"You should go somewhere else for now. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll need you before long."
Izayoi looked at the Ten-Tails, its face contorted and possessing eyes identical to his own forehead, and chuckled.
Immediately, Izayoi used Ame-no-Minakanushi to transfer the Ten-Tails to another dimension.
He himself didn't immediately return to the real world to undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but instead dealt with the Perks.
For Perks below the 'Prismatic' rarity, Izayoi chose to decompose them all, causing his Points to surge to over 1.7 million. His luck wasn't particularly good or bad.
For the 'Prismatic' Perks, Izayoi decomposed the [Kekkei Genkai: Rinnegan (Prismatic)] and [God of Taijutsu (Prismatic)], causing his Points to instantly skyrocket to 5.23 million. His luck was again neither particularly good nor bad.
As for the other 'Prismatic' Perks, Izayoi fused them all.
In an instant, Izayoi's 'Prismatic' Perks also reached double digits.
His double-digit Perks were: Transcendence Potential (Prismatic), Otsutsuki Bloodline (Prismatic), Kekkei Mōra: Rinne-Tenseigan (Prismatic), Kekkei Mōra: Rinne Sharingan (Prismatic), Karma (Prismatic), Sky Control (Prismatic), Chakra Control (Prismatic), God of Taijutsu (Prismatic), Kekkei Mōra: All-Killing Ash Bones (Prismatic), and Self-Healing (Prismatic).
Currently, apart from his Chakra being inferior to Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Madara Uchiha who had his body taken over by her, Izayoi's stats were no less than that of the progenitor of Chakra.
In fact, Izayoi's stats were even more impressive than Kaguya Otsutsuki's.
After all, Izayoi's potential was such that he could transcend this world.
Besides the Rinne Sharingan, Izayoi also possessed the Kekkei Mōra: Rinne-Tenseigan, giving him far more offensive options than Kaguya Otsutsuki.
As long as he became a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, or consumed a Chakra Fruit, or ingested a pill refined from a Chakra Fruit, Izayoi's Chakra and lifespan would increase exponentially.
At that point, he would surpass Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of Chakra, in all aspects.
Feeling the information that surged into his mind after fusing the Perks, and the abilities he could clearly sense, Izayoi couldn't help but clench his fist and murmur with a smile, "I am now truly invincible."
As soon as he finished speaking, Izayoi was immediately proven wrong.
Swish—
A dazzling white light suddenly shot up into the sky.
There was no Chakra surge at all, it was like a spatial rift, catching Izayoi completely off guard.
However, Izayoi instinctively dodged to the side, but was still a step too late.
The white light flashed past, and Izayoi's right arm was severed from his body.
The intense pain didn't make Izayoi frown, but his eyes trembled slightly.
He stared intently at Madara Uchiha below, who had previously been bare-chested but was now back in a white robe, holding the Ame-no-Numahoko. His Rinne Tenseigan and Rinne Sharingan instantly saw through his essence, and he couldn't help but mockingly sneer, "The mark of Yang power, as expected, is your white Karma. I never thought you, a pure-blooded descendant born on Earth, would also master the Otsutsuki clan's innate abilities."
"Using your own descendant as a Reincarnation Vessel, is this your contingency plan? Hagoromo Otsutsuki, no... Sage of Six Paths."
That's right, the Madara Uchiha before him was no longer the Shinobi World Asura, but Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who had once again been possessed.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki did not answer Izayoi, but floated up, his purple Rinnegan examining Izayoi, and slowly said, "You merely defeated Mother and obtained her power. It seems your Otsutsuki bloodline was also obtained through this kind of thieving ability... Outsider from an unknown world!"
Hearing this, Izayoi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said faintly, "What are you talking about? I don't quite understand."
In fact, a tempest raged within Izayoi's heart.
This guy, he... he actually saw through his identity?
Hagoromo Otsutsuki, clearly unaware of Izayoi's current state of mind, continued slowly, "I noticed you the moment you activated Sage of Six Paths Mode. At first, I thought you were the person Mother had always feared, who had been using the power of Karma to survive for a thousand years, with the goal of reclaiming the God Tree's power."
"But gradually, I overturned this assumption."
