A wild, unrestrained laugh burst out of Moryo's mouth.
"Hahahahaha! Only realizing it now, idiot!"
Everything that had been drained from his body was underground dark energy, a type of natural energy. It was different from mental energy.
Although Zero-Tails could also make use of it.
Moryo, even without earth energy, was originally split from the priestess's body.
So he himself possessed spiritual power.
As for mental darkness, it had to come from all kinds of negative emotions like despair, sadness, anger, and hatred.
Those were things Moryo completely lacked, so naturally he wouldn't be controlled by Zero-Tails.
Moryo raised his hand, and a purple sphere appeared in his palm, "What a nostalgic kind of energy."
"I should thank you at least a little for reminding me of my past self."
Shinno was slightly surprised, but quickly calmed down.
He let out a cold laugh, "Interesting ability, but you're nowhere near my level."
Shinno reached a hand toward Obito. The illusory Zero-Tails swept through Obito's mind.
A flood of painful memories instantly surged up in Obito's head.
Kakashi piercing Rin, Rin kissing Kakashi, Rin dying, his entire life being manipulated by Madara.
"Ahhhhhh!", As the memories churned, the pain in his mind far exceeded the pain in his body.
Obito let out a heart-wrenching scream.
At that moment, a black aura began to emerge from Shinno.
He laughed in triumph, "Hahahahaha! I can feel it! I can feel it!"
"What astonishing dark chakra."
"Hehehehe! Hahahahahaha!"
"The power of dark chakra isn't just for reviving the Zero-Tails. Depending on how it's used, things like this can be done too."
As he spoke, Shinno's eyes bulged, his expression twisted. As his hands moved, massive black smoke surged up from his body.
"Haah!"
With his roar, the muscles all over his body swelled violently, tearing his upper clothes apart.
His strong upper body was revealed, and his full head of white hair turned black again.
Shinno said with pride, "This is the Body Activation Technique!"
"With this ultimate body, you can open all Eight Gates at once, including the Gate of Death!"
Moryo sneered, "So what?"
With a flick of his hand, a ball of energy formed from purple spiritual power shot straight toward Shinno.
Shinno spread his arms and threw a fierce punch at the purple energy sphere.
In an instant, the sphere exploded.
The immense force pushed Shinno back a step, and his fist suffered heavy burn damage.
Shinno shook his hand, and the wounds on his body healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Hahahahaha… keep going, keep going…"
"This is the meaning of the ultimate body created by the Body Activation Technique."
"As long as I have dark chakra, my body can regenerate infinitely."
As he spoke, the muscles on Shinno's body began to twitch and bulge, as if countless small mice were scurrying beneath his skin.
"So-called muscle is strengthened through repeated destruction and regeneration."
"As long as you grasp the regenerative principles of medical ninjutsu, you can gain powerful muscles even while being destroyed."
"Anytime, anywhere, it can be achieved."
As he finished speaking, Shinno's body vanished instantly and reappeared behind Moryo.
"Release the chakra generated by the ultimate body, and then, this is the ultimate strike."
A black sphere condensed in his hand.
"Super, Active Fist!"
Boom! Pshhk!
A ferocious punch slammed directly into Moryo's back.
The power of that punch was overwhelming, piercing straight through Moryo's body.
Moryo's body was left hanging on Shinno's arm.
A mocking look appeared on Shinno's face, "That's it?"
But Moryo, who should have been dead, revealed a strange, eerie smile.
"Foolish."
Only then did Shinno realize that there was no blood at the spot where Moryo had been pierced. Instead, something like tree sap had splattered out.
His brows furrowed. Grabbing Moryo's body, he tore it violently apart.
The body made of White Zetsu split into two halves and flew away.
Moryo turned into a cloud of purple smoke and wrapped around Shinno.
"So that's your plan!"
"Hehehe, foolish!"
After Moryo's soul wrapped around him, dark chakra began surging from Shinno's body to resist.
But unexpectedly, Moryo had already prepared for this and began continuously absorbing the dark chakra from Shinno.
The spiritual power that had just been purple began shifting again toward a dark violet-black.
"You… what exactly are you?"
Only now did Shinno start to panic. He realized that no matter how strong his body was, it was completely useless.
Moryo didn't have a physical body at all.
Shinno could only keep erupting dark chakra to resist Moryo's invasion.
Moryo wasn't in a hurry. Without a body, the opponent had no means to attack him.
His spiritual power could continuously latch onto dark chakra, turning it into Moryo's strength.
The situation fell into a stalemate.
"It seems the ultimate body you developed will be mine."
Even without a body, Moryo's endless malice was conveyed to Shinno.
While Shinno was furious, a trace of fear crept into his heart.
"Don't even think about it! Aaaaah!"
Amid his furious roar, he kept increasing the extraction of dark energy from Obito.
At that moment, something unexpected happened.
Obito's expression suddenly changed. The twisted look of pain vanished instantly.
And the dark chakra produced by all his negative emotions suddenly disappeared as well.
Shinno's face froze, filled with shock, "What's going on? Why are you!"
He still didn't understand why the darkness in Obito's mind had vanished in an instant. But in the next moment, Moryo seized the chance and directly invaded Shinno's mind.
"Ugh!"
Clutching his head, Shinno collapsed to his knees in agony.
On the other side, Obito also dropped to his knees. His face flickered through expressions like a revolving lantern.
At times manic, at times calm.
"Get out! Get out!"
"You should die in your past memories!"
"You shouldn't exist in this world, you should have been killed by Rin!"
"You're the one who should die, this is my body!"
"Ugh… ah!"
Obito screamed like a madman, while the not-yet-fully-hatched Zero-Tails circled around him in confusion.
To Zero-Tails, Obito filled with mental darkness was the perfect cake, while Obito filled with mental light was nothing but poop.
In Zero-Tails' eyes, Obito kept switching back and forth between cake and poop.
Even this artificially created tailed beast fell into a state of malfunction.
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