章節 429: The Secret of Ninjutsu
"Shibai," said Edward as he saw the man who appeared before the small fleet: White skin, two upward hordes, a pair of Byakugan, and a Rinnegan on his forehead. He had a peaceful look on his face while his body exuded a noble or divine aura.
"Are you the one behind the attack on my clan?" asked Shibai, his voice hoarse as if he had not spoken in a long time. Meanwhile, his vision ignored the protective enchantments of the spaceship and directly gazed at Edward sitting on the command chair.
"Danger detected," said Golem AD.
"Be at ease," reassured Edward. "Your task will be to protect the small fleet while recording my battle with the enemy."
"As you wish."
Edward nodded before disappearing from the ship and appearing in front of Shibai.
"I am indeed responsible," replied Edward.
"Why? I don't think the clan has ever offended you. No, I don't think we've ever interacted before."
"Why did the Otsutsuki Clan destroy countless worlds and civilizations by planting the Divine Tree?"
"So, it's for power," nodded Shibai, still calm and peaceful. "In that case, it makes sense." He has long learned the universe was a chaotic place where the strong control the fate of the weak.
The Otsutsuki Clan was the most powerful civilization in the universe. So, now that there was a civilization on par–if not more powerful than them–it was normal for them to eradicate their competitors.
"In that case, let's not waste time: the strongest person will determine the fate of the weakest," declared Shibai.
"Fine by me. However, let's fight far away from this place." Edward did not want their battle to destroy the Otsutsuki Clan's star system, ruining all his efforts of subduing and capturing them.
Shibai did not say anything else; a black tear in the void appeared before him, and he entered it. Meanwhile, a portal appeared before Edward, and he also stepped into it.
"Interesting dimension," commented Edward as he looked at his surroundings. The sky contained a sea of fire for some unknown reason. He could see floating planets, stars, and even entire galaxies floating in emptiness.
More importantly, he could feel the surrounding dimension was highly stable, so it was no problem for them to use all their strength and not worry about too much destruction.
Shibai did not wait for his opponent to admire or analyze the environment. He waved his hand to create an intense blue flame. Edward placed a protective shield before him, easily blocking the attack.
'Is this the power of Shinjutsu? The Chakra has a unique frequency that made it more powerful and easier to manipulate.'
Ninjutsus required hand signs to perform, and only people with extreme talent or Chakra Control could use it without hand signs. And that's only for most Ninjutsus since some cannot be performed with hand signs.
However, Shinjutsu used by Shibai does not require any signs; Chakra follows the user's will and desires.
'That way, Shinjutsus is better than Magic Spells.'
Arcanists can use some weak and basic spells without spell models or runes. However, a spell model is required to achieve a potent and stabilized effect when the spell reaches a certain level.
"Huh?" muttered Edward, who suddenly noticed an anomaly: the flame was slowly burning his shield.
'Something is wrong,' thought Edward. 'Based on my calculation, the amount of Chakra he used for that attack should not affect my spell.'
He sensed the changes in his field and did not detect any special attack targeting his mana or the shield itself.
'It seems that Shinjutsus has a secret behind its power.'
Shibai saw his attack was useless, so he changed tactics. Two lightning bolts appeared in his hand, and he threw them at Edward. They flew faster than light, but Edward responded with another shield.
However, at the last meeting, a strange power emanated from Shibai's eyes, and the lightning bolts ignored Edward's shield and headed straight to him.
Despite the current situation, Edward remained calm and analyzed the situation. Right before the bolts hit him, Shibai seemed to have detected something, but it was too late.
Boom!
Edward suddenly changed place with Shibai, and the bolts hit him directly. The Otsutsuki God suddenly had two enormous holes in his body. However, his expression remained calm and indifferent, now showing any emotions. A weird chakra fluctuation emanated from his body, and he returned to his peak state.
'Interesting,' thought Edward. 'His Dojutsus seemed to vary despite having only a normal Byakugan and Rinnegan.' From the previous confrontation, he had already detected two unique Dojutsus: one that allowed Shibai to bypass defenses, and the other seemed to detect danger.
'Maybe he could even see the future,' thought Edward before waving his hand to create a green magic circle: spatial-temporal energy emanated from the magic circle and blended with the surrounding.
Immediately, Shibai frowned as he detected he could no longer see the future. He waved his hand to create hundreds of tiny black spheres: Dimension Annihilation.
Each sphere was a large dimension, and Shibai threw them at Edward before exploding them. Regrettably, the spheres did not explode as they were supposed to but returned to Shibai before exploding.
As a last resort, he had to send them to another dimension not to be affected.
"It's best not to use space-time abilities before an expert," commented Edward. Immediately, Shibai became irked; he was used to being arrogant in any confrontation.
Shinjutsus: Cosmic Bomb.
