Chapter 215: Izayoi's Warning
"This is… the aura of the God Tree!"
As soon as the Ten-Tails transformed into the God Tree, the three Sage Elders, living in the dimensions connected to the real world, instantly opened their eyes, their faces filled with astonishment.
Their reactions and expressions varied.
The Slime Sage, with her eyes perpetually squinted, looked worried, muttering, "Has that person truly become the Rabbit Goddess of this era?"
"Tsk… it's practically a reincarnation," the White Snake Sage took a drag from his pipe, clicking his tongue in annoyance.
The ancient Gamamaru, however, remained silent, his expression filled with worry.
Just then, a black rift appeared in the sky above the three Sacred Lands.
Then, a dispassionate voice resonated through the air.
"This world is where I live. No matter what disaster occurs, I will personally resolve it. Given your connection to Konoha, consider this a friendly reminder: do not meddle in my affairs, or you will face the consequences."
After the words faded, the black rift vanished before the three Sage Elders could respond.
This implied that their answer was irrelevant.
"A reminder? I'd say it was a warning," the White Snake Sage couldn't help but grumble. "What an overbearing fellow."
"That's wonderful! Lord Izayoi won't destroy this world," the Slime Sage, on the other hand, let out a sigh of relief.
Gamamaru remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a sigh.
Izayoi paid no mind to the reactions of the three Sage Elders.
He had wood clones constantly monitoring the shinobi world. If anyone approached the God Tree, Izayoi would use Ame-no-Tokotachi to observe their past.
Even the higher-ups of the Ōtsutsuki clan couldn't block Izayoi's Ame-no-Tokotachi; it was even more impossible for creatures of Earth.
Once the mastermind appeared, Izayoi would uproot them.
Therefore, Izayoi wasn't concerned about anyone destroying the God Tree, and besides, the God Tree was indestructible.
The most dangerous moment was only when the God Tree bore fruit.
After all, anyone could pluck the Chakra Fruit.
Only then did Izayoi need to be wary.
However, the fact that the God Tree bore fruit only once every millennium was the most infuriating part.
The immediate task Izayoi needed to address was how to make the God Tree bear fruit quickly.
If even evolution had shortcuts, then the God Tree bearing fruit surely had one too.
Izayoi even strongly suspected that Ōtsutsuki Shibai possessed such a shortcut.
Otherwise, with the Ōtsutsuki clan's higher-ups all distributing Chakra Fruits among themselves, there was no reason for only one Ōtsutsuki Shibai to have appeared over so many years.
To be able to stand above all other clan members, besides talent, he must have had some kind of "cheat" they didn't.
And this cheat would undoubtedly be effective on the Ten-Tails and the God Tree.
"The speed is too slow…"
Izayoi floated in the air, murmuring as he gazed at the God Tree below, which outwardly appeared no different from a regular tree.
In Izayoi's eyes, the God Tree's roots, countless and undoubtedly extending many meters into the earth, were frantically absorbing blue energy.
That was the planet's life energy. This energy, like a shinobi whose chakra was absorbed by the Preta Path, circulated within the God Tree for a few cycles before slowly disappearing.
The God Tree, absorbing this energy, became incredibly resilient, its defense so strong it was immune to all ninjutsu.
Only senjutsu power, space-time power, and Bloodline Limit-level abilities could harm this God Tree.
Though the God Tree showed no outward changes now, after a few days of absorption, its volume would show a slight difference.
Even so, Izayoi still felt it was too slow.
Even if the God Tree changed daily, it wouldn't alter the fact that it bore fruit once every millennium.
Therefore, Izayoi decided to conduct an experiment.
However, before starting, Izayoi needed to take some precautionary measures.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Izayoi clapped his hands, and the desert immediately began to violently shake.
Thick tree branches burst from the ground, instantly destroying the Roran ruins and spreading outwards from the God Tree and the ruins.
Before long, a vast, dust-filled desert was transformed into an astonishingly large oasis.
Before this forest of towering trees, the God Tree, still in its infant stage, was inconspicuous.
It and the altar sealing the Ryūmyaku were also well-hidden within the forest.
And this was merely the beginning.
Izayoi stood on a treetop, raising his hand to condense a black sphere. This sphere then liquefied, forming six black rods.
The next second, these six black rods vanished into thin air, transported to specific locations by Izayoi using the Amenotejikara technique.
