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Chapter 246 Infinite Tsukuyomi, the Divine Tree Realm is Born!

"Um, Lord Xiu, you mean the Sage of Six Paths sealed his mother? I... I didn't hear wrong, did I?"

Nara Shikaku asked.

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "Not bad."

"The 100,000 White Zetsu are actually people from the era of the Sage of Six Paths. They were subjected to a technique that caused them to become what they are now."

"And the one who cast the spell was Kaguya Otsutsuki."

"Jiraiya, the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku should know about this story."

Jiraiya, who was called out, looked completely bewildered.

Tobirama Senju asked, "Then why is this war being fought against the Four Great Ninja Villages?"

Hoshita Hideyoshi said, "Because of the Tailed Beasts...and because this war is necessary."

"I have become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, so Kaguya Otsutsuki, who needs to release the seal, must use my power."

"When I unleash Infinite Tsukuyomi, that guy will definitely be unable to resist making a move, and that will be the time for me to take care of him."

"As for the four great ninja villages, they'll just be dealt with incidentally."

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and the others realized the true purpose of this war, and they couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.

They all became pawns.

Jiraiya was also annoyed: "Shu, so all that talk about peace and stuff you said was just a lie?"

Xingxia Xiu shook her head: "Of course not."

"Unifying all ninjas and creating a new ninja order can indeed bring peace, but how long that peace will last, who knows?"

"The reason I don't care is because my enemy and responsibility do not lie in this."

"This is something that the Third Hokage, the Fourth Hokage, and Jiraiya should handle."

"My enemy is Kaguya Otsutsuki, and even more terrifying than Kaguya Otsutsuki is the Otsutsuki clan."

"To be honest, among the people here, only the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, the Fourth Hokage, and Orochimaru could be of help when dealing with the Otsutsuki."

Hiruzen Sarutobi broke out in a cold sweat: "Is the Otsutsuki clan really that powerful?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "This clan controls the Ten-Tails. They search for planets like the Ninja World in the starry sky, and then plant the Ten-Tails as a divine tree to absorb the planet's natural energy."

"The Otsutsuki clan ate the fruit of the Divine Tree and gradually became gods."

"Kaguya Otsutsuki ate a fruit from the God Tree a thousand years ago. To ordinary ninjas, her strength was no different from that of a god."

"Even now, in terms of chakra and the techniques I've mastered, I can't compare to her."

The hall fell silent.

Suddenly, Hashirama Senju's laughter broke the silence: "No need to be so pessimistic!"

"Since Kaguya Otsutsuki has been sealed away, there must be a way to defeat her."

"Everyone must believe in themselves!"

After saying that, he looked at Xingxia Xiu and asked, "Xiu, you should have a plan by now, right?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "Yes, but it's not mature yet."

"Right now, I need to deal with the guy who wants to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, and then I'll figure out how to get rid of this threat."

"As for the other members of the Otsutsuki clan, it's still a long way off."

Tobirama Senju said in a deep voice, "In that case, let's win this war first."

"Faced with a powerful enemy, the ninja world must indeed unite as one."

"The Nara clan is in charge of tactical planning, right? Since they've summoned my brother and me, tell us what they want us to do?"

Nara Shikaku said, "Please have the Second Hokage go to the Land of Lightning and use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon other Impure World Reincarnation units to launch a surprise attack on the Cloud Ninja."

Tobirama Senju nodded.

Minato Namikaze added, "Second Hokage, this is the second wave of attack."

"We could try to get the Raikage to surrender."

"If the Raikage chooses to continue fighting, then after inflicting casualties on the enemy, retreat on time and allow the armies of the four great ninja villages to assemble."

Tobirama Senju said, "Wouldn't it be more appropriate to separate their powers?"

Hoshino Hideyoshi said, "Because we need their strength to deal with that guy."

"I will personally take action to deal with the Four Shadows."

Tobirama Senju nodded, then said to Hashirama Senju, "Brother, I'll be going now."

After saying this, the person disappeared.

Hashirama Senju looked at everyone and asked, "And what about me?"

Orochimaru laughed and said, "The First Hokage is currently heading to the Land of Water, but he doesn't know the Impure World Reincarnation technique. I'm afraid I'll need to control my body to perform this technique."

He already sensed that if Hashirama Senju wanted to, he would have no way of forcibly controlling his body.

Hashirama Senju laughed and said, "No problem."

After Hashirama Senju left, only the Land of Wind remained as a battlefield. Orochimaru said, "I will go to the Land of Wind myself."

……

The second wave of attacks has begun.

Onoki was facing an elite force of reanimated soldiers led by the Second Tsuchikage.

The Fourth Raikage faced the Third Raikage, Kinkaku, Ginkaku, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and others summoned by Tobirama Senju.

