Atsu smiled and pointed to his Rinnegan: "Don't worry, the captain said my Rinnegan isn't weak in the Wild Star realm. You can also provide long-range support, which is perfect for this kind of interstellar mission. Besides, this mission is to rescue the former number one Star Level Ōshiki Squad, and also to collect the Wild Star's essence for the God Tree —that Wild Star's essence can actually nurture a Star Level Third Stage powerhouse. If we can feed his essence to the God Tree, maybe our God Tree in City 430520223 can upgrade and bear a higher-level life fruit."
These words struck a chord with both of them. From birth, the Ōtsutsuki Clan has only one mission: to make the God Tree stronger.
They were all born from the fruit of the God Tree. Every year when the God Tree bears fruit, the "human fruits" on the branches slowly grow, turning from greenish-blue to silvery-white. Finally, the fruit peel splits open, and they fall down wrapped in a transparent membrane. When they land, the membrane becomes their first piece of clothing. The tribe's "nursery teachers" take them to the God Tree's "nursery" and feed them with the God Tree's sap until they can walk independently and use Chakra.
The elders say they are not purely human, but "half-plant life forms"—without parents, without the need for mating, and all members of their race were conceived by the God Tree using the planet's essence. The race has strict rules: absolutely no interaction with other races is permitted, and even less is reproduction with other races allowed. Anyone who violates these rules will have their Chakra stripped and be thrown into the God Tree's "digestive pool," becoming nourishment for the God Tree.
In the eyes of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, other races are "inferior beings" whose existence is only to provide the God Tree with its essence. Just like the Shinobi World planet back then, if it hadn't been for the accident along the way, the essence of that planet would have been drained by the God Tree long ago, and the fruits it bore would have given the clan several more Domain Level powerhouses who were close to immortality.
"Gather!"
The Military Department commander suddenly shouted, and the noise in the square instantly disappeared. The three quickly ran to their squad positions, and the surrounding clansmen also quickly stood in neat rows—three squads formed a small company, three small companies formed a company, and the three companies stood side by side in the square. The Chakra of the eighty-one people was gathered together, forming a visible energy fluctuation that made the wooden monument in the middle of the square tremble slightly.
The commander was a man named Ōtsutsuki Retsu. His horns were even thicker than Elder Gen's, and he had a long scar on his forehead, said to be from a battle with a space behemoth. Commander Retsu held a wooden sword and pointed it towards the east side of the plaza. "Target: an unnamed wild star a million light-years away. Transportation: the Ten-Tails Divine Wood. Proceed!"
III. Spatial Teleportation of the Ten-Tails Divine Wood
The Ten-Tails Divine Wood stopped on the " Spatial Teleportation Plain " on the east side of God Tree City.
As the team flew over, everyone was awestruck by the enormous tree—it was even taller than the God Tree of God Tree City, and its trunk was so thick that ten squadrons could encircle it by holding hands. There were no leaves on its branches, only countless black vines entwined around it, with dark red "energy balls" hanging from the tips of the vines. These balls contained enormous spatial energy, which was the power source for the Ten-Tails Divine Wood to conduct interstellar teleportation.
"Everyone follow! Enter the 'teleportation pod' of the Divine Tree in squadron order!" Commander Retsu took the lead and walked to the trunk of the Ten-Tails Divine Wood. He raised his hand and placed it on the trunk. A dark red light pattern spread along his palm, and a huge hole immediately cracked open in the trunk, with distorted spatial fluctuations emanating from the hole.
The Blue Horn Squad followed the group into the cave entrance, which was a spacious area with glowing patterns on the walls. These patterns were inscribed with spatial Chakra and could protect the clansmen from being torn apart by spatial turbulence during teleportation. The space had been divided into areas, and each squad had its own position. Corresponding wooden talismans were drawn on the ground, and as long as they stood on the talismans, they could remain stable during teleportation.
"First time riding the Ten-Tails Divine Wood?" Atsu saw Agin clenching her fists nervously and patted her shoulder with a smile. "Don't be afraid, you'll feel a little dizzy during the teleportation, similar to falling off the God Tree."
