Six Paths Level Battle (1)

As the Chakra of the eight Tailed Beast continued to flow into Naruto's body, the Tailed Beast appeared one by one in the Sealing Space, forming a circle.

The largest of them is naturally the Kurama in its complete form, followed by the Eight-Tails Gyūki, which has been infused with half of its Chakra.

"Everyone, prepare for the fusion."

Kurama remained silent for a moment before speaking first.

Although it still has the trump card ' Baryon Mode ', which may be used to fight against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, it will disappear along with its Original Chakra after it is used up, which is almost a true death, unlike under normal circumstances where it will be resurrected after a few to a dozen years.

Moreover, if even using the ' Baryon Mode ' fails to defeat Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, the consequences would be even more severe.

"Good."

The other Tailed Beast echoed in unison.

Their Chakra began to gather in the sky above the Sealing Space.

At the same time, as Naruto's eight Tailed Beast 'Chakra began to enter his body, a pale golden Chakra appeared on his skin, quickly transforming it into a golden complexion. The horizontal stripes of his Sage Mode eyes and the vertical stripes of his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode eyes overlapped to form a cross-shaped eye.

At this moment, the main power within Naruto is still the power of the Nine-Tails Chakra. The fusion of the natural power of Sage Mode and the Kurama 'Chakra is Naruto's strongest battle mode at present— Sage Art Fox Mode.

As for the ' Six Paths Mode ' used in the final Fourth Shinobi World War against Sasuke World War, Naruto can no longer use it because he lost the Six Paths Six Paths Yang Power given to him by the Sage of Six Paths when he lost his right arm.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the Six Paths Yang Power within Naruto has completely disappeared, but the remaining Six Paths Yang Power in his body is simply not enough to allow Naruto to enter Six Paths Mode again.

However, at this moment, as the vast majority of the Chakra the Nine Great Tailed Beasts slowly gathered and began to merge back into one, Naruto's aura underwent another earth-shattering change.

The pale golden Chakra on his body became increasingly solid.

At the same time, black Tomoe- shaped patterns gradually appeared on the golden Chakra skin on Naruto's back, eventually settling on nine.

Immediately afterwards, Tomoe- shaped patterns appeared on the Chakra skin on his neck.

A pure black sphere slowly condensed around Naruto — Truth-Seeking Orb!

More than a decade later, Naruto once again enters Six Paths Mode, and the Truth-Seeking Ball, containing the power of all things in the universe, reappears.

However, compared to back then, Naruto now only possesses one Truth-Seeking Orb.

Although Naruto now possesses half of the Kurama, half of the Eight-Tails, and seven complete Tailed Beast, he has lost a significant amount of crucial Six Paths Power, making his Six Paths Mode somewhat weaker than it was back then.

Without the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to hold the power of the Tailed Beast, Naruto can only be considered Pseudo Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

Of course, Naruto's Six Paths Six Paths Mode Six Paths Mode at this moment is not as good as it was back then, but that doesn't mean he's much weaker than he was at his peak. Back then, Naruto had just obtained the Six Paths Yang Power and didn't have a chance to familiarize himself with it. He mainly relied on the legacy of the Sage of Six Paths, and many of his Six Paths Sage Art were just used by instinct.

Over the past decade or so, Naruto has lost the Six Paths Yang Power and cannot use Six Paths Mode, but he has mastered all the Chakra natures.

Naruto, who used to rely solely on his Shadow Clone Jutsu combined with various Rasengan, is now a ninjutsu master proficient in hundreds of different ninjutsu.

Now that he has re-entered Six Paths Mode, thanks to the accumulation of combat skills and experience, his overall strength will not decrease too much.

"It feels so familiar," Sasuke sighed, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes. He sensed a qualitative change in Naruto's Chakra, just like back then.

The Truth-Seeking Orb flew behind Naruto, hovering in the air. Naruto clenched his fist, moved his body slightly, and felt the renewed vitality and energy throughout his body, feeling as if he had been reborn.

Since marrying Hinata, Naruto's energy has declined significantly over the past decade or so.

Especially after becoming Hokage, when countries entered a period of peaceful development, he was so overwhelmed by mountains of documents that he couldn't even go home.

