"What did you come to me for?"
Kaguya raised her eyes to look at Arisu, her tone carrying lingering grievance and confusion as she asked.
"I want you to take me to find the Otsutsuki spacetime artifact. Black Zetsu's side will probably take some more time. I can't wait any longer. I want to try myself to see if I can break your seal."
Arisu's expression was calm as he spoke in an indifferent tone.
Kaguya stared at Arisu for a moment, then gently shook her head and said frankly, "With your current strength, you're not as strong as I was at my peak."
Arisu did not refute it. He only spoke lightly, "Although I can't compare to your peak, my methods are far beyond yours. Even your peak can't compare to me."
"Heh…"
Kaguya curled her lips when she heard that, her face full of obvious disbelief.
Back then, she was an Otsutsuki who possessed the Bloodline Expansion. How could she possibly be inferior to Arisu in front of her.
Arisu said nothing more. He raised his hand and gently placed it on Kaguya's shoulder. The next second, their figures disappeared instantly from the courtyard, leaving no trace behind.
When they appeared again, they were already in the human world.
Arisu and Kaguya stood side by side in midair. Arisu was dressed in a green long robe, his posture upright, giving off the air of an immortal.
As for Kaguya, she was still dressed in a modern loose T-shirt paired with denim shorts. Her outfit clashed completely with the surrounding ancient human scenery, and at a glance, it was obvious she did not belong to this place.
Arisu lowered his eyes and looked at the ground below. His perception spread out instantly, sweeping across the entire area, and then he asked, "Is it here?"
"Mm."
"But the human world has really changed a lot… aside from the terrain still showing this was the place back then, everything else has changed so much…"
Kaguya nodded lightly, confirming the location.
In just an instant, Arisu's sage perception precisely detected the anomaly beneath the ground.
Arisu focused slightly.
Many of his sage techniques were not suitable to be used rashly in the human world.
If there was even a slightly large movement, it could very likely cause tremors across the entire world, just like when his power had accidentally leaked before.
With that in mind, Arisu no longer hesitated. He immediately activated a sage technique. Without needing hand seals, with just a thought, he let out a low shout, "Summoning Technique!"
As his voice fell, the ground suddenly trembled violently.
The originally flat land collapsed abruptly. Immediately after, a vast area of land spanning several miles was forcibly stripped away out of thin air!
Carrying with it the underground rock layers and the hidden fluctuations of the artifact, it turned into a streak of light and was instantly summoned into the space of Mount Myoboku.
Only a massive crater was left on the ground, with some dust still lingering at the bottom.
The next second, Arisu and Kaguya's figures had already reappeared in Mount Myoboku.
"You can go back.", Arisu glanced at Kaguya beside him and gave the instruction in an indifferent tone.
There were some of his powers that he couldn't reveal in front of Kaguya.
Some trump cards were better kept hidden.
Such as the Dragon Vein, the Tenseigan, and the Rinnegan.
One must always be on guard against others.
Kaguya looked at his consistently cold attitude and knew he was probably on guard against her. She couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
"As if I want to stay with you. I still need to go back and watch my shows."
Kaguya didn't say anything more and turned around to leave directly.
After Kaguya's figure disappeared, Arisu immediately poured all his focus into the Otsutsuki spacetime artifact.
The aura around Arisu surged as he successively mobilized the power of the Dragon Vein, the ocular power of the Rinnegan, and even activated the Tenseigan Chakra Mode. The three layers of power surged toward the artifact's seal, attempting to break it.
This process took a full half a month. Arisu remained fully focused on studying it, without the slightest distraction.
During the time Arisu was concentrating on breaking the seal, a world-shaking upheaval had already erupted in the human ninja world.
Under Black Zetsu's complete planning and assistance, Senju Syura officially allied with the Uzumaki clan and launched a full-scale offensive against the Uchiha and Hagoromo clans.
Black Zetsu first laid out a plan to sow discord, precisely targeting the conflict between Uchiha Yui and the Hagoromo clan leader, causing the two to distrust each other and fall apart. Their already fragile alliance completely disintegrated.
Immediately after, Black Zetsu personally went to persuade others. With meticulous rhetoric, he successfully roped in the Fuuma clan, who occupied the area around what would later become the Land of Rain, instigating them to take the lead in attacking the Uchiha clan.
Caught off guard, the Uchiha clan could only split their forces to resist, falling into a passive position.
After that, Black Zetsu once again used alliance strategies, pulling the Sarutobi and Shimura clans into the camp.
The four clans, Senju, Uzumaki, Sarutobi, and Shimura, joined forces and took the lead in launching a full assault against the isolated Hagoromo clan.
Without external support, the Hagoromo clan was completely unable to resist and was wiped out in a short time.
Although Senju Syura felt some reluctance in his heart, he still carried out the extermination plan for the sake of the clan's interests.
However, he did not wipe them out completely. Secretly, he used methods to disperse the surviving children of the Hagoromo clan into ordinary households, ordering them to abandon their ninja identities and live stable lives.
After the destruction of the Hagoromo clan, the Sarutobi and Shimura clans immediately grew estranged from the Senju and Uzumaki, turning instead to dividing and absorbing the spoils of war.
These two clans were cunning by nature and had no intention of clashing head-on with the deeply rooted Uchiha clan.
All of this had long been seen through by Black Zetsu. He did not care at all. For him, as long as the Hagoromo clan was completely eradicated, that was enough.
By the time Uchiha Yui realized she had been tricked, everything was already beyond saving.
In the end, the Senju-Uzumaki allied forces and the Uchiha clan set the battlefield at Kikyo Mountain, ushering in the final decisive battle that would determine the structure of the ninja world.
Uchiha Yui's killing intent surged wildly as she stared at Senju Syura and shouted sharply, "So the one who escaped from my hands back then was you!"
The scene from back then was vivid in her mind. She would never mistake the person before her.
"Mm, that's right, it was me!", Senju Syura replied openly, admitting it loudly.
"You actually dare to become an enemy of my Uchiha?!"
Uchiha Yui roared in fury, her killing intent sweeping across the entire battlefield.
"Hehehe, do you think I'm just bluffing?"
Senju Syura let out a low laugh, his tone full of pride.
Before his words even fell, strange black patterns suddenly appeared on his arm. The immense power belonging to Black Zetsu was revealed without any reservation.
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[In this battle at Kikyo Mountain]
Uchiha Yui was completely crushed by Senju Syura from beginning to end.
With the power granted by Black Zetsu, Senju Syura had already become the undisputed strongest in the ninja world.
In the end, Uchiha Yui was defeated at Kikyo Mountain and, on the mountain peak, slit her own throat in fury.
Before taking her own life, she had already covered herself with explosive tags. The moment the blade cut across her neck, a violent explosion erupted, completely obliterating her body.
"Good! Take this chance to completely wipe out the Uchiha clan and eliminate this age-old threat for my Senju!"
Seeing the death of the Uchiha clan leader, ambition surged in Senju Syura's chest.
He immediately gave the order, wanting to push forward in one go and flatten the Uchiha territory, taking the opportunity to completely end this long-time enemy.
Hearing this, Black Zetsu's expression suddenly changed drastically.
Back then, the matter of Uchiha Fox was still vivid in his mind.
He was personally there.
Uchiha Fox had won a battle he shouldn't have and also wanted to take the chance to wipe out the Senju.
But the Sage intervened, forcefully turning a guaranteed victory into a draw.
It nearly drove Uchiha Fox insane.
He absolutely could not let Senju Syura repeat the same mistake.
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