"Wait, Ash, where are you going?!"
As Ash Ketchum stormed out, Lorelei tried to stop him, but the lingering pain in her body made it impossible for her to give chase. She could only watch helplessly as the door to the private room slammed shut, his phone left behind on the sofa.
The scene shifted.
After leaving the bar, Ash rushed all the way to the deserted shoreline at the edge of Fire Island. His eyes activated unconsciously, the Sharingan spinning rapidly before evolving into a Mangekyō pattern.
A deep blue spiritual energy surged around him, far more terrifying than when he had faced Ho-Oh.
"How could something like that happen to me… that's impossible!!!"
With a furious roar, his mental energy erupted like an ocean breaking its restraints. His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan spun wildly, the pattern blurring into something unrecognizable.
Boom!
The sea in front of him exploded outward under the sheer pressure of his aura. Shockwaves spread in every direction, with Ash at the center, causing the entire Fire Island to tremble as if struck by an earthquake. Countless people were jolted awake from their sleep.
"Haa… haa…"
As the surge of power gradually subsided, Ash dropped to one knee, gasping for breath. His right hand gripped his hair tightly, covering his right eye.
If anyone had seen him at that moment, they would have been utterly shocked.
The pattern in his eyes had changed.
The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan had evolved into concentric purple ripples, the unmistakable form of the Rinnegan.
"Heh… hahaha… HAHAHAHAHA!"
Feeling the overwhelming ocular power and the ability to rewrite life itself, Ash couldn't stop laughing. His expression twisted into something almost unhinged.
At this moment, he had completely stepped into the realm of a super Legendary Pokémon. Even if he faced Ho-Oh again, or even two beings of that level at once, he would not fear them.
"Hm? Some abilities… I can't use them?"
After receiving the information granted by the Rinnegan, Ash quickly realized that certain techniques were unavailable, likely due to the differences between dimensions.
The first was the Deva Path, allowing the use of repulsion and attraction, manipulating gravity itself to deflect or pull in physical and elemental attacks. However, these abilities had an interval of about five seconds.
The second was the Human Path. It had no direct offensive power, but it could extract the soul of a living being through contact, provided the target was not stronger than him. After extracting the soul, their memories could also be read.
The third was the Asura Path, a pure killing mechanism. It allowed the body to be modified into a weaponized form, creating armaments from within. Using chakra, Ash could temporarily restructure his body into a combat machine, forming weapons and ammunition that would revert after use.
The fourth was the Preta Path, an ability similar to a black hole, capable of absorbing any elemental attack infinitely. However, the absorbed energy would simply dissipate rather than strengthen him, and it also shared a five-second interval.
The fifth was the Naraka Path. Souls extracted using the Human Path would be stored within the Rinnegan, and these stored souls could then be used to repair or even resurrect the Rinnegan's constructs.
The sixth was the Animal Path.
This ability was similar to summoning techniques, but far more advanced. It allowed the user to summon creatures through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path without needing any prior contract. Unfortunately, in this world, there was no Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which meant the Animal Path was currently unusable.
The final ability was also the ultimate power of the Rinnegan.
It was said to have the power to resurrect the dead.
There was no strict limit to the number of people that could be revived, but the cost was terrifying. The longer someone had been dead, the more chakra was required. If the chakra consumption exceeded the user's limit, then after casting the technique, the user would die.
It was, without a doubt, a forbidden technique.
Aside from the Demonic Statue and the Animal Path, all of Ash's other abilities were functioning perfectly. However, the burden of the Outer Path could not be ignored.
If the target had died within three hours, then with Ash's current chakra reserves, he estimated he could revive up to a hundred thousand people.
But for every additional hour, the chakra cost would double.
That meant once the death time exceeded ten hours, he might only be able to revive dozens, or even just a few individuals. Since he had never used the ability before, he could not determine the exact consumption.
Moreover, he had to leave a reserve of chakra.
Otherwise, it would begin to consume his life force.
Although Ash possessed the vitality granted by Mokuton, recovery still required time. The life force required to resurrect the dead was not something he could afford to exhaust recklessly.
"With my current strength, I'm already among the top in this world. I can handle two Legendary Pokémon at once… but more than that would be dangerous. My chakra isn't limitless."
After organizing and fully digesting the abilities of the Rinnegan, the pressure weighing on Ash eased slightly.
After all, this world was filled with powerful beings.
Ho-Oh and Lugia were only the beginning. Every region had its own Legendary Pokémon, and beyond them existed even greater beings, the so-called creator gods.
The disturbance caused by Ash's breakthrough did not go unnoticed.
The violent tremors that shook Fire Island felt no different from an earthquake, leaving both the island's residents and the trainers participating in the competition restless throughout the night.
Only one person knew the source of it all.
Sabrina.
As a powerful psychic, she was extremely sensitive to fluctuations in mental energy. The moment Ash's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan evolved, she felt the surge of his psychic power clearly.
"Ash…"
Realizing that he was the cause of the disturbance, Sabrina's expression changed instantly. Without hesitation, she followed the direction of that overwhelming psychic signal.
(End of Chapter)
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