Shibai controlled dozens of floating star systems and hundreds of stars, turning them into bombs at Edward.
Boom!
Edward was intact with a shield around him. However, he had to use a triple-sided shield, and two broke.
'There is something that makes Shibai's Shinjutsu more powerful than it should. And it seems familiar. What is it?'
Shibai knew this attack would be useless. Furthermore, his opponent did not take the fight seriously. So, he used these facts to his advantage for his next attack:
Rinnegan: The Path of Death.
Numerous black shadows suddenly came out of Edward's body.
"A True Death attack? You're really not a simple opponent." He could tell Shibai's attack involved True Death, meaning he could kill his opponent as long as he looked at them for more than a second. Luckily, he was immune to True Death attacks, had counter-spells engraved in his robes, and controlled the Rules of Death.
Shibai frowned as he realized one of his sure-victory tactics did not work. He waved his hand to create thousands of Truth-Seeking Balls with the power of destruction.
He sent them to distract the enemy while he divided a part of his mind, sending it somewhere.
"You want to send a part of your mind to the past and kill my weak self," suddenly said Edward after dealing with the Truth-Seeking Balls. "However, I've already warned you."
Shibai's complexion became pale as he bled from his ears, nose, and mouth–his soul was injured. He felt his opponent directly killed the part of his consciousness that traveled to the past, thus affecting his soul.
Shibai knew it would take time to heal his soul injury, so he focused on the battle. He waved his hand to manifest ten humongous beasts.
"The Power of Creation?" commented Edward as he looked at the Chakra Beasts before him. He could feel that all of them were Tier 8; to be precise, they could use one Tier 8 attack.
The Chakra Beasts opened their mouths and fired a Beast Bomb at Edward. However, he gathered his mana on his hand and fired an attack similar to a Ki Blast attack in Dragon Ball Z. He easily overwhelmed these ten Tier 8 creatures with his massive energy capacity.
"So, that's how it is," he muttered as he finally understood why Shinjutsus were so powerful: they contained the Will of the Universe. In other words, the Universe Will would power up or boost all of Shibai's attacks.
章節 430: Coating
Edward understood Shibai took an alternative path compared to Gods and Archmages. Gods have a mutually beneficial relationship with the Universe's Will, allowing them to control the fundamental rules or laws of the universe as a price for their freedom. Edward guessed above Tier 12, the path of Godhood may have found a way to remove the restrictions of faith and the Divine Kingdom. Or maybe, they have to abandon some of their powers to reach higher Tiers.
Meanwhile, Archmages forced the Universe Will to submit and give them access to the rules. As a result, no matter the universe, an Archmage will be powerful and not be restricted.
However, for some reason, Shibai did not follow the path of controlling [Authority]. Edward did not know whether he did not know of the existence of the rules or whether the Universe Will of this universe was more resistant to others. Regardless, Shibai used the power of the Universe Will to boost his attack, thus creating the concept of Shinjutsu.
'Did he steal the power of the Universe Will or come to an agreement with it?' thought Edward. Meanwhile, as he was distracted trying to analyze his opponent's Jutsu, Shibai took action.
A small black crack appeared next to him, and something came out from it and entered Shibai's body. Strange markings appeared on his face and horns.
"Sage Mode?" uttered Edward, but it was not finished. A white Chakra Cloth enveloped Shibai, drastically increasing his aura in the process.
'Another mode similar to Nine-Tail Chakra Mode or even Tenseigan Chakram Mode,' he thought, realizing Shibai was prepared to go all out. However, he did not care.
After seeing the latter's Shinjutsus, he had an idea he wanted to try. So, he needed a more comprehensive understanding of Shinjutsu.
Shinjutsu: Universe Push.
A terrifying gravitational force suddenly squashed Edward into meat sauce.
Crack!
His five-layer shield barely held on, leaving countless cracks.
'This attack was not a simple use of gravity; he controlled the gravitational force of the entire universe to use that attack.'
Edward could feel this attack was approaching the limit of Tier 8, reaching his current power without any boost. Regardless, his eyes lit up as he came closer to analyze the essence of Shinjutsu.
Shibai frowned after seeing his attack failed. Then, millions of different versions of himself suddenly appeared in the void.
"Shadow Clone Jutsus?" muttered Edward, knowing this Jutsus was one of the most broken abilities in Naruto–especially after being boosted by Shibai's Shinjutsus.
"Two can play at this game." He instantly converted his mana into Chakra before also using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. This Jutusu is one of the few who was not well-transferred into mana.
Edward can use clone spells using Mirror Magic, Clone Magic, and even Transmutation. However, he could not create as many clones as the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
After creating the clone, he did not stop. He then cast multiple auxiliary spells like Agility Boost, Increase Attack, Defense Reinforcement, Vitality Boost, and many others. As such, his clones were much stronger than Shibai, thus winning the confrontation.
