novelhk Chapter 444 Spiral Wheel Yu VS Dragon Palace
Chapter 444 Spiral Wheel Yu VS Dragon Palace
Urashiki could sense that his opponent's aura had barely diminished since the start of the battle, and his dark red chakra cloak remained solid and unfathomably powerful.
This makes absolutely no sense!
Even the Otsutsuki clan would experience noticeable fluctuations in chakra under such intense combat.
Could it be... that he absorbed more chakra than he imagined?
Urashiki was unaware that what was sealed within Menma was not simply the Nine-Tails, but the Dark Nine-Tails that had devoured the chakra of the other eight tailed beasts in the "Limited Tsukuyomi" world, and then devoured two "Ten-Tails seedlings" after arriving in this world!
Although the Dark Nine-Tails is not the complete Ten-Tails God Tree, its chakra reserves have already surpassed the combined reserves of all other tailed beasts, reaching a terrifying chakra level comparable to that of the God Tree.
Menma, as the jinchūriki of the Dark Nine-Tails, also gained power in this form similar to that of the Sage of Six Paths, the jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails a thousand years ago!
To distinguish it, this state in Mahjong is named "Dark Tail Beast Chakra Mode"!
In this mode, his total chakra reserves, recovery speed, and precise control over chakra all reached an unbelievably terrifying level.
Against Jigen, who is not in his complete form and is limited by his vessel, or Urashiki, who needs to devour his own essence to unleash his full power, he has an overwhelming advantage in the "quantity" and "endurance" of chakra.
"Damn it... Damn it!!" Urashiki looked at Menma's seemingly effortless demeanor, and his last shred of reason was finally swallowed up by anger and fear of losing control of the situation.
He couldn't accept that the crane form he had paid such a high price for was still unable to suppress this "inferior creature"!
My dignity as an Otsutsuki warrior is being ruthlessly trampled on by such a "native"!
"You forced me to do this!!" Urashiki roared hoarsely to the sky, the golden Rinnegan in his forehead blazing with light.
He raised his hands high, palms facing each other, and the remaining chakra in his body surged out like a flood bursting its banks!
"Amazing meteoric life? Dragon Palace!!!"
With his hysterical roar, a torrent of purple chakra erupted from between his palms, rapidly gathering and taking shape above his head!
The massive chakra churned and condensed, first forming an irregular purple energy ball. Then, the energy ball rapidly elongated and deformed, with clear scale patterns appearing on its surface. Its head became ferocious, and purple wings of light, like ribbons, extended from both sides...
In just a few breaths, a colossal creature, over a thousand meters long and composed entirely of deep purple-black chakra, resembling a deep-sea oarfish, appeared hovering above the competition venue!
It opened its enormous maw, revealing an even deeper darkness inside, as if connected to a black hole that devours everything.
Its enormous body slithered and moved, each movement creating terrifying gusts of air that further shattered the already chaotic ruins below.
Its mere existence here is enough to freeze the very space around it!
In the distance, Jigen, who had already created a considerable distance between them, watched Urashiki unleash this trump card, and a hint of anticipation flickered in his cold eyes.
Even at its peak, this move is so powerful that it requires serious attention.
Can this guy handle it?
"What...what kind of monster is that?!" Boruto stared at the giant, purplish-black oarfish in the sky that almost blocked out the sunlight, his face pale and his voice trembling.
Just looking at it from afar, the terrifying chakra aura emanating from the oarfish made him feel breathless, as if his heart was being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.
"Retreat! Quickly! Get out of here! The farther the better!" Jiraiya's expression changed, and he almost shouted it out.
He had experienced the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars and witnessed the terror of the Tailed Beast Balls, but the giant oarfish made of pure chakra in front of him gave him an unprecedented sense of crisis.
This is definitely not a move they can safely watch from at this distance!
Young Sasuke remained silent, his Rinnegan fixed on the dark purple light that was constantly condensing and compressing deep within the giant mouth of the oarfish.
He could sense that a surge of chakra energy, powerful enough to wipe the entire Hidden Leaf Village off the map, was rapidly gathering there!
