Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

In the middle right of the Death Forest, the three members of Class 7 were nimbly leaping between thick tree trunks...

Suddenly, the space above a tree trunk ahead distorted, and a figure spewed out from the spatial vortex. The three members of Class 7 immediately stopped and took out their kunai to assume a defensive posture.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked warily.

"This guy's aura..."

"Naruto, I advise you to run away immediately. Every one of you who can escape is a good one."

The Nine-Tails inside Naruto, who had been watching the show with great interest, was slightly taken aback. Then, remembering what had happened before, it reminded him out of its disgust at being controlled.

However, Nine-Tails' tone was unhurried and showed no sign of anxiety; she was still looking forward to watching the show.

If the Nine-Tails knew Obito's purpose, it probably wouldn't be so carefree.

"That blonde hair really does look like it..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Obito, not wanting things to get complicated, made his move and rushed towards Naruto at lightning speed.

Sakura and Sasuke immediately threw out kunai, one aimed straight for her heart and the other for her forehead.

Naruto wasn't idle either; he threw the kunai in his hand straight at Obito's abdomen.

Although there were only three kunai, their tricky angles made it impossible for Obito to twist them open.

Of course, Obito didn't try to change anything. He directly used his intangibility ability, and three kunai pierced through him. Obito had already rushed in front of Naruto, grabbing Naruto's throat with one hand.

Naruto, as the reincarnation of Ashura, is no pushover. With Kushina's meticulous guidance, his strength is incomparable to that of the same period in the original story.

Naruto raised his left hand and pressed it against Obito's left chest. In his left palm was a rapidly spinning ball of chakra emitting a blue light.

If Obito insists on choking Naruto, he will inevitably be hit in the chest by a Rasengan.

In a life-or-death struggle, given Obito's current physique and strength, taking a Rasengan wouldn't be a big deal.

During the Nine-Tails' Night, Obito's arm was broken by Minato Namikaze's Rasengan, and his body suffered severe injuries. By the Fourth Shinobi World War, being hit by a Rasengan was considered a minor injury, one that could be quickly healed.

But Obito has no intention of killing Naruto now. He wants to capture him alive and extract the tailed beast. Why would he take the Rasengan head-on?

There's enough time to dodge this move and then make your move.

Therefore, Obito used his intangibility ability again, and Naruto's Rasengan missed, with their bodies passing right through each other...

This bizarre ability startled both Naruto and Sakura slightly...

"Naruto, get out of the way!"

Sasuke shouted, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, leaving afterimages in his wake.

Obito could see clearly that it was the hand seal for the Great Fireball Technique, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

He doesn't need to become intangible to defend against this powerful ninjutsu; simply activating the Wood Release power within his body is enough to easily guard against it.

However, Sasuke, who was using the Gensou technique, didn't actually know how to use the Great Fireball Technique. It was just a smokescreen, deliberately designed to make Obito lower his guard.

Uchiha Gen no longer needs hand seals; he can simply clap his hands and use whatever technique he wants!

Immortal magic roars through the nine heavens!

hold head high!

A deafening dragon roar suddenly rang out, drawing the attention of all the ninjas in the Death Forest. Pale golden sound waves emanated from Uchiha Gen's mouth, spreading in all directions before disappearing into the depths of the forest...

Wherever the sound waves passed, animals and ninjas were all frozen in place and unable to move, including Naruto and Sakura. Obito, the main recipient of the genjutsu, was also frozen solid!

In the illusion space, Obito found himself on a vast blue sea, where a lifelike, noble, and majestic five-clawed golden dragon wrapped around his body from top to bottom.

Sound-based genjutsu is a weakness of Obito's Kamui ability, even if it's not a weakness. If Obito is caught in a genjutsu, he won't have time to use Kamui.

Of course, given Obito's mastery of genjutsu and his powerful eye, ordinary ninjas' sound-based genjutsu had little effect on him and was easily reflected back.

The instant he subdued Obito, to prevent any accidents, Uchiha Gen flashed in front of Obito and extended his right hand at lightning speed...

Blue and white electric light wrapped around his right index and middle fingers, instantly piercing through the orange spiral mask. Then the electric light dissipated, and with a flick of his fingers, two bloody eyeballs were pulled out.

