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Chapter 362

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's brief return from the dead

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The Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb is not a divine technique, but rather an ability of the Kekkei Mōra.

This means that the Chakra that supports this ability is unorganized and is in a completely natural, chaotic state.

In other words, this is ownerless and disordered Chakra, which could be stolen even by Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor Chakra Progenitor of Chakra.

This is because it was Chakra released by Kaguya Otsutsuki for her own consumption; it was Chakra she subconsciously gave up.

Shazo never expected that the opportunity he wanted to absorb Kaguya's Chakra would appear so readily before his eyes.

The opportunity came so easily that Shazo couldn't react for a moment.

It's important to know that he devised countless tactics for this moment, and the extermination tactics from the previous four worlds were finalized only after repeated deliberation.

Before even reaching the Primordial Space, and without needing to pin Kaguya Otsutsuki to the ground and bind her hands and feet with Sealing Technique chains to completely suppress her ability to resist, the opportunity to absorb Chakra was delivered right before their eyes.

Shazo didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he patiently took several deep breaths and then quietly waited for more than half of Kaguya Otsutsuki's Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb -Chakra.

Only by absorbing more than Yoruichi of Kaguya's Chakra at once can one avoid being Turning the Tables her and having her extract Shazo's Chakra through the Chakra mark.

But Shazo didn't just stare blankly; instead, he seriously began to Hand Seals, using this slightly clumsy movement to keep his heart from exploding with joy.

"No rush, I haven't subdued Kaguya Otsutsuki yet, so don't rush to ask Tenten for help."

Shazo murmured to himself, his hand Hand Seals becoming increasingly steady.

[Dark Style: Cold Silence]

A small, shimmering white orb appeared in Shazo's palm. Instead of absorbing Chakra, it emitted a faint Chakra fluctuation, glowing with a soft white light, appearing harmless.

This is Shazo's full-force [Dark Style: Cold Silence]. The highest-level Chakra structure conceals the ferocity of this technique, allowing it to appear in the most sophisticated way.

Shazo pushed the cold, silent sphere of light toward the [Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb], which had expanded to tens of kilometers in size; the difference between the two was comparable to that between the sun and Fire Fly.

Anyone who saw it would feel that the cold, desolate sphere of light was about to be devoured by the Truth-Seeking Orb.

But when the two were within three kilometers of each other, the pitch-black, Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb suddenly trembled, while the pale white, cold, silent sphere of light suddenly expanded and jumped.

In the next instant, the cold, silent sphere of light and the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb began to accelerate towards each other and started to rotate around each other. As the distance between them decreased, the speed of their rotation also increased.

The cold, silent sphere is like a neutron star, Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb is like a burning star; together, they form the most common Binary system.

In the Universe, small but powerful neutron stars can plunder matter from stars, transforming themselves back into stars, while the stars are left with only a core, which becomes a planet of a new star.

Meanwhile, within the lava world of Amenominaka, the Cold Sphere of Light is also plundering the Chakra of the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb, and the speed of plundering is getting faster and faster.

Just a few minutes later, the growth of the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb completely stopped, and it began to shrink.

The cold, silent sphere of light rapidly expanded and began to emit a bright glow.

Wherever the shimmering white light touched, the unclaimed, wandering Chakra was plundered, and the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb began to evaporate Chakra from all locations, converging towards the cold, silent sphere of light like rivers flowing into the sea.

At this point, the possibility of a shift in the balance of power between offense and defense no longer exists.

Kaguya Otsutsuki stared dumbfounded at the changes before her, helplessly using attacks such as [Rabbit Hair Needle], [All-Killing Ash Bones], and [Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack] in an attempt to destroy the Cold Silence Orb.

But Shazo was no dead man; he deflected all of Kaguya Otsutsuki's attacks.

[Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack] vs. [Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack]

[All-Killing Ash Bones] vs. [All-Killing Ash Bones]

[Rabbit Hair Needle] vs. [Dust Release: Limit Debonding Technique]

In general, when there is no way to dodge, the most difficult thing to deal with is the [Rabbit Hair Needle]. The seven-inch rabbit hair Senbon tricky attack angles, and their flexibility and penetrating power are top-notch. Every time, they force Shazo to expend a lot of Chakra.

Fortunately, [Dark Style: Cold Silence] has started to return Chakra to Shazo now, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to withstand it.

After trying her best methods three times without success, Kaguya Otsutsuki was stunned, floating helplessly in the air, unsure of what to do.

