Chapter 812: A sure-fire space slash!

“Damn it, how could this happen to a mere native?!”

Ōtsutsuki Urashiki spat out a mouthful of blood, unable to maintain his usual playful demeanor, his expression becoming extremely distorted.

He was now in an awkward situation: without his Byakugan, he couldn’t clearly see the shrunken black rod, but without the Time Regression of his blue Rinnegan, he couldn’t block Muzuki’s attacks.

“Isshiki-senpai, save me quickly!”

Ōtsutsuki Urashiki shouted in a hurry.

He still had a way to recover from his injuries, which was to consume the Chakra from the red light fishing basket and his own Rinnegan.

This would not only fully restore his injuries but also allow him to enter a stronger combat state.

However, he had no invincibility frames when devouring Chakra, and without someone to help block for him, Muzuki would kill him.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was quite speechless, but they were now in the same boat, so Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could only turn back to help.

“Yomotsu Hirasaka!”

“All-Killing Ash Bones!”

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya seized this opportunity, opening a portal in front of her that led to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s side, and bone spikes rapidly formed in the centers of her palms.

Due to Muzuki’s “meticulous care,” Ōtsutsuki Kaguya didn’t have much Chakra to use at this time, so she would only make a move at critical moments.

And now, was what Ōtsutsuki Kaguya considered a critical moment.

As long as she held back Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, the enemy would lose a member.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had no choice but to stop and deal with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

Although Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was very weak now, to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s danger level was still higher than others, second only to Muzuki.

“Yomotsu Hirasaka!”

Ōtsutsuki Urashiki switched his Rinnegan to the red Rinnegan, intending to open a portal and escape.

After he escaped, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki would most likely be ganged up on and killed, but if he didn’t run, he would be the one to die.

Pfft!

A large number of black rods pierced through Ōtsutsuki Urashiki’s body, causing his movements to falter.

“Sage Art: Spiraling Sphere – Azure Flame!”

Muzuki flashed and appeared around Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, striking him with the blue-gold fireball in his hand.

Whoosh!

The soccer-ball-sized fireball touched Ōtsutsuki Urashiki’s body, and the compressed flames inside instantly surged out, engulfing Ōtsutsuki Urashiki completely.

The burning sensation, which spread deep into his soul, twisted Ōtsutsuki Urashiki’s facial expression to the extreme, and combined with the raging flames burning on his body, made him look like a demon from hell.

Finally, amidst the roar of the exploding flames, the completely blackened Ōtsutsuki Urashiki collapsed to the ground, losing all signs of life.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki felt something was wrong and desperately used Daikokuten and Sukuna Hikona, releasing a large number of black rods and black cubes centered around himself.

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was stabbed by a black rod and quickly entered a black spatial gate, returning to Naruto’s side in the distance.

Sasuke used Amenotejikara for displacement to evade.

Obito activated Flying Thunder God Technique to create distance.

As for the others, they had already entered a spectator state and were not around Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki didn’t hesitate, condensing Chakra to open a space-time gate, preparing to escape.

If he couldn’t defeat Muzuki, he would outlive him; no matter how strong Muzuki was, he would still be nothing but a mound of yellow earth a hundred years later.

“Space-Time Severance!”

Just as a part of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s body entered the spatial gate, another Muzuki appeared within the Kamui Dimension, extending his palm towards Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and making a flicking gesture.

Swish!

An incomparably dazzling purple light flashed by.

The spatial gate opened by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, along with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki himself, were instantly cut in half.

Wherever the purple light passed, space tore apart like fragile paper, leaving behind a deep, dark rift.

Bang.

Muzuki’s Shadow Clone burst apart, disappearing before everyone’s eyes.

The eyes of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s lifeless upper body were wide open, a look of surprise and confusion on his face.

In fact, let alone Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, even Muzuki’s teammates were greatly shocked.

The powerful opponent they all ganged up on but couldn’t defeat had died so casually.

“The gap has widened again.”

The Fourth Raikage’s expression was complex.

After years of investigation, he could confirm that “Aizen,” who fought him during the Third Shinobi World War, was Muzuki in disguise.

His former evenly matched opponent could now instantly kill him with ease; how could the Fourth Raikage not feel melancholic?

“He actually still had such a move hidden!”

Looking at the tragically killed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya’s scalp tingled.

If she hadn’t helped in the recent battle but instead betrayed them or ran away, that purple slash might have been aimed at her.

This move was too terrifying; Ōtsutsuki Kaguya still didn’t understand its principle.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had just been some distance from the Muzuki clone that released the attack, so why was he suddenly bisected?

In fact, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was overthinking it; Muzuki’s move was purely to guard against Ōtsutsuki Urashiki or Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

As for Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Muzuki had other means.

When Might Guy’s life mission was settled earlier, Muzuki synthesized a random S+ draw scroll, and Space-Time Severance was the reward drawn from that scroll.