Although Kinkaku and Ginkaku lost their Six Paths Treasures, they were still able to transform into tailed beasts and possessed extremely strong combat power.

Not to mention the Third Raikage.

The Fourth Raikage personally intervened to stop the Third Raikage, but no one could restrain Tobirama Senju, the fastest ninja in the ninja world.

Meanwhile, in Kirigakure Village.

The Third and Fourth Mizukage appeared together, along with members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, including Suigetsu Hozuki.

Although the number of them was small, each one of them was an elite, not to mention Hashirama Senju.

The birth of a tree realm drew the Mist Hidden Army into the sea of ​​trees.

Although Mei Terumi has two bloodline limits, she still finds it difficult to escape from the siege of two generations of Mizukage.

If it weren't for the Hidden Mist Technique, and if Hashirama Senju hadn't left his hands unattended, the Hidden Mist army would have been completely routed.

Of course, apart from the Hidden Mist battlefield, the elite Edo Tensei troops on other battlefields, while inflicting heavy casualties and a blow to morale on the Cloud, Rock, and Sand ninjas, were still not enough to turn the tide of the battle.

Without a doubt, whether it was the Fourth Raikage, the Third Tsuchikage, or the Kazekage Rasa, they all refused to surrender.

……

Konoha Headquarters.

A White Zetsu emerged from underground and said, "Lord Hideaki, the Mizukage has been persuaded by Lord Hashirama and has chosen to surrender!"

Xingxia Xiu wasn't surprised at all: "I understand."

He was, after all, the God of Ninjas.

Hashirama Senju, resurrected through Edo Tensei, could single-handedly destroy Kirigakure.

"Let's move on to the third step!"

Minato Namikaze ordered: "Notify Orochimaru to have the Edo Tensei forces retreat, and have the White Zetsu continue to harass the enemy."

With the order given, the second day of fighting began to draw to a close, and night fell.

But this night was agonizing for the league.

The surrender of Kirigakure left Onoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Rasa, who had gathered together, looking quite displeased.

In particular, Black Zetsu brought them definitive information: Hashirama Senju has also been resurrected!

"Tomorrow we will not only face Hoshino Shu and that Uchiha, but also Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, the Third Hokage, and the Fourth Hokage."

Luo Sha said in a deep voice.

The Fourth Raikage said, "We still have the advantage in troop strength."

"Those resurrected guys are troublesome, but sealing techniques can deal with them."

"Moreover, their combat strength is far less than when they were alive. We can deploy elite squads, along with the sealing team, to deal with them."

Onoki said, "The Third Hokage and the Fourth Hokage, I'm afraid they won't fight us."

"In fact, we still have to get past the Star Show first."

The Fourth Raikage shouted, "That's even better. As long as we have time to deal with Hoshino Shu, we can still win this war, only with greater losses."

Luo Sha was uncertain, but there was no turning back now: "We must prepare for the worst."

"Since we still have the advantage in troop strength, let's use that advantage to entangle those reanimated beings."

"Let's join forces and take care of the Star Show first."

Onoki said, "There is another way: find the caster and eliminate them, but that would probably be very difficult."

"According to intelligence, Orochimaru is the caster, but the Second Hokage also knows this technique, and may even be the creator of it."

The Fourth Raikage decisively said, "If possible tomorrow, deal with Orochimaru first."

"If there's no other opportunity, then let's join forces to deal with Xingxia Xiu first."

"Once we deal with Hoshino, one of the three of us can go and deal with Orochimaru."

……

The following morning, the Konoha army began to move out.

There were a full ten thousand ninjas, including those from Amegakure.

The army joined forces with the Mist Ninja and then headed north, where they stood opposite the Allied Forces in the Land of Rice Fields.

Meanwhile, the hidden White Zetsu reappeared to the left, right, and rear of the Allied forces, although there were now less than 10,000 White Zetsu left.

At this time, Konoha's army numbered less than 30,000.

The opposing force consisted of a combined army of Iwa ninja, Kumo ninja, and Suna ninja, totaling just over 30,000 men.

Despite their seemingly similar numbers, the White Zetsu army was actually just cannon fodder.

Therefore, the Allied forces still have the advantage in troop strength.

The two sides faced off, and Xingxia Xiu leaped out.

Onoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Rasa also participated.

rear.

Minato Namikaze ordered, "All battalions, move out!"

Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Sakumo Hatake immediately led their armies, like three great rivers, rushing towards the Allied forces.

At the same time, ten thousand White Zetsu also launched an attack.

The Allied Forces, including Huang Tu, Ebizo, and Kirabi, also led their men to meet the enemy.

A major battle involving tens of thousands of people was about to break out.

However, this war of such scale tacitly avoided the four members of Xingxia Xiu in the middle.

