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The moment the giant statue's core was shattered, Mukade already sensed the return of his Chakra, and as his expression stiffened, the pressure in his heart deepened even further.
However, he had finally arrived.
He carried the Queen's graceful body and followed the passage to its very end, arriving at a large hall that delved deep into the lowest level of the entire Thousand Tower.
However, even if Queen Sēramu were to awaken now, she likely wouldn't recognize this place.
Mukade looked up into the distance and could clearly see the formation standing in the very center.
Circulating Ryumakyu energy surrounded this grand formation, coiling around it like stars orbiting the moon. The sealing patterns on its surface shimmered with brilliant light, like tiny stars, and one could faintly sense an incredibly terrifying energy source continuously pulsating from the center of this great formation, pumping out boundless power like a heart.
This was the trump card he had spent two and a half years creating since he transmigrated.
"Ryumakyu Core Barrier"
Ever since he had pledged allegiance to the descended Ōtsutsuki Clan in the other timeline, he had obtained this newly developed trump card, specifically designed to deal with that bastard Sawara Kiri.
Just as Sawara Kiri himself had deduced, the Ryumakyu itself is the root of the earth's pulse, one of the foundations for maintaining the world's power. All the natural energy in the world is only a small portion that leaks out through the cracks in the Ryumakyu. Even places like the Sage of the Three Great Sage Lands are merely small-scale alternate dimensions opened up based on corresponding locations.
The reason the Shinju could take root in the earth and rise, ultimately condensing the Shinju fruit, which was incredibly useful even to the Ōtsutsuki Clan, was precisely because it was formed by the convergence of this energy.
It's no exaggeration to say that even within the Ōtsutsuki Clan, this is part of their highest technological achievement.
To deal with that Sawara Kiri, they even spread such technology among humans, showing how desperate they were.
Although Mukade didn't know how many levels higher Sawara Kiri, who could directly defeat several Ōtsutsuki God Clan members, was, he clearly understood this threat, which was so strong that they had to go all out.
The only regrettable thing was that the timeline had changed, forcing him to over-engineer his plan.
"Rise!"
As Mukade's voice fell, his fingertip had already touched the Queen Sēramu's brow.
Under the burning light green Chakra flames, the Queen's figure, originally in a deep slumber, suddenly stiffened, and her eyes slowly and blankly rose from the ground.
Seeing this, Mukade couldn't help but sigh.
Originally, according to his plan, he should have waited until he had completely taken control of the entire Roran and threatened the lives of the entire nation to force this damned woman to cooperate with him wholeheartedly to complete this Ninjutsu.
However, with the blade at his throat now, he could no longer afford to consider so much.
Although he couldn't fully control the Roran Clan's special bloodline, which could influence the Ryumakyu, he could at least partially achieve his goals with Genjutsu and Sealing Technique.
"You, Anrokuzan? Where is Sara? What exactly is this…"
Before the Queen could finish speaking, Mukade had already formed hand seals.
Large-scale sealing patterns spread up her body, finally converging at her brow, forming an eye as black as ink.
Almost the instant this eye-shaped seal was completed, the Queen's figure immediately stiffened.
Mukade let out a low snort. If it weren't for the unique bloodline this troublesome woman carried, he would have killed this fool long ago.
After the seals were completed, the Queen, like a puppet, slowly walked towards the center of the formation, finally standing at the point where the Ryumakyu energy converged, placing her hands on the ground.
Mukade then took out a pitch-black fruit from his backpack and placed it in front of her.
This fruit was the activation device for the Shinju.
Rather than a special plant, it was the culmination of a special Sealing Technique, a unique organism composed entirely of energy.
If one had to say, the nine Tailed Beasts currently existing in the Ninja World and this fruit were actually the same type of energy life forms.
Without birth or death, without sickness or disaster.
"Damn it."
"If I could have stalled for a few more years and created that thing, what would Sawara Kiri even be then?"
"Now, I can only barely complete the 'Divine Ash' ritual."
Mukade gnashed his teeth, but his movements didn't stop.
With Sawara Kiri currently, he could only rely on this thing to seize a glimmer of hope.
The next moment, he slowly began to form hand seals, each one performed with extreme focus.
In the center of the formation, Queen Sēramu also slowly began to form hand seals with his movements, gradually activating the special bloodline within her body, and beginning to control the vast, tsunami-like power of the Ryumakyu within the core.
Just as there are monsters like Jugo in this world who can naturally absorb natural energy, there is also the power of the Witch of the Land of Ghosts who can naturally foresee life and death.
When Mukade began to form hand seals, there was no movement, but as soon as Queen Sēramu's body began to move, the Ryumakyu beneath her feet suddenly boiled like steaming water, continuously surging out from the originally restrained Ryumakyu formation, constantly flowing into the center of the fruit beneath her feet.
Seeing this, Mukade was first delighted, but he quickly controlled his emotions.
No one understood Sawara Kiri of this era better than he did. The Ōtsutsuki Clan had already informed him of all the information they had gathered before he set off.
Because of this, he understood even more clearly what kind of monster that man was.
The Ryumakyu energy continuously converged, but the shinju seed in front of him absorbed the massive energy rising from beneath its feet like a bottomless pit.
