chsdbacks Chapter 450 A crushing battle!
Chapter 450 A crushing battle!
Hundreds of enormous black cubes, resembling small mountains, called "Great Box Heavens," blocked the sun above the sinkhole, casting a suffocating shadow of death.
They did not simply fall, but rather carried a strange force field that interfered with space and chakra perception, making the space within its reach viscous, the flow of chakra sluggish, and even sight and mental perception seem to sink into a quagmire.
Even Otsutsuki Isshiki felt a chill run down his spine when faced with the overwhelming number of "Ookakuten" that blotted out the sky.
He knew all too well how terrifying these black cubes were. Not only did they possess a terrifying weight that could crush mountains into dust, but they could also severely interfere with an enemy's sense of space and time and their chakra perception. If they were hit or trapped by them, even he would not be able to escape unscathed!
His name is Bikanna!
Without any hesitation, Yi Shi instantly locked onto the most threatening "Big Box Heaven" directly above his head with his right eye's "Black Eye," frantically pouring his pupil power into them!
The center of the black wheel-shaped pattern shone brightly, and the huge cubes that were about to smash into his head shrank instantly, from a ten-meter-long behemoth to the size of a fingernail, and finally to an imperceptible speck of dust!
This is one of his unique pupil techniques, "Black Eye," which can freely change the size of the target object. It is perfect for deflecting the most direct physical attack at this moment.
However, at the very moment he used the Lesser Name Biguna, his mind was inevitably drawn into the process of the Great Box Heaven shrinking.
A dazzling golden light pierced through the brief gap created by the shrinking of the Great Box Heaven, leaving a golden afterimage in the air!
Under the cover of the chaotic force field and shadows created by Ooka Tensei, and with the terrifying speed brought by the Golden Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Menma suddenly attacked by taking advantage of the tiny gap in Ooka Tensei's attack!
Yishi's "Black Eyes" caught the trajectory of that golden light, but the opponent's movements were too fast!
The veins around Yishi's eyes bulged as he tried to see the details of his opponent's movements, his mind already instinctively calculating the route for dodging or blocking.
However, he had just activated his pupil technique when his body experienced a very brief moment of sluggishness.
"So fast!" Alarm bells rang in Isshiki's mind.
The opponent's mobility seems to have improved to a whole new level compared to when they used the dark red tailed beast chakra!
Is this the power of the Tenseigan?
As the figure with pockmarked face solidified in the golden light, he had already closed to within three feet of Yi Shi!
Of the six Truth-Seeking Jewels that were slowly rotating behind him, one of them instantly broke free from its orbit, transforming into a streak of black light that shot towards the front of Mianma's right hand.
The moment the black Truth-Seeking Ball touched Menma's palm, its shape rapidly changed, elongated, and shaped, transforming in the blink of an eye into a Truth-Seeking Ball Black Sword that was entirely black, without a sharp edge or hilt, yet exuding an aura of annihilation!
On the sword's blade, a faint, multicolored black light flowed, a manifestation of the perfect fusion of Yin-Yang Escape and Immortal Technique energy.
Without any unnecessary movements, Mianma flicked his wrist, and the black sword tip pierced straight into Yishi's heart!
This sword strike, though simple and unadorned, embodies the terrifying speed of the Tenseigan mode and the absolute destructive power contained in the Truth-Seeking Ball, capable of dismantling all defenses!
"Hmph!" Despite being startled, Yi Shi remained calm, and the Otsutsuki warrior's battle instincts, honed through countless trials, were unleashed at this moment.
The Yin-Yang Release chakra within his body surged forth from his palms like boiling magma, instantly condensing and shaping into several jet-black chakra rods with shimmering edges. These rods, like the strongest shields, were crossed in front of his chest, attempting to block the fatal stab!
This is one of the most frequently used and most reliable offensive and defensive techniques. The black chakra rods formed from pure Yin-Yang Release power are not only exceptionally sturdy, but can also disrupt the opponent's chakra flow. Ordinary ninjutsu and taijutsu are difficult to effectively damage it, let alone defeat it easily.
however.
laugh--!
