The sudden appearance of the Ninth Squad, led by Uzumaki Tomoki, in the Land of Demons made Yugito Nii realize that their current situation had become extremely perilous, even though she did not understand how the news of their mission had leaked.
Lightning crackled with blinding brilliance. Hagoromo Mato used a Body Flicker to appear instantly in front of Uzumaki Tomoki, his fingers thrusting outward to project a terrifying arc of electrical light energy.
Seeing this, Tomoki rapidly channeled his own shield chakra, deftly parrying the strike.
The staff danced in Hagoromo Mato's hands, transforming the surrounding area into a unique electromagnetic domain.
The pressure on Tomoki multiplied several times over. As he desperately used his dual shields to block, Tomoki felt the overwhelming dominance of his opponent more and more acutely.
This feeling of being completely helpless and at a loss was exactly like facing his own master; all his offensive patterns and methods were read through at a single glance.
Although Hagoromo Mato subjected Tomoki to immense pressure, the two remained continuously entangled. To an outsider, their battle looked like a fierce, fast-paced back-and-forth exchange.
In reality, Tomoki knew very well that his opponent was holding back and pulling his punches, seemingly entirely unconcerned about the situation of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
Perhaps he was highly confident in the Two-Tails' strength, or perhaps this was related to internal conflicts within Kumogakure?
Noticing Hagoromo Mato's absent-minded fighting style, Tomoki began to rein in his previously aggressive assault, settling his mind instead to focus completely on his defense.
Sensing the shift in his disciple's tactics, a faint smile tugged at the corner of Hagoromo Mato's mouth. As his staff shifted positions, violent arcs of lightning continuously crackled and erupted outward.
While Hagoromo Mato pinned down Uzumaki Tomoki, Uzumaki Tomoko, Aoki Shigeru, and Gaara locked into a fierce battle with the remaining Cloud ninjas.
Two Cloud Jonin wielded long swords, channeling Lightning Release Taijutsu as their blade lights rapidly, slashing toward Aoki Shigeru. However, the latter manifested a blade of water in his hand, successfully holding off the combined assault of the duo.
The Cloud ninjas naturally possessed records regarding Suna's Ninth Squad. After all, the three genin had left too deep an impression on every village during the previous joint Chunin Exams.
Therefore, Yugito Nii dared not be careless in the slightest and rapidly initiated her Tailed Beast transformation!
A massive, blue cat monster materialized on the battlefield, unleashing a dazzling display of majestic blue flames that erupted from all directions.
Gaara immediately formed hand seals, causing countless waves of sand to rise from the ground to block the inferno. At the same time, Uzumaki Tomoko made her move.
Grim white bones extended outward from Tomoko's body, transforming into a sweeping wave of skeletal remains that surged wildly toward the Two-Tails.
The power of the Shikotsumyaku!
The legendary Shikotsumyaku of the ninja world was a formidable meat grinder capable of both absolute offense and defense.
Although the Two-Tails was in a Tailed Beast form, she had not lost her sanity; thus, as she rapidly evaded the assault, she noticed Tomoko's Byakugan activate.
Tomoko's Kekkei Genkai had always been one of the greatest mysteries in the ninja world. Why a body of the Uzumaki lineage would simultaneously possess two distinct Kekkei Genkai—the Shikotsumyaku and the Byakugan—was a coincidence that led many to suspect their origins stemmed from a single ancestor.
However, caught in the heat of battle, the Two-Tails experienced the weight of this power firsthand. The sky-spanning fractured bones swept across, forcefully tearing open layer after layer of deep, crimson gashes across her body.
Refusing to let up her momentum, Tomoko summoned an immense force of skeletal structures from the ground, shaping them into a giant vortex. This manifested a unique sealing force, tightly binding the blue cat monster.
A sealing jutsu?
The sealing arts of the Uzumaki clan were unparalleled in the ninja world. When combined with her Byakugan, Tomoko possessed an incredibly formidable and unique strength.
"Dammit!"
They are just two brats! Why am I being suppressed like this?!
Seeing that the unique seal generated by Tomoko's Shikotsumyaku had restricted her to a very tight space, the transformed Yugito rapidly gathered chakra to spit out a brilliant blue Tailed Beast Bomb.
As the blinding light shot forward, Tomoko showed no fear. She condensed a massive skeletal hand over her arm and slammed it forcefully against the Tailed Beast Bomb.
