Decisive Battle III

The Great Toad Sage that Neji summoned had a person standing on its head—it was Yichen.

Yichen's appearance at this moment was somewhat different from Madara Uchiha had seen him before.

A vertical eye, just like Nagato's, appeared on Yichen's Nagato. The eyeball was a red Six Tomoe Rinnegan!

Yichen just captured Karatachi Yagura, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki!

And it quickly drained the Three-Tails Chakra from Karatachi Yagura.

When Yichen extracted the Three-Tails Chakra, Karatachi Yagura Reanimated Body suddenly dissipated on its own.

Yichen could clearly sense that after dispelling the Impure Reanimated Body, the speed at which Karatachi Yagura's soul disappeared was completely different from when he had taken the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, and Fugaku Uchiha.

Yichen immediately guessed that it was the Sage of Six Paths who was behind this!

He must be unhappy about kidnapping Hinata and weakening Naruto Sasuke's strength!

As expected, the Sage of Six Paths was targeting me; I was right not to believe him!

Fortunately, Yichen's side had many people; Neji, Sokai, Shion, and Nagato were all skilled in the soul realm.

These individuals are all at the Sage level now. They are certainly not enough to confront the Sage of Six Paths head-on, but they can still handle a soul eager to Return to Pure Land.

The group worked together to temporarily prevent Karatachi Yagura from Return to Pure Land.

However, it was only temporary. As soon as Yichen finished drawing the Three-Tails Chakra, Karatachi Yagura immediately disappeared.

Yichen could no longer imprison Karatachi Yagura's Soul Imprisonment within the Shinigami Mask as he had done before.

Yichen casually discarded the offering used to summon Karatachi Yagura, then gathered the Three-Tails Chakra and added a special substance with Yang Release Nature obtained from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Soon, a newborn Three-Tails baby appeared.

Then Yichen released the eight small Tailed Beast that had been inside him and fighting alongside him all this time.

Except for Little Son Goku, who didn't say much, the other seven little Tailed Beast chattered incessantly around Little Isobu.

Although Little Mu King was like Little Son Goku, his thinking was mature.

However, it fully endorsed Han, and Han fully endorsed Yichen, so Little Mu King did his best to persuade Little Matatabi.

Even Little Matatabi spoke highly of Yichen, because Yichen had indeed spared its true form, which had now been absorbed by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

If its original form Yichen's invitation and stayed in Iwagakure like Son Goku and Kokuō, it would still be safe and sound now.

Now the original body has been absorbed by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and it's unknown whether it can be rescued.

That's not all. Little Matatabi felt that because of its own decision, Kaguya's strength had increased even further, and that was its own fault.

Therefore, Little Matatabi wanted to help Yichen in this way.

Under the constant brainwashing of eight of its kind, the newly sentient Little Isobu quickly and confusedly recognized Yichen as its master, directly handing over its Chakra to Yichen.

The little Little Rhino Dog Little Rhino Dog contributed the most, as it was very skilled at this task.

Yichen remained silent throughout, simply watching with a smile, confident that the Little Rhino Dog would not disappoint him.

Little Rhino Dog is now a veteran Iwa ninja. If we were to rate it based on its mission record, it would be at least Elite Jonin!

The little guy also earns a lot; his little space is filled with all sorts of toys he bought himself!

Yichen absorbed all Nine Little Tailed Beasts into his body, and then began to try to Chakra Fusion.

Yichen discovered that because he had not forcibly fused with the Chakra of the nine Tailed Beasts, he had gained the unanimous approval of the nine Tailed Beasts.

This recognition made it very easy for Yichen to manipulate the nine different Chakra.

Moreover, the nine types of Chakra are like nine tiny lives, and they are actively cooperating with Yichen.

From this perspective, Yichen's fusion with the Nine Great Tailed Beasts was even smoother than that of Madara Uchiha or Kaguya in the original story.

During their fusion, the nine nine Tailed Beasts Nine Great Tailed Beasts resisted, but Yichen gained their approval.

At this moment, Yichen even thought that in the prophecies left by the Sage of Six Paths and the Great Toad Sage, there was one person who could gain the unanimous approval of the nine Tailed Beasts.