Shibai summoned twenty odd-looking Otsutsuki members with different horns and eyes. Their auras were similar to the Left and Right Protectors.
'Edo Tensei?' analyzed Edward. Then, something unexpected occurred. The twenty people fused until there were only three individuals.
"3 Tier 8 Otsutsuki," muttered Edward. The three of them took a position that formed a triangle before gathering their power together to fire a white beam at Edward.
Shinjutsu: Particle Style Light Beam.
Edward remained calm and did not even use a shield to block the attack. He raised his hand and stopped it directly with his body. With his [Aura] and powerful body, the attack only burned his skin and muscles and destroyed a dozen bones and organs; his limbs were intact, so it was a minor injury.
But, despite his current state, his eyes were bright as he appeared excited.
"I should be able to do it," he muttered as his Phoenix Bloodline activated to heal his injuries. He pointed his hand to cast a simple Fireball Spell.
Boom!
The three Edo Tensei Otsutsuki scattered into dust, burned into oblivion.
"I succeeded." His purpose from the beginning was to see if he could copy Shibai's Shinjutsu, and he did. However, he did not use the Universe Will to boost his spell, but his own Willpower.
'This method is similar to One Piece's Conqueror Coating."
Edward cast a Thunder Spell before infusing his Willpower. He suddenly noticed a strange mark appeared on the rune spells. He tried another Ice Spear Spell, and the same pattern emerged.
"It is similar to the black lightning of Conqueror Coating."
Edward fired these spells, and Shibai evaded. Unfortunately, dozens more spells surrounded him as Edward tested his new technique. He forced Shibai to use more Shinjutsu to learn from him. So, with time, as the Otsutsuki God was backed into a corner, Edward's proficiency in the Will Coating Technique drastically increased until he caught up with Shibai's level.
According to his calculation, this technique can boost a spell from 10% to as high as 5 times its normal strength. And that's only because he only recently developed it, and it's still in the early stages. Furthermore, the spell had other forms of properties not yet detected.
Edward calmly looked at the pale Shibai. The previously high and domineering god was replaced by a man on the verge of breaking.
"I guess it's enough playing around," commented Edward. "So, it's time for the last experiment."
He no longer hesitated and activated his Arcane Spark. With the power of his Karma, he used a Tier 9 Sealing Spell. Edward knew the limit of this world as Tier 8, so he wanted to know what would happen if someone used power beyond that Tier.
He suddenly frowned as he felt the Universe Will repelling him and even trying to force him out of this universe and into the Void.
'So that's how it is,' his eyes were full of wisdom as he figured out many things. This universe was small, containing exactly 100,000 galaxies. One of the reasons people of Tier 9 or higher cannot appear in this universe was not only because of the restriction of World Source but a defense mechanism of the Universe Will to prevent anyone from destroying the universe.
'As long as someone reaches Tier 9, they can destroy the universe galaxy by galaxy. The only issue is time.'
After figuring out this truth, he reduced his Spell to the limit of this world. Unfortunately, the tired Shibai could not resist his fate of being sealed.
Edward took a crystal in his hand that contained Shibai. He opened a portal to leave this dimension.
The spaceships had already taken over the five planets of the Otsutsuki Clans. So, he went to the Royal Clan Planet.
"How was the broadcast?" he asked Golem AD.
"Everything proceeded smoothly," replied the Golem. "According to the recent data, your approval rating amongst the Shinobi has drastically increased."
"Excellent. For the next month, I want most channels to show and talk about this battle." The media is a great way to brainwash the masses, and Edward has used this tactic too many times to count; he was now an expert.
"What about the mission I sent the Divination Golem?"
"It was a success," replied Golem AD. "They've captured an individual called Ryushiki with a unique Eye for Divination."
"More good news," nodded Edward, thinking Luna should be happy with this gift. "Found someone to do the preliminary research on the eye."
"Yes, Commander."
"I believe I can trust the rest to you?"
"There is no problem," replied Golem AD. "And if there is, I will contact you immediately."
"Good," replied Edward before heading to see Tsunade. However, he found her aura quiet and maybe even a little sad or gloomy.
"What's wrong? Did the fight shock you?"
"It did, but that's not what I was thinking."
"Then, tell me what's on your mind; I can't read minds. Well, I can, but that's impolite. So, please use your words."
Tsunade almost gave him the side-eye.
"I was just thinking about how you easily seal that God. I could not help but think that a more powerful individual will suddenly appear someday and seal you away–just like you did to him."
Edward paused for a moment, "This possibility is higher than you imagine. The Empire has many technological marvels or forbidden knowledge that countless Gods lust after.
"So, if I'm too weak, I will have the same fate as this Shibai."
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