Chapter 278 The Mighty Susanoo (Part 2)
After the enormous Nine-Tails pierced through the top floor of the palace, the group initially thought they would fall to the ground. However, they quickly realized that they seemed to have followed the Nine-Tails to the surface of a planet. The huge blue planet not far away clearly indicated that they were indeed on the moon. Not
long after, another part of the moon's surface cracked open, and a bizarre statue, even larger than the Nine-Tails, rose from the ground.
"This is... So this thing is on the moon?" The Nine-Tails froze on the spot the moment it saw the statue. After all, this thing, strictly speaking, could be considered their Tailed Beast's... placenta?
However, before the Nine-Tails could be stunned for long, the enormous Gedo Mazo had already raised its hand to attack the Nine-Tails.
The Gedo Mazo's skin had an ominous bluish-gray sheen, and crimson light shone from the slits of its nine tightly closed eyes. Its huge maw opened and closed, emitting a silent roar that shattered the surrounding floating rocks.
"Give up, you ninja world's insects," Toneri hovered above the golem's head, his voice directly entering their minds, carrying a cold detachment and absolute confidence. "Earth's chakra, along with these eyes, will be the foundation of the new world. Your power is utterly insignificant before the creation of our ancestors."
"Enough nonsense! Give Hanabi's eyes back!" Naruto roared, his golden Nine-Tails chakra erupting instantly. He clasped his hands together, condensing a massive Tailed Beast Ball, which hurtled towards the golem with destructive force.
However, facing this ferocious attack, the Gedo Mazo merely raised its massive arm. The bandage-like substance wrapped around its arm instantly hardened, forming a giant shield.
BOOM—!!!
A deafening explosion erupted on the lunar surface, the shockwave scattering countless lunar fragments.
When the dust settled, only a few scorch marks remained on the golem's shield arm; its main body was completely unharmed! It didn't even retreat a step.
"What?!" Naruto's pupils contracted.
"Roar—!" The Gedo Mazo let out a silent roar, its enormous hand slamming down with speed completely disproportionate to its size! The massive Nine-Tails scrambled to its feet, barely managing to dodge, its impact creating a bottomless crater.
The battle instantly intensified. The gigantic Nine-Tailed Fox roared as it charged at the Mazo, its claws tearing through the air as it unleashed a barrage of Tailed Beast Balls. But under Toneri's masterful control, the Gedo Mazo displayed terrifying power and defense. Its arms were like pillars supporting the sky, each block sending the Nine-Tails' body trembling violently. The chakra beams it spewed from its mouth were agile and cunning, constantly tearing at the Nine-Tails' chakra cloak. Several enormous chakra chains extended from its back, coiling around the Nine-Tails like giant pythons.
"You obstructive thing, die." Toneri's voice was completely calm.
The chakra chains had firmly bound the Nine-Tails' limbs and neck! A terrifying suction force emanated from the chains, frantically drawing out the Nine-Tails' chakra!
"Ughhhhhh—!" Naruto and Kurama roared in agony simultaneously. Kurama's massive body was forcibly restrained by chains, dragged bit by bit towards the golem's gaping maw. A chaotic and terrifying ball of chakra energy condensed in the golem's mouth, aimed directly at the bound Kurama!
"Naruto!" Although Sasuke was blind, he could clearly sense that Naruto's chakra and life force were rapidly draining away.
"Almost there, faster!" Sasuke endured the excruciating pain, channeling Sage Chakra into his eyes to accelerate the fusion of his two eye powers!
In that instant, it was as if some kind of shackle had been broken!
*Thud!*
The pain in his eyes reached its peak, and Sasuke ripped off the white cloth covering his eyes, blood streaming down his face.
However, the flowing blood seemed to carry a strange power; the original Mangekyou Sharingan patterns in Sasuke's pupils completely disappeared, replaced by a new, more complex, more profound, and eternally powerful pattern—the two Mangekyou Sharingan of the same bloodline had completely merged at this moment.
A powerful eye power surged forth, causing even space to tremble slightly!
"What...what kind of power is that?" Even Toneri was slightly surprised, his movements as he controlled the golem paused slightly.
"Haaah—!" Sasuke let out a sharp cry, and the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan pattern spun eerily in his left eye!
