Takuno and Nagato seemed to have chatted for a while, but in reality, it was only an instant.
In Kaguya's perception, she only saw Nagato's soul flash by, and then Takuno, who should have been at his wit's end, unexpectedly burst forth with power again.
Although this power was not particularly strong, the problem was that she, having already had two-tenths of her power taken, was no longer as formidable as she was initially!
With one side weakening and the other strengthening, Takuno ultimately succeeded in using this power, which was insignificant to both him and Kaguya, to snatch another half-tenth of the Chakra Fruit origin from her.
Within the consciousness space, the moment Takuno successfully snatched that last part of the Chakra Fruit, his spirit reached its true limit!
He had squeezed out the last bit of power gifted by Nagato and overdrawn all of his own potential.
Kaguya's shriek of shock and despair almost tore apart this mental domain.
She could not accept being forced to this extent by a "mortal," nor could she tolerate her core power being plundered in such a way!
"Don't even think about it!!"
Kaguya's will, wrapped in her remaining divine power, counterattacked furiously, attempting to crush Takuno along with the stolen power.
However, Takuno did not hesitate. At the moment Kaguya's power was at its most violent, he formed hand seals.
"Reverse Chimera Technique: Dissolution!"
Buzz!!!
An indescribable blinding light suddenly erupted, instantly engulfing the entire consciousness space.
Wherever the light reached, the consciousness space itself groaned under the unbearable strain, and cracks spread wildly.
The consciousness space was completely shattering from within!
"No!!"
Kaguya's shriek was filled with monstrous hatred; the light, while disintegrating the space, was also tearing apart her foundation!
Outside, on the battlefield ruins.
Kaguya's body, which was already violently fluctuating in mid-air due to the dramatic changes in the consciousness space, now underwent its final dramatic transformation!
Boom!
A dull roar, yet one that seemed to echo through the soul, resounded.
That perfect body, condensed from pure chakra, symbolizing the descent of the Rabbit Goddess.
Under the desperate gaze of the Sage of Six Paths, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Black Zetsu, it suddenly exploded from its core!
There was no flesh and blood flying, only two masses of light, distinctly different in nature, suddenly separating!
One mass of light was enormous, occupying about three-quarters of the total, emitting Kaguya's familiar yet clearly weakened and chaotic chakra fluctuations.
The light flickered violently, as if countless angry faces of Kaguya were twisting and struggling within, filled with unwillingness and a will to destroy.
This was the main body of Kaguya's remaining power and will, after being forcibly stripped of a portion of her core origin!
The other mass of light was noticeably smaller, about one-third the size of the larger mass.
Although the small mass of light was small, it was exceptionally stable. This was the core power containing that 25% of the Chakra Fruit origin, forcibly plundered and ultimately stripped away by Takuno, using himself as a vessel!
It no longer belonged to Kaguya, but was branded with Takuno's mark, becoming a nascent "existence"!
Without Takuno's continuous interference and tearing, the large mass of light, which occupied three-quarters of the volume, finally broke free from its restraints.
The angry, distorted faces of Kaguya within it instantly became clear and materialized!
Buzz!
A majestic pressure descended with a roar, instantly engulfing the entire battlefield ruins.
Space seemed to solidify, and even the air became as heavy as lead.
The light receded, and Kaguya's majestic figure stood proudly in the void.
She wore wide sleeves, her white hair cascaded like a waterfall, and her pale complexion appeared even colder in the lingering halo.
However, at this moment, the face of the Ancestor of chakra showed no trace of indifference or transcendence.
Her face was pale with extreme gloom, and her Byakugan, which should have seen all things, was now covered with hideous bloodshot veins, venomously locked onto the other light and shadow forming in front of her.
And what was most chilling was the blood-red Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan on her forehead, within which the surging fury almost materialized and burst forth!
Her eyes were filled with monstrous hatred and humiliation from being desecrated by an ant and having her supreme power forcibly plundered!
Her arrival was not a return at full power, but one accompanied by the weakness of a torn foundation and the excruciating pain of having 25% of the Chakra Fruit origin forcibly taken!
This weakness and pain amplified her current rage a thousandfold.
"Despicable thief!"
