Before crossing through time, Adult Sasuke and Boruto had already experienced the life-and-death battle with Momoshiki and Kinshiki. Boruto had even been implanted with the mysterious Kama by Momoshiki during that battle.
However, they still did not know the essence and potential uses of the Kama, nor had they encountered Kawaki or Jigen from the Kara organization.
When they saw the black patterns emerging on Menma's body, the horn growing from his forehead, and especially that dazzling, brilliant golden Tenseigan, although they couldn't accurately judge the authenticity of its form, the majesty and oppressive force that poured down, transcending all living things, immediately made them think of the Otsutsuki!
The Kama in Boruto's right palm seemed stimulated by some intense resonance, beginning to uncontrollably heat up and sting, even faintly flickering with unstable blue-white light, causing Boruto to grunt involuntarily and tightly grip his wrist.
Adult Sasuke's single arm also instantly pressed down on the hilt of the Kusanagi Sword, the Rinnegan beneath his slanted bangs filled with unprecedented gravity and shock.
Without any need for verbal communication, based on their experience fighting Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki, as well as the abnormal reaction of the Kama at this moment, both reached a conclusion that sank their hearts to the bottom.
This 'Menma' emanating golden Chakra before them was definitely an Otsutsuki!
And one far more dangerous and unfathomably powerful than Urashiki!
Urashiki in the air was far more terrified inside than the people on the ground.
He had noticed earlier that the Kama in Boruto's palm was implanted by Momoshiki, and now that Kama was resonating. Moreover, the aura of a 'compatriot' emanating from that human named Menma and this overwhelming pressure that looked down on everything!
Without a doubt, this was pure Otsutsuki lineage, purer than that eyeless guy on the moon!
'Is it a vessel? Did my attack cause this vessel to awaken prematurely? And...' Urashiki's gaze locked tightly onto that golden Tenseigan, an uncontrollable chill spreading through him.
'This eye... a golden Tenseigan... even in the Otsutsuki main family, it hasn't appeared for how many millennia? Just who in the world is this guy?!'
He rapidly searched his mind for information on all known Otsutsuki Clan's members, especially the notable feature of the dragon horn, only to find that no corresponding existence existed in his memory database!
According to plan, this planet should have been the target of Kaguya and Isshiki!
The reason he had come to investigate was precisely because he had sensed that Kaguya and Isshiki had been out of contact for a long time, thus discovering the truth of Kaguya's betrayal.
But how could a strange kinsman with a golden Tenseigan suddenly pop up here?
Suppressing the stormy waves in his heart, Urashiki attempted to probe with a cautious tone: "You... who exactly are you? I have never heard that any other kinsmen lingered in this star field."
His voice was no longer as frivolous as before, instead carrying a hint of tension.
Menma, disguised in the awakened state of an Otsutsuki 'vessel', floated in mid-air. His golden Tenseigan coldly looked down at Urashiki, as if scrutinizing an insignificant ant.
He trod on invisible steps, slowly drifting closer to Urashiki. The golden Chakra surrounding his body blazed like flames, illuminating the gradually darkening night sky as if it were daytime.
"Hmph..." Menma spoke, his voice deep, carrying a sense of vicissitude and majesty: "A brat from the main family, have you not even heard my name?"
Upon hearing this, the ominous premonition in Urashiki's heart instantly magnified!
'This kind of aura could absolutely not be possessed by a native of this planet!'
'Even the atavistic descendant on the moon with pure Otsutsuki lineage could never have such a terrifying sense of oppression!'
'Could it be... an ancient kinsman who had descended upon this planet in the distant past but had lain dormant for countless years for some reason?'
Just as Urashiki's mind was violently shaken, Menma's body began to accelerate upwards, like a rising sun. Its dazzling light dispelled the night, illuminating the entire coastline as bright as day.
On the ground, Boruto, Adult Sasuke, Jiraiya, Young Sasuke, as well as Yugao and Sai, who had recovered some strength, all looked up, staring dumbfounded at this miraculous scene, their hearts filled with indescribable shock.
Menma's voice, like rolling thunder, carried surging killing intent, resounding between heaven and earth:
"I was imprisoned for ten thousand years... and exiled from my own homeland... Now, you juniors who don't know the immensity of the world dare to set foot on my territory... you truly seek death!"
Boom—!
Accompanying his words, a wave of icy, bone-chilling, terrifying killing intent erupted from Menma, shooting into the sky!
Urashiki, who had been leisurely and at ease like a cat playing with a mouse moments ago, now felt all the hair on his body stand on end instantly, a huge sense of crisis signaling imminent death washing over him!
