Chapter 326: The True Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Descends!
Chapter 326: The True Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Descends!
Hagoromo Mu didn't understand why Hagoromo Gengetsu specifically instructed them to pursue and eliminate this Konoha ninja.
However, they still had to follow orders.
Quickly, the pursuit team led by the Hagoromo ancestors set off, tailing the retreating Allied Shinobi Forces.
The ninja named Might Guy was among them as well.
Since the Eight Gates Formation was revealed to the world, only two people had ever opened all eight gates: Might Duy and Might Guy.
No one truly realized just how powerful one could become when all eight gates were fully opened.
Might Duy had demonstrated this once, sacrificing his life to take down four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and severely injure three others.
Though this was an astonishing feat for any normal ninja, to beings like Hagoromo Gengetsu, Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, or even someone as powerful as the Third Raikage, it was impressive but not earth-shattering.
Might Guy, who could also open the Eight Gates, didn't even know what level his strength would reach upon opening the eighth gate.
Let alone others.
Because of this, when the Allied Shinobi Forces' leadership dispatched personnel to deal with Hagoromo Gengetsu, aside from the necessary Five Kage of the current era, most of the others were reanimated shinobi, while people like Might Guy, Kakashi, and Jiraiya stayed back at the main camp.
At this moment, Might Guy had already opened the seventh gate.
Seeing the Hagoromo forces relentlessly chasing them, with many comrades falling along the way, he pondered whether he should open the eighth gate to hold them off, giving his youth and passion to save everyone.
Kakashi, knowing full well what Guy was thinking, held him back.
He didn't want to lose his friend.
Moreover, facing a group of reanimated shinobi, even if Guy opened the eighth gate and shattered them all, what difference would it make?
In the recent battle, the Hagoromo forces specifically targeted the sealing ninjas, causing severe casualties among them. With their reduced numbers, they wouldn't have the manpower or time to seal the pursuing Hagoromo warriors.
They had to regroup with other units before they could attempt to take them down.
Kakashi wasn't aware that the other units had already disbanded long before them.
Neither was Might Guy, but...
"Kakashi, I have a feeling. Today, the Blue Beast of Konoha will sweat the blood of youth!"
Even in the dark night, Might Guy's teeth gleamed white as he suddenly grinned, giving a thumbs-up to himself.
"Guy, you..."
Kakashi looked deeply at Might Guy.
Seeing many Hagoromo warriors approaching them, Kakashi seemed to realize something.
Meanwhile.
On the road leading to the Allied Shinobi Forces' main camp, which also led to the Divine Tree's remnants, Hagoromo Gengetsu walked alone in silence.
There were no shouts from ninjas, no cries from animals, no sounds of wind or rain.
Only the rhythmic sound of his footsteps echoed across the land.
As if measuring the earth beneath him, Hagoromo Gengetsu walked neither too fast nor too slow, but each step covered several dozen meters.
Before long, the lingering smoke from the still-dispersing ninja camp appeared on the horizon.
"Are the preparations almost complete?"
Receiving the information from Hagoromo Mu, Hagoromo Gengetsu looked up at the unremarkable smoke rising into the night sky and calmly said,
"If so, let's begin."
Hagoromo Gengetsu clapped his hands together.
A puff of white smoke emerged from beside him.
A clone, identical in appearance and fully cultivated, was summoned.
"I'll leave the rest to you."
Spirit Projection!
Hagoromo Gengetsu's main soul transferred into the clone.
His true body then sank into the ground.
Hagoromo Gengetsu quickly familiarized himself with the clone and continued walking forward, clapping his hands together once more.
Boom!
A massive cloud of white smoke, almost covering a square, appeared behind him. Far larger than the Wooden Golem, the complete body Susanoo, or even the Flaming Deity, the colossal Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was summoned.
Sensing what was about to happen, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, with its eight and a half open eyes, couldn't help but look up at the unprecedentedly close blood-red moon above, ready to howl at the sky.
"Keep quiet."
Hagoromo Gengetsu spoke without turning his head.
At his words, the chains wrapped around the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path tightened, forcing it to stop its actions.
Without hesitation, Hagoromo Gengetsu continued walking, his hands forming a final seal.
Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!
The technique he had obtained from the Limited Tsukuyomi was now officially activated.
In an instant!
Behind Hagoromo Gengetsu, the colossal Demonic Statue of the Outer Path twisted and contorted as if covered by a rapidly spinning vortex. Its massive body began to shrink as it was swiftly absorbed into Hagoromo Gengetsu's back.
Gulp~ Gulp~ Gulp~
Having gone through this process once before, Hagoromo Gengetsu remained calm as he allowed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and eight and a half-tailed beasts to surge into his body.
The entire process was without incident.
Quiet as if strolling down the street.
Hagoromo Gengetsu's footsteps continued their rhythmic beat in the night.
Step... Step... Step...
As Hagoromo Gengetsu took the sixth step, pure white feathers descended from the sky, and in a dazzling light, the Six Tomoe Rinnegan robe draped over him from head to toe.
On the seventh step, his black hair turned white, flowing down to his waist.
On the eighth step, seven Truth-Seeking Balls appeared behind him, forming a circular pattern.
On the ninth step, the transformation was complete, and the true Ten-Tails Jinchuriki was born.
At that moment, Hagoromo Gengetsu, with white hair down to his waist and the Six Paths robe billowing in the wind, slowly closed his eyes, sensing the unprecedentedly powerful force within his body, far surpassing his previous level.
"So this is the Six Paths level? It's far more real and powerful than in the Limited Tsukuyomi world!"
Soon, Hagoromo Gengetsu calmly opened his eyes again.
Though the power of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki was immense, it ultimately did not belong to him.
His true power would arrive soon enough.
If everything went smoothly.
Hagoromo Gengetsu glanced up at the blood-red moon, which seemed to draw closer in his senses.
With the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki's transformation, not only did it signify his direct contact with Kaguya, but it also likely triggered a warning to the Sage of Six Paths.
He had to act quickly!
Retracting his gaze, Hagoromo Gengetsu rose into the air, moving faster than ever before as he sped towards the Divine Tree's remnants.
At the same time.
Within the blood-red moon, in the Six Paths Sealing Space.
The sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki, who had been confined for millennia, slowly opened her eyes, a smile curling on her red lips:
"I can feel the Ten-Tails' presence... Good child!"
In an unknown space.
Six Paths-level chakra, dispersed everywhere, suddenly gathered, forming the figure of the Sage of Six Paths.
As if suddenly awakened, the Sage of Six Paths, who had been asleep for too long, slowly opened his Rinnegan eyes. In the instant he gazed upon the ninja world, everything came into view.
"So many years have passed... A Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. To think someone can now bear the Ten-Tails' power."
The Sage of Six Paths sighed deeply.
"Unfortunately... it's all in vain. In the end, they'll only become a vessel for Mother."
"For the sake of the ninja world, it must be stopped!"