chsdbacks Chapter 403 Defeating Asura and Indra
Chapter 403 Defeating Asura and Indra
The ground in the core area of Mount Myoboku is riddled with holes.
Hinata Hyuga stood silently beside the three peaks, her hands clenched into fists until her knuckles turned white. The twelve Truth-Seeking Balls around her body spun rapidly as if they were alive, and the blue and white Tenseigan light flowed in her eyes as she locked onto Hamura Otsutsuki, who was not far away.
Her aura was calm and steady, and each rotation of the Seeking the Dao Jade carried a sharp sound that cut through the air, forming an impenetrable defensive circle that protected the three peaks behind her.
On the other side of the battlefield, Ashura and Indra were being relentlessly suppressed by Madara and Hashirama. The Sage of Six Paths was extremely anxious and tried to rush to their aid several times, but Hinata accurately predicted his movements.
"Don't leave!"
Hinata Hyuga shouted, and with a slight movement of her fingertips, the two Truth-Seeking Balls suddenly broke free from their rotating orbits, shooting straight towards Hamura's inevitable path like two black meteors.
Hamura's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively dodged to the side. The Truth-Seeking Ball grazed the hem of his white robe, tearing two clean rips with a "sizzle," and fragments of his robe mixed with the chakra emanating from his body drifted down.
Immediately afterwards, the remaining ten Truth-Seeking Balls all turned around and surrounded Hamura from all directions, each carrying a terrifying power capable of annihilating everything.
Hamura dared not be negligent. In an instant, a pale purple chakra longsword condensed in his hand. As the blade swung, it unleashed a series of sharp slashes, colliding with the Truth-Seeking Balls and producing loud "bang bang bang" sounds.
Amidst the sparks, he stared at Hinata's Tenseigan, pure and unadulterated yet containing world-destroying power. His face was filled with undisguised shock, and his heart was churning with turmoil: "A brat from the Hyuga clan... can actually control the Tenseigan to this extent! This power is a hundred times purer than Toneri's back then, and even shows signs of surpassing mine!"
He leaned forward slightly, his feet leaving two shallow marks on the ground, ready to fight with all his might. The contempt in his eyes had completely faded, leaving only solemnity and a hint of disbelief.
On the high platform not far away, Kaguya Otsutsuki still stood silently, her white robes fluttering in the wind. She indifferently looked down at the fierce battle below, as if it were all just an insignificant farce.
A boulder, sent flying by the aftershocks of the battle, hurtled towards her. Without even looking up, she casually raised her fingertip, and an invisible repulsive force shattered the boulder, sending fragments fluttering down at her feet.
Occasionally, her gaze would sweep over the Sage of Six Paths, a complex and difficult-to-discern emotion flashing in her eyes: disappointment, pity, and perhaps even a hint of barely perceptible resentment, but in an instant she would return to her unchanging indifference, as if all worldly emotions were irrelevant to her.
Uchiha Kakuzutsu paced back and forth beside Kaguya, his small body trembling slightly with excitement, his eyes flashing with an almost manic light.
She occasionally let out a strange "hehehe" laugh, her hands clenched tightly together, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement: "Well done! Well done! Hashirama! Madara! Keep it up! Tear these two puppets controlled by the Six Paths to shreds!"
He pointed sharply at the Sage of Six Paths, his tone filled with sarcasm: "Sage of Six Paths! Do you see that? Your conspiracy is about to fail! Your thousand-year-old lie is about to be completely exposed today!"
He looked just like a demon about to achieve its long-cherished wish.
At the edge of the battlefield, Minato Namikaze shielded Naruto behind him, his golden Nine-Tails chakra forming a warm barrier that isolated him from the aftershocks of the battle.
Under his father's protection, Naruto's previously depleted strength gradually recovered. He clung to Minato's arm, peering out at the earth-shattering battle before him, his brows furrowed, his doubts growing ever deeper.
He looked at the empty, lifeless eyes of Ashura and Indra, then at the barely concealed anxiety on the Sage of Six Paths' face, and the almost overflowing anger in Sanfeng's eyes. His voice trembled with a barely perceptible sob and a hint of reluctance: "Father... is what Master Sanfeng said true? The Sage of Six Paths... really altered other people's consciousness? Including Ashura and Senior Indra? They look... so pitiful."
Minato Namikaze's expression was incredibly complex. He followed Naruto's gaze and saw the lifeless emptiness in Ashura and Indra's eyes gradually coinciding with the accusations made by the three peaks earlier.
The scales in his heart tipped little by little, and a terrible answer surfaced in his mind, yet he dared not believe it.
He gently stroked Naruto's head, his voice low and hoarse: "I...I don't know. But the Sage of Six Paths' actions are indeed highly suspicious."
At this point, the battle on the main battlefield had reached a fever pitch.
Madara's complete Susanoo was hundreds of meters tall, exuding a chilling killing intent, and the long sword in his hand gleamed with a cold light.