He couldn't even see the other party's movements clearly. He only saw a flash of golden light before his eyes, and that figure radiating endless majesty appeared before him as if by teleportation!
His horrified face was reflected in the golden Tenseigan, the eyes filled with undisguised contempt and pure killing intent!
'Not good!' Urashiki was greatly alarmed. His survival instinct made him, almost as a conditioned reflex, raise the red fishing rod in his hand, barely managing to block it in front of his chest!
Bang!!!
A dull, loud crash exploded!
Menma's seemingly casual kick contained terrifying power capable of splitting mountains and cracking rocks, slamming viciously into Urashiki's hastily raised fishing rod!
Urashiki felt a tremendous force completely impossible to resist transmit through the fishing rod. His arm holding the rod ached and went numb, blood sprayed from his mouth, and his entire body flew backwards at high speed!
The fishing rod he had desperately clung to nearly flew from his grasp, and the red fishing line binding Naruto could no longer hold!
"Wah!" Naruto cried out in surprise as he fell from mid-air.
"Naruto!" Although Jiraiya was also cowed by that terrifying killing intent, he reacted quickly. Forcefully enduring the heart-stopping pressure, he leaped high, caught the falling Naruto in mid-air, then quickly landed back on the ground, protecting the shaken Naruto behind him.
In the sky, the battle showed a one-sided crushing situation from the very beginning!
Urashiki, who had just been toying with Jiraiya, Adult Sasuke, and the others like playthings, was now like a clumsy punching bag in front of Menma, only able to passively take hits!
Urashiki barely managed to steady himself in the air, his internal organs aching as if displaced. Before he could catch his breath, a fatal sense of crisis came from behind again!
Without thinking, his body instantly transformed into hundreds of red paper cranes, scattering in all directions!
Almost the moment he scattered, a pitch-black Chakra Rod passed through the midst of the flying paper cranes, the sharp wind pressure it carried tearing several of them to shreds!
Menma's figure appeared. He casually retrieved that black Chakra Rod and rested it on his shoulder, his golden pupil coldly sweeping over Urashiki, who had reformed his figure not far away, his face pale.
'How is it possible... my Six-Tomoe Rinnegan can't even clearly see his movements?!' Shockwaves surged in Urashiki's heart. The other party's speed had reached an inconceivable level!
Before he could think further, that sense of crisis came again!
Urashiki was scared out of his wits. Almost instinctively, he raised his right hand, palm forward, and once again unleashed that powerful repulsive force similar to Shinra Tensei!
"Begone!"
The invisible, overwhelming repulsive force burst forth, rushing like a raging sea towards Menma, who was charging at high speed!
However, to Urashiki's horror, his pupils contracting sharply, facing his never-before-failed terrifying repulsive force, Menma's charging figure only paused slightly. The golden Chakra Cloak blazing like flames around his body stubbornly resisted that immense repulsive force!
The Chakra Rod in his hand remained steadfast, inch by inch, pushing against the berserk repulsive force, thrusting towards Urashiki's palm!
'Impossible!'
'This is absolutely impossible!'
'He was only in the initial awakening stage of the Kama!'
'How could he possess such brute force?!'
Urashiki's heart was filled with absurdity and fear. Everything happening before him completely overturned his understanding!
In Urashiki's despairing gaze, that Chakra Rod, like a red-hot iron spike piercing ice and snow, forcibly pushed against his repulsive force, advancing inch by inch, until finally—
Squelch!
A soft sound, accompanied by Urashiki's miserable scream, as the Chakra Rod precisely pierced through the palm of his right hand!
Blood immediately sprayed from the hole in his palm like a fountain!
"Ah!! Yomotsu Hirasaka!" Under the intense pain, Urashiki could no longer care about anything else. He frantically activated his Ocular Power, trying to open a Space-Time passage to escape from this terrifying 'kinsman'!
"Trying to leave?" Menma snorted coldly, released his grip on the Chakra Rod, and his body closed in again!
On his right fist, dark red and golden Chakra intertwined like a spiral, slamming viciously towards Urashiki's face, twisted in pain!
Bang!!!
Another tooth-achingly loud sound!
Urashiki's cheek visibly caved in and deformed, several teeth mixing with blood spraying from his mouth!
The Yomotsu Hirasaka he had only half-opened also instantly collapsed and dissipated because the user had suffered a heavy blow!
Urashiki flew backwards again like a torn sack, tracing a disheveled arc in the air, coughing violently, blood staining his white robes.