A soft sound, like glass breaking.
Menma's seemingly unremarkable Truth-Seeking Ball black sword came into contact with the black chakra rod that Ichishiki had hastily condensed.
There was no expected clang of metal, no violent collision of energy.
The moment the tip of the Truth-Seeking Ball Black Sword touched the black chakra rods, those originally indestructible rods, which contained powerful Yin-Yang Release energy, could not even last a second before disintegrating and collapsing into fragments, which were then completely annihilated by the annihilation power carried by the Truth-Seeking Ball Black Sword itself!
"What?!" The expression on Ichishiki's face instantly shattered!
His chakra rods... were actually so easily defeated?!
How is this possible?!
Even when facing Kaguya's traitorous "All-Killing Ash Bones," his black rods could never be that weak!
What exactly is that black sword they're wielding?!
The Black Sword of Seeking the Dao continued its momentum, still piercing straight towards his chest!
The shadow of death has never been so clear!
At the critical moment, he could no longer hold back. His left white eye opened wide in anger, and his right "black eye" flashed with golden light!
His name is Bikanna!
He activated his pupil technique on himself!
call out--!
Just a fraction of a second before the Truth-Seeking Ball black sword pierced his chest, Isshiki's entire body, along with his white tailcoat, shrank instantly!
From a nearly two-meter-tall adult male, he shrunk to a dust particle that is almost invisible to the naked eye!
laugh!
The black sword of the Seeking Truth, with a sharp whooshing sound, pierced through the air where the heart was originally located, but only struck a rapidly shrinking afterimage.
"Oh? Not bad." Menma raised an eyebrow slightly, showing some approval for Ichishi's extreme shrinking dodge.
Then, Menma did not retract the black sword. Instead, he flicked his right hand to the side, and the Truth-Seeking Ball black sword drew a dark arc in the air.
He had already lightly pressed his left hand towards the left side of his body.
Behind him, another jet-black Seeking Sphere responded and instantly flew to his side.
During its flight, the Truth-Seeking Ball rapidly changed form, transforming from a solid sphere into a viscous, mercury-like black liquid. It then stretched and expanded, forming a circular black barrier about one meter in diameter with a smooth, mirror-like surface.
Ding ding ding ding——!
A series of crisp, rapid sounds, like raindrops hitting banana leaves, suddenly rang out!
The moment the black barrier took shape, several black chakra rods shot from the side at tricky angles and slammed into the barrier!
These black rods were the instantaneous counterattack launched from another direction by Ichishiki, who shrank his body and narrowly dodged a fatal sword strike, relying on his rich combat experience and spatial awareness!
The timing, angle, and speed were all exquisite; if it were an ordinary ninja, they would probably have already had their limbs pierced by these black chakra rods.
However, these black chakra rods, which possess considerable penetrating and disruptive capabilities, were completely ineffective against the black barrier formed by the liquefied Truth-Seeking Balls.
The barrier surface only rippled a few times, perfectly absorbing and dispersing all the impact.
The black chakra rods themselves began to disintegrate rapidly the moment they came into contact with the barrier, posing no threat whatsoever to Menma behind the barrier.
"Found you!" The golden Reincarnation Eye on the face with the numb forehead, with stars flowing in its pupils, had already "seen" the figure that had shrunk to the size of dust, as well as all his subsequent movements.
The instant the attack was launched and the black chakra rods were blocked by the barrier, Menma's left hand suddenly spread its five fingers and grabbed at the general direction from which the black chakra rods had been shot!
Om-!
Behind him, the other two Truth-Seeking Balls, which had been quietly floating, instantly detached from their original positions and flew to the front of his magnified left palm.
The two Truth-Seeking Balls began to spin wildly around a central point in Menma's palm at a speed that was difficult to perceive with the naked eye!
