Chapter 575
The Truth's Eye reacted, and those points of light were crossing space to arrive, making Yuki both tremble and excited.
Since their strengths are at the same level, the Future Diary cannot interfere with each other's choices. Therefore, Yuki's script is just giving them a push from behind, and then using a mix of truth and deception to confuse them.
Putting yourself in his shoes, even if he were the Grand Judge, he wouldn't dare to play the piecemeal tactic; who knows when he might suddenly launch a sneak attack.
Absolute combat superiority is the only guarantee of absolute security. As long as we can capture Taiyi, no, even if we only obtain some powder, the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons will be worthless.
"But I gave them a caution buff, so they won't immediately launch Faction Judgment. Since they received the message, it means that the crow has established direct contact, Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge can see what's going on inside."
With a light tap of his fingers on his thigh, Yuuki, having traversed time and space without much difficulty, Yuki a playful smile as he used his Stand's vision to spy on the situation inside the instance.
There's one last step left, let's take a gamble.
The Nine Stars Aligned cracked the earth, and the Lost Ones trembled in fear. Susanoo flew in the sky, looking down at the figures in the crater.
"Show me your true skills; this is a rare opportunity you've finally gotten."
Uchiha Madara found it hard to understand; this didn't seem like a suicide attack, as even Susanoo's defenses couldn't be broken.
Why would you need to ask me for something with such limited skills? Revealing your trump card—the ability to enter the Judgment Domain —comes at a high price.
He was disappointed, but unlike a mediocre person, he didn't overthink it. As expected, reinforcements had arrived and were setting up a trap to see how he would escape.
"Of course, the best scenario would be for me to kill you!"
With two fingers placed to his lips, Uchiha Madara took a deep breath.
Fire Release: Blazing Prairie.
Blazing Prairie in the physical sense; rolling waves of fire instantly covered the earth, and those pink tentacles were reduced to ashes.
A simple fire jutsu technique was enough to scorch a small country, turning the mission space into a purgatory with no room to hide. Madara stood with his arms crossed, waiting for a moment, when suddenly a golden meteor pierced through the sea of fire.
Weak and powerless.
Susanoo extinguished the javelin, and six blades simultaneously slashed down, each strike powerful enough to cut a mountain in two.
At that moment, he saw the tide unfold on the target, the massive blade, like Mount Tai pressing down, rapidly slowed down, the meteor streaking back and forth, actually passing through the gap, and an ancient-looking hunting rifle pointed at him.
Hunting Mode.
Bang! Bang!
With two gunshots, the hundred-meter-long giant blade was deflected, and the two sides finally faced each other. A purple halo was spreading around Yuki, then condensed in his right hand, forming a long spear that looked like a flower.
The Six Gods' Authority. The Spear of Decay!
Yuki lightly stepped in the air, throwing his spear, leaving a purplish-red trail in the air, before slamming it hard into Susanoo's forehead.
"Now that's more interesting!"
Uchiha Madara saw the crumbling protective shield before him, and a faint, fragrant scent drifted in. He licked his lips, thinking that only now did they have the right to challenge him. Without even looking, he could sense the enemy rapidly approaching.
Hand-to-hand combat? Who gave you the courage?
His hands formed a mudra, leaving only afterimages, as immense energy was mobilized.
Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
Countless branches appeared out of thin air and expanded Torrent in a short period of time. The surging Wood Release torrent swallowed up Yuki in an instant, and then decayed under the Death Aura. Yuki continued to advance wildly.
"An extremely high-level, rule-based skill, but it's not enough."
Planetary Devastation.
With a clench of his right hand, Ban caused the tree realm, which should have expanded outwards, to converge forward, layer upon layer, crushing Withering of All Things with its sheer number and thickness. At the same time, Susanoo, resembling a thousand-armed Guanyin, raised its sword.
Sixteen consecutive kills!
Returning to his homeland, he could have annihilated the five shadows with a single strike, but this time he unleashed sixteen blows, shattering the newly formed wooden sphere into dust. The aftershocks Piercer thousands of meters, leaving deep ravines in the earth.
But the target vanished from my perception for a moment, along with a piece being hollowed out from the center of the wooden ball, causing Ban to raise an eyebrow.
Oh? Hiding in the warp?
The moment Yuki was bound by Planetary Devastation, he activated the Furnace and disappeared from this plane. Only after the blade passed did he return to reality from the Furnace.
Autonomous mode activated.
He abandoned direct control, and the Stand acted autonomously based solely on its fighting instincts. The aura it emitted turned even the dust into nothingness. With a single step in the air, it shot straight towards the top of Susanoo's head like an arrow.