If this prophecy is true, then perhaps that person really should be himself.

In the original story, Naruto did not gain the complete approval of nine Tailed Beasts, but Yichen did gain the complete approval of Nine Little Tailed Beasts.

The nine Tailed Beasts were originally one entity; Yichen simply gave his body to them, providing a new body for the fused Little Ten-Tails.

Fusion of Chakra was also one of Yichen's strengths, and in no time, the Nine Little Tailed Beasts within Yichen's body had completed fusion.

In an instant, a new and more advanced Chakra was born within Yichen's body.

Yichen slowly allowed his original Chakra, formed from the Five Elements Fusion, to come into contact with this new Chakra!

Upon first contact, Yichen knew his judgment was correct; this power was definitely the Kekkei Mōra!

With the war raging, Yichen doesn't have much time to go into seclusion.

Yichen simply allowed this Chakra to slowly improve his body before opening his eyes.

However, as Yichen opened his eyes, a vertical eye also opened on his forehead at the same time.

This was the first time Yichen had allowed his body to fuse with a foreign object, and he never expected that he would awaken the Vertical Eye even without the Otsutsuki bloodline.

However, Yichen's own eyes remained unchanged.

It seems the vertical eye is related to the God Tree, but it turns out the eyes are related to the bloodline of the Otsutsuki.

Yichen didn't dwell on these things; he didn't even have time to get used to the various Dōjutsu that the vertical eye possessed before turning his gaze to Hinata.

Yichen originally planned to extract the Three-Tails Chakra from Hinata's body if he couldn't obtain it.

Now, that's no longer necessary.

So Yichen contacted Black Zetsu and expressed his idea of using Hinata as a bargaining chip in a transaction.

Hinata possesses a very pure Otsutsuki bloodline, making her highly compatible with Kaguya.

With the help of the Sage of Six Paths, she had already reached the level of Sage, and her physical strength was also sufficient.

She also possesses a portion of the God Tree within her, which contains the Chakra of nine Tailed Beasts. Kaguya was originally the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, making this even more suitable for Kaguya!

Therefore, Yichen believes that if Black Zetsu had to choose between Madara Uchiha and Hinata, he would choose Hinata.

Furthermore, choosing Hinata is risk-free, while choosing Madara Uchiha might lead to being stabbed in the Yichen!

Just as Black Zetsu had planned, making Hinata a sacrifice to summon Kaguya was a tactic devised by Yichen. Even if Black Zetsu offered a reward, Yichen would still hand Hinata over to him.

But Yichen just wanted to try and see if he could get something in return from Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu was desperate to save his mother, and the closer he got to success, the more urgent his desire became.

As for whether Black Zetsu can offer suitable bargaining chips, Yichen is not worried.

Black Zetsu, this ancient schemer, must possess many treasures that Yichen would covet!

Getting back to the main point, when Yichen appeared on the battlefield between Madara Uchiha and Sasuke, the battle here was already nearing its end.

Yichen first looked around and recognized the place; it should be one of Kaguya's six spaces.

Yichen knew that Kaguya was fighting Naruto in some other dimension, and if they ended up in that dimension, something unexpected might happen!

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Yichen nodded to Nagato understood.

When Sasuke was in danger again and tried to use Amenotejikara to escape, Nagato also activated his Dōjutsu.

Because of the distance, Nagato did not completely interrupt Sasuke's Amenotejikara, but he did interfere with and delay Amenotejikara activation.

This was absolutely fatal. Nagato's timing was perfect; it was precisely at the critical moment when Sasuke needed Amenotejikara to save his Dōjutsu!

Sasuke's chest was pierced by Madara Uchiha's charged attack due to a mistake with Amenotejikara!

Sasuke was still in disbelief when his chest was pierced. He was supposed to be the savior, how could he have lost?!

Sasuke was lost in thought, but Madara Uchiha wasn't. His target was clear; he quickly reached out and aimed at Sasuke's left eye.

At that moment, Yichen's red Six Tomoe Rinnegan, Nagato's red Six Tomoe Rinnegan, Sokai's red Rinnegan, Izumi Uchiha's blue Rinnegan, and Neji's Tenseigan were activated simultaneously.