Besides them, there were also Minato Namikaze, Hashirama Senju, and Orochimaru, with Orochimaru in charge of the Edo Tensei troops, who did not need to charge.

After glancing at the battlefield, Hoshino Hide looked at Onoki and the other two and said, "Things don't happen more than three times. This is the last time."

"You still have a chance to surrender."

It's sizzling!

Lightning crackled around the Fourth Raikage as he entered his strongest Lightning Release chakra mode.

Onoki leaped up and landed on the Fourth Raikage's back.

Luo Sha, who controls gold dust, has already laid an ambush underground.

"pity……"

Hoshino sighed softly, and the Rinnegan had already opened in his palms.

The next moment, accompanied by a muffled thud, Onoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Rasa were all sent flying.

Before the three injured men could get up from the ground, Limbo Shadow, in Susanoo form, had already stepped on them one by one.

"You are too weak."

Xingxia Xiu shook his head: "I'm not really interested in playing with you guys."

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With a slight raise of his hand, gold dust rose from the ground and then coalesced into three longswords.

The longsword whistled through the air and pierced the hearts of Onoki and his two companions without any resistance.

This scene left Minato Namikaze and the others completely stunned.

That's way too fast!

It's no different from killing a chicken.

After regaining his senses, Hashirama Senju smiled and exclaimed, "You've completely surpassed your predecessors! That's wonderful!"

He was genuinely happy for the strength of Xingxia Show.

Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru suddenly realized the true value of what Hoshino Shu had said earlier: only a handful of people could help them against the Otsutsuki.

On the other side, after killing the three Kage, Hoshino-shita Shu took over Limbo: Border Jail and then summoned the Divine Tree from his Kamui dimension.

Since the Divine Tree's flower buds had not yet bloomed, the Nine-Tomoe Sharingan was naturally unusable.

Now, Xingxia Xiu has two options: use the Divine Tree to absorb the chakra of many ninjas and make the flower bud bloom.

Secondly, he absorbed the divine tree into his body, allowing him to awaken the Nine-Tomoe Sharingan between his eyebrows.

The Star Show chose the latter.

Because the first option would cause him to lose control of the situation.

When the Infinite Tsukuyomi is used, Kaguya Otsutsuki will be resurrected using the Divine Tree as her body.

However, Hoshino Shu currently has no plans to unseal Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Of course, the second option also has risks.

He raised his hand and pressed it against the divine tree, and the entire enormous tree immediately contracted, rushing into Xingxiaxiu's body.

"That's the sacred tree! It's amazing!"

Minato Namikaze was amazed.

Orochimaru exclaimed in amazement, "What an astonishing creation!"

At this moment, Xingxia Xiu had already fully recovered the divine tree, and he raised his hand to break off the horn on his forehead.

A mark appeared on his forehead, and the red nine-tomoe Sharingan opened.

"Such powerful eye power!"

Xingxia Xiu looked solemn.

This eye power is far, far stronger than Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan.

Looking up at the sky, even though it was daytime, Xingxiaxiu was still able to accurately pinpoint the moon's location without affecting his ability to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.

At that very moment, Black Zetsu appeared on the battlefield, attaching himself to a corpse and looking at Hoshino Shu as she ascended into the sky, extremely excited: "It's finally begun!"

"If he can use Infinite Tsukuyomi, Mom can be resurrected."

Minato Namikaze, Hashirama Senju, and Orochimaru all looked towards the rising star, Hoshino.

"It's about to begin!"

"What kind of technique is Infinite Tsukuyomi?"

Curiosity, anticipation, and trepidation.

When Hoshino Shu rose to a sufficient height, he stopped, and then the nine-tomoe Sharingan on his forehead aligned with the position of the moon.

It was already past four in the afternoon, and the moon was no longer visible to the naked eye.

However, when the crimson Sharingan of the Nine-Tomoe was reflected on the moon, Minato Namikaze and the others immediately saw the moon in the west.

At that very moment, Hoshino Shu activated Infinite Tsukuyomi.

In an instant.

The moon burst forth with intense light, more radiant than the sun, illuminating the earth.

Aside from the reanimated imp, everyone and everything touched by the light, including animals, was instantly immobilized, their eyes transforming into the Rinnegan form.

This startled Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and the others who had been resurrected using Edo Tensei.

"This technique was definitely a trap!"

Tobirama Senju immediately leaped towards Hoshino Hide, and Hashirama Senju did the same on the other side.

As Hoshino landed, she looked at Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju who had arrived and said, "I'm going to use another technique now. If there are any signs of it getting out of control, you can intervene at any time."

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju nodded in unison, then retreated a short distance.

Then Xingxia Xiu cast his spell again.

The Divine Tree Realm was born!

