Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Yu Ming shook his head. "Maybe it's not just me, maybe Naruto can too, as long as he fully masters your power."

Just as Yu Ming finished speaking, Nine-Tails said, "You're overthinking it. Even if you fully master my power, you'll only be above Kage level at most. You can't possibly reach the Six Paths level. To reach the Six Paths level, you need to be extremely proficient in all seven chakra natures."

"Among the Six Paths Mode, the most basic ones all require mastering the Bloodline Limit, which is the power of the Truth-Seeking Ball."

Yu Ming looked at the Nine-Tailed Fox and said, "Actually, this is quite basic, I can do it too."

Nine-Tailed Fox paused for a moment, looking at Yu Ming with disbelief in her eyes.

With a wave of his hand, Yu Ming summoned nine small black spheres that appeared behind him.

At the same time, a tin staff appeared in his hand.

Then they dispersed.

Yu Ming's casual move completely stunned the Nine-Tails. "You, you, how did you do that? This is already the power of the Six Paths. This is the power that the Sage of Six Paths only possessed after becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki. This is the power of Yin and Yang. You actually mastered it..."

Yu Ming laughed and said, "That's not surprising, but you should be able to see that my mastery of Yin and Yang power is not very good yet, so I still can't reach the true Six Paths mode."

However, Nine-Tails was completely stunned, because Yu Ming had fully mastered the Six Paths Mode, which meant that he only needed to spend some time to perfect it.

It's only a matter of time before he masters the Six Paths Pattern.

Even without the Rinnegan, one can enter the Six Paths Mode. For example, Naruto can enter the Six Paths Mode without the Rinnegan.

However, Yu Ming displayed the Seeking the Way Jade and the Six Paths Mode.

The Truth-Seeking Ball can be used to enter the Six Paths Mode if one has completely transformed the nature of the seven chakra attributes of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, and possesses a portion of the chakra of the nine tailed beasts. Moreover, as long as the above conditions are met, one can enter unconsciously, which means that even if you do not know what the Six Paths Mode is, you will automatically enter this mode.

However, no one in the ninja world, from the time of the Sage of Six Paths until now, has been able to do such a thing; not even Ashura could do it.

He possessed the Seeking Truth Jewel because it was given to him by the Sage of Six Paths.

It was used to shield him from Indra's attacks.

Therefore, Yu Ming is the only one who entered the Six Paths Mode entirely through his own power.

However, Yu Ming was clearly not satisfied with merely entering the Six Paths Mode.

Entering Six Paths Mode is easy for him, but if he were to reach the level of the Sage of Six Paths and Kaguya Otsutsuki, his mastery of Yin Release would still be insufficient.

He had already cultivated Yang Dun to near its limit.

If Yu Ming cultivates Yin-Yang Release to its limit, he will inevitably surpass the Sage of Six Paths if he enters Six Paths Mode, and may even surpass Kaguya Otsutsuki.

However, today was the first time Yu Ming had revealed his Six Paths Mode to outsiders; he had never even shown it to Tsunade.

No wonder the Nine-Tails was terrified.

Yu Ming, someone who had no connection with the Sage of Six Paths, could easily enter Six Paths Mode, something it had never imagined.

After a long while, Nine-Tails looked at Yu Ming with a solemn expression and said, "Yu Ming, it seems I underestimated you before. Perhaps you can stop Ten-Tails, but I still hope that Ten-Tails will not appear."

"Moreover, you said you haven't mastered Yin Release, but for you, it should only be a matter of time. However, I didn't expect that you could master Truth-Seeking Balls without the power of the nine tailed beasts. But considering that you originally had nearly the chakra of the Ten-Tails in your body, I think you are equivalent to a Ten-Tails yourself."

"It's not surprising that they possess the Seeking the Dao Jade."

"However, I never expected that besides the Sage of Six Paths, there would actually be someone else who has mastered the Six Paths Mode."

"But from what you're saying, it sounds like you're convinced that the Akatsuki will summon the Ten-Tails. With your strength, you could easily wipe them out."

"Even if some of them possess the Rinnegan, they wouldn't be your match. The Rinnegan alone is definitely no match for you now that you've entered Six Paths Mode."