We still need to engage in close combat and take advantage of the shield's inability to reassemble before eliminating the Controller. Uchiha Madara shows no sign of retreating, and the cumbersome Susanoo is no match for speed.
"It seems you know a lot about Susanoo, but I evolved it long ago after becoming a player."
He stepped out of the crystal coffin, and as if unraveling a cocoon, Susanoo's body was drawn into his hand, forming a more exquisite and fitting suit of armor, his eyes wide open.
The phantom of the Mangekyo Sharingan appeared, so huge it resembled a Crimson Moon, and a terrifying Kamui swept outwards.
Illusion. Mind Control.
As a seasoned player, he had long seen that the aura could wither all matter and energy, but it couldn't stop mental power.
The best outcome is to capture them alive, whether they are clones or fragments. Once we have a breakthrough, we can follow the clues and find all the remaining 'Taiyi'.
A surging tide of trees rushed in from behind, and Uchiha Madara, clad in azure light armor, prepared for the final blow, but a moment later—
Huh? It didn't work?
The Mangekyo Sharingan ineffective, making it seem like just a mindless puppet. But how could a target that has pulled off such complex maneuvers, even deceiving itself, possibly be a puppet?
There was no time to hesitate. The Decaying Aura coalesced into a spear, which appeared in front of him. Madara raised his hand, and his azure light armor seemed even harder than Susanoo. With a 'clang', he deflected the spear away.
Yuki arrived in quick succession, empty-handed, like a cold-blooded killing machine. This aura did not intimidate Uchiha Madara, and the subsequent battle plan had already been formed in an instant.
Engage in close combat, suppress him, be wary of his hidden trump cards, and blast him back into the tree realm to capture him alive.
Every step was so clear, but the man rushing in didn't follow his script at all. A black, round hole split open in his chest, and a huge, eerie energy was gathering.
[N3 Bomb, Activated]
This is a level 5 item captured during the battle of the Aether Particles. Its purpose is very simple: to detonate. However, its side effects are also quite terrible.
[This item requires two seconds to unlock and the user must remain within 10 meters of it to activate. The explosive power is proportional to the user's strength.]
When?
Uchiha Madara's pupils contracted slightly. Explosive items like these usually have a significant preparation time, just like you have to pull the pin before throwing a grenade.
But he soon understood.
During Planetary Devastation and Sixteen Consecutive Slashes, this bastard wasn't just dodging!
Yuki's body collapsed towards the hole in his chest, as if his entire body was about to become raw material for an explosion. He was quickly swallowed up by the Wood Release: Tide, but the two sides were less than a kilometer apart, which was too close!
That insidious bastard.
Uchiha Madara entered Susanoo's body, and a dazzling white light unfolded. The Wood Release, which was heavily wrapped around it, expanded, shattered, and annihilated until the world turned gray.
Boom---
The bomb exploded, releasing all the energy of the clone. The energy surge shattered Susanoo's body and lashed out at Madara.
It was a violent self-destruction, but it couldn't kill me at all.
A burning pain shot through his body, yet he remained perfectly lucid. 'Taiyi' had revealed many of his trump cards, employing so many tricks, all just to injure me?
There must be a deeper conspiracy at play.
Uchiha Madara glanced at the rift in the sky, where a Lost Ones of Epic Rank II was lurking, hoping to take advantage of the situation.
The gravel is nothing to worry about.
This poses no threat at all. Could it be that 'Taiyi' can transcend the established rules and forcibly enter the instance? No, if he could do that, he would have done it already.
A massive energy surge was peeling away the defenses layer by layer. After all, the Stand User had divided many skills, and in an instant, it exploded, unleashing energy that surpassed the sum of all the previous attacks.
His pupils froze, reflecting the 'sun' before him, and Uchiha Madara felt a chill run down his spine amidst the dazzling light.
He seemed to know exactly what this bastard was up to.
Run.
Almost simultaneously, Yuki had already flown into the aerial passage.
The raindrops pelted his face, and what was a mere fraction of a second felt like an eternity to Yuki.
The side effects of the annihilation of the substitute struck, causing his body to crack like a terracotta figurine. He didn't even dare to stop repairing it, only revealing a gambler's manic expression.
Human effort has been exhausted; the rest is up to fate. After all, he doesn't know if the enemy will fall for the trap, or whether the 'Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge' can detect and achieve the desired deception.
I will do everything to the best of my ability, utilize the techniques of deception and reality to the Limit, and leave the choice to the enemy. All I need to do is prepare countless escape routes so that I can win no matter what the enemy chooses.
