novelraw Chapter 377 - 377 Menma vs Isshiki
Chapter 377 - 377 Menma vs Isshiki
On Isshiki's pale face, his golden Kokugan and pure white left eye were fixed dead on Menma. Cold killing intent and fervent greed intertwined.
In his eyes, this youth before him who possessed the Tenseigan was no longer a mere enemy, but a supreme medicine that could mend his thousand-year-old wounds and even allow him to advance further!
He just needs to defeat him and turn him into a Chakra Pill...
Menma hovered in the air, golden Chakra enveloping him like burning sacred flames. Sensing Isshiki's unconcealed covetous gaze, his eyes also ignited with even more intense fighting spirit.
The light of the Tenseigan Chakra Mode grew even more resplendent. The golden Tenseigan at the center of his forehead radiated a light that seemed to see through everything.
At this tense, explosive moment, Kokyu's satisfied and lazy mental fluctuation reached Menma in his mental world: 'Burp~ Menma, I ate so much... this guy tastes good, but the Chakra is a bit too much for me, so I need to digest a bit...'
A slight curve lifted the corner of Menma's mouth.
'You absorbed it so fast this time. Last time when you ate the Ten-Tails, it took you three or four days.'
But then Menma remembered that Kokyu had already eaten eight Tailed Beasts in the Limited Tsukuyomi World and then Isshiki's Ten-Tails, evolving beyond the Ten-Tails. So naturally, eating another Ten-Tails wouldn't take as long as before.
In the real world, facing the imposing Isshiki, he suddenly revealed a meaningful smile.
The next moment, without moving his hands, his figure abruptly vanished from his spot without a trace!
"Huh?!" Isshiki's pupils abruptly contracted. His golden Kokugan instantly scanned the surroundings. His left Byakugan also activated fully, its 360-degree perspective vision sweeping over the entire desolate alternate dimension battlefield like radar.
Nothing!
Nowhere!
That guy seemed to have completely evaporated!
'How is this possible?! Under my Byakugan's vision, how can anyone completely hide?! Unless...' His heart suddenly sank. An ominous premonition like ice water poured over his whole body.
'Unless he left this space!'
"Could it be... damn it! The Ten-Tails!!" Isshiki exclaimed in shock, his face instantly turning extremely ugly!
A dark red Space-Time Portal hastily opened before him. Without hesitation, he stepped into it!
…
Inside the alternate dimension imprisoning the Ten-Tails.
When Isshiki rushed out of the portal, the scene that met his eyes almost made them burst with rage!
In the hollow space beneath the altar where the massive Ten-Tails emitting violent Chakra should have been, there was nothing!
Only those broken Chakra Chains and askew black rods silently narrated the 'robbery' that had occurred here.
And on the empty altar above, a large fox, her entire body dark red, shrouded in chakra deeper and more terrifying than the Ten-Tails', was lazily lying down.
Her ten tails, seemingly condensed from hellfire, swayed contentedly. Her massive body emanated a heart-palpitating sense of satisfaction.
What made Isshiki feel absurd and enraged the most was that this giant fox's Chakra aura was actually of the same origin as that youth earlier!
Menma's figure was quietly floating above the Dark Nine-Tails' head, one hand gently stroking its fur that seemed like burning flame.
Sensing Isshiki's arrival, Menma glanced down at him, his gaze calm as if looking at a stranger intruding into his own backyard.
"I thought you'd come here a bit faster." Menma's tone carried a hint of casualness.
The Dark Nine-Tails, Kokyu, also raised her huge head. Her crimson beast pupils glanced at the enraged Isshiki below. She let out a burp, spewing out a breath mixed with residual Ten-Tails' Chakra, then lazily shook her head. Her massive body turned into a dark red stream of light and reintegrated into Menma's body.
"You despicable thief!!!" Isshiki stared at the empty altar, feeling the nothingness of the completely vanished Ten-Tails' Chakra. A thousand years of scheming, the hope to repair his main body, all seemed to turn into bubbles at this moment!
Rage twisted his pale face, and he let out a roar like an injured beast: "From the very beginning... your target was the Ten-Tails?!"
Menma slowly descended from the air, landing on the cold edge of the altar. His Tenseigan calmly gazed at Isshiki, neither admitting nor denying.
But this silent attitude undoubtedly further enraged Isshiki.
"Die!" Isshiki completely lost reason. Raising his hand, several black Chakra Rods far thicker and more solid than before shot towards Menma with piercing whistles!
These rods carried his vast Chakra and killing intent, easily enough to penetrate mountains.
