Chapter 204: Hand-Crafted Black Hole
The golden-yellow clock, visible only to Izayoi, had just appeared, and its hour, minute, and second hands rapidly spun backward. Panels of images, also visible only to Izayoi, flew out of the clock and passed through him.
In an instant, scenes of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo in the Pure Land appeared before Izayoi's eyes.
Seeing these images, Izayoi's lips curved slightly upward.
Heavenly Constant Stand could indeed see even the past of souls.
This immediately reduced Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's threat significantly.
Given enough time, Izayoi could review Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's past, seeing what he had been doing in the Pure Land for the past thousand years.
If his current abilities were all cultivated in the Pure Land, Izayoi could even learn from him.
But now was not the time to delve into the past.
Izayoi deactivated Heavenly Constant Stand and raised his hands, conjuring two orbs of light.
One orb was pure black, the other golden-yellow.
At first glance, they resembled a Truth-Seeking Orb and a Chakra Orb.
But the next second, the two fused, forming a black blade of light enveloped in a golden-yellow glow.
Seeing this, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's purple Rinnegan narrowed slightly, and he said with a hint of gravity, "Just two battles, and you've completely fused the Sword of Nunoboko and Chakra Orb? Such talent is truly astonishing. Could it be... that you can even steal and superimpose others' talents?"
As the progenitor of shinobi, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo had never seen an existence with greater talent than himself.
Although his mother was more powerful than him, that power was obtained through the Chakra Fruit.
Even though he inherited much of his mother's power, the Immortal Body, Yin-Yang Release, and Six Paths Sage Arts were all cultivated by Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo himself.
He achieved an upset through his own talent, sealing his invincible and immortal mother without even becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki.
Yet, powerful as he was, at Izayoi's age, he did not possess this level of strength.
Moreover, Izayoi's starting point was even lower than his.
Even if one could steal others' abilities, without great talent, it would be like his mother, who possessed world-destroying power but didn't know how to unleash it to its fullest.
Clearly, Izayoi, having lived two lives, possessed astonishing talent.
Who knows what kind of world this guy truly came from.
Another planet, a parallel world, or perhaps... another universe?
At this moment, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo decided that after defeating Izayoi, he would search his soul.
Swish—
Just then, a dazzling white slash rapidly enlarged in Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's vision.
Its speed was like a meteor, seemingly vanishing in the blink of an eye.
In response, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo merely flicked his hand, and a similar white slash split Izayoi's attack in two, then, with the power to distort space, flew towards Izayoi.
However, the next second, this slash vanished into thin air.
It had, remarkably, been transferred to another alternate dimension by Amenominaka.
As one of the two exclusive dōjutsu of the Rinne Sharingan, a Kekkei Mōra that even a Ten-Tails' jinchūriki could not use, Amenominaka was undoubtedly the top-tier space-time ability.
Any teleportation-type space-time ability was unworthy of comparison to Amenominaka, including Yomotsu Hirasaka, which was also a Kekkei Mōra.
This was because this space-time ability was the only one with no wind-up time.
No matter how powerful the opponent, as long as they didn't possess space-time means to resist Amenominaka, if they entered a certain range, Izayoi could forcibly transfer them to another alternate dimension.
This applied not only to people but also to objects and techniques.
It was precisely for this reason that the original author designed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki as a naive and sweet character with little combat experience.
Otherwise, Team 7 would have been utterly defenseless.
Now that Izayoi had mastered the Progenitor of Chakra's abilities, even if his opponent was the progenitor of shinobi, Izayoi felt little pressure.
Because his Rinne Tenseigan and Rinne Sharingan could perceive Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's strength.
The opponent's chakra was far inferior to his own.
In terms of attributes, the Rinnegan was at the forefront, but it was still inferior to Uchiha Madara after becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki; it didn't even have a single Kekkei Mōra.
As long as he was wary of his Sword of Nunoboko and Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei, and didn't give Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo an opportunity for close combat, Izayoi could win simply by exhausting his chakra.
However, this old schemer had spent a thousand years in the Pure Land. He had only possessed Uchiha Madara's body with his soul, not fully reincarnated, yet he still possessed Six Paths-level chakra. This indicated that his power had not only not weakened during these thousand years but had become even stronger.
Aside from the Sword of Nunoboko and Six Paths Sage Arts, no one knew if he had secretly developed even stronger techniques.
