Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 145 Izayoi's taunts will show you the true power of Wood Release!

Izayoi was still wondering where Nagato's real body had gone.

Unexpectedly, the other party came to find him.

Moreover, he used Izayoi's trick, using the Wood Transformation Technique to disguise himself as Otsutsuki Toneri, so that if anything went wrong, he could frame 'Otsutsuki Toneri'.

Izayoi just couldn't understand why Nagato had suddenly set his sights on him when he had only met Nagato once at Orochimaru's underground base.

Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to have discovered his true identity.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have ambushed him here; they would have led the Akatsuki to attack Konoha directly.

Regardless of Nagato's motives, Izayoi is not one to put herself in a passive position.

Looking at Nagato as he drifted down, Izayoi directly mocked, "The leader of the Akatsuki, the god of ninja in the new era, actually disguised himself as the enemy. The recent events involving the five great ninja villages, or rather, the battle of the Sage's Eyes, were not all orchestrated by you, the possessor of the Rinnegan!"

"..."

Nagato, who was just about to imitate Toneri Otsutsuki's tone, suddenly stopped himself from speaking.

The embarrassment he felt made him break out in goosebumps, something he rarely does.

Looking down at Izayoi, who wore a disdainful expression, Nagato couldn't help but ask, "How did you know?"

"Your disguise is just as clumsy as Obito Uchiha's," Izayoi sneered. "Your Wood Transformation is indeed flawless, and your chakra aura is different from when we last met. However... you can change your chakra aura, but you can't change the aura of your soul."

"Your senses can perceive the aura of a soul?" Nagato looked at Izayoi with a shocked expression.

"Heh... Interesting."

Izayoi smiled knowingly: "Your physical characteristics are those of the Uzumaki clan, yet you awakened the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai and mastered the First Hokage's Wood Release: Wood Human Technique. On the contrary, you either failed to awaken or ignored the unique abilities of the Uzumaki clan."

"I see. You have also awakened the unique ability of the Uzumaki clan, fusing Kagura's Mind's Eye with other techniques to create a special perception technique." Nagato instantly understood Izayoi's meaning, because his Kagura's Mind's Eye had also fused with the Rinnegan's ability, creating the Rain Tiger Free Technique, a special perception technique.

Realizing he had indeed been exposed, Nagato deactivated his Wood Transformation Technique and praised Izayoi, saying, "As expected of a genius who saw through 'Uchiha Madara's' true identity during the Ninja Academy, your talent and intellect put even me under pressure. If the Akatsuki wants to create a new world, you and that Otsutsuki Toneri are the biggest obstacles."

"I am very honored to receive such praise as the God of Shinobi in the new era." Izayoi smiled first, then asked with a puzzled look, "But I am very curious, why did you suddenly set your sights on me instead of dealing with the troublesome Otsutsuki Toneri first?"

"Because you are the true user of Wood Release."

Nagato raised his hand towards Izayoi and said, "Your sacrifice will hasten the arrival of peace, so please go and die, Izayoi-kun... Bansho Tenpui!"

A strange gravitational pull immediately lifted Izayoi off the treetop.

"You've been underestimated. In that case, let me show you the true power of Wood Release!"

Izayoi, who had planned to take advantage of this trip to find a suitable opportunity to start the final battle, didn't waste any words. She raised her hand and transformed it into a huge, thick tree branch, which shot towards Nagato like a python.

At the same time, a large number of pythons rushed out from the forest below, like the tentacles of an octopus, and tried to bind or whip Nagato.

Upon seeing this, a look of surprise flashed in Nagato's eyes.

How is it possible that there were no hand seals?

Is this the authentic Wood Release technique?
Despite being deeply shocked, Nagato remained outwardly calm and said, "Shinra Tensei!"

Gravity turns into repulsion, and the invisible storm is like the hand of a giant, slamming down.

The tree roots, stretching out and shooting upwards, seemed to freeze in time, completely suspended in mid-air.

The top part was covered with numerous cracks, and pieces of varying sizes of debris fell off.

