Annihilation of the First Principle

The thunderous explosions subsided.

The Five-Wheeled Tribulation armor was on the verge of collapse, yet it still clung to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in tattered remnants.

The Hashirama Clone in the statue's chest was completely unharmed!

Momoshiki floated amid the smoke-filled sky, his face full of disbelief!

"You actually endured the Mutual Multiplication Explosion enhanced by my Kōtakamusubi!"

Standing atop the Demonic Statue, within the sole remaining Forehead Chamber, Madara folded his arms and said expressionlessly, "Are you kidding me? The Five-Wheeled Tribulation is my strongest defense at this stage. You wrecked it this badly, and you're still not satisfied, Otsutsuki?"

"Damn it!" Momoshiki clenched his fist in frustration. There was no more stock left in Kōtakamusubi.

Given the battle intelligence Madara had displayed, he likely would not give him another chance to feed him moves!

As for Momoshiki's own techniques, while they could also be immensely powerful, it would be difficult for them to surpass the barrier set by Kōtakamusubi: Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag!

Was there really nothing he could do?

Facing inferior lifeforms he had always looked down on, Momoshiki humiliatingly realized that he had begun to consider retreating!

Damn it, what am I thinking? Running away with my tail between my legs? I am Otsutsuki Momoshiki, a heavenly being of noble blood!

The Wave God's Crimson Crescent Blade condensed in his hand once more.

To withstand that explosion just now, the four shadows synchronized through his Rinnegan had all temporarily vanished. They had likely entered the cooldown period of his dojutsu.

If I combine Wild Martial Fusion with Yin-Yang Release and strike with everything I have, I may yet be able to destroy his body!

Seeing that Momoshiki refused to know when to stop, Madara lowered his folded arms. The remnants of Susanoo armor peeled away from the Demonic Statue.

"You really don't know what's good for you. Then stay behind. I happen to be short on the undead souls of the Otsutsuki clan."

Whoosh! At that moment, a Black Vortex twisted space-time, interrupting the standoff between Madara and Momoshiki.

Obito and Chen landed atop the Demonic Statue.

"Hm?" Madara turned his gaze toward them.

Chen's right eye had already transformed.

Its sclera was the pale violet unique to the lands of the shinobi world.

Three rings of dark ripples were adorned with six ink-black Magatama.

It was the Six Tomoe Rinnegan!

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Uncle Madara. Unfortunately, I only awakened one eye."

Madara glanced sideways at him. "What more do you want? Opening your eyes through self-sacrifice was inherently inadvisable. The fact that you awakened even one Rinnegan through this method is already a miracle among miracles!"

His gaze shifted to Chen's left eye, the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

"If you want your left eye to awaken too, Chen, you'll have to experience a genuine near-death state brought about by irresistible external forces!"

"Irresistible external forces..."

In other words, there could absolutely be no deliberate intent on his part. During battle, if he instinctively avoided an attack or neutralized it with a technique, then deliberately choosing not to evade and suffering grave injuries to the point of near death would also be unacceptable.

"I understand." Chen smiled. "Then I'll leave it to fate."

The difference between having a Rinnegan and not having one was enormous. Likewise, having one eye awakened and having both eyes awakened were entirely different matters.

One eye was already enough to complete his current plans!

Madara studied Chen deeply. "Chen, have you already untangled the Twin Flowers?"

"Yes."

"Then what is going on with your body? Why is your own body displaying a Chakra reaction from both Hashirama and me? It's practically as though you were still in the Twin Flowers state, synchronized with the Hashirama Clone."

"That's a long story..." Chen lightly covered his right eye. Through the gaps between his fingers, the Rinnegan gleamed with crystalline light.

"This could be considered a one-time 'eye-opening gift effect' that lasts permanently. In short, the power of that Hashirama Clone infused with Uncle Madara's power has already become a part of me!"

Madara said in surprise, "An eye-opening gift effect? Why don't I remember the Rinnegan awakening having such an effect?"

Chen's hand slid across his cheek with a smile. "Of course, it has to do with the dojutsu I nurtured..."