This reminded him of the enormous Tailed Beast Ball launched by the Ten-Tails during the Fourth Shinobi World War!
He grabbed Boruto by the back of his collar, who was still somewhat dazed, and said urgently to Jiraiya, "Let's go!"
Without further hesitation, the two transformed into two afterimages and sped off at top speed towards the area behind the Hokage Rock, in the opposite direction from the competition venue!
They must get out of the epicenter of the explosion as soon as possible!
At the same time, in the stands area on the east side of the venue, covered by towering trees, Yukimi, Itada, and Hyuga Neji all heard Menma's voice in their minds.
That was a command transmitted directly through the "Chakra Network" built upon Uchiha Hikaru's "Tsukuyomi Seal".
"Retreat immediately, full speed ahead, and rendezvous at the safe point behind Hokage Rock."
Yukimi's body trembled slightly, but without the slightest hesitation, she immediately shouted to Idasuke and Neji beside her, "Retreat! As fast as you can!"
Itada looked up at the breathtakingly dark purple-black oarfish in the sky, and his expression turned serious.
Neji had already activated his Byakugan and clearly "saw" the dark purple chakra ball in the oarfish's mouth that was constantly expanding and radiating destructive energy. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Xuejian glanced one last time at Kakashi, Might Guy, and Sarutobi Asuma, who were standing ready opposite her, and shouted in a clear but urgent voice, "Kakashi! If you don't want to be blown to bits, get out of here! This place is about to be destroyed!"
After saying that, she, Itada, and Neji did not linger. They used their fastest Body Flicker Techniques, turning into three afterimages and disappearing behind the dilapidated stands in a few leaps.
Kakashi raised his head slightly, his eyes fixed on the oarfish in the sky, and his Sharingan also sensed the terrifying chakra gathering, comparable to a Tailed Beast Ball.
He glanced again at the direction in which Xuejian and the other two had fled without hesitation, and his ominous premonition reached its peak.
"Kay! Asma! Retreat!" he shouted decisively.
Matt Kai's expression was more serious than ever before, and he nodded.
Sarutobi Asuma gritted his teeth and turned to follow.
The three of them burst into their fastest speed and sprinted away from the venue.
Meanwhile, in the players' rest area, the Vajra-like barrier that had been enveloping them had already been lifted the moment Karin received Menma's order to retreat.
Gaara, Karin, and others all received the same order to retreat.
The members of the Kirigakure Ao, the Kumogakure Samui squad, and the Konoha members Sasuke, Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, and others also looked up and saw the despairing purplish-black shadow that resembled a tailed beast.
"Get out of here! That monster is about to unleash a powerful attack!" Karin shouted, adjusting her glasses and turning pale.
Gaara's expression was extremely solemn, and the One-Tailed Beast within him kept urging him on.
"What are you standing there for! Run!"
A large amount of sand poured out from the gourd behind Gaara, quickly enveloping Kankuro, Temari, Hinata, and the unconscious Naruto, forming a sand cushion that carried them toward the Hokage Rock.
"Keep up!" Gaara shouted to Sasuke, Shikamaru, and the others from Konoha.
Sasuke, Shikamaru, and the others also realized that annihilation was imminent.
The chakra ball that condensed in the mouth of the royal ribbonfish emitted chakra fluctuations that made their souls tremble.
"Go!" Sasuke shouted to Shigaraki Tanuki and Sai, then turned and ran.
Shikamaru pulled Choji, whose legs were still a little weak, up, and Ino gritted her teeth and followed.
Omoi and Karui from Kumogakure, and Ao, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Chojuro from Kirigakure, didn't need any urging. They all exerted all their strength and ran frantically towards the exit of the venue.
At this moment, all the missions, confrontations, and competitions were thrown to the winds; survival was the only goal!
Just as everyone began to flee for their lives, the standoff in the sky reached its final moment.
Urashiki controlled the purplish-black oarfish. The dark purple chakra sphere in the center of its huge mouth had expanded to a terrifying size of over a hundred meters in diameter. The chakra energy inside churned violently, emitting a deep, thunderous roar that caused the ground of the entire arena below to crack and sink.
