Chapter 139: What’s That? Is This All the Power of an Otsutsuki?
"Sasuke!"
Boruto-era Naruto, seeing the dire situation, shouted urgently.
"Yeah!"
Boruto-era Sasuke responded.
Both instantly appeared in front of the Konoha ninjas and the village.
The Nine-Tails Susanoo and giant Susanoo blocked the shockwave.
*BOOM!*
A terrifying explosion echoed in the ears of Boruto-era Konoha ninjas, nearly piercing their eardrums.
They thought such an explosion would end, but unexpectedly, it was just the beginning.
*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*
Ferocious roars, as intense as before, resounded repeatedly.
The ground trembled again and again.
Konoha ninjas couldn't discern the actual battle situation. Even those daring to stand near the two giants, hoping to glimpse the fight, were blinded by endless dust, debris, and flying trees.
Only Boruto-era Naruto and Sasuke, piloting their giant Susanoo and blocking the shockwave, could see the battle.
Imperial Naruto and Imperial Sasuke stood with arms crossed.
Blow after blow from their thousand-meter-tall Giant Gods shook the earth, forcing Isshiki to dodge like a flea, in grave danger.
"Our counterparts from another world are ridiculously strong…" Boruto-era Naruto said, stunned, holding back the shockwave while watching the fight.
"Stronger than I imagined… even one of them might not lose to Kaguya back then. These two monsters…" Boruto-era Sasuke said, equally dazed.
Are these still humans? Are you sure they're not disguised Otsutsuki?
"You insects!" Isshiki, constantly pushed back and forced to dodge, was filled with rage and immense humiliation.
He, a noble high-tier Otsutsuki, had never faced such disgrace.
Even Kaguya defeated him with a sneak attack.
But now? Fully recovered, he was forced on the defensive? By two lowly creatures?
What the hell!
Isshiki's eyes bulged.
In the sky, massive black cubes fell one by one, smashing toward Imperial Naruto, Imperial Sasuke, and their surroundings.
*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM!*
These cubes, each over ten meters in length, width, and height, were enormous compared to humans. Made of unknown material, their weight was staggering.
Under gravity's acceleration, each falling cube sank the ground for hundreds of square meters.
Yet, these mighty cubes, when striking the giant wooden statue and Susanoo, were like dust, causing no ripple.
"What's this? Is this all an Otsutsuki's power? Don't you claim to be gods, superior beings? Unleash your full strength and crush us!" Imperial Sasuke shouted arrogantly.
"An Otsutsuki's power shouldn't be this weak! Show us everything!" Imperial Naruto roared.
"Damn insects!" Isshiki shouted furiously.
He turned into a streak of light, darting rapidly, finally reaching the head of the thousand-meter Susanoo and kicking.
*BANG!!!*
The thousand-meter Susanoo trembled but didn't shatter like Boruto-era Sasuke's.
Isshiki, shocked, was momentarily distracted. At that moment, Imperial Sasuke's lips curled into a mocking smile.
"Fall!"
Unbeknownst to Isshiki, the thousand-meter Susanoo sprouted two more arms. Their palms formed a fist, slamming Isshiki hard!
*BANG!!!*
Isshiki plummeted at incredible speed, friction igniting the air.
The ground beneath the thousand-meter Susanoo's power was like tofu, pierced layer by layer as Isshiki sank.
The surrounding earth overturned.
Then, the weapons in the Susanoo's six arms struck the pit where Isshiki fell.
Simultaneously, Imperial Naruto's thousand wooden arms attacked!
*BOOM!!!*
An explosion tens to hundreds of times stronger than before erupted.
A mushroom cloud soared tens of kilometers into the sky.
Clouds within hundreds of kilometers were swept away.
Boruto-era Naruto and Sasuke, who had been blocking the shockwave, could no longer hold. Their giant Susanoo was flung by the massive shockwave.
"No!!!"
Boruto-era Naruto's pupils shrank, letting out a terrified scream.
Without their resistance, the Konoha ninjas and the entire village might be reduced to ash under this horrific shockwave!
His family, his children, his friends, those he had to protect… would they die? Die in this senseless battle? No! No! No! Who will save us!
Boruto-era Naruto screamed.
*SWOOSH!*
At that moment, a familiar figure appeared, surrounded by several pitch-black Truth-Seeking Balls, holding a monk's staff. He pointed the staff gently.
The Truth-Seeking Balls unfolded, and all shockwaves heading toward the Konoha ninjas and village vanished.
Seeing this figure, Boruto-era Naruto and Sasuke shouted in unison:
"Rikudo Sennin!"
Konoha residents, previously seeing only dust and trees, could now see clearly.
At the sight of the Sage, their hearts jolted, but hearing Naruto and Sasuke's cries, they rejoiced.
"The Rikudo Sennin? The legendary Sage has appeared? Great! We're saved!"
"With the Sage, that damn Otsutsuki won't rise again!"
"Wait… where's that Otsutsuki?"
"Hold on… are we still in the same forest?"
Some Konoha ninjas spoke, then noticed the battlefield's transformation.
The once-endless forest was gone.
Around them was barren, endless empty land.
They and Konoha village remained intact, but their surroundings resembled a giant crater.
Compared to their position, at least a thousand meters of earth had been eroded…
What kind of terrifying shockwave was this?
A single attack caused permanent damage to the entire landscape!
Even Naruto and Sasuke's battles against Madara and Kaguya never damaged the land like this!
Horrifying!
"Stay calm and remain behind me. No one will harm you. This Otsutsuki will be handled by my comrades." Ninja World Rikudo Sennin said peacefully.
