The two faced off in the sky, moving swiftly beneath their feet as they launched into a fierce battle. Their bodies swayed, their kicks were precise, and their strikes were swift—every movement carried astonishing destructive power.
They closed in on each other and began a furious assault.
After discovering that his ocular techniques had no effect on Otsutsuki Yuhao, Otsutsuki Isshiki had no choice but to fight him with Taijutsu.
"Damn it! If that Hokage hadn't absorbed so much of my power with that strange technique,
you wouldn't stand a chance against me!"
As Otsutsuki Isshiki spoke, his fists were as swift as lightning, while Otsutsuki Yuhao's moves were even more flexible and unpredictable.
As Otsutsuki Yuhao faced the relentless assault, his movements flowed smoothly and powerfully as he countered each blow, as if he had been born one with battle.
"If only. But there are no 'ifs'!"
Otsutsuki Yuhao replied.
The two collided like giant dragons from mythology, their momentum surging like a rainbow.
Their immense power shook the earth. Their fists were as hard as steel as they slammed into each other, as if each meant to destroy the other.
[Tenseigan Chakra Mode]
Otsutsuki Yuhao's right eye shifted into a sky-blue Tenseigan, while his left remained a Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
His body was wrapped in a blue Chakra Cloak, with a layer of red flames surrounding its surface—the power of the [King Realm Fist]. Six Truth-Seeking Orbs hovered around him.
This was the only way Otsutsuki Yuhao could think of to use the Rinne Sharingan's ocular techniques while in Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
One eye would be a Tenseigan, and the other a Rinne Sharingan.
It also meant that Otsutsuki Tatsuten was finally going all out.
[Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion]
Otsutsuki Yuhao transformed one of the Truth-Seeking Orbs behind him into a massive golden chakra Light Sword and slashed straight at Otsutsuki Isshiki.
[Sukunahikona]
"Damn it, I don't have enough chakra. I can't shrink!"
Otsutsuki Isshiki's expression changed, and he tried to dodge.
With only eight Super Kage's worth of chakra, how could Otsutsuki Isshiki shrink the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, which carried eleven Super Kage's worth?
Almost at the same time, the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan in Otsutsuki Yuhao's left eye glowed purple.
[Bansho Ten'in]
A powerful force of attraction pulled Otsutsuki Isshiki in, drawing his body toward Yuhao's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
Boom!
A huge mass of sky-blue light shot into the air. Energy erupted, unleashing astonishing destruction.
The rumble echoed across the sky. The light was blinding and scorching, sending dust billowing and waves of hot air rolling outward.
The shockwave from that slash left a crater in the ground fifty meters wide and a thousand meters long.
Otsutsuki Isshiki's body lay at the bottom of the crater, half of it destroyed by that attack.
"Damn it! If I were still in my prime, how could I have lost to you?
Otsutsuki Yuhao, I'll remember you."
As Isshiki finished speaking, the remaining half of his body began to turn to stone, then slowly crumbled into ash.
Otsutsuki Yuhao didn't answer Isshiki. He simply watched as Isshiki's body petrified and vanished, his expression calm and unchanging, without a trace of emotion, as if his heart were a tranquil sea.
"Oh, that's Boruto!"
Otsutsuki Yuhao turned around and saw that Boruto had gone berserk at some point.
Two horns had grown from his head. His right eye was a pale-blue Jōgan with a black sclera, while his left was a purple Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan. Strange markings in black, blue, white, and gold had appeared on both arms and both cheeks. Blue, white, and gold chakra light radiated from his body.
Those three colors represented Yao Style, the Sage of Six Paths, and the power of Chen Tian's Karma.
"I'm Yao Style—no!"
"I'm Boruto—no, I'm Otsutsuki Hagoromo!
Ahh! No, I'm Otsutsuki Yuhao!"
Boruto then lost control and attacked Naruto and Sasuke.
Kawaki, who had been brought there by Isshiki's Space-Time Ninjutsu, could only watch the three of them fight.
"Boruto, wake up! What's wrong with you?"
Naruto asked worriedly as he took blow after blow.
Only Sasuke could barely exchange a few blows with Boruto.
Neither Sasuke nor Naruto was at their peak, and they had little chakra left. They couldn't suppress Boruto in his current state.
"It should be the power of the Karma controlling Boruto. If someone can't control such overwhelming power, they'll lose themselves to it and eventually become mindless monsters.
Just like when you were affected by the Nine-Tails back then."
Uchiha Sasuke remembered when Naruto had gone berserk as a child. The Nine-Tails had deliberately sent him chakra filled with malice, but Naruto's inability to control that power had also played a part.
Just then, Otsutsuki appeared.
With a single move, he knocked Boruto out of Three-Karma Mode.
"Senior Tatsuten, why did the Karma on Naruto suddenly go out of control?"
Uchiha Sasuke asked curiously.
"Yao Style's soul has disappeared, but some of his consciousness remains in Boruto's body. There's also my incomplete Karma and Hagoromo's.
The three Karmas interfere with and resonate with each other. The powerful chakra they release can easily affect Boruto and make him lose control.
So the only solution is for Boruto to use the power of the Karma.
Once he's used it enough and his body gets used to that power, he won't go berserk anymore. The problem is, during that process, he could easily lose control.
Of course, it'd be best if Boruto trained in Taijutsu whenever he had time. That would make it easier for him to control the power of the Karma.
In your terms, Boruto is now a Three-Karma Jinchuriki—or perhaps an Otsutsuki Jinchuriki."
Otsutsuki Yuhao couldn't help laughing as he finished the last sentence.
"But this Power of World Modification really is incredible. I never expected that, even after all this, Boruto would still end up having his body taken over—turning from Yao Style into a Three-Karma Jinchuriki.
Boruto now has both a Jōgan and a Rinnegan, but even so, he and Kawaki will probably still switch lives."
Otsutsuki Yuhao thought to himself.
"It seems I'm no longer a match for Boruto."
Naruto gave a bitter smile.
"It's fine. I'm still here!"
"I think I can hold Boruto back."
Uchiha Sasuke said calmly.
"D-damn it! I can't believe I ended up doing nothing to help. Instead, the Hokage had to protect me."
Kawaki stared at Boruto, his face full of frustration.
Boruto had gone berserk, but his greatest contribution in this battle had been successfully summoning Otsutsuki Tatsuten.
"Yao Style's soul is gone, but Boruto can still use the power of the Karma.
But what about me? Isshiki's Karma is still on my body.
I really don't want to use his power—and I don't even know if I can."
Kawaki thought bitterly.
"The summoning is about to end. I have to go back!
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