Thus, after transferring the Sword of Nunoboko's attack to another alternate dimension, Izayoi raised his other hand, formed a sword gesture with his fingers, and lightly chanted, "Wood Release... Deep Forest Emergence!"
A thunderous earthquake sound reverberated throughout this alternate dimension.
Countless cracks spread, forming abysses of various sizes.
Then, tree branches as thick as small mountains burst from the ground, soaring skyward.
This alternate dimension instantly transformed into a tree sea dimension.
Countless tree branches also coiled towards Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo merely swung his sword, and the spreading white light reduced those tree branches to nothingness.
Having destroyed Izayoi's attack with a single swing, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo raised an eyebrow, his gaze slightly puzzled.
Although Izayoi's chakra reserves were now second only to his mother's, and even greater than Uchiha Madara's after becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki.
But performing Wood Release to create such an astonishingly vast tree sea required a significant amount of chakra.
And Wood Release used against massed opponents was undoubtedly a more strategic existence than even Tailed Beast Balls.
However, using it against an individual, especially a peer-level opponent, was simply a waste of chakra.
With Izayoi's intellect, he certainly wouldn't do something meaningless.
Before Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo could ponder further, a deafening sonic boom reached his ears.
Massive golden-yellow fists, formed by Eighty Gods Vacant Attack, surged towards Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, enveloping him.
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo still swung his sword, cutting open a white teleportation gate, and his body flew into it, causing Izayoi's Eighty Gods Vacant Attack to miss.
Izayoi floated in place, using Heavenly Constant Stand to observe the future of this space.
After a short while, Izayoi turned and raised his hand, firing a bone arrow towards the four o'clock direction.
No sooner had the bone arrow shot out than a white crack appeared in the space ahead, opening to form a teleportation gate.
Before the bone arrow could approach the white teleportation gate, a pure white tornado flew out from within, distorting and tearing space, easily pulverizing the bone arrow, and roaring towards Izayoi with undiminished force.
This time, Izayoi did not dodge. Instead, he lightly pointed his finger.
A black crack appeared and rapidly opened, also forming a black teleportation gate, into which the roaring pure white tornado flew.
The tornado, capable of distorting and tearing space, failed to destroy this black teleportation gate.
However, just as Izayoi used Yomotsu Hirasaka, a white mark also appeared in the space behind him, slowly opening.
Because Yomotsu Hirasaka was a power that even Six Paths Sage Mode couldn't sense, Izayoi had no awareness of it.
Just as a black sword shot out from within, Izayoi's figure vanished without a trace.
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo flew out from inside, looking at the tree sea below, a hint of realization flashing in his eyes.
So, he had wasted unnecessary chakra creating this tree sea to cover this alternate dimension with his Flying Raijin Jutsu formulas and to use Wood Clones as surveillance.
Thus, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo flew back into the white teleportation gate, disappearing from this alternate dimension.
Izayoi, who reappeared in the tree sea, still used Heavenly Constant Stand to observe the future.
However, for the next five minutes, he saw no white cracks appearing.
A hint of confusion flashed in Izayoi's eyes.
What was going on?
Did that guy not want to fight anymore?
Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Izayoi, and he instantly understood what Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo was going to do.
Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly transmitted real-time information to his Wood Clone.
In less than three seconds, a sleeping monster appeared in the tree sea—it was the Ten-Tails, drained of chakra by Izayoi.
As the Ten-Tails returned to this alternate dimension, white cracks finally reappeared in the sky.
Still without waiting for the white cracks to form a teleportation gate, several black spheres flew out from within.
These black spheres were not Truth-Seeking Orbs; they were only thumb-sized.
These black spheres spun a few times in the air, then fused to form a fist-sized black orb.
Immediately after, a terrifying gravitational pull, like the gravity of the Gravity Dimension, surged downwards.
The earth immediately let out a rumbling earthquake sound, and then countless trees were uprooted, even the ground beneath them detached from the dimension's earth, floating into the air.
This was, remarkably... Chibaku Tensei!
This was one of the basic abilities of the Rinnegan, and Izayoi could use it too.
Not only him, but even Uchiha Madara, and Nagato who had transplanted the Rinnegan, could use it.
Uchiha Madara, after becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, could easily create a dozen Chibaku Tensei.
However, the gravitational pull of the Chibaku Tensei they created was far inferior to this one.
Izayoi had initially thought this was Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei, which could even seal the Progenitor of Chakra, or a weakened version of it.