Agin nodded, but her eyes couldn't help but be fixed on the patterns on the wall. She had seen these patterns in her clan's records; they were called " Space Node Seal," drawn with the blood and Chakra of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, capable of connecting different spatial coordinates. The Ten-Tails Divine Wood was able to perform interstellar teleportation precisely because these seals could Sky Splitter and open "wormholes."
"Everyone, stand at attention! Teleportation is about to begin!"
Commander Retsu's voice came from ahead, and then the patterns in the entire teleportation pod suddenly lit up, illuminating the space with a dark red light. Everyone felt the wooden runes under their feet begin to heat up, and a powerful spatial energy climbed up from the soles of their feet, up their calves to their waists, and finally enveloped their entire bodies.
"Buzz--"
The Ten-Tails Divine Wood emitted a deep rumble, and the teleportation pod began to shake violently. Agin quickly closed her eyes, tightly gripping Ayu's hand. She heard the hissing sound of space tearing apart, along with the suppressed breathing of her clansmen. She could clearly feel her body being "pulled," as if grabbed by an invisible hand and thrown into a spinning vortex—this was the "spacetime turbulence zone" of the teleportation. If she could just hold on for a few minutes, she would reach her destination.
After an unknown amount of time, the buzzing sound in her ears suddenly disappeared, and the pulling sensation in her body subsided. Agin slowly opened her eyes and found that the patterns in the teleportation pod had darkened, and the spatial fluctuations on the walls had become smoother. Ayu released her hand and rubbed her temples. "We're here? It feels much faster than the last time we went to the neighboring God Tree City."
Atsu stood up, walked to the entrance of the teleportation pod, and activated his Rinnegan: "We haven't reached Wild Star yet; we should be in the asteroid belt near Wild Star. Look outside."
Agin and Ayu quickly went over and looked out of the cave entrance—outside was the pitch-black universe, with countless meteorites moving slowly, each one larger than the God Tree City. In the distance, a blue planet floated in the universe; that was the mission objective: the Nameless Wild Star. The Wild Star was shrouded in a thin atmosphere, a protective layer indicating that it was a planet with a celestial origin and a life-bearing planet.
"Everyone, prepare!" Commander Retsu's voice rang out again. "Ten minutes later, proceed to the surface of Wild Star. Mission objectives: Locate the members of Ōshiki Squad and the God Tree, destroy the Wild Star's primal core, and collect primal energy. Remember, when encountering enemies, prioritize your own safety; completing the mission is secondary!"
The three members of the Blue Horn Squad quickly returned to their positions and began checking their equipment: Agin touched the Karma container at her waist, and the Chakra inside was stable; Ayu checked her Byakugan to ensure it could be activated at any time; Atsu took out a short sword made of divine wood and coated the blade with the sap of the God Tree —this sap could temporarily seal the enemy's energy.
"Are you ready?" Ayu looked at Agin, a hint of excitement in her eyes.
Agin nodded, gripping the short sword in her hand tightly. "Ready. For the God Tree, for the Ōshiki Squad."
The portal to the teleportation pod slowly opened, letting in a cosmic wind that carried meteorite fragments and a chilling aura. Commander Retsu jumped out first, followed by the squadron members. The Blue Horn Squad followed, stepping on Chakra- formed steps, and walked out of the Ten-Tails Divine Wood, landing on a huge meteorite.
An unnamed wild star in the distance, like a blue eye, silently watched them. A fierce battle was about to begin, but no one felt afraid—they were the Ōtsutsuki Clan, children of the God Tree, whose mission was to make the God Tree stronger and to ensure their race would forever stand at the pinnacle of the universe.
Atsu's Rinnegan suddenly lit up. He pointed in the direction of the wild star, his voice tinged with seriousness. "I didn't find Chakra fluctuations from the Ōshiki Squad, but there are Chakra fluctuations from the God Tree on the wild star. And this Blue Star has two continents, east and west... That satellite also has powerful life energy fluctuations. This planet is indeed extraordinary."
Commander Ōtsutsuki Retsu Ōtsutsuki Sō and Ōtsutsuki Shō, then gripped his wooden sword tightly, Chakra condensing into a golden blade of light on the blade. "Everyone, move out! Destination: Blue Star: bypass the satellites and infiltrate the Western Continent to gather intelligence on the Wild Stars!"
The team flew rapidly towards the Western Continent of that blue planet.