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Chapter 141: The Black Nine-Tails is Nothing Special, Obito Possesses the Body
"Don't look down on me!!" Menma roared impotently as he was smashed out of the sky by another ruthless punch.
His body was riddled with dents and fist imprints. Even with his physically enhanced frame, he could barely withstand the sheer weight and power of Konan's Sage Art punches.
He had reached his limit.
Coughing up blood, his mask had long since shattered, revealing facial features twisted in agony. He looked utterly miserable.
Menma stared daggers at Konan. "You bastard! Witness my true power! Nine-Tails!!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, a black light flashed across his stomach, and a mass of incredibly dense chakra surged forth.
In an instant, a colossal monster over a hundred meters tall appeared—the Black Nine-Tails!
Two terrifyingly large feet slammed onto the lake's surface. Compared to the beast, Menma, who had fallen near its feet, looked no bigger than an ant.
"The Nine-Tails?" Hovering in mid-air, Konan scoffed coldly. "Just another slightly larger beast..."
Tailed Beasts were merely creatures with massive bodies and infinite chakra capable of amazing destruction. To a true powerhouse, however, they were nothing more than toys. Even the strongest among them—the Nine-Tails—posed absolutely no threat to her in her current state.
Konan's paper wings fluttered, and she dove sharply.
Moving with incredible agility, she wove through the gaps between the nine massive tails that lashed out at her. She was untouched. Not a single tail could graze her.
She flew directly above the Black Nine-Tails' head and stomped down!
Despite the massive disparity in size, she unleashed a terrifying amount of force.
BOOM!
Like Mt. Tai crushing down, the unstoppable force slammed the Black Nine-Tails' massive head down dozens of meters. Unable to bear the pressure, its entire body prostrated onto the lake, sending up monstrous waves.
ROAR—!
The Black Nine-Tails let out a deafening roar of pain. Its buffalo-sized beast eyes, blood-red with rage, glared up at Konan.
As a Tailed Beast formed entirely of chakra, its defense and regeneration capabilities were formidable. Despite suffering such a heavy blow to the head, it still had the strength to counterattack.
Its tails whipped toward Konan like nine thick iron rods. Simultaneously, its mouth gaped open, and a purplish-red ball of chakra energy began to expand rapidly, visible to the naked eye.
Konan's expression remained indifferent.
With a wave of her hand, the sky full of white paper rustled together, aggregating to form a gigantic ice spike over a hundred meters long. It hung in the air, radiating a bone-chilling white mist. The surrounding temperature plummeted.
Whoosh!
The ice spike fell, creating a piercing sonic boom. The tip tore through the air, creating visible white shockwaves as it plunged downward.
Compared to the massive ice spike, the Black Nine-Tails' attacking tails looked as weak and thin as willow branches. They couldn't shake the giant spike in the slightest.
Squelch!
Without any resistance, the giant ice spike drove straight down. It pierced right through the Black Nine-Tails' head, pinning it firmly to the surface of the lake.
The Tailed Beast Bomb that had been gathering in its mouth detonated prematurely. Instead of firing, it blasted inside the beast's mouth, inflicting further heavy injuries.
With its mouth skewered by the ice spike, the Black Nine-Tails could no longer roar. It could only emit low, muffled whimpers of agony.
Thick layers of ice spread rapidly from the spike, covering the Black Nine-Tails' body and freezing it into a gigantic block of ice. The Black Nine-Tails instantly lost its combat capability and was forced out of the fight!
.....
On the other side, Menma crouched on the lake surface, gasping violently. Intense pain radiated from every part of his body. His injuries were severe.
Seeing the Black Nine-Tails rendered helpless by Konan, he muttered in disbelief, "That's the Nine-Tails! The strongest Tailed Beast! How could it be suppressed and beaten like this?!"
He couldn't believe that even after releasing the Black Nine-Tails, the outcome was still a crushing defeat. How could her power be so terrifying?!
Menma had roamed the ninja world for years, painstakingly collecting and fusing numerous ninjutsu to obtain his current power. He had never met his match before. Even Konohagakure, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, had been completely destroyed by his hands. The so-called Hokage, Anbu, and Jonin were no match for him.
But now...
Menma staggered to his feet, staring gloomily at the pinned Black Nine-Tails. The waves generated by the impact caused the lake surface to heave, and his body swayed with it.
Suddenly, he looked to his left as a phantom silhouette emerged.
"You finally showed up!" Menma endured the pain in his body and spoke urgently, "Tell me quickly, what method do you have to defeat that guy?!"
He was absolutely unwilling to bow out here! He, Menma Uzumaki, was the ruler of the ninja world. The world was meant to be conquered by him alone, and any existence that threatened him had to be eliminated!
"Defeating her... naturally, there is a way." Obito looked at Menma gloomily, speaking cryptically, "As long as our powers become one..."
His voice was full of malice, like the whispering of an evil spirit.
"What do you mean?!" Menma felt a chill run down his spine, instinctively sensing danger. "Don't come any closer! Or I won't be polite!"
He immediately threw a kunai at the approaching Obito.
But it was futile.
The opponent seemed to truly be a phantom; the kunai passed straight through him without causing any harm. Stopping his approach was impossible.
"Do not resist." The malice in Obito's voice was undisguised. "Give your body to me, and I will help you defeat that opponent!"
"In your dreams!!" Realizing Obito's intent, Menma was scared out of his wits, a fatal sense of crisis rising in his heart.
Danger! This guy was incredibly dangerous! He wanted to hijack his body—absolutely not!
Unfortunately, Menma's struggles were in vain. Faced with the intangibility of Kamui, all his attacks were useless. Moreover, in his current battered state, he couldn't even escape.
He could only watch helplessly as Obito walked behind him and slowly merged into his body.
His consciousness began to fade, and control over his body was rapidly stripped away.
Menma suddenly realized the truth, stammering, "So... so... you... you were waiting for this opportunity all along..."
"Correct." Obito's body fully merged, leaving only his head whispering by Menma's ear. "I was waiting for you to be weakened. Only then could I possess and control your body. And now..."
He spoke coldly, "Rest well. Handing your body to me is your only value in this world. Because... your entire life is a lie, created by me!"
"You...!" Menma's eyes widened instantly, filled with horror.
But that was the end. In the next instant, his consciousness returned to darkness. Obito's phantom completely merged into the body, seizing full control.
Menma... no, Obito subconsciously clenched his fists, feeling the power of this vessel.
"Not bad! Although he used some messy methods and ninjutsu, the body's intensity is indeed excellent."
With the infusion of new power—White Zetsu cells—the injuries on Menma's body healed visibly. The pain receded like a tide, no longer affecting his combat ability.
"Hmph! Let the final battle begin!"
Obito leaped into the air.
At that moment, Konan had just finished freezing the Black Nine-Tails.
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