stonecrandall Chapter 434 Cixian and Urashiki
Chapter 434 Cixian and Urashiki
"How...how is this possible?!"
Not only Orochimaru, but also Jiraiya, Yamato and others who had just experienced a violent emotional ups and downs outside the barrier, their pupils shrank instantly when they saw the sudden appearance of the newcomer!
The Four Purple Flame Formation is a barrier technique that could even trap the Third Hokage!
Even a village as strong as the Shadow of a Village would find it difficult to breach from the outside in a short time.
But these two...
How did they get in?!
Even the Sound Four, who were maintaining the barrier, were completely unaware!
"Sakon! Tayuya! What's going on?!" Orochimaru shouted angrily.
At the four corners of the barrier, the four Sound Ninja responsible for maintaining the formation also looked horrified and bewildered.
"Lord Orochimaru! We...we don't know!" Sakon's voice came through the barrier, trembling noticeably.
"The barrier wasn't attacked at all! Chakra flow is perfectly normal! They... they seem to have appeared out of thin air!"
"I can't sense it! I can't sense their chakra fluctuations at all!" Tayuya screamed, cold sweat beading on her forehead.
"It's as if...they don't exist at all!"
Non-existent chakra?
Orochimaru's golden pupils narrowed slightly, his gaze fixed on the two people in the air.
No, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Rather, it's the nature of their chakra that is completely different from any chakra known in the ninja world!
A conventional sensory ninjutsu simply cannot effectively capture higher-level chakra.
"This, this is..." Hiruzen Sarutobi used all his strength to raise his head, his cloudy old eyes looking at the two white figures in the air.
When he saw Pu Shi's white clothes, red fishing rod, and those excessively pure white eyes, a look of realization appeared on his blood-stained face.
He remembered.
After Naruto and his group completed their mission in the Land of Waves, Jiraiya gave him a detailed report in private.
The report specifically highlighted the enemy encountered: a mysterious ninja who called himself "Otsutsuki Urashiki," possessed the Byakugan, could manipulate time, and was so powerful that he could instantly kill an elite Jonin.
Even someone as powerful as Jiraiya found it extremely difficult to handle.
If Menma hadn't unleashed a mysterious power at a crucial moment that made the enemy wary, the entire Team 7 would probably have perished in the Land of Waves.
Now, this mysterious enemy has not only appeared in Konoha, but also has a companion with an equally strange aura and unknown strength!
"A new... enemy... these are truly... troublesome times... ah..." Hiruzen Sarutobi uttered these words with difficulty, and with each word, more blood gushed from the wound on his shoulder.
"Old man! Shut up!" Jiraiya's eyes were bloodshot as he slammed his fists against the barrier.
A ninja from the Anbu, who was skilled in sensory perception, suddenly began to tremble violently. He knelt on one knee, supporting himself on the ground with his hands, as if he were under some kind of invisible pressure.
The face beneath the mask was as pale as paper, and the voice was filled with uncontrollable fear: "I can't sense... their chakra... It's so strange... No, not strange, it's simply... incomprehensible!"
Jiraiya's heart clenched tightly.
Urashiki is already so difficult to deal with.
Back in the Land of Waves, if Menma hadn't suddenly unleashed that bizarre form known as "Wedge," overwhelming Urashiki with overwhelming force, they would all probably have died there.
Now, not only has Urawa made a comeback, but it has also brought an even more unfathomable ally!
What are these two guys trying to do?!
"Oh my gosh~" Urashiki, carrying his red fishing rod, looked down at the tense scene with great interest. His Byakugan swept over Orochimaru, over the dying Hiruzen Sarutobi, over the anxious Jiraiya outside the barrier, and finally landed on Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
"Tsk tsk, look at the forms of these two natives, aren't they interesting?" Urashi tapped his shoulder lightly with his fishing rod, his tone flippant.
"Even though he's dead, his body is made of some strange substance and can even repair itself... We've never seen this ability in the records of our Otsutsuki clan."
