At this time, the ten dark red tails behind Menma swung simultaneously, like ten giant whips, viciously lashing the stagnant black rods around him.
Bang bang bang bang—!!!
Dozens of Chakra black rods were whipped away, reflecting back towards Jigen and Urashiki at a speed even faster than when they came!
'Sukunahikona!'
Jigen's pupils contracted.
Those reflected black rods, halfway through their flight, instantly all shrank to the size of dust, finally disappearing.
And in the instant he used his Dojutsu…
Menma also moved.
His figure disappeared from its spot.
His speed was so fast that not even an afterimage was left behind.
The next moment, he was already before Jigen, the Chakra black rod originally belonging to Jigen in his hand thrusting viciously at Jigen's head with a tearing shriek!
"So fast!" Boruto's eyes widened, unable to see Menma's movement at all.
"This speed... has already surpassed the Raikage!" A flicker of horror passed through Adult Sasuke's Rinnegan.
Jigen's reaction was equally quick.
The moment Menma appeared before him, the Chakra black rod spear in his hand was already held horizontally before him, precisely blocking the thrusting black rod.
Ding—!!!
An ear-piercingly loud sound of metal clashing exploded!
The moment the two black rods collided, a terrifying shockwave erupted with the two at its center. A visible wave of air swept in all directions!
Shattering the tree world within hundreds of meters into pieces.
On the roof, Boruto, Adult Sasuke, and Jiraiya all groaned simultaneously, pushed back repeatedly by the impact of the air wave.
"Just the aftermath of their weapons colliding..." Jiraiya gritted his teeth, forming hand seals, deploying a Sage Art barrier before him, barely blocking the impact of the air wave.
"Has this kind of power."
…
In the air, Jigen's face turned slightly pale.
Although he had blocked that strike, the terrifying recoil force transmitted to his arm still numbed the web of his hand, and the Chakra black rod spear almost slipped from his grasp.
What shocked him even more was Menma's strength.
Compared to five years ago, he's even stronger!
"It seems that Ten-Tails has helped you make considerable progress." Jigen said, enunciating each word through gritted teeth.
Menma smiled, not answering.
His right foot lifted without warning, a roundhouse kick tearing through the air with a shriek, viciously lashing at Jigen's side.
Jigen's pupils contracted, his body instinctively leaning backward, trying to avoid the kick.
But after Menma's roundhouse kick missed, a red Chakra Tail followed closely, suddenly appearing before Jigen, fiercely chopping down at him.
"What?!" Jigen's expression changed, too late to block.
Thud—!!!
A dull sound of impact rang out.
Jigen's body, as if hit by a heavy hammer, plummeted downward, crashing through the roof below, finally smashing heavily into the ground, kicking up a sky full of dust.
"..."
Urashiki stood not far away, watching this scene, a flicker of horror in his white eyes.
'Isshiki...'
'Was actually being suppressed in Taijutsu?'
'Although Isshiki's current vessel wasn't perfect, couldn't even fully reincarnate, after activating the second stage of Kama, his physical strength had already surpassed the so-called 'Kage' on this planet, even reaching the strength of a lower-ranked Otsutsuki warrior.'
'But that young man...'
'In just two moves, he had sent Jigen crashing down from the air.'
"This guy... what kind of monster is he?"
Urashiki's Adam's apple bobbed, fine cold sweat appearing on his forehead.
He suddenly regretted coming to this Space-Time.
No, not a little.
He regretted it very much.
"What are you standing there for?!"
A roar came from the smoke and dust below.
Jigen rushed out of the ruins, flying back into the air. His white robe was already damaged, a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, clearly that strike had wounded him considerably.
He flew to Urashiki's side, those eyes burning with furious flames.
"Together! Kill him first!"
The corner of Urashiki's mouth twitched.
He was, after all, an Otsutsuki warrior. Being ordered around like this by Jigen was really a bit annoying.
But looking at Jigen's almost murderous gaze, and the indifferent, proud Menma not far away, he ultimately gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Fine."
He took a deep breath, a flicker of ferocity in his white eyes.
Byakugan!
On his pale face, one white blood vessel after another suddenly bulged, spreading like a spider web, making his face ferocious and terrifying.