He roared and Susanoo swung its sword down, the wind whistling as it collided directly with Indra's Susanoo sword.
"Crack—" A crisp, ear-piercing sound of breaking rang out, and Indra's Susanoo sword snapped in two.
Before Indra could react, Madara, controlling Susanoo, clenched his fist and, with immense force, slammed it into Indra's Susanoo's chest.
With a deafening roar, Indra's Susanoo shattered instantly, turning into countless fragments of chakra.
Without the protection of Susanoo, Indra's body crashed heavily onto the toad statue not far away.
"Boom!" The toad statue collapsed, raising a cloud of dust that enveloped everything around it.
Amidst the dust, Indra struggled to get up, blood continuously spilling from the corner of his mouth, while the light in his eyes grew dimmer and dimmer, like a candle flickering in the wind.
Everyone could clearly see that his body was gradually becoming transparent, eventually turning into countless tiny specks of light and dissipating into the air.
In the final moment before he vanished, a glimmer of clarity seemed to flash in his empty eyes, carrying a sense of relief mixed with a hint of regret.
Almost at the same time, Hashirama also launched a fatal attack.
He was surrounded by dense Sage Chakra, and the Sage Mode markings appeared on his forehead. Behind him, the True Thousand Hands made of Wood Release stood like an ancient deity, each hand as large as a mountain.
Hashirama Senju's gaze was as sharp as an eagle's, fixed on Ashura's Buddha head, accurately seizing the flaw in his defense.
"Drink!" he roared, manipulating a huge wooden arm that pierced Asura's Buddha head like an arrow.
With a "crack," the Buddha's head shattered instantly, and amidst the flying wood chips, Asura's body, like Indra's, flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground, creating a huge crater.
He lay in the pit, unable to move, his body also began to turn transparent, and finally turned into a point of light, dissipating into the world.
In the blink of an eye, the two sons resurrected by the Sage of Six Paths at the cost of a tremendous amount of chakra were utterly defeated by Madara and Hashirama. This scene plunged everyone present into a brief silence, with only the sound of the howling wind remaining.
Breaking the silence was Madara. He controlled his Perfect Susanoo, wielding a massive scythe, and walked step by step toward the Sage of Six Paths. Each step he took caused the earth to tremble slightly, as if even heaven and earth feared his majesty.
His eyes were filled with arrogant killing intent, and his voice resounded throughout the entire arena like thunder: "Sage of Six Paths! Next, it's your turn! Back then, you favored Ashura, rendering my battle with Hashirama meaningless and turning my lifelong pursuit into a joke! Today, I will take it all back!"
Hashirama Senju also put away his True Several Thousand Hands and walked to Madara's side.
His usual gentle smile had vanished, replaced by a solemn expression.
The Sage Chakra around him grew increasingly dense, with green chakra swirling around him, radiating a powerful aura.
"The Sage of Six Paths altered the consciousness of others and manipulated their lives. This violated the will of the ninja world and the ninja's original intention to protect others. Today, we will seek justice for those you have manipulated and let everyone in the ninja world know the truth!"
Facing the intense gazes of Madara and Hashirama, the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki stood back to back, their chakra surging wildly, and a white light almost solidified, enveloping the two of them.
The Sage of Six Paths' lips trembled slightly, his eyes filled with despair and resentment.
"I'm doing all this for the sake of the ninja world... If I hadn't done this, the ninja world would have long been plunged into endless war. Why can't you understand?"
There was no wavering in Otsutsuki Hamura's eyes, only unwavering determination.
He gripped the longsword tightly in his hand, its blade gleaming with a chilling light that reflected his resolute face.
"Brother, whether what you've done is right or wrong, I will stand by your side. We are brothers; even if we die, we will die together!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his chakra surged dramatically, intertwining with the Sage of Six Paths' chakra to form a solid defensive barrier.
At this moment, the natural energy of Mount Myōboku was stirred up by the battle and became even more violent.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, as black as ink, and streaks of white lightning, like giant dragons, ripped across the sky, illuminating the expressions on everyone's faces.
The wind howled, whipping up pebbles and wood chips from the ground, scraping across everyone's cheeks like knives, bringing waves of stinging pain.
Gamabunta and the others, who were far away, had already retreated to a safe area. Looking at this scene that was comparable to a natural disaster, their faces were full of shock, and they didn't dare to breathe.
Uchiha Mitsunori slowly raised his hand, and golden chakra condensed in his palm, gradually forming a golden ball of light.
The sphere of light spun continuously, emanating a terrifying aura that could destroy everything, and the surrounding space was slightly distorted by this power.
There was no pity in his eyes, only a chilling killing intent. The golden light of his Rinnegan grew even sharper, as if it could pierce through all illusions.
"Sage of Six Paths... The game is over. You have deceived the ninja world for a thousand years, your hands stained with blood. Now, it is time for you to pay the price for your deeds!"