Chapter 168 – Indra's Rinnegan
"Three Thousand Degrees: Merciless Sun."
Hatake Yusuke thrust the blazing orb toward Indra.
Indra's eyes narrowed. Even his Susanoo wouldn't be able to withstand that level of heat. His dōjutsu began to spin violently once again.
"Chōken Tama."
A round, divine weapon materialized in Susanoo's hand, emanating immense suction. It devoured Yusuke's fiery sphere completely—one of Indra's most sacred weapons.
"Chōman Tama."
The weapon turned bright blue, then unleashed a colossal wave of energy, firing it back at Yusuke like an explosion of destruction.
The twin weapons' combined ability was absolute absorption and conversion—devouring any form of energy and returning it magnified as one's own. It was said to surpass even the two divine treasures wielded by Uchiha Itachi.
"Impressive ability," Yusuke murmured, admiring it.
But he didn't flinch.
"Shinra Tensei."
An immense repulsive force erupted from his body, obliterating the incoming blast in an instant.
"What?!" Indra's eyes widened. He recognized that power immediately.
"Want to try again?" Yusuke smiled faintly. The air around him shimmered with overwhelming heat.
"Ten Thousand Degrees: Merciless Sun."
A much larger orb formed in his hand—its heat so intense that the surrounding air warped. He hurled it toward Indra once more.
"Chōken Tama!"
Indra repeated his defense, but this time, it didn't go as smoothly.
Halfway through absorption, cracks began forming across the divine weapon. The fractures spread rapidly—until it shattered completely. Even Susanoo's armor began to fissure.
Then, Indra's eyes changed. A violent explosion erupted, engulfing the battlefield in dust and smoke.
Fortunately, Yusuke had activated his Room barrier beforehand. Without it, the entire area would've been vaporized.
When the haze cleared, Indra emerged unscathed. Not a single burn.
Yusuke's attack, capable of obliterating even Edo Tensei gods, had been nullified. Indra had completely resisted it.
"You're strong," Indra said calmly, his eyes still closed. "Stronger than I expected. You've forced me this far…"
Then he opened them.
In his eyes gleamed a pair of blue Rinnegan, radiating divine light.
"Oh? Blue Rinnegan? A mutation, perhaps?" Yusuke smirked.
He had always suspected Indra possessed a form beyond the Mangekyō Sharingan.
After all, Indra had once defeated Ashura—the one who inherited the Sage of Six Paths' power.
Even Ashura had needed the aid of the entire Shinobi Sect to finally overcome him. That fact alone spoke volumes of Indra's might.
If Madara could awaken Rinnegan by merging just a fraction of Hashirama's cells, then surely Indra, the Sage's own son, carried the same potential from birth.
"Volcano Meteor Shower!"
Yusuke raised both hands to the sky, summoning a rain of molten meteors.
"Fūinjutsu: Chakra Sealing Barrier!"
A transparent dome surrounded Indra, attempting to absorb Yusuke's chakra.
"Absorption? Let's see you handle this," Yusuke muttered with a smirk.
Lava wasn't pure chakra—it was real molten rock, born from nature itself. Even if his chakra were nullified, the magma would still burn.
"Super Shinra Tensei!"
A colossal repulsive blast shattered the falling meteors, scattering molten fragments across the battlefield.
"Banshō Ten'in!"
Indra extended a hand. Yusuke's body was instantly pulled toward him. A black rod appeared in Indra's grip.
But before he could strike, Yusuke's form dissolved into particles of light.
"Chibaku Tensei."
A black sphere floated skyward. The earth around them rose, drawn by its gravity, forming a massive satellite. Even Yusuke's dispersed light was caught in the pull, sealed inside the growing sphere.
"Infinity."
Yusuke reappeared atop the rocky moon, standing effortlessly as gravity bent around him.
"Your ocular power truly is remarkable," he admitted, looking down at Indra.
"Multiple Chibaku Tensei!"
The single core split into ten smaller gravitational orbs that hung above Yusuke before descending all at once.
"Chakra Mode."
Golden chakra burst from Yusuke's body, wrapping him in divine armor. His eyes turned gold, snowflake-like patterns of blue and gold swirling within.
"That's… Truth-Seeking Orbs?!" Indra gasped.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
The orbs merged into a massive golden blade. With each swing, Yusuke cleaved through a Chibaku Tensei sphere, one after another, until all ten were gone.
"Truth-Seeking Laser!"
A destructive beam shot forth from one of the orbs, cutting through space itself.
"No way! A human… creating Truth-Seeking Orbs?!" Indra's disbelief was genuine.
Even Rinnegan users could only form black rods—not these divine spheres. Creating them required divine chakra—like that of the Sage or Ashura himself.
Yet Yusuke only smiled. His Tenseigan-empowered Chakra Mode gave him near-limitless energy.
It was the same principle behind Ōtsutsuki Toneri's power—proof that Tenseigan could rival Rinnegan in might.
"Why not? If I imagine it, it simply manifests," Yusuke said casually, and several more orbs materialized around him.
Indra's voice trembled. "Your eyes… what are they? They surpass even my Rinnegan."
"Tenseigan," Yusuke replied flatly.
The golden aura around him pulsed like a living sun, filling the cavern with divine light.
"Tenseigan? What is that?" Indra demanded, confusion flickering in his tone.
Yusuke shrugged. "Doesn't matter. I've had enough fun. Let's end this."
He deactivated his Chakra Mode, the golden light fading from his body.
"You dare mock me?" Indra roared, fury igniting once more. His dōjutsu blazed to life, radiating destructive intent.
Yusuke sighed softly. "Fine then. Let's raise the stakes."
He closed his eyes—then reopened them.
This time, his irises were blood-red, marked with six tomoe spiraling around each pupil.
It was more terrifying than the Tenseigan—a form caught between godhood and infinity.
But it wasn't complete. The tomoe on his right eye were uneven, hinting that his evolution was still in progress.
Yusuke's eyes had now fully absorbed the Tenseigan's scattered essence, evolving from the purple Rinnegan into the crimson Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
The next stage awaited him—Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, and finally… Golden Rinnegan, the ultimate form of ocular divinity.
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