July had passed, and it was now August.
Seiryū, who had been trying to fuse all seven Chakra natures while exploring the path toward Kekkei Mōra, suddenly sensed something and turned his gaze toward a certain direction.
"They really came after all."
Two powerful and terrifying Chakra signatures were approaching.
They belonged to the two members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan currently in the shinobi world!
'Whoosh!'
Seiryū vanished and shot into the sky, stopping high above Konoha.
Facing the two figures in front of him, he gave a cold grin.
"Coming together? You really think highly of me."
In the end, these two had been unable to remain patient.
They clearly understood Seiryū's situation and had no intention of giving him any more time to grow stronger.
Unfortunately for them, they had arrived a little too late.
Seiryū had already reached the Six Paths level.
"If we don't kill you, how are we supposed to reclaim the God Tree's power?"
Some time had passed, and Urashiki's condition had already returned to normal after replenishing his Chakra from another Ten-Tails.
The Chakra of someone at the Kekkei Mōra level was impossible to ignore!
"Compared with that other man, you're clearly the greater threat."
"Once we eliminate you, we'll naturally deal with him next and completely reclaim the power that belongs to Kaguya."
Isshiki's left eye was a Byakugan, while his right eye possessed a strange wheel-like pattern.
Although his Chakra fluctuations were not as powerful as Urashiki's, he somehow felt even more dangerous.
Madara, as one of Kaguya's descendants, had indeed proven suitable enough to serve as Isshiki's "vessel."
Isshiki had now fully restored his peak strength as well.
He was only one step away from Kekkei Mōra!
"If it's only the two of you, that still isn't enough."
Seiryū grinned.
With a thought, an equally powerful Chakra fluctuation erupted from his body.
He activated the Six Paths Power within him, materializing Chakra into a black and white haori.
As for its design, it looked almost exactly like the captain's haori from Bleach.
This was simply another application of Chakra.
In essence, it was similar to the Six Paths cloak manifested by a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, a visible characteristic produced when Six Paths Power was activated.
However, Seiryū could freely control its appearance, and changing the style of the clothing was not difficult.
"This Chakra."
Isshiki narrowed his eyes.
"You've reached this level as well?"
"Kaguya's God Tree was clearly taken by someone else, so how did you manage to achieve this?"
"To think you could elevate your very existence to this level without relying on the power of a God Tree."
Previously, Seiryū had relied on several transformations to forcibly increase his combat power.
He had possessed the strength of that realm, but not the corresponding level of existence.
Fundamentally, he had still been human.
Only his combat power had reached that level.
But now, his very existence had undergone a true qualitative transformation!
How had he done it?
Even within the Ōtsutsuki Clan, reaching this level was no simple matter.
Normally, it required consuming enough Chakra Fruits.
Yet Seiryū had somehow transformed himself to this extent without receiving the power of a God Tree.
Isshiki stared intently at him, as though trying to see through every secret hidden within his body.
"What exactly are you hiding?"
There was definitely some secret behind Seiryū's power.
Otherwise, none of this made sense!
"What secret?"
Seiryū smiled.
"Naturally, I'm cheating."
The nine Truth-Seeking Balls behind him converged into a single point and condensed into a black blade.
A captain's haori from Bleach, a black blade that looked as though it had been coated in Armament Haki, and enemies from Naruto.
All three major series had somehow come together!
After breaking through to the Six Paths level, Seiryū had also conducted more experiments with his abilities.
Quincy Vollständig and Dragon-Human Hollowification no longer provided nearly as large an increase as before.
The level of Six Paths Power was clearly higher.
That was actually normal.
Quincy Vollständig was fundamentally similar to Sage Mode and was connected to the Sage Body.
Dragon-Human Hollowification was essentially a Tailed Beast Transformation using Dragon Vein Chakra.
And even the Dragon Vein's Chakra was, at most, only somewhat stronger than the Nine-Tails.
Both transformations possessed clear upper limits.
After all, they were not the true Quincy Vollständig or Hollowification from the Bleach world.
During the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original story, Naruto had possessed power at roughly this level.
The Yang Power granted by the Sage of Six Paths, combined with portions of Chakra from all nine Tailed Beasts, had only allowed him to reach combat power approaching the Six Paths level.
And even that was inferior to Seiryū's current state!
Previously, combining Quincy Vollständig with Dragon-Human Hollowification had been enough to give Seiryū Six Paths-level combat power.
But now, Seiryū had already reached the Six Paths level in his normal state.
Naturally, the increase provided by those two transformations had become much smaller.
However, the Eight Inner Gates Formation could still provide a considerable boost.
It was no longer anything as exaggerated as a tenfold increase, but the improvement was still significant.
In simple terms, Seiryū had definitely become stronger.
There was no reason for reaching a higher level to somehow make him weaker.
Previously, combining all three transformations had allowed him to fight a true Kekkei Mōra-level opponent.
Now, whether it was Kaguya at her peak or Isshiki after reaching Kekkei Mōra, Seiryū would not hesitate to fight them once he unleashed his full combat power!
As for who would win.
That could only be determined through battle!
"Why waste time talking to him?"
Urashiki was clearly becoming impatient.
"As long as we defeat him and extract his soul, every secret he possesses will be laid bare before us!"
If Urashiki had been alone, he might not have dared to come.
But now there were two of them.
Two powerful members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
Surely they could defeat Seiryū together.
There could not possibly be anyone in this world capable of fighting two members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan at once!
Last time, Urashiki had simply been careless.
This time, he would remain cautious.
He definitely would not be defeated so easily again!
"Try blocking this, you damned monkey. If you fail, everyone below will die!"
"Amenosubaruboshinomikoto."
Urashiki attacked immediately.
Kekkei Mōra-level Chakra surged violently from his body, making the surrounding space seem to solidify.
He raised his right hand toward Konoha below, and a vicious smile appeared on his face.
"Ōyumihime!"
'Hum.'
An enormous amount of Chakra condensed into a single point, forming a Chakra sphere hundreds of meters across.
The power contained within it far exceeded that of an ordinary Tailed Beast Ball.
If it struck the ground, Konoha would be destroyed instantly.
Seiryū had no choice but to stop it.
Otherwise, everyone in the village below would die!
Urashiki had not forgotten what Seiryū had done to him before.
He had not forgotten that humiliation.
This time, he intended to make Seiryū suffer before he died!
"Hehehe. You really are asking to die."
Realizing what Urashiki intended, Seiryū grinned, a dangerous smile spreading across his face.
Six Paths Power surged throughout his body, providing even greater power than when he had previously stacked Dragon-Human Hollowification with the Eight Inner Gates Formation.
Facing the massive Chakra sphere already descending toward Konoha, Seiryū simply drew back his right arm and punched from a distance.
"Dragon Fist Burst!"
'Boom!'
Dragon-shaped fist force roared through the air and slammed into the massive Chakra sphere.
The impact sent it flying away like a baseball, knocking it far outside Konoha before it crashed into an uninhabited area.
'Rumble!'
The explosion resembled a nuclear blast.
A massive mushroom cloud slowly rose into the sky.
The resulting shockwave spread outward in every direction before sweeping back toward the battlefield as a violent hurricane.
(To be continued.)
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