As the jet-black Truth-Seeking Ball spun at high speed, it trailed two black streaks of light. The streaks of light intertwined and entangled, and terrifying gravity and chakra energy frantically converged and compressed at the center of the rotation!
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
With a low shout, Mianma thrust his left palm forward!
Om-! ! !
The two rapidly spinning Truth-Seeking Balls, along with the vortex of chakra energy they created, instantly transformed into a terrifying black tornado with a diameter of over five meters, sweeping towards that direction!
Wherever the tornado passed, the air was brutally torn apart, emitting a shrill whistle like the cries of ghosts and gods. The space itself was exhibiting unstable, distorted ripples. Its core destructive power was enough to grind any steel and rock into fine dust!
What's even more terrifying is that this tornado seems to possess some kind of powerful traction and locking ability, making it difficult to completely escape its grasp even when the target shrinks to the size of a speck of dust.
Just as Yi Shi, who had just failed in his sneak attack and was preparing to move to a different position, felt an irresistible and terrifying suction force rushing towards him!
Although he had shrunk in size, his senses had not diminished, and he could clearly perceive the terrifying power contained within that black tornado!
"Damn it!" Yi Shi cursed inwardly, not daring to hold back in the slightest.
Faced with this unavoidable and unstoppable area attack, the wheel-shaped pattern on his right eye once again shone brightly.
Behind his body, a tiny portal with edges shimmering with dark red light silently opened!
Without hesitation, the shrunken body fell backward and disappeared into the miniature teleportation portal.
Swish!
The portal disappeared the moment he entered.
The terrifying silver wheel rebirth explosion then swept fiercely across the airspace where the previous attack had just taken place.
A tiny, dark red portal opened in the air behind Menma, and a figure the size of a soybean stepped out from it.
The moment he stepped out of the portal, his body quickly returned to its normal size.
Then, he immediately turned his bewildered gaze toward Menma, who had turned around in the distance.
At this moment, the hundreds of giant boxes, accompanied by a muffled roar that seemed to crush the earth, crashed one after another into the bottomless sinkhole below, stirring up continuous echoes like muffled thunder and billowing dust.
From the moment Mianma unleashed the Great Box Heaven to his clumsy dodge of the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, their lightning-fast exchange lasted only a few seconds!
Yishi stared intently at Menma, especially at his right eye, which was exactly the same as his own, and at the several jet-black Truth-Seeking Balls behind him that were slowly rotating and reforming.
Meanwhile, Menma's Truth-Seeking Ball black sword had transformed back into a black rod, which he casually slung over his shoulder.
Yishi's eyes were filled with surprise, confusion, and a hint of fear.
After reincarnation, he thought that with his restored prime power and the "Black Eye" eye technique, even with a limited lifespan, he would be able to suppress his opponent.
However, reality dealt him a heavy blow.
Not only did the opponent possess a terrifying golden lightsaber capable of cleaving through the sealed cauldron, but the speed, power, and the abilities of that black sphere that the opponent was displaying at this moment were all completely beyond his expectations.
His proud "black eyes" seemed to have gained no advantage against his opponent, who even seemed to be very familiar with his fighting style and eye technique characteristics.
Every attack and response is highly targeted and predictive.
Menma tilted his head slightly, his left Mangekyou Sharingan and right Kurohime staring at Isshiki, seemingly admiring the wonderful changes in his facial expressions.
He stood there seemingly casually, but he could feel that all the space around him, the flow of chakra, and even possible escape routes were locked onto by those heterochromatic eye techniques and the other party's Tenseigan.
Mianma's thoughts were racing.
While assessing Isshiki's state and reaction, he made inferences about the Seeking the Way Jewel.
"As expected..." Menma thought to himself.
"The Truth-Seeking Balls seem to be of a higher level than the Yin-Yang Release techniques that these Otsutsuki warriors typically use."
He recalled the original Naruto setting, which seemed to indicate that only Kaguya, who devoured the fruit of the God Tree, the Sage of Six Paths brothers who inherited her power, and Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, who later became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, possessed and used Truth-Seeking Balls.