Extreme fear and intense pain finally thoroughly provoked his ferocity. He steadied himself, used his remaining left hand to tightly grip his fishing rod, a flash of madness in his eyes, and hoarsely roared: "You monster! Even if you're a kinsman, I'll make you pay!"
"Amenosubaruboshinomikoto!"
He no longer cared about the prohibition against kinsmen killing each other. His fishing rod swung wildly, and dozens of red fishhooks, like a violent storm, with sharp sounds of cutting through the air, shot towards Menma from all directions!
The expressionless Menma simply raised his left hand. Around his body, dozens of Chakra Rods, only as thick as fingers but also radiating an ominous aura, instantly coalesced, floating beside him.
Then, dozens of Chakra Rods shot like arrows, precisely targeting the incoming red fishhooks!
Boom boom boom boom—!
A series of deafening explosions instantly burst in the sky!
Red and black lights intertwined and flashed. Berserk Chakra Shockwaves spread like ripples, pressing the trees of the forest below flat to the ground!
On the ground, Jiraiya and Naruto looked up at this terrifying battle, their faces filled with shock.
"What terrifying strength... actually beating that guy who had us backed into a corner so badly..." Jiraiya turned his head to look at the equally grim-faced Adult Sasuke and lowered his voice to ask, "Hey, Samoyan, what exactly is going on? How could that kid..."
Adult Sasuke slowly shook his head, the Rinnegan in his eye filled with confusion and vigilance: "I don't know... but the Chakra erupting from his body feels... very abnormal."
He had just tried to use his Rinnegan to discern Menma's Chakra, but received a vague and dangerous feedback.
Menma's Chakra felt to him like... the Ten-Tails!
But with an added indescribable sense of 'nothingness'...
Meanwhile, Young Sasuke on the other side, even though he had pushed his Two-Tomoe Sharingan to its limit, completely couldn't capture the trajectory of the two intersecting figures in the sky. He could only see the flashes of explosions and the aftermath of energy collisions.
He gritted his teeth, his fingernails almost digging into his palms, a huge sense of powerlessness and reluctance rising in his heart: 'That guy Menma... how could he possibly possess this kind of power?!'
Just then, the Kama in Boruto's right palm surged again violently, the stinging pain making cold sweat break out on his forehead.
Seeing this, Adult Sasuke quickly reached out with his single arm to press on Boruto's shoulder, trying to use his own meager Chakra to help stabilize the situation, but with little effect.
The smoke from the explosions in the sky slowly dispersed, revealing the scene within.
However, Urashiki was nowhere to be seen!
Only Menma's figure, radiating a golden glow, still quietly floated in the air, his golden Tenseigan coldly scanning the surroundings, as if searching for something.
Clearly, Urashiki had taken advantage of the smoke and Chakra wave chaos from the explosion as cover, opened Yomotsu Hirasaka again, and fled without hesitation.
However, Menma was not anxious.
First, during the close-quarters combat, he had left a Flying Thunder God Technique's mark on Urashiki. Second, he knew very well that the Karasuki in Boruto's hand was the only one... Urashiki didn't have a second treasure that could travel through time and space to directly return to his original Space-Time.
As long as he was still on this planet, he would appear again sooner or later, and his target would most likely still be the Nine-Tails inside Naruto.
Menma slowly lowered his head, his eyes cold, looking down like a deity at Jiraiya, Adult Sasuke, Boruto, and the worried Naruto below.
"Menma-nii!" Naruto couldn't help but shout when he saw Menma looking his way, wanting to rush over, but Jiraiya tightly held his shoulder down.
"Don't go over there, Naruto!" Jiraiya's voice was unprecedentedly serious, and he no longer cared that he and Naruto hadn't 'officially met' yet.
Jiraiya's eyes sharp as he looked at Menma floating in the air, his voice low: "That guy... right now, is completely not the Menma you know!"
Everyone was on high alert, every muscle in their bodies taut to the limit.
They had just driven away one wolf, but seemed to have ushered in an even more ferocious and terrifying tiger!
Menma in the air slowly raised his right hand.
A mass of dark purple Chakra, as if condensing all the negative energy in the world, began to spin and compress rapidly in his palm!
Soon, an apple-sized, pitch-black Chakra Sphere, emitting a faint purple glow from within, with rings of sharp Wind Release coiling on its surface, coalesced into form!
The sphere radiated a heart-stopping aura of destruction, and the surrounding space seemed to faintly warp under the strain of this power!
"That's... a Rasengan?" Jiraiya was stunned, but immediately denied the idea.
'No!'
'Not right!'
