When Uchiha Madara previously lifted the binding restriction within Yakushi Kabuto's body, although it successfully allowed him to break free from Shiraishi and the White Snake Queen's control, it inadvertently triggered an unknown surge of chakra to run amok within him.
The Ketsuryugan snapped open upon the second face resting at the back of Yakushi Kabuto's head. In that exact fraction of a second, Hagoromo Masato found himself plunged deep into a world of genjutsu.
However, the very millisecond the golden lightning flashed, the genjutsu world abruptly fractured and collapsed.
Regarding the fact that his Ketsuryugan's genjutsu had been dispelled, Yakushi Kabuto did not seem to mind at all: "A specialized golden Lightning Style possessing unique genjutsu capabilities... as expected, your relationship with the Kazekage is exceptionally close."
"Who on earth are you?"
The individual standing before his eyes was absolutely not Yakushi Kabuto. The genuine Yakushi Kabuto had perhaps long since been swallowed whole by the master of this second face.
Deep within Ryuchi Cave, the White Snake Queen slowly opened her eyes: "The power of the Ketsuryugan has been completely unleashed? How is this possible!"
The origin of the Ketsuryugan stemmed from Ryuchi Cave. The Kekkei Genkai power contained within those eyes originally belonged to a specialized lineage within Ryuchi Cave, also known as the Red Snakes—an example being Garaga, who would surface in the future era as a surviving member of this exact lineage.
Garaga was one of the high-ranking entities of Ryuchi Cave, a one-eyed, crimson giant serpent possessing a reverse scale, dwelling deep within the den of the most violently feral giant snakes.
Because Garaga had lost an eye in a past battle, it had transformed into a rampaging, troublesome entity that wrought destruction everywhere.
Its temperament was exceptionally violent to the point where even the White Snake Sage could do nothing to tame it, and the other snakes dwelling within Ryuchi Cave loathed it, with absolutely no one willing to approach it.
At this exact moment, an inexplicable tremor echoed through Ryuchi Cave. Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime—who guarded the various internal serpent sectors of Ryuchi Cave—rapidly manifested within the depths of the cavern.
As the White Snake Queen's trusted confidant, Tagorihime spoke with a trace of panic in her tone: "Lord White Snake... Garaga has vanished."
"Oh? Has he been summoned via a Summoning Jutsu?"
The three individuals before her eyes were all elders of Ryuchi Cave and her own capable, close subordinates. The White Snake Queen felt a wave of irritation rising within her heart. Right now, everything was slipping beyond her sphere of control.
Even the Three Great Sage Regions would likely face an unprecedentedly colossal upheaval across the shinobi world next.
Mount Myoboku had long since made its definitive choice, Shikkotsu Forest remained ambiguous and unclear, and Ryuchi Cave had, in factual reality, long been viewed as an extension of Sunagakure's faction.
What Sunagakure sought to change was not merely the layout of the five great villages, but the thousand-year-old inheritance of the Ninshu sect established by the Sage of Six Paths.
If he truly executes this to the end, he will place himself in absolute, thorough opposition to the entire lineage of the Sage of Six Paths...
Perhaps right from the absolute beginning of this Shinobi World War, the chakra of the Sage of Six Paths had been continuously monitoring the shifting dynamics of the battlefield.
Senju Hashirama being beaten into absolute, scattered non-existence just now must have caused him incomparable heartache.
That old fellow is not easy to deal with.
The White Snake Queen's wariness toward the Sage of Six Paths primarily stemmed from the fact that he held the genuine, underlying secrets of the Pure Land of Paradise.
The absolute pinnacle of the Sage of Six Paths' strength did not reside in his victory over Otsutsuki Kaguya, but rather in his subsequent establishment of the Ninshu sect.
Later, perceiving that the order of the three realms had fallen out of balance, he single-handedly manifested the Pure Land of Paradise to maintain the equilibrium of the shinobi world's three realms.
This was additionally the true reason behind the demise of the Sage of Six Paths—because the absolute majority of his primary chakra had to be diverted to continuously sustain the very existence of the entire Pure Land of Paradise.
The Pure Land of Paradise was, in its underlying essence, a massive sealing barrier. Apart from preventing the reincarnation of Kaguya, it additionally functioned to isolate the passages leading from the bottomless Avici Hell.
Long ago, before the Pure Land of Paradise had been manifested, there came a day when the malevolent spirits of hell grew wildly rampant, swallowing countless living humans whole.
It was precisely because of this crisis that the Onmyoji lineage was born, and the monsters of the Land of Demons were merely remnants left behind from that chaotic era.
Hell had not existed in a state of complete disorder right from the start. Even the Sage of Six Paths could not comprehend exactly what had transpired on the other side of hell; therefore, he created the Pure Land of Paradise, sealing off the entrance to hell while simultaneously anchoring and sealing the souls of the shinobi world's deceased within it.
