Sigh…
'The water within the Otsutsuki clan runs so deep!' Izuna signs in the heart.
'No wonder the Otsutsuki clan is such a behemoth and can fight a long war against the Tentai Yōkai clan and resist the invasion of the Abyss.' Izuna also understands a few more things.
However, with the rise in Madara's aura, the palpitation in Izuna's heart also increases.
'Where the fuck is Seiryū when I need him the most? No, this won't do; I have to stall for more time. I can't fight against these two on my own.'
He glances at Ibaraki.
"Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans are the descendants of Hagoromo. The Hyuga clan and moon branch are the descendants of Homura. Does that mean the Kaguya clan members are a descendant of…" Izuna turns to Ibaraki, his meaning clear.
"Hehe… Not just the Kaguya clan!"
Suddenly, a change occurs on the battlefield. Izuna feels his blood boil. He almost loses control of the blood in his body as it attempts to escape from his body.
SHIING…
An illusion of two large bloody eyes appears behind Izuna.
"Those eyes…"
Izuna's expression turns ugly.
"Ketsuryūgan!"
Ibaraki finally opens his closed eyes, revealing two bloody eyes with glowing bright red sclera, dark red irises, and white pupils shaped as horizontal rectangles.
"The Dojutsu of the Chinoike clan!" Izuna mumbles.
"The Kaguya clan and the Chinoike clans are the remnants of the failed experiments that I did with Ibaraki's blood. Unfortunately, the outcome was quite unstable and lacked the necessary power." Black Zetsu laments at his failure.
While Izuna is conversing with Black Zetsu to stall time, the blood-red aura around Ibaraki deepens.
GROAR…
With a powerful roar, a burst of blood-red aura emits from his body.
Bang… bang… bang…
Izuna's clones are sent flying by Ibaraki's sudden outburst.
"His power and speed have almost tripled." Izuna notices the anomaly.
Whoosh…
Ibaraki moves at a speed akin to teleportation. He arrives in front of one of Izuna's clones and clenches his fists. A thick, blood aura shrouds his fists.
Bang…
Ibaraki's fist blows a hole through the clone's chest before the latter can react.
"Such fast speed and reflexes." Izuna's eyes narrow.
The clone's body turns white, and it crumbles into ashes and dissipates.
Izuna's eyes narrow at the sight.
'That wasn't a normal clone. It was a combination of Limbo and Shadow clone jutsu. Not only is this clone immune to physical and Ninjutsu attacks, but it can even return to the Limbo dimension to recover from any injuries. However, his strange power insta-killed my clone. It was a complete annihilation, which means I have permanently lost that clone for good.
Just what is the origin of this strange power? Is it an ability of Shibai Otsutsuki's blood? Or is it something else entirely?' Izuna speculates.
Whoosh… Slash…
Izuna's second clone teleports behind Ibaraki with a black sword. He aims the blade at the crack between Ibaraki's bone armor. The blade ignores Ibaraki's physical defense and slices through the latter's skin.
Ding…
The blade gets deflected by a layer of blood-red aura. Purple flames erupt from the blade and engulf Ibaraki's body.
'This blade possesses a special ability to bypass all physical and spiritual defenses. It's a perfect weapon for assassinations. And the flames it releases is a type of metaphysical concept of decay.'
The white bone armor on Ibaraki's body turns brown and falls off from his body. It vanishes into thin air before it can make contact with the ground. The flames slowly burn Ibaraki's skin and flesh, revealing his bones.
Shiing…
The red glow in Ibaraki's eyes turns brighter. Blood aura seeps out of his body and cleanses the purple flames in an instant.
"It can even erase the concept of decay?!" Izuna's eyes widen in shock.
The blood-red aura envelops Ibaraki's body like a cocoon. It restores his body to its former state within a matter of seconds.
ROAR…
Ibaraki releases an angry howl and swings a bone blade towards Izuna's clone.