Upon closer inspection, he realized this was just an enhanced version of Chibaku Tensei.
So, Izayoi raised his hand and slammed it forward, unleashing a golden-yellow fist-shaped light beam that shattered the trees and ground in its path, shooting towards the Chibaku Tensei.
If it hit, even the Chibaku Tensei, with its terrifying gravity, would be shattered by Izayoi's strike.
Although it was only one punch, it was a Kekkei Mōra-level technique, far surpassing Guy's Evening Elephant, which required sacrificing his life.
As if sensing danger, the black orb, which was emitting gravity, instantly "palmed" itself, turning from black to pure white in a flash.
But the next second, an even more terrifying gravitational pull surged forth from the white orb.
A highly scientific phenomenon unfolded.
The terrifying gravity distorted the surrounding space and shattered the white orb emitting the gravity, forming a white vortex in the sky.
But this was no mere vortex; it was clearly a white black hole.
The gravitational pull, many times stronger than before, swept across the entire alternate dimension. The struggling trees and ground instantly lost all resistance, vast chunks of trees and land floating into the air.
The roaring fist-shaped light beam, before it could even touch the white orb, was crushed by the distorted space, and its extreme chakra was swallowed by the white hole.
Even Izayoi and the sleeping Ten-Tails were lifted into the air.
Izayoi's expression changed slightly.
Because he realized that this alternate dimension was vibrating violently.
More accurately, this gravitational force was destroying this alternate dimension.
Having personally destroyed an alternate dimension and witnessed how it was annihilated, Izayoi already understood the principles of an alternate dimension's birth and death.
These alternate dimensions were products of space-time energy, similar to the space tunnels created by Ōtsutsuki Hamura.
As long as one developed space-time abilities and Yin-Yang Release to a certain extent, Izayoi could also create alternate dimensions.
Whether naturally formed or artificially created, alternate dimensions were far less stable and durable than the real world.
It was precisely for this reason that Izayoi's "hodgepodge" ougi had so easily destroyed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Original Ball Dimension.
Now, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's Chibaku Tensei, transforming from gravity to a black hole, had also surpassed this alternate dimension's endurance limit.
If the gravity continued to rampage throughout this alternate dimension, it would soon collapse.
Eighty Gods Vacant Attack could not affect this white hole, so Izayoi used Amenominaka, intending to transfer this white hole to another alternate dimension.
However, the space-time power, which even Six Paths-level powerhouses couldn't resist, failed to transfer the white hole.
So, Izayoi manipulated a Truth-Seeking Orb to transform into a white orb of light, then transferred it next to the trees that had been swallowed by the white hole and contained Flying Raijin Jutsu formulas.
Swish—
Dazzling white light bloomed, and the annihilating power that destroys all creation exploded at the vortex eye of the white hole.
When the white light dissipated, the white hole was gone.
However, the terrifying gravitational pull continued to increase instead of decreasing.
A black crack appeared in the air where the Truth-Seeking Orb had self-detonated.
It turned out that the Truth-Seeking Orb had destroyed the white hole, turning it into an even stronger space-time anomaly, which was accelerating the destruction of this alternate dimension.
Izayoi had heard of a space-time anomaly, but this was his first time seeing one.
In the ruins where the Grale Stone mineral veins were buried, there was a jutsu formation that could summon a space-time anomaly. It was the ancient empire's trump card, used to destroy the Grale Stone to prevent the mine from exploding and destroying half a continent.
Unlike the beautiful white space-time cracks, the black space-time anomaly was filled with a chaotic aura that devoured everything.
Once a space-time anomaly appeared, it was certain that the space could not be saved.
Thus, Izayoi controlled the chakra within the tree branches to create a Wood Clone, and his main body then used Yomotsu Hirasaka to leave this soon-to-vanish alternate dimension with the Ten-Tails.
Izayoi did not use Amenominaka because he was unsure if Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo was waiting for him in another alternate dimension.
Traveling to the space-time tunnel that connected countless alternate dimensions was the safest method.
Moreover, two of the six alternate dimensions had already disappeared, and Izayoi needed to find new alternate dimensions to establish connections with Amenominaka.
"Soon, the offense and defense will be reversed."
Before leaving, Izayoi glanced at the space-time anomaly, a golden-yellow glint flashing in his Rinne Tenseigan, and he thought to himself.
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