Chapter 776: Unexpected

“Eight Gates, Gate of Wonder, Open!”

Might Guy roared, opening the Eight Gates up to the Seventh Gate, causing blue steam to rise from his body, and his aura became immensely powerful.

After reaching the Seventh Gate, Might Guy did not proceed to open the Eighth Gate, but paused temporarily.

The Gate of Death, being the final gate of certain death, grants power exceeding that of the previous seven gates combined.

This power was too great for Might Guy’s current physique to handle, leading to the problem that Might Guy’s active time in the Gate of Death state would be limited.

Therefore, he had to gather as much information as possible about Six Paths Obito before opening the Gate of Death, ensuring it could be used to maximum effect.

At this moment, the fusion white light dispersed, and the Merged Ninja appeared, sporting silver hair, a black mask over his face, and Orange Goggles hanging around his neck.

“I don’t know what the point of Tenten wearing a mask is.”

Obito complained, took off the mask, and threw it into the Kamui Dimension; not being used to masks, he felt uncomfortable wearing the thing.

Since they had undergone extensive Fusion Training, they could now utilize the Merged Ninja’s full capabilities without Soul Fusion, so they chose a fusion that retained both consciousnesses.

“I don’t know what the point of Tenten wearing goggles is.”

Kakashi seized control, threw the goggles hanging around his neck into the Kamui Dimension as well, and then said to Might Guy:

“Guy, before you open the Eight Gates, we will take the lead and scout for information.”

Might Guy nodded.

Before he opened the Eight Gates, it was more suitable for the Merged Ninja to lead the attack.

Boom! Boom!!

The branches of the God Tree broke through the ground, constantly reaching out to the various Ninja, attempting to turn their Chakra into nutrients.

The stronger the individual and the more Chakra they possessed, the more numerous and thicker the God Tree branches around them became.

Kakashi and his group had quite a few people, and all of them were strong, so the branches attacking from all directions were numerous and thick.

“Leaf Hand Blade!”

Might Guy concentrated a large amount of Chakra into his palm and struck out with a force, but he only managed to sever one branch, and new branches rapidly regenerated from the break.

“Don’t get close to these branches. Let me handle this.”

Kakashi told the others to retreat, then activated a large amount of Chakra within his body, voluntarily entering the midst of the branches.

He realized that these branches, like Muzuki’s Wood Release, could absorb Chakra, so it was best to avoid direct physical contact.

Sensing the large amount of Chakra within Kakashi, numerous branches scrambled to surround him, attempting to drain his Chakra dry.

But this was impossible, because Kakashi had mastered Limitless.

No matter how hard the God Tree branches tried, they could never truly touch Kakashi’s body.

“You’re quite capable, Obito.”

Sensing the Natural Energy accumulated within his body, Kakashi complimented Obito and entered Thunder Breathing Sage Mode.

This was the benefit of not undergoing Consciousness Fusion.

Although the Breathing Technique allows for the absorption of Natural Energy while moving, its efficiency is far inferior to absorbing it while remaining still and focusing.

If there are two souls simultaneously within the body, they can divide the labor: one focuses on absorbing Natural Energy to synthesize Senjutsu Chakra, and the other handles combat.

This kind of Sage Mode has no duration limit; as long as there is Chakra in the body, Sage Mode can be maintained indefinitely.

Swish!

Kakashi first used Sage Art: Lightning Cutter to sever some branches, then drew Enma and unleashed dozens of slashes in a single breath, instantly turning all the surrounding branches into broken wood.

“Good to know. Don’t you dare slack off later.”

Obito said.

In the plan, Obito would control the Merged Ninja’s body for combat, while Kakashi’s main job was to analyze Six Paths Obito’s information during the fight and formulate tactics.

As for absorbing Natural Energy and refining Chakra, that was mandatory work for the Non-Controlling Consciousness.

“Hurry over to Naruto. He’s in trouble. He has too much Chakra.”

Kakashi handed the body control over to Obito and said.