However, the scene of all the trees being smashed and scattered, or flying back, did not appear as Nagato had imagined.

Seeing this, Nagato's expression finally changed slightly, and he quickly increased his chakra output, which finally shattered those tree branches.

After doing all this, Nagato carefully examined Izayoi, who had returned to the treetop, and used his vision to examine the chakra within Izayoi's body. He murmured in shock, "Such powerful chakra! This... how is this possible?"

Last time at Orochimaru's underground base, Nagato saw Izayoi's wood clone. The chakra of that wood clone was enough to perform a large-scale wood-style ninjutsu like Advent of a World of Trees.

At that time, Nagato suspected that Izayoi might be like him, an existence who had awakened the Senju and Uzumaki bloodlines.

The amount of chakra in the main body is absolutely astonishing.

However amazing it may be, it should be about the same as a Jinchūriki, or even slightly inferior, since he was the same at the same age.

But now, Nagato discovers that Izayoi's chakra is even more astonishing than that of Toneri Otsutsuki at the beginning of the year.

It's even stronger than the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki!

Having just graduated last year and only entering their true growth period next year, how does someone at this incredibly awkward age possess chakra surpassing that of a Jinchuriki?
This is simply unbelievable, something that defies common sense!

Could this be the true user of Wood Release?

"Wooden Release: The Technique of All Bags!"

Just as Nagato was in shock, Izayoi had already turned the tables and was now taking the initiative. He still didn't form any hand seals, but instead raised his hand and pointed at Nagato, just like a magician casting a spell.

The surrounding woods shook, and a cracking sound rang out, whether from the ground or the trees breaking.

With a deafening roar, a giant wooden fist, as large as a small mountain, suddenly rose from the ground, carrying with it the distorted airflow generated by high-speed friction with the air, and the force capable of easily shattering a mountain, and crashed into Nagato.

Looking at the giant wooden fist, which contained powerful chakra, was as large as a small mountain, but was far harder than a mountain, even surpassing diamond, Nagato did not use Shinra Tensei to defend. Instead, he mechanized his hands into two cannons, spewing out flames with Mach rings, and quickly soared into the sky, flying away from the attack range of the giant wooden fist.

Suddenly, the giant wooden fist opened its clenched fingers and shot out a dense barrage of wooden spikes towards Nagato, forming a green bullet screen.

Wood Release·The Art of Cutting!

The area covered by the bullets was astonishing, and their speed was like that of a crossbow bolt.

To prevent Izayoi from escaping, Nagato stopped competing with the barrage and unleashed an invisible repulsive storm, repelling all the wooden spikes that approached him, some even breaking off.

Immediately, Nagato flew swiftly towards the forest, simultaneously creating a giant missile with one hand, which shot towards Izayoi below with a trail of flame.

Even without activating the Tenseigan, Izayoi could see that the missile contained an astonishing amount of chakra.

Once it explodes, it will definitely be a huge mushroom cloud.

Moreover, this missile is equipped with a tracking device, and it will continue to track Nagato as long as it remains within Nagato's detection range.

With his body restored to its peak condition, the power of the Asura Path was also enhanced to an epic degree in Nagato's body, who was a heretic.

So, Izayoi raised her hand and condensed a super hurricane ball, inputting water and lightning nature transformations into it to create a storm release ball. Then, it changed shape and shot out as a beam of light, colliding with the missile.

boom--

A deafening roar erupted, a huge burst of flame lit up the sky, and the shockwave from the explosion was like a hurricane, bending and snapping ordinary trees.

Numerous woody vines sprouted from the treetops, forming a cocoon that enveloped Izayoi, protecting her from the onslaught of fierce winds and heat waves.

At this moment, Nagato, enveloped in a transparent white light shield, flew to the front of Koko, raised his hand and slapped the wooden wall, channeling Wood Release chakra to create a large tree that would devour Izayoi from the outside in.

But the next second, a spear emerged from the wooden wall and pierced towards Nagato.

