Capítulo 253: Chapter 253
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Absolute Defense is a power derived from Yoei after it devoured the special weapons.
When the field is deployed, as long as the amount of chakra Kyomu inputs into Yoei is greater than or equal to the total amount of chakra in the incoming attack, it can be completely defended against.
Previously, Kyomu had his space bloodline, so the absolute defense ability of Yoei wasn't necessary.
But now, with over a hundred people working together to reinforce the surrounding space with a space sealing technique, the cost of using the space bloodline limit for Kyomu has increased significantly, making the absolute defense more cost-effective.
Buzz! The surrounding air trembled as a transparent, thin, film-like sealing field enveloped Kyomu, providing full protection.
Boom! The Super Giant Rasengan, infused with natural energy, was smashed into the sealing field by Jiraiya, causing ripples in the transparent protective layer of the field.
It appeared as though the sealing field's defense was on the verge of breaking.
"Ah!"
Jiraiya shouted, pushing the Super Giant Rasengan towards Kyomu with all his might. The energy sphere pressed against the transparent protective layer of the sealing field, inching closer to Kyomu's chest.
Meanwhile, the combined attack of the puppet Third Kazekage and the Fourth Kazekage had arrived.
Boom! Four solid cubes slammed into the sealing field, the powerful impact causing the transparent protective layer to depress significantly, almost reaching Kyomu himself.
But that "almost" could not be overcome.
"Ah!!!"
Jiraiya's teeth nearly shattered from clenching, his hands trembling, but the Super Giant Rasengan didn't gain an inch.
"Getting a bit boring." Kyomu looked bored as he stared at Jiraiya. "I gave you a chance, and you're not using it."
Jiraiya's face turned red with anger.
He wanted to exert more force, but Kyomu had already begun his counterattack.
Kyomu rotated his wrist, shifting Yoei from a forward position to the right. His arm turned in a circle, and the transparent protective layer of the sealing field rotated clockwise.
In the next second, the Super Giant Rasengan pressed by Jiraiya, along with the solid gold sand and iron sand cubes from the two Kazekage, were absorbed into the vortex created by the sealing field.
Jiraiya's expression changed drastically. He didn't bother to understand what Kyomu had done and retreated swiftly.
As Jiraiya retreated, Kyomu's arm returned to its original position, and the sealing field transformed the absorbed attacks into a solid blade aura.
From where it came, it returns!
Slash! Swish! Three blade auras—gold, iron-black, and light blue—shot forward, targeting Rasa, the puppet Third Kazekage, and the dodging Jiraiya.
Magnet Release: Iron Sand Defense Barrier!
Magnet Release: Gold Sand Defense Barrier!
Summoning Technique: Iron-Arm Toad! At the moment the blade auras shot out, each of the three used their respective defensive jutsu to block Kyomu's blade auras.
But Kyomu didn't idle. He wouldn't foolishly wait for the attack to land. Battle isn't a turn-based game.
Shwoosh.
His figure flickered, creating several afterimages as Kyomu's speed surpassed the shooting blade auras, suddenly appearing beside the Fourth Raikage, who was in his extreme Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Horizontal Slash!
At the same time, a Tailed Beast Ball from the Yin Nine-Tails flew past where Kyomu had been standing.
Three-Finger Jutsu! The Fourth Raikage, unyielding, extended three fingers, turning them into a blade to meet Kyomu's horizontal slash.
"Not using One-Finger Jutsu?" Kyomu's eyes showed disdain. "Then you won't need your hand!"
Clang! The sound of metal clashing echoed despite it being a collision between flesh and blade.
The Fourth Raikage's form trembled as he watched Yoei shatter the Lightning Release Chakra forming armor on his hand, slicing off most of his hand.
Swish.
Though the Fourth Raikage managed to dodge swiftly, blood splattered as his hand, reducing three fingers and a thumb through the air.
"If you won't use One-Finger Jutsu, I'll help you physically." Kyomu coldly turned, shaking the blood off Yoei. "Let's see if you can match your father's prowess!"
Pivoting on his toes, Kyomu launched himself towards the now-turning Fourth Raikage.
Meanwhile, the three blade auras he had previously unleashed found their targets, crashing into the defenses organized by the three, triggering three semi-circular explosion shockwaves.
"Iron-Arm Toad!"
Jiraiya, eyes bloodshot, shouted as the Iron-Arm Toad protecting him was bisected, with no chance to reverse-summon back to Mount Myoboku.
Kyomu's blade auras were not so easily blocked!