Shisui and the others had retreated to a safe area, but Naruto was surrounded by a massive number of God Tree branches, unable even to maintain his Nine-Tailed Chakra Mode.

Whoosh!

“Don’t panic, Big Brother Naruto, I’m here to help!”

After Obito took control of the body, he immediately activated a large amount of Sage Art Lightning Release enhancement on the Flying Thunder God Kunai, quickly throwing two Flying Thunder God Kunai carrying purple lightning.

Reinforced by powerful Senjutsu Chakra, the two Kunai were extremely fast, piercing through branch after branch of the God Tree, reaching Naruto’s side.

Swish!

Obito flashed over, grabbed the exhausted Naruto who had been drained, and instantly transported him next to Rin Nohara and the others.

“That kid actually uses my Ninjutsu quite well.”

Senju Tobirama, who was preparing to save Naruto, nodded and activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, rushing toward Obito.

“Is this the effect of that fusion earring? It’s certainly unusual; the Chakra aura has suddenly become powerful.”

Senju Tobirama observed Kakatobi’s body and said, sensing the powerful Chakra within it.

If he were still alive, he would probably try everything to research how to make the fusion earring.

As a Ninja Tool, the fusion earring is too powerful.

Obito nodded, then looked at Naruto and asked:

“Big Brother Naruto, you rest for a while to recover your Chakra, and watch how I beat that bastard.”

With Double Kamui and Limitless at his disposal, even if he couldn’t defeat Six Paths Obito, Six Paths Obito couldn’t hurt him.

“You alone? Although saying this might hurt morale, you definitely aren’t his opponent.”

Senju Tobirama shook his head and said.

Six Paths Obito’s Chakra had exceeded his comprehension; even Senju Hashirama in his prime could not defeat Six Paths Obito alone.

“Of course not alone. Aren’t Guy and Shisui here? Plus, Big Brother Naruto will definitely come help me once his Chakra is recovered.”

Obito said with a smile.

“Oh, right, there’s also Big Sasuke.”

Obito noticed Sasuke approaching and added.

Although Sasuke couldn’t compare to Naruto, he was still considered a considerably strong fighter.

“I’m just called Sasuke.”

Sasuke corrected him with a cold expression.

“Mhm, Big Sasuke.”

Obito nodded.

Sasuke clenched his fist expressionlessly.

“Let’s leave the Flying Thunder God Technique on each other. That way, we can swap positions at critical moments.”

Senju Tobirama thought for a moment and said.

Although Six Paths Obito has mastered Yin-Yang Release, which counters Edo Tensei, as a dead person, even if he dies, he merely returns to the Pure Land, which is better than Obito getting injured.

“Alright, Clone Uncle.”

Obito walked forward and left a Flying Thunder God Technique on Senju Tobirama.

Senju Tobirama:…Is there some strange trend going around the Ninja World now? Why are Naruto and Obito’s names for him getting weirder and weirder?

Before Senju Tobirama could correct Obito’s address, Obito flashed forward and rushed toward Six Paths Obito, with Might Guy immediately following suit.

“Why don’t you understand that the current me is unbeatable?”

Looking at the charging Obito, Six Paths Obito frowned and angrily rebuked him.

Although his appearance had changed somewhat, Six Paths Obito could instantly tell that this was his other self.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just go back to your original world? Must you seek death?”

After completely mastering the Ten-Tails, he could have killed all these people long ago, but he simply didn’t want to engage in meaningless slaughter.

“Seeking death? You’re welcome to try and see if you can kill me.”

Obito retorted.

“Don’t assume others like to run away like you do. I promised Big Brother Naruto I would help him beat you and win this war. I won’t leave until I’ve fulfilled my promise.”

In Obito’s view, achieving peace by controlling everyone through Genjutsu was an act of evasion.

Because world peace was too difficult, he wanted to take a crooked shortcut.

“Evasion? You say that I, who has worked hard for the Infinite Tsukuyomi for over a decade, am evading reality!”

