chsdbacks Chapter 345 The Threat of the Otsutsuki Clan
Chapter 345 The Threat of the Otsutsuki Clan
"Ame-no-Hashi Meteor - Soul"
Purple balls kept flying out of Urashiki Ōtsutsuki's palm; he wanted to use this move to severely injure his opponent.
"That's all the form you're capable of."
Uchiha Mitsumine's voice came from behind him, cold and disdainful.
Urashiki Otsutsuki was startled and quickly turned around, only to find that Uchiha Mitsumine had appeared behind him at some point.
The next second, the black longsword in Uchiha Sanfeng's hand mercilessly slashed at his wings.
Urashiki Otsutsuki tried to dodge, but his opponent was incredibly fast, and he had no time to react.
With a sharp "crack," a large patch of feathers was severed from the white wing, and blood gushed out like a fountain, staining the wasteland below red.
He plummeted like a kite with a broken string, barely managing to steady himself by flapping his tattered wings, his eyes filled with despair and resentment: "Why can't I even defeat you in my crane form? The dignity of the Otsutsuki clan cannot be destroyed here!"
Unable to accept this fact, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki unleashed his ultimate move: Ame-no-Hashi Ryusei no Miko: Ryugu.
From his palm, he released a four-pointed star-shaped purple chakra, which then quickly transformed into a giant, dark purple fish.
This long fish had its gaping maw wide open, from which it could release a huge purplish-red sphere containing powerful energy that seemed capable of destroying everything.
"Otsutsuki Urashiki, you've been a joke from beginning to end. Give up your dying struggle!"
Uchiha Mitsuhō's figure teleported again, dodging the long fish's attack while his black longsword precisely pierced the base of Urashiki's wing.
With a "whoosh," the longsword pierced through the wings, completely dispersing the chaotic chakra within his body.
Urashiki Ōtsutsuki let out a piercing scream. He could no longer maintain his crane form. All his feathers fell off, and he reverted to human form, crashing heavily to the ground, unable to even lift a finger.
Uchiha Mitsunori slowly walked up to him, looking down at the disheveled body.
He picked up the heavily injured Urashiki Otsutsuki and returned to the Land of Water.
Then, he activated the Golden Six-Tomoe Ring Eternal Illusion Technique, hoping to find information about the Otsutsuki clan from Otsutsuki Urashiki's memories.
The next second, fragments of Otsutsuki Urashiki's memories flooded into Mitsumine's mind like a tidal wave.
The scene shows him acting alongside Kinshiki and Momoshiki of the Otsutsuki clan, their greedy covetousness for the chakra of the ninja world, and a hidden memory about the Otsutsuki clan.
A member of the Otsutsuki clan, dressed in magnificent attire, sat on a high platform, his chakra fluctuations far exceeding those of ordinary people, while Urashiki and the other clan members stood respectfully below the platform, their postures humble.
"I see."
Uchiha Mitsunori's eyes narrowed slightly as he gleaned key information from the fragments of memory.
The Otsutsuki clan, like the Hyuga clan in the ninja world, has a strict division between the upper main family and the lower branch families. The upper main family holds the core power within the clan and has priority in enjoying the chakra fruits from the Divine Tree or the pills refined using the Divine Tree's energy.
These treasures can greatly increase chakra reserves and strength, making the main family members far more powerful than the branch family members.
Those who are assigned to lower-ranking branches of the family to perform tasks are even used by the main family as "nutrients" to cultivate the sacred tree.
Uchiha Mitsunori's gaze grew increasingly cold, as if it could penetrate Otsutsuki Urashiki's body and see into the depths of his humility and longing.
In the ninja world, Urashiki Otsutsuki can be considered one of the most powerful.
However, within the Otsutsuki clan, he was merely a lowly branch family member with a humble status.
"I never imagined the Otsutsuki clan could be so cruel internally!"
He realized that the Otsutsuki main family behind Otsutsuki Urashiki was the greater threat.
Just how powerful were the main family members who had enjoyed the fruits of the divine tree?
If one day, a member of the Otsutsuki main family were to descend upon the ninja world, the entire ninja world would face an unprecedented catastrophe.
A strong sense of unease welled up in Uchiha Mitsunori's heart.
He picked up Urashiki Otsutsuki and opened the portal once more.
Now that Urashiki Otsutsuki has lost his usefulness, handing him over to Kaguya Otsutsuki might be of some use.
Behind the door lies a desolate, alien space, with cracked patterns on the ground and the outline of a towering tree in the distance.
This is a small divine tree nurtured on the ancestral planet. It has now grown to over 600 meters tall, with a trunk so thick that it takes dozens of people to encircle it, and its branches and leaves glow with a faint luminescence.
"Sanmine, why did you bring the Otsutsuki clan members here?"
A clear, cold voice came from behind the tree, and Kaguya Otsutsuki slowly walked out.
Her gaze fell on Urashiki, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes: "Judging from his aura, he should be Ōtsutsuki Urashiki!"
He tossed Urashiki in front of Kaguya, his tone calm: "From his memories, I learned the difference between the main Otsutsuki family and the branch family, and I also know that the main family members are extremely powerful because of the Divine Tree's fruit. Keeping him around might cause trouble later. You have been studying the Divine Tree for many years, so perhaps you can find some use for him."
Kaguya Otsutsuki walked to Urashiki's side and pondered for a moment: "If we feed him to the Little Divine Tree, it will accelerate its growth. Although the Little Divine Tree is already over six hundred meters tall, it hasn't reached the stage of bearing fruit yet, so using him as nourishment is perfect. I didn't expect that an Otsutsuki clansman would arrive so soon..."
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was silent for a moment, her expression becoming somewhat complicated: "As for the main clan... they control the true core of the Divine Tree. If they were to truly descend upon the ninja world, I'm afraid only you and I joining forces could barely contend with them."
Uchiha Mitsumine crouched down, condensing a chakra blade at his fingertips, and gently sliced across Urashiki's arm. Red blood flowed from the wound, and he collected a portion of Urashiki's flesh for research.
Next, he threw Otsutsuki Urashiki at the little god tree.
Urashiki Ōtsutsuki wailed, "No, you can't do this to me!"
Immediately afterwards, his body was tightly wrapped by the little divine tree, and patterns on the tree trunk instantly lit up, gleaming with a dazzling purple light.
The once still little divine tree began to shake violently, its roots extending deeper into the ground, its trunk growing upwards at a visible speed, its branches and leaves becoming more lush, and its glow growing brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire alternate dimension.
After a few minutes, the shaking gradually stopped.
The little divine tree has grown from over 600 meters to over 900 meters in height, its trunk is nearly twice as thick as before, and tiny chakra dewdrops have even begun to condense between its branches and leaves, radiating an even more powerful energy fluctuation.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki looked at the sapling of the divine tree that had grown taller, and sighed, "If it were made from the flesh and blood of a member of the main family, the sapling would probably already be bearing fruit. But this is enough; at least it gives us one more bargaining chip in our fight against the future main family."