However, they were not attacking Madara Uchiha.

Instead, he aimed his Dōjutsu at a patch of empty space not far from Madara Uchiha and Sasuke.

What was originally empty space immediately became a human figure after being directly impacted by the five people's pupil power.

This person had a kind face and an air of otherworldly grace; he was none other than the Sage of Six Paths.

The Sage of Six Paths was extremely surprised that his whereabouts had been discovered and that his actions had been stopped by Yichen.

Being able to force oneself out of the void is not something that a few newly-minted Sage could accomplish by joining forces.

Among the Yichen, Neji, who became Sage the earliest, was still just a child who had just become Sage in the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths!

The Sage of Six Paths looked toward where Yichen and the others were, but his gaze was quickly drawn to the Great Toad Sage at Yichen's feet.

To be precise, I was attracted by the eyes of the Great Toad Sage!

At this moment, the Great Toad Sage puppet's eyes were one red and one blue.

The smaller red one is the giant Nine Tomoe Rinnegan of the Uchiha Clan.

The slightly larger, light blue one is the Giant Tenseigan of the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon.

Two bizarre eyes, radiating an eerie light, stared intently at him.

The Sage of Six Paths knew that while the Dōjutsu of Yichen and the others played a role in blasting him out of the void, the most important factor was still his two eyes.

These two eyes were clearly more powerful than the eyes of Yichen and the others.

The Sage of Sage of Six Paths looked somewhat solemn. He knew of the existence of these two eyes, but he did not expect that Yichen could use them in this way.

The sheer size of these two enormous eyes means they cannot be directly transplanted by any one person.

However, the Great Toad Sage is enormous, and Toad already have very large eyes.

So Yichen transplanted these two giant eyes onto the Great Toad Sage. Although the color was somewhat incongruous, the size was just right.

The Great Toad Sage and the Sage of Six Paths certainly knew each other; they were very good friends and comrades-in-arms.

That might be an existence with a lifespan even longer than his.

A thousand years ago, the Great Toad Sage was able to participate in the great battle between himself, his younger brother Hamura Otsutsuki, and their mother Kaguya.

Yichen actually captured the Great Toad Sage! He even turned him into a puppet and transplanted the Giant Tenseigan and the Giant Rinne Sharingan onto it.

Using the Great Toad Sage's Senjutsu Chakra to activate these two eyes, the power of their Dōjutsu clearly surpassed that of Sage level.

This is already at the same level of Kekkei Mōra the Sage of Six Paths.

This is also Yichen's biggest Trump Card in dealing with the Sage of Six Paths, or rather, in preventing his two sons from being rescued.

With things having developed to this point, the Sage of Six Paths, or rather, the reincarnations of the Sage of Six Paths' two sons, has become the biggest stumbling block on Yichen's path to unification.

Yichen dared not confront the Sage of Six Paths of Sage of Six Paths head-on, he would instead rely on Madara Uchiha and Kaguya to eliminate him!

Madara Uchiha did not disappoint Yichen.

While the Sage of Six Paths and Yichen and others were locked in a standoff, Madara Uchiha was not idle either; he quickly gouged out Sasuke's right eye.

At the same time, the right hand piercing Sasuke's chest exerted sudden force, blasting Sasuke into pieces.

Upon seeing this, the Sage of Six Paths' expression darkened.

The one who did it was Madara Uchiha, who was actually his son!

Therefore, the Sage of Six Paths did not directly attack Madara Uchiha.

Of course, the Sage of Six Paths, who was locked onto by the five people's Dōjutsu, was also not having an easy time and had no spare strength to stop Madara Uchiha.

After Madara Uchiha obtained Sasuke's Rinnegan, he glanced at it and discovered that the six Tomoe that originally appeared on it had disappeared.

He didn't care and simply replaced his right eye with the Sharingan.

After Sasuke's Rinnegan was implanted by Madara Uchiha, he did not experience much rejection.

Madara Uchiha only shed some bloody tears and was fine. Moreover, the six Tomoe that had disappeared reappeared shortly afterward.

