Chapter 164: Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion
The tremor from the Gedo Mazo being pushed back snapped Uchiha Madara back to reality.
Gazing at Tiga before him and Izayoi floating in the air, Madara's killing intent had, at some point, been replaced by an exhilarated desire for battle. He couldn't help but grin. "Besides Hashirama, I never thought there'd be a second person in this world who could make me feel this kind of pressure. This is… magnificent!"
Madara shouted the last three words aloud.
Immediately, he formed hand seals and bellowed, "Wood Release: Briar Assassination Jutsu!"
Thick tree branches burst from the ground, binding Tiga from below upwards like ropes.
Before Tiga could break free, the Gedo Mazo opened its mouth and spat out a purple chakra dragon, which instantly pierced through Tiga.
Tiga, possessing an immortal body, immediately had its internal Chakra Orbs devoured by the chakra dragon.
Deprived of its Chakra Orbs, Tiga instantly became immobile.
The chakra dragon, its might undiminished, soared into the sky, roaring towards Izayoi.
Watching the chakra dragon rapidly growing larger in his vision, Izayoi frowned slightly, having forgotten this particular move of the Gedo Mazo.
At the same time, Izayoi swiftly condensed a Chakra Orb, forming a pale green light wheel, and yelled, "Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
The light wheel shattered, transforming into a massive tornado that swept towards the chakra dragon below.
When the two collided, the chakra dragon didn't devour the tornado and turn it into nothingness. Instead, the tornado lost some of its power, passed through the chakra dragon, and landed on the Gedo Mazo's head.
Izayoi, a smile on his face, soared into the sky, dodging the increasingly powerful chakra dragon's attacks.
The Gedo Mazo, struck by the tornado, slightly bent its knees, and numerous cracks appeared on the blue armor on its head.
"It truly is a natural disaster!"
Witnessing this scene, Uchiha Madara completely confirmed his suspicion.
Those black spheres were a more advanced form of Yin-Yang Release; they could not only create matter but even conjure natural disasters.
No wonder the Preta Path found them so difficult to absorb!
If they didn't contain chakra, perhaps the Preta Path wouldn't even be able to absorb them at all.
So, Madara commanded the Gedo Mazo to recall the chakra dragon, while simultaneously raising his hand to conjure a blue katana.
With a single slash, the Gedo Mazo destroyed the significantly weakened tornado, then flapped its wings and shot into the sky, flying rapidly towards Izayoi.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
Upon reaching a certain distance, Madara raised his hand towards Izayoi, who was still flying at high speed, and roared.
Invisible gravitational force immediately restrained Izayoi's figure. Then, meteorites from all directions in outer space, as if drawn by a magnet, flew towards Izayoi at an extremely fast pace.
Seeing this, Izayoi played along.
He stopped in mid-air, forming a hand seal.
Meteorites that approached within a certain range of Izayoi all came to a halt, then changed direction, shooting downwards towards the Gedo Mazo.
This sight made Madara's pupils constrict. He couldn't understand this ability.
The Gedo Mazo swept its katana horizontally, unleashing a massive blue slash that cut and shattered all the incoming meteorites. Its power undiminished, the slash continued to attack Izayoi.
Izayoi maintained his hand seal.
When the slash approached a certain range, its flying speed instantly plummeted, and it eventually stopped, but it didn't dissipate.
"Go back!"
Izayoi pointed his hand, and the enormous blue slash actually curved, flying back towards the Gedo Mazo below.
"Gravity? No, this is… spacetime power!"
Madara finally understood and also discerned the limits of this ability.
It could control objects within a certain range but couldn't restrain living beings, and there was a limit to the objects it could control.
Even the slash couldn't be instantly halted, indicating it couldn't restrain the Gedo Mazo.
It was not worth fearing!
So, the Gedo Mazo swung its katana, batting away the returning slash, and once again spat out a purple chakra dragon, roaring towards Izayoi.
