Super Shinra Tensei

High above in the vast, desolate sky, the Moon Temple stood like an ancient, isolated tomb, silently suspended in the void.

Yuku of the Otsutsuki Clan had his mouth agape, his entire being seemingly paralyzed by the scene before him.

The Giant Tenseigan, the treasure of the Otsutsuki Clan, was pulsing frantically at this very moment.

Massive amounts of chakra were transforming into tangible beams of light, tearing through the void and streaming endlessly toward the distant blue planet below.

"What on earth is happening?!"

If a riot of the Giant Tenseigan were a situation that might occur with the passage of time, then the current scenario of energy being continuously transmitted to Earth was absolutely impossible.

What terrified him even more was that control over the Giant Tenseigan was being forcibly seized by an unknown power at this very moment.

"Could it be... that guy who stole the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?!" Yuku of the Otsutsuki Clan instantly associated this with that audacious human from Earth.

"He actually dares to set his sights on the Tenseigan?!"

Just as he was exerting all his strength to try and regain control, hurried and chaotic footsteps echoed from outside the temple corridor.

Several Otsutsuki elders, with white hair and beards, who usually required assistance just to walk, were now moving with the speed of the wind.

The Great Elder's voice trembled, but he immediately issued an order.

"Cut off the energy transmission first! At any cost, hurry!"

However, just as he gathered his chakra to attempt to reclaim control, five extremely familiar chakra fluctuations flashed through his mind.

The Great Elder's heart shook violently.

Aoshiki?!

And his Rainbow Squad?!

--

What a pity...

Hyuga Qinglan sighed softly.

He had hoped that with the energy of the Giant Tenseigan, he could at least condense four, or perhaps even more, Truth-Seeking Balls.

No, to be precise, they should be called—Chakra Prayer Beads.

The moment his Tenseigan Chakra Mode finished condensing, Hyuga Qinglan finally learned the true name of these black spheres.

"Chakra Prayer Beads."

They were not the Truth-Seeking Balls of the Rinnegan system, but an armament core unique to the Tenseigan Chakra Mode.

In a sense, they were identical to the Truth-Seeking Balls of the Sage of Six Paths mode, both being creations that transcended ordinary ninjutsu.

"The Tenseigan... it really is similar to the Rinnegan..."

Hyuga Qinglan felt the endless torrent of chakra within his body, his deep azure eyes reflecting the stone giant roaring toward him.

At this moment, he had been completely reborn.

His original black robe had long since vanished, replaced by a magnificent mantle woven from cyan-green flames.

Although only three Chakra Prayer Beads orbited him, the pressure that cut through the wind and snow was already enough to make everyone below feel suffocated.

"Still, three are enough!"

The three pitch-black Chakra Prayer Beads moved at his will, suddenly converging in front of his palm.

They began to spin frantically at a speed beyond the reach of the naked eye, churning up a silver vortex that pierced the heavens.

"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

As the beads rotated, a silver hurricane capable of piercing the firmament erupted from them, instantly grinding the seemingly indestructible Gōryūshi giant into powder.

The hurricane's momentum remained undiminished, carrying an aura of total destruction as it lunged straight toward the horrified Ōnoki!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!"

Violent wind pressure swept across the fields; in mid-air, Ōnoki was like a withered leaf in a storm, blown to and fro, struggling even to maintain his flight balance.

The ninjas on the ground were in an even more wretched state.

The forces of Iwagakure and Konoha scrambled to use their defensive ninjutsu, trying to withstand the overflowing shockwaves of destruction.

Some ninjas who were too close were sent flying, crashing heavily into the ruins, blood spilling from their noses and mouths, unable to even stand.

And just at this moment—

Swish!

That cyan-green figure suddenly transformed into a streak of light in mid-air, charging straight at the Third Tsuchikage!

"Protect Lord Tsuchikage!"

"Earth Release: Rock Spear Technique!"

"Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!"

"Earth Release: Rock Wall Formation!"

"Stop him!"

"..."

Various Earth Release ninjutsu were desperately hurled from the Iwagakure ranks: rock spears, earth spikes, mud flows...

They were determined to break the momentum of that cyan-green figure.