Upon hearing this, Cixian merely glanced down expressionlessly.
His gaze lingered on Hashirama and Tobirama for less than half a second before coldly shifting away.
"It's irrelevant." Cixian's voice was calm and still, carrying an inhuman emptiness.
"Urashiki, where is that 'vessel' you mentioned? I haven't sensed any chakra reaction that matches the description."
Urashiki pursed his lips, seemingly dissatisfied with Jigen's indifference, but still replied, "It should be in this arena. According to the information I gathered before, that guy will participate in this competition, but..."
He paused, rolled his eyes again, and scanned the room, frowning slightly. "That kid seems to be very good at concealing his presence. It looks like we'll have to use some methods to force him out."
The two men's unrestrained conversation, their nonchalant attitude, and the condescending arrogance in their words made everyone present feel their naked contempt.
"Tsk, I've been underestimated." A cold glint flashed in Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils.
"No matter who you are, since you've intruded into my plan..." Orochimaru slowly raised his hands, which were still in hand seals, and a dangerous smile appeared on his lips.
"Then let me properly 'treat' you two."
Before he finished speaking, the hand seal he was forming suddenly changed!
hum-
Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju both shuddered simultaneously!
"Go!" Hashirama shouted in a low voice, his voice tinged with helplessness, but his movements did not falter, and he leaped up suddenly.
Tobirama followed closely behind. Although the two of them did not have the ability to fly, they relied on the almost limitless stamina and chakra of their reanimated bodies, as well as the towering trees tens of meters high created by their Wood Release as springboards. Their speed was so fast that they left blurry afterimages in the air. With a few sharp leaps between the thick tree trunks, they were already close to Urashiki and Jigen, who were suspended more than ten meters in the air!
Even though they were subject to the control of others, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, the two legendary Hokage who created Konoha, still stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world in terms of combat instincts.
"It can't fly, but by using the elasticity of the trees, it can achieve such a burst of speed in an instant..." Urashiki raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing in his white eyes.
"The indigenous people of this world have some unique ways of using their bodies."
"Watch out, brother!" Tobirama warned in a low voice as he sped along, his gray eyes fixed on Jigen.
As a master of forbidden techniques, his perception of chakra is far more acute than that of ordinary people.
Although he couldn't understand the "unperceptible chakra" emanating from the two men, his sixth sense told him that the bald man was a far more deadly threat than the guy with the fishing rod next to him!
"Ah, I know," Hashirama replied, his face unusually serious.
At the moment he reached the highest point, he slapped his hands together in front of his chest!
"Shadow Clone Technique!" No complicated hand seals, no lengthy chakra mobilization process—this is Hashirama Senju, this is the fighting style of the "God of Shinobi"!
Rumbling--
Hashirama's immense life force chakra erupted with a thunderous roar!
Beneath him, countless giant trees born from the tree world seemed to come alive, their thick branches twisting, growing, and hardening wildly, instantly splitting into hundreds of giant wooden shuriken!
Each shuriken is as big as a door panel, with edges as sharp as knives.
The next moment, these hundreds of giant wooden shuriken were thrown with tremendous force, transforming into a death storm that blotted out the sky, covering everything without any blind spots, and strangling Jigen and Urashiki in the air!
The sound of something tearing through the air was as mournful as a ghost's wail, as if even the air itself was being shredded!
Almost at the same time, Tobirama appeared to the side and behind Hashirama.
His hand seals were formed at an incredible speed, completing the seals in an instant amidst afterimages.
Yin-Chou-Shen-Mao!
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
Tobirama opened his mouth, and a thin, condensed, azure-blue stream of water, only the thickness of a thumb, shot out from his mouth!
The waterline may seem insignificant at first glance, but the terrifying high pressure and cutting force it contains cause the air along its path to emit an unbearable shriek!
The water line attacks in a straight line, ruthlessly aiming straight for Cixian's throat!