Shazo was also stunned. He hadn't expected that the Kaguya Otsutsuki would only use "three tricks." He couldn't help but ask, "Kaguya Otsutsuki, you... you don't have any other ways to attack me?"

The adorable Kaguya surprisingly replied, "No, I don't know any other techniques."

With an incredulous Byakugan, Shazo glared at Kaguya, pointing at the chakra she was channeling to the Truth-Seeking Orb- Chakra and asking, "Can't you cut off the chakra being channeled to the [Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb Chakra]?"

Kaguya, with her rabbit-ear horns, was even more stunned. "It's too big now, and it's spinning too fast. If I cut off its Chakra directly, I'll suffer a powerful backlash and be seriously injured."

Shazo remained silent for a long time before realizing he should laugh.

So he laughed, "Hahaha, Kaguya Otsutsuki, you can't blame me for this!"

I'm going to eat you up!

A bright white light shone brightly, and the Chakra being evaporated from the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb became even more intense, causing it to shrink even faster.

Conversely, the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb had a stronger extraction effect on Kaguya Otsutsuki Kaguya, causing her to show pain and fear.

The feeling of having Chakra forcibly extracted brought back memories of Chakra being extracted after she was sealed away a thousand Kaguya ago; that excruciating pain was truly terrifying.

Kaguya Otsutsuki involuntarily began to scream. She struggled desperately, enduring the backlash as she severed her connection with the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb.

The backlash from the [Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb], a creation-level ability, was extremely fierce. Kaguya Otsutsuki felt a jolt in her chest, and a sweet, metallic taste rose in her throat.

"Wow!"

Kaguya Otsutsuki; her blood was so bright red, and it even shimmered with specks of golden light.

Even when it fell onto the lava on the ground, the Otsutsuki hemostatic did not boil or evaporate, but instead remained tightly clumped together, spontaneously resisting the burning sensation from the molten lava.

Seeing that she was spitting out blood that shimmered with golden light, Kaguya Otsutsuki was stunned for a moment, and then felt even greater fear and panic.

Behind Kaguya, the space appeared to be split, moved, and superimposed by blocks, quickly forming a sizable portal.

[Yomotsu Hirasaka]

After giving Shazo one last deep look, Kaguya Otsutsuki withdrew her gaze, which was filled with fear, panic, resentment, unwillingness, and calculation, and disappeared inside without looking back.

Shazo found that last glance truly interesting; he understood that the main target of this operation was Kaguya, not Chakra.

Once Kaguya Otsutsuki is subdued, more Chakra can be extracted from her at any time and at will.

But if Kaguya Otsutsuki turns the tables, absorbing any amount of Chakra won't help.

Because those were Chakra bearing Kaguya's mark, until he erased the mark, they could not be considered his own power, but rather a huge hidden danger.

Madara Uchiha's fate serves as a cautionary tale for Shazo.

Without hesitation, Shazo abandoned the Cold Silence Orb, letting it continue to entangle with the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb and absorb Chakra, while he began to track down Kaguya Otsutsuki.

To Shazo's surprise, he did not sense the Flying Thunder God Mark this time. He didn't know if it was blocked by a special spatial barrier or if Kaguya Otsutsuki had discovered and removed his mark.

However, Shazo knew that Kaguya only had two places to go: either leave the Amenominaka space directly, or escape into the core Primordial Space of Amenominaka.

Shazo made a judgment almost instantly. "In Kaguya's last glance, there was a strong sense of resentment. She was probably thinking about taking revenge on me, not abandoning everything and running away."

"Leaving Amenominaka would be tantamount to abandoning the fight against me and running away like a coward."

"The Primordial Space is Kaguya Otsutsuki's true home turf, and it's also the only place in the Amenominaka Sphere where she can receive divine Chakra support."

"As long as she hasn't made up her mind to give up everything, that's the only place she can go."

"It can only be the Primordial Space!"

A circular, black portal opened.

But Shazo didn't step inside immediately; he knew this would be his last chance.

If he fails to seize the opportunity, he will completely terrify Kaguya Otsutsuki, causing her to escape from Amenominaka and play hide-and-seek with him from then on.

Moreover, since that is the Primordial Space, it only takes a short time for Kaguya Otsutsuki to recover to her peak condition using the Chakra absorbed from the God Tree.

In other words, when Shazo steps into the Primordial Space, he will inevitably be attacked by Kaguya Otsutsuki.

