The Rinnegan's Abilities Become Ninjutsu

The mere physical regeneration of Otsutsuki Urashiki was already enough to make him difficult to kill; if he were to self-destruct like this, then aside from Sasuke, who could escape using the Rinnegan, even Jiraiya, Naruto, and Boruto would be blown to pieces, and half of Konoha would be leveled to the ground.

"Uncle Tatsuten, will everything be alright?"

Asura looked at the center of the explosion with some trepidation. A vast area had been completely wiped out, and beneath his feet, the land had already turned into an ocean.

"Senior Tatsuten is fine. I can still see his figure there. He must have used space-time ninjutsu to dodge it!"

Second Pillar's Rinnegan was fixed on the distance.

"I didn't expect that guy to be so desperate that he would actually detonate himself! The power of a Six Paths Realm explosion is truly astonishing!"

Indra watched the distance with a calm expression, though at this moment, Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura appeared nearby, looking somewhat disheveled.

"That really gave me a fright just now. I never imagined that guy could actually explode!"

Otsutsuki Hamura said, still feeling a lingering fear. If Otsutsuki Hagoromo hadn't taken him away using space-time ninjutsu at that exact moment, he wasn't sure if he could have escaped such an explosion unscathed.

"Mother's enemy has been dealt with, so it is time for me to return to the moon," Otsutsuki Hamura said to Otsutsuki Hagoromo.

Otsutsuki Hagoromo nodded. "Very well, you should head back. I must return to the Ninja Sect as well."

With that, Otsutsuki Hamura flew up into the sky.

Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Tatsuten used Flying Thunder Might to teleport directly in front of Second Pillar.

Otsutsuki Tatsuten said to Second Pillar, "While the abilities of the Rinnegan are excellent, it is best not to rely on them too much. If, one day, the Rinnegan were to be lost, your strength would drop by more than half."

Second Pillar looked at Otsutsuki Tatsuten in surprise and asked curiously, "Senior, what do you mean by that?"

Otsutsuki Tatsuten said calmly, "In the future I have seen, there will come a day when you lose your Rinnegan. When that time comes, you will lack the power to protect Konoha. It is best to take advantage of the fact that you still have it now to develop a way to use Rinnegan ocular techniques even without the eyes themselves. Just like I do!"

[Shinra Tensei]

Otsutsuki Tatsuten overlapped his thumbs, left over right, and brought his palms together; the ocular power of the Rinnegan was unleashed through his hands.

Second Pillar, Asura, Indra, and the others were instantly blown back.

All three looked at Otsutsuki Tatsuten in astonishment.

"Uncle Tatsuten, does that mean I could also learn to use the Rinnegan technique [Shinra Tensei]?"

Seeing Otsutsuki Tatsuten perform the feat while his eyes were still in the Byakugan state, Asura asked excitedly.

Otsutsuki Tatsuten shook his head. "You lack the ocular power of the Rinnegan, so naturally, you cannot use Shinra Tensei. It is just like how you cannot perform the Great Fireball Technique if you do not possess Fire-style chakra!"

"However, while you cannot, Indra should be able to. His eyes are already very close to the Rinnegan."

"I understand. It is like when a ninjutsu is practiced to its absolute limit; one can perform it even without hand seals. A ninja only uses hand seals to better facilitate the technique."

Second Pillar recalled that when he was left with only one arm, he was still able to perform all his previous ninjutsu, albeit slightly slower. By now, he had already grown accustomed to using one hand for seals.

Indra, hearing the conversation between Otsutsuki Tatsuten and Second Pillar, was overjoyed. If this were true, he could potentially use Rinnegan techniques even without the eyes themselves.

"If that is the case, then the abilities of the Rinnegan would essentially become standard ninjutsu!" Second Pillar said, also feeling a sense of excitement.

At his current level, it was difficult to make further progress. Otherwise, Sasuke and Naruto would have reached the Six Paths Realm over a decade ago, yet even now, they were still at that same level, barely stronger than they were at sixteen or seventeen.

A Ninja Scroll appeared in Tatsuten's hand, containing the hand seals he had researched over the years to replicate Rinnegan techniques. Although these were only the basic abilities of the Rinnegan, they were more than enough for Second Pillar.

As for the [Heavenly Mechanism Technique] and [Time Reversal], Tatsuten himself did not fully grasp them yet, so naturally, he could not record them in the scroll.

"I understand. Thank you, Senior Tatsuten!"

"Boruto, it is time for us to return. Even though this is the Ninja World of a thousand years ago, staying here too long will affect our return to our own world."

Second Pillar said to Uzumaki Boruto. Having just received the scroll from Tatsuten, Sasuke was already impatient to return.

"Wait. I advise you to use your Sharingan to copy all the techniques in the scroll before you leave. You won't be able to bring this book back to your own time; after all, the two eras are separated by a millennium, and the material of this book is merely ordinary paper."

Otsutsuki Tatsuten offered a reminder, lest Second Pillar cough up blood from rage when he returned.

"Understood, thank you!"

Second Pillar nodded and hurriedly opened the Ninja Scroll to begin studying the ninjutsu within.

In less than a minute, Second Pillar had already used his Sharingan to copy all the Rinnegan ninjutsu contained inside.

Shinra Tensei, Chibaku Tensei, Bansho Ten'in, chakra absorption, and other fundamental abilities of the Rinnegan.

"Well then, my seniors! Until we meet again."

A smile appeared on Second Pillar's face as his gaze swept over Otsutsuki Tatsuten, Asura, Indra, and the others.

"Goodbye, Boruto!"

"Remember the ninjutsu I taught you. With your current Otsutsuki body, if you master all of them, your strength will be no weaker than a Grandmaster."

Asura shouted to Uzumaki Boruto.

"I know, Ancestor!"

"If there's a chance, I hope to see you again!"

Uzumaki Boruto shouted back at Asura with a smile.

"Another chance? I doubt that's possible."

"It's been a thousand years; I've long since passed away," Asura said with a touch of helplessness.

"Since Sasuke has finished reading, I'll give this book to you."

"Indra, if you master these ninjutsu, it might accelerate the speed at which you awaken the Rinnegan," Otsutsuki Tatsuten replied.

"Is that so? That would be wonderful!"

For once, Indra managed to reveal a rare smile.

Without the goal of leading the Ninja Sect, Indra had become a cultivation fanatic, and his dream had now shifted to traveling the world.

"Tatsuten, what do you need Urashiki's eyes for?"

Otsutsuki Hagoromo thought back to how Otsutsuki Tatsuten had gouged out Urashiki's eyes, and for a moment, he felt a wave of nausea.

In this current era, body modification techniques were not only non-existent, they were rarely even heard of.

After all, there were no clans with bloodline limits like the Senju, Uchiha, or Hinata yet.

Otsutsuki Hagoromo's current perspective was like that of an ordinary person who had just watched someone dig out another person's eyes and tuck them into their pocket as a keepsake.

That was exactly what Otsutsuki Hagoromo was thinking, though that would change in a few years once the descendants of Asura, Indra, and the others were born.