Chapter 117: Tenseigan + Heavenly Transfer
High-level battles leave no room for idle chatter; every second is a breathtaking exchange of strategies and clashes.
With five thousand White Zetsu clones helping to divert firepower, Akatsuki displayed an overwhelming momentum right from the start, making the Cloud Ninjas on the field and the spies from various nations lurking in the shadows feel the sheer difference in numbers.
However, such an advantage was only temporary.
As the saying goes, in a ninja battle, information is paramount.
Unless the numerical difference reached another dimension where even a sea of people couldn't contend, ninjas shared two common weaknesses: fragility and limited chakra.
A kunai piercing a vital spot would kill, and being caught in an explosion tag would also lead to death.
Once chakra was depleted, they were no different from ordinary people.
Ninjas who wore vests were Chunin-level at the very least, considered the elite among ninjas.
Normally, these elites themselves possessed the ability to lead teams on missions.
When war broke out, led by more comprehensive Jonin, their execution capabilities would be greatly enhanced.
Moreover, besides combat members, ninjas also had various support roles.
Gathering more than two thousand elites not only increased their strength but also improved their capabilities across the board.
Akatsuki's members had only initially seized a numerical advantage.
Soon, their information was being collected by the Cloud Ninjas, and they gradually began to feel the pressure.
For example, Deidara, after dropping Sasori below, rode his white clay bird in the sky like a bomber, constantly dropping various animal-shaped, large and small exploding clay, indiscriminately bombing the battlefield.
However, before he could enjoy his bombing spree, a Cloud Ninja who released Lightning Release ninjutsu in an attempt to detonate the exploding clay prematurely discovered that after the Lightning Release touched the clay, not only did it not explode in the air, but it also became a dud upon landing.
"That guy's ninjutsu is Earth Release! Use Lightning Release against him!" the Cloud Ninja immediately relayed this information.
"That guy can fly, you guys will have trouble dealing with him. Leave it to me."
Darui stepped forward, then clapped his hands together, releasing multiple powerful lasers towards Deidara in the sky.
"Storm Release: Laser Circus!"
The Storm Release lasers, possessing the destructive power of Lightning Release and the control of Water Release, were like the Asura Path's tracking missiles, constantly chasing the white bird that moved up and down, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, in the air.
"Damn it, they found out so quickly?"
Deidara kept throwing exploding clay at the laser barrage, but they were all overwhelmed before detonation. He cursed under his breath, "If I wasn't afraid of accidentally killing them, I'd really let you see the power of C4 Garuda!"
Unable to evade the lasers, Deidara chose to abandon the white bird, leaping down from the sky and landing beside Sasori.
Looking at Sasori, who had already brought out the Third Kazekage and was manipulating his puppet army and Magnet Release trump cards, fighting against hundreds of Cloud Ninjas without gaining any advantage, Deidara couldn't help but tease, "Sasori-bro, you seem a bit disheveled."
"Less talk, let's go together," Sasori said in a deep voice.
The opponent a puppeteer least wanted to encounter was someone skilled in swordsmanship and taijutsu, and also extremely fast.
Sasori's parents had died at the hands of Konoha's White Fang.
And the majority of Cloud Village ninjas were skilled in ninjutsu-taijutsu, each being a miniature White Fang.
They were the type that countered Sasori.
"Be careful of that guy's poison needles. Anyone who gets poisoned, immediately retreat to find a medical ninja."
Hee and Samui led a team to besiege Sasori, already destroying nearly a hundred of his puppets.
Observing these puppets, which were not even in the same league as the human puppets from the Cloud Village incident, neither Hee nor Samui felt the satisfaction of suppressing Sasori. Instead, their mood became even heavier.
They were not in the same league at all!
Not only did they require connection to chakra threads, but their materials were also inferior to those human puppets, and they couldn't use the Five Basic Nature Transformations.
Seeing Sasori's somewhat strained appearance and the way he treasured the Third Kazekage puppet, it was clear he wasn't acting.