At this moment, Izayoi had already used a Chakra Orb to create a piece of metal inscribed with a jutsu formula.
Calculating the Gedo Mazo's flight speed, Izayoi suddenly murmured, "Heavenly Transfer Jutsu!"
The metal in his hand vanished without a trace.
The next second, Izayoi's figure also disappeared without warning.
Madara watched in horror as Izayoi appeared out of nowhere beside him and threw a punch. He quickly used Limbo: Border Jail.
A Limbo clone appeared out of thin air, blocking the punch for Madara.
However, Izayoi grinned, opening his palm to reveal a black orb.
Channeling chakra into the Chakra Orb, the black orb immediately transformed into a pale green light sphere, which exploded into countless photons. Then, a tornado appeared out of nowhere, blasting both the Limbo clone and Madara away.
The white tube connecting him to the Gedo Mazo was instantly severed.
Without Madara's control and having not yet reclaimed its Tailed Beast chakra, the Gedo Mazo lost consciousness, just like Tiga below.
Because Madara and the Limbo clone flew out through the Susanoo, the blue armor and wings on the Gedo Mazo's body, without the maintenance of Yin Release chakra, dissipated into chakra aura.
The enormous Gedo Mazo plummeted onto the moon like a meteorite.
Izayoi, meanwhile, flew towards Madara, who was using the Preta Path and enveloped in a transparent white shield.
Gazing at the approaching Izayoi, Madara, who had taken the opportunity to recover some chakra using the Preta Path, immediately used gravity-based flight and the damage absorption of the Limbo clone to escape the tornado's range.
At the same time, his body mechanized, firing a barrage of missiles towards Izayoi.
Madara, well aware that ninjutsu was ineffective against Izayoi, could only resort to his Asura Path abilities, which he usually disdained.
However, he had forgotten that Izayoi possessed another unsolvable ability.
Izayoi formed a single hand seal, and the missiles flying with tail flames immediately froze in mid-air, then turned and shot back towards Madara.
In response, Madara could only unleash invisible repulsive force to detonate all the missiles, and he even tried to blast Izayoi away.
But the next second, Izayoi condensed nine Chakra Orbs, which liquefied and merged to form a black shield.
This black shield, like a barrier, completely blocked the repulsive force attack.
This scene once again made Madara's pupils constrict sharply.
Giving Madara no chance to summon his Limbo clones this time, Izayoi flew before him and threw a punch.
With no time to summon a Limbo clone, the repulsive force just used, and Susanoo utterly useless, Madara instinctively raised his hands, using Wood Release and Asura Path to reinforce his arm defenses, blocking Izayoi's punch.
With a crash, Izayoi's fist unleashed a shockwave, a terrifying burst of chakra that made Madara feel a punch second only to Sage Art Hashirama's.
He was sent flying like a kicked ball, transforming into an afterimage as he plummeted onto the moon's surface.
Taking this opportunity, Izayoi grabbed the black orb formed from the nine Chakra Orbs and poured an ocean of chakra into it.
In an instant, the Chakra Orb began to shine dazzlingly, but no longer with pale green light. Instead, it glowed with a golden-yellow light, just like the Giant Tenseigan.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
Izayoi roared, unleashing his ultimate strike.
Just like Goku performing a Kamehameha in Dragon Ball, he held the head-sized golden orb in his hands and unleashed a massive golden-yellow beam downwards.
The beam's speed was astonishing, even more so than a laser.
Lying on the dust-covered ground, Madara's Rinnegan saw an extremely powerful chakra approaching, and simultaneously felt the breath of death.
Due to the chakra's incredible speed and immense power, it was far beyond what a repulsive force storm could repel, and even the Preta Path would struggle to absorb it.
Madara didn't hesitate. He quickly encased himself in Susanoo and simultaneously summoned two more Limbo clones, also having them activate Susanoo to help him block.