Under Orochimaru's manipulation, the two brothers executed a flawless teamwork.
Hashirama uses large-scale, all-encompassing attacks to block out evasion space, forcing opponents to either take the hit or defend; Tobirama, on the other hand, uses extremely penetrating single-target ninjutsu to deliver a fatal blow.
Orochimaru was confident that even his teacher would have to temporarily back down in the face of such an attack, otherwise he might lose his life!
However, what they were facing at this moment was the Ōtsutsuki.
"Heh, what a boring trick." Urashiki chuckled lightly, not even bothering to dodge the oncoming storm of giant wooden shuriken.
He simply raised the red fishing rod in his hand and casually drew a circle in the air in front of him.
hum-
A semi-transparent sphere, about three meters in diameter and composed of pale red light, instantly appeared around Pu Shi, enveloping his entire body.
The next moment, the hundreds of giant wooden shuriken, each powerful enough to cut through gold and jade, slammed into the red orb of light!
Then, something happened that left everyone speechless.
Those giant wooden shuriken, containing Hashirama's immense chakra and powerful enough to easily destroy city walls, were sent flying back along their original trajectories with the exact same speed and force the instant they touched the red orb!
"What?!" Hashirama's pupils shrank suddenly. With nowhere to grab onto while in mid-air, he could only forcefully twist his body and unleash a series of punches, shattering the shuriken that were reflecting back one by one.
Amidst the flying sawdust, his expression became extremely grave.
"How was it? Pretty impressive, huh?" Urashi, carrying his fishing rod, stood inside the sphere of light, watching the two of them looking disheveled with amusement, his tone like a cat playing with mice.
"Ame-no-Hara Crimson Light Sphere is ineffective against any form of chakra attack!"
On the other hand, facing Tobirama's water-cutting waves aimed straight at his throat, Jigen's reaction was even simpler.
He simply raised his right hand slightly, palm up, aiming it at the direction from which the water was coming.
Then the black diamond-shaped mark representing "Wedge" on his palm lit up slightly. The Water Severing Wave, which condensed Tobirama's peak Water Release skills and was even capable of piercing the roots of the Ten-Tails God Tree, was forcibly decomposed into Water Release chakra, then compressed, absorbed, and incorporated into Jigen's black diamond-shaped mark.
Like a clay ox sinking into the sea, it vanished into thin air without even causing a ripple.
It was as if the broken water wave had never existed, and was merely an illusion.
"..." Tobirama landed on a horizontal branch, his gray eyes fixed on the black diamond-shaped mark on Jigen's right palm.
As a master of forbidden techniques and the Second Hokage who developed countless ninjutsu, he knew better than anyone the power contained in that attack. Even if it was his elder brother's strongest Wood Release, he was confident he could cut it in half.
How could such a powerful attack be "absorbed" by the opponent in such a nonchalant way?
"See that, brother?" Tobirama said in a deep voice, "That guy on the left... he seems to be able to absorb ninjutsu."
Hashirama landed beside Tobirama, but his gaze never left the two enemies.
"Ah, I can feel it." Hearing Tobirama's words, he slowly nodded.
"That kind of ability... I've never seen it before. These two guys are probably even more troublesome opponents than Madara."
"Stronger than Madara Uchiha?!" Tobirama felt a chill run down his spine. He knew his older brother's strength and was also aware of Madara Uchiha's terror.
Why would the eldest brother give such a high evaluation to these two mysterious enemies?
Although their hearts were filled with doubt and vigilance, at this moment, their bodies were completely under Orochimaru's control, and they had no choice in their own actions.
Moreover, the fact that the other party chose to appear in Konoha at this time and in this manner clearly demonstrates their hostility.
Outside the barrier, Jiraiya stared intently at Jigen, a memory suddenly surfacing in his mind!
A few years ago, in Amegakure Village.
In order to investigate Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki organization, he infiltrated Amegakure. After being discovered by Konan, he eventually engaged in a fierce battle with his two former students.