However, that cyan-green light flickered and leaped through the crowd like lightning.

Now left, now right, now front, now back—it was moving too fast to be tracked.

"Aaaah!!"

Every flicker was accompanied by a scream and a mist of blood.

Severed limbs spun into the air, and blood was drawn into blinding red lines by the wind pressure; the Iwagakure ninjas fell one after another without even seeing how their opponent struck.

The black spherical object transformed into a pitch-black longsword in the hands of Qing.

Wherever the blade passed, the Iwagakure ninjas were swept away as ruthlessly as autumn leaves before a gale, possessing no power to resist whatsoever.

Ōnoki, fleeing desperately ahead, caught a glimpse of the Iwagakure corpses flying out one after another; his heart bled, and he nearly ground his teeth to dust.

But he could not stop.

If he stopped, he would be the one to die!

"My chakra... it's running low..."

Ōnoki's face was ashen, his breathing ragged, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

While using the terrain and ninjutsu to dodge, he cast a glance toward the Konoha camp in the distance, which remained almost entirely unscathed, a hint of regret flickering in his eyes.

"Orochimaru... what should we do?" Uchiha Setsuna kept his gaze locked on that leaping light, his tone exceptionally grave.

"Retreat for now... This guy's target seems to be Iwagakure. We in Konoha will withdraw for the time being and wait until he and Ōnoki have exhausted their chakra."

Orochimaru held back all the Konoha ninjas with one hand, signaling them to pull back.

His golden snake-like pupils remained unblinking, fixed firmly on that cyan-green figure in the Iwagakure ranks, determined to fully discern all of his abilities.

Hyuga Qinglan, dancing gracefully amidst the crowd, naturally noticed Orochimaru's greedy gaze.

But he didn't care in the slightest.

"Since Orochimaru wants to sit back and reap the rewards... then I'll give them to you."

"Consider it the extra payment..."

"For you killing Hyuga Tianyun."

Qing stopped his body and raised his hand once more.

Three Chakra Prayer Beads spun above his head, gradually extending into a golden giant sword capable of spanning the horizon.

The tip of the sword pointed straight toward the firmament.

"Golden Wheel Reincarnation..."

However, before the technique could fully form, Zi's urgent voice transmitted through the chakra link into his mind: "Qing! The energy from the moon side has been forcibly cut off!"

"If you force the release of this move, you will instantly exhaust all your chakra and be forced out of the chakra mode!"

In the center of the ruins, inside the rock cavern.

The four members of the Rainbow Squad had their hands in seals, continuously transmitting chakra to Hyuga Qinglan through the cyan-green sphere in the middle.

"And our bodies... have already begun to disintegrate!"

Zi looked at the three people around him; like him, their bodies were constantly emitting white light.

"..."

Hyuga Qinglan's movements faltered, and the golden light that reached the heavens dissipated, reforming into three black Chakra Prayer Beads.

He raised his eyes to look at the moon hanging high in the cosmos, as if peering through tens of thousands of kilometers of vacuum to face his clansmen in Hamura Temple from afar.

"What's going on?"

On the ground, Orochimaru felt a flash of doubt as he watched Qing suddenly stop his movements.

That golden sword from just a moment ago was clearly even purer and more intense than the one used at Konoha.

If it had been successfully released, the Third Tsuchikage would surely have died!

But why... did he stop?

"Could it be... that his chakra is insufficient?!"

The greed in Orochimaru's eyes transformed into sharp killing intent in that instant.

All ninjutsu had weaknesses, and Qing's techniques almost all required charging...

Or an excessive consumption of chakra.

If that were the case, it would mean...

This seemingly invincible guy was not as perfectly intact as he appeared on the outside!

Since the opening had already appeared and the Third Tsuchikage was already like a candle in the wind, as the "savior" of Konoha, Orochimaru would never let this fruit that was about to ripen go to waste!

But before Orochimaru could make a move.

The world at this moment... seemed to fall into an eerie silence.

Immediately after, with that cyan-green figure as the center.

A terrifying repulsive force, enough to crush all will, erupted like a tsunami!

"Super Shinra Tensei!"