Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 148 A Day and a Night of Battle, Points Soar

boom! boom! boom……

The earth shook violently, and the wooden Arhat, gripping the Dragon-Slaying Saber, rushed towards the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue once more.

With Izayoi's control over the wooden puppet without the need for hand seals, and with the control of gold-level chakra, the wooden puppet is like a Gundam, with a level of agility no less than that of the complete Susanoo and the complete tailed beast transformation.

In contrast, the hundred-armed Buddha statue opposite, because it is a Buddha statue sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform, moves in a way that is different from the running of the wooden Arhat. It can only move slowly like pushing a cart.

In terms of speed and agility, it is not as good as the wooden dummy.

However, the Buddha statue with a hundred arms is more powerful in terms of attack than the Wooden Arhat. In addition, it is made of Sage Chakra, which is equivalent to a super weakened version of Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.

Seeing the wooden Arhat running towards him, Afei once again manipulated the hundred giant arms on his back, turning them into a storm of wind and rain to bombard him.

The wooden Arhat held the sword in both hands. The Dragon-Slaying Blade, transformed from a wooden dragon, was immediately enveloped in a layer of white chakra flames and then swiftly swung out.

Rumbling and splattering sounds rang out continuously as fists landed on the wooden Arhat. Each blow had the power to shatter the earth and destroy a small mountain, yet it failed to break the wooden Arhat's body, leaving only numerous fist marks and cracks. It didn't even manage to repel the wooden Arhat.

Meanwhile, the wooden Arhat, wielding a dragon-slaying blade imbued with the nature transformation of wind magic, severed wooden arms one by one, preparing to withstand the attack of the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue as it charged towards him.

Seeing this, Nagato created a huge homing missile, which, with its tail flame, weaved through the afterimages created by the hundred arms waving, and landed precisely on the right eye of the wooden dummy, which was flashing with golden light.

His Rinnegan's ability to see through objects allowed him to spot a massive mass of chakra there.

If nothing unexpected happens, Izayoi is hiding in her right eye.

However, Nagato underestimated the combination of the Wooden Man Arhat and the Wooden Dragon.

The wooden Arhat, wielding the Dragon-Slaying Saber, slashed at the incoming tracking missile. The missile dodged with remarkable agility, grazing the blade, which was coated with Wind Release nature transformation, just as it was about to continue flying towards the wooden Arhat's eyes.

What was originally a hard and sharp blade suddenly transformed back into the body of a wooden dragon, sweeping towards the tracking missile like a long whip.

Its speed and size were so great that the tracking missiles had no time to dodge and were destroyed.

A dazzling burst of flames erupted, accompanied by a roaring shockwave.

Before the smoke could rise into a mushroom cloud, it was split in two. The wooden Arhat, with its head and other parts covered in wounds, wielded the Dragon-Slaying Saber and cleaved Mount Hua, fiercely striking the long gate on the top of the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue.

Just then, several arms reached out and caught the Dragon Slayer Saber with bare hands.

The scene of a struggle did not appear; the wooden Arhat decisively abandoned the Dragon-Slaying Saber and threw a punch.

Upon seeing this, the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue seemed to come alive, and its giant hands, which had been clasped together, finally opened and clenched into fists, colliding with the wooden Arhat.

The Dragon-Slaying Saber, which had caught the blade barehanded, transformed back into a wooden dragon. After breaking free from the restraints of its arm, which was smaller than itself, it soared into the air and slammed down with its tail.

The speed was so fast that the arms that needed to be controlled simply didn't have time to defend themselves.

Nagato did not expend chakra to convert it into a repulsive storm to resist; instead, he dodged in an instant.

The wooden dragon's tail struck the head of the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue with great force, smashing off a large chunk and causing cracks to spread.

The wooden Arhat and the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue, whose fists collided, were also repelled by the terrifying Sage Chakra.

The wooden Arhat figure staggered back several steps.

During this time, the hundred-armed Buddha statue, which had lost control, staggered back more than ten steps.

The wooden dragon flew back and circled around the wooden Arhat again. The fist marks and cracks that had been blasted out by the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue all healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Nagato returned to the head of the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue, which was missing a large chunk, and then the severed arms and shattered head began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Immediately, the wooden Arhat and the Hundred-Armed Buddha continued their attack on each other.

Various methods were employed, with the target being the opponent's physical body.

If you can't harm the opponent's main body, try every means to deplete their chakra, making them consume more chakra than you do and run out of chakra faster.

