"What?!"
The liquefaction and absorption of the black sphere formed by the Truth-Seeking Balls shocked Obito Uchiha, who had been trying to sense the power within his body to see if the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki had any other innate abilities.
Just as he instinctively tried to flee and create distance between himself and Yagyu—
Whoosh—Thud!
A sharp, piercing sound echoed through the air.
Yagyu, with one hand using the Outer Path Maru to absorb Obito's Truth-Seeking Balls, held a black sword formed from the Truth-Seeking Balls in his other hand. The sword, already charged with soul-slashing power, extended and stabbed forward.
Like Sasuke Uchiha's Chidori Sharp Spear, the black sword extended at an incredible speed. Caught off guard, Obito had no time to dodge.
With his Truth-Seeking Balls absorbed, he had nothing left to defend himself.
As for the Six Paths Staff, it had fallen to the ground along with his severed right arm.
Thus, Yagyu's strike landed perfectly, piercing through the immortal body of the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, which was immune to the five basic nature transformations and ordinary chakra.
"Ahhhh..."
The piercing of his immortal body had no effect on Obito.
Even if it weren't for his immortality, with his willpower, Obito could have endured severe injuries without uttering a sound.
But now, Obito let out a blood-curdling scream.
He was experiencing unprecedented pain. Even the agony of having his spirit torn apart while fighting the Ten-Tails' will for control of his body paled in comparison to the pain of being impaled.
This was the pain of the soul.
A pain far more severe than any external or internal injury.
No matter how severe the external or internal injuries, as long as the heart didn't stop instantly, they could heal or be replaced with new organs.
But injuries to the soul, even with the power of Yin-Yang Release, which could create all things and give them life, or the ultimate Yang Release, which could instantly heal even the most severe injuries or regenerate a missing eye, were beyond repair.
No one understood the pain of soul injuries and the immense burden they placed on the body better than Orochimaru.
And now, Obito Uchiha had become Orochimaru's comrade in suffering.
Unfortunately, the two would never meet.
"Farewell, Obito Uchiha."
After piercing Obito's body with the black sword formed from the Truth-Seeking Balls, Yagyu didn't pull the sword out. Instead, he released the hilt and grinned, watching Obito scream in agony while staring at him in terror—more precisely, at his Rinnegan.
Whoosh—
As Yagyu's voice fell, the black sword began to emit a blinding white light.
"No!!!"
Seeing the familiar white light, Obito let out a horrified scream. Ignoring the soul-rending pain and his fading consciousness, he desperately reached for the black sword impaling his body, attempting to use the Preta Path to absorb its power, regardless of whether the Rinnegan could handle it.
But he was too slow.
As Yagyu's figure vanished without warning, the dazzling white light erupted.
The self-destruction of the black sword formed from nine Truth-Seeking Balls unleashed a white light far more destructive than the previous two world-annihilating explosions. The light was like a super flashbang, visible even to the ninja alliance of the five great villages and the Land of Iron, who had retreated to the border to watch from a distance.
Even from afar, those with sensory abilities could feel the vast, ocean-like chakra and the terrifying destructive power within the white light, surpassing even a volcanic eruption.
Boom—
The white light lingered for a long time before the deafening explosion, louder than thunder, reached the ears of the ninja alliance.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
A hurricane, stronger than the one caused by the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, swept across the Land of Rain, destroying countless buildings, plants, and trees before passing over the heads and around the ninja alliance.
The weaker survivors were blown off their feet.
Even some of the stronger ninja were caught off guard, either knocked down or stumbling back several steps before stabilizing themselves with chakra-infused feet.
Then, they all looked in fear at the gradually dissipating white light.
Even after retreating from the Land of Rain, the aftermath of the explosion still had such power.
What kind of technique was that?
Even the Ten-Tails' Truth-Seeking Balls and energy sphere explosions paled in comparison to this white light.
Was this technique cast by Yagyu, or by Madara Uchiha and that masked man?
At this moment, the ninja alliance, already decimated, set aside their grudges and hatred.
The women clasped their hands together in prayer, hoping that Lord Yagyu would emerge victorious.
They would rather be ruled by Konoha than by Madara Uchiha and the Akatsuki's masked man.
Meanwhile, at the final battlefield, as the white light faded, the landscape had completely changed.
The once scarred land, still bearing traces of the Divine: Deep Forest Emergence, with craters, trees, gravel, and debris scattered everywhere, was now gone.
In its place was a flat, smooth expanse of land.
But upon closer inspection, one would notice that the edges of this vast, flat land were actually slopes.
From a bird's-eye view, one would see that the Land of Rain, already tiny compared to the four great nations, now had a massive crater covering nearly a third of its territory.
All the plants, trees, mountains, and animals that had once occupied this third of the land had been reduced to dust, erased from existence.
Everything had been annihilated by that white light.
All creation turned to ash!
Among SSS-rank ninjutsu, the Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands — Top Transformation paled in comparison to the explosion of nine Truth-Seeking Balls in terms of destructive power.
After all, one was purely physical, limited to the area the wooden hands could cover.
The other was an energy explosion, with nine forces capable of annihilating all creation detonating simultaneously—truly terrifying.
This was why the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball was said to devour all five elements and Yin-Yang, containing the power to return the world to nothingness—a massive block of chaos.
Neither Yagyu nor Obito, nor even Madara Uchiha in the original story as the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, could make the Truth-Seeking Balls expand infinitely. This was the ultimate technique of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who had reclaimed all chakra.
