Techniques struck Madara, causing him to spew blood and fly backward.
Lightning and flames simultaneously ravaged Madara's body, and in the blink of an eye, half of his body was gone, with the destruction continuing at a pace that exceeded Madara's regenerative abilities.
Boom! Boom!
Madara slammed into the God Tree, and the full force of the two Six Paths Sage Techniques exploded, reducing Madara to just a head, while the God Tree itself cracked and split, leaving deep, charred marks at the break.
"That should've finished him," Obito panted, having exhausted his Six Paths power and nearly drained himself.
"Huff... huff..."
Naruto and Sasuke maintained their cool poses but were also breathing heavily.
The Ten Hand Force had taken a toll on them, pushing their already weakened bodies to the limit.
"Even the tree was broken; it should be done," Kakashi panted, echoing Obito's sentiment.
Even Night Kai's Eight Gates technique had only caused the tree to tremble slightly, a testament to the terrifying power of their combined attack.
"How is this possible? I already possess the power of a Six Paths Sage!" Madara's expression twisted as he struggled to accept his defeat at the hands of Naruto and the others.
"Absorb the God Tree, absorb everything..."
Just then, a mysterious voice echoed in Madara's mind.
At this critical juncture, Madara had no choice but to use his last ounce of strength to control his head, floating it to the fallen God Tree, where he opened his mouth wide.
The God Tree, as if fearing Madara's escape, frantically rushed into his mouth.
With the God Tree's entry, a new surge of power filled Madara's body, removing the lightning and fire and restoring his body.
"Hahaha! The heavens are indeed on my side!"
Madara laughed maniacally at the exhausted Naruto and Sasuke.
He had mastered the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and true peace in the ninja world was about to be realized.
"Is it you again, Kakashi?" Obito asked, looking at the seemingly unharmed Madara with disbelief.
Since Madara's Impure World Resurrection, every time Obito thought Madara was finished, Madara would persevere, displaying an incredible will to live.
"If I had that ability, I would've brought Moon Bath here sooner," Kakashi said, rolling his eyes at Obito.
Suddenly, a white light flashed, and Naruto and Sasuke disappeared, leaving only Sasuke, who was gasping for air, and Naruto, who was lying on the ground.
"Quickly, transfer the Nine-Tails to Naruto!" Obito shouted as he stuffed a healing potion into Naruto's mouth and called out to Minato.
Minato immediately teleported in front of Naruto and began transferring the Nine-Tails.
"Absorb the last half of the Tailed Beast, and it's time for me to guide the entire Shinobi world," Madara declared as he charged towards Naruto.
Although he already had the power to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Madara worried that lacking half of the Nine-Tails might lead to imperfections.
"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique!"
"Magnet Style: Sand Iron!"
"Magnet Style: Sand Storm!"
"Sage Technique..."
Everyone did their best to intercept Six Paths Madara, but to Madara, these attacks were like mere pinpricks.
Whoosh! As Madara reached above Naruto, a bolt of lightning flashed, severing Madara's outstretched arm, which fell to the ground.
"Who is it?" Madara spun around and looked up, seeing a figure bathed in golden light.
"Haha, you're done for, you big idiot!"
Seeing the figure in the sky, Obito relaxed and laughed mockingly as he sat on the ground.
"A second Six Paths Sage? The power of a Six Paths Sage? Could Moon Bath Immortal be that strong?"
There was no doubt—it was impossible!
Kakashi fell into deep thought, wondering if Moon Bath could truly invoke mysterious powers in the unseen.
"It's over," Nagato thought, his face relaxing into a smile.
Although he had only been separated from Moon Bath for two days and two nights, it felt like an eternity.
"Is that me from a parallel world?" Minato looked up at the figure in the golden light, catching a glimpse of another version of himself.
"So there really are such powerful beings in another world," Tobirama muttered in astonishment.
Just sensing the chakra, he could confirm that the person bathed in radiant gold and crimson light was incredibly strong, a ninja on par with the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Finally, you've come," said Deidara, lying on the ground.
He had thought that learning some of Moon Bath's ninjutsu had made him strong, but after participating in the Shinobi World War, he felt like a rookie.
The aftermath of Madara's battle with Naruto and Sasuke could easily finish him off.
Maybe it was better to stick to his accounting work from now on.
"Moon Bath... Teacher..."
Six Paths Obito gazed at the radiant figure in the sky, unconsciously shouting the most profound words from his memory.
PS:
There's one more chapter to come.
(End)
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