Naruto now feels like he's back to when he was sixteen or seventeen. He probably wouldn't even feel tired if he fought Six Paths Madara for ten days and ten nights.

"If we can use the Six Paths Sage Art again, our chances of defeating Isshiki will be much greater, but we still need to get used to it a little."

After feeling the changes in his body, Naruto spoke to Sasuke.

"Mm." Sasuke nodded.

As if he had just thought of something, Naruto suddenly asked, "Sasuke, how much has your Eye Power recovered?"

Sasuke pondered, "After my other eye evolved into the Rinnegan, my Eye Power increased a lot, but compared to when I was 17, the difference is still huge."

After all, the Six Paths Power within me was almost completely lost, and it was only thanks to the arm that Issei nurtured that I was able to recover some of it.

Making a difference in combat takes time and effort.

As an arm that refused to be transplanted with Hashirama cells in order to 'atone for its sins' back then, it lost the Six Paths Yin Power and did not receive any recuperation afterward. For the past ten years or so, it has been constantly exposed to the elements and has been working hard, resulting in a decline in its physical condition rather than an improvement.

Even if he transplanted an arm cultivated by Urashiki Otsutsuki and awakened the Rinnegan, even if he could potentially recover to his peak strength, it wouldn't be something that could be done in a short time.

"I understand." Naruto nodded and placed his hand on Sasuke's shoulder.

"This is."

Sasuke was stunned for a moment. He felt an extremely pure Yang Release Chakra enter his body. This was not Yang Release in the ordinary sense. It contained the Six Paths Power. It was a power full of life force, which was directly repairing the hidden injuries left in Sasuke's body and the loss of life force.

"That's enough, Naruto. Doing this will deplete your own life force."

Sasuke couldn't help but speak up.

Although every cell in his body craved the Six Paths Power that Naruto was transferring, Sasuke understood that this was because Naruto had just entered Six Paths Mode and recovered a large amount of Six Paths Power.

It seems that losing this much life force is nothing to Naruto, but if they defeat Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Naruto will definitely keep his promise and will use the Six Paths Power to free the other Tailed Beast.

Even if they manage to defeat Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, it's uncertain how much Six Paths Power Naruto will have left.

Without the replenishment of the Divine Tree Fruit and the so-called Chakra Pill pills of the Otsutsuki Clan, the Six Paths Power cannot be easily restored by time alone.

Having already consumed a large amount of Six Paths Power, and then lost the Chakra of the eight Tailed Beast, Naruto would likely fall seriously ill like the Sage of Six Paths before him, remaining weak for several months, and the consequences might be even more severe.

"Sasuke!"

Sensing Sasuke's struggling strength, Naruto pressed down hard on his shoulder.

Naruto was more worried about Sasuke than himself. Sasuke could use the power of the Nine Great Tailed Beasts to wield the Six Paths Power, but Sasuke didn't have the Six Paths Yin Power to replenish his strength and restore his power.

Back then, Sasuke was able to unleash the Eye Power of the Rinnegan by relying on the Six Paths Yin Power and the massive Chakra of the eight and a half Tailed Beast.

This is why Sasuke often experiences insufficient Eye Power and depleted Chakra when using the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

The Six-Tomoe Rinnegan is too powerful; Sasuke, who has lost the Six Paths Yin Power, cannot withstand this drain.

Based on various indications, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's strength may be in no way inferior to Kaguya Otsutsuki's.

When they possessed the Six Paths Yang Power and Yin Power in the Six Paths, they barely managed to seal Kaguya with the help of Kakashi-sensei and Sakura.

Now that Sasuke has lost the Six Paths Yin Power, he can no longer use the strongest Sealing Jutsu, "Six Paths: Planetary Devastation".

A simple Chibaku Tensei is not enough to seal Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

To fight against Isshiki, a formidable enemy, Sasuke will definitely push himself to the limit and use the Rinnegan's abilities to the extreme.

Naruto, having regained Six Paths Mode, can withstand all kinds of fatal blows, but Sasuke cannot. Therefore, Naruto is willing to sacrifice his own life force to help Sasuke.

