Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
Late at night.
In the training room of the Shadow Mansion.
Ryun sat cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes closed. A layer of moon-white radiance enveloped his body, flowing like liquid as it continuously moved through his meridians and acupoints, eventually converging entirely in his eyes.
The chakra within the Tenfold Seal had all transformed into Ten-Tails chakra. It was a pity that when this power was directed to his eyes, the awakening of the Rinnegan was still迟迟不见,迟迟不见!
But he did not believe he had taken the wrong path, because the power of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was increasing every moment. He could perceive this clearly when he activated his 'Pseudo Ten-Tails Mode'.
Back then, after Uchiha Madara transplanted Hashirama's cells, it still took him most of his life to finally awaken the Rinnegan just before his death. If even he, possessing the chakra of both Indra and Asura, had such difficulty awakening it, how could it be easy for Ryun to awaken the Rinnegan?
Previously, he thought that possessing a perfected Sage Body, coupled with an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, would make awakening the Rinnegan a matter of course. Thinking about it now, that was perhaps too naive.
"Hmm???"
Just as Ryun was focused, focused on cultivating at home, a faint tremor from outside the room instantly put him on alert.
In the next moment, Ryun's figure flickered and he appeared in the courtyard.
"The village's barrier has been activated... An enemy invasion?"
Ryun immediately spread his perception, perception. He saw that the entire Otogakure was on alert, yet no enemies could be seen.
"Outside the village..." Ryun's perception continued to expand outward, soon reaching the area of the Divine Tree.
He saw that the colossal Divine Tree had been completely cut down and had already fallen to the ground!
Sensing this, Ryun instantly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to arrive at the battlefield where the Divine Tree was. Just in time, he saw from a distance a green figure flying at extreme speed towards the moon, closely pursued by Deidara and Konan.
"Ōtsutsuki... Toneri?" Ryun frowned and muttered. The next moment, his gaze swept over the Akatsuki members on the battlefield.
The situation for Akatsuki looked rather bad at the moment. The Deva Path Pain and Hidan had been severed in two. Kakuzu had lost one heart. Kisame Hoshigaki appeared somewhat battered. Sasori of the Red Sand was unharmed, but his expression was extremely grim.
"Boss..."
The members who could still move quickly walked over.
"What happened?" Ryun had a rough idea of the cause, but he still asked.
"A very powerful peeping tom. We discovered him and a fight broke out. When he saw he was outmatched, he used an extremely powerful jutsu and fled..."
"That jutsu was very powerful. It not only cut down the Divine Tree, severed the Deva Path Pain and Hidan, but it also seemed to have reached Otogakure... We don't know if the village is alright..."
After hearing this from Sasori of the Red Sand and Kakuzu, Ryun immediately thought of 'Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion'.
"The village has a defense barrier I set up. That jutsu couldn't reach the villagers," Ryun replied calmly.
"That's good... Deidara and Konan have already given chase. But given that person's strength, the two of them chasing blindly could be dangerous."
"I see... Go help Hidan sew his body back together. I will make a trip to the moon. That guy won't get away..."
Ryun gave the order, then turned his gaze to the giant Divine Tree lying on the ground.
This thing just needed Nagato to control it, have it revert to its Ten-Tails form first, and then transform back into the Divine Tree. Cutting down the Divine Tree couldn't harm the Ten-Tails' foundation; at most, it was a minor injury...
"I hadn't come looking for you, and yet you dare to come down and cause trouble..."
Ryun looked at the moon and forcefully threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai. A moment later, he abruptly appeared high in the sky, then decisively hurled the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword towards the moon with great force.
Using the Flying Thunder God Technique only twice, Ryun easily set foot on the moon, arriving near the lunar palace where the Ōtsutsuki clan resided.
On the moon, explosions rang out incessantly. Deidara and Konan had already re-engaged Ōtsutsuki Toneri in battle!
"The boss is here!"
Shortly after he appeared, both sides in the fight noticed him immediately, and many puppets swarmed towards his location.
However, those puppets were simply bisected by the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword in Ryun's hand as soon as they got close. Even long-range attacks bombarding him couldn't harm a single hair on his head.
"The attacks all passed right through his body... Completely immune to physical attacks?"
This newly arrived man gave Ōtsutsuki Toneri immense pressure. With his Tenseigan, he could see the terrifying power contained within Ryun's body!
"Boss..."
"Ryun-san, this guy's abilities are strange, and his strength is considerable..."
Deidara and Konan used a Body Flicker to disengage from the battle and arrive by Ryun's side.
"Mm. You two go clear out those puppet minions. I'll handle this guy..."
Ryun said, walking directly towards Ōtsutsuki Toneri.
"Yes!!"
By now, Ōtsutsuki Toneri had already activated his Tenseigan Chakra Mode. His entire body was enveloped and covered in green chakra, making him look like a deity.
"Did you sneak down to find the Hyūga clan? Whose eyes are these?" Ryun asked with curiosity.
The fact that this guy had awakened the Tenseigan proved that a Hyūga's Byakugan had been taken. Otherwise, the eyeless Ōtsutsuki Toneri wouldn't have had the guts to go peeping at the Divine Tree... He just didn't know whose eyes these were.
"You... it seems you know a lot of things..." Ōtsutsuki Toneri's brows furrowed together.
This stranger actually knew he had visited the Hyūga clan, and even knew that his Tenseigan wasn't originally his. This was deeply unsettling. Had his movements been monitored all along? Ōtsutsuki Toneri secretly considered this possibility.
"A disabled person born without eyes, not staying quietly on the moon, but instead descending to the lower world to actively seek death..."
Ryun sighed helplessly. Matters having come to this, he could only grant the other's wish!
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
Ōtsutsuki Toneri attacked first. He raised his hand and drew a circle in the void. A destructive hurricane instantly erupted from within the circle, a massive wind dragon charging fiercely towards Ryun's location.
Facing such an attack, Ryun neither dodged nor avoided it. Kamui intangibility allowed him to immune all physical attacks, so he saw no need to expend effort dodging or blocking this type of assault.
'As I thought... The attack is completely ineffective. Does this guy have no physical body? But he clearly contains extremely powerful energy within him!'
Ōtsutsuki Toneri didn't understand how Ryun could immune attacks. He thought the person before him was a special illusion without substance. But when Ryun closed in completely, he realized just how heavy the fists and feet of this so-called 'illusion without substance' could be!
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