"Martial Hammer!"
Black lightning, seemingly still yet possessing the power to annihilate everything, descended from nowhere upon the chakra chains binding the Nine-Tails! The chains, devoured by the black lightning, silently began to crumble!
"Naruto! Now!" Sasuke's voice carried an unprecedented power.
The Nine-Tails, freed from its restraints, let out a deafening roar, its accumulated power exploding instantly!
"Susanoo!" Sasuke's chilling voice rang out at that moment.
A layer of purple armor slowly emerged from the golden Nine-Tails' body, until it completely enveloped the Nine-Tails, causing its form to suddenly grow taller. A long sword wrapped in black lightning appeared in the Nine-Tails' hand.
"This feeling...it's been a long time since I've felt this way." The Nine-Tails grinned, looking at the long sword in its hand. It had experienced this feeling of power before, but the memory wasn't pleasant. This time, it could finally fight to its heart's content.
The Nine-Tails, clad in purple armor, moved! With a single step, the lunar surface shattered! The enormous chakra katana, carrying a world-destroying aura, tore through the vacuum and slashed down fiercely at the mountain-like Gedo Mazo!
Under Toneri's control, the Gedo Mazo roared, its arms crossed, forming its strongest chakra barrier in an attempt to block.
Rumble—!!!
An indescribable, terrifying impact erupted! The purple-gold blade light collided violently with the bluish-gray barrier, the resulting energy storm instantly sweeping across the entire battlefield, crushing even the suspended giant stone sphere into dust! The lunar surface, like a lake tossed with boulders, surged with towering waves of lunar debris!
The stalemate lasted only a moment!
Crack!
Faced with the absolute power of the fused Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and Nine-Tails Chakra, the Gedo Mazo's seemingly indestructible defensive barrier developed its first crack! Immediately afterward, the crack spread rapidly like a spiderweb!
"Break!!!" Naruto and Sasuke roared in unison.
The purplish-gold chakra blade shone brightly, cleaving through the barrier as easily as splitting rotten wood, and slammed heavily into the massive body of the Gedo Mazo!
"Roar—!!!"
The Gedo Mazo let out a deafening roar of pain, its massive body staggering backward from the blow, a deep, bone-revealing gash in its chest, from which dark blue blood gushed out like a waterfall! The top of the mazo beneath Toneri's feet shook violently, almost knocking him off!
The situation had instantly reversed!
"Damn it! You ninja world's insects!" After regaining his footing, Toneri spat out a mouthful of blood. The Gedo Mazo had suffered a severe blow, and he, the one providing it with chakra power, had also suffered a tremendous backlash.
"Since that's the case, let's all perish together for this sinful ninja world!" Toneri roared, a
glint of madness flashing in his eyes. His pale blue chakra erupted, further cracking the surface of the moon, and a gigantic Tenseigan slowly rose from the earth. Meanwhile, in Konoha, Uchiha Touko, observing this scene through a telescope, narrowed his eyes, took out the Purple Ring Nagato had given him, channeled chakra, and activated the Illusionary Body Technique.
Soon, two beams of light flashed before Uchiha Touko; after the characters Zero and White flashed, phantoms of Nagato and Konan appeared before him.
"Hokage, did you summon me because of the meteorite attack on Konoha? If necessary, I can come to Konoha right now," Nagato said.
"It's not because of that. A few meteorites are nothing to me," Uchiha Touko said. "I came to confirm something with you: is the Gedo Mazo still with you?"
"Gedo Mazo?" Nagato was taken aback. "That thing has always been kept in our Akatsuki's underground base."
"Alright, I understand." Uchiha Touko nodded, then looked up at the moon. So, the one fighting Naruto and Sasuke on the moon right now is probably the Gedo Mazo in Isshiki's hands. In other words, Isshiki must have already made contact with Toneri on the moon.
Uchiha Touko thought for a moment, then got up and headed towards the clan's shrine in Nakagawa. It was time to use this news to scare Old Man Denki into giving him more gold coins.
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After the giant Tenseigan, formed from the fusion of countless Byakugan, rose, the ocular power within resonated with the Tenseigan in Toneri's eyes, which were evolving using the special ocular power taught to him by Isshiki Otsutsuki. One by one, Byakugan rose from the giant Tenseigan, converging around Toneri and the Gedo Mazo, quickly transforming into an indescribable monster.