The clone hastily dodges back, afraid of the fate of the previous clone.
The bone blade slides inches away from the clone's forehead.
"His blood possesses strong defensive ability, a powerful offensive ability, a potent healing factor, and that strange aura to amplify everything. It also grants him those eyes to manipulate blood."
Shiing…
Blood-red eyes appear behind the clone and a sharp bone blade slashes towards him.
Swish…
The clone barely dodges the blade at the very last instant.
RIIP…
Ibaraki's swing tears a black rift through the space. The powerful pressure from the swing destroys a series of mountains in the distance.
'What's with this insane physical strength? Has he grown stronger than before? This power is on par with Eight Gate Gai. His causal swing can create a rift in space.' Izuna's expression changes again.
'Just what kind of monster is this? It's growing stronger as the battle goes on. And I don't have a method to kill him in an instant unless I use that attack.'
Whoosh… whoosh…
The clone swiftly distances itself from Ibaraki.
Crack… Snap… Snap…
The blood-red energy coats the bone blade and alters its shape and density.
Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…
Ibaraki manipulates his blood to create several scarlet weapons of blood behind him.
'Blood Manipulation: Amanohabaya,'
"That's his version of the Otsutsuki technique."
Izuna recognizes the weapon creation technique as one of the signature techniques of the Otsutsuki clan.
Swish…
Ibaraki waves his hand and the weapons behind him shoot towards Izuna's clone at an incredible speed.
Bang… bang… bang…
The clone rapidly dodges the attack and avoids another barrage of bone bullets from Ibaraki.
The blood weapons turn into liquid form upon impact and alter their shape and size to different forms to attack him. A massive blood hammer smashes towards the clone's head.
Swoosh…
The clone uses 'Shinra Tensei' to push itself out of the way.
BOOM…
The hammer's strike creates a bottomless pit on impact. The entire continent falls several meters below the sea level.
The blood of the hammer transforms into several red needles and shoots outward at an extreme speed.
Clang… clang… clang…
Izuna's clone deflects the attack with his sword.
Sizzle… sizzle…
However, the corrosive property of the metal eats through the material of the blade.
"Are you kidding me? That's meteorite iron, one of the hardest metals." The clone discards the sword and pulls out a blue blade made from different materials.
Swish…
A bloody spear fly past Izuna's head. Several beads of blood from the needles gather and morph into multiple blood clones of Ibaraki. Each clone is equipped with a scarlet weapon infused with blood aura.
'Blood clone technique'
The blood clones charge toward Izuna's clone from all directions.
Hmm…
Izuna's eyes narrow at the sight.
'This guy… he seems to evolving in combat. He is even replicating my abilities? Is this the result of a single drop? That Black Zetsu dares to call it a defective product. Now I can't even imagine what havoc the Otsutsuki clan will wreak if they get possession of Shibai's complete body.'
Izuna's clone extends its palm. A black orb appears in his palm.
"Secret Senjutsu Art: Six Paths Annihilation wave,"
Boom…
A burst of black energy explodes from the clone as the center. This burst of energy travels outward and wipes out all of Ibaraki's blood clones.
Slash…
Suddenly, a scarlet spear penetrates through Izuna's chest.
Argh…
The clone's body turns white, and it slowly disintegrates into white ashes and vanishes from the world.
Ibaraki walks out of a black Yomotsu Hirasaka with the spear in its hand.
'He has even mastered the Space-time techniques!' Izuna's eyelids twitch slightly.
Thump…
Suddenly, a pulse of chakra escapes from Madara's body. The black tar-like substance seeps into his body. The transformation is completed.
A figure clad in an ornate white cloak with several obscure runes, and magatama patterns, appears. The figure has his eyes closed and there is a crown-shaped horn on his forehead. His long white hairs flutter with the wind.
"It's really him!"
A look of despair appears on Izuna's face.