Right now, with the Impure World Reincarnation being used so frequently, the Pure Land of Paradise had long since lost its former tranquility, and the awakening of the chakra consciousness within Yakushi Kabuto's body merely accelerated the Pure Land's instability.
The layout of the shinobi world—and indeed the entire world itself—had fallen into a state of precarious instability.
Although the relationship between Sunagakure and Ryuchi Cave was intimate, she had consistently maintained a certain calculated distance, because she remained entirely uncertain whether the Sage of Six Paths reserved some hidden, ultimate trump card.
Now it appeared that the Sage of Six Paths' hidden arrangements were likely beginning to be deployed one by one—starting with that specific will awakening inside Yakushi Kabuto's body...
A blood-red torrent of air currents saturated Yakushi Kabuto's entire physical frame. The bizarre face resting behind his head opened its specialized Ketsuryugan. Enshrouded under the eerie, crimson radiance, Yakushi Kabuto flashed a ghostly, demonic smile.
Confronted by Hagoromo Masato's inquiry, Yakushi Kabuto smiled exceptionally gleefully, slowly flicking a bizarre, blood-red tongue: "I am precisely Yakushi Kabuto."
With a crimson flash of a Body Flicker, Yakushi Kabuto surged forward, his hands condensing blood-red talons to launch an attack. However, with a sharp twist of Hagoromo Masato's staff, the golden radiance and the crimson radiance violently slammed into one another.
With a heavy punch incoming, Yakushi Kabuto's body twisted in a bizarre, unnatural contortion to evade the strike.
From his lower torso, a red, scale-covered tail manifested, whipping forward like a heavy lash with a thunderous snap. Hagoromo Masato rapidly unleashed a blade of electrical currents, severing the tail cleanly.
A probing slice—yet under the activation of a specialized Inorganic Reincarnation power, the tail completely regenerated mere moments later, exactly like a lizard...
The giant Lightning Style array operating below held a colossal, destructive force, specifically prepared and tailored against Hagoromo Masato. The powerful electromagnetic control and restraint caused Hagoromo Masato's body to experience a slight wave of discomfort.
The core of this barrier is magnetic field interference?
Yakushi Kabuto surged forward once more, vast quantities of blood-colored fluid continuously spraying out. Any material touched by this fluid would undergo absolute petrification; a segment of Hagoromo Masato's clothing was instantly turned to stone and crumbled into powder.
Hagoromo Masato let out a furious roar, thrusting his palm forward to unleash a sweeping shockwave of golden electrical currents.
The exact moment Yakushi Kabuto was blasted flying backward, the Fourth Raikage accelerated abruptly, his Liger Bomb and Drop Kick descending with a domineering, thunderous weight.
With a resounding boom, the staff in Hagoromo Masato's hand rapidly transformed into a golden longsword. Innumerable electrical currents sprayed out a dazzling, brilliant luster, turning into a vast expanse of lightning that directly parried the Raikage's killer blow.
As a direct descendant of the Hagoromo clan, Hagoromo Masato had long since awakened the Kekkei Genkai within his body.
Enshrouded under a colossally massive aura of golden Lightning Style, he abruptly released a specialized barrier technique, rapidly suppressing the Lightning Style lockdown deployed by Kumogakure.
Magnetic Field Manipulation!
Across the entirety of the isolated Kumogakure peak, tens of thousands of electrical currents converged upon Hagoromo Masato's form, causing his cellular activation to grow increasingly powerful.
Facing the array of enemies surrounding him, the golden longsword in his hand perfectly integrated with his own internal reserves.
Lightning Style: Kami's Welcome!
The sky was suddenly enshrouded by dense, dark clouds as lightning flashed and thunder rumbled amidst a violent gale. An endless torrent of electrical currents converged in mid-air, forming a colossally massive, dark-gold sphere of lightning.
A wildly feral, destructive aura rushed over them, shocking everyone present on the scene.
The raw power of thunder and lightning continuously crackled down upon the colossal electrical sphere.
During its process of expansion, it gradually enshrouded the entirety of the isolated Kumogakure peak. It appeared as though everything was on the verge of being swallowed whole by this dark-gold electrical sphere that functioned exactly like a black hole.
Confronted by Hagoromo Masato's domineering, aggressive offensive posture, Yakushi Kabuto and the Fourth Raikage made the instant resolution to evacuate the premises.
However, the sheer destructive capacity and massive area-of-effect of Masato's single technique went vastly beyond their structural estimations.
The exact millisecond the dark-gold energy of the lightning exploded outward, it caused the surrounding space itself to undergo an inexplicable, bizarre distortion.
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