Chapter 341: Anticipating the Game, Capture All with Chakra Integration
Chapter 341: Anticipating the Game, Capture All with Chakra Integration
One of Hagoromo Gengetsu's Bloodline Abilities:
Due to his extensive research on chakra, Hagoromo Gengetsu can temporarily transform his entire being into pure chakra, allowing him to wander the world and avoid all binding techniques except for the Ultimate Sealing Technique.
Originally, Hagoromo Gengetsu didn't place much importance on this ability since he had another eye technique similar to it, but with far greater power due to his Rinnegan.
However, he didn't expect this ability to come in handy at this moment.
When caught off guard by the Binding of the Harem Technique, Hagoromo Gengetsu quickly activated Chakra Integration, transforming his entire body into chakra in an instant, effortlessly evading the Truth-Seeking Balls and reconstituting his body behind Naruto.
Naruto's eyes were full of regret as his plan failed.
Just as he hoped his other attack would succeed, Otsutsuki Kaguya also vanished from his field of vision.
Moreover, when Naruto looked again, he found himself in a world of snow and ice.
Amenominaka!
Just as Naruto was about to succeed, Kaguya used this technique unique to the Rinne Sharingan.
In that moment, not only Naruto but all two thousand of his shadow clones, along with Hagoromo Gengetsu, were transported to the icy world within Amenominaka.
Naruto found that neither he nor any of his shadow clones could move.
Looking around, he saw that both he and Kaguya were encased in a massive ice boulder.
Except for Hagoromo Gengetsu.
That guy used the same strange technique as before and had already escaped from the ice.
Naruto struggled as Kaguya, just inches away, prepared to press her hand imbued with the Ultimate Sealing Technique against him.
At this critical moment, Kaguya suddenly moved.
She phased through the ice as if it didn't exist, defying the laws of physics, and moved behind Naruto, pressing her hand toward him, saying:
"So, this must be your real body."
"Damn it!"
Naruto strained with all his might, causing the ice to crack. In just a few moments, he would break free.
But time was running out.
Just as despair set in, the black portal of Yomotsu Hirasaka appeared in front of Naruto. A hand reached through, forcefully breaking the ice and pulling Naruto into the portal.
Kaguya's hand grasped at empty air. She looked up to see Hagoromo Gengetsu holding Naruto, smiling at her:
"I can't let you succeed."
Kaguya remained silent as she quickly floated out of the ice.
Crack! Crack!
The enormous ice boulder shattered into countless fragments, scattering across the sky.
The army of Harem and Reverse Harem Techniques, still frozen in the ice, also dispersed into white smoke.
"Damn it!"
Seeing that years of hard work were lost after blooming only once, Naruto broke free from Hagoromo Gengetsu's grasp.
Hagoromo Gengetsu glanced at Naruto's right hand but didn't mind.
He had originally planned to cut off Naruto's right hand, hoping to use the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei that Naruto held.
However, after carefully examining it with his Rinnegan, he realized it wouldn't work.
Just like the Transcription Seal, the Sage of Six Paths had transferred his Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to Naruto, with specific conditions for its use.
Even if Hagoromo Gengetsu forcefully took it, it would be useless.
Moreover, if he cut off the right hand, the Sun and Moon Seals would simply reappear somewhere else on Naruto's body.
But that didn't mean there weren't other ways to achieve his goal.
As Hagoromo Gengetsu pondered this:
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Kaguya, who hadn't stopped, waved her sleeve, and countless gigantic ice spears shot out from every angle, densely aimed at Hagoromo Gengetsu and Naruto.
Seeing this:
Naruto jumped and dodged frantically, while Hagoromo Gengetsu remained still. As each massive, sharp ice spear approached, he extended his hands and placed his palms on the spears.
"Divine Path Control!"
In the blink of an eye:
All the ice spears, originally an icy blue, emitted a dense purple light.
The ice spears halted and quickly turned purple.
This was only the beginning.
Soon, the snow and ice within a hundred meters of Hagoromo Gengetsu rapidly transformed into purple ice, and the transformation spread outward at an incredible speed.
Kaguya, who was about to follow Black Zetsu's plan to eliminate Naruto first, saw this scene and her pupils slightly contracted.
Hagoromo Gengetsu fixed his gaze on her.
Under the Divine Path Control, the enhanced purple ice spears were manipulated by him to counterattack Kaguya.
Kaguya tried to use her Intangibility to evade the purple ice spears, but found it ineffective.
She could only use her long hair to smash the incoming purple ice spears one by one.
However, she soon noticed the ice beneath her feet was already being overtaken by the purple glow.
At this rate, it wouldn't take long for the entire icy world to be completely covered in purple.
Kaguya hesitated no more and activated the Rinne Sharingan on her forehead.
In an instant!
The icy world vanished.
It was replaced by a sandy desert.
Similar to the deserts of the Land of Wind, but the sand here was heavier and larger.
Naruto, who had just narrowly avoided being skewered by the ice spears, saw the scene before him and was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
Kaguya suddenly thrust her hands forward.
Great Sand Devourer!
A colossal sand dragon shot into the sky, carrying countless sand grains like bullets, raining down upon Hagoromo Gengetsu and Naruto.
The Truth-Seeking Balls behind Hagoromo Gengetsu moved, forming a massive protective barrier in front of him.
Not far away, Naruto did the same.
The sandstorm arrived, covering the entire space.
Hagoromo Gengetsu watched everything calmly, his mind still focused on how to force the Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei out of Naruto's hand.
Given the Sage of Six Paths' usual methods, he likely wouldn't just stand by and watch as Naruto sealed Kaguya.
There might be another trick up his sleeve.
After all…
"That was close!" Naruto's sudden shout interrupted Hagoromo Gengetsu's thoughts.
He turned to see that Naruto had narrowly escaped another of Kaguya's Yomotsu Hirasaka assaults.
Despite everything, Naruto, once the protagonist of this world, managed to evade it by a hair's breadth.
Naruto's unpredictability might be number one, but sometimes there was no need to worry about him.
Hagoromo Gengetsu retracted his gaze, using Yomotsu Hirasaka himself to interfere with Kaguya, while continuing to think.
Even if Kaguya and Naruto joined forces, they would have a hard time posing any real threat to him.
The Sage of Six Paths should be well aware of this.
"So, what other cards do you have to play?"
Hagoromo Gengetsu's lips curled into a smile, filled with anticipation.
He was in no rush.
Having mastered temporary chakra transformation, he knew better than anyone how difficult it was to find the Sage of Six Paths, who had maintained his chakra form for a thousand years.
This was the perfect opportunity.
He only needed to wait for the Sage of Six Paths to fully join the game, and then he could capture everything in one fell swoop!