In an instant, huge vines rose from the ground.

However, he did not extend this technique to the entire ninja world, but only to the entire battlefield.

Then, vines, like strips of cloth, hung down, wrapping the ninjas up like dumplings and hanging them up.

Seeing this, Tobirama Senju suddenly understood: "So that's how those White Zetsu came to be."

Hashirama Senju frowned: "What is your purpose?"

"Could it be... chakra?"

Tobirama Senju was taken aback: "Chakra?"

"Absorb chakra?"

Before Hashirama Senju could speak again, the ground suddenly cracked open, and then powerful streams of chakra shot into the sky, converging towards Hoshino Shizuka.

At that moment, Black Zetsu emerged from the ground behind Hoshino Shizuka and extended its sinister hand towards him.

"They're here!"

"He's going to stage a surprise attack!"

Both Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju saw it.

But just as they were about to speak to remind Hoshino, Black Zetsu, who had reached out his hand, suddenly stopped and his expression changed drastically.

The chakra that had been gathering towards Hoshino Shizuka disappeared. Hoshino Shizuka slowly turned around, looking at Black Zetsu with a smile: "You should be complete this time, right?"

Black Zetsu stared at Hoshino Shu in disbelief: "You...you knew I would make my move at this time?"

He wasn't surprised that the show was wary of him.

Faced with Black Zetsu's question, Hoshino Shu did not explain. One Truth-Seeking Ball after another appeared behind him, one of which turned into a black rod.

Hoshino reached out and grabbed the black rod, then swung it, piercing through Black Zetsu's body and pinning him to the ground.

At that moment, Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju also arrived.

The two stared at Black Zetsu: "Is this the guy?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "He is Black Zetsu, who claims to be the will of the Sage of Six Paths."

"But this is obviously fake."

"Black Zetsu, now you can tell me your identity, right?"

Black Zetsu roared, "Starry Night Show, don't you want to live forever?"

"Don't you want to gain the power of others?"

Xingxia Xiu shook her head: "You're still trying to seduce me at a time like this."

"I already know even if you don't say it."

"You are not the will of the Sage of Six Paths, but Kaguya Otsutsuki's."

Black Zetsu exclaimed in surprise, "You know her!"

Hoshino Hide smiled and said, "Of course, being sealed on the moon, Infinite Tsukuyomi can unseal her, am I right?"

"But I'm curious, how will she unseal herself and get my body?"

Black Zetsu asked incredulously, "You...how did you know?"

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Hoshino, still grinning, continued to tease Black Zetsu: "Black Zetsu, you have indeed erased all traces in the ninja world, but don't forget, there are still descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki on the moon!"

Black Zetsu's eyes widened: "You've been to the moon?"

Xingxia Xiu remained noncommittal, saying, "I could probably guess even if you didn't say it."

"You are the consciousness of Kaguya Otsutsuki, and there should also be a part of Kaguya Otsutsuki's consciousness within the Ten-Tails."

"If you had successfully ambushed me just now, you could have used the Ten-Tails within me to make me unable to resist."

"And Kaguya Otsutsuki's consciousness on the moon was projected into the bodies of those who were under the influence of the Infinite Tsukuyomi genjutsu, and then entered my body through their chakra, thus completing the unsealing and resurrection, right?"

Black Zetsu was so shocked he couldn't speak.

Because Xingxiaxiu's prediction was completely correct.

But how does this guy know all this?

Even the descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki on the moon could never know.

Can humans really be this smart?

Seeing Black Zetsu's appearance, Hoshino Shizuku chuckled to himself.

I'm cheating!

At this moment, Tobirama Senju said, "Shu, how do we deal with this guy?"

Hoshino Hide pondered, "This guy is the consciousness of Kaguya Otsutsuki. Even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't eliminate him, and I can't erase him either. I'm afraid I can only seal him away for now."

Tobirama Senju frowned: "In that case, there will still be problems later."

Xingxia Xiu said helplessly, "This is the only way for now. I will seal him in the alternate dimension under my control."

After much deliberation, Tobirama Senju couldn't come up with a better solution and could only nod, saying, "That's the only way. Let's seal him away as soon as possible and then dispel the genjutsu!"

Xingxia Xiu nodded, raised his right hand, and faced Hei Zetsu.

Earth-shattering Heavenly Star!

The next moment, stones flew towards Hei Jue, enveloping him and quickly forming a stone sphere that slowly rose into the air.

An ordinary Planetary Devastation technique would be difficult to seal Black Zetsu, but the black rod formed from the Truth-Seeking Ball of Starfall Show could pin Black Zetsu down, rendering him unable to move, and thus it could be sealed.

Then, Hoshino used Kamui to store the sealing sphere into the Kamui space.

(End of this chapter)