Just as the spear was about to pierce Nagato's head, it suddenly stopped, its tip trembling slightly, and a distorted airflow appeared faintly in front of it.

A few seconds later, a distorted gust of air roared out, shattering the spear and smashing the cocoon's wooden shield, sending Izayoi, who was hiding inside, flying out.

"Earth Explosion Sky Star!"

Nagato raised his hand and slapped it, and an invisible gravitational force gathered above Izayoi's head, forming a black sphere. The terrifying gravity tore the earth apart, uprooting trees and leaving behind chunks of rock of varying sizes.

Unperturbed, Izayoi raised his hand and condensed a super hurricane sphere, inputting three nature transformations into it to create a dust release beam. This beam of light, now transparent, shot out towards the black sphere that had magnified in his vision.

With a deafening roar, the black sphere exploded, and the gravity seemed to change due to some influence, distorting the remaining dust escape beams.

"Incredible ninjutsu talent!" Nagato couldn't help but marvel.

As a ninjutsu genius who could use the five elemental ninjutsu that were the mainstream of the ninja world at the age of ten, he can now easily perform composite ninjutsu of the five elements. Even Nagato could not do what Izayoi did, which is to fuse two or three nature transformations into a secret technique similar to a bloodline limit.

If this secret technique could alter genes and become a bloodline limit passed down to future generations, the bloodline of Izayoi's descendants would be unimaginably diverse and powerful.

At the same time, Izayoi's mind is indeed excellent.

Despite mastering the secret techniques of Storm Release and Dust Release, he has never used them on himself, which clearly indicates that he knows the abilities of the Hungry Ghost Path.

While marveling at Izayoi's talent, Nagato also acted swiftly, flying to Izayoi who had just landed, his fist transforming into the mechanical arm of the Asura Path, and smashing towards Izayoi's chest.

The scene I imagined—where Izayoi crossed her arms to block, then transformed her fist into a palm, creating Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods to disrupt the flow of chakra and win with a single blow—did not materialize.

Izayoi reacted extremely quickly, also throwing a punch to meet the attack.

The two fists collided, creating a roaring shockwave.

Nagato, who charged up his attack first, not only failed to knock away Izayoi, who was defending, but his mechanical arm was also shattered by the punch, and his body was sent flying.

Nagato, whose entire arm was numb, looked at Izayoi with a mixture of shock and delight, thinking to himself, "Is that the Senju clan's chakra burst? Such incredible strength, and... he can even use it like that!"

After landing, Nagato once again charged towards Izayoi, his arm transforming back into the mechanical arm of the Asura Path. At the same time, his real arm was covered with a layer of black substance, which was Earth Release: Earth Spear.

boom--

Two fists collided again, and the mechanical arm shattered once more. However, Nagato was not blown away by the shockwave. Instead, he withstood Izayoi's monstrous punch with his diamond-like defense.

Immediately, the two engaged in a deafening physical duel in the now-destroyed forest.

Each punch was like a missile explosion, with a roaring shockwave.

However, as the fight progressed and they realized they couldn't defeat each other, they both tacitly abandoned any martial ethics.

Suddenly, Nagato's head opened, revealing a mechanized device that condensed a dazzling laser beam.

Izayoi's shoulders were also woody, with branches extending to form a giant fist that slammed out.

The laser collided with the giant fist; the laser failed to penetrate the fist, and the fist failed to shatter the laser. Only the two sorcerers were sent flying backward.

"Is this the real Wood Release?"

Looking at Izayoi, who could still turn his body into wood without forming hand seals, and condense a giant wooden fist containing powerful chakra that was so hard that even lasers could not penetrate it, Nagato finally understood what Izayoi meant by that sentence.

Compared to Izayoi, who is a legitimate user of Wood Release, he and Obito Uchiha, who obtained Wood Release by transplanting Hashirama's cells, not only need to form hand seals to perform the technique, but also lack sufficient Yang Release chakra and Wood Release chakra to perform Advent of a World of Trees.

