Rumble...
Huge roaring sounds echoed constantly among the mountains. The ritual site carefully selected by the research institute had turned into a battlefield due to the descent of the Otsutsuki, and it was a terrifying battlefield of unprecedented scale!
Amado, Orochimaru, and Tsunade hid behind a cliff wall, carefully observing the battle situation.
Because of Kinshiki Otsutsuki's sudden descent, it not only instantly divided the battlefield into two parts but also disrupted the research institute's retreat plan, causing the originally somewhat orderly retreat to instantly evolve into a disorderly rout, where researchers could only flee for their lives in panic individually.
As the leadership of the research institute, Amado and Orochimaru naturally could not just walk away like other ordinary researchers.
Tsunade smashed her fist onto the mountain wall: "Damn it! Why is it like this? Where did these two Otsutsuki pop out from?"
"Now is not the time to discuss this!" Amado, who knew some inside information, interrupted Tsunade's words, then asked the assistant beside him: "When will the reinforcements arrive?"
The assistant hurriedly replied: "The news has already been sent back to the institute, reinforcements should arrive very soon!"
Because of the experience from the first ritual, plus having the formidable Orochimaru holding the line, the research institute did not arrange excessive security forces for the ritual site this time. High-end combat forces like Yakumo, Haku, Eida, and Daemon did not come.
After all, a large number of guards had gathered here, along with the elite squad of Kabuto, Ranmaru, and Delta, as well as Orochimaru whose combat power was comparable to 'Six Paths Level', so Amado previously did not feel that any faction in the current shinobi world could threaten this ritual.
Compared to the anxious Amado and Tsunade, Orochimaru observed the two battlefields with a playful look.
Urashiki Otsutsuki was currently stalled by Hiruko. One was an Otsutsuki at the 'Kekkei Mora' level, and the other was a monster who had just undergone the ritual with chakra at its peak state, so although Hiruko was at a disadvantage in the scene, the situation was still a see-saw battle.
But the situation on the other battlefield was somewhat terrible.
Kinshiki Otsutsuki appeared suddenly by casting a 'Space-Time Dojutsu', and as soon as he appeared, he acted ruthlessly, using a chakra axe to sever one of Delta's arms and knocking Ranmaru flying with a punch.
The shinobi responsible for guarding the research institute and a large batch of Tenseigan puppets reacted immediately and pounced together, but were mostly finished off by Kinshiki in a few moves. The scene was as clean as an adult beating a child.
Finally, it was Kabuto who activated 'Sage Mode' that entered the field, barely entangling Kinshiki and preventing the battle situation from deteriorating further.
All of this was naturally seen by Orochimaru.
And according to his sensing, the threat of Urashiki Otsutsuki as a 'Kekkei Mora' was obviously stronger than Kinshiki Otsutsuki, so his gaze focused more on Urashiki Otsutsuki, especially that special chakra fishing basket hanging at Urashiki's waist.
As for Kinshiki Otsutsuki, he felt that even if Kabuto and the others couldn't stop him, as long as they delayed for a while until the research institute's reinforcements arrived, the problem wouldn't be too big.
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Bang...
Suddenly, a burst of explosion sounded again in the distance, shaking everyone until their eardrums hurt and they felt dizzy.
Immediately after, a figure flew out from the smoke and dust, smashing through several mountain peaks in succession, and crashed fiercely into the mountain abyss below.
Amado and the others changed their expressions greatly upon seeing this.
Undoubtedly, the figure knocked flying into the cliff abyss was none other than Hiruko who had been stalling Urashiki Otsutsuki.
Because he had just completed the ritual, and his ritual obviously had huge hidden dangers, Hiruko not only failed to master 'Shinjutsu', but didn't even reach the threshold of 'Shinjutsu'.
This resulted in him having a terrifying amount of chakra in vain, yet still only being able to use ninjutsu as his main means of attack. And for Urashiki Otsutsuki who was already a 'Kekkei Mora', it was no exaggeration to say that ninjutsu was just delivering chakra to him.
Urashiki could use the fishing rod in his hand and the fishing basket at his waist to easily absorb Hiruko's ninjutsu, and then return it intact to Hiruko.
So as time passed, Hiruko could not take down Urashiki for a long time, and his own body could not suppress the restless 'Chimera buds' inside due to the intense battle. This ultimately led to a major problem with himself, allowing Urashiki to spy an opportunity to inflict heavy damage on him.
Whoosh...
Before Amado and the others could sigh with emotion over Hiruko's defeat, a sharp blast wave, wrapped in the explosive sound of breaking wind, slashed past above their heads!
"What is going on!?"
Several people were instantly scared out of their wits.
If not for the low terrain of the cliff they were on, that sharp blast wave just now might have already sliced them all in half at the waist.
And just as the blast wave passed, the ground beneath their feet began to shake, followed by deafening roars from all around.
Tsunade looked around and discovered that as the sharp blast wave struck just now, several surrounding mountain peaks, including the one they were on, were all sliced in half by that blast wave, which was why it seemed like the sky was falling and the earth was cracking for a moment!
Only then did Orochimaru notice that the center emitting the sharp blast wave was precisely Kinshiki Otsutsuki whom he had underestimated just now.
At this time, Kinshiki was holding a long chakra sword, panting slightly.
That strike just now was named 'Giant Tachi Sweep'. It is one of Kinshiki's moves with the strongest destructive power, possessing the power to slice through the trunk of a God Tree with one cut. That is why the surrounding mountain peaks were sliced through easily and uniformly like blocks of tofu.
Even the entire mountain range was affected, so the people who were besieging Kinshiki Otsutsuki just now were naturally even more miserable.
Many shinobi responsible for security and Tenseigan puppets were directly annihilated under that blade edge, leaving almost no remains.
And they were merely affected; the true target of this move by Kinshiki was actually Kabuto in 'Sage Mode'.
After several exchanges, Kinshiki discovered that Kabuto, relying on the powerful sensing of 'Sage Mode', was very slippery, giving him a feeling of being unable to exert his strength. Thus, he directly unleashed a big move, hitting Kabuto with a 'Giant Tachi Sweep'.
Kabuto naturally sensed Kinshiki's killing intent in advance and prepared for the response early on. It was just that he never expected the range of Kinshiki's 'Giant Tachi Sweep' to be so exaggerated. Even though he had already fled, he still had half his body sliced off.
Pfft...
Kabuto, falling to the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood.
If not for 'Sage Mode' enhancing his constitution and greatly increasing his vitality, he would be dead by now. But even so, he was heavily injured and lost combat capability.
Delta and Ranmaru also lost combat capability. Kinshiki's sneak attack was too sudden, and their attention was on Urashiki Otsutsuki before, so they suffered a great loss...