Actually, Kurama was wrong. Not to mention Yu Ming in Six Paths Mode, even in his normal state, Nagato would not be a match for him. His strength was not even as good as that of the Oni clan ninja.

It should be noted that the Oni clan ninja gained power beyond the Kage level when he sacrificed himself to the Grim Reaper, and even fought a long battle against Yu Ming's clone created using Sage Mode chakra.

It even caused Yu Ming's clone to summon Lei Qiu.

The power of the Thunder Prisoner is definitely more terrifying than that of the complete Susanoo.

Of course, it can't compare to the Sage of Six Paths' Susanoo, but it's definitely stronger than Madara Uchiha's Mangekyou Susanoo.

The Sage of Six Paths' Susanoo is the same size as the Ten-Tails, which is about a thousand meters in size.

Madara Uchiha's Susanoo was probably a little larger than the Nine-Tails, around 100 meters long.

(Good) And Yu Ming's Thunder Prison can probably reach more than 200 meters.

However, its destructive power is far greater than that of a normal complete Susanoo.

However, Nagato's strength was not yet at that level.

Therefore, Yu Ming never took Nagato seriously; he simply wanted to see just how strong Kaguya Otsutsuki really was.

Therefore, Yu Ming never intended to annihilate Xiao.

At his level of strength, what interests him most is seeing what those even stronger than him are like.

What about Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Ten-Tails, and even the Otsutsuki clan, which is stronger than Kaguya Otsutsuki?

Yu Ming looked at Kurama and laughed, "Why did you wipe out all the Akatsuki members? Actually, I'd really like to see just how far they can go. Besides, that guy hiding in the shadows has the Rinnegan, the Sage's Eye. You should know how powerful that is."

"What I'm more curious about is who that person is. There must be conditions for awakening the Rinnegan, right?"

Chapter 260 Reaching an Agreement with the Nine-Tails

Kurama lay on the ground and thought for a moment, "I remember that you need to have the bloodline of Kaguya Otsutsuki, like the Sage of Six Paths, who directly awakened the Rinnegan from the Sharingan."

"He didn't even go through the Mangekyou Sharingan state. I think it might be because he originally possessed the bloodline of Kaguya Otsutsuki. After Kaguya Otsutsuki ate the Chakra Fruit, she possessed the power of the Ten-Tails. The Rinnegan is actually the power of the Ten-Tails, not the power of the Otsutsuki clan."

Yu Ming laughed and said, "Then wouldn't I also have a chance to possess the Rinnegan?"

Kurama thought for a moment and said, "That is indeed possible, but I am very curious as to why your chakra reserves are so enormous. It doesn't make any sense at all."

Nine-Tails couldn't understand it at all.

Yu Ming laughed and said, "If you can't figure it out, then don't bother. Don't even mention you, I can't figure it out myself. It's not surprising if I awaken the Rinnegan someday."

Nine-Tails thought about it and agreed. Although it knew the Sage of Six Paths best, there were many things it didn't know either.

I only know some things from over a thousand years ago.

For example, regarding the Rinnegan, it believed that with Yu Ming's power, he should also be able to awaken the Rinnegan.

In fact, in theory, Yu Ming should not be able to awaken the Rinnegan.

Because he doesn't have Kaguya Otsutsuki's bloodline at all, how could he possibly have awakened his Sharingan?

However, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) is not very clear about this issue.

There's one thing that Nine-Tails said that's quite true: Yu Ming is indeed equivalent to a Ten-Tails.

It may even surpass that in the future.

While inside Naruto's body, he talked with Kurama for a long time; outside, it was only the time it took Yu Ming to pat Naruto on the shoulder.

Naruto looked up at Yu Ming with some curiosity.

He didn't know what Yu Ming had done, but in that instant, he actually felt that the Nine-Tails chakra within his body no longer had any violent feeling.

Actually, it wasn't just Naruto who was curious; Tsunade was also curious about what Yu Ming wanted to do.

Sakura, too, looked at Yu Ming with some curiosity.

Yu Ming patted Naruto on the shoulder and then sat back down.