That battle was one of the most dangerous experiences of his life. The unpredictable and perfectly coordinated abilities of the Six Paths of Pain almost drove him to the brink of despair.
Just as he was critically injured and on the verge of death, a figure suddenly flew backward and crashed into the battlefield.
It was the bald man in front of me with the Roman numeral "Ⅳ" under his left eye!
Jiraiya still vividly remembers that scene. This man displayed many bizarre abilities, distorting space with every move he made. Pain's Rinnegan ninjutsu had little effect on him, and he killed one of Pain's bodies with a casual strike.
Yet this man, who could easily crush Pain, was utterly crushed and rubbed into the ground by Shura!
His strange abilities seemed to have no effect in front of Shura, and he was completely overwhelmed by Shura's ninjutsu and taijutsu.
At that time, Jiraiya took the opportunity to escape the battlefield and encountered Hydrangea and her companions who were protecting the villagers from evacuation. In the end, he escaped Amegakure under Hydrangea's protection, so he was not clear about the outcome of that battle.
"It was him..." Jiraiya's voice was hoarse.
"He's actually in cahoots with Urashiki?!"
One Urashiki is terrifying enough.
Now there's another enemy who can easily suppress the Six Paths of Pain!
With these two joining forces, can Konoha really hold out?
Just as Jiraiya was extremely anxious.
"What a waste of time." Cixian, who hadn't even given them a second glance, seemed to be getting impatient because he hadn't found his target.
He turned his gaze away from the arena below and glanced indifferently at Hashirama and Tobirama, who were gathering their strength.
That look was like a human looking at two mantises at their feet, baring their fangs and claws, trying to provoke them.
He raised his right hand and casually waved it in the direction where Hashirama and Tobirama were.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
Dozens of thin, black spikes suddenly appeared out of thin air from the void surrounding Hashirama and Tobirama!
"What?!" Hashirama and Tobirama's expressions changed simultaneously, and their bodies instinctively tried to dodge.
Puff puff puff puff—!
The dull thuds of sharp blades piercing through tattered leather rang out one after another!
Hashirama and Tobirama didn't even have time to react, block, or dodge before they were instantly pierced by dozens of Yin-Yang Release black rods from all angles!
The terrifying impact sent them flying backward, and with two loud thuds, they were pinned to the trunks of the two thickest wood-type giant trees behind them!
The black rod was deeply embedded in the tree trunk, with only a small part sticking out, trembling and emitting a low hum.
The black rods not only completely blocked their movements, but also frantically interfered with and eroded the matter and chakra that constituted the Impure World Body!
"Ugh...!" Hashirama groaned, discovering that the regenerative abilities of his Edo Tensei body seemed to be completely "frozen" where the black rods had pierced through!
Not only was he unable to break free, but even the flow of chakra became extremely sluggish, and his body quickly became stiff and cold.
Even more terrifying, he could feel that his body was being eroded and disintegrated by some kind of power contained in the black rod!
Fine gray dust was slowly drifting away from the edges of the wound where the nail had pierced the skin, instead of quickly gathering and repairing itself as before!
Tobirama, too, was impaled in vital areas by several black rods and pinned to another tree, his gray eyes filled with shock and confusion.
"What... what is this?!" Tobirama also noticed the anomaly. He tried to mobilize his chakra, but as soon as his spiritual power and chakra came into contact with the black rod piercing through his body, they were swallowed up as if they had been thrown into the sea.
"Big brother! This black rod... is destroying the core of the Impure World Reincarnation!" Tobirama exclaimed in shock.
Even as the developer of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, he could not perfectly find its weaknesses and how to break it.
"Ah... I can feel it." Hashirama, pinned to the tree, glanced down at the black rod piercing his chest, then looked up at Jigen, who stood expressionless in the air, a bitter yet relieved smile on his face.
"This is truly... incredible power."
"This chakra nature... Tobirama, it seems that this technique you developed has truly met its match this time."