"Naruto." Sasuke looked at Naruto's determined expression and didn't say anything more.

Having known Naruto for so many years, Sasuke understood Naruto's personality all too well. Even though Naruto was no longer as impulsive and reckless as before after becoming Hokage, he was still a stubborn and persistent person at heart.

As a large amount of Six Paths Power, brimming with life force, entered Sasuke's body, Naruto felt Sasuke's body gradually recovering. He then released his grip on Sasuke's shoulder and said:

"Sasuke, try to absorb my Senjutsu Chakra, don't think about anything else."

Uchiha Madara once mastered the power of Senjutsu by absorbing the Senjutsu Chakra of the First Hokage. After becoming the Pseudo Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he even used Six Paths Sage Art.

Unlike Naruto, Naruto was able to use Six Paths Sage Art Mode after entering Six Paths Mode, Chakra voluntarily provided by the Tailed Beast and the gifts from the Sage of Six Paths.

Madara learned the Six Paths Sage Art ahead of time thanks to the Six Paths inheritance that Black Zetsu deliberately leaked to him. That's why he was able to use various Six Paths Sage Art immediately after absorbing Hashirama's Senjutsu Chakra and becoming Six Paths Madara. After all, Madara didn't have the Sage of Six Paths gave him a cheat code halfway through his journey.

Madara was able to successfully absorb Hashirama's Senjutsu Chakra without suffering a backlash mainly because he had transplanted Hashirama cells into him. His body fully adapted to Hashirama's cells, and he eventually awakened the Rinnegan by fusing Indra's and Asura Chakra. Therefore, he had extremely high compatibility with the Senjutsu Chakra within Hashirama's body.

The left arm that Sasuke has now re-transplanted mainly contains Urashiki Otsutsuki cells and Hashirama cells, as well as a small amount of Naruto cells.

Therefore, Naruto believed that with his help, Sasuke should be able to learn Senjutsu.

This can, to some extent, make up for the combat power lost by Sasuke due to the lack of Six Paths Yin Power and Tailed Beast Chakra.

"Okay." Sasuke nodded, extended his fist and bumped it with Naruto's. Feeling Naruto's emotions quickly calm down, he also gradually calmed down and began to slowly absorb the Senjutsu Chakra in Naruto's body.

Sasuke's aptitude for learning Senjutsu Mode is not bad; in fact, it could be said that he is second only to Naruto.

However, Sasuke cannot stop the flow of life during the cultivation of Senjutsu Mode.

Now he can only learn Senjutsu by absorbing Naruto's Kurama Senjutsu Chakra.

This is something Naruto could only help Sasuke do if he used Six Paths Mode.

Sasuke quickly adapted to the Senjutsu Chakra that had entered his body and became familiar with how to use Senjutsu Mode.

The threshold for cultivating Senjutsu is extremely high, and the difficulty of cultivation is also outrageous. However, once you reach a certain stage, many things that seemed difficult to do before can be accomplished in just a few minutes.

"Sasuke, get used to Senjutsu and rest for ten days. Then we'll go find Isshiki."

Naruto's aura weakened slightly, and he then withdrew from Six Paths Mode. Given his current state as Pseudo Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, his aura was noticeably reduced, which shows how much life force he had just consumed.

Sasuke nodded solemnly; given their relationship, everything was understood without words.

He naturally hoped to win the fierce battle that followed. The best outcome, of course, would be for them to successfully eliminate Isshiki and then return to Konoha alive.

If things don't go as planned, at the very least he has to ensure Naruto survives.

The power of Senjutsu is not complicated, so ten days is enough time for Sasuke to fully adapt. In particular, his body has been fully restored to its peak state after being replenished by Naruto's Chakra, but this is only a temporary state.

Finding Isshiki as soon as possible is naturally the best choice.

On the other side, in Alternate Space.

In the desolate land, a magnificent palace complex stands, its style quite different from that of the Shinobi World.

This is the lair of Isshiki (Jigen). Other members of the Kara can only enter this place through ' Genjutsu: Communication', but only Isshiki can come and go freely here.

At this moment, Isshiki was heading towards the bottom floor of the palace, preparing to absorb Chakra as usual.

