The golden-yellow clock, visible only to Izayoi, just appeared, and as the hour, minute, and second hands rapidly spun backward, scenes, also visible only to Izayoi, flew out from the clock and passed through his body.
In an instant, the scene of Hagoromo Otsutsuki in the Pure Land appeared before Izayoi's eyes.
Seeing this, the corners of Izayoi's mouth curved slightly upward.
Ame-no-Tokotachi truly can see into the past of souls.
This significantly reduces the threat posed by Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
As long as he has enough time, Izayoi can pore over Hagoromo Otsutsuki's past and see what he's been up to in the Pure Land over the past thousand years.
If his current abilities were developed in the Pure Land, Izayoi could even learn them.
But now is not the time to delve into the past.
Izayoi deactivated Ame-no-Tokotachi and raised his hand, condensing two orbs of light.
One orb was pure black, and the other was golden-yellow.
At first glance, they resembled a Truth-Seeking Ball and a Chakra Rosary.
But in the next second, the two merged, forming a black sword wreathed in golden-yellow light.
Seeing this, Hagoromo Otsutsuki narrowed his purple Rinnegan slightly and said with a hint of seriousness, "After only two battles, you've completely fused the Ame-no-Numahoko and the Chakra Rosary? Such talent is astounding. Could it be... you can also steal others' talents and stack them?"
As the progenitor of shinobi, Hagoromo Otsutsuki had never encountered an existence with greater talent than his own.
Although his mother was stronger than him.
But that strength was obtained through the Chakra Fruit.
While he inherited a lot of his mother's power, the Sage Body, Yin-Yang Release, and Sage Art were all cultivated by Hagoromo Otsutsuki himself.
It was through his own talent that he achieved the feat of overcoming a superior, sealing his invincible and immortal mother before even becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
Yet, despite his immense power, Hagoromo Otsutsuki at Izayoi's age did not possess this level of strength.
Moreover, Izayoi's starting point was even lower than his own.
Even if he could steal others' abilities, without strong innate talent, he would be like his mother, who possessed world-ending power but didn't know how to unleash it to its fullest.
Clearly, Izayoi, having lived two lives, possessed astonishing talent.
I wonder what kind of world this guy comes from.
Is it another planet, a parallel world, or... another universe?
At this moment, Hagoromo Otsutsuki decided that after defeating Izayoi, he would perform a soul search on him.
Swish—
At this moment, a dazzling white slash rapidly enlarged in Hagoromo Otsutsuki's vision.
Its speed was like a meteor, as if it would disappear in the blink of an eye.
In response, Hagoromo Otsutsuki casually flicked his hand, and a similar white slash split Izayoi's attack in two, then flew towards Izayoi with the power to distort space.
However, in the next second, this slash vanished into thin air.
It had been transferred to another dimension by Ame-no-Minakanushi.
As one of the two exclusive ocular techniques of the Rinne Sharingan, a Kekkei Mōra that even Ten-Tails Jinchuriki could not use, Ame-no-Minakanushi was undoubtedly the ultimate space-time ability.
No teleportation-based space-time ability was qualified to be compared with Ame-no-Minakanushi, not even Yomotsu Hirasaka, which was also a Kekkei Mōra.
This was because this space-time ability was the only one that had no preceding movement.
No matter how powerful the opponent, as long as they did not possess space-time means to resist Ame-no-Minakanushi, Izayoi could forcibly transfer them to another dimension as long as they entered a certain range.
This applied not only to people but also to objects and techniques.
It was precisely for this reason that the original author designed Kaguya Otsutsuki to be a naive and simple character with little combat experience.
Otherwise, the Seventh Squad would have had no resistance at all.
Now that Izayoi possessed the abilities of the progenitor of chakra, even if his opponent was the progenitor of shinobi, Izayoi did not feel much pressure.
This was because his Rinne Tenseigan and Rinne Sharingan could see Hagoromo Otsutsuki's strength.
The opponent's chakra was far inferior to his own.
In terms of abilities, the Rinnegan was ranked first, and it was even inferior to Madara Uchiha, who had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, lacking any Kekkei Mōra.
As long as he was wary of Hagoromo Otsutsuki's Ame-no-Numahoko and Six Paths: Planetary Devastation, and didn't give him a chance to get close, Izayoi could win by simply exhausting his chakra.
However, this old schemer, having stayed in the Pure Land for a thousand years, had only soul-possessed Madara Uchiha's body and had not completely reincarnated. Yet, he already possessed Six Paths Level chakra, indicating that his power had not only not weakened over this millennium but had become even stronger.
