Uchiha Shingen, Already at the Pinnacle of the Gods / Isshiki Otsutsuki Is a Little Confused

This guy's effort increased once again.

Uchiha Shingen finally got a glimpse of the power of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

This time, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's speed was more than double that of before, Uchiha Shingen simply didn't have time to use his usual clone + substitution technique.

He didn't even have time to locate the Flying Thunder God Seal. After all, he wasn't a player like Namikaze Minato, whose super-strong reflexes allowed him to use his Five Kage- level strength to outmaneuver Jigen One form.

But his body instincts, honed by years of fighting, still led him to make an unconscious move.

He raised his right arm, and a portion of Susanoo appeared from his arm, but he also used the Yata Mirror technique.

The Yata Mirror, known as the Absolute Defense in the history of the Uchiha Clan, was shattered by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki punch from Otsutsuki Isshiki. The force didn't stop there; it immediately destroyed the Susanoo on the arm and then slammed directly into Uchiha Shingen's arm.

He punched him so hard he flew away.

However, the Yata Mirror did play a role; the force of the rebound from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki affected his pursuit ability, preventing him from immediately launching a follow-up attack.

So he instead unleashed a dense barrage of black Chakra rods at Uchiha Shingen had lost his balance.

But for Uchiha Shingen, he had gained a chance to catch his breath.

The black Chakra rods pierced through Uchiha Shingen's body.

But that was all. Uchiha Shingen had already gripped Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's left hand tightly in mid-air!

Rinnegan: Chibaku Tensei!

As his chakra connection with Kaguya Otsutsuki increased, his Rinnegan eye techniques also upgraded. The most obvious change was that his Chibaku Tensei no longer needed to create a black chakra sphere as a gravitational core.

The existing goal can be used as the "core".

The earth began to rumble.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki noticed it; how could he, as an Ōtsutsuki Clan, not recognize this move?

However, the first batch of flying stones had already taken off and were hurtling towards him.

Uchiha Shingen finally managed to land on his feet and slide a considerable distance away, just in time to avoid the area from Chibaku Tensei take its materials.

At this moment, in front of him, the earth was being peeled away layer by layer, with countless stones and even rock layers reaching towards the sky.

Chibaku Tensei is a semi-automatic skill. Once the core is determined, the user doesn't need to do much more; as long as the Chakra is continuous, it will work.

Even if Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shrinks again, it will not change the fact that he is the core of Chibaku Tensei. Despite his constant efforts to knock away or shrink the approaching rocks, the number of "debris" attracted to him is increasing.

Moreover, he also has the burden of the container.

What is here is not his true form.

On the ground, Uchiha Shingen's right hand hung limply, broken.

He looked at the situation above, supported his right hand with his left, and activated Medical Ninjutsu.

Having learned Senju Hashirama's self-healing Ninjutsu, it took effect quickly, and his right arm recovered rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, it was back to normal.

He used this Medical Ninjutsu to kill quite a few people in the first playthrough, but he used it less in this playthrough. Now, he's used it again, which is quite rare.

Kaguya, are you sure you don't want to come and see your old friend?

He connected to the microphone.

However, his expression right now doesn't look like he's encouraging others to reunite with old friends.

His eyes were already brimming with murderous intent.

[I'm already on my way.] Kaguya Otsutsuki's voice was clearly excited, almost trembling. [Wait for me a little longer. This is the first time I've ever seen such a weak Ōtsutsuki Isshiki!]

Chapter Twenty-One: Uchiha Shingen, Who Had Already Reached the Pinnacle of Godhood

I've never seen such a weak Ōtsutsuki Isshiki before.

After hanging up, Uchiha Shingen pondered the sentence carefully and concluded that it meant—"If you want to beat someone up, do it now."

In the sky, the enormous rock sphere was already taking shape, but this Ninjutsu would continue indefinitely as long as the user kept channeling Chakra into it.

As the most powerful Sealing Jutsu in the Hokage world, the power of Chibaku Tensei is beyond doubt.