This meant that the opponent was truly not the mastermind who had manipulated the puppet army and played Shimura Danzo with such skill that even the Fourth Raikage couldn't subdue him for a time.
The intelligence provided by the Fifth Hokage of Konoha was likely true!
The real mastermind was someone else! Their Cloud Village was merely a pawn used by the other party to deal with Akatsuki!
Thinking of this, Hee and Samui, along with many other Cloud Ninjas who had realized the truth, had extremely ugly expressions on their faces.
However, since the Raikage-sama hadn't ordered them to retreat, they could only continue fighting.
Moreover, they believed that the Raikage-sama would never wage a meaningless war.
The Art Duo had fallen into a passive position, and the Immortal Duo wasn't doing much better.
After Kakuzu stitched his head back on using Earth Grudge Fear, Hidan randomly found a few Cloud Ninjas to fight, finally managing to cut their skin and obtain blood.
Immediately, under the stunned gazes of the Cloud Ninjas, he cut open his own stomach, spilling a large amount of blood, then drew a ritual circle and performed the curse ritual on the spot, ending the life of that Cloud Ninja.
However, this act of publicly cursing someone to death, while highly intimidating, was also extremely foolish.
By the time Hidan obtained the blood of the second Cloud Ninja and prepared to return to the ritual circle, the weakness of his technique had already been exposed.
If Kakuzu hadn't brought his masked monster to rescue him in time, Hidan would probably have been dismembered by the Cloud Ninja forces.
Just like in the original story, the Immortal Duo, who could easily take down the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in a one-on-one fight, quickly fell into a passive position after their information was revealed.
On the other hand, Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha, who had been concealing their strength all along, still maintained a steady advantage.
Every time the enemy thought they had gathered their information, these two would reveal even greater strength and techniques. Their powerful teamwork and silent coordination made the Cloud Ninjas who targeted them, whether Chunin, Jonin, or elite Jonin with ace combat strength, feel despair.
It was as if they were fighting against the Five Kage! Only Uchiha Obito was constantly toying with the Cloud Ninjas, revealing none of his abilities and killing no one.
At the same time, the Sharingan under his mask was surveying the surroundings, taking in the performances of all the Akatsuki members.
As he had expected, the strength of Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame was a level above the others.
Especially Uchiha Itachi, using only his three-tomoe Sharingan and genjutsu, along with his summoning animal, the crow, was playing his enemies in the palm of his hand. He hadn't even used Fire Release many times, let alone his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Whenever he encountered large-scale ninjutsu, he would either teleport to dodge or seek help from Hoshigaki Kisame.
Fortunately, Hoshigaki Kisame was his man.
Otherwise, within Akatsuki, this combination would be an existence that could break the balance and escape control at any time.
While the Cloud Ninja forces, Akatsuki, and the White Zetsu army were locked in fierce combat, Pain's Six Paths and Konan, along with the AB Combo and Yugito Nii, very tacitly moved the battlefield to a rocky mountain area.
Otherwise, their level of combat would easily injure their own allies.
Konan flew around in the sky, constantly releasing ordinary and explosive tag-infused shuriken, bombing the Two-Tails Matatabi, who was leaping around in the rocky mountains below, and the Eight-Tails, who could also launch explosive Tailed Beast Balls.
Behind the Two-Tails, large summoning animals such as a bull, a multi-headed dog, and a chameleon followed.
On a desolate expanse of land, Pain's Six Paths and the AB Combo were staging the strongest team battle seen so far.
"Raiton: Rariatto!" (Lightning Release: Lariat!)
The Fourth Raikage, his entire body covered in blue-white electricity, appeared out of thin air as if teleporting, still targeting the Preta Path. This guy, who could absorb ninjutsu and chakra, was too much of a counter to Killer B.
"Almighty Push!"
Deva Path Pain, standing in a row with the other Paths, merely raised his hand, not even aiming at the Fourth Raikage, and the invisible repulsive force storm sent the Fourth Raikage flying.
The Human Path and Animal Path raised their hands and flicked their sleeves, shooting out sharp black rods like arrows towards the Fourth Raikage, who was sent flying into the air.