Besides the Ame-no-Numahoko and Sage Art, no one knew if he had secretly developed even stronger techniques.
Thus, after transferring the attack of Ame-no-Numahoko to another dimension, Izayoi raised his other hand, formed a sword finger, and exclaimed, "Wood Release... Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
Rumbling earthquake sounds echoed through this dimension.
Countless cracks spread and expanded, forming abysses of various sizes.
Then, branches as thick as small mountains burst from the earth and shot up into the sky.
This dimension instantly transformed into a sea of trees.
Numerous branches also moved to bind Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki simply swung his sword, and a spreading white light turned those branches into nothingness.
Destroying Izayoi's attack with a single sword strike, Hagoromo Otsutsuki raised an eyebrow, his gaze filled with a hint of confusion.
Although Izayoi's Chakra reserves were now second only to his mother's, and even more powerful than Madara Uchiha had been after becoming a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, conjuring such a vast forest with Wood Release still required a significant amount of Chakra.
Wood Release was an absolutely strategic ability, far more so than a Tailed Beast Ball, when dealing with overwhelming numbers.
However, using it against a single opponent, especially one of comparable strength, was nothing short of a waste of Chakra.
Given Izayoi's intellect, he would never do something so pointless.
Before Hagoromo Otsutsuki could ponder further, a thunderous boom echoed in his ears.
Enormous golden fists rained down upon Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the terrifying Eight Gods Vacuum Attack.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki again swung his sword, slicing open a white portal, and flew into it, causing Izayoi's Eight Gods Vacuum Attack to miss.
Izayoi floated in place, using Ame-no-Tokotachi to observe the future of this space.
After a moment, Izayoi turned and raised his hand, firing a bone arrow towards the four o'clock direction.
As the bone arrow shot out, a white spatial rift appeared before it, opening into a portal.
Before the bone arrow could reach the white portal, a pure white tornado emerged from within, twisting and tearing space, easily shattering the bone arrow and roaring towards Izayoi with undiminished force.
This time, Izayoi did not dodge. Instead, he raised his hand and made a light flick.
A black spatial rift appeared, rapidly expanding to form a black portal, drawing the roaring pure white tornado into it.
The tornado, capable of twisting and tearing space, failed to destroy this black portal.
However, just as Izayoi was employing Yomotsu Hirasaka, a white mark also appeared in the space behind him, slowly opening.
Because Yomotsu Hirasaka was a power that even Sage of Six Paths Mode could not sense, Izayoi had no awareness of it.
Just as a black sword shot out from within, Izayoi's figure vanished without a trace.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki flew out from within, looking down at the sea of trees, a flicker of realization in his eyes.
So, he had expended unnecessary Chakra to create this forest in order to fill this Other Dimension with his Flying Thunder God Technique Formulas and Wood Clones acting as surveillance.
Thus, Hagoromo Otsutsuki flew back into the white portal once more, disappearing from this Other Dimension.
Izayoi reappeared within the sea of trees, still using Ame-no-Tokotachi to observe the future.
However, for the next five minutes, he saw no white rifts appearing.
A hint of confusion flickered in Izayoi's eyes.
What was going on?
Did that guy not want to fight anymore?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Izayoi, and he instantly understood what Hagoromo Otsutsuki was about to do.
Without hesitation, he quickly transmitted real-time information to his Wood Clone.
In less than three seconds, a sleeping monster appeared in the sea of trees: the Ten-Tails, whose Chakra Izayoi had drained.
As the Ten-Tails returned to this Other Dimension, the white rifts finally reappeared in the sky.
Before the white rifts could even form portals, several black spheres flew out from within.
These black spheres were not Truth-Seeking Balls, only about the size of a thumb.
The black spheres spun in the air a few times before merging into a black orb the size of a fist.
Immediately, a terrifying Attraction, like the gravity of a super-gravity space, descended.
The ground immediately began to shake with a rumbling sound, and countless trees were uprooted. Even the earth beneath them detached from the ground of this space and floated into the air.
This was clearly... Planetary Devastation!
This was one of the Rinnegan's fundamental abilities, and Izayoi could also use it.
Not only him, but Madara Uchiha and Nagato, who had transplanted the Rinnegan, could also use it.
Madara Uchiha, now a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, could casually create double-digit Planetary Devastations.
However, the Attraction of their Planetary Devastations was far inferior to this one.