Shiing…
At this instant, a violet light flickers across Izuna's right eye. Finally, his Reigan has recovered. However, there is no happiness in Izuna's eyes: only deep terror.
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The figure slowly opens his eyes, revealing a pair of light blue eyes with a darkened sclera and a slightly dark blue pupil.
"Jōgan!"
Izuna clenches his fists as he recognizes the Dojutsu of the newcomer.
"So, it's really him- Lord Shutendōji, the present leader of the Otsutsuki clan!"
Jōgan or the pure eyes are the most powerful jutsu of the Otsutsuki clan. These powerful eyes can peer into fate, karma, and destiny. They grant the user omnipotence, omniscient, the power to alter the laws of reality, manipulate space-time, clairvoyance, and the power to control entropy are just among a few.
This set of eyes is so powerful that only a single pair of eyes can exist in the Otsutsuki clan at a time. If another pair of eyes exists with a stroke of luck, then the fate and destiny of the two users will be intertwined, cursing these eyes.
'But that's not all about these eyes.' Izuna averts his gaze from the Jōgan.
'These eyes are a manifestation of the Otsutsuki God's power. So, any person with these eyes carries the will of the Otsutsuki God. Currently, only the Clan leader of the Otsutsuki clan possesses these eyes.'
Izuna's expression turns tense.
'I didn't expect the will of the Otsutsuki clan leader to descend into Grandpa's body. Now I know why Zetsu was strengthening Grandpa's body. No mortal vessel can handle the will of Otsutsuki God.'
Izuna has a bit of insider knowledge. The leaders of the three powerful cosmic forces, Otsutsuki, Tentai Yōkai, and the Abyss, are actually the physical manifestation of their respective God.
The Gods of these clans can't act in the physical plane because of some unknown circumstances or restraints. So, each of them transferred a minuscule portion of their power to a vessel; which is also the representative of their will in the physical plane!
'Perhaps their actual bodies are five-dimensional beings!' Izuna speculates.
Even his current powers are close to being fourth-dimensional. Except for a few limitations, even he can freely walk-through time. As for the concept of the fifth dimension, it's far too obscure and distant for him to understand.
Now on to the present situation, Izuna feels fear from the bottom of his heart as he confronts Shutendōji's avatar.
"This body is too weak!" Shutendōji clenches his fists.
"I can't even relay a percent of my power." He mutters.
"Lord!" Black Zetsu bows on his knees in front of Shutendōji.
"Please forgive my failure. This subject is too incompetent to find a suitable vessel for your unsurmountable power!" A fanatic expression appears on Black Zetsu's featureless face.
Hmm…
Shiing…
A faint glimmer flashed through Shutendōji's eyes. With a single glance, he sees through the fate, karma, destiny, past, present, and future of the entire shinobi world.
"Interesting!" An expression of amusement appears on Shutendōji's face.
"The aura of fate in this world is very dense. It's even comparable to the home dimension of the Otsutsuki clan.." He mumbles.
Shutendōji's eyes continue to glimmer as he reads through the history of this world.
Hmm…
"Kaguya… that little girl! An extremely powerful divine technique influenced her to make her betray the clan. Let's see the source of this divine technique!"
Memories continue to flash past Shutendōji's mind.
"Oh! So, other than Shibai, another low-level God died in this world."
His vision peers through the illusion and rests on a temple on a snowy-mountain.
'That's the direction of the Redaku!' Izuna murmurs.
'Seems like he saw through everything!'
"Oh! It was the spirit of the Karma artifact owned by that bastard! Since it's related to karma, I won't delve further."
While Shutendōji's avatar is peering into the past of the Shinobi world, Izuna doesn't dare to even flinch a muscle. Even Ibaraki, who was rampaging a few seconds ago, silently arrives beside Shutendōji and bows like a piet.
'Shinobi world is doomed. Even if I somehow managed to repel him, none of the residents would survive. Their fate, karma, and destiny will be severed for all eternity. Now, I only hope that Seiryū can somehow turn the situation around.' Izuna pins all his hopes on the Astral Demon Prince.