So Shazo cautiously created 70 Wood Clone, all of which were weak Wood Clone had little combat power, and then stepped into the portal one by one.

Stepping out of the black circular portal, Shazo's Wood Clone saw Kaguya Otsutsuki with a gloomy expression.

In the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, countless ocular powers were poised to be unleashed. Her body was surrounded by a massive and turbulent amount of Chakra, and her long silver hair fluttered behind her without wind, forming a circular hair bun.

Kaguya Otsutsuki did not recognize that Shazo was a clone. She looked down at him with her three eyes and raised her hands towards Shazo.

"Shazo, I'll remember your name! How dare you insult me and drive me into such a perilous situation! You deserve to die!"

Accompanied by cold and venomous words, Kaguya's silver hair danced wildly behind her as countless [Rabbit Hair Needle] rained down.

This time, Kaguya Otsutsuki didn't use her Byakugan to lock onto Shazo. Instead, she set up an attack range of several hundred meters centered on him, launching a comprehensive attack.

In that brief moment, Shazo escaped a full hundred meters, yet he was still riddled with holes.

The second Wood Clone of Shazo to emerge from the portal was even more Bad Luck; before he could figure anything out, his upper body was pierced by the Rabbit Hair Needle.

Kaguya Otsutsuki felt no joy at seeing Shazo so easily killed; only astonishment.

Having been chased by Shazo for five worlds, she had come to deeply understand how terrifying Shazo, and of course she didn't believe she could kill him so easily.

Seeing the Shattering pieces of wood that appeared after the two Wood Clone died, Kaguya, though unfamiliar with the Clone Technique, guessed that it was a trick by Shazo, and felt relieved.

One by one, the Wood Clone entered the Primordial Space through the portal, only to be shattered into rotten wood by Kaguya's [Rabbit Hair Needle].

After his clone was killed, Shazo Zuo confirmed Kaguya's information. He continued to create Wood Clone, Shadow Clone, Water Clone, Earth Clone, Lightning Clone, and even clones that conserved more Chakra, sending them all through the portal.

His goal was not to deplete Kaguya's Chakra, but to wear down her patience.

After Kaguya Otsutsuki destroyed hundreds of her various clones, she began to exhibit manic behavior.

When the 300th Shadow Clone surged into the Primordial Space, he even had to actively push aside the wooden log in front of the portal in order to leave the portal's range.

Then the Shadow Clone was pierced by dozens of [Rabbit Hair Needle] and turned into a wisp of white smoke.

Seeing this, Shazo no longer hesitated. He used his [Transformation Technique] to become a piece of wood, hiding behind the back of the 357th Wood Clone, and followed him into the portal.

When the Wood Clone was attacked and turned into a pair of Shattering pieces of wood, Shazo Zuo took the opportunity to blend into the broken pieces of wood that covered the ground of the Primordial Space.

Kaguya Otsutsuki was as disoriented as a driver who had been driving on the highway for three hours, her movements sustained only by inertia, completely unaware that there was a piece of broken wood that was slightly too big.

Her remaining attention was quickly drawn to the new clone.

Especially the 374th Ice Clone, which turned into ice shards after being shattered, completely attracted Kaguya's attention. As a result, she did not notice that a piece of wood was rolling towards her feet on the ground.

Just as Shazo approached within ten meters of Kaguya Otsutsuki, his body suddenly underwent a strange change. The wedge on his left wrist became slightly warm, and a very thin stream of heat flowed out.

Before Shazo could react, the heat surged into his brain with lightning speed, transforming into a rather complex piece of information.

That was Secret Technique mastered by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who was a "Guardian". Its function was similar to the Hyuga Clan's [Caged Bird Seal], which could impose a powerful restriction on lower-ranking Ōtsutsuki Clan who were "Guardians".

It turns out that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed Kaguya's Chakra through his Kaguya, triggering a mechanism he had set up before his death, thus freeing him from the knowledge related to enslaving Kaguya Otsutsuki.

However, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki also demonstrated that this method was completely ineffective against Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Because she ate the Chakra Fruit, she gained the Kekkei Mōra, which changed her life essence and naturally broke the restrictions based on the function of genes.

However, the commands in forbidden techniques target the subconscious and can only work once on Kaguya Otsutsuki, making her obey simple commands such as "stop" or "raise your hands".

Shazo was overjoyed; that was enough.

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