Chapter 510
Sasuke: Old Man
Chapter 510 Sasuke: Old Man
The light of day had not yet faded, and the night was not yet bright.
On the distant horizon, only a last sliver of red light remained, signifying that night was approaching.
On a land separated from the Land of Earth by an ocean, the sky twisted and spun like waves, and a black and red circular portal opened silently. Several figures emerged from it and stood in the air.
Orochimaru, Nagato, Konan, Hanzo, Black Zetsu, and the cold-faced Madara Uchiha.
"Ah……"
The portal behind him gradually closed, and Orochimaru licked his lips, his gaze first falling on Hanzo.
Hanzo's face was paler than before, with white marks spreading from his left palm to his cheek, and his breathing was also slightly disordered.
"Space-time ninjutsu, what a convenient ability," Orochimaru said with a knowing smile.
He said "it's convenient," but his usual greedy covetousness for powerful bloodlines and forbidden techniques was conspicuously absent.
He learned of the existence of "Karma" from the Fourth Raikage when he disguised himself as Rasa to participate in the Five Kage Summit.
They had no idea of the difference between the black wedge and the white wedge. In his eyes, and in the eyes of all the knowledgeable "shadows," this meant that Hanzo had become a chosen vessel for reincarnation by some Otsutsuki.
Every time you use this power that doesn't belong to you, you are accelerating the process of being replaced.
Although Orochimaru desires power and the mastery of truth, he has no interest in, and even loathes, the price of completely losing himself and becoming a vessel for the consciousness of others.
"Space-time ninjutsu, and such a convenient space-time ninjutsu at that..."
Beside him, Madara Uchiha stood with his arms crossed, looking at Hanzo with a slight frown.
When he died, Hanzo's reputation was at its peak, and he was naturally aware of it.
But he never took Hanzo seriously.
He's just a guy without a bloodline limit, who can only rely on summoning beasts to wreak havoc.
but now……
"Where did this guy get his space-time ninjutsu?"
Madara Uchiha frowned, looking at the 'Karma' mark on Hanzo's body, and wondered to himself, "Is it because of this?"
In the years since his death, how many things have emerged in the ninja world that he didn't know about?
Hanzo remained unresponsive to Orochimaru's veiled mockery and Madara Uchiha's scrutinizing gaze, as if they were talking about someone else entirely.
He, along with Nagato and Konan, turned their gaze downwards.
As dusk faded into the last glimmer of light, the outline of a dilapidated ruin came into view.
This place seems to have once been an ancient kingdom, but now only the skeletons of civilization remain, with ruins scattered everywhere, and its style is completely different from that of the five great kingdoms today.
The most striking feature is the center of the ruins, where the air seems slightly distorted, as if observing the scenery through a shimmering heatwave, and the light is strangely deflected there.
"Is this where the entrance to the Void Realm is located?"
Nagato scanned the area below, his gaze lingering on the distorted space, where he could indeed sense the subtle fluctuations emanating from the underground.
"Correct."
Orochimaru surveyed the desolate ruins, his golden vertical pupils reflecting the broken walls and rubble, a hint of complex emotion barely perceptible in his eyes: "The so-called entrance to the Void Realm lies beneath these ruins."
Years ago, right here, he opened that forbidden door, driven by his thirst for power and truth.
He released those "Great Hollows" and thus obtained "Snake Princess," embarking on his current path.
Of course, he also nearly died here, easily defeated by "White Fang," the second of the Ten Espada, if the latter hadn't inexplicably shown mercy...
Therefore, for Orochimaru, this was both the starting point for changing his fate and the place where he suffered a humiliating defeat and had to flee in disgrace.
Today, he has returned here to reclaim even more.
"Let's go."
Orochimaru composed himself, his tone returning to its indifferent tone: "Go say hello."
After saying that, the group slowly landed at the edge of the ruins, raising dust from their feet. Orochimaru did not hesitate, took a step forward, quickly formed hand seals, then knelt on one knee and pressed his palm to the ground.
Earth Release: Opening the Earth and Raising the Ridge!
Rumble!!
Chakra surged into the earth, and in the center of the ruins not far away, the ground suddenly bulged upwards and cracked like a volcano, with soil, rubble, and bricks buried beneath it forcefully spewing out from below.
A moment later, Orochimaru stopped and stood up. Without the support of chakra, the edges of the raised earth and rocks began to collapse and slide down, leaving a pit several hundred meters in diameter and bottomless, with dust filling the air.
“That is…” Nagato narrowed his eyes slightly.
At the bottom of the pit was a cleared, flat area, and a circular magic circle covered with spiderweb-like cracks emitted a faint glow.