Even Naruto's Truth-Seeking Balls were only temporarily bestowed upon him by the Sage of Six Paths, and they disappeared after the war. He has not been seen using them since the Boruto era.
None of the Otsutsuki clan members appearing in Boruto, whether it's Momoshiki, Kinshiki, Urashiki, or the Isshiki in front of us, have ever shown Truth-Seeking Balls.
"It seems that Truth-Seeking Balls are not a standard feature or a universal ability of the Otsutsuki clan," Menma analyzed.
"If the black chakra rods are the basic application of Yin-Yang Release power at the Rinnegan level, then the Truth-Seeking Balls are a higher-level product resulting from a perfect fusion of Yin-Yang Release power and the unique natural energy of this planet."
"The source of the Sage of Six Paths' power was the chakra contained within the God Tree's chakra fruit, which Kaguya hadn't fully absorbed—chakra closely intertwined with the planet's natural energy."
"From this perspective, the natural energy of this planet might be a rather special, even rare, phenomenon in the entire universe."
"A single fruit from the Divine Tree, which even Kaguya Otsutsuki couldn't completely digest, had its excess combined with natural energy, thus creating the Sage of Six Paths and the origin of Shinobi..."
"No wonder Kaguya betrayed him with a backstab, taking all the Chakra Fruit for herself."
"After all, this is the path to the Otsutsuki God."
While Mianma was pondering.
Across from him, Yi Shi suppressed the turmoil in his heart, stared intently at the "black eye" in the right eye of the faceless man, and finally asked the question that had almost driven him mad:
"You bastard...where did your 'black eyes' come from?!"
His perception is absolutely correct!
There is an inexplicable connection between the "black eye" in the other person's right eye and his own "black eye," as if they share the same origin!
This is something that cloning technology simply cannot achieve!
But how is that possible?
"Black Eyes" is his unique pupil technique, a "divine technique" that he awakened after countless acts of plunder and evolution!
There may be eyes with similar abilities among the Otsutsuki clan, but they could never be exactly the same!
unless……
Menma raised his eyelids, his right eye's "black eye" slightly turning as he looked at the opponent's stance.
He admired the complex expression on Ichishiki's face, a mixture of shock, disbelief, and deep doubt, and seemed quite pleased with himself.
He even deftly twirled the Truth-Seeking Ball black staff he was carrying on his shoulder in his hand, making his posture appear more casual, yet bringing even greater pressure to Issho.
"Where did you come from?" Menma's lips curled up slightly, forming a smile that was both mocking and playful.
"Of course, I stole it from 'Ichishiki'."
Upon hearing this, Isshiki's cheek muscles twitched uncontrollably, and he almost instinctively growled, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! These eyes are unique!"
and many more!
Suddenly, Yi Shi shuddered violently, as if he had caught the hidden meaning in the other person's words!
The other party said "stolen from Ichimoku," not "from you..."
Is it...
A terrifying thought uncontrollably surfaced in Shichi's mind.
The Otsutsuki clan has a long history and its cultural heritage is unfathomable.
The clan possesses a great deal of forbidden knowledge and magical artifacts related to the realm of space and time. They even lost the 'Plow' when they first arrived on this planet after being ambushed by Kaguya.
In his own alternate dimension, there exists the "remains" of a supreme being who has already ascended to a higher-dimensional world and is revered as the "God of Otsutsuki".
What if, through some unknown means of time and space, the other party found another "Otsutsuki Isshiki" in another timeline or another parallel world, and then... killed him and took his "Black Eyes"?
The moment this thought arose, it instantly gripped Yishi's heart, filling him with a suffocating fear.
If this speculation is true, it means that the other party is not only powerful enough to hunt down "Isshiki" in another time and space, but also that the other party has unimaginable information about the existence of "Otsutsuki Isshiki"!
Their goal today, from the very beginning, was probably...
It should be like hunting down "One Style" in that parallel universe.
Hunt him down!
Take everything from him!