Six Paths Obito’s expression became incredibly cold, and an extremely terrifying amount of Chakra erupted from his body.

Swish!

Six Paths Obito vanished, turning into a Flash of light.

“So fast!”

Obito was shocked internally.

His Mangekyo Sharingan couldn’t even clearly see Six Paths Obito’s speed anymore; he had to use the Transparent World just to barely sense him.

Boom!

Six Paths Obito flashed into existence beside Obito and violently threw a heavy punch at Obito’s left cheek.

“What is this?”

Six Paths Obito looked confusedly at his fist, which, no matter how hard he pushed, could only stop two centimeters in front of Obito’s face.

“Limitless, kid!”

“Sage Art: Azure Flame Rasengan!”

Obito chuckled, and a large azure ball burning with terrifying flames rapidly appeared on the palm where he had already begun condensing Chakra.

Without thinking, he slammed it toward Six Paths Obito’s face.

Bang!

A Truth-Seeking Orb near Six Paths Obito rapidly transformed into a massive shield, protecting Six Paths Obito and perfectly blocking the entire attack.

“This black ball is actually this hard.”

Looking at the Truth-Seeking Orb, which only had a few cracks, Obito flashed back, adopting a serious expression.

Azure Flame was already terrifyingly powerful, and when combined with the Rasengan, which compresses energy to enhance explosive power, it was even more formidable.

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This move was not the strongest in Kakatobi’s Skill Set, but it was still top-tier, a powerful Sage Art that Obito could not perform alone.

“It’s not just hard; it contains seven types of Chakra Nature Transformation. Its power is unimaginable; ordinary Ninja will almost certainly die upon contact.”

Kakashi said, silently contemplating tactics in his mind.

The power of the Truth-Seeking Orb was too terrifying. Although Might Guy, after opening the Eight Gates, possessed decent defensive power thanks to his strong Chakra and Armament Haki, Standard Armament Haki would be instantly countered by the Truth-Seeking Orb and wouldn’t provide protection.

Obito was surprised internally, unaware that Six Paths Obito was also extremely surprised.

The current him was the second Six Paths Sage, yet Obito still had the ability to exchange a few blows with him.

Roar!

“Morning Tiger!”

Might Guy, right behind him, clapped his hands together violently, unleashing a gigantic Tiger-Shaped Air Cannon.

“Trifling skill!”

Six Paths Obito snorted coldly, swung the Rokudo Shakujo, and dispersed the Morning Tiger.

“Guy, you should stay a little further back. Shisui, you Guys just focus on protecting yourselves. This bastard is too dangerous.”

Obito said to Might Guy and the others.

Ultimately, lacking experience fighting a Six Paths Level opponent, after the exchange, Obito and his comrades realized they had underestimated Six Paths Obito’s strength.

“Little Brother Obito is right.”

A Flash of golden light passed, and Uzumaki Naruto, who arrived next to Obito, nodded and said.

Six Paths Obito was too strong; even a powerhouse like Senju Tobirama only qualified as support because he possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique.

“Is the Nine-Tailed’s Chakra refinement that fast?”

Obito was extremely envious.

Even with Kakashi working non-stop, he felt that the Chakra supply was slightly insufficient.

“No, it’s what Dad gave me.”

Naruto scratched his head and explained.

Minato Namikaze also had half of the Nine-Tailed inside him; the two Nine-Tailed could transfer Chakra to each other.

“Stop talking nonsense. The priority is to eliminate that Guy.”

Sasuke, who had activated his Susanoo, flashed past with a cool demeanor and said.

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he figured out a way to injure Six Paths Obito.

Ordinary Susanoo attacks are ineffective against a Six Paths Body, but if he brings Jugo, who can naturally absorb Natural Energy, the Susanoo can become a Sage Art Susanoo, turning all attacks into Sage Art.

“Big Sasuke is so pretentious. He feels even more pretentious than Kakashi.”

Obito sighed with emotion.