Even so, Madara still greatly underestimated the chakra's intensity.
Boom—
The golden-yellow beam, like a space-based weapon, struck the Susanoo of the Limbo clones and Madara.
Amidst a deafening sound, Madara felt as though he was engulfed by a tsunami. His breath hitched, and his body lost control, plummeting continuously.
The sound of shattering rock and armor constantly filled his ears.
Madara finally regained control of his body. Looking at the golden beam that filled his vision, shimmering with golden-yellow light and pressing down on the two immobile Limbo clones, he immediately poured all his Yin Release chakra into repairing Susanoo's cracks. At the same time, he summoned his other two Limbo clones, finally slowing his descent slightly.
Just as his body was about to stop plummeting, the golden-yellow beam's light suddenly grew even more dazzling.
Madara's body, encased in Susanoo armor, once again plunged like an earth drill, smashing through layers of rock, continuously falling.
While the Limbo clones hadn't yet disappeared, Madara employed every tactic he had: he converted a large amount of chakra into a repulsive force storm, attempting to blast the golden-yellow beam away, but it was ineffective. He tried using Chibaku Tensei to crush the surrounding rock walls and form a meteorite to buy himself some time, but the meteorite didn't even have a chance to form before the beam sliced and shattered it. He also tried using Wood Release to form layers of tree walls, but it met the same fate as Chibaku Tensei.
Just as Madara was about to use the Summoning Jutsu to call the Gedo Mazo and unleash the chakra dragon to see if it could devour the golden-yellow beam, the four Limbo clones blocking for him suddenly reached their time limit and automatically returned to Madara's body.
Deprived of the immortal Limbo clones' defense, Madara's Susanoo, which enveloped him, was instantly torn like thin paper.
Seeing the beam about to hit him, Madara quickly pushed his hands forward, fully unleashing the Preta Path's ability.
A transparent white shield appeared inside the Susanoo armor, successfully blocking the golden-yellow beam's cutting and piercing power.
However, Madara's descent speed increased.
The blue Susanoo armor continuously crashed against the moon's core, producing sounds of shattering.
Madara absorbed chakra from the golden-yellow beam while increasing his Yin Release chakra output to repair the armor. The amount of chakra he absorbed was incredibly disproportionate to the amount he consumed, truly absurd.
After an unknown period, Madara suddenly realized there was no longer any impact from behind, and he didn't need to consume chakra to repair his Susanoo.
However, the golden-yellow beam before him had still not disappeared.
Behind the beam was a silver-white disc, appearing larger to smaller.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't a disc at all, but clearly the moon.
Madara had no time to ponder why he, on the moon, could still see the moon. His body then entered Earth's atmosphere.
The Susanoo armor, due to high-speed air friction, developed an aura around it and once again emitted unbearable cracking sounds. Madara quickly consumed chakra to repair it.
At the same time, the ninja world, shrouded in darkness, also noticed the unusual phenomenon in the sky.
"What… what is that?"
"Is it a shooting star? No, shooting stars aren't this color, nor do they last this long."
"Could it be Otsutsuki Toneri again, summoning a meteor shower to bomb somewhere?"
"No, this isn't the color of a meteor shower either. What dazzling golden light!"
"…"
"Look, are there cracks appearing on the moon?"
"You've had too much to drink, there's no way the moon could crack!"
"Hey, hey… This doesn't seem to be a joke. Look, the moon really has cracks."
"Hiss… What's going on? Is the end of the world coming?"
"…"
Anyone still awake at this hour, no matter where they were, could see a golden beam descending from the sky.
Those far from the beam seemed to see a golden line connecting the moon to the ninja world.
Many sharp-eyed individuals even noticed a crack appearing on the moon above the beam.
Such a celestial anomaly quickly spread throughout the entire ninja world through word of mouth.
Those awake roused the sleeping, or rushed outside, or went to rooftops and other high places to admire the sight, uttering gasps of astonishment.