That wasn't all. Madara Uchiha pinched his own Rinnegan, placed it next to Sasuke's Rinnegan, and slowly squeezed it inside.

This scene is somewhat bizarre; how could a normal eye withstand such torment?

However, Madara Uchiha's eyes were not crushed; the two different eyes actually began to merge.

Yichen did not stop Madara Uchiha, nor did the Sage of Six Paths.

Moments later, Madara Uchiha successfully fused his eyes with Sasuke's eyes.

He closed his left eye and waited a long time before opening it again.

At this point, the number of Tomoe on the Rinnegan increased from six to nine!

A powerful aura, unique to those with Kekkei Mōra, began to emanate from Madara Uchiha.

This aura is very similar to that of Yichen when he fused with the Nine Little Tailed Beasts.

This process was very brief, lasting only a moment!

The next instant, the outermost three Tomoe of Madara Uchiha's left Nine Tomoe Rinnegan disappeared.

The Nine Tomoe Rinnegan has fallen back to Six magatama!

Madara Uchiha, and his face turned somewhat ugly.

He quickly examined his left eye, trying to figure out what was wrong.

Madara Uchiha quickly learned that, just a moment ago, his left eye had indeed reached the Kekkei Mōra.

However, it is far from enough for him to become a true Kekkei Mōra.

At the very least, he needs a huge amount of Chakra as nourishment.

At that moment, Madara Uchiha involuntarily thought of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

If he could devour the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path at this moment, he could instantly become a true Kekkei Mōra!

When Yichen saw what happened to Madara Uchiha, he chuckled. That same scene had just happened to him!

When he fused with the nine Tailed Beasts within his body, his power reached the Kekkei Mōra.

However, the Chakra within him that belongs to the Kekkei Mōra limit is only the portion formed by the fusion of the nine Tailed Beasts.

Yichen stopped paying attention to Madara Uchiha and looked at the Sage of Six Paths, saying, "So it's my Uncle-Master. I'm so sorry about earlier; I thought it was Kaguya coming to kill us."

"I didn't mean to offend my Uncle-Master!"

With that, Yichen waved his hand, signaling everyone to withdraw their eye power.

Neji and the others were very obedient and stopped using their eye power to pressure the Sage of Six Paths.

At the same time, Neji also controlled the Great Toad Sage to suppress the power of its eyes.

Seeing this, the Sage of Six Paths ignored Yichen; he did not want to clash with Yichen at the moment.

His primary goal now is to reseal Kaguya.

Seeing that the Sage of Six Paths was silent, Yichen said, "Is Uncle-Master worried about Sasuke's death?"

Yichen pointed to Neji, Sokai, and Izumi Uchiha and said, "Uncle-Master, I have a suggestion. I wonder if you would be interested?"

"You should know these three juniors. Neji and I are both your younger brother's successors."

"Sokai and Quan Luo are both your direct descendants. Although they are not the reincarnations of your son, they both have your blood flowing in their veins."

"The fact that they've reached this level means they're actually quite close to you in terms of bloodline."

"Especially Quan Luo, her eyes are very similar to yours!"

"If you are troubled about how to seal Kaguya, I promise you, as long as you lend them the Yin Power, they will do their utmost to complete the task of sealing Kaguya!"

Upon hearing this, the Sage of Six Paths was speechless, choked by Yichen's shamelessness. He simply stared at Yichen.

Good grief, you were the one who just released Kaguya.

I just reminded Kaguya: Sasuke and Naruto possess Yin Yang Power, and you are the one who needs to be dealt with separately.

You were the one who interfered with Sasuke's Amenotejikara just now.

You were the one who just stopped me from saving Sasuke.

You're the one shamelessly offering to help me seal Kaguya!

How thick-skinned do you have to be?!

Yichen seemed oblivious to the Sage of Six Paths' gaze and continued, "Uncle-Master, you founded the Ninja Sect and are the common ancestor of all ninjas. You should know that ninjas prioritize missions above all else."

"As long as you offer Yin Power as payment for the mission you issue to me, the Tsuchikage, we will definitely complete it."

"Even if our lives are in danger during the mission, we will not back down or give up!"