A shriek, containing endless fury and spatial tremors, erupted from Kaguya's mouth.
On the other side, the smaller, stable mass of light that separated after Kaguya's core exploded was also undergoing dramatic changes simultaneously.
This was the existence carrying Takuno's will and the plundered 25% of the Chakra Fruit origin.
Within the light mass, Takuno's consciousness rapidly searched through the special substance containing his own genetic imprint.
This was a profound reshaping and fusion of the essence of life, catalyzed by the vast and primal power of the Chakra Fruit origin.
The reshaping process was astonishingly fast.
Amidst the flowing radiance, bones, muscles, Tenketsu, skin...
Layer upon layer of clear and resilient structures rapidly formed in the glow of the Chakra Fruit origin.
It was not the flesh and blood of a mortal, but a creation closer to a "god," fused with the great power of the God Tree and Takuno's own will.
Soon, the light receded, and a complete body stood proudly in the void.
His face was identical to that of the former "Collector" Takuno, with sharp features and a sense of coldness.
However, his skin color had completely transformed into the Ōtsutsuki Clan's characteristic cold, moon-like pallor.
His formerly deep eyes had now become pure, flawless Byakugan that saw through everything, quietly looking down at the shattered world below.
Most striking was his forehead.
A blood-red tomoe Rinnegan slowly opened. The number of tomoe was not Kaguya's complete nine, but six, slowly rotating within the blood-red eye.
This indicated that the Chakra Fruit origin he controlled was only 25% of Kaguya's, far from its complete form.
Therefore, this Rinnegan also appeared "incomplete," lacking in power.
However, even with an incomplete Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, and even with only 25% of divine power, the pressure Takuno exuded at this moment was still overwhelmingly suffocating.
This was not Kaguya's "momentum" that crushed by sheer quantity, but the manifestation of "quality" naturally emitted by Takuno after perfectly mastering this portion of the Chakra Fruit origin with his own will, leading to a highly condensed power.
He raised his newly formed pale palm, feeling the unprecedented power flowing within him, and his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan gaze.
Calmly turned towards Kaguya, who had just materialized nearby and was shrieking venomously due to her foundation being torn apart.
"Damn thief, give me back my power!" Kaguya roared furiously.
Kaguya's enraged Byakugan locked onto Takuno, and space tore before her like a fragile curtain!
She instantly crossed the barrier of the ruins, appearing precisely at the location where Takuno had reshaped his body.
This new form with pale skin, Byakugan, and a blood-red Six-Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead was so glaring in her eyes, irrefutable proof of his theft of her power!
Her pale palm, imbued with Yin-Yang Release Power capable of distorting space, fiercely grabbed at Takuno's neck, intending to utterly crush this despicable thief and reclaim her own origin!
However, where her palm landed, she only grasped a void afterimage!
Takuno's figure quietly vanished from his original spot just before Kaguya's fingertips touched him.
What remained was merely an illusion, almost indistinguishable from the real thing, instantly condensed from pure Yin Nature chakra.
"What?!" Kaguya was furious and shocked, her blood-red Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan on her forehead spinning wildly, trying to capture Takuno's true body.
"Heh..."
Almost at the same time, Takuno's figure re-solidified in mid-air dozens of meters away.
Although he had not yet retrieved his own eyes, his unique space-time dōjutsu, Sarutahiko, was already deeply imprinted in the execution trajectory of his soul and chakra.
At this moment, he forcibly activated this power with his masterful Yin Release attainments. Although its power and convenience were far inferior to when he possessed the Rinnegan.
It was already enough for him to evade Kaguya's determined capture.
Kaguya's attack missed, and her monstrous rage almost incinerated her sanity.
She floated in the air, her Sage of Six Paths Robe fluttering without wind, and the space around her violently distorted by her berserk chakra.
She stared fixedly at the reappearing Takuno.
"Thief! Ant!" Kaguya's voice carried the madness of destroying everything.
"Do you think you can escape my grasp with these stolen tricks?!"
Takuno calmly met Kaguya's gaze, saying nothing more.
Above the battlefield ruins, pale and pale figures chased each other at high speed amidst the swirling dust and broken God Tree branches.