"Those...are all Byakugan?" Naruto turned to Hinata, who was tending to the unconscious Neji, and asked.
"I can feel it, those are all Byakugan," Hinata said.
"Is Neji still not awake?" Sasuke also turned and asked.
At the same time, in a phantom space, Neji continued walking forward. At this moment, everything he had encountered before was constantly replaying around him.
However, these scenes did not slow Neji down in the slightest. Neji strode forward expressionlessly.
"Eh." At this moment, a sigh suddenly came from behind Neji, and everything around him vanished like a bubble, then transformed.
Neji looked up and surveyed his surroundings, finding himself in a strange space. He stood on damp puddles, and before him floated a divine figure wielding a long staff.
"My descendant, greetings," the figure before Neji spoke first.
"And you are?" Neji narrowed his eyes, looking warily at this person who had suddenly appeared before him.
"My name is Ōtsutsuki Hamura," the figure before Neji said slowly.
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After the giant Tenseigan's Byakugan surged into the Gedo Mazo's body, a strange change began. The massive wound on the Gedo Mazo's chest healed and regenerated at a visible speed in the azure light! But the healed skin was no longer bluish-gray; instead, it was covered with a layer of translucent azure crystal, similar to the material of the Tenseigan! The Mazo's size expanded wildly
within the pillar of light, becoming a full size larger than before, and its surface began to proliferate and twist irregularly! Its limbs became even thicker, and the joints even twisted in reverse, growing new claws covered with hideous eyeballs! A sudden tear occurred at the shoulder blades of its back, revealing a pair of enormous, twisted wings of pure azure chakra!
Even more chillingly, besides its original nine eyes fully open, radiating an eerie glow of crimson and azure, cracks began to appear on its forehead, shoulders, chest, and even its newly sprouted wings! From these cracks grew countless Byakugan of varying sizes, all shimmering with the same azure light! These eyes spun wildly, seemingly possessing independent will, greedily absorbing the power of the enormous Tenseigan, emanating a suffocating sense of oppression and an indescribable eeriness.
At this moment, the Gedo Mazo had completely shed its original form, transforming into an indescribable monster covered in azure crystals, sprouting wings of light and countless Tenseigan, radiating distorted spatial energy!
"Feel despair, ninja." Toneri's voice seemed to emanate from the depths of hell; he himself was enveloped in a dense layer of azure chakra, as if fused with the mazo.
"Sasuke!" Naruto felt an unprecedented threat. The Nine-Tails' chakra roared and boiled within his Susanoo. "This guy... he's become disgusting! But he's even stronger!"
"Watch out for those eyes!" Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan spun rapidly. He could clearly see the terrifying ocular power and spatial fluctuations contained within those multiplied reincarnation eyes.
"Roar—!" The Reincarnation Golem: Beast of the End let out a non-human roar, and its massive wings of light flapped violently!
Boom!
There was no sound, but a visible, space-distorting azure shockwave instantly spread out! Its speed far exceeded their expectations!
"You can't dodge! Defend!" Naruto and Sasuke were of one mind. The massive arms of the Susanoo crossed in front of them, and the purple-gold chakra armor burst forth with dazzling light!
Bang!!!
The terrifying impact slammed into the arms of the Susanoo! The Susanoo, powerful enough to cleave through the golem's defenses, was actually pushed backward hundreds of meters by this pure shockwave! Two deep furrows were ploughed into the moon's surface! Obvious energy ripples and fine cracks appeared on the chakra armor!
"Such powerful strength!" Naruto and Sasuke gritted their teeth simultaneously.
The attack had only just begun!
A giant Tenseigan on the Reincarnation Golem's torso suddenly locked onto the Susanoo! A
blue light sword, far thicker and more refined than the one Toneri had used before, carrying the attribute of tearing through space, slashed down like divine punishment! Its speed was so fast that it almost ignored distance!
"Naruto!" Sasuke shouted, his left eye's power surging forth recklessly, black lightning rapidly gathering on the surface of the longsword in Kurama's hand.
Naruto also shouted at this moment, raising his longsword high alongside Kurama, then slashing down.
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