Victor, Amado, and Delta have been missing for a long time, which means something must have happened, but Isshiki doesn't seem to care much.

"Roar~"

Isshiki arrived at the bottom floor of the palace, the area was pitch black. A strange, enormous eye opened, and then the terrifying form of the Ten-Tails was revealed.

The appearance of Isshiki instantly aroused the Ten-Tails ' emotions, causing it to open and close its mouth Isshiki towards Isshiki.

Isshiki floated in front of the Ten-Tails, calming it down a bit.

At the same time, Isshiki began to absorb the Ten-Tails 'Chakra. Streams of deep red Chakra, almost tangible, flowed continuously from the Ten-Tails ' body and into Isshiki's body.

Every so often, Isshiki needs to absorb the Ten-Tails 'Chakra to maintain the Vessel ' Jigen '. He is currently preparing for his resurrection, so he needs to absorb as much of the Ten-Tails 'Chakra as possible.

Ten days later.

Suddenly, ripples appeared in the space above the Otsutsuki Temple, a dark crack appeared, and then a Space Gate with a diameter of more than three meters opened.

After resting for a while, Sasuke and Naruto arrived at the Isshiki Alternate Space was.

"I sensed Isshiki's Chakra. He's in the temple in front, and there's a Mini Ten-Tails at the very bottom of the temple at the very back."

After Naruto became the Pseudo Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, his perception was greatly enhanced when he entered Six Paths Mode, and he was able to know Naruto's Isshiki.

The reason they took the initiative this time was to catch the Isshiki guard.

If Isshiki is sent to the Shinobi World, they will lose the initiative.

During the Fourth Great Ninja War alone, the battle against Six Paths Madara caused immense destruction. And if the subsequent battle with Kaguya hadn't taken place in the Start Sphere Space, more than half of the Shinobi World's landmass would probably have been destroyed by the aftershocks of the battle.

If Isshiki goes to the Shinobi World, Naruto and Sasuke will not be able to unleash their true power.

If a battle between Six Paths level fighters were to break out in the Shinobi World, it would likely shatter the entire Shinobi World continent, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

As for going to the Isshiki Alternate Space is, that's a different story. It may seem like Isshiki's home turf, but in reality, Naruto and Sasuke can go all out without any worries here.

"That direction?" Sasuke activated his Rinnegan, and his powerful Eye Power began to circulate. A surge of violent Chakra erupted from his body, and the purple Chakra quickly materialized on his skin.

Soon, the Complete Body Susanoo was over 300 meters tall, spread its wings in the sky.

Sasuke's body is located within the diamond-shaped crystal on Susanoo, controlling Susanoo nock and shoot arrows.

The arrow, a symbol of destruction, quickly took shape.

Whoosh!

A streak of purple light ripped through space and sped toward the temple ahead.

Naruto gathered his Chakra on the sidelines, preparing for battle.

Although Sasuke's arrow was incredibly powerful, it was much weaker than the final battle at the Valley of the End. After all, Sasuke at that time still possessed the Six Paths Yin Power and had absorbed the Chakra of eight and a half Tailed Beast.

Isshiki's strength is comparable to Kaguya's, and even in his weakened state, he is still stronger than the two of them were back then.

Boom!

With a deafening explosion, amidst the Firelight and smoke, the entire Otsutsuki Temple vanished, leaving behind a massive crater, and the entire earth began to tremble violently.

Naruto and Sasuke looked up at the sky at the same time. Suddenly, Isshiki appeared above Susanoo. His figure flashed, as if he had teleported, and he appeared above Susanoo, less than ten meters away from the diamond-shaped crystal.

"So fast!"

Sasuke was startled and immediately controlled Susanoo to unleash Isshiki at Yishi, the violent force stirring up the clouds in the sky.

Among the Otsutsuki Clan Member they have encountered so far, Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Kinshiki are the fastest. Momoshiki Otsutsuki, in particular, has shown great Taijutsu skills after consuming the Chakra Fruit that Kinshiki transformed into, but he is far less impressive than Isshiki.

Boom!

Susanoo threw a punch, but the Isshiki suddenly vanished into thin air.