Just as the black rods were about to hit the Fourth Raikage, a giant octopus arm flew over and intercepted all the rods.
Thinking it was just a very ordinary parry, Killer B's expression suddenly changed. He couldn't even sever the tentacle like before; he could only draw two swords and quickly cut off the tentacles extending from his body.
"Foolish old brother, don't let those black rods pierce you! They can interfere with chakra..."
"All Creation Pull!"
Just as Killer B finished his warning, his feet left the ground, and his body flew towards Deva Path Pain.
The Preta Path rushed towards the incoming Killer B, and the Asura Path followed closely behind, simultaneously detaching its wrists and firing a large number of missiles.
The Human Path and Animal Path surveyed the surroundings, providing Nagato with shared vision, guarding against the Fourth Raikage's speed, which was as fast as space-time ninjutsu, and also protecting Deva Path Pain, who was in his five-second cooldown.
As it turned out, they were right.
Using his tentacles to conceal his movements, the Fourth Raikage disappeared upon landing. After a series of flashes, he appeared behind Deva Path Pain, his lightning-infused hand blade striking towards the back of his neck.
The Human Path and Animal Path didn't intercept but vanished in a flash.
Because five seconds had already passed.
"Almighty Push!"
Gravity turned into repulsion. This time, the repulsive force storm appeared as a transparent white barrier, stopping the Fourth Raikage's hand blade in mid-air. Then, his body was blasted away again, even causing a ring of dust to rise from the ground.
Losing his gravitational lock on Killer B, the missiles enlarged in his pupils. His body instantly overflowed with a large amount of dark red chakra, enveloping his entire form.
The next second, eight dark red tails grew out from Killer B's back.
The moment he entered his Half-Tailed Beast Transformation state, Killer B's body vanished. Like a humanoid beast, he left behind streaks of afterimages, instantly passing by the Preta Path and Asura Path, rushing towards Deva Path Pain at an incredible speed.
After landing, the Fourth Raikage also disappeared in a flash of lightning, appearing above the Preta Path's head, his right foot raised high above his head, slamming down.
"All Creation Pull!"
Deva Path Pain's voice rang out again. The invisible hand of God, this time, didn't grab the Fourth Raikage but pulled the Preta Path away from his original position.
Boom! With a loud crash, the Fourth Raikage's kick shattered the ground, creating a massive cloud of dust.
Whoosh! A beam of laser light shot into the dust and mist. The Asura Path's head opened, firing a laser cannon, while its hands shot out ten more missiles, bombarding continuously.
The Human Path and Animal Path appeared in front of Deva Path Pain. The former shot out a large number of black rods from its sleeves, attacking the cheetah-like Killer B, while the latter weaved hand signs and spat out a large wave of fire.
Just like Izayoi's Tenseigan puppets, the Rinnegan puppets, besides the Rinnegan's abilities, could also use Nagato's Five Basic Nature Transformations.
Nagato, who had transplanted the Rinnegan, also possessed all six chakra nature transformations.
Boom!
Killer B didn't dodge the incoming wave of fire and the black rods mixed within it. Instead, he opened his mouth and spat out an orange-red beam, like an enhanced laser, instantly blasting through the fire wave, passing between the Human Path and Animal Path, and shooting straight at Deva Path Pain.
"Almighty Push!"
Deva Path Pain still didn't dodge or evade, raising his hand to release a repulsive force storm, which blocked the beam and dispersed it.
A transparent white barrier appeared around his body.
However, as the barrier vanished, a sound of air being torn apart suddenly entered Deva Path Pain's ears.
His eyelids slightly lowered, Deva Path Pain turned and leaped backward, dodging the Fourth Raikage's punch, and raised his hand to shoot a black rod at the Fourth Raikage.
Unfortunately, the Fourth Raikage was too fast. He flickered and dodged the black rod's attack, catching up to the recoiling Deva Path Pain and throwing another punch.
Deva Path Pain's expression didn't change as he met the punch with his palm.
However, a sharp black rod extended from the center of his palm.