Then, six transparent red barriers rose, encompassing the forest. This was… Ninja Art: Six Red Yang Formation.
This still wasn't the end.
Izayoi opened the Rinne Sharingan on his forehead, unleashing a dazzling crimson light.
Soon, the space in the forest area subtly warped, then, like a mirage, slowly vanished.
It was a scenery genjutsu, and a Bloodline Limit-level one at that.
Unless one had cultivated senjutsu to an extremely high level, even the strongest sensory abilities wouldn't be able to break this genjutsu.
Without Six Paths-level strength, breaking the Six Red Yang Formation, which surpassed the Four Red Yang Formation, was impossible.
After completing these preparations, Izayoi flew to the altar sealing the Ryūmyaku.
At the center of the altar was a uniquely shaped three-pronged kunai, a Flying Thunder God kunai left by Minato Namikaze when he sealed the Ryūmyaku back then.
Around this kunai were also numerous tadpole-shaped incantations, Uchiha clan sealing jutsu.
Izayoi also knew this sealing jutsu.
Two years had passed, and Izayoi had already fulfilled part of his potential as a Sealing God (Rainbow). He had mastered all existing sealing jutsu in the shinobi world.
Even the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, developed by Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, Izayoi had successfully learned by observing past events.
Izayoi could even develop various new sealing jutsu; this was merely a branch ability of Yin-Yang Release.
Izayoi didn't even form hand signs. He simply raised his hand, created a Chakra Bead, and fired it as a golden-yellow beam that seeped into the altar, automatically releasing the seal.
Instantly, a terrifying surge of energy erupted.
However, due to the barrier, this energy didn't spread outwards; even the closest Sand Village couldn't detect it.
The chakra of the earth, or rather, the planet's natural energy, erupted like a volcanic eruption, forming a massive white pillar of light that shot into the sky.
Around the white pillar of light, space itself was warping.
However, in Izayoi's eyes, this wasn't merely spatial distortion; even time was affected.
This was true space-time fluctuation!
Anyone who stumbled into it would most likely be torn to shreds, reduced to dust.
If fortunate, they might travel through time, arriving at a certain time period, or perhaps a parallel world.
Izayoi kept his distance, waiting for the Ryūmyaku's rampage to cease.
Several minutes passed before the white pillar of light slowly shrunk and disappeared.
Then, an equally space-warping wellspring appeared in the forest.
Izayoi still didn't approach. Instead, he turned to face the God Tree, and a look of pleasant surprise quickly flashed in his eyes.
Through his Rinne-Tenseigan, he saw that the God Tree's roots, which extended an unknown number of meters and were countless in number, were absorbing even more of the blue energy, and the absorption speed had become even more terrifying.
If before it was like a person sipping water with a straw, now it was like turning on a pump to draw water.
"As expected of the Earth's lifeforce. The speed of draining life through a wound is indeed faster than a mosquito sucking blood through the skin," Izayoi chuckled, murmuring.
This was the advantage of a transmigrator knowing the plot.
If he hadn't seen the Roran arc, Izayoi wouldn't have known the location of the Ryūmyaku, nor that it was the Earth's lifeforce.
The concealment of this thing was even greater than the Stone of Gelel.
More precisely, this thing was inherently fused with the planet's energy. If it didn't erupt, the Byakugan and other dōjutsu wouldn't be able to detect it at all.
With the experiment's success, Izayoi was even more certain that Ōtsutsuki Shibai also had a way or ability to shorten the God Tree's fruiting period.
By absorbing the planet's life energy through the Ryūmyaku, at this rate, the God Tree would bear Chakra Fruits in a few centuries at most.
However, this amount of time was still too long for Izayoi.
Even if it were halved, or even reduced to just a third or a quarter, it would still take two hundred fifty to over three hundred years.
If there were no other methods, Izayoi would simply have to wait, even if it took that long.
But now, Izayoi felt he could continue experimenting.
He channeled the Wood Release chakra in the forest, creating a wood clone next to the God Tree.
The wood clone opened its hands, and from its palms, tree branches extended, connecting to the God Tree and the earth.
The section connecting to the earth was, in fact, moving rapidly underground. It soon reached the space-warping, seemingly unremarkable but extremely dangerous wellspring, attempting to seep into it.
