In the Land of Yomi, the man approaching through the golden light had strikingly heroic features. His narrow, upturned eyes were especially mesmerizing, shimmering with an uncanny purple reincarnation glow!
Six long white horns formed the shape of a crown. Snow-white hair fell through the gaps between them, gathered into a braid that reached his waist.
He wore a cloak of bright yellow and vermilion. A "ribbon" formed from Truth-Seeking Orbs looped beneath his arms and extended several meters behind him!
Ōtsutsuki Taren. Naruto had heard that name in the account of Kaguya's past.
Every Hanging Root King had been the strongest member of that divine clan!
Kaguya's father, the Fourth Hanging Root King, was also the current holder of the title.
The man before them called himself the Third. Did that mean he was the previous Hanging Root King?
Whoosh!
The Six Paths Ten-Tails cloak flared to life again. Naruto braced himself against a formidable foe, every sense on alert!
He was even prepared to unleash the power he had kept as his last resort!
But the approaching man offered a warm, reassuring smile. "No need to be nervous. If I intended to be your enemy, I wouldn't have sent Konra and Tōra ahead..."
With that, he lifted his gaze slightly.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Golden arcs crossed in the sky and vanished in an instant. Then, amid thunderous rumbling, the two moon-sized celestial bodies disintegrated!
Hashirama exclaimed in shock, "Hey, what did he just do?!"
Naruto clenched his fists. "Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. With just a glance, he unleashed an overwhelming series of slashes, and even their direction and force were frighteningly precise..."
Now Naruto truly began to believe that this man was the Third Hanging Root King!
Freed from their prisons, Konra and Tōra landed on either side of