Just as the fist was about to collide with the black rod, the Fourth Raikage flickered again, appearing behind Deva Path Pain and bringing down his hand blade once more.
This time, his hand blade still failed to hit Deva Path Pain. The familiar transparent white barrier blocked the Fourth Raikage's attack, instantly expanding and blasting him away.
Black rods, flames, missiles, and lasers came flooding in.
Killer B appeared in a flash, catching the recoiling Fourth Raikage. His eight dark red tails swept away the nearest black rods, and then his body, blasted away by the repulsive force storm, rapidly entered his Full Tailed Beast Transformation state, blocking all other attacks.
"Roar..."
As the beast's roar echoed, the Eight-Tails Gyuki appeared on the battlefield.
Deva Path Pain's expression slightly changed, not because of the massive creature before him, but because one of his viewpoints was missing.
Within the dust and mist, the Preta Path, who had tried to sneak closer to absorb Tailed Beast chakra, was met with a flash of lightning before his vision was replaced by darkness.
A massive fist, carrying terrifying power, slammed heavily into the Preta Path's face, blasting him away with a single punch.
The Preta Path flew back an unknown distance, finally crashing into a rocky mountain and kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Nagato instantly severed his connection with the Preta Path.
With just one strike, the Fourth Raikage had instantly taken down the Preta Path.
"The Five Kage... indeed, none of them are ordinary."
Nagato, staying within the Rain Village, muttered to himself.
Then, the Hell Path quietly left the battlefield, flying towards the direction of the Preta Path.
"Amazing, they took down a Pain so quickly."
In the Land of Water, Izayoi, using Wood Transformation to become the mysterious person, also saw this scene through the real-time transmission of his Wood Clone.
He praised the AB Combo without reservation, acknowledging their strength.
Immediately, he chuckled softly, "However, the remaining Pains are all limitations on Deva Path Pain. Your actions are only accelerating your defeat."
The Fourth Raikage had taken so many repulsive force attacks from Deva Path Pain without taking any damage.
Besides the relatively barren surroundings, with the only obstacles being rocky mountains, it was also because Deva Path Pain was holding back.
Once Deva Path Pain increased his power, the surrounding Pains would also be blasted away by the repulsive force storm.
The other five Pains were actually limitations on Deva Path Pain.
When Deva Path Pain didn't need the other Pains' help, his only weakness was the five-second cooldown.
"If you continue fighting like this, your defeat is inevitable."
Izayoi took down the large scroll from his back, muttering with a smile, "Seeing as you haven't disappointed me, let me give you a hand!"
"Y-you... who exactly are you?"
At this moment, a weak voice sounded.
The scene zoomed out, revealing that the place where Izayoi was located was a huge meteor crater.
At the bottom of the crater lay a disheveled figure, his body covered in tadpole-like markings.
Even though he was covered in dust, it couldn't hide his handsomeness and aura. It was the rogue ninja from Kirigakure, and also the Jinchuriki of the Six-Tails... Utakata.
And Izayoi at this moment was sitting on Utakata's body.
"Sorry, no comment."
Izayoi opened the large scroll with one hand and grabbed Utakata's neck with the other. A voice with an echo came from under the mask that had no eyeholes, his ventriloquism astonishing. "Don't worry, I'm just here to borrow your chakra for a bit."
As Izayoi's words fell, Utakata's eyes widened instantly, but because his neck was being choked, he couldn't speak at all.
However, he could clearly sense that the chakra and Tailed Beast chakra within his body were rapidly draining away.
To be precise, they were being absorbed by this mysterious person in front of him.
If his senses were strong and he could perceive chakra signatures, he would have noticed that the mysterious person's chakra signature was changing, becoming exactly the same as his own.
At the same time, the large scroll in front of the mysterious person emitted a puff of white smoke.
A human puppet wearing the red cloud black robe appeared before the mysterious person. It was none other than Shimura Danzo.
As soon as Shimura Danzo appeared, he stored the large scroll on his back and, without using the Flying Thunder God Technique to disappear, stood before Izayoi.