A chilling coldness was seeping out from the center of the cracked magic array, and could be clearly felt even when standing at the edge of the pit.
“This is it.” Orochimaru’s eyes gleamed. “I opened it once a few years ago, and this is how it looks now…”
Clearly, the passage has been resealed, likely by the Espada.
Nagato turned his head and his gaze fell on Hanzo. Without a word, Hanzo understood his meaning. He flashed and appeared in the center of the magic circle at the bottom of the pit.
Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his left hand, which was marked with a white "wedge" symbol, spread his fingers, and placed his palm down slowly on the cracked magic array pattern.
No matter how ancient and mysterious this magic circle is, it ultimately cannot escape the realm of chakra and still belongs to the category of "techniques".
The "Karma" can absorb all ninjutsu and chakra, even tailed beasts.
hum!
The moment his palm touched the magic circle, the white wedge mark suddenly lit up with a faint light, and a powerful suction force erupted. The dim patterns on the magic circle seemed to come alive and were quickly drawn into Hanzo's palm.
As the light from the patterns gradually dimmed and disappeared, some things that had been barely blocked by the magic array seemed to have lost their last restraint.
boom!!
A chill far more intense and frigid than before suddenly burst forth from the magic array, causing the air temperature inside the pit to plummet, white mist to rise with each breath, and frost to form on the surrounding pit walls.
In the center of the circular magic circle, the patterns completely disappeared, replaced by a bottomless, dark vortex, like a hole leading straight to an abyss, exuding a chilling, hollow aura.
Swish! Swish swish!
Suddenly, several white, jagged bone claws shot out from the dark vortex, grabbing at Hanzo's wrists and ankles with a chilling aura!
Hanzo's pupils contracted slightly. Just as the bone claw was about to touch his body, chakra erupted beneath his feet, and his figure transformed into a blur, instantly leaving the center of the magic circle and appearing beside Nagato.
Just as he left the spot, the dark vortex erupted with a roar.
A thick, impenetrable black mist, interspersed with countless tiny, sharp whistles, shot into the sky.
"Roar!"
Within the black mist, several enormous, twisted figures roared as they burst out of the vortex. Each figure was different in shape, but the only thing they had in common was their pale, skeletal faces and their tyrannical, insane crimson eyes.
Daxu!
However, these few Hollows, who had just stepped out of the vortex and hadn't yet seen the outside world clearly, hadn't even had time to cast their greedy gazes at the alluring creatures above the pit...
laugh!
One of the Hollows had its skeletal surface pierced by the blade, its massive body instantly freezing, and the roar beneath the mask abruptly ceasing.
The next moment, the Hollow's entire body exploded like a punctured balloon, bursting into a cloud of black mist that was slowly absorbed by the blade. Nagato expressionlessly sheathed the katana named "Reincarnation Karma".
Without even glancing at the other Hollows who instinctively felt fear and dared not approach, he strode forward, heading straight for the center of the vortex that was still spewing black mist. Konan and Hanzo followed closely behind without hesitation.
"Is that what they call 'emptiness'?"
Madara Uchiha narrowed his eyes, sizing up the remaining Hollows.
so weak.
His first reaction was that it was so weak.
"This kind of thing can disrupt my plans?"
Frowning, Madara Uchiha also took a step towards the center of the black mist.
Looking at the ignorant and fearless group, Orochimaru's lips curled into a slight smile, but he remained standing in place and did not follow.
As if to verify his idea, at that moment, a heavy and cold aura suddenly erupted from the depths of the surging black mist!
Nagato, who was about to step inside, suddenly stopped in his tracks. Madara Uchiha also stopped in his tracks, his expression slightly hardening, and his body instinctively tensed up and went into a state of alert.
"What is this..." Xiao Nan began, but before she could finish speaking.
laugh!
The black mist was suddenly torn apart, and four pale, jagged tails, resembling bone whips, shot towards the three Nagato members who were standing at the front with a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye and a piercing sound.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Nagato reacted quickly, raising his hand almost at the same time as the sound of air being torn apart. A powerful repulsive force was released from his palm, causing visible ripples in the air.
Bang!
An invisible repulsive force collided with the tips of the four bone whips, producing a dull thud, and forcibly halted the forward momentum of the bone whips.
But it wasn't easily deflected; instead, it seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall, its tip gleaming coldly, pointing firmly at Nagato with a cracking sound.
The next moment, five more bone tails shot out from the black mist with several times the speed and power of the previous ones, once again stabbing at Nagato and his companions...
boom!!
Nine bone whips lashed the ground where the three had been standing, unleashing terrifying power without reservation. The ground was easily torn apart and shattered, creating a deep crater.