If you can't seal it off, it's because you didn't put in enough effort; you can't blame the technique for being bad.

The total amount of Chakra is important, and so is the amount of energy exerted.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Uchiha Shingen's current Chakra output is the strongest in the Ninja World. Without using the tailed beast's chakra, he is second only to Senju Hashirama Tailed Beast Chakra in his prime.

This guy is truly an oddball. He never relied on any external force in his entire life, becoming invincible solely through his own Chakra. Anyone below the Six Paths level would be beaten to a pulp by him.

Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha is the most physically demanding Ninjutsu that Uchiha Shingen has ever seen. To be honest, judging solely from the effort required, it doesn't even compare to the simple use of Divine Vacuum Attack.

This Ninjutsu would still be considered a top-tier, god-like technique even today.

This is precisely why, despite both being Impure World Reincarnation through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Senju Hashirama suffered far greater damage than Uchiha Madara.

The most drastic reduction in the Impure World Reincarnation is in its power output, even in Orochimaru's modified version. This resulted in a significant decrease in the power of a series of Senju Hashirama's Ninjutsu, such as the inability to unleash Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha.

In comparison, Uchiha Madara's Ninjutsu, with the highest power requirement being the Complete Body Susanoo, was unaffected in Orochimaru's modified version. What affected him were the unique skills of the Rinnegan and the Outer Path abilities that could only be used by a living person, which had a much smaller impact on his strength than Senju Hashirama's.

To get back to the point, it was precisely because Senju Hashirama was so powerful at the level of a god that Uchiha Shingen rekindled his passion for learning from Senju Hashirama after reaching that level himself.

I truly haven't mastered the Immortal Techniques: Bright Gate of the Great God; it's a truly unique skill.

But it doesn't matter, Chibaku Tensei is much more exaggerated than Gate of the Great God.

The real focus is on those numerous Wood Release techniques.

Before being known as the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama's nickname was quite simple and unadorned— Senju Hashirama of Wood Release.

Now that Uchiha Shingen is the Hokage, all of Leaf Village's materials are open to him, including decades of continuous Wood Release experiments. With Senju Tobirama's theoretical foundation, he eventually learned them.

This research project, initiated by Senju Tobirama, went through many twists and turns. In the end, all the infamy was completely Shimura Danzō, but it ultimately made Uchiha Shingen a star.

But because he learned it, he was able to more intuitively realize that Hashirama's Wood Release was really too mana-intensive. In terms of regular combat needs, Uchiha Shingen now had many more cost-effective alternatives.

Therefore, it is unnecessary to use it unless absolutely necessary. When the opponents are all human, he can use various esoteric techniques that are much less effective but still allow him to easily defeat weaker opponents, such as the Sand Magnet Release.

Some of these escaping techniques are very effective against humans, and the effectiveness of Wood Release is excessive.

Now, Uchiha Shingen is just waiting for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to emerge from Chibaku Tensei on his own.

If an incomplete Nine-Tails Jinchuriki can do it, there's no reason why an Ōtsutsuki Clan wouldn't be able to.

After all, his contribution in terms of both strength and total amount was only slightly more than Nagato's.

Uchiha Shingen turned his head to look at the series of black Chakra rods that had plunged into the ground.

He touched his chest; that was where the black Chakra rods had passed through earlier.

Space-time related Dōjutsu are indeed cheating.

At this moment, Uchiha Shingen was filled with anticipation.

He's Ōtsutsuki Clan, after all, a master of Yin-Yang Release; we can't keep him waiting too long!

Perhaps, only now, facing Ōtsutsuki Clan in this state, does he truly understand what battle is.

As if in response to his thoughts, the huge rock sphere that was slowly rising in the sky began to tremble, unlike anything produced by an external impact.

Supported by Uchiha Shingen's Chakra, the sphere continued to rise, accompanied by impacts from various rocks and materials, each impact increasing its volume.

But the new tremor did indeed originate from within.

Uchiha Shingen's heart stirred, and he clasped his hands together.