"Die!! You ants!! Turn into dust under the breath of the Dragon Palace!!!" Urashiki's golden eyes on his forehead opened wide in anger, his face showing a crazy and gleeful grin, and he pressed his hands down sharply!
The oarfish raised its enormous head, its massive maw aimed at Menma below, and the dark purple chakra ball, hundreds of meters in diameter, suddenly shone brightly, spewing out from the oarfish's mouth and crashing down on Menma and the entire arena below!
Wherever the sphere of light passed, space rippled with distortion.
"Is this your limit, Urashiki?" Faced with this devastating attack, Menma merely let out a soft hum.
He slowly raised his right hand, palm up, fingers loosely clenched.
Within his body, the vast, ocean-like chakra of the Dark Nine-Tails began to converge, compress, and rotate wildly toward his palm.
There was no dazzling light, and no violent leakage of chakra.
All chakra is confined to a small space by ultimate control.
A sphere, no bigger than an apple, jet black and so deep it seemed to devour all light, slowly took shape in his palm.
The sphere was surrounded by a halo of light resembling a wind-escape technique, while the center of the sphere was an extreme darkness like a black hole, as if it could distort and suck in even one's vision.
Spiral Wheel!
This is a unique technique he developed based on his original "Tailed Beast Ball" and "Rasengan".
It compresses destructive power to the extreme, and when it hits a target or is actively released, it can produce a huge explosion that surpasses the Tailed Beast Ball and even the Super Shinra Tensei.
"Go."
With a flick of his wrist, Menma gently tossed the small black ball toward the dark purple chakra orb that was falling from the sky.
The small black ball silently rose upwards, heading towards the enormous object.
The size difference between the two is so stark it's despairing.
The next instant, the black sphere made contact with the edge of the dark purple chakra sphere.
There was no earth-shattering roar; what appeared first was absolute darkness that swallowed all sound and light!
Centered on the point of contact, a pure black sphere, only a few meters in diameter, instantly expanded, silently swallowing the front end of the dark purple chakra sphere. Then—
Om-! ! !
A deep, humming sound, seemingly acting directly on the depths of the soul, suddenly spread out from the center of the black sphere!
Immediately afterwards, a white light powerful enough to blind people burst forth from inside the black sphere!
It was as if a miniature sun was ignited above Konoha!
The white light instantly devoured the black sphere, the dark purple chakra sphere, the serpentine purple-black oarfish in the sky, Urashiki's ferocious face, Jigen's solemn gaze in the distance, and even the small, dark red figure of Fangma below.
Then, the explosions truly began!
Rumble—!!!
Like a terrifying explosion at the beginning of the universe, a chaotic flow of chakra mixed with white light spread wildly in all directions in a spherical shape from the point of contact!
Wherever it passed, everything was destroyed: rocks, buildings, steel, wood, corpses, wreckage...
The moment they came into contact, they were first silently reduced to the finest dust, and then completely annihilated by the terrifying white energy flow, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.
Just as Jiraiya, young Sasuke, and Boruto were leaving the competition venue and rushing to the Hokage Rock, they felt an irresistible and terrifying force coming from behind them!
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!" Jiraiya roared, pressing his hands into the ground in a hand seal.
A thick earthen wall rose from the ground, but it collapsed in less than half a second in the face of the shockwave.
"Amenotejikara!" Young Sasuke's Rinnegan blazed with purple light.
They narrowly avoided the most deadly energy turbulence with Boruto and Jiraiya.
The three of them were thrown out like leaves in a storm, tumbling and crashing towards the observation deck above the Hokage Rock.
On the other side, Kakashi, Guy, and Asuma channeled chakra into the soles of their feet and gripped the ground tightly, yet they were still pushed by the shockwave, carving three deep furrows into the ground.
Yukimi, Ita-suke, and Neji were equally disheveled, barely managing to protect their vitals, but they were also left dizzy and disoriented from the impact.
Those who retreated towards the athletes' rest area were in an even worse situation.
Gaara's sand barrier shattered layer by layer in the face of the shockwave. He groaned and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but he still tried his best to control the sand to protect the people around him.