Using her own bones to face a Tailed Beast Bomb head-on?
With a thunderous explosion, countless white bones shattered into pieces, and the blue flames turned into a terrifying wave of destructive energy that swept across the field.
"Tomoko!"
Aoki Shigeru sensed Tomoko was in danger and condensed a massive web of water threads to shoot outward, but the two Cloud ninjas coordinated flawlessly, cutting down the water threads with expert precision.
As Jonin capable of teaming up with Hagoromo Mato and Yugito Nii within Kumogakure, these individuals were elite Jonin. Although Shigeru's strength was outstanding, the two Jonin possessed rich combat experience and would not be easily brought down.
Right at that moment, the Two-Tails exhaled a horrifying torrent of high-temperature fire, blasting squarely into Tomoko and sending her flying backward.
Seeing this, Gaara formed hand seals in an attempt to provide support. However, the frenzied Two-Tails moved with incredible speed, like an eerie phantom cat, leaping directly above Tomoko and fiercely slashing down with both claws!
As the dual claws descended, Tomoko coughed up a mouthful of blood. Tomoki showed an anxious expression, preparing to use a Body Flicker to rush to her aid, only for a flash of blue light to appear as Hagoromo Mato lightly barred his path with his staff.
Amidst a resounding clash, Tomoki's kunai sparked violently against Mato's staff, and the battle between them instantly reached a fever pitch.
Although the Two-Tails' raw power was average among the Tailed Beasts, Yugito Nii was one of the few individuals who existed as a perfect Jinchuriki. When fighting at full strength, even Tomoko found it difficult to resist.
Dance of the Cleansing End!
Massive white skeletal palms extended from around Tomoko, tightly clamping down on the blue cat monster. However, at that exact moment, Yugito Nii let out a wild roar, and a burst of blinding energy instantly shattered the white hands to pieces...
"Die!"
Burning blue flames swirled around her claws as she lunged forward at blinding speed to deliver a fatal strike. Tomoko tried to dodge, but countless beams of blue light locked onto her entire body.
Am I... going to die?
As her consciousness began to fade from overexerting her Shikotsumyaku, and with the deadly claws closing in, the third eye on her forehead—the Tenseigan—suddenly snapped open at this critical juncture!
A golden light condensed at the center of her brow. This unexpected and mysterious power caused both the Two-Tails and its Jinchuriki to freeze for a split second, just as a golden, circular ring of light rippled outward from Tomoko's body.
This was...
Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
The grand, sweeping blade of chakra energy cut through the air like a massive arc-cutting laser. Before the bewildered eyes of the Two-Tails, its body was violently cleaved and blown apart, sending a piercing wail echoing through the entire forest.
A faint blue chakra light blanketed everything in the vicinity, carrying an incredibly grand yet terrifying presence.
The power of the Tenseigan had reappeared on the ninja continent after countless ages, manifesting itself in a posture of pure slaughter.
Immediately afterward, as if acting beyond her own control, Tomoko's Tenseigan unleashed a terrifying blue light, instantly swallowing the fragmented pieces of the Two-Tails and Yugito Nii's corpse, sealing them away into a unique dimensional space.
Because the power of the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion had been unleashed, Otsutsuki Ryushiki, who had just materialized in the space of the Moon, revealed a pale, cold smile: "The power of the Tenseigan? How is that possible?"
It was obvious that when Uzumaki Tomoko utilized the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, she had drawn upon the power of the giant, merged Tenseigan situated on the Moon.
However, the palace atop the Moon was already in ruins. With a soft dripping sound, the severed head of Otsutsuki Toneri, filled with absolute unwillingness, rolled right next to his feet.
The branch of the Moon's Otsutsuki clan—who were essentially just Byakugan wielders using the Otsutsuki name—had been effortlessly wiped out by him. Yet, to his surprise, someone down below had truly awakened the genuine power of the Tenseigan.
Is it from the ninja continent once again?
At the edge of the battlefield below, Hagoromo Mato watched as Tomoko's power began to gradually awaken, a faint smile surfacing on his face.
Using the sealed power of the Tenseigan in a moment of life-or-death crisis...
Regrettably, the spatial barrier fluctuations caused by this are still not strong enough. Tomoko still needs much more room to grow and elevate herself
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