A clash of powers, mountains crumbling and earth splitting!
A chilling atmosphere filled the entire Forest. Tōka and the Enma faced off coldly, neither willing to back down an inch.
The oppressive space felt as if it were frozen in ice, making one feel suffocated.
"Kid, no matter who you are, if you dare to trespass into the Deforming Mountain, you can forget about leaving!" The Enma clenched its claws and quickly Hand Seals, just like a human.
The immense chakra stirred up gusts of wind wildly through the forest.
The strong wind whipped up fallen sand and dry leaves, and the flying dust blurred the view.
The Enma is proficient in Ninjutsu, and can easily master the Five Nature Transformations, especially the Transformation Technique, which is exceptionally powerful.
Its transformed Adamantine Staff can collide head-on with the Kusanagi Sword!
In the year the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, the Third Hokage even used the Enma's transformed Adamantine Staff to send the Nine-Tails Demon Fox flying out of Konoha!
In the silent forest, the fighting spirit rose steadily, until it reached a critical point!
Sudden!
Tōka moved first, Void rippled outwards like water ripples, instantly shattering the atmosphere that the Enma had deliberately created.
"All-Killing Ash Bones - Earth Spear Pierce!"
Puff puff puff!!
Tōka's figure appeared strangely behind the Enma, and from him, countless gray-white Bone Spur burst forth from the ground.
A suffocating smell, seemingly capable of corrupting the world, inexplicably spread.
"Earth Release: Earth Spear!" The Enma was indeed a monster that had become a spirit, with an intelligence almost on par with humans, and speed and strength surpassing the vast majority of ninjas.
The target of his Earth Release: Earth Spear attack wasn't Tōka, but rather something that pierced out from under his own feet!
The Enma gripped the sharp Rock that rose from the ground with its feet, and took advantage of the Earth Spear to leap into the air.
Bone Spur as thick as an arm burst from the ground, but it grazed past the hem of the Enma's clothes.
Standing at a distance, Tōka noticed the Enma's movements. "It was a preemptive strike, not an attempt to dodge with absolute speed afterward."
Tōka couldn't understand how this guy could see through his attack pattern.
Is it because the attack of the All-Killing Ash Bones is too one-dimensional?
"Then let's try this!" Tōka's eyes darkened, and he slammed his hands on the ground. He knew Earth Release is a type of martial arts technique) too!
Earth Release Technique: Earth Tremor Core!
The chakra within Tōka surged into the earth, becoming even more refined and infused with the power of nature— Senjutsu Chakra!
Suddenly, the ground shook violently, as if the entire Deforming Mountain was about to collapse. The despairing atmosphere of the landslide and the cracking of the earth gave people a false sense of reality.
In this vast universe, a person is as insignificant as a drop in the ocean.
The mountains shook and the earth trembled, but Tōka's feet seemed to be glued to the ground like suction cups, his body rising and falling with the collapsing rocks.
The situation was much worse for the Enma, as the ground around him began to fall in a large area.
The Earth Release Ninjutsu covered an area spanning several miles. Although the Enma King was agile and nimble, he couldn't unleash a speed sufficient to break through the Earth Tremor Core!
Rumble!!
With a sound like a thunderclap, a large area of land halfway up the Deforming Mountain sank under the weight.
Sand and stones flew everywhere, and countless fragments of rock shot into the sky, blotting out the sun and enveloping the entire trembling Forest.
"Is it going to rain stones?" Tōka looked up at the sky with a solemn expression. The terrain of the Deforming Mountain was constantly changing.
He never imagined that an Earth Tremor Core would trigger a rain of stones as the Deforming Mountain!
He glanced at the Enma, whose body was swaying and still rapidly leaping upwards, trying to escape the square of earth it had stepped on.
Tōka had already made up her mind. Under the gaze of the Tenseigan, it was impossible for the Enma to escape. The most important issue now was to avoid the overwhelming rain of stones that seemed to be pouring down from the sky.
It wasn't that Tōka lacked the power to forcefully dodge, nor was it that he lacked the agility to completely evade.
Rather, there's no need to argue with an inanimate object.
The thought flashed through Tōka's mind, and she quickly reached out her right hand, her slender white index finger drawing a circle in the air.
Buzz!
With his unique chakra, Tōka tore through space and darted inside like an eel.
Rumble!!
As you descend the mountainside, stones of varying sizes fall down, some as small as a thumb, others as large as a pot!
Countless stones, pulled by Gravity, crashed down, causing the changing terrain to dent the spot where Tōka was standing.
The stones that hit the ground did not stop there; instead, they surged down the sloping Kakuzu towards Tōka's location like a swarm of bees.
In an instant, it was completely engulfed.
"Phew! Luckily I got away quickly, that commotion was really a bit exaggerated." Tōka tore through space, appearing like a ghost from another stable high slope, looking down at the changes below.
The rocks rolled down the mountain, resembling howling Beast frantically chasing their prey.
Then, a sandstorm swept through the sky, obscuring the view and burying the dense Forest.
Tōka slowly withdrew his gaze, preparing to use the power of the Tenseigan to search for the whereabouts of the Enma.
Suddenly!
An ancient and weathered aura inexplicably wafted over.
It exudes a faint sense of familiarity; the passage of a thousand years has smoothed the rough edges of even the stubborn stone.
"Where? Where?!" Tōka's eyes were like torches, with Ice Blue flames dancing wildly in his eyes.
That familiar and powerful aura—if I'm not mistaken, it should be that guy!
Where is it?...
Tōka's field of vision expanded infinitely, covering the entire Deforming Mountain.
Through the dense Woods, the Enma swiftly leaped away through a Forest and was clearly captured, but Tōka seemed completely unaware.
"Wait!" Tōka's expression suddenly changed, a thought flashing through his mind, "The Enma is escaping? That guy is a legendary great demon, proficient in almost all human Ninjutsu. Even if he's no match for him, he wouldn't escape so easily, would he?"
No...
The Enma wasn't running away; it was trying to protect something hidden in that direction.
I must rush there with all my might, to protect what I hold dear...
"Six Paths, I've found you!" Tōka curled the corners of his lips, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
Swish!
Tōka leaped into the air, swiftly shooting off the high slope and soaring down.
In sight, a petite white figure could be seen flashing across the lush green hillside before quickly appearing at the foot of the hill.
The aftershocks of the Earth Tremor Core gradually subsided, and the Deforming Mountain seemed to gradually stop as well.
Tōka's gaze locked onto the leaping figure of the Enma. Its two short legs crossed quickly, and it actually ran at a speed of 1.8 meters.
"The Six Paths has been dead for a thousand years, yet what he left behind still attracts countless people." Tōka licked his dry lips. Unlike seeing the chakra left behind by the Sage of Six Paths, at this moment, he might see the real Sage of Six Paths!
He is also his elder brother— Otsutsuki Hagoromo!