Izayoi had initially assumed this was the Six Paths: Planetary Devastation, capable of sealing even the progenitor of Chakra, or a weakened version of it.
Upon closer inspection, he realized it was merely an enhanced version of Planetary Devastation.
Thus, Izayoi raised his hand and struck, unleashing a golden fist-shaped beam of light that blasted through the trees and earth blocking its path, shooting towards the Planetary Devastation.
If it hit, even the Planetary Devastation with its terrifying Attraction would be shattered by Izayoi's strike.
Though it was just one punch, it was a Kekkei Mōra-level technique, far surpassing Might Guy's Evening Elephant, which required the sacrifice of his life.
As if sensing danger, the black spheres, which were releasing the Attraction, immediately turned 'pale with fright,' instantly changing from black to pure white.
But in the next second, an even more terrifying Attraction surged forth from within the white spheres.
A very scientific scene unfolded.
Terrifying gravity distorted the surrounding space and shattered the white sphere releasing the gravitational force, forming a white vortex in the sky.
However, this was no vortex at all; it was clearly a white black hole.
Gravity, far stronger than before, swept through the entire other dimension. Trees and the earth that were still struggling instantly lost their ability to resist, and large swathes of trees and land floated upwards.
The roaring pillar of fist-shaped light, before it could even touch the white sphere, was shattered by the distorted space, and even the concentrated chakra was swallowed by the white hole.
Even Izayoi and the sleeping Ten-Tails began to float.
Izayoi's expression shifted slightly.
He realized that this other dimension was violently vibrating.
To be precise, this gravity was destroying the other dimension.
Having personally destroyed an other dimension and witnessed its destruction, Izayoi now understood the principles behind the birth and death of other dimensions.
These other dimensions were products of space-time power, similar to the space-time passages created by Hamura Otsutsuki.
As long as one developed their space-time abilities and Yin-Yang Release to a certain extent, Izayoi could also create other dimensions.
Whether naturally formed or artificially created, other dimensions were far less strong and stable than the real world.
This was precisely why Izayoi's "hodgepodge" secret technique could so easily destroy Kaguya Otsutsuki's initial space.
Now, Hagoromo Otsutsuki's Planetary Devastation, transforming from gravity into a black hole, had also exceeded the tolerance limit of this other dimension.
If the gravity were allowed to continue ravaging this other dimension, it would soon collapse.
Since the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack could not overcome this white hole, Izayoi used Ame-no-Minakanushi to try and transport the white hole to another other dimension.
However, the space-time power that even Six Paths Level powerhouses could not resist failed to transport the white hole away.
Therefore, Izayoi controlled a Truth-Seeking Ball, transforming it into a white light sphere, and then sent it to the vicinity of the tree that had been swallowed by the white hole, which contained a Flying Thunder God Technique Formula.
Shuoo—
A dazzling white light erupted, and the annihilating power that destroyed all things exploded at the vortex's eye.
When the white light dissipated, the white hole was gone.
However, the terrifying gravity remained, increasing rather than decreasing.
Black cracks appeared in the air where the Truth-Seeking Ball had self-destructed.
It turned out that the Truth-Seeking Ball had destroyed the white hole, transforming it into a stronger Space-Time Anomaly, which was now accelerating the destruction of this other dimension.
Izayoi had heard of Space-Time Anomalies but had never seen one before.
Within the ruins where the Gelel Stone ore veins were buried, there was a summoning array for a Space-Time Anomaly. It was a contingency measure used by that ancient empire to destroy the Gelel Stone, preventing the ore vein's explosion from destroying half the continent.
Unlike the beautiful white space-time cracks, the black Space-Time Anomaly was filled with a violent aura that devoured everything.
Once a Space-Time Anomaly appeared, it was destined that the space could not be saved.
Thus, Izayoi controlled the chakra within the branches to create a Wood Clone, and then his main body used Yomotsu Hirasaka to leave this impending vanishing other dimension with the Ten-Tails.
Izayoi did not use Ame-no-Minakanushi because he was unsure if Hagoromo Otsutsuki was waiting to ambush him in another other dimension.
Heading towards the space-time tunnel connecting countless other dimensions was the safest method.
Furthermore, two of the six other dimensions had already vanished, and Izayoi needed to find new other dimensions to establish a connection with Ame-no-Minakanushi.
"Soon, the tables will turn."
Before leaving, Izayoi glanced at the Space-Time Anomaly. A hint of golden light flashed in his Rinne Sharingan, and he thought to himself.
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