With a flick of his left hand, Uchiha Gen popped the stopper off automatically. With his right hand, he inserted two eyeballs into the bottle, which contained half a bottle of green solution to maintain cell activity.

One bottle contains the Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan, and the other bottle contains a three-tomoe Sharingan used to activate Izanagi.

Then Uchiha Gen grabbed the bottle stopper and put it back on. With a flick of his left hand, the two bottles disappeared. The whole set of movements was so smooth and fluid, as if he had rehearsed it a thousand times.

"what……"

The excruciating pain of having his eyes gouged out caused Obito to scream, his consciousness snapping out of the genjutsu. He bent over, clutching his eyes, crimson blood flowing down his fingers...

"You're not Uchiha Sasuke, so who are you?"

Obito released his hands, straightened up, and stared ahead with blood streaming from his eyes.

Don't you have an answer in your heart?

With a bang, a cloud of white smoke rose up, and Uchiha Gen transformed back into his original form.

Hearing that familiar voice, Obito gritted his teeth and said, "It really is you, Uchiha Gen!"

Uchiha Gen laughed loudly, "Haha, it's me! Today I've finally got my chance."

Obito gritted his teeth and said, "You actually turned into Sasuke ahead of time and tricked me! There's a traitor within Akatsuki!"

Uchiha Gen laughed and said, "Haha, guess whatever you want."

"Now let me see your true colors."

"Don't even think about it!"

Before he finished speaking, Obito swung out three kunai with his right hand, and with a flick of his left arm, his arm quickly extended, transforming into a bluish-black vine that rushed towards the immobilized Naruto.

The only way to survive now is to capture Naruto, so that Uchiha Gen will be hesitant to act, and only then will there be a glimmer of hope!

"Your little tricks can't escape my eyes..."

Before the words were even finished, a white streak of light shot out from Uchiha Gen's body, arriving behind Naruto before he could react. The white sword light flashed, shredding the endless vines into pieces.

Alongside the white streak of light, a golden light also shot out. This golden light was formed from half of Uchiha Gen's primordial spirit and directly entered Obito's body.

The vines retracted and transformed into arms, causing Obito's body to tremble violently as the two struggled for control of their bodies...

Obito's will is very strong; it can resist the will of the Ten-Tails.

However, although the Ten-Tails' will is remarkable, it is ultimately a beast without much intelligence, and in terms of the quality of its soul, it is about the same as Gen Uchiha.

Uchiha Gen's primordial spirit has now begun to possess the nature of pure Yang, and in terms of quality, it is no less than that of the Otsutsuki brothers, Hagoromo and Hamura.

Furthermore, due to the influence of the "Primordial Scripture" and the Soul-Soul Fruit, the Otsutsuki brothers are mostly no match for each other in pure soul battles.

No matter how strong your will is, it cannot erase the enormous gap in the quality of your soul!

Obito tried his best to hold on for a while, but he couldn't resist Uchiha Gen's erosion and lost control of his body.

However, Gen Uchiha did not destroy Obito's soul, not out of mercy or anything, but because Obito's soul was still useful.

Obito had a cursed seal set by Madara Uchiha in his heart, and Black Zetsu likely also mastered the method of controlling it.

After all, with Madara Uchiha dead, if Black Zetsu couldn't control Obito, then the effect of the Cursed Seal would be almost nonexistent.

If Obito dies, Black Zetsu might notice...

Furthermore, if Obito's soul hadn't been used to contact Black Zetsu, Black Zetsu might have been able to detect something amiss.

Uchiha Gen was unwilling to take that risk. Obito was difficult to deal with, and Black Zetsu was no less so, perhaps even more troublesome.

He was an incredibly patient and exceptionally intelligent cunning old fox!

This might be the only chance we can find to let Black Zetsu escape. If we do, it will truly be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains, causing endless trouble!

Uchiha Gen flashed to Obito's side, grabbed Obito's shoulder, activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, and disappeared.

A moment later, the figures of Uchiha Gen and Sasuke appeared.

With a snap of his fingers, all the beings trapped in the genjutsu regained their freedom, and Uchiha Gen vanished once more...

(End of this chapter)