Time flies, and the years pass quickly.
In no time, it was May of Konoha Year 72.
After two years of training under Shishou, Sasuke could now fully activate his Complete Body Susanoo, and Naruto could activate his Sage of Six Paths Mode.
Their strength far surpassed the other students who had joined the Moon Palace at the same time, officially reaching the Super Kage level.
Of course, the strength of the others was not far behind either.
Gaara had successfully become a perfect Jinchuriki and was now learning Sage Arts, getting closer to Naruto's level.
Ringo Ameyuri, after receiving the Thunder Sword from Shishou, had become even more formidable in her Lightning Release techniques, her Sage Lightning Arts being extraordinarily powerful, making her second only to Naruto and Sasuke.
Darui's mastery of Storm Release Sage Arts had reached a profound level, giving him strength far beyond that of typical Kage-level shinobi, with a significantly increased chakra capacity thanks to Shishou's help.
Under Shishou's guidance, Kurotsuchi had fully mastered the Dust Release techniques and was now diligently studying Sage Arts.
Hanabi's Gentle Fist had become even more ferocious, combined with her abundant chakra, making her strength equally formidable. Her Byakugan was still steadily absorbing chakra, slowly transforming.
With Shishou's assistance, Haku had also successfully mastered Sage Arts and was working on integrating them with his Ice Release.
Temari and Fu's strength, secretly bolstered by Shishou, had surpassed Gaara's, though they did not show it.
With an extraordinary talent for space-time techniques, Tenten had mastered the Flying Thunder God technique under Shishou's tutelage, her strength growing impressively.
Meanwhile, in the ninja world, the abilities of Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Hana Inuzuka, and others had also improved rapidly with Shishou's help, successfully reaching Kage-level.
Knowing that Shishou was also teaching Sasuke, Naruto, and the others in the Moon Palace, they stopped seeking to enter the Moon Palace and focused on training diligently in the ninja world.
When Shishou learned that they didn't want to come to the Moon Palace, he stopped recruiting, disappointing countless young geniuses in the ninja world.
On the moon, in the study.
Shishou was reading a brief history of the Otsutsuki clan, passing the time.
Naruto and Sasuke walked into the study and asked, "Shishou, why did you call us here?"
After being taught by Shishou for two years, Naruto and Sasuke had come to truly respect him as their senior brother.
Putting down the book, Shishou smiled at them and said, "The teacher asked me to give you two something."
Now that Naruto and Sasuke had reached the Super Kage level and could no longer improve, it was time to help them awaken their potential as the reincarnations of the sons of the Sage of Six Paths.
This way, with the two of them protecting the ninja world, Shishou could focus on his own matters without worrying about the Otsutsuki clan suddenly attacking while he was in the Genesis Space.
"Teacher?"
Naruto and Sasuke were surprised, exchanging glances.
For the past two years, it had mostly been Shishou teaching them. They hadn't seen the Flying Thunder God user or anyone else from the Moon Palace.
This led them to privately speculate whether the so-called Moon Palace was just Shishou alone.
However, the idea that Shishou was the Flying Thunder God user was too outrageous, so they quickly dismissed it.
Shishou smiled at them and said, "The teacher wants to give you something and also entrusts you with a mission. If you accept the mission, I'll give you the items."
Naruto was the first to speak, "What exactly are these items, Shishou?"
Clearly, Naruto was more interested in the items he was about to receive than the mission.
After all, he felt that having trained in the Moon Palace for two years, doing a mission for the Moon Palace was only right.
This was also Sasuke's thought.
Shishou smiled, "They are things that will make you even stronger."
"Great!" Hearing this, both Naruto and Sasuke were overjoyed.
Although they had reached the Super Kage level, they still felt a bottleneck in their growth and couldn't advance further.
Receiving something that could make them stronger at this time naturally made them extremely happy and more fond of the Flying Thunder God user, their unseen teacher.
Shishou clasped his hands together and then separated them.
The next moment, two chakra spheres, one black and one white, appeared in his palms.
These were the Yin and Yang powers given to him by the Sage of Six Paths, of which he had only absorbed a part and saved the rest.
Bringing out the Yin and Yang powers left by the Sage of Six Paths, Shishou walked up to Naruto and Sasuke.
Seeing their excitement, Shishou said, "Calm down."
Upon hearing this, Naruto and Sasuke exchanged glances and then sat down cross-legged, entering their Sage Mode states.
Seeing them ready, Shishou infused the Yang power into Naruto and the Yin power into Sasuke.
"Adapt and master it."
Shishou placed his hands on their backs, helping them absorb the Yin and Yang powers.
As the Yin and Yang powers were absorbed, their auras began to change.
Minutes later, a Truth-Seeking Ball appeared behind Naruto, while Sasuke's left Mangekyo Sharingan began to transform into the Rinnegan.
The power of Ashura and Indra within them was being awakened by the Yin and Yang powers left by the Sage of Six Paths.
Minutes later.
Naruto emitted a golden glow, with six Truth-Seeking Balls forming a circle behind him.
Meanwhile, Sasuke's left Mangekyo Sharingan successfully evolved into the Rinnegan.
After fully awakening their Six Paths powers, Naruto and Sasuke opened their eyes.
Shishou grabbed a Truth-Seeking Ball behind Naruto and explained to them:
"This is called a Truth-Seeking Ball, extremely powerful, capable of nullifying all ninjutsu attacks. Only those with Six Paths power can touch it..."
Holding Naruto's Truth-Seeking Ball, Shishou quickly explained what Six Paths, Truth-Seeking Balls, and the Rinnegan were, and where their current strength stood.
While listening, Naruto and Sasuke watched as Shishou casually played with the Truth-Seeking Ball, feeling deeply shocked.
Only those with Six Paths power could touch the Truth-Seeking Ball, yet Shishou was handling it with ease, indicating that he, too, had reached the Six Paths level.
Thinking this, Naruto and Sasuke waited for Shishou to finish explaining before immediately asking:
"Shishou, have you also reached the Six Paths level?"
Releasing Naruto's Truth-Seeking Ball, Shishou smiled and said, "Indeed, and by several times more than you."
With that, Shishou casually waved his hand, and dozens of Truth-Seeking Balls appeared around him.
Seeing the numerous Truth-Seeking Balls around Shishou, Naruto and Sasuke felt a wave of frustration and disappointment.
They had thought that becoming Six Paths level would surpass Shishou, only to see him effortlessly create dozens of Truth-Seeking Balls, clearly much stronger.
"Damn it, Shishou is always stronger than us!"
Naruto and Sasuke simultaneously cursed in their hearts.
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POWER STONE!!!!
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