In an instant, the gravity of the Chibaku Tensei intensified further, and the enormous sphere even began to compress inward, while more giant rocks and stones were pulled up from the ground and rushed towards the sphere in the sky.

Like a blacksmith hammering iron, they pounded the sphere, compressing it more tightly and densely while maintaining its volume.

Chibaku Tensei doesn't simply envelop the target; it also has the ability to suppress the target's Chakra.

The power of creating stars is essentially just building a cage for targets that have already been sealed away.

In other words, Tailed Beasts, being abnormal creatures constructed from Chakra, can emerge from within simply by relying on their physical strength.

Even so, it would still be based on the premise that Nagato's contribution was insufficient.

While Uchiha Shingen was not Nagato, it is a fact that the tremors of the sphere had been intensifying.

Even a crippled Ōtsutsuki Clan is still Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Uchiha Shingen was very satisfied, but the Chibaku Tensei wouldn't stop.

This is also an effective way to weaken the opponent.

Ōtsutsuki Clan are normal living beings; they get tired and weaken from fatigue.

Suddenly, the rocks flying through the air seemed to be paused.

For Uchiha Shingen, he sensed that the target had disappeared.

It's not the kind of visual disappearance where it shrinks; Chibaku Tensei won't fall for that.

It is the disappearance of existence.

Having lost its target, the gravity that Chibaku Tensei began to dissipate, and the rocky sphere, which was already over 100 meters in diameter and could be considered a small asteroid, began to disintegrate in mid-air.

Uchiha Shingen stopped channeling Chakra.

He wanted to see how Ōtsutsuki Isshiki would neutralize Chibaku Tensei, Kaguya Otsutsuki then.

If she knew this, the Hagoromo Otsutsuki brothers would be getting their butts beaten to a pulp.

The roar was deafening as countless rocks and debris, including remnants of vegetation, fell to the ground in a spectacular display. As they struck the ground, dust billowed high into the air, obscuring the sky.

Uchiha Shingen flew into the sky. Ever since he neutralized the attack of the Chakra rods, he had been focused on his own Ninigi-no-Mikoto and was naturally unaffected by the rain of falling rocks.

However, the dust and sand thrown into the air by the impact affected his view.

The rock sphere peeled away layer by layer, disintegrating, and when its diameter shrank to less than a third of its original size, a hand finally emerged from somewhere on its surface.

To be precise, it was opened with a punch.

The crack spread rapidly from that point on the surface, causing large sections of rock to peel away more quickly, eventually cascading down like a toppled pile of blocks.

A figure burst forth from this "torrent".

His coat was tattered and torn, and he no longer looked as dashing as before.

But his physical form has completely changed.

The previous Jigen could only be considered a botched plastic surgery, but it was still clear that she was originally a person.

The person before me, I only need to look at him once to know—he is not of our kind!

Uchiha Shingen understood why Chibaku Tensei had lost its target.

Since the target changed on the spot, it naturally ceased to exist, and the Chibaku Tensei became ineffective.

It turns out that the monk named Jigen was a Jinchūriki of the Otsutsuki clan.

What he now saw before him was the real Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Ōtsutsuki Isshiki is a little confused.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki glanced at Uchiha Shingen, who was also floating in the sky, then looked at the collapsing rocks around him, and struck a thoughtful pose.

The next moment, a circular, ever-expanding black hole appeared behind him and swallowed him up.

Uchiha Shingen turned around and saw that in the distance, the black hole reappeared, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki appeared there before descending towards the ground.

Uchiha Shingen raised an eyebrow and took a step in that direction.

The long distance was covered in one step thanks to the power of the Ninigi-no-Mikoto, allowing Uchiha Shingen to see that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had changed his clothes.

Regardless of where it came from, this alone shows that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was a meticulous person.

At least he doesn't like fighting with clothes torn off.

Uchiha Shingen greatly appreciated this.

Why do they keep ripping off their shirts? What are they trying to do? Why don't they just fight in boxers?

Uchiha Shingen also fell down.

By this time, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had already changed his clothes.