Simultaneously, the puppet Third Kazekage controlled by Sasori and the Fourth Kazekage Rasa had their pupils contract, hearts pounding.
They had barely managed to block the blade auras, but the fragments were dangerously close to their bodies.
Though their lives were not directly threatened, the subsequent shockwaves blasted them away, causing varying degrees of injury.
"Kyomu-kun's prowess remains as sharp as ever," sighed Orochimaru, who had yet to make a move. He slowly stepped back behind the Yin Nine-Tails.
Knowing he couldn't defeat Kyomu, Orochimaru opted to slip away first.
Self-preservation was Orochimaru's expertise, and his grasp of the current situation was impeccable. If he didn't run now, it would be much harder to escape later.
Besides, Orochimaru was just here to join the fun. As long as he didn't make a move, the feud between him and Kyomu wouldn't escalate to a life-and-death struggle.
Joining Kyomu was also an option!
But there was no second person with Orochimaru's insight. Everyone else had their reasons to fight Kyomu to the death.
At this moment, inside Nagato's mindscape.
"Nine-Tails, it's time." Nagato urged, "You can see clearly, with only half your strength, you can't deal with Kyomu."
"Shut up!" The Nine-Tails snarled at Nagato. "If not me, then who?! Don't forget, the Rinnegan doesn't belong to you. You can only wield a portion of its power, not its ultimate potential!"
"But you can help me."
"Why should I help you?"
"Because we have a common enemy."
The Nine-Tails fell silent, closing its eyes and taking a deep breath before responding slowly, "Just this once!"
"Once is enough." Nagato smiled for the first time since Yahiko's death, perhaps influenced by Jiraiya's words.
"So pathetic," the Nine-Tails mocked, extending a claw. "Take the chakra." It shook its head. "I don't understand why you believed Jiraiya's nonsense!"
"You don't understand," Nagato shook his head. "I met someone...no, a god who created this world."
The Nine-Tails' pupils contracted to pinpoints. "You mean..."
"That's right, just as you think." Nagato's words ended as his right fist met the Yin Nine-Tails' paw.
Instantly, the vast Tailed Beast chakra of the Yin Nine-Tails surged into Nagato's body.
Reality.
The fully transformed Yin Nine-Tails vanished like melting snow, replaced by Nagato, draped in a golden Tailed Beast cloak, his long hair red as blood, hovering in mid-air.
Universal Pull!
Nagato reached towards Kyomu's position, an invisible, violent gravitational force dragging Kyomu towards him.
Hmm? Glancing back, Kyomu saw Nagato in his reflection. He sighed, "So you've intervened after all!"
But so what? Abandoning the head-on clash with the Fourth Raikage, Kyomu was pulled towards Nagato.
Simultaneously, he ran his left hand over Yoei, igniting it with purple flames, heating the blade to a glowing red.
With no chakra enhancement, Kyomu relied solely on his speed, strength, and explosive power to slash at Nagato.
Slash, and the clouds parted!
Suddenly, the gathered thick clouds split, and the howling wind spread the extreme heat around.
A purple-black blade aura appeared! Judging by its color alone, the physical flames on the blade exceeded ten thousand degrees Celsius. Even getting close would incinerate any carbon-based life form to ashes.
Nagato's purple Rinnegan flashed, chakra surging within him, enhanced by the Yin Nine-Tails' chakra. He thrust his palms forward.
Super Almighty Push! The invisible repulsive force, combined with the previous gravitational pull, created a shockwave far more powerful than the sum of its parts.
Kyomu's purple-black blade aura was caught in the middle of these forces.
Boom! Crack.
The three forces compressed and exploded, forming a black spherical energy ball, filled with destructive power, absorbing and tearing apart the surrounding space.
A black hole?
Not quite, but the tearing force was almost like a mini Shinra Tensei.
In the next second.
The purple-black sphere collapsed inward, the destructive high-temperature energy compressed to its limit.
Pop.
A soft sound followed by the purple-black sphere exploding.
Silence! The world fell silent, black and white dominating the landscape.
Dust and stones flew, the ground peeling away, crystallized by the heat, lifted skyward by the shockwave.
"Can humans wield such power?!"
Fukasaku on Jiraiya's shoulder covered his mouth, then reacted, "Little Jiraiya, watch out for the aftermath!"
Jiraiya responded quickly, forming seals with Fukasaku and Shima.
Sage Art: Needle Jizo!
Summoning Technique: Rock Lodging Toad!
In an instant, Jiraiya's white hair grew rapidly, becoming extremely tough, encasing his body in defense.
