Watching the slumbering juvenile Ten-Tails, Kagutsuchi stepped forward and gently placed his hand on its massive body. Quickly, a special seal formula began to form on the Ten-Tails' hide. It was the unique marking of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Shwoop~
In an instant, both Kagutsuchi and the juvenile Ten-Tails vanished from the dark, subterranean space. After Kagutsuchi had disappeared, Jizo turned and made his way back through the cave tunnel they had entered. A fierce battle was about to ensue.
Outside the cave entrance, the form of Jigen had vanished. In his place stood a figure with pale skin and grayish-white hair. A long, curved horn protruded from the back of his head. Looking at this figure, Tatsuya's expression finally turned completely grave. He murmured under his breath, his voice low and tense, "Isshiki Otsutsuki."
Hearing Tatsuya speak his name, Isshiki Otsutsuki's pupils constricted slightly. His left eye was a Byakugan, while his right eye was a golden, wheel-patterned dojutsu, with eight triangles radiating around the pupil. Isshiki hadn't expected that, upon his revival after a thousand years, someone would actually be able to call out his name. After arriving on this planet, apart from that woman, only Jigen, who had just perished, should have known his true identity. And any limited information about himself should have been completely erased from the ninja world over the long river of time.
Who on earth was this person before him? How did he know so much?
Just as Isshiki's mind was racing with these thoughts, his expression suddenly changed drastically. He looked up, his gaze piercing the distance beyond Tatsuya. He could sense that the juvenile Ten-Tails had been taken out of that cave and was now moving away at an extremely fast speed.
However, the look of alarm on Isshiki's face quickly morphed into a cold sneer. Currently, his power had been restored to its peak state. Although the price for this full power was that he could only exist in this revived form for two days, it was more than enough time to deal with these insignificant ants before him. As long as he eliminated these bothersome pests, Isshiki could use his space-time ninjutsu at any time to teleport to the Ten-Tails' side.
Swoosh~
With a cold glint in his eyes, Isshiki Otsutsuki's figure vanished from the spot.
BANG!
He reappeared in front of Tatsuya, lashing out with a powerful kick. With a heavy impact, Tatsuya was sent flying. Isshiki's body flipped in mid-air, and he delivered another kick towards Fujin, who was standing nearby. Fujin raised his arms to block, but his body was also sent crashing backward by the tremendous force.
All of this happened in less than a second.
After kicking away Tatsuya and Fujin, Isshiki's figure flickered again, appearing instantaneously before Suijin. He threw a direct punch.
BOOM!
The punch stopped less than two meters in front of Suijin, colliding violently with an invisible barrier. The immense impact force tore apart the ground beneath their feet, and Isshiki's body was forcefully repelled backward. Suijin, however, stood his ground, his right hand still extended in a defensive posture.
In the distance, outside the Four Red Yang Formation, the Giant Tenseigan pulsed with a dazzling, brilliant light. This colossal eye, formed from the countless Byakugan contributed by generations of Hamura Otsutsuki's descendants, now, under the control of Suijin who possessed his own Tenseigan, unleashed an unparalleled, terrifying power.
"This kind of power?" Sensing the immense strength erupting from the Giant Tenseigan outside the Four Red Yang Formation, Isshiki Otsutsuki's expression turned grave. Without the slightest hesitation, Isshiki once again extended his right hand towards Suijin, and countless black rods materialized, summoned by his will. These black rods shot forward like a torrential rain of arrows, blanketing the area where Tatsuya and Suijin stood with incredible speed.
Faced with this kind of saturation, wide-area attack, dodging through taijutsu alone was simply impossible. Tatsuya and Fujin, who had been kicked dozens of meters away by Isshiki, both flickered, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly teleport outside the affected area.
However, the moment Tatsuya's figure reappeared, the sound of air being cut whistled beside him. From above, Isshiki Otsutsuki descended with a devastating downward kick.
CRASH!
Tatsuya's body was slammed directly into the ground. The impact of his back hitting the earth created a large crater.
Cough~ Splurt!
Tatsuya coughed up a mouthful of blood. Before he could even react, four black rods materialized out of thin air before him and directly impaled his four limbs, pinning him to the ground. At the same time, Tatsuya felt his chakra being rapidly absorbed by these four black rods.
Having dealt with Tatsuya, Isshiki Otsutsuki's figure vanished again in mid-air. When he reappeared, he was in front of Fujin. Isshiki intended to use the same method to restrain Fujin. After the brief exchange of attacks, he had already identified Suijin, the one with the Tenseigan, as the most troublesome opponent.
However, this time, just as Isshiki appeared, Fujin clasped his hands together.
RUMBLE!
From the ground in front of him, massive tree trunks erupted towards the sky, instantly entangling Isshiki's newly appeared body, holding him firmly in place. Isshiki's expression changed slightly, and he spread his palms open. Several black rods materialized out of thin air, then directly sliced through the tree trunks binding him, severing them completely.
Having broken free from Fujin's Wood Style restraints, Isshiki was about to strike again when he saw that Fujin, opposite him, was now standing atop the head of a giant wooden dragon that had risen into the air. Immediately following this, an enormous Wood Golem also began to form. The Wood Golem swung a massive fist, which collided directly with one of Isshiki's own punches.
BOOM!
With a tremendous collision, countless wood splinters flew through the air. Isshiki's single punch had directly shattered the Wood Golem's fist into powder.
And just as Isshiki Otsutsuki was clashing with Fujin's Wood Golem, a beam of sword light, so brilliant it seemed to pierce the heavens, suddenly descended from the sky above.
Not good! Sensing this incoming sword light, Isshiki Otsutsuki knew he wouldn't be able to dodge in time. Countless black rods were instantly summoned before him, densely packed together, forming a thick, impenetrable black rod fortress in front of Isshiki.
The sword light flashed across the sky.
RUMBLE!
The very earth in the battle area was directly cleaved by this single sword strike, creating a massive trench hundreds of meters long. The Four Red Yang Formation, maintained by Tatsuya's four clones, was directly bisected by this beam of sword light and then slowly dissipated.
On the thick wall composed of countless black rods, the violent sound of impact and the piercing shriek of metal being cut resounded throughout the heavens and earth. An immense cloud of dust and debris billowed into the sky, instantly engulfing the entire battlefield.
This was Suijin, drawing upon the power of the Giant Tenseigan, condensing nine Truth-Seeking Orbs to unleash his most powerful attack: Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
Not far from the battlefield, in the northern part of the Land of Rivers and the southwestern part of the Land of Fire, countless people witnessed this astonishing scene. The towering pillar of golden sword light that shot towards the sky, and the deafening roar that reverberated across the land, made it impossible for anyone not to notice.
"This is… someone is fighting?" At an outpost within the Land of Fire, a ninja wearing a Konoha uniform looked up at the distant sky, his voice a low, awestruck murmur. Such a scene was completely beyond his comprehension.
The same question, the same sense of awe and trepidation, arose in the hearts of many people at the same time. Soon, many ninja who had recovered from their initial shock began to rush towards the direction of that cataclysmic event.