The next moment, his gaze firmly locked onto Menma in the air.
He wanted to see clearly what was hidden inside this young man's body.
Then, he saw it.
Inside Menma's body, the vast Chakra, like a vast sea of stars...
A massive Ten-Tailed demon fox constructed of dark red Chakra!
That demon fox also emitted the aura of a Juvenile Ten-Tails within it.
The two had perfectly merged.
Inseparable.
"Th-This is..." Urashiki's lips trembled.
"The Nine-Tails absorbed the Juvenile Ten-Tails?"
"How is this possible... How could a native of this planet do something like this?!"
His worldview, at this moment, was hit with unprecedented impact.
The Otsutsuki Clan planted God Trees on various planets, devouring the planet's Natural Energy, ultimately bearing Chakra Fruits. The Otsutsuki, after consuming the fruit, would gain evolution and power.
This was the unchanged iron rule of the Otsutsuki Clan for millions of years.
But this young man before him…
He had absorbed... the Juvenile Ten-Tails.
He had turned that Juvenile Ten-Tails, which should have devoured the planet's life and borne a Chakra Fruit, into a part of his own body, into the source of his power.
This was simply...
"Blasphemy..." Urashiki murmured to himself, a flicker of madness in his white eyes.
"This is blasphemy against the Otsutsuki Clan! Blasphemy against the God Tree! Blasphemy against that Lord!"
"He must be killed!"
His killing intent, at this moment, climbed to its peak.
Facing two Otsutsuki, Menma just slowly raised his right hand.
Towards Jigen and Urashiki, like beckoning to pets, he casually waved.
Then, said with extreme arrogance:
"Come at me together."
"I'm in a hurry."
Urashiki's anger was completely ignited by Menma's casual beckoning gesture.
That kind of indifference, like a human looking at an insect at their feet, was exactly the pattern they used towards humans.
But now it appeared on a planetary native who was not an Otsutsuki!
As if to say: Come on, come at me together, let me step on you and save the trouble.
"Arrogant brat!"
Urashiki's lips pressed into a thin line. On his pale face, the already prominent blood vessels now writhed and bulged under his skin like earthworms, making his expression somewhat ferocious.
"You will pay for your arrogance..."
Before his voice faded, the red light fishing rod in his hand was already swung in a full arc!
Using his waist as the axis and Chakra as the string, he poured the power of his entire arm and his whole body into that seemingly slender fishing rod.
"Amenosubaruboshinomikoto!"
Hum—!!!
The red light at the tip of the fishing rod suddenly surged, like exploding fireworks, transforming into dozens, hundreds of fine red streams of light, pouring down like a torrential rain towards where Menma stood!
Each red stream of light was a fishhook compressed to the extreme, containing Urashiki's unique Rinnegan Ocular Power… a strange ability to forcibly extract Chakra from the person hooked.
In Urashiki's long career of planting trees, this technique had caused countless 'native powerhouses' of various planets to fall.
They might be able to block physical attacks, might be able to withstand Ninjutsu bombardments, but facing this ability that ignored defense, directly pierced the body, and acted on physical energy, most people didn't even have a chance to react before their Chakra or life energy was instantly drained.
However, facing this overwhelming barrage of red streams of light, Menma didn't even make any 'responding' movement.
He just stood there quietly, as if the approaching onslaught was merely a gorgeous fireworks display.
Then, the ten dark red Chakra Tails behind him moved.
The ten tails, as if possessing independent wills, silently lifted, then traced several arcs in the air.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
The dense crisp sounds, like popping beans, connected together in the air.
The hundreds of fierce red streams of light were all whipped to pieces, scattered, turning into specks of red light dust, slowly drifting in the air.
The entire process was dazzlingly fast.
"Tch." Urashiki pursed his lips, but there was little surprise or amazement on his face. Instead, he revealed a strange smile.
"Got you!"
He suddenly jerked the fishing rod in his hand!
Among the many streams of light just now, a red fishhook at the end of the fishing line's main body had stealthily hit Menma's Chakra Tail.
When Urashiki withdrew the fishhook, there was clearly a small clump of dark red Chakra, faintly writhing, hooked on it.
