Chapter 409: Surprise Attack
"So… will the Sage of Six Paths act personally?"
Li Yao frowned. With Naruto's physical body utterly obliterated by him, it was uncertain whether revival was even possible.
Although Sasuke was still alive, because Obito had become his clone ahead of time, Itachi's eyes had already been destroyed by that clone. Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan likely couldn't evolve into the Eternal Mangekyō.
So whether Sasuke could, like in the original story, wield the Six Paths Yin Power remained uncertain.
Even if only Sasuke remained… no, even if both Naruto and Sasuke returned, Li Yao—who had mastered perfect sage arts and space-time abilities—wouldn't be afraid.
Six Paths-level chakra was indeed powerful, but it could be countered with sage techniques and broken through with spatial abilities.
In terms of physical speed and reaction time, Li Yao could match Naruto and Sasuke at Six Paths level using various mode enhancements.
What truly worried Li Yao was the possibility of the Sage of Six Paths acting in person.
Now that the Obito clone had become the Ten-Tails jinchūriki and gained firsthand insight into the nature and strength of Truth-Seeking Ball chakra, Li Yao understood the Sage's power even more clearly.
Fusing seven basic chakra natures to create Kekkei Mōra was only the foundation of Six Paths power—it wasn't the only way to reach that level.
Just like Dust Release was a Kekkei Tōta technique—it didn't mean combining Wind, Fire, and Earth was the only way to achieve that class of jutsu.
Li Yao had elevated each single chakra nature—Wind, Fire, Lightning, Earth, Water—to the level of Kekkei Tōta. In some cases, they were even stronger than Dust Release.
Similarly, Six Paths power wasn't limited to Kekkei Mōra.
If someone raised a single-nature technique like Yang Release to the Six Paths level, it would far surpass the destructive potential of the Truth-Seeking Balls formed from the fusion of seven types.
The Sage of Six Paths had lived for over a thousand years. In a world that revered bloodlines and talents, there was no doubt he had elevated every chakra nature to Six Paths level. His strength far exceeded that of the Obito clone, who only had control over Kekkei Mōra.
If the Sage acted personally, the only card Li Yao and the clone had was space-time jutsu.
Perfect sage techniques? The Sage knew them too—and likely better.
Even space-time abilities… who's to say the Sage didn't know them?
After all, he had created the Pure Land—a dimension for absorbing endless souls. His space-time mastery had to be significant.
In short, the Sage, with a thousand years of mastery, outclassed Li Yao in every dimension.
If he took the field himself, Li Yao winning would be virtually impossible.
"But in the original story, even when Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was resurrected, the Sage didn't intervene. He might not act this time either."
Li Yao suddenly realized—unlike Kaguya, he was just a regular human with no god-tier bloodline.
"Still… it's better to move."
After thinking it through, he teleported together with the Obito clone into Kamui's dimension.
Whether the Sage took action personally or simply empowered Naruto and Sasuke, it didn't matter much to Li Yao.
He hadn't come to this world to fight the Sage.
The most important task now was copying Kekkei Mōra.
Once he fully mastered Six Paths-level Kekkei Mōra, he would stand a much better chance against the Sage or a Six Paths-powered Naruto and Sasuke.
If all else failed, he'd just return to his original Naruto world.
There was no reason for Li Yao to risk everything against the Sage.
Time passed slowly.
Inside Kamui's dimension, Li Yao and the Obito clone concentrated fully on analyzing the properties of the Truth-Seeking Ball chakra.
Rumble… The Ten-Tails raged within the Obito clone's body.
The beast had its own consciousness and didn't want to be sealed.
But without the mental burden from the other clones, and with full control over both Hashirama cells and Madara's Rinnegan, plus his own powerful sealing jutsu, the Obito clone had no trouble suppressing the Ten-Tails.
Li Yao and the clone immersed themselves completely in analyzing the Truth-Seeking Ball chakra.
Kamui's dimension was extremely secure.
With both Mangekyō Kamui eyes destroyed, only the Obito clone and Li Yao (who had marked the space with Flying Thunder God) could access it.
No one else could enter Kamui.
Unlike the interspatial layer, Kamui was a complete dimension with strong spatial barriers—normally, no one could even sense its existence.
When Li Yao had first arrived, his understanding of space-time chakra, enhanced by the Dragon Vein, was already profound—yet even he couldn't detect Kamui.
Even now, without his Flying Thunder God mark inside, he couldn't perceive it.
Kamui was a separate pocket dimension, detached from the world. Only the Obito clone could sense it—no one else could enter.
That's why Li Yao felt at ease, pouring his full attention into sensing the Truth-Seeking Ball's chakra.
But just one minute later—
Whoosh!
A golden figure appeared in front of the Obito clone, slamming his outstretched right hand into the clone's abdomen.
The sudden ambush was too fast—completely unexpected.
Neither Li Yao nor the clone had time to use black hole space-body phasing or water-air liquefaction to dodge.
"Minato!!!"
Only after the strike landed did Li Yao react. Someone had breached Kamui's dimension—someone he never expected. His furious roar echoed.
He instantly tried to cast genjutsu chakra to control this reincarnated Minato.
But… it was too late.
Whoosh!
Minato activated Flying Thunder God the moment his hand touched the clone. Both vanished from Kamui instantly.
Whoosh!
Li Yao had no time to think. Reflexively, he used the Flying Thunder God mark left on the Obito clone's body to follow.
The clone couldn't be allowed to fall.
Otherwise, his Kekkei Mōra replication would fail.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
At the bottom of the crater where Heavy Gravity Fist and Night Guy had clashed, a Flying Thunder God kunai was stuck in the ground.
Minato, the Obito clone, and Li Yao appeared in rapid succession—mere moments apart.
Whoosh whoosh!
Just before Li Yao arrived, a golden figure stood waiting—Six Paths Naruto, adorned in chakra cloak, beastly pupils, three black facial markings, three floating Truth-Seeking Balls, and wielding a black staff.
As Minato and the Obito clone appeared, Naruto charged at the clone's back, right hand extended, palm aimed.
Also waiting was Uchiha Sasuke, left eye transformed into the Rinnegan with six tomoe, empowered with Six Paths Yin Power.
Naruto and Sasuke flanked the clone left and right, both thrusting their Yin-Yang-empowered palms toward the space behind the clone.
Li Yao appeared in the exact instant those two palms came together—perfectly caught in the middle of the combined attack.
It was as if he had teleported straight into the middle of their ambush.
(END CHAPTER)
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