"You are not from the Otsutsuki clan, but an existence even more terrifying than the Otsutsuki clan."
"No matter who it is, if defeated by you, after a period of time, you might gain their power."
"Such a thieving ability is even more terrifying than Kekkei Mōra, and even... your current body, strictly speaking, is not yours."
Hagoromo Otsutsuki said coldly, "Everyone is born with their soul and physical body at the same age and strength. Only one's own soul can perfectly control their own body. If another soul possesses a physical body, the body will instinctively reject it. Even if the other party controls the body through immense power, within a few years, the body will naturally collapse."
"Even the power of Karma modifies the body's data to be identical to one's own soul, even changing the body's appearance."
"Only you... are completely different from the previous two."
"Your soul and this body have a 100% compatibility, as if you were born in this world."
"If it weren't for my eyes, which can see that your soul's strength and age are completely different from this body, I wouldn't have found any flaws."
"This method, which is neither soul possession nor Karma reincarnation, is simply reliving a life with memories and spiritual energy..." Hagoromo Otsutsuki said solemnly, "I initially thought you were a soul reincarnated from the Pure Land, but this incredible thieving method, which can even obtain the God Tree's power with ease, is completely outside this world's power system."
"Although it's incredible, there's no other explanation for your uniqueness apart from this unbelievable answer."
After speaking, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, without waiting for Izayoi to respond, continued, "Your next objective is to unseal Mother, feed her to the Ten-Tails, then absorb this planet's energy, and bear a second Chakra Fruit."
Although it was a question, Hagoromo Otsutsuki's tone was filled with certainty.
Izayoi fell silent for a moment.
The tempest in his heart had subsided at some unknown point.
His handsome face then curved into a playful arc, and he chuckled lightly, "So that's why you chose to help Madara Uchiha and target me from the shadows?"
With his doubts cleared, Izayoi no longer held back, showing admiration. "As expected of this planet's 'World Will.' You've survived this long with just your soul, without consuming a Chakra Fruit or pills, and by merely having a stronger soul than your body, you've uncovered one of my biggest secrets. It seems you are the true BOSS."
"As expected, an outsider?" Hagoromo Otsutsuki's expression immediately sank.
"Strictly speaking, we are all outsiders," Izayoi spread his hands and said with a smile. "The Ten-Tails is an alien species, your mother was also a betrayer and a thief from a higher plane, and you and Hamura Otsutsuki, created from the God Tree's Chakra, also have no connection to this world."
"Compared to you, I've lived another life and am at least half a native here."
"If you've become a native of this world, why do you still want to harm it?" Hagoromo Otsutsuki questioned in a deep voice. "Do you know that the God Tree absorbs the life energy of this planet? Once the planet's life energy decreases, natural disasters will be constant, and many places will lose their lives!"
"If this planet is so fragile, would you and I even exist?" Izayoi asked with a smile. "The God Tree bears fruit once every thousand years, and a thousand years have passed since the myths of the Rabbit Goddess and the Sage of Six Paths. It's been at least two thousand years since the Ten-Tails last turned into the God Tree. This planet has long since recovered enough to bear a second Chakra Fruit without harming its origin."
"Besides, as long as I'm around, mere natural disasters are hardly worth mentioning."
"Compared to what I'm about to do, aren't your spontaneous ninja experiments more harmful to this world?"
Izayoi scoffed, "Are you perhaps afraid that my strength will increase to the point where I can interfere with the Pure Land, and you'll completely lose control of this world?"
Hagoromo Otsutsuki remained silent, instead gently waving Amenonuhoko in his hand.
White light appeared, not attacking Izayoi, but instead drawing a white spatial rift in front of him.
The rift opened, forming a white transfer gate similar to Yomotsu Hirasaka.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki flew into it.
Izayoi was slightly stunned, his gaze filled with confusion, then he instinctively used Ame-no-Tokotachi to observe Hagoromo Otsutsuki's future.
The next second, Izayoi's expression changed slightly, and without hesitation, he used Ame-no-Minakanushi, appearing in the super-gravity space used to suppress the Ten-Tails.
At the same time, a white transfer gate also materialized in the super-gravity space.