It was a small clump of dark red Chakra 'scraped' from Menma's tail by the fishhook.
"Hahaha! Kid, you're still too green!" Urashiki laughed triumphantly, carefully pinching the red fishing line, bringing the fishhook close to his eyes, carefully observing the clump of dark red Chakra energy on the hook's tip.
"Let this lord see what this strange Chakra of yours really..."
His laughter abruptly stopped.
In those white eyes, the original smugness and greed were rapidly replaced by an indescribable shock and doubt.
"What is... this?"
Urashiki frowned, bringing the fishhook even closer. The blood vessels around his white eyes pulsated even more intensely, clearly pushing his insight to its limit.
He saw it.
This clump of dark red Chakra, in appearance, was not much different from ordinary Tailed Beast's Chakra, or even the God Tree's Chakra planted by the Otsutsuki. They were all aggregates of Chakra converted from high-concentration Natural Energy.
But...
"It feels... wrong."
Urashiki murmured to himself, his fingers unconsciously twisting the fishing rod.
"Inside... there's something... I've never seen before."
It wasn't a change in Chakra Nature, nor was it pure malice or negative emotion.
It was a kind of deeper, darker thing, as if from the 'other side' of the world.
Like light and darkness. Although opposed, they both belong to the two sides of the world.
This clump of dark red Chakra before him gave Urashiki the feeling of being the 'dark side' of Chakra.
"How is this possible..." Cold sweat seeped from Urashiki's forehead.
He had traversed the universe for thousands of years, harvested countless life planets, seen all kinds of strange Chakra Natures, but never... never seen this kind of Chakra Nature.
Just as Urashiki was sunk in shock and doubt…
Swish!
A sharp sound of something cutting through the air rang out abruptly.
A pitch-black Chakra black rod, like a meteor tearing through the night sky, shot towards Urashiki's face!
It was Menma, casually throwing the Chakra black rod he had been playing with earlier.
But even this casual throw, the speed and power within it made all of Urashiki's hairs stand on end!
'Danger!'
Urashiki's body, driven by instinct, dodged rapidly to one side!
The Chakra black rod grazed his cheek, the sharp wind leaving a thin bloody scratch on his pale skin.
However, the attack was not over.
At the end of the Chakra black rod's flight trajectory, Menma's figure also followed closely!
"S-So fast!" Boruto on the roof exclaimed, watching the aerial battle in disbelief, his blue pupils trembling slightly.
Menma's speed was so fast it reached the limit of Boruto's visual retention, giving Boruto the illusion of 'teleportation'.
Menma's right fist was clenched tightly, wrapped in thick, blood-like dark red Tailed Beast's Chakra. No fancy techniques, no unnecessary movements, just the simplest, most direct, and most violent straight punch!
Smashing towards Urashiki's face!
"Damn it!" Urashiki's pupils suddenly contracted.
This punch was too fast, the distance too close. He had no time to dodge!
And no time to switch to the Rinnegan to use his time rewind ability.
He could only block!
Urashiki instinctively raised the red light fishing rod in his hand, holding it horizontally before him.
"Don't even think about it!"
A low growl came from the side.
It was Jigen.
The moment Menma threw the black rod, he had already moved.
The Chakra black rod condensed in his hand precisely thrust towards the trajectory of Menma's right fist, trying to intercept the punch halfway.
Ding—!!!
The fist wrapped in dark red Chakra collided fiercely with the Chakra black rod!
There was no loud bang.
Only a dull groan, as if metal were being twisted by immense force.
Zzzzz—!!!
The dark red Chakra and the black rod of Yin-Yang Release power clashed and eroded fiercely, bursting into dazzling sparks on the black rod's surface, emitting a teeth-grating 'zzzz' sound.
"What?!" Jigen's expression changed.
He could clearly feel that the black rod in his hand, condensed from the purest Yin-Yang Release power, was emitting an unbearable groan under the erosion of the dark red Chakra on the other party's fist!
As if it would be forcibly broken in the next instant!
'What was the origin of this guy's Chakra?!'
'It could even erode the creation of Yin-Yang Release?!'