'Although the form was somewhat similar, the essence was completely different!'
'The concentration and nature of that Chakra... were too dangerous!'
Boruto's eyes also widened... he too could feel the terrifying power contained within that black sphere resembling the Rasengan!
A fatal sense of crisis instantly entangled the heart of everyone present!
Jiraiya had even prepared to use the Body Flicker Technique to escape with Naruto at any moment!
However, just then, another change occurred!
Menma, floating in the air, suddenly began to shake violently!
His previously indifferent face showed an expression of painful struggle!
He suddenly raised his left hand, tightly grabbing his right wrist, which held the coalesced black sphere, as if struggling against some invisible force!
He lowered his head, looking at Naruto on the ground. The cold look in his eyes seemed to dim for an instant, replaced by the familiar anxiety and concern that Naruto knew. Using all his strength, he hoarsely shouted:
"Naruto! Run!!"
But this moment of clarity lasted only an instant. His expression was again replaced by ferocity and violent cruelty. The left half of his face twisted, emitting a low, angry roar: "Shut up! You ant! Obediently fall asleep forever!!"
Jiraiya and Adult Sasuke on the ground almost simultaneously captured this brief but intense change!
The same thought flashed through both their minds: 'Struggle! It's Menma's own consciousness fighting for control of the body against the 'Otsutsuki consciousness' possessing him!'
The next moment, as if confirming their speculation, Menma suddenly let out a roar, seemingly briefly suppressing the 'Otsutsuki consciousness' inside him!
His right hand coalescing the black sphere, using its last ounce of strength, suddenly swung upwards!
That black sphere, like a runaway horse, trailing a dark red tail flame, shot straight into the pitch-black night sky, instantly disappearing into the thick cloud layer!
The whole world seemed to go quiet for a moment.
Then—
Boom!!!
A blazing white light, more dazzling and blinding than the sun, suddenly exploded from deep within the clouds thousands of meters high!
The explosion instantly swallowed all clouds within a radius of several kilometers, violently blasting a huge spherical hole with clearly visible edges in the night sky!
The terrifying Chakra Shockwave spread wildly in all directions like a tsunami!
Even though the explosion occurred thousands of meters in the air, that terrifying shockwave still pressed down on the ground like a roaring mountain and crashing sea!
The entire forest on the island of the Land of Waves, trees uniformly toppled outward, groaning under the strain!
On the sea surface, waves several meters high surged outward!
And Jiraiya and the others, directly below the explosion, bore the brunt!
The berserk air wave, mixed with scorching heat, rushed towards them, making their clothes flutter, their hair flying backwards wildly, and the white light stinging their eyes almost shut!
Boruto, Young Sasuke, and the others, who were slightly weaker, were forced back repeatedly by this air pressure, needing to use Chakra to adhere to the ground just to barely stand steady!
After a long while, the suffocating light and impact slowly faded.
Everyone looked up at the sky, still shaken.
Where the sky had been covered with clouds, there was now a huge and strange hole. The clouds at the edge of the hole were still slowly rolling, as if a piece of the sky had been gouged out!
And Menma in the air, the dazzling golden Chakra Cloak around him extinguished like a candle in the wind. The golden Tenseigan on his forehead slowly closed and disappeared, and the dragon horn and black patterns on his body also faded like a tide.
As if he had exhausted all his strength, his body went limp, and like a bird with broken wings, he plummeted straight down from the sky!
"Menma-nii!"
Naruto was the first to react, breaking free from Jiraiya's grasp and rushing desperately towards where Menma was falling!
Jiraiya immediately followed close behind, reaching near the landing spot in a few bounds.
Naruto had already caught the unconscious Menma, laying him flat on the ground, anxiously calling out to him.
Jiraiya crouched down and carefully checked Menma's condition.
Menma's breathing was steady, his face pale, but he seemed merely exhausted and unconscious. Apart from some superficial injuries from the fight with Urashiki, there was no major problem.
Jiraiya looked up again at that shocking huge hole in the sky, and the surrounding forest that looked as if it had been ravaged by a hurricane. He couldn't help but click his tongue, his face full of disbelief and deep concern: 'This kid... just what kind of monster is hidden inside him... if that last attack had landed on the ground...'
He could imagine that it would definitely exceed the destruction of a Tailed Beast Bomb, and the entire Land of Waves would probably be erased from the planet.
Adult Sasuke also walked over with Boruto, looking at the unconscious Menma with a complex expression, as if pondering something.
Boruto looked at his own right palm, which had finally calmed down but still retained a lingering burning sensation, his mood also extremely complicated.