However, facing this angry strike, Menma didn't even move his feet.
He just casually raised his right hand, fingers spread, and with perfect accuracy grabbed in the air!
Those black Chakra Rods, which would leave Kage-level Ninja dead or seriously injured, were caught in his hand. Then Menma squeezed forcefully.
Crack!
The black rods were easily crushed like fragile glass, transforming into pure Chakra Particles dissipating in the air!
"The Tenseigan... truly troublesome!" Isshiki's pupils slightly contracted but he wasn't overly surprised.
But he had absolute confidence in his main body's strength!
Isshiki's foot stepped in the void. His figure charged forward, instantly appearing before Menma. His right fist covered in pale skin shot straight towards Menma's face like a cannonball!
This punch was enough to flatten a small hill!
Menma's eyes didn't change. Similarly raising his right fist, golden chakra wrapping his arm, without dodging or evading, meeting it head-on!
"Boom—!!"
Fists collided as if two mountains violently crashed together!
A terrifying shockwave spread outward in a spherical shape madly expanding. The entire altar violently shook. The edges even began to crumble and shatter!
Enormous roaring sounds repeatedly echoed in the closed alternate dimension, deafening!
With one punch ineffective, a ruthless look flashed in Isshiki's eyes. His left leg, like a steel whip, silently lifted, directly kicking towards Menma's vital lower body, the angle tricky and vicious!
But Menma's reaction was faster!
Almost the moment Isshiki lifted his leg, Menma's left leg arrived later but struck first, accurately kicking Isshiki's thigh!
Thump!
A force far exceeding Isshiki's imagination came through. His entire left thigh instantly went numb. His whole figure uncontrollably flew backwards, tumbling several times in the air before barely stabilizing his posture, landing on the other end of the shattered altar.
"How is this possible?!" Isshiki's face showed incredulous horror for the first time!
'His strength... how can it be this strong?!'
'This definitely isn't just the amplification from the Tenseigan! My main body actually fell into a disadvantage in a head-on clash?!'
Not allowing him to think carefully, Menma's figure had already pursued like golden lightning!
The two once again violently exchanged a punch!
Boom—!!!
An even more terrifying shockwave erupted. This time, not just the altar, even the surrounding void space seemed to ripple!
The ground beneath their feet, with the collision point as the center, outwardly rolled and collapsed layer by layer like waves, instantly changing the terrain for hundreds of meters around!
Isshiki forcibly endured the intense pain from his knuckles. His left hand formed fingers like a knife, entwined with Chakra, like a real blade, chopping towards Menma's neck!
Menma raised his arm to block. His forearm collided with the hand-knife, emitting a metallic clanging sound!
Simultaneously, his right leg, like a poisonous dragon emerging from its cave, at a speed Isshiki couldn't fully capture, violently kicked Isshiki's chest!
"Pfft—!"
Isshiki felt an irresistible immense force penetrate his body. His internal organs seemed displaced. A sweet taste surged in his throat. He couldn't help but spitting out a mouthful of blood. His body once again shot backwards like a kite with a cut string, heavily crashing into the distant wall engraved with Otsutsuki symbols, emitting a dull thud.
During his flight backwards, Isshiki, forcibly enduring the intense pain and dizziness, his golden Kokugan frantically flashed!
"Daikokuten!"
Several huge black cubes appeared out of thin air. Carrying the momentum of immense weight, they crashed down upon the pursuing Menma's head like meteors, attempting to block his pursuit!
Menma's gaze remained indifferent. He didn't even stop his forward momentum.
He willed it. The six Truth-Seeking Balls hovering beside him instantly shot forth!
Boom boom boom—!!
The Truth-Seeking Balls and black cubes violently collided, emitting deafening loud bangs!
The extremely sturdy Daikokuten, under the impact of the Truth-Seeking Balls, was easily knocked away and bounced aside like toys, utterly unable to block Menma in the slightest!
His figure nimbly flickered and leaped between these bounced giant cubes like a golden stream of light, his speed fast to the extreme. In an instant, he traversed over a thousand meters of distance. From high in the air, like a hunting eagle, he pounced fiercely down towards Isshiki who was leaning against the wall panting!
A trace of panic flashed in Isshiki's eyes, but more so the madness of being driven into a corner!
"You bastard!!" He roared, both hands forcefully pushing forward!
Countless pitch-black black Chakra Rods, like a torrential downpour of steel rain, densely and covering the sky and earth towards Menma, who had no place to leverage in the air!