Even if Uchiha Madara could instantly see through the scheme and contact his colleagues outside, even if the Grand Inquisitors were extremely cautious and unwilling to conduct Faction Judgment, and even if they did conduct trials, they could not, as expected, trap the Judge themselves.
But so what? Your reinforcements have already won half the battle. The 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' battle ended in a draw. We can always look for another opportunity.
But if I win, it'll be a huge profit.
Like a businessman calculating every gain and loss, Yuuki always finds a return on his investment – this is his philosophy of Yuki.
He approached the vortex cloud, looked at the faintly flickering Yellow Light, and clenched his fist tightly.
That first step was correct.
The Grand Inquisitor actually arrived—no, he rushed over, indicating that the 'Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge' was indeed monitoring the instance; the sudden burst of high-energy fluctuations had alarmed them.
Yuki kept his head down and rushed through the passage at top speed, instantly returning to that dark wasteland. Just like when he came, there was no one here, because it was almost impossible for two Judge to meet in the infinitely folded space. Visiting each other's rooms was the privilege of the Grand Judge.
It was deathly silent and desolate, yet the starry sky overhead exuded a terrifying sense of oppression.
Yuki didn't dare look up, nor did he need to. The starry sky shimmered with countless ripples— Aizen, Boros, Solomon ...
The Grand Inquisitors, each displaying their unique abilities, leaped out of the coordinates, followed by hundreds of their subordinates. They had already received clear intelligence on their way back.
[There was a high-energy collision reaction in that instance, presumably from a battle between multiple Epic Tier IV players. Hint: This could be a powerful native creature, such as Lost Ones.]
Hundred Eyes of True Knowledge is devoid of emotion, containing only the coldest, hard data, yet it is incredibly exciting at this moment.
We finally caught him!
If there was no ambush in the Judgment Domain, then this was a meticulously planned assassination, using the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" as bait to eliminate a Grand Inquisitor.
Who else but 'Taiyi' could be the one to clash with multiple Epic Tier IV players?
"He miscalculated? He failed to instantly kill Uchiha Madara, handing him an opportunity for nothing?" Aizen looked down at the boundless desert, speaking rather insulting words, as if 'Taiyi' had to instantly kill a Grand Inquisitor before anyone could even react.
"But He has the ability to freely enter and exit the Judgment Domain, so perhaps He isn't afraid of being surrounded," Solomon warned. This was the most critical issue; there would be no safe place within the Reincarnation Game from now on. "Besides that, we also need an answer."
All the Judge turned to look, the atmosphere was rather strange, some things couldn't be said openly.
That's right, they also need an experiment. Uchiha Madara's life is not important; what's important is whether their trump card can save Taiyi.
If they can, then there's still a chance to fight. If not, everyone probably needs to reconsider their stance.
An enemy who can freely enter and exit the Judgment Domain, and who can't even leave behind the trump card of Faction Judgment, is simply a bug in the Reincarnation Game. The Judge are only responsible for maintaining order, not for fixing bugs.
If you don't want to become prey, it doesn't matter if you go against 'Taiyi'. In the Reincarnation Game, there is no right or wrong, only strength and weakness.
"Alright, let's give it a try." Aizen had also figured it out. He wanted to use 'Taiyi' to become king, but if the latter was a bug, his own stance would have to change.
The outcome of the instance is not important; they even expect 'Taiyi' to return, so they can test the effectiveness of their trump cards. Even though conducting a 'judgment' in their own backyard just doesn't feel quite right.
"Initiate Faction Judgment and isolate this world."
The six high judges exchanged a glance, needing no prayer, no props, but simply focusing their attention on praying to the supreme will.
[The great Reincarnation Game, please transform this place into a place of judgment, and we will wield the Judgment Sword on your behalf.]
A crack was torn open in the starry sky, and countless golden chains emerged from it, heading towards a deeper space, as if a fence had been erected to await Taiyi.
Is this Faction Judgment?
Due to the spatial folding, Yuki couldn't see the chain flowers blooming like cosmos flowers in the starry sky; the visual effect was meaningless, but the feedback made his eye twitch slightly.
It really works.
I don't know why, but this feeling is slightly familiar, just like when Yuki activated the Torch of the Gods during the final battle of 'No One Survives,' attracting the attention of the Reincarnation Game.
Perhaps because they had already been alerted, or perhaps guided by the authority of the Grand Inquisitor, the gaze came quite quickly, like an invisible giant hand grasping the leaf called the 'Judgment Domain'.
The boundaries of space felt harder than ever before. Yuki took a step, feeling as if he were stuck in a quagmire. Before, he could go home in an instant, but now it was difficult to take that step.
If I were still in Dio Brando's kingdom, I'd be dead for sure.