After Izayoi absorbed a large amount of chakra and used Wood Release to completely change the chakra signature within his body, he stood up, placed one hand on Shimura Danzo's shoulder, formed an unrevealed hand seal with the other, and whispered, "Ninpou... Heavenly Transfer Technique!"
The next second, Shimura Danzo's body vanished without a trace.
When he reappeared, he was no longer in the Land of Water, far from the ninja continent, but in the Land of Rain, in the center of the continent, which was also the battlefield of the Cloud Ninja forces and Akatsuki.
This was the effect of Wood Clone + Tenseigan + Heavenly Transfer Technique.
Whether it was due to the Tenseigan or because the Otsutsuki clan inherently possessed top-tier space-time talent, Izayoi found that learning space-time ninjutsu or abilities related to space-time was as simple as eating and drinking.
Tsunade thought it was terrifying that the mysterious person had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, which in Konoha Year 61 was only mastered by the Second Hokage and Minato Namikaze, in just four months.
But in fact, Izayoi had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique in just three days after starting his training.
On the first day, he sensed the existence of space-time; on the second day, he condensed his chakra into a never-disappearing Flying Thunder God seal; and on the third day, he successfully completed teleportation.
Not counting the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, the Flying Thunder God Technique was the first forbidden jutsu Izayoi learned from the Scroll of Seals.
After his Wood Clone obtained the Cloud Village's Scroll of Seals from the Raikage Building, the first forbidden jutsu Izayoi learned was also the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
This ninjutsu was a perfect match for the Tenseigan.
Izayoi didn't lack chakra, and his far-sightedness was astonishing. Combined with the real-time transmission of his Wood Clones, Izayoi could not only teleport matter to any location in the ninja world with pinpoint accuracy, but even to the sea islands outside the ninja continent.
Moreover, human puppets were inanimate objects, just like supplies, and wouldn't be damaged during teleportation.
With his mastery of this ninjutsu, Izayoi could completely airdrop his puppet army to any location.
And that's exactly what he did now.
After teleporting Shimura Danzo, Izayoi glanced at Utakata on the ground and smiled. "Your seal will automatically release in another minute. Thank you very much for your help today. I'll come find you again if I need anything."
After speaking, Izayoi's figure also vanished without a trace.
When he reappeared, he didn't directly appear on the battlefield but stood on a rocky mountain overlooking the battle.
Beside him was Ranmaru, whose Byakugan and Tenseigan could instantly see through invisibility, and two other Wood Clones who were also in a state of invisibility, manipulating the puppet army to participate in the war, indiscriminately attacking the Cloud Ninja forces, the White Zetsu army, and Akatsuki.
Izayoi floated into the air, flying towards the battlefield.
Without the slightest concealment, his chakra, as bright as the full moon in the sky, instantly made everyone on the battlefield, including the spies from various nations lurking in the shadows, change their expressions drastically, instinctively looking up.
Many people were even killed by the puppets taking advantage of this distraction.
"It's that bastard!"
Pain's Six Paths and the AB Combo also stopped fighting, looking at a small black dot in the distant sky. The Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth and said, "This insidious家伙, finally willing to show himself?!"
A rare look of battle intent filled Deva Path Pain's zombie-like face as he muttered, "Such chakra... truly worthy of being my nemesis!"
No longer paying attention to the AB Combo, Pain's Six Paths, who had been repaired by the Hell Path, flew towards the battlefield.
The AB Combo followed closely behind.
Konan and Yugito Nii in the other battlefield did the same.
If the mysterious person hadn't appeared, they would naturally have continued fighting, after all, the hatred was already irreconcilable.
Now that the mysterious person had appeared, they had a common enemy. Continuing to fight would only benefit the enemy.
Looking at the Akatsuki dream team on the battlefield, along with the AB Combo and Pain's Six Paths, Izayoi, standing with Shino and Hinata, couldn't help but click his tongue slightly. "With such a lineup, I wonder if the main body can handle it?"
Indeed, the Izayoi in the sky was the main body!
(End of this chapter)
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