He remembered that Xiao Sasuke was quite cute, much cuter than his older brother, Uchiha Itachi.

“Right? I’ve thought so for a long time.”

Naruto nodded in deep agreement.

He had thought this ever since the Ninja Academy.

Sasuke:…If the enemy wasn’t right in front of him, he really would want to turn around and slash them.

Kakashi, who was absorbing Natural Energy and refining Chakra, did not speak, but silently made a note against Obito in his mind.

He would settle all scores after the war ended.

Swish!

Sasuke controlled the Sage Art Susanoo to slash at Six Paths Obito, but the opponent easily dodged it.

However, this was within Sasuke’s expectations. He controlled the Susanoo to draw its bow and fire arrows, continuing the attack.

At this moment, Naruto, transformed into the Nine-Tailed, also charged forward, unleashing a gigantic Sage Art Rasengan.

“Meaningless struggle.”

Six Paths Obito waved his hand. One Truth-Seeking Orb transformed into a large shield, blocking Naruto’s attack, while another Truth-Seeking Orb shape-shifted into a giant black arm and grabbed Sasuke.

“Sasuke!”

Naruto cried out worriedly and rushed forward, bursting with Chakra, but was blocked by the Truth-Seeking Orb.

“Kamui!”

Chakra erupted from Obito’s eyes.

As a Swirling Distortion appeared, the giant black arm snapped, and Sasuke was freed.

“This is…”

Kakashi showed a surprised expression upon seeing this scene.

He realized something and quickly said to Obito:

“Use Distorting Kamui directly on ‘Bastard Obito’.”

Obito’s reaction wasn’t slow either. He quickly understood the trick, stared intently at Six Paths Obito’s head, and activated Kamui again.

Swish!

As soon as the spatial distortion appeared, Six Paths Obito instantly flashed away.

His eyes saw the Chakra condensing in Obito’s eyes.

“’Bastard Obito’ most likely cannot use Kamui right now!”

Kakashi said with a look of pleasant surprise.

The thing that troubled him most about Six Paths Obito was not the Truth-Seeking Orb, but Kamui.

If Six Paths Obito activated Kamui, then even Might Guy’s Eighth Gate output would be useless.

In the end, Obito would still have to enter the Kamui Dimension to fight Six Paths Obito.

Furthermore, because Six Paths Obito possessed Kamui, Obito’s Distorting Kamui effect was greatly reduced.

This is because Kamui abilities can affect each other: Phasing Kamui can nullify Distorting Kamui, and Distorting Kamui can enter the Kamui Dimension to attack the body that used Phasing Kamui to enter the dimension.

When two people both possess Kamui, it’s essentially the same as neither of them having Kamui.

Of course, since Six Paths Obito only has Single Kamui, Obito might be able to forcefully suppress Six Paths Obito’s interference using the advantage of Double Kamui.

However, that would consume far more Visual Prowess and Chakra than normal, making it meaningless unless a single decisive blow could be achieved.

“Have I been discovered?”

Six Paths Obito stared intently at Obito’s eyes.

For some unknown reason, after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he could no longer use the abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

As a veteran user of Kamui, Six Paths Obito clearly knew how powerful this ability was.

The ability of one eye was stronger than the combined abilities of some Mangekyo pairs.

“We must end the battle quickly. This might be because he hasn’t gotten used to his current body’s power yet.”

Kakashi quickly formulated a new Battle Plan and accelerated the pace of combat.

He worried that Six Paths Obito would regain the ability to use Kamui once he mastered his body.

“I can’t give them any more chances.”

Six Paths Obito decided to use his full power to quickly end the fight.

Naruto, who possesses Sage Art and Nine-Tailed power, plus his other self who can use Double Kamui—if he didn’t use his full strength, he could genuinely lose.

Whoosh!

Six Paths Obito clasped his hands together, and the eight Truth-Seeking Orbs behind him shot out simultaneously, leaving only the Orbs on his sides for defense.