As time passed, the seed, which was originally like a fruit, gradually began to change its form.
More and more Ryumakyu power continuously flowed in, causing the shinju seed to expand and inflate like a balloon from its initial fruit-like state, eventually becoming almost as tall as Queen Sēramu.
Subtle energy changes gradually began to carve marks on its form, initially reshaping a female body.
After that, as more and more Ryumakyu energy flowed in, its body gradually began to gain color.
White hair, white eyes, red lips, small horns, long robes...
The colored body became increasingly distinct, and the carved marks became more and more lifelike.
Finally, a body similar to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya appeared before Queen Sēramu.
"Is this 'Divine Ash'?!"
Looking at this scene before him, Mukade's eyes widened, and the emotions on his face became increasingly rich. His entire being was so ecstatic that his eyebrows seemed to be jumping.
Divine Ash, the ultimate puppet with the Shinju as its vessel and a divine will as its core!
Even Sawara Kiri at this time could never match this body!
This was the ultimate weapon!
Until the entire ritual ended, Queen Sēramu seemed to lose all her strength, falling to the ground with a thud, completely limp and unconscious.
The divine body standing in the center of the formation then slowly began to move.
Its pale skin had no hint of color, and its entire being was like a recently deceased corpse, with its will also seemingly blurred.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya stood in the center of this formation, looking down at her body, seemingly with some effort, clenching her five fingers, feeling the stiffness emanating from within.
'Thirty percent, or perhaps ten percent… '
'A seed that hasn't been cultivated for long is only this much.'
'But, wasn't I just sealed?'
'How did I appear in the lower realm?'
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya looked at her hands and feet, her consciousness filled with the chaos of Transmigration, and even her memory was somewhat blurred, only remembering a small part of what happened after her two rebellious sons sealed her with the Six Paths Technique.
'It seems not to be the actual body.'
'So, has the clan discovered that Isshiki was killed and come to conquer me?'
'Besides that, who embedded the command to "kill Sawara Kiri" in my information?'
'Lord Shibai? How is that possible?'
However, with the abilities of the clan members, it's impossible for them not to discover her true sealed body.
This confusing sense of contradiction caused Kaguya's delicate brows to furrow.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan, unlike the people of the lower realm, do not have a physical existence, but are a higher-dimensional, advanced race whose 'reality' is entirely composed of energy and information.
This difficulty in discerning her own 'reality' caused her to feel a rare surge of irritability.
At the same time, she suddenly heard the language of the lower realm from behind:
"Kaguya! Obey me!"
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya heard this and instinctively turned to look in his direction.
Then, she saw a tall man from the lower realm, excitedly spreading his hands and shouting loudly.
The distorted expression on his ugly face revealed an intense desire.
Just as he, like a devotee, worshipped the power of a god.
If one day he could fully master this power unique to a god, how could he not be ecstatic?
Almost as soon as his voice fell, Kaguya clearly felt a subtle sense of restraint rise within her body, and tadpole-shaped runes vaguely emerged from the surface of her pale skin.
However, how could such a technique restrain her?
"Hmph."
With just a slight struggle, the Sealing Technique wrapped around her body shattered completely, tearing apart Mukade's seal.
Mukade felt the sealing connection break, and the fanatical expression on his face instantly froze, as he stared in astonishment at the woman on the high platform.
The next moment, Kaguya extended her hand, pointing a single finger at him, and mobilized the slightly unaccustomed Chakra within her body.
"Bang!"
Without any warning.
Only a faint gray bone structure flashed and disappeared.
Mukade's head had been completely pierced by that one finger, leaving a thin mark on his forehead.
Large patches of gray matter spread out in all directions, rapidly annihilating his entire body.
"All-Killing Ash Bones."
"Useless."
Kaguya walked down from the high platform step by step, passing over the gradually disintegrating corpse, and headed towards the exit of the passage.
Regardless, since this command had already been added to her information, she couldn't avoid it.
She would go and see.
That guy named Sawara Kiri.
Almost at the same moment Kaguya's clone descended.
The group of people who had just annihilated the giant statue in front of them all froze in place.
Namikaze Naruto, who had consistently maintained his Mind's Eye of Kagura, looked up in disbelief, staring at the distant sky.
Although invisible to the naked eye, in his Mind's Eye of Kagura, the surging Ryumakyu energy was like a colossal pillar piercing the sky, erupting continuously from underground, like a volcanic eruption.
Immediately after, this enormous energy seemed to be absorbed by some entity, rapidly converging.
Finally, it formed an extremely concentrated Chakra source.
"Be careful!"
"Something has been summoned."
Sasuke was startled by the words, and said with a solemn expression, "Even your eyes can't see what it is?!"
"Too blurry… I'm trying."
Naruto maintained his hand signs, trying to look in that direction.
However, the overly dazzling Chakra reaction was like a hundred-thousand-lumen flashlight glaring directly in one's face, making it impossible to see what was hidden within.
Instead, Sawara Kiri's expression froze slightly, as if he was looking at the ground in a daze.
In his Six Eyes, a pure white figure was reflected.