Even among Kekkei Mōra, it was one of the most powerful techniques.
For example, no matter how strong Yagyu or the others were, even if they used multiple Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands — Top Transformations or multiple Truth-Seeking Ball explosions, they could only devastate independent dimensions, leaving them in ruins, but never destroy them.
The Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball, however, could achieve this.
When the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball devoured everything and finally self-destructed, it would unleash the power to destroy the world.
Whether it could destroy a planet, Yagyu didn't know.
But it could undoubtedly obliterate everything on the surface.
As for a celestial body like the moon, it could definitely be destroyed, as the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion of the Tenseigan had split the artificial moon in half.
It was this setting of the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball that elevated the Six Paths level to a god-like, otherworldly existence.
Back to the topic—
Although the explosion of nine Truth-Seeking Balls couldn't compare to the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball, not even close, it was still second only to the explosions of the Dragon Vein and the Geller Stone Mine, surpassing the forbidden technique of the Tsuchigumo clan, which could obliterate hundreds of kilometers.
After all, those explosions were the power to destroy the world in the movies, forbidden techniques that couldn't appear in the main story.
And in terms of level, even the explosions of the Dragon Vein and similar powers couldn't compare to the Truth-Seeking Balls.
As the description of the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball stated, the Truth-Seeking Balls could devour both Yin-Yang and the five elements, reducing everything they touched to nothingness.
When explosions collided, other explosions were purely energy attacks, while the Truth-Seeking Balls contained the power to annihilate all creation.
Even souls were within the annihilating range of the Truth-Seeking Balls.
With the addition of Yomi no Kuni, their soul-destroying power reached its peak.
In the massive crater, which spanned countless kilometers, lay a bloodied, mangled corpse.
The corpse's skin was as white as clay, and its flesh was writhing.
This corpse was Obito Uchiha, barely recognizable, with his Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan still intact.
In that world-shattering explosion, Obito hadn't been reduced to dust, but his body had been turned into a pulpy mess.
Once his defenses were breached, the terrifying rule-based power seeped into his body, instantly annihilating Obito's soul.
He didn't even have time to scream, or perhaps his scream was drowned out by the explosion, as he vanished from the world.
Although Obito's soul was gone, his body didn't turn to dust and disappear.
After all, chakra originated from the God Tree's chakra fruit, and all ninjutsu came from the God Tree. For the Truth-Seeking Balls to destroy the Ten-Tails was wishful thinking.
On the contrary, the Ten-Tails not only survived but also received a boost from the Truth-Seeking Balls.
Now that Obito was dead and his body reduced to a pulpy mess, the Ten-Tails' will, which had been suppressed, began to awaken.
The flesh writhed and extended, forming a clay-like substance.
This substance took the shape of the Gedo Statue.
Just as the tailed beasts had surged out of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's body in the original story, the Ten-Tails, which wouldn't die with its Jinchūriki, used its last bit of strength to expel the container from Obito's body. With the Nine-Tails' chakra nearly depleted, it gradually reverted to the form of the Gedo Statue.
Just as in the original story, when Obito had the Ten-Tails extracted, it reverted to the Gedo Statue.
Whoosh—
As the Gedo Statue surged out of Obito's corpse, two beams of light—one red and one multicolored—flashed from Obito's body.
Seeing these lights, Yagyu, who had just teleported back to one of his Wood Clones from somewhere in the ninja world and then soared into the sky to search for Obito's corpse, was instantly excited.
After the Rinnegan's Limbo, he had obtained another multicolored orb.
Judging by the colors within the orb, like the Rinnegan's Limbo, it was a three-colored orb.
Could it be that he had obtained a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki-exclusive ability?
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Yagyu confirmed it.
After all, before becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, Obito's most valuable and powerful ability was the unique ocular technique Kamui, housed in his right eye.
In the original story, Kakashi Hatake had used Kamui to injure Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, cementing this technique as the strongest Mangekyō Sharingan ability.
Aside from the Mangekyō Sharingan, Obito only had half-baked Wood Release and some other mediocre abilities.
As for the Rinnegan, it wasn't his.
He couldn't even use the Rinnegan's unique technique, Limbo, let alone Limbo: Border Jail.
Thus, the only ability on his body that could reach the level of a three-colored orb was the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki's unique ability.
Thinking this, Yagyu couldn't help but feel excited.
He hadn't expected to obtain a Kekkei Mōra from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki yet, but he had already gotten something good from Obito, the weakest Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.
Was it immortality?
Or the immunity to all five basic nature transformations and non-Sage Art and sealing techniques?
As the red and multicolored orbs automatically flew toward him and merged into his body, Yagyu immediately summoned his inventory.
He didn't even pay attention to the Gedo Statue being summoned away or Obito's Rinnegan being dug out.
As for why Black Zetsu only dared to take Obito's Rinnegan and not his corpse, it was simple.
The Mayfly Technique couldn't transport others, and he was afraid Yagyu would kill him. Risking his life to steal the Rinnegan was already a bold move.
If it weren't for ensuring Madara Uchiha became the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki at full strength, Black Zetsu wouldn't have dared to approach Yagyu, whom he had confirmed to be the "reincarnation of Hagoromo."
Yagyu didn't pay attention to this.
After summoning his inventory, he immediately checked the information of the two orbs, and his face lit up with joy. "It's actually these two?!"
The two orbs displayed:
[Inventory: Sharingan — Kamui (Red)]
[Inventory: Sword of Nunoboko (Multicolored)]