Meanwhile, the Five Kage and ninja of the Five Great Shinobi Villages watched the scene with solemn expressions.
"Such an attack, is that really ninjutsu?"
"This must be the power of a god!"
"Who can resist such power? It's not even on our dimension!"
"…"
Ninja with average mental fortitude, just by imagining the energy required for this beam and its destructive power from the moon to the ninja world, felt their legs tremble, some even collapsing to the ground.
At this moment, the Five Kage felt the same helplessness.
"Whose technique is this?" Onoki muttered, his expression shaken, looking at the beam that far surpassed his Dust Release. "Otsutsuki Toneri, or Uchiha Madara?"
"Has the battlefield shifted from the ninja world to the moon?" Mei Terumi sighed. "Even if the battle is on the moon, it can still affect the ninja world. Are they truly still human?"
"Who won? And who died?"
"…"
Soon, people across the ninja world saw the golden beam completely connecting the moon and Earth.
However, it didn't last long; the beam then retracted at an even faster speed.
And this time, the retracting beam, unlike a vertical descent, moved horizontally as it retracted.
When the beam completely vanished, a scene that silenced the entire world appeared in the starry night sky.
The silver-white moon, like a disc, had its left third detached from the main body.
It was as if an indestructible blade had sliced the moon like a mooncake.
That perfectly straight cut was visible even to people on Earth.
It was this incredibly obvious human-made mark that instantly silenced ordinary people and ninja across the world.
An attack launched from the moon to Earth was already terrifying enough.
But at the end of the attack, it incidentally sliced off a third of the moon. Such power once again shattered the world's understanding.
At this moment, they suddenly felt that the so-called "super-tier" combat power seemed insignificant.
Only such power deserved to be called the power of a god!
So, who unleashed this god-like power?
Otsutsuki Toneri? Or Uchiha Madara, who had ascended to the moon? Or perhaps the Akatsuki leader and the Wood Release ninja from Konoha? Feeling helpless and desperate, the people of the world eagerly awaited the answer.
"Th-that… that couldn't have been big brother, could it? Is this the power of the Tenseigan?"
At Izayoi's home, Hanabi looked up at the moon, which had lost a third of its mass, utterly dumbfounded.
"Gulp…"
Karin, whose strength had reached the ace combatant level, was too shocked to speak.
Similar to her was Hinata, who also possessed ace combatant level strength.
Both women were top-tier shinobi in the ninja world. As long as they didn't encounter a Kage-level opponent with a natural advantage, they could even contend with the Five Kage for a while.
Precisely because of this, they were the most heavily impacted.
Deep Forest Emergence, Almighty Push (Chibaku Tensei), Wood Golem Jutsu, and meteor showers had already reshaped their worldview.
They had believed that those were the super-tier combat powers, surpassing the Five Kage, and were the strongest in the current era.
But they never expected that there was still power in this world that transcended even map-altering abilities.
Slicing a celestial body—this was truly god-like power.
If Izayoi had possessed such power during the final battle, perhaps the Akatsuki leader would have been insignificant?
"Oh no!"
Just then, Hinata and Karin seemed to sense something, and their expressions suddenly changed.
They realized that several chakra signatures, all belonging to their allies, were rapidly approaching.
They were clearly coming to inform Izayoi about a meeting.
But right now, Izayoi wasn't home at all.
Given Izayoi's level of chakra, they couldn't even use Shadow Clones to impersonate him.
Just as Hinata and Karin looked anxious, unsure what to do, a familiar voice suddenly echoed in their ears.
"Don't worry, my main body has already made perfect preparations."
Looking in the direction of the voice, the three women—Hinata, Hanabi, and Karin—immediately looked surprised and delighted. "Izayoi-kun / Oni-chan!"
The Wood Clone responsible for guarding Nine-Tails (Yin) had, at some unknown point, returned with a vast ocean of chakra.
A perfect alibi had just appeared.
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