The next second.

Sasuke felt his entire Susanoo suddenly tremble violently.

Click!

A crisp sound came from the Complete Body Susanoo.

"How is this possible?!"

With a violent tremor in his body, Sasuke stared in disbelief at the cracks on the rhomboid crystal. The entire Susanoo began to be covered with dense cracks, spreading like a spider web all over his body.

With his Taijutsu, he Susanoo, which was enhanced by Senjutsu, with a Isshiki punch.

Boom!

With Isshiki powerful strike, Sasuke's Susanoo was instantly shattered.

It's Complete Body Susanoo with just two punches from pure power; even Kaguya couldn't do that.

Even Kaguya only Complete Body Susanoo by using the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.

This Isshiki Taijutsu is too exaggerated!

Sasuke's body was sent flying backward by the force of the recoil.

A black Truth-Seeking Orb streaked across the sky, instantly enlarging into a circular base that became Sasuke's foothold, allowing him to land steadily in the air.

Naruto flashed to Sasuke's side and punched the reappearing Isshiki.

Naruto didn't make a move at first because he followed the battle plan he and Sasuke had prepared in advance.

Because they knew very little about Isshiki's abilities, mainly obtaining Isshiki information about Isshiki from the captured Amado, Sasuke took the initiative to test Isshiki's abilities first, while Naruto stood by and watched.

Judging from the brief exchange, Isshiki's strength exceeded their expectations.

Faced with Isshiki's thunderous attack, Naruto channeled the Six Paths Power and met it with Taijutsu attack. Since the Otsutsuki Clan almost all possessed the ability to absorb ninjutsu, Naruto initially did not intend to use ninjutsu. As for the Six Paths Sage Art, it consumed too much energy and had to be used as a last resort.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

As the two exchanged blows, sonic booms echoed through the air.

Sasuke was able to see the two figures clearly only thanks to the powerful dynamic vision of his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

Boom!

Suddenly, Naruto was hit by Isshiki punch, and he fell like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the ground and leaving a huge crater.

At this moment, Isshiki ignored Sasuke and attacked downwards again, seemingly preparing to deal with the more troublesome Naruto first.

"Naruto!"

Sasuke's expression changed slightly, but the next second he saw Naruto flash out of the pit unharmed, and at the same time, he kicked Isshiki away with Isshiki side kick.

Isshiki spun around in the air a few times before landing steadily. He dusted himself off and said, "As a human, your Taijutsu are already perfect."

Naruto frowned; this Isshiki was far too difficult to deal with.

Even though Six Paths Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and was practically Immortal Body, he wouldn't have been completely unharmed after taking a direct hit from him, but this Isshiki seemed to have no effect whatsoever.

"It seems I have to take this seriously." Isshiki said slowly, his expression indifferent, as numerous bluish-black Cursed Seal covered his entire body.

At the same time, a horn rapidly grew on his forehead, and his aura surged in Naruto's perception.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Naruto flashed, and a dozen Black Rod appeared out of thin air at the spot where he had just been standing.

Isshiki's expression changed slightly. Naruto was unaware of his Rinnegan ability; he had simply dodged the attack purely by reaction.

The main reason he didn't take action against Naruto and Sasuke earlier was that he didn't take them seriously.

Unexpectedly, instead of causing trouble for Naruto and Sasuke, the two of them came to him on their own initiative.

With Isshiki flick of his right hand, a dozen or so Black Rod, each the size of a toothpick, appeared in his palm. With a throw of his right hand, these Black Rod vanished instantly.

Boom!

These Black Rod all penetrated deep into the ground and disappeared into the soil. Naruto dodged again.

Seeing that this move was useless against Naruto, Isshiki and launched another attack on Naruto using Taijutsu. Because he used the Karma seal, his speed and power were increased again, and he was able to suppress Naruto for a while.

"So fast!"

Sasuke looked at Isshiki with Isshiki. Even with the powerful dynamic vision of the Rinnegan, he felt that Isshiki's speed was too fast.

Seeing Naruto at a disadvantage, he joined the battle, using Senjutsu Isshiki attack Isshiki.