Madara Uchiha, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but sneer.

Neji, Sokai, Izumi Uchiha, Shion, and even Nagato all turned their heads away, unable to bear looking directly at Yichen and the Sage of Six Paths!

Yichen remained unmoved. As long as he wasn't embarrassed, it was others who were embarrassed. He continued, "Uncle-Master, I admit I was wrong just now."

"I shouldn't have released Kaguya, and I shouldn't have stopped you from saving Sasuke."

"But all of this has already happened, it's in the past, it's all a fait accompli, and no matter how much you can't accept it, it's already like this!"

"Let's not dwell on who caused all this; let's think about how to solve the problem first!"

Instead of hating me, you should think about how to deal with the most pressing problem right now.

"I don't think you'd want to see Kaguya destroy the Ninja World you've worked so hard to protect! I, like you, don't want to see Kaguya reclaim Chakra and turn the entire Ninja World into a nursery."

"At least on the point of stopping Kaguya, we are of one mind!"

"Furthermore, a thousand years ago, you fought a great battle against your own mother for the sake of the Ninja World. You must have felt guilty all these years!"

"I know you don't want to face your mother right now, so we're willing to stand in front of you and fight for you!"

"Of course, I know that after a thousand years of preparation, you must have many ways to seal Kaguya, but these methods would probably waste all the resources you've prepared."

"Instead of revealing these trump cards when dealing with Kaguya, it's better to save them for future use against other Otsutsuki who come to the Ninja World!"

The Sage of Six Paths remained expressionless as he stared at Yichen.

Unable to discern the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' thoughts from his expression, Yichen could only continue speaking to himself, "Uncle-Master -Master! Alright, I admit I did it on purpose before!"

"I deliberately wanted to kill Sasuke."

"But I'm also standing up for Sokai and Quan Luo. Why does Sasuke get your favor, but they don't?"

"Sokai is the current head of the Uchiha Clan. Only he can represent the Uchiha Clan, and only he can represent your son, Indra!"

"Quan Luo's bloodline is closer to yours, making her more suitable to inherit your mantle!"

Yichen spoke until his throat was dry, but the Sage of Six Paths' expression remained unchanged.

Seeing this, Yichen knew that nothing good would happen today.

So he gave up on trying to get close to the Sage of Six Paths and began to think about how to end the current situation.

But just as Yichen was about to give up, the Sage of Six Paths looked at Izumi Uchiha and suddenly said, "Quan Luo, right? Come here!"

Izumi Uchiha raised his head, looking at the Sage of Six Paths with a puzzled expression, then at Yichen.

Yichen blinked a few times, first looking at the expressionless Sage of Six Paths, then at the astonished Izumi Uchiha, and then overjoyed!

Yichen quickly said to Izumi Uchiha, "Quan Luo, your Uncle-Master is calling you. Why don't you go and listen to his teachings!"

Izumi Uchiha's intelligence was still online. After receiving confirmation from Yichen, her eyes lit up, and she quickly agreed.

Then he quickly flew to the Sage of Six Paths respectfully bowed to him.

He said, "Quan Luo greets the ancestor. Please do not hesitate to ask if you need anything! Quan Luo will do his best!"

Before the Sage of Six Paths could speak, Yichen had already said to Neji and the others, "Everyone keep an eye on Madara Uchiha, don't let him cause trouble!"

Madara Uchiha, but he didn't say anything. He just stared intently at the Sage of Sage of Six Paths and Izumi Uchiha.

The Sage of Six Paths didn't waste any words with Izumi Uchiha; he simply extended one hand, which bore a black crescent moon mark.

Izumi Uchiha reacted quickly, extending her left hand and placing it on the Sage of Six Paths' hand.

The next moment, Izumi Uchiha's aura suddenly surged dramatically.

That feeling, although not quite at the level of Kekkei Mōra, was still much stronger than that of Sokai and Neji.

At the same time, Izumi Uchiha felt a stinging pain in her left eye, and she closed her eyes to sense it for a few seconds.

A few seconds later, she opened her eyes, and sure enough, six Tomoe appeared on her left blue Rinnegan!