The sheer number, wide range, almost blocked all of Menma's possible evasion space!
Facing this sky-covering, earth-blanketing rain of black rods, Menma finally stopped his diving momentum.
"Tsk, now this is somewhat interesting." He hovered in mid-air, slowly raising his right hand.
The six Truth-Seeking Balls behind him instantly flew back, circling around his arm, then began high-speed rotation and fusion!
Brilliant golden light erupted. A giant golden light sword, seemingly composed of pure light energy, its blade flowing with Chakra Fluctuations, rapidly condensed into form in his hand!
The moment the light sword appeared, the energy of the entire alternate dimension seemed to become disordered!
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion."
Menma calmly uttered the four words. Swinging his arm, the giant golden light sword drew a golden arc traversing the universe!
No sound.
Where the golden light sword passed, space seemed to be neatly cut open!
The dense rain of incoming black Chakra Rods, upon contacting the golden arc light, then like ice and snow under sunlight silently melted and annihilated!
Not even a speck of dust remained!
The sword light's momentum unabated, easily sliced through the giant altar behind, and the wall beside it engraved with Otsutsuki symbols!
Sssh—!
The altar and wall were like butter cut by a hot knife, neatly split in two!
The cut surfaces smooth as a mirror!
But this wasn't over yet!
The golden sword light seemed to possess the great power to tear space. Continuing forward, it ultimately violently struck this alternate dimension's own boundary barrier!
Crack—!!!
A sound that made souls tremble rang out!
The entire alternate dimension, under this earth-shattering sword strike, was actually forcibly split open a huge space-time fissure spanning east to west, its extent unknown!
The chaotic void outside began to seep in from the fissure!
Isshiki felt a mortal crisis the moment the golden light sword appeared!
He didn't hesitate, activating the Sukunahikona Dojutsu of his Kokugan!
Isshiki's body, in the nick of time, instantly shrunk to dust size, narrowly avoiding the destructive golden sword light!
Even so, the space-rending sensation brought by the passing sword light made his shrunk main body feel a pang of fear.
He hid within a tiny space-time fissure, breathing heavily, his heart filled with lingering fear and disbelief.
'Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion... this is the power of the Tenseigan?!'
However, just as his mind slightly calmed, thinking he had dodged a bullet, preparing to think about his next move—
A sense of crisis that made his hair stand on end descended again!
He abruptly looked up. That golden figure had at some unknown time appeared outside the space-time fissure he was hiding in!
The Tenseigan at the center of Menma's forehead accurately locked onto his dust-sized main body!
And in Menma's hand now was neither Truth-Seeking Balls nor a golden light sword.
It was a sphere only about the size of an apple, entirely pitch-black, as if able to devour all light.
Around the sphere, a ring of pale blue Wind Attribute Chakra spun rapidly, emitting sharp whistling sounds!
"Great Spiralling Ring!"
Menma looked at that barely perceptible dust, his gaze indifferent, like looking at a stain about to be erased.
His arm gently pushed forward.
That black sphere containing extremely compressed Dark Chakra and violent Wind Release power floated lightly towards the area where Isshiki was hiding.
The next moment—
Boom!!!
A horrifying explosion violently erupted!
First, blinding white light instantly swallowed everything!
Sound, matter, space...
Everything seemed to be annihilated by that destructive energy at this moment!
At the explosion's core, it was as if a black sun rose, surrounded by pure white shockwaves that destroyed everything!
The altar's remains, wall fragments, even the Space-Time Fissure opened by the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion...
Everything was completely devoured and vaporized in the Great Spiralling Ring's explosion!
The explosion's shockwaves like a tsunami swept in all directions, further ravaging this already shattered alternate dimension!
A giant crater over three kilometers in diameter and bottomless, with the explosion point as the center, abruptly appeared in this land of nothingness!
When the blinding white light and rampant Chakra energy storm slowly subsided, Menma's figure reappeared in the air at the center of the great crater.
He was still enveloped in golden Tenseigan Chakra, not a speck of dust on him.
The golden eye at his center of his forehead, like the most precise radar, slowly scanned the completely destroyed area around him.
The altar was gone. The wall was gone. The alternate dimension was even more dilapidated.
But Isshiki's trail had also vanished.
Not in a blown to smithereens way, but his aura had completely vanished.
Menma's brows slightly furrowed.
'With his main body's strength, plus the Kokugan's life-preserving ability, this strike should be enough to severely injure him, but it shouldn't make him leave not even a trace... Did he escape? Or...'