"Inferior lifeforms! It seems you have ignored my existence!"

Momoshiki's furious shout interrupted the conversation between the two atop the Demonic Statue!

Momoshiki scrutinized Chen with his Byakugan.

The inferior lifeform that had nearly died had returned, and his right eye had become a Rinnegan.

It seemed another inferior lifeform deeply tainted by Kaguya's bloodline.

Kaguya truly is the shame of our clan! She actually allowed the Rinnegan, that noble dojutsu power born from our clan's Ten-Tails, to spread across this inferior land!

Madara folded his arms across his chest again. "So, how are we dealing with Momoshiki?"

Chen asked with a smile, "Uncle Madara, do you have any ideas?"

Madara pondered. "That depends on what role Momoshiki plays in your plans."

Chen swept his gaze across the area and fixed it on a corner of the reddish-brown earth.

He lowered his head and glanced at the time. 8:12:49.

I was transported into the space-time dimension at around 8:01.

Uncle Madara fought Kinshiki first. He couldn't possibly have cut that off in a single exchange, so conservatively, there should be a two- to three-minute margin.

Then perhaps there's still time.

That technique is worth trying.

Whoosh! Chen flashed downward. Instead of heading for Momoshiki, he rushed toward the corner of the earth, toward Kinshiki's severed horn that Madara's Solar Judgment had cut off!

"Inferior lifeform! What are you trying to do right under my nose?!" Momoshiki raised his Crimson Crescent Blade and charged after Chen's figure!

Chen flicked his right eye!

—Toyomiketsunomikoto!

Swish, swish, swish! Countless Chakra rods shot toward Momoshiki in a crisscrossing barrage!

"!?" Startled, Momoshiki reacted with both eyes and hands. He swept the Crimson Crescent Blade in his hand, barely knocking aside the Chakra rods around him!

Chen withdrew his gaze and landed before Kinshiki's severed horn.

Whoosh! The horn flew into Chen's palm, and light burst from his right eye!

—Omodaru!

Whoosh! Black lines trembled. Following the severed horn, Kinshiki's burly body reappeared beneath Chen's hand, his face filled with shock.

Chen murmured, "That was cutting it close. Fortunately, after awakening the Rinnegan, the limit of Time Reversal became ten minutes."

Kinshiki looked around in confusion. "Wh-what is going on...? I-I wasn't already turned into a pill by Lord Momoshiki...?"

From the moment Kinshiki reappeared, Momoshiki had frozen in midair.

"Th-that... that technique is..."

Atop the Demonic Statue, Madara said solemnly, "I see. So that's what happened... Is it really so?"

Really...?

Obito narrowed his eyes and asked, "What is going on? That's Chen's right eye ability. Haven't we already gotten used to things like this?"

Madara spoke.

"Obito, you did not witness it firsthand, so it is understandable that you failed to see it."

"Momoshiki already consumed Kinshiki. There is a layer of causality between him and Kinshiki."

"It's simple. If Chen reversed time and reset Kinshiki to before Momoshiki turned him into a pill, then under that causal connection, Momoshiki should also have exited the state of absorbing Kinshiki. But Momoshiki's form has not changed at all."

"Do you know what that means, Obito?"

Obito clenched his fist. "It means... that layer of causality has disappeared."

Madara nodded. "That's right. On the surface, what Chen did looks like he simply revived Kinshiki, but in reality..."

Suppressing the tremor in his eyes, Madara spoke in a low voice.

"Chen turned Kinshiki into two beings: the Kinshiki Momoshiki consumed, and... the living Kinshiki!"

Chen had already seen what he wanted to see.

Crack, crack! Ice crystals that froze time began to cover Kinshiki's body.

"Lord Momoshiki!" Kinshiki helplessly looked toward Momoshiki, who stood dumbfounded in the sky. He was completely frozen in ice and vanished amid a cloud of frost.

"This is the dojutsu that can sever causality—Annihilation of the First Principle!"

"Next..." Chen turned his gaze toward Momoshiki.

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