Looking at Naruto, he said, "Now try to mobilize the Nine-Tails' chakra."

Naruto paused for a moment and said, "But I can't control Kurama's chakra yet."

Tsunade's gaze sharpened slightly as she looked at Yu Ming and smiled, "You didn't help him learn to control the Nine-Tails' chakra, did you?"

Yu Ming didn't answer Tsunade, but looked at Naruto and said, "Mobilize a small portion, don't mobilize too many, just try it."

Naruto heard what Tsunade had just said and quickly tried to mobilize Kurama's chakra.

"Buzz~".

Soon, Naruto suddenly felt Kurama's chakra flowing smoothly into his entire body.

Soon, a large amount of chakra surged from his surface, but this chakra was different from before; it was not blood red, but golden.

Naruto was stunned. "This, this chakra, it is indeed the Nine-Tails' chakra, but why do I feel like I can control this chakra? And it doesn't affect my thoughts at all. Yu Ming, what exactly did you do?"

Sakura, Yamato, and Sai were completely stunned. "No way, Yu Ming just patted Naruto and he mastered the Nine-Tails' chakra?"

Tsunade looked at Yu Ming and smiled, "Why didn't you do this sooner?"

Yu Ming looked at Naruto and said, "Your physique is not yet able to fully withstand the Nine-Tails' chakra. You need to train for at least a month. I have reached an agreement with the Nine-Tails inside you. It agrees to cooperate with you and let you master its power, but you must train until you can fully withstand its power."

"And this is your only chance to surpass Sasuke. As long as you master the Nine-Tails, you will become the second strongest thug in Konoha."

"It could even surpass Sasuke."

Upon hearing Yu Ming's words, Naruto was completely stunned. "You've reached an agreement with Kurama?"

Naruto remembered how Yu Ming taught Kurama a lesson when they last met.

If Yu Ming (Ciff) reaches an agreement with the Nine-Tails, then the Nine-Tails will be beaten terribly by Yu Ming.

Yu Ming knew what Naruto was thinking and explained, "Don't look at me like that. I didn't beat it up. I at least talked to it. The Akatsuki is capturing tailed beasts. If you don't cooperate with them and increase your strength, you will be captured, and it will have its soul erased and become a pure chakra. In other words, after the Akatsuki captures it, Naruto, you will die, and the Nine-Tails will die too."

"It was afraid of dying, so it reached a consensus with me. There are also perfect Jinchuriki in Kumogakure. Those Jinchuriki can fully utilize the power of the Tailed Beasts. Even after fully transforming into a Tailed Beast, they will not be controlled by the Tailed Beasts and will not go berserk."

"But I still maintain that you are not yet able to withstand the full power of the Nine-Tails. You need to train."

After Naruto withdrew the Nine-Tails' chakra, he savored the feeling of that power. He found it quite comfortable, whereas before, using the Nine-Tails' chakra had always brought him pain.

But this time, QQ group 85 was different; it was really comfortable, the chakra felt like warm water.

The Nine-Tails' chakra was like boiling water to him before; after using it, it felt like being scalded by boiling water, causing discomfort.

Naruto nodded. He had looked dejected just moments before, but now he seemed full of confidence.

"Okay, I will definitely train until I can fully withstand the power of the Nine-Tails."

Yu Ming continued, "Also, when you are training, you should communicate with Kurama more often. You need to cooperate well with it. You need to treat it as a comrade-in-arms, or even as a companion like Sasuke."

"The two Jinchuriki of Kumogakure who can perfectly control their Tailed Beasts have become teammates with their Tailed Beasts, and their combat power is much stronger than if you were fighting alone."

"Moreover, those tailed beasts are monsters that have lived for thousands of years. Their knowledge is far superior to yours. Communicating with them will only benefit you and will not do you any harm."

Naruto nodded. "I will, but Kurama's temper is a bit..."

Naruto was well aware of Kurama's ferocity.

Yu Ming stood up and walked up to Naruto. "You'll have to handle this yourself. Whether you can gain its support depends on what you do. I'll open the Nine-Tails' seal now. From now on, how far you go will depend on how much recognition you gain from it."