Swirl…
A black Yomotsu Hirasaka opens beside Izuna. A figure walks out of the portal.
'Speak of the devil!'
AH…
The figure's steps freezes as it senses a powerful presence. It quickly turns around to flee. However, an invisible force acts on the figure and pulls it into the shinobi world.
Seiryū tumbles from the portal and falls flat on the ground with his face.
"Umm… looks like I have trespassed in the wrong place at the wrong time!" He gets up, dusts his clothes, and scratches his head with a smile that's not a smile.
Inside his mind, he is cursing Izuna to damnation.
'Fuck! I shouldn't have listened to his words. Nothing good happens in anything related to this jinx.'
He turns to Izuna with a smile. His eyes foretell a tragic tale.
Izuna also rolls his eyes, reading the sentiments hidden in Seiryū's eyes with a single glance. After all, both of them are a similar kind of person. Birds of a feather flock together is universally true.
'Just why the fuck is this person here?' Seiryū asks him through a mental message.
'If you are asking me, then who the fuck am I supposed to ask? Shouldn't you be more aware of his situation? After all, your father is the leader of the clan. Shouldn't he be locked in a battle against him?' Izuna retorts.
'Besides, it isn't his real body but a vessel of his projection, a mini-avatar to be accurate!' He adds.
'Even if it's a mini-avatar, his power isn't something we can contend against.' Seiryū sighs.
'Then do you plan to give up so soon?' Izuna frowns.
'No, of course not! It's a rare chance to contend against a powerful figure like him. Besides, I never get to fight my father since he is too powerful and even my father's avatars aren't something we can handle. But this mini-avatar of Shutendōji is slightly different.' He glances at Shutendōji's form with his Reigan.
'The power of his current vessel is inflated forcefully. So, the descent of this avatar won't last that long. He will last for at most an hour, after which the vessel will crumble and turn into ashes.' He adds.
'Hmm… is that so?' Izuna also confirms the truth with his Reigan.
'Indeed! But how are supposed to last an hour? No, forty-five minutes against him. All it will take him is a slight effort to obliterate us,' Izuna asks.
'Hehe… you don't have to worry about that. Though not him, I already made preparations to survive against a powerful enemy. We might not do much to him, but surviving won't be a problem unless he is hell-bent on destroying us,' Seiryū mutters.
'And why do you think he isn't hell-bent? What if we somehow piss him off?' Izuna asks in skepticism.
'Then, we can only perturb it to our bad luck.' Seiryūaccepts his fate.
'Also…' As if recalling something.
'Don't you still have that thing?'
'I do! But I have already over-drained its power. And using that will certainly destroy this world. So, I am not that keen to use it.' Izuna sighs.
'The world will end anyway, so might as well do it!' Seiryū has a different opinion.
'I will think about it. For now, let's see how things play out!' Izuna gives a vague answer.
'That's not an answer!' Seiryū rolls his eyes.
Shutendōji ignores the two clowns in front of him and continues to grasp the unique aspect of this world by delving into its past.
"Hmm… So, this is the world that hides Shibai Otsutsuki's body."
His vision stretches far wide in the past and arrives at the point of Shibai Otsutsuki's ascension to godhood.
"Shibai used the fate of this world to sever his connections with the Otsutsuki clan's fate. He abandoned his body, the last link with the Otsutsuki clan, to cut off his ties." Shutendōji's eyes narrow.
"But what's so unique about this world that allowed him to sever his fate?"
Shutendōji's vision expands even further in time.
Gulp…
Both Izuna and Seiryū gulp their saliva. Each passing second feels like a decade for them.
Soon, fifty minutes pass in the blink of an eye. During this entire time, the duo didn't even dare to move a muscle.
"No wonder he chose to ascend in this small dimension!"
Shutendōji finally opens his eyes and glances at the duo in front of him.
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