Simultaneously, a stomach sac appeared, enveloping Jiraiya as a second protective layer.
"This level of attack..."
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa despaired. He spent the entire battle thinking of ways to defend, fearing an unknown death in the aftermath.
Magnet Release: Gold Sand Wall!
Magnet Release: Gold Sand Absolute Defense!
A hundred-meter tall, dozens of meters thick gold sand wall rose, layers of gold sand forming a cocoon around him.
The puppet Third Kazekage controlled by Sasori did similarly, but for safety, Sasori placed the last two puppets in front.
As for the other Akatsuki members, they were left to die.
Whoosh! The shockwave struck, its wind speed unknown, but its destructive power was visible.
Razor-sharp and carrying extreme heat, the wind pressure tore through the earth, shredding the Akatsuki's earth defenses and disintegrating flesh into particles.
The Rock Lodging Toad's stomach sac was blown apart, while Jiraiya's Needle Jizo was shattered, exposing his flesh and bones.
Creak.
Jiraiya's tough white hair splintered, disintegrated by the wind pressure, revealing his bones.
Crash.
Before Jiraiya could hit the Gold Sand Wall, it was obliterated by the aftermath, while the Gold Sand Absolute Defense behind it was blown apart.
"No!!!" Rasa screamed, pouring chakra into the defense, trying to fortify it against the heatwave.
But the wind pressure and heat swept through, leaving Rasa as a charred husk.
Who could have predicted that the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure would die from the aftermath of Kyomu's battle with others?
The wind pressure and heat passed, transforming the battlefield into a cratered landscape. Only Kyomu, a half-dead Jiraiya, an injured Fourth Raikage, and a half-puppet Sasori survived.
The rest...
Except for Orochimaru, who had fled early, were reduced to dust or dried-up husks.
Cough.
Nagato emerged from the scorching rock wall, wiping blood from his mouth and pulling out a caved-in chest bone.
Crack!
The sickening sound of bone correction echoed as Nagato's blood-red hair dimmed, his body quickly recovering.
Blinking his Rinnegan, he stared at Kyomu. "Five years, and you've grown this strong."
"I never expected the Nine-Tails to cooperate, letting you enter such a perfect Tailed Beast chakra mode."
"Your actions are unjust, uniting all opposition against you." Nagato grinned. "But thank you for showing me the value of mutual understanding."
"Who have you understood?"
"Love."
"Tsk tsk tsk." Kyomu shook his head in exasperation. "Love...a lofty concept only those with power can afford. How many truly powerful people exist?
You want ordinary people to follow this elusive love, but do you realize their goal is just to survive?
Only by surviving can they strive for a better life, and only with a better life can they pursue your so-called love."
Nagato shook his head. "But your actions deny others their pursuit of survival."
"I can't achieve perfection, but I can achieve dual benefits. Opponents die, supporters live, and live well. That's my choice."
"But your actions..."
"No more rhetoric." Kyomu cut off Nagato. "I've explained my reasoning. Now, either you kill me to enact your ideals of love and peace, or I kill you and uphold mine."
Snap.
Holding Yoei horizontally, Kyomu beckoned to the surroundings with his other hand. "Come at me, and try to kill me!"
With that, Nagato and the others launched the fourth round of attacks on Kyomu.
Simultaneously, Kyomu threw out a scroll, releasing the natural energy that constituted Moryo's body.
In an instant, a storm of purple-red natural energy erupted, reaching the sky!
At the eye of the storm, Kyomu absorbed the energy, his body undergoing a dramatic transformation.
An unknown quote: "Power has no inherent good or evil; only its user does."
Kyomu didn't judge this, but as the purple-red natural energy entered his body, clarity enveloped him.
"Is this Sage Mode?"
Cool! Kyomu's rapid entry into Sage Mode, without turning to stone or other side effects, was due to absorbing Moryo's soul along with the energy.
Like dissolves like; absorbing the soul before the energy resulted in a seamless transformation with no side effects.
Well, except one.
In this state, Kyomu looked more like a villain, or a corrupted final boss.
A purple-red Sage face mask appeared, with upward-slanting eye markings and purple-red eyes, exuding an evil charm, his grin slightly manic.
But Kyomu felt calm inside, his only thought being to slice Nagato and the others into pieces.
Boom.
Dust rose as Kyomu left a crater, disappearing instantly.
The purple lightning arcs around him turned dark red, his white ceremonial robe stained with red, the five-clawed white dragon embroidery seeming alive, ready to devour.
