Six Paths Mode

"Pops, what happened just now..."

"I know." Whitebeard didn't turn around; his gaze was fixed on the direction of Sabaody. "Something's happened there."

Forty percent of the Devil Fruit User on the high seas have died.

From the Four Blues to the Grand Line, from the most remote fishing village in the East Blue to the most prosperous island in the New World, people are dying in every corner.

Those who ate Devil Fruits but failed to cultivate sufficient Haki; those who bet everything on the Devil Fruit's power while neglecting their own foundation; those who thought eating Devil Fruit would allow them to roam the seas freely without ever considering the consequences—

Their bodies shrank and withered as they twisted, shattered as they shrank, and transformed into wisps of dark red mist as they shattered.

The black mist gathered from all directions, traversing the clouds, the sea, and the rock walls of the Red Line, rushing towards Mary Geoise like dark red rivers.

Each wisp of black mist has a specific shape.

Half-human, half-bull monsters writhe and struggle in the black mist; half-human, half-dog monsters let out silent howls; and many more unrecognizable, distorted humanoid figures with dislocated limbs surge, entangle, and wail in the mist.

They were linked together by chains.

Two of Imu's eight chains have broken.

The broken chain fragments dissipated into the air, while the remaining six chains gradually tightened.

The gathering black mist was pulled by chains, like threads, connecting the twisted monsters with Imu.

Countless threads extend from each chain, each thread connecting to a monster within the black mist.

They struggled and roared, but could not break free; they could only continuously provide strength to Imu.

Imu floated in the void, his long red hair flowing in the Demonic Energy, his crimson almond eyes slightly narrowed.

She was feeling the power surging into her body.

With each wisp of black mist devoured, the Demonic Energy within her body swelled a little more, and the pair of giant crimson eyes on her back shone even brighter.

The third chain began to vibrate violently, dark gold patterns flashing wildly on its surface, and cracks spreading from the middle of the chain towards both ends.

The third chain is also about to break.

Madara Uchiha stood between the eyebrows of Susanoo, his brows furrowed.

He saw it clearly.

Imu is absorbing the power of all the Devil Fruit User in this ocean.

The black mist is the true form of the "devil" within the Devil Fruits, and each Devil Fruit user who is devoured provides a portion of Imu's Origin power.

She tore apart the chains to release the seal, using the power escaping from the seal to devour Devil Fruit User, and then used the power she absorbed to tear apart even more chains.

This is a loop.

If she were to tear apart the third or fourth chain, her power level would rise to a point where even he would be unable to suppress her.

No more hesitation.

Madara's Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan suddenly lit up, the scarlet light surging to its peak in his pupils.

His hands slowly came together, and the Chakra within him poured out like a vast ocean from the heavens.

Sky-blue Chakra surged from his body, no longer condensing into the armor of Susanoo, but spreading, expanding, and extending in all directions.

Wherever the Chakra passed, the air trembled, the void distorted, and even the Demonic Energy within a radius of several thousand meters was forcibly repelled by that immense power.

One after another, jet-black spherical objects slowly emerged around him.

Truth-Seeking Orb.

Each Truth-Seeking Orb contains all the attributes of Yin–Yang Release, and each one is like a miniature star, quietly rotating around Madara.

One, two, three... ten Truth-Seeking Orb gradually coalesced, surrounding him and forming a perfect circular defense line.

His clothes underwent a complete transformation as they were washed by Chakra.

The pale purple robe was replaced by a grayish-white immortal robe, with extremely faint dark gold patterns flowing across the fabric, and the Origin luster of Yin–Yang Release surging deep within the patterns.

Then his hair started to change.

Starting from the roots, the long black hair gradually turned white, inch by inch.

That white wasn't the white of aging, nor the white of fading, but an extremely pure white, like the first snow of winter.

The white color spread slowly from the roots to the tips of the hair, but with each inch it spread, the aura around the spotted hair grew stronger.

As the last strand of black hair turned white, all ten Truth-Seeking Orb simultaneously emitted a dark golden light.

Six Paths Mode.

Or, to put it another way, the Six Paths Sage Mode.

Madara floated in the void, his long white hair drifting quietly in the flow of Six Paths Chakra, his gray-white Sage Robe fluttering in the sea breeze, and ten Truth-Seeking Orb guarding his surroundings, each carrying the power of Yin–Yang Release capable of crushing all things.

His Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan slowly rotated in his eye sockets, the six jet-black Tomoe quietly rotating on the crimson background, their patterns steady and ancient.

He felt the Six Paths Chakra and Yin–Yang Release power surging through his meridians, a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced before.

All the Chakra was transformed into Six Paths Chakra, and all the Ninjutsu was transformed into Yin-Yang Release.

His power level was rising, and the rate of increase far exceeded his expectations.

We must act swiftly and decisively.

His Six Paths Sage Mode is not secure.

The reason is simple: he hasn't yet cultivated Sage Mode to absorb Natural Energy, nor does he have the power of the Tailed Beasts or the Divine Tree to absorb Natural Energy for him.

The Six-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan has already raised his strength to the Six Paths Level, but he lacks a means to directly absorb Natural Energy.

The reason he was able to activate Six Paths Sage Mode was because his Rinne Sharingan eye technique "God's Nest Sun" could rewrite the rules, giving him the ability to activate this mode for a short period of time.

But this is only a temporary measure.

Under normal circumstances, he could maintain this for a long time, but as the battle intensified, the more he activated the Six Paths Chakra and Yin-Yang Release on a large scale, the faster he would consume his own energy.

Strictly speaking, he was forcibly absorbing the surrounding Natural Energy for his own use by relying on "Kotoamatsukami," but this would also accelerate the consumption of his own Chakra.

The Six Paths Chakra is essentially a powerful energy formed by condensing a large amount of Chakra.

If the battle is intense throughout, it may only last for one or two hours or even a few tens of minutes before being forced to exit Six Paths Sage Mode due to excessive Chakra depletion.

Of course, even after exiting Six Paths Sage Mode, his strength is still enough to contend with a regular Six Paths Level cultivator.

But that's not enough.

Faced with Imu at this moment, he needs the Six Paths Sage Mode.

Ban's gaze was cold as he looked in Imu's direction.

The ten Truth-Seeking Orb spun rapidly around him, their dark golden light growing brighter and brighter.

He raised his right hand, Susanoo's Tachi reformed, its blade wreathed in dark gold patterns interwoven with Six Paths Chakra and Yin–Yang Release.