The next moment, black and red spatial portals appeared not far away, and Nagato and the other two who had disappeared from their original positions walked out from them. Nagato's expression was slightly gloomy at this moment.
On the other side, almost at the same time that Nagato was attacked, Madara Uchiha did not hesitate at all, and the patterns of the Mangekyou Sharingan appeared in his eyes.
hum!
Blue chakra soared into the sky, and bones, meridians, flesh, armor... a majestic half-body Susanoo rose from the ground and took shape in an instant.
Susanoo's giant fist slammed forward, striking the center of the black mist in front of it.
His response was a cold snort and a sudden burst of purple light.
A Susanoo arm, also formed from chakra but purple in color, suddenly clenched its fist and slammed out from the black mist.
Boom! Crack!
The two Susanoo fists collided, and a violent shockwave exploded outwards in a ring, pushing away the surrounding black mist. Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on both giant fists at the same time, and they shattered and exploded together.
"What?" Madara Uchiha frowned.
At the same time, the nine bony tails that had forced Nagato back retracted into the churning black mist, and then swung out to the sides like nimble arms!
The thick black mist that had been obstructing their view was torn apart, as if a veil had been lifted, revealing several figures before Orochimaru and the others.
There were two people at the head, standing side by side.
"Uchiha Sasuke?"
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly, then turned his gaze to the person on his right, and whispered, "And, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, a Konoha rogue ninja, Naruto Uzumaki?"
How could it be these two guys?
Isn't it "Ten Blades"?
Naruto Uzumaki paid no attention to Orochimaru and the others. His gaze slowly swept over the surrounding scenery of the Grell Ruins, and then he raised his eyes to look at the moon in the distant sky.
"It seems we've returned to the ninja world," he muttered to himself.
After saying that, Naruto withdrew his gaze and looked at Orochimaru, Nagato, Madara Uchiha, and the others opposite him, a smile appearing on his face.
"I didn't expect to run into an acquaintance as soon as I got back," he said. "In that case, Sasuke, let's say hello too."
Sasuke Uchiha stared intently at Madara Uchiha, a hint of eagerness flashing in his eyes. He grinned and said, "Just what I wanted."
boom!!
As soon as the words fell, like a dormant volcano suddenly erupting, or like a raging tide breaking through the surface of the deep sea, two terrifying chakra burst forth from Naruto and Sasuke's bodies without reservation!
Red and purple chakra soared into the sky, and a visible shockwave surged toward Orochimaru and the others like a tsunami, shaking the ground and causing tiny pebbles to bounce.
Behind the two, Uchiha Yakumi and the other Uchiha clan members, with perfect coordination, transformed into afterimages and scattered in all directions, moving away from the area that was about to become a battlefield.
"..."
Orochimaru's ever-present smile finally faded as he stared intently at the two distinct and terrifying chakra streams and the two figures.
This aura...
The quality and quantity of this chakra...
This far exceeded his memory of the two brats.
He was already no less powerful than Nagato before him and Madara Uchiha after his resurrection.
what happened?
How did these two suddenly become so strong? What exactly did they experience in the virtual world?
"A descendant of the Uchiha clan?"
Madara Uchiha crossed his arms and looked at Sasuke Uchiha's face, which bore a striking resemblance to his younger brother Izuna, and at those eyes that were clearly those of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan...
"I never imagined that after my death, there would still be a member of the Uchiha clan who could awaken the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan." His tone carried a condescending admiration. "You are quite impressive."
"Now, step aside and hand over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki next to you. For the sake of these eyes, you may still have a chance to live."
Upon hearing that the target was Naruto, the last remaining smile on Sasuke's lips vanished completely, replaced by an icy chill.
He met Madara Uchiha's crimson eyes, showing no reverence whatsoever for the legendary ancestor, and simply uttered a cold sentence:
"Old man."
The next moment, Sasuke and Madara moved simultaneously, their feet slowly leaving the ground. A vast amount of chakra formed around them, creating bones, meridians, flesh, armor...
Two fully-formed Susanoo, clad in Tengu armor, with wings on their backs and two swords at their waists, rose from the ground, majestic and ferocious, exuding the same terrifying aura.
"You want the Nine-Tails inside me?" Naruto tilted his head and said, looking at Nagato and the other three. "Come on, give it a try."
Upon hearing this, Nagato and Orochimaru's expressions darkened slightly. They exchanged a glance and vanished from their spots in an instant, as did Naruto.
boom!!
Meanwhile, within the black mist behind Naruto, the blurry silhouettes of several figures gradually became clearer...
[I'm a little late today. I was planning to update at 6 PM, but someone suddenly told me that I had been plagiarized. I took a look and found that it really was just copy and paste, so I changed the name and then went to work on a color palette.]
(End of this chapter)