Although the switch between 3D and 2D caused a slight change in the figure's appearance, Sawara Kiri recognized the identity of the other party at a glance.
Ōtsutsuki Clan, Kaguya?
How is that possible?
Isn't her body still sealed in the moon?
Even the Shinju hadn't appeared, and no one had reached the Six Paths level, nor had Black Zetsu appeared nearby...
How did she appear?
Although Sawara Kiri had already realized that his appearance had greatly altered the original plot, when he saw the final boss from the original work appear before him, he couldn't help but feel a little shaken.
How did the power escalate so quickly? Even with cheats, he couldn't keep up!
This was too absurd.
However, after carefully observing with his Six Eyes, he discovered a slight detail.
This Kaguya's power had not reached a world-destroying level—at least, it was certainly not on par with the original version's ability to fight two Six Paths level opponents.
Even compared to Uchiha Madara, whom he had fought before, she was only a few levels higher.
At most, she had just touched the baseline of the Six Paths level.
If he also considered the original work's portrayal of her, where she knew no techniques and just blindly unleashed abilities based on her raw power...
Sawara Kiri's heart settled a little.
"Spread out."
"She found us."
Almost as soon as his voice fell, Kaguya's clone seemed to sense his gaze, and her figure suddenly disappeared from deep underground.
When she reappeared, she had emerged from a dark spatial rift and landed in front of them.
Everyone present stared in astonishment at the scene before them.
Is this a Space Ninjutsu?!
However, Kakashi's team and the others, upon seeing this figure, couldn't help but tense up, staring intently at the figure.
"Lord Sawara, be careful!"
"This is a member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan!"
Upon hearing this, Jiraiya and Sakumo simultaneously drew their ninja swords, and even Orochimaru, who was usually so playful, couldn't help but look solemn as he slowly drew the kusanagi sword from his waist.
As for Namikaze Minato, he was somewhat numb.
Ever since entering this Roran, various bizarre events had been happening one after another.
Originally, he had only considered this a normal mission, but then things like future people, Six Paths gods, and death prophecies just kept coming.
As a result, even now, seeing this being whom the Ninja World regarded as a legendary god, he didn't feel much surprise.
It's just...
How do you kill a god?
Kakashi stared intently at the woman in front of him, slowly drawing another scientific ninja tool from his waist, ready to go all out.
Although he was young and hadn't witnessed much of Lord Sawara's battles against those extraterrestrial beings, in the future world, the surrender faction led by the Kara had frequently used Ōtsutsuki Clan technology.
Even their own team had eliminated multiple Ōtsutsuki products.
No one knew better than them the power that such monsters possessed.
They were truly... monsters capable of destroying the world.
Could Lord Sawara at this time defeat such a monster?
However, Naruto, upon seeing the opponent, suddenly frowned and spoke:
"Kakashi-sensei, there's a problem!"
"This guy's danger level should only be around Special Class, not reaching the level of the Ōtsutsuki Clan at their peak."
"It should just be a special descent product."
Upon hearing this, Kakashi's expression brightened.
However, before they could say anything more, Kaguya had already turned her head, looking towards the young man at the very front of the crowd.
She seemed as if she hadn't spoken for a long time, even her movements when speaking were so slow.
"Sawara Kiri, is that you?"
Kaguya's clone floated in mid-air, her robe flowing, like a true god, looking down at the young man's figure.
Her pure white eyes seemed to see through his every secret with a single glance.
"All-Killing Ash Bones."
"As a mortal, to be able to develop a Kekkei Genkai to this extent."
Everyone present was stunned by the words, looking at Sawara Kiri with some confusion.
However, Sawara Kiri was no longer the small fry who constantly worried about life and death back then.
Even when his trump card was seen through at a glance, his expression didn't change in the slightest.
He merely looked calmly at the slender figure floating in mid-air, and said indifferently, "With only this much ability, you dare to come out alone?"
"Has a thousand years of sealing not made you sober?"
"Kaguya."
Listening to the disrespectful words and the highly aggressive gaze, Kaguya's expression seemed to pause for a moment as she looked at him.
"Heh."
The next moment, the woman merely raised her hand lightly.
A hurricane as fierce as a storm suddenly struck fiercely towards the group of people with an unstoppable force, carrying an extremely heavy impact at its center.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack."
With a roar, the earth flew, and rocks shattered.
The air in front of everyone seemed to blur and distort, and a heavy drumming sound suddenly assaulted them.
However, Sawara Kiri still stood firmly in front of everyone, like a mountain-like shield, directly confronting this heavy impact.
"Limitless."
"Buzz—!!"
A barrier entirely composed of space collided with the violent divine power, and both sides stood like mountains splitting the sea, an indescribable immense force opposing each other, creating a deep gully within inches, extending for hundreds of meters around.
Distant towers collapsed one after another under the surging aftershocks, stirring up billowing dust.
The group of people behind stared blankly at the two figures in front of them.
Naruto's eyes widened, looking at this young man who was clearly similar in age to himself, yet whose every deed was legendary to people of their era, and he couldn't help but fall into a trance.
Is this... the Fifth Generation Hokage of the past?
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