Kaguya, the Ancestor of chakra, now possessed only three-quarters of her full power. The arrogance of a god had been completely ignited into fury by Takuno's plunder.
Her Byakugan was locked onto the flickering figure ahead, each attack carrying terrifying power that tore through space.
"Thief! Return it to me!!"
A piercing shriek accompanied a deadly attack.
Her white hair flowed like a raging waterfall, and countless sharp hair strands imbued with Yin-Yang Release Power—Rabbit Hair Needle.
Transformed into a silver-gray storm covering the sky and earth, tearing through the air, carrying the curse of sealing chakra, pouring down upon Takuno!
However, Takuno's figure seemed to have merged with space itself.
Facing this unavoidable rain of death, ripples like water spread around his body.
Sarutahiko!
His body became illusory the instant the Rabbit Hair Needle was about to touch him, like an unreal projection, allowing the sharp hair strands capable of piercing mountains to pass through without harming him in the slightest.
The next moment, his physical form solidified in mid-air dozens of meters away.
"Don't even think of escaping!"
Kaguya's attack missed, and her fury burned even brighter.
She fiercely pushed her hands forward, and boundless chakra instantly condensed and erupted!
Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!
Countless massive chakra fists, solid as reality, appeared out of thin air, carrying the power to shatter stars.
From all directions, up, down, left, and right, in a stance that completely sealed space, they relentlessly bombarded Takuno's position!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Space wailed, and the earth cracked and sank again under the terrifying shockwaves.
The violent chakra turbulence instantly pulverized the remaining God Tree branches and rocks.
Even Hashirama and Tobirama, despite being relatively far away, were unable to maintain their balance due to the destructive aftershocks, their eyes filled with horror.
This was the true power of the Ancestor, even weakened, it was enough to easily level mountains!
But in the center of that storm of fist shadows, capable of reducing any existence to nothingness, Takuno's figure moved like a phantom.
His Sarutahiko ability was utilized to its utmost.
Each time a giant chakra fist was about to strike, his body would transform into a spatial illusion.
The moment the attack passed through the "illusion," his true body would have already used spatial folding to jump to a gap or edge of the attack.
He did not move in a straight line, but continuously flickered within the folds of space, narrowly avoiding the devastating blows that could severely injure even a Six Paths body.
The Six-tomoe blood pupil on his forehead rotated at high speed, precisely calculating the transfer path of each spatial node.
Amidst the swirling dust and shattered energy fragments, Takuno's figure reappeared in front of Kaguya's side, his clothes flapping in the energy turbulence.
His Byakugan calmly observed the enraged Ancestor, as if the country-destroying attack just now was merely a gentle breeze.
His Ōtsutsuki pale skin and the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead, symbolizing the fruits of his plunder, appeared particularly glaring at this moment.
"Damn it! Damn it all!!!"
Kaguya watched as Takuno once again dodged her ultimate attack unscathed. The feeling of humiliation stemming from her bloodline and power being stolen almost drove her insane.
Her pale cheeks twisted with extreme rage, and the blood-red Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan on her forehead fluctuated violently, releasing even more terrifying chakra pressure.
She couldn't understand, nor could she accept, that a mortal who had stolen a portion of her divine power could so easily toy with her, a god!
Give up? That word had never existed in Kaguya's dictionary!
Especially when it came to reclaiming her own power!
Endless rage and obsession sustained her, driving her vast chakra.
Without hesitation, she once again raised her palm, imbued with destructive power, her white hair rising like venomous snakes, and a new attack was already brewing.
As long as Takuno was still in this space, as long as his aura had not been completely erased, her pursuit would never cease!
Even if it meant completely shattering this Shinobi World that harbored her, she would crush that despicable thief and reclaim her Chakra Fruit origin!
Her figure once again transformed into a pale stream of light tearing through space, shooting towards Takuno with an undying resolve!
Facing such a berserk Kaguya, Takuno curled his lips.
Yes, just like that. The crazier she gets, the more power she wastes, and the more obvious her flaws become.
Kaguya was clearly blinded by rage now. In the original story, she still knew not to destroy the Shinobi World, which she would need later as a seedling bed, and would use Amenominaka to fight in her own space.
However, in her current enraged state, Kaguya had even forgotten this step.