The hardness of Wood Release is so great that it's not even worthy of carrying Izayoi's shoes.

The difference between the two is like the difference between the three-tomoe Sharingan and the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha clan.

And just as Nagato thought, Wood Release can indeed counter Shinra Tensei.

Or, to put it another way, the chakra Nagato would have consumed to destroy a tree using orthodox Wood Release techniques is several times, or even more than ten times, that required to destroy an ordinary tree.

To prevent Toneri from launching a surprise attack on Amegakure, Nagato couldn't use Super Shinra Tensei on a single target; that would be incredibly foolish.

With the opponent's ninjutsu talent being even better than his own, the Five Elements ninjutsu could achieve the result without him even having to use them.

Thus, even taijutsu couldn't defeat Nagato Izayoi. While transmitting information to his wooden clones in Amegakure in real time, he clapped his hands and shouted, "Sage Mode—Activate!"

As the red eyeshadow appeared, Nagato's demeanor instantly changed.

"Sage Mode?" Izayoi feigned surprise. "Red eyeshadow, you've also mastered Sage Mode on your own?"

"also?"

Just as Nagato was preparing to finish the battle quickly, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

really……

The next second, he saw Izayoi clap her hands together, her eyes also showing red eyeshadow, and her blue pupils turning gold.

"You're not the only one who can use Sage Mode."

Izayoi maintained her hands clasped together and said calmly, "Although I am not like you possessors of the Sage's Eye, and cannot use rule-based abilities such as repulsion and attraction, you are far from being able to defeat me with just the abilities of the Sage's Eye!"

"Use your Wood Release technique from your battle against Otsutsuki Toneri! This is a duel between Wood Release ninjas!"

"Sage Art... Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees!"

With a deafening roar, massive tree branches, as thick as mountains and requiring a dozen or twenty people to encircle, burst forth from the ground, forming a green wave tens of meters high that instantly submerged the nearby Changmen Gate and spread out in all directions.

In no time, the ordinary forest transformed into a primeval forest even more astonishing than the Death Forest.

Each towering tree contains powerful chakra, which Izayoi can manipulate at will.

It cannot be ignited by fire, drowned by water, overturned by earth, penetrated by lightning, or broken by wind... It absorbs chakra as soon as it is bound by branches and vines, instantly killing the target.

This is the signature Wood Release technique used by the God of Shinobi to quell the chaos of the world, and it is also the strongest scene-based ninjutsu in the ninja world!

Nagato, who could only temporarily possess this power by wearing the Tobi Armor, could not truly comprehend the immense power of the Tree World's Descent.

So, Izayoi taught Nagato a lesson.

With the speed and perception boosted by Sage Mode, along with the propulsion from gravity flight and the Asura Path, Nagato, who remained unharmed even after being submerged by the sea of ​​trees, suddenly had four purple, transparent walls rise up in the four directions: left, right, front, and back.

When it reaches the highest point, a fifth wall will be completed to seal the roof.

It turned out that the tree, which contained chakra, grew four wood clones of Izayoi, which trapped Nagato with a barrier.

Before Nagato could fly over, he used the power of the Preta Path to absorb the barrier.

The trees within the barrier rapidly multiplied again, sprouting numerous vines and branches that densely engulfed everything.

Without space-time ninjutsu, Nagato had nowhere to hide.

"So Wood Release can be used like this! Amazing!"

Nagato gave a sincere compliment, no longer underestimating Izayoi. He opened his arms, transforming his massive chakra into a repulsive force and compressing it.

A green light shield appeared around Nagato.

As the overwhelming branches and vines surged forth, about to engulf Nagato, the Nagato, enveloped in a green light shield, suddenly transformed into a white ball of light.

The dazzling white light, in turn, engulfed the branches and vines, turning the area within the barrier into a pure white expanse.

boom----

A dozen seconds later, a deafening explosion resounded through the forest.

The hurricane raged, and towering trees, as tall as mountains yet even stronger, broke or bent over one by one.

(End of this chapter)