Temari, Kankuro, Karin, Kurotsuchi, Ranmaru, and others used their defensive techniques, but they were still blown around and thrown about.
Sasuke, Sai, Shigaraki Tanuki, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino were all swept up by the shockwave and slammed to the ground, rolling a long way.
The people from Mist Hidden and Cloud Hidden were not spared either, and were thrown out like pebbles swept up by a gale.
Hozuki Suigetsu directly transformed into water to try and reduce the damage, but the raging chakra turbulence still shattered his water form into pieces.
"I'm going to die! I'm going to die!" Omoi's new lollipop had long since flown away, and he and Karui were clinging tightly to a huge rock, trembling from the chakra turbulence.
I don't know how much time passed.
The despairing roar and tremors finally subsided.
Those who were lucky enough not to be directly swallowed by the explosion struggled to their feet or crawled out of the rubble.
Sasuke felt someone shaking him, and heard Ino's tearful cries: "Sasuke-kun! Sasuke-kun, wake up!"
He barely opened his eyes, which were covered with blood and dust, coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood mixed with sand, and stood up unsteadily with Ino's help.
Shikamaru helped Choji to his feet. All of them were covered in dust and had abrasions all over their bodies. Choji was particularly badly bruised and swollen, but thankfully they were all still alive.
They looked around, and then everyone froze.
Where is the magnificent competition venue now?
Where are the towering stands, the solid ring, and the surrounding audience seats?
As far as the eye could see, there was only something enormous and unimaginably deep, with wisps of blue smoke and red glowing lava rising from its edges.
Sinkhole!
A massive, shockingly well-preserved crater, with an estimated radius of over five kilometers and a depth of perhaps over a thousand meters!
They were currently at the edge of this terrifying sinkhole.
Beneath our feet lies cracked, scorched earth, radiating intense heat.
The observation deck above the Fire Shadow Rock where they had stood was now just a small, dilapidated platform, hanging forlornly on the edge of the deep pit, as if it might collapse at any moment.
Inside the deep pit, there was absolute silence.
Everything that originally existed here has vanished, completely wiped from the world by that devastating explosion, leaving not even a trace behind.
The pit walls are made of rocks with a glassy texture, formed by melting at extremely high temperatures and then cooling.
The bottom of the pit was a deep darkness, with the faint glow of dark red lava slowly surging within.
Some underground water veins slowly flowed into the deep pit, and the cold groundwater flowed on the hot pit walls, emitting a hissing white smoke.
A cold wind swept up from the deep pit, carrying the smell of sulfur and burnt matter, and blew across the survivors' blank faces.
Before the feeling of relief at escaping death could even rise, it was completely crushed by the apocalyptic scene before him.
The entire area north of Hokage Rock... disappeared.
Boruto slumped on the scorched ground, staring at the giant pit that seemed to lead to the entrance to hell. His lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a single word.
Young Sasuke gripped the Kusanagi sword tightly, his Rinnegan filled with an unprecedented solemnity.
He seemed to see the terrifying scene in the village after Pain's attack, as described by Naruto and Sakura.
Jiraiya stared at the deep pit, a look of near despair on his face.
Even the Tailed Beast Ball couldn't do that, could it?!
Jiraiya turned his head stiffly, looking at the village below the Hokage Rock.
He couldn't imagine that if the explosion happened in the center of the village, the entire Hidden Leaf Village would probably be wiped out!
Is this kind of power really something a ninja can achieve?
As Jiraiya, panting heavily, looked up to search for the dark red and white figures he had just fought, his pupils suddenly dilated.
Above the sinkhole, Urashiki stared in horror at the black chakra rod that had pierced through his abdomen, coughing up a mouthful of blood.
The passing of life and the fear of death made Pu Shi tremble all over.
"You..." He shakily raised his head to look at the man opposite him, and found the greed in the other's eyes to be so familiar.
puff--!
Urashiki felt a blur before his eyes as a hand pierced straight into the golden Rinnegan on his forehead.
[PS: Ame-no-Hashi's meteoric rise, Dragon Palace]