However, before it could even sink a few meters, the resilient tree branches, which even a tailed beast couldn't break free from if bound, instantly emitted crisp cracking sounds, quickly turning into dust.
Seeing this, the wood clone immediately abandoned the idea of delving deeper into the wellspring. Instead, it controlled the branches to regenerate, reaching the maximum depth the branches could withstand, then softly uttered, "Misukaji!"
The tip of the branch instantly transformed into a giant hand, its palm like a black hole, releasing terrifying suction. Through the wellspring, it frantically absorbed what ordinary people called "earth chakra," but was actually the planet's life energy.
These planet energies, made incredibly violent due to their unique location, seeped into Izayoi's wood clone through the branch. Then, through the branches on the wood clone's hands, they were transferred into the God Tree.
Seeing this, Izayoi's eyes immediately lit up.
Before he could even rejoice, his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.
Both the branches and Izayoi's wood clone simultaneously emitted crisp cracking sounds, then shattered like glass hitting the ground.
Even the wood clone, equally invincible in the shinobi world, couldn't withstand the impact of the planet's power.
Seeing this, Izayoi didn't feel regret. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the treetop, stroking his chin, deep in thought.
The experiment clearly hadn't failed. Misukaji had successfully absorbed the planet's energy; it was just that the Wood Release and the wood clone couldn't bear it.
Let alone a wood clone, even if Izayoi himself had directly faced it, he wouldn't have been able to withstand the impact of the planet's energy.
Even with his healing abilities preventing death, he would have been severely injured.
But if this problem could be solved, with Izayoi's strength, if he fully unleashed Misukaji, it would definitely be another "speed cheat."
However, if even Wood Release couldn't last a minute, then what ability could solve this problem?
Izayoi couldn't think of anything for now. So, he tried using Chakra Beads and Amenonuhoko, hoping to open a hole in the God Tree and create a space-time tunnel connecting to the Ryūmyaku, but both attempts failed.
Wood Release could connect to the God Tree because they shared the same origin.
But Chakra Beads and Amenonuhoko could both be considered products of Yin-Yang Release, falling under the scope of what the God Tree was immune to.
Izayoi still didn't give up.
If Wood Release and Misukaji were ineffective, then Izayoi wouldn't have cared, he would just help Hinata and the other girls extend their lifespans by a few centuries, waiting for the Chakra Fruit to ripen.
But since Wood Release and Misukaji were effective, it meant this shortcut was viable, and there must be a way to solve this drawback.
However, since he couldn't think of a solution for now, Izayoi wasn't overly anxious.
There were still many years before Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki and his companions arrived on Earth.
Having dealt with Isshiki Ōtsutsuki, he had plenty of time.
So, Izayoi quickly sorted his thoughts, created a wood clone to guard the God Tree in the forest, and returned home.
"Onii-chan, you're back! Is everything taken care of?"
As soon as he emerged from the black portal created by Yomotsu Hirasaka, Izayoi saw a slender figure pounce on him. Like a sloth clinging to a tree, she latched onto Izayoi, asking with a bright smile.
"Yeah, it's all handled," Izayoi said, holding his sister-in-law's backside, a hint of apology in his smile. "Sorry for making you prepare for nothing."
"Hehe… it's fine. Birthdays happen every year, and we can make it up. Onii-chan's matters are more important," Hanabi chuckled.
"Hanabi, you're almost as tall as Izayoi-kun now, you can't be so childish. Come down quickly."
Hinata's admonishing voice suddenly reached them.
"What do you mean? I'm not an adult yet. Wait until you and Onii-chan get married before you try to boss me around," Hanabi retorted, but still obediently climbed down from Izayoi.
Being five years younger than Izayoi and Hinata, coupled with receiving Izayoi and the Stone of Gelel's help early on, and due to genetic factors, Hanabi's precocity was even more pronounced than Hinata's.
She was now a super beautiful girl standing at 1.7 meters.
Aside from a hint of childishness on her face and a figure not yet as developed as her Boruto-era self, the current Hanabi already possessed some of the charm of Boruto's top waifu.
The titles of 'New Generation's Top Beauty' and 'Princess' had already spread throughout the shinobi world.
As Izayoi's only disciple, the future Hokage's wife's sister, and the future head of the Hyūga clan's main family, Hanabi's fame had already surpassed the previous generation's Genin, making her the top figure of the new generation.
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