Naruto: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 338: Young Man, Let's Join Forces to Save the Ninja World!

"That's right!"

Black Zetsu fully agreed with his mother. For thousands of years, he had only ever deceived others, but now he found himself suffering multiple setbacks at the hands of Hagoromo Gengetsu. The only thing left to do was blame himself for not working hard enough, which resulted in his mother not regaining her peak state.

Hearing this, Hagoromo Gengetsu glanced at Black Zetsu hiding in Kaguya's sleeve. As for the greatest puppet master behind the scenes in the ninja world, he no longer posed a threat to the current Gengetsu.

Gengetsu then turned his gaze back to Kaguya and without further delay, offered her two choices:

"The tide has turned, and this planet is ready to accept a new master. Kaguya, you now have only two options."

"Sealing? Or submission?"

Kaguya's eyes narrowed. "There's a third option."

"Oh?"

"To devour you!" Kaguya's Byakugan widened suddenly.

A powerful pressure swept toward Gengetsu like a tangible force. He observed this calmly, ripples forming in the purple swirls of his Rinnegan.

In an instant, an invisible blade-like shockwave sped forward.

Rinnegan's pressure met Byakugan's pressure!

Soon, the space between them twisted with the sound of tearing. Waves of spatial ripples spread out like water, scattering in all directions. The impact lifted sand, sent pebbles flying, and caused the earth to crack into deep fissures.

As for the two at the center, Gengetsu remained unmoved, while Kaguya's long hair fluttered involuntarily.

"So, this is your final decision?" Gengetsu stated calmly, giving his last ultimatum.

Kaguya, a woman of few words, responded with action.

Before the sound of the sonic boom even reached them, she had already crossed a hundred meters in an instant, appearing like a ghost before Gengetsu. Her pale, slender fingers clenched, and an immense force, empowered by highly concentrated chakra, burst forth without reservation.

Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!

In an instant, the air within a hundred-meter radius was compressed to a sharp whistle. Following this, another layer of sharp whistles erupted.

Gengetsu raised his right hand as well, fingers clenched into a fist, gathering an equally immense force of chakra within his palm, and met her head-on.

Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack versus Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!

After ascending to the Bloodline Encompassing, much like how Kaguya had awakened these powers after consuming the Chakra Fruit, Gengetsu had automatically gained several Bloodline Encompassing abilities.

For example, the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and Yomotsu Hirasaka.

However, techniques like Amenominaka and Infinite Tsukuyomi, which were unique to the Rinne Sharingan, remained out of his grasp.

Of course, Gengetsu also possessed his own unique Bloodline Encompassing abilities.

With his strength assured, he confronted the ancient Six Paths-level powerhouse directly.

In the blink of an eye, their pale fists collided in midair, akin to two colossal meteors colliding head-on.

A sound both like a mighty bell and an earth-shattering explosion echoed, though the sound had yet to reach them before they had already exchanged another punch.

Boom!!!

Finally!

The deafening roar erupted, accompanied by a series of ear-piercing sonic booms. The ground below instantly collapsed into a massive crater, while the surrounding land cracked into countless spider-web-like fractures that quickly spread outward.

Simultaneously, the sand along the way surged like waves, briefly blotting out the sun.

This was just the beginning.

In the following moments, neither Gengetsu nor Kaguya backed down. Their hands blurred into afterimages, and as they rapidly exchanged blows, the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack clashed again and again.

It was as if two true gods were battling for supremacy.

Every move from both Gengetsu and Kaguya unleashed power no less than a full-force kick from the Eighth Gate Guy.

Wave after wave of powerful shockwaves swept outward, visible to the naked eye.

The desert, which should have been raging with storms, now resembled a shy girl, bowing her head in silence.

In no time, what should have been a vast, sandy desert was laid bare, revealing the hard, ancient bedrock that had not seen sunlight for countless years.

Soon after, the sound of these ancient stones, which had witnessed millennia of history, shattered under the pressure.

This was the power of the Six Paths.

Even the residual aftershocks of their battle completely transformed the landscape, which had existed long before the arrival of the Otsutsuki clan.

Gengetsu, not wanting to bring more calamity upon the world, had deliberately chosen this location.

Similarly, Kaguya, who still regarded the planet beneath her as her garden, had not changed the battlefield either.

As for using Amenominaka to drag Gengetsu into her domain, it would have been futile against someone who possessed Yomotsu Hirasaka.

After exchanging over a hundred blows, both Gengetsu and Kaguya locked eyes.

Realizing that this direct confrontation was unlikely to produce a quick victor and with another unexpected guest on the way, they silently agreed to a temporary ceasefire after their final punch connected.

At this moment, fierce winds strong enough to tear ordinary people apart still howled, carrying sand across the desolate landscape that now looked as though it had endured countless cataclysms.

The only things left unscathed were Hagoromo Gengetsu and Kaguya.

Although Kaguya was not at her true peak, having consumed the God Tree's fruit and with her genuine immortality and the Ten Tails within her, she was far from easy to defeat.

Staring at the woman opposite him, who did not seem even slightly out of breath, Gengetsu knew that to permanently deal with her, he would need to use sealing techniques.

However, after ascending to the Six Paths level, he had not awakened any sealing abilities.

The sealing techniques he had previously mastered were effective below the Six Paths level, but insufficient against Kaguya.

The ultimate sealing technique of the Sage of the Six Paths, Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, was what he needed.

As it happened, there was someone nearby who possessed this technique.

After shielding everyone from Kaguya's attack, Naruto did not forget his mission.

Since he did not know Yomotsu Hirasaka or any other space-time ninjutsu, he could only fly towards the sensed location.

When he finally arrived, Gengetsu and Kaguya had just finished their warm-up round.

The first thing Naruto noticed was the vast, devastated landscape below, which seemed to have endured countless assaults, rendering him momentarily speechless.

In that instant, he fully grasped the catastrophic impact that a Six Paths-level battle could have on the ninja world.

If these two fought their way to Konoha's skies...

The thought made Naruto's expression grow solemn and serious.

He had to stop this from happening!

Right at that moment, Gengetsu smiled and waved at him, calling out:

"Young man, it's time we joined forces to save the ninja world."