"Stop Kyomu!" The Fourth Raikage reacted.
Extreme Lightning Release Chakra Mode: One-Finger Jutsu! He gave it his all.
But it was too late. Kyomu in this dark Sage Mode pushed his attack power to the limit. This version of Sage Mode focused on maxing out attack attributes rather than a balanced enhancement.
Flashing, Kyomu appeared behind the ninjas maintaining the space sealing technique.
Slash!
A dark red blade aura shot forward, disintegrating everything in its path, leaving no trace.
"No answer? Then all will perish."
Kyomu taunted, flashing away, repeating the process for the remaining directions.
Always polite in asking, but deadly in action, Kyomu oscillated between calm and berserk under Sage Mode's influence.
And talkative.
Teleport.
With space bloodline limit unhindered, Kyomu flashed to Sasori's side.
"Hey, broken body?"
Looking down at Sasori, searching for parts to repair his body, Kyomu asked knowingly.
Sasori, resolved to die, attacked Kyomu but missed.
Kyomu flicked a finger at Sasori's forehead.
Bang! A shockwave exploded, shattering Sasori's remaining body into pieces, including the core housing his soul.
"Mechanical ascension failed." Kyomu muttered, disappearing and reappearing before Nagato.
Inside Nagato's mindscape.
Nagato was saying his farewells to the Nine-Tails.
He knew he couldn't match Kyomu, especially in this state. Killing him would be as easy as killing a chicken.
"Nine-Tails, I'll open the seal. Don't linger, just go."
"Nagato, you..."
"We have one last hope."
"That kid?" The Nine-Tails sneered. "I'm no babysitter. Do it yourself!"
"I can't. I can only stall Kyomu for three minutes. The rest is up to you."
"Only three minutes?" The Nine-Tails sighed. "He's that strong now? Maybe only the old man...yes, the old man!"
The Nine-Tails' eyes brightened. "Didn't the old man visit you? Ask him for help!"
"I'm not the savior, Naruto is." Nagato smiled serenely, unafraid of death. "I did wrong before. Maybe my death will atone."
"Have you really thought it through?"
"Yes, this is my best ending." Nagato patted the Nine-Tails' emaciated paw. "Take back your chakra. Naruto needs it more than I do."
With that, the Nine-Tails' chakra quickly returned, and the iron cage holding it was opened by Nagato.
"Go!"
A roar echoed as the golden Tailed Beast cloak on Nagato vanished, his abdomen hollowing out as the Nine-Tails escaped.
"You won't escape."
Kyomu spoke, redirecting his blade to intercept the fleeing Nine-Tails.
"Kyomu, I'm your opponent!"
Nagato clapped his hands, his blood-red hair turning white, his body withering like dry leather hanging on a skeleton.
Nagato had exhausted all his chakra and life force, transferring it to the Gedo Statue beside him.
Slowly, the central eye of the Gedo Statue opened, its withered body coming to life.
Locking onto Kyomu, it spat a purple chakra dragon and punched at his head.
Turning back.
"Going all out?"
Kyomu grumbled, abandoning the chase for the Nine-Tails, holding Yoei horizontally over his head with both hands.
Boom! The Gedo Statue's punch created a crater, and the purple chakra dragon drilled into the ground.
But Kyomu reappeared behind the Gedo Statue.
With his space bloodline limit, the Gedo Statue couldn't touch him. His earlier defense was a ruse.
Sage Art: Dimensional Slash! Aiming at the Gedo Statue's protrusion, Kyomu slashed.
Whoosh.
A spatial slash, black-red in color, matching Kyomu's current state.
The Gedo Statue turned to defend but was helpless against the spatial attack.
Swish.
The protrusion was cleanly cut off, like a hot knife through butter.
"Roar!"
The Gedo Statue bellowed, its chains rattling.
Clang.
The chains lunged at Kyomu, joined by the purple chakra dragon from the ground.
"Too slow, and ineffective." Kyomu shook his head, flashing away to the Gedo Statue's face.
Compared to the Gedo Statue's massive face, Kyomu barely reached its chin.
But so what? Kicking up, Kyomu's foot, enveloped in dark red natural energy, struck the Gedo Statue's chin.
The Gedo Statue could absorb any chakra it touched, but not natural energy, so Kyomu kicked confidently.
Boom! Like an ant toppling a giant, the Gedo Statue flipped, head-first into the ground.
Raising his blade, glowing with dark red light, Kyomu aimed at the Gedo Statue, delivering a powerful slash!
(End of Chapter)
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