Konoha residents, along with Boruto-era Naruto and Sasuke, felt inexplicably calm.
But comrades?
Who were the Sage's comrades?
Could they be from another world? That shouldn't be possible… No matter how strange another world was, they and the Sage weren't from the same era or level.
Not the same level?
Those from another world seemed no less powerful than the Sage… Had martial arts reached such heights?
To make those two rival fighters as strong as the Sage.
Mortals rivaling gods?
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Tens of kilometers underground.
Isshiki, buried deep, was gravely injured, most of his body nearly gone, relying on his immortality to recover slowly.
Panting, his eyes filled with rage and a hint of fear:
"Those two… how could they have such power… to rival a noble Otsutsuki like me? It shouldn't be! It can't be!"
"Mortals can't have this power! It's absolute! So why is this happening? Oh, right… I heard they're from another world? Could they be creations of that bastard Amado from another world, using divine remnants?"
Isshiki recalled Kara's artificial humans, created by Amado using remnants of the Otsutsuki god Shibai, destroyed because their power was too great.
Some of those artificial humans had partial divine power, far surpassing his strength as Jigen, even rivaling or exceeding his own.
This made him wary, so he eliminated them.
Unexpectedly, nothing happened in his world.
But people from another world, modified by Amado and infused with divine power, came to this world to fight him!
What about his original world's self? Was he dead?
"Damn Amado! If not for you, my power would be invincible! Now, I must return to headquarters, have Amado unseal Code's power. Together, we might defeat these bastards."
"Oh, right… and Eida, Daemon. That idiot Boro, charmed by Eida's ability, thought he could hide her from me? But in this situation, Boro's foolishness helps me."
"With those two, I won't fail! I can also reclaim Kawaki! There's still time… no need to rush…"
Isshiki calmed as he planned.
Underground, he avoided the surface, moving through the earth, hoping to return to Kara and awaken the strongest artificial humans.
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On the surface.
Seeing Isshiki hadn't reappeared, Imperial Naruto and Sasuke were slightly surprised.
"This Otsutsuki didn't just die like that, right?"
"No way, right? I haven't even used my full power…"
"What a letdown… Otsutsuki seem to be just this weak." Imperial Sasuke said.
Konoha residents, seeing the barren land and Isshiki's absence, also thought he might be dead.
Until…
Another figure soared into the sky.
Seeing this figure, Boruto-era Naruto couldn't help but shout, "Hinata!"
"Mom? No! It must be Big Sister Hinata from another world!" Boruto shouted.
"Why another person from another world?" Kawaki's eyelids twitched, feeling the world was chaotic.
Other Konoha ninjas found it bizarre.
Then, Imperial Hinata was enveloped in glowing white light, with several shining white orbs behind her.
Some, recalling old memories, remembered.
"Tenseigan Chakra Mode!"
"Is this the same power as Otsutsuki Toneri?"
"Why does Hinata from another world have this power? What's she planning?"
"Hey! Hinata, what are you doing?" Imperial Sasuke asked.
"Isshiki's escaping. I'll stop him." Imperial Hinata replied indifferently.
"That guy's running?" Imperial Naruto was slightly surprised.
"What a coward. This is an Otsutsuki? They're really just this weak. As the Empire's enemies, they're unworthy!" Imperial Sasuke mocked.
"He's underground now… like a mole, digging to escape?" Imperial Sasuke nearly laughed imagining Isshiki's escape.
"Ridiculous, but undeniably the smartest, most precise move. Even with True Qi sensors, normal ninjas struggle to track enemies." Imperial Naruto said.
"But too bad… we have Hinata, we have the Tenseigan. The Byakugan's penetrative vision is strong; the Tenseigan's even stronger." Imperial Sasuke shrugged.
"And that technique is perfect for this situation." Imperial Naruto added.
Both looked at Imperial Hinata with anticipation.
In the sky, Imperial Hinata raised her right hand.
Glowing white Truth-Seeking Balls circled, spun, accelerated, and merged.
Terrifying chakra and True Qi connected.
"That's… Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion?" Boruto-era Naruto muttered, recalling the fight with Toneri, where his opponent sliced the moon with one strike.
Though this attack seemed powerful, would it work against an Otsutsuki?
Boruto-era Naruto was doubtful.
A dazzling white light pillar shot skyward, spreading for unknown kilometers.
All Konoha ninjas watched in horror as Imperial Hinata swung her right hand:
"Sky-Cutting: Reincarnation Explosion!"
*BOOM!!!!*
A staggering light pillar struck downward.
Space trembled, rippling, as it hit the ground.
The white light pillar pierced the earth like tofu, unimpeded.
Under this high-speed slash, the ground took extreme impact. On both ends of the white light pillar, kilometers of earth turned to dust!
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Underground, Isshiki, fleeing like a mole, didn't expect another attack.
His body was pierced, dragged through the earth, and shot out, near death.
His surroundings were no longer familiar forests and soil but a vast expanse of ice and snow…
He'd been blasted from the planet's center to the Arctic…
"Lowly insects… daring to track me underground… Damn it! Will I die here? When… when I was one step from success…"
"I still have… so many unfulfilled dreams… how can I die here… I was meant to be the second Otsutsuki to become a god… Why… Kawaki… Kawaki…"
Isshiki muttered, Kawaki's image appearing before him.
"Become a god? Turns out, an Otsutsuki's desires are no different from ordinary humans."
A voice spoke.
A sturdy figure appeared before Isshiki.