Space-Time Severance can be categorized as a space-time Ninjutsu, capable of releasing a slash that severs space, which normal defensive measures cannot withstand, making its power extremely strong.

It was a good skill, but for Muzuki, the improvement was actually not significant.

Because this Ninjutsu could be shrunk by Sukuna Hikona, and the slash’s flight speed wasn’t particularly fast.

If one insisted on its great power, No Thought Strike’s power was also great; if Muzuki used it with full strength, he could also distort space.

Therefore, Muzuki hadn’t used Space-Time Severance much; even when it could be useful, Muzuki had other solutions.

However, Muzuki did not give up on this Ninjutsu and had been constantly trying to improve and develop it.

After all, this was a noble offensive space-time Ninjutsu, a rare ability even among Six Paths level techniques.

After a long period of development, Muzuki actually made some progress.

Muzuki possessed quite a few space-time abilities; Flying Thunder God Technique, Limitless, and Daikokuten all counted as space-time abilities.

He used Limitless together with Space-Time Severance, utilizing Limitless to compress and shorten spatial distance, and then releasing Space-Time Severance, which allowed him to unleash an unavoidable spatial slash.

Because at the moment of release, the slash had already hit.

However, despite sounding powerful, the current Space-Time Severance still had many drawbacks.

Because in actual combat, utilizing Limitless to compress spatial distance requires extremely precise micro-management for calculations. Simply put, it requires some preparation time.

Furthermore, since Space-Time Severance is a space-time slash that Limitless cannot block, with such an operation, the caster himself would also take a full Space-Time Severance head-on, which is truly a thousand enemies killed at the cost of a thousand self-inflicted wounds.

Therefore, Muzuki did not immediately unleash his full power to deal with Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, but instead first tested Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s strength before slowly dealing with Ōtsutsuki Urashiki.

It took even more time for a clone to perform the unavoidable Space-Time Severance, so Muzuki had been waiting for the clone to finish charging, so he could deal with both Ōtsutsuki at once.

“Grandpa Muzuki is so amazing.”

Boruto said from the bottom of his heart.

He had to admit that Obito’s seemingly exaggerated words were all true: Sage Muzuki was omnipotent!

“Of course, but I’m pretty amazing too, aren’t I?”

Obito said with a mischievous grin.

“So this is that fusion.”

Sasuke examined Kakatobi’s body, having learned about the existence of the fusion earrings from young Sasuke.

Based on Kakatobi’s hair color and appearance, he could tell this was a fusion of Kakashi and Obito.

“Perhaps I was wrong.”

Recalling Obito’s performance in the battle just now, Sasuke temporarily canceled his plan to investigate Obito.

With two Ōtsutsuki invading, this should have been the best time to cause trouble, yet Obito was fighting alongside them, which didn’t look like a disguised mastermind.

“Everyone, please step back a bit; the battle isn’t over yet.”

Muzuki broke the relaxed atmosphere, which suggested victory had been achieved, and told everyone to retreat.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was indeed dead, but he would soon be alive again.

Because the “Karma” on Jigen had completely unfrozen, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s death would immediately trigger reincarnation, reviving him on Jigen’s body.

Hearing Muzuki’s words, although they didn’t understand the situation, everyone still acted as Muzuki instructed.

At this moment, Jigen’s body erupted in a dazzling white light.

The next moment, a pale-skinned figure with a long, curved horn appeared before everyone’s eyes.

“Hayate Mugetsu, you have made a choice you will absolutely regret.”

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki said in a deep voice.

Even a “Vessel” with fully unfrozen “Karma” cannot fully unleash the Ōtsutsuki’s true power, so his strength after revival was stronger than before.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki admitted that Muzuki was strong, but he didn’t think Muzuki could be stronger than him after his revival.

The reason Ōtsutsuki Isshiki didn’t directly reincarnate and then defeat Muzuki to imprint Naruto with “Karma” was simply because it was too risky.

The intelligence regarding Naruto’s potential as a “Vessel” came from Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, and there was a possibility of it being false.

If he had known Muzuki was this strong, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki wouldn’t have come.

He thought he and Ōtsutsuki Urashiki could easily kill Muzuki together, which was why he came, but he never expected to be forced into reincarnation.

Otherwise, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki would be crazy to take such a risk for someone who might be a “Vessel.”

After reincarnation, he only had two days to live; if Ōtsutsuki Urashiki’s information was wrong and he couldn’t find another “Vessel,” then his body would naturally collapse without anyone needing to act.

“Is that so? I, on the other hand, think I just made an insignificant decision.”

Muzuki retorted with a faint smile.

Through Appraisal Technique and his probing, he had now thoroughly understood Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s abilities and planned the best combat method to deal with him.

Sukuna Hikona’s existence rendered Ninjutsu meaningless; neither Six Paths Sage Art nor Bloodline Limit techniques could resist its effects.

This meant that the best way to deal with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was Taijutsu.

“Eight Gates, Gate of Death, Open!”