Immediately, several black spheres flew out from within. They then transformed from black to white, like Chakra Rosary, spinning at high speed to form a white light wheel, which ultimately became a pure white tornado, roaring towards the Ten-Tails.
This technique was very similar to Izayoi's Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
However, its power was on a completely different level.
The space around the pure white tornado began to distort, and where the tornado passed, tearing white marks were left behind.
This was precisely the same… space-time turbulence that had instantly killed Izayoi's Wood Clone.
Seeing this, Izayoi's pupils constricted slightly.
It was completely on another level!
Whether it was Izayoi or Madara Uchiha, their mastery of Amenonuhoko was merely the most basic act of unleashing white slashes, transforming belief into attack.
Izayoi was slightly better; after discovering that Amenonuhoko's ability was similar to the Tenseigan's Chakra Rosary, he had also developed the power of creation.
When combined with the Chakra Rosary, the two powers of creation produced an incredible effect, destroying an Other Dimension.
However, Izayoi was unable to unleash destructive power with just the Chakra Rosary and Amenonuhoko.
But now, Hagoromo Otsutsuki was personally demonstrating to Izayoi why Amenonuhoko was called the divine sword for creating and destroying worlds.
With a casual swing, it could tear space, using space-time power to create a space-time transfer gate.
Then, this power was transformed into an attack formed by space-time power.
Kamui's space-time attack was insignificant compared to Hagoromo Otsutsuki's technique.
Facing this level of space-time attack for the first time, Izayoi did not rashly engage it, because he knew Hagoromo Otsutsuki's target was the Ten-Tails, which could transform back into the God Tree and absorb planetary energy by consuming a pure-blooded Otsutsuki.
Although the Ten-Tails was immortal, if it were banished to the space-time rift, even Izayoi wouldn't be able to find it.
After all, the Ten-Tails was not the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path; it could not be summoned by the Rinnegan.
Izayoi's choice to have the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path revert to the Ten-Tails was to prevent it from being soul-summoned away by Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
It should be known that in the original story, Hagoromo Otsutsuki could even summon the souls of the dead from the Pure Land back to the real world, and he could also summon the Nine-Tails and the Seventh Squad back.
This old schemer, though his Perks were not as luxurious as Kaguya Otsutsuki's, and his Prismatic Perks were not as good as Madara Uchiha's after becoming a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, his strength was far greater than both of them.
This guy had already played with Yin-Yang Release in all sorts of ways. His creation and destruction powers were even stronger than many Kekkei Mōra.
Therefore, Izayoi chose to use Ame-no-Minakanushi to transfer himself and the Ten-Tails to another space.
Immediately after, Izayoi flew above the Ten-Tails, and like Isshiki Otsutsuki in Boruto, he raised his hand to absorb the Ten-Tails' Chakra.
He did not choose to become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki because Izayoi did not know if there were any of Kaguya Otsutsuki's or Hagoromo Otsutsuki's countermeasures still inside the Ten-Tails.
Furthermore, after Kaguya Otsutsuki consumed the Chakra Fruit, she did not become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki when fighting Hagoromo Otsutsuki and his brother.
Isshiki Otsutsuki in Boruto was also the same.
Before thoroughly researching this thing, Izayoi did not want to touch anything that Kaguya Otsutsuki and Isshiki Otsutsuki avoided.
The only safe place for the Ten-Tails now was the Chakra Fruit produced by the God Tree it had transformed into, and its Chakra.
Both of these could be directly eaten and absorbed.
Izayoi chose the latter.
Soon, Izayoi had completely drained the Ten-Tails' Chakra.
The Ten-Tails, which had been vibrant and radiating a ferocious aura moments ago, collapsed powerlessly onto the ground.
Izayoi used the Wood Clone technique, having the Wood Clone take the Ten-Tails to another Other Dimension.
His main body, however, remained in place, waiting for Hagoromo Otsutsuki's arrival.
Izayoi was not worried that Hagoromo Otsutsuki wouldn't come, because his eyes had already seen the future of this scene.
Before long, the familiar white transfer gate appeared in Izayoi's sight once more.
Looking at Hagoromo Otsutsuki emerging from within, Izayoi once again used Ame-no-Tokotachi.
A golden clock materialized.
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