The fight lasted for a full day and night.

In this day and night, the final battle of Amegakure, as well as the super news of the Akatsuki leader's battle against the Leaf Village's Wood Release ninjas, has spread to every corner of the ninja continent.

Even the Land of Water, and the islands near the Ninja Continent where people live, know about this news.

Outside the now-ruined Amegakure, the most skilled ninjas from various countries are taking turns sensing and gathering the latest battle information, then using summoning beasts to transmit it back to their superiors in real time.

Not only Amegakure, but also the forest areas of the Land of Fire, which are outside the battlefields of Nagato and Izayoi, are filled with spies from various countries.

Watching the two colossal figures engage in a brutal, hand-to-hand combat, whether they had witnessed the Sage's Eye duel earlier in the year or were seeing a battle of superhuman strength for the first time, all the ninjas from various countries were dumbfounded and felt the dimensional gap between them.

The leaders of the five major ninja villages who received this information had solemn expressions, a mixture of joy and worry.

"This era has become so different that I don't even recognize it anymore."

In Iwagakure, Onoki looked at the intelligence report and photos in his hand, staring at the two wooden figures that were even larger than at the beginning of the year. He felt a rare sense of powerlessness and murmured, "Lord Hashirama and Madara Uchiha both succeeded as the heads of their respective clans and only displayed extraordinary combat power after reaching adulthood. These three young people look like teenagers, and one of them only graduated last year. How did they acquire such strength at such a young age?"

"Compared to them, even Lord Hashirama and Madara Uchiha are nothing special, right?!"

Even Onoki, the pinnacle of the Five Kage, felt powerless.

Needless to say, the feelings of the other five Kage were also quite intense.

The Fourth Raikage looked unwilling and still somewhat resentful.

People like Chiyo and Genji were filled with worry.

Two exceptionally powerful warriors ended the thousand-year-long Warring States period and established the ninja village system, where each country had its own village.

This era, which was originally a battle between the overlord of the ninja world and the visitors from the moon, suddenly became a three-way standoff.

If no one is lost in this round of war, the future ninja world will likely be even more chaotic than the three Shinobi World Wars.

If they are not careful, their major ninja villages could become the targets of three super-powerful fighters and disappear completely from history.

Of the Five Kage, only Tsunade is currently experiencing joy.

"When did this brat grow up to be this big?"

Looking at the real-time information relayed back by Hinata and Karin, Tsunade felt both incredulous and excited.

She was born relatively late and never witnessed her grandfather's battle with Madara Uchiha. She only saw the Wood Release: Wood Release technique, as well as the meteor shower and the Heavenly Meteor summoned by 'Otsutsuki Toneri', through photos at the beginning of the year.

In her eyes, that was an extraordinary fighting force, a power that neither the Five Kage nor the Ninja Army could withstand.

Therefore, Tsunade had high expectations for Izayoi, hoping that he could grow up smoothly and one day be able to use the Wooden Dummy Technique.

In this way, Konoha will have its own superior fighting force.

However, Tsunade also knew that creating a wooden doll of that size was not as simple as using the Advent of a World of Trees to create a forest.

Creating a sea of ​​trees only requires releasing chakra.

The Wood Dummy Technique tests not only the amount of chakra, but also chakra control, nature transformation, and form transformation, among other skills...

She had thought that Izayoi would need to be at least twenty years old, when his body reached its peak, before he could use a Wood Release ninjutsu like the Wood Human Technique.

Unexpectedly, Izayoi gave her such a big surprise.

To be precise, it was Izayoi who hid it so well.

Considering that the other party had already awakened Wood Release, but only revealed it after the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura died in battle, Tsunade couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Isn't this brat a little too cautious?"

……

"Chief, can you still hold on?"

After fighting for a day and a night, the movements of the wooden Arhat and the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue had become extremely sluggish. Their agility, strength, and even the speed of arm growth and injury recovery had all been greatly reduced.

The injury wasn't too serious, didn't affect movement or attacks, and didn't even require Wood Release chakra to heal.

Standing atop the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue, Nagato's breathing had become erratic, his forehead was covered in sweat, and his clothes were repeatedly soaked and dried. Hearing Afei's worried voice, Nagato chuckled, "Not bad, Afei, can you still hold on?"

"My chakra was completely drained long ago. Luckily, you, leader, provided me with chakra, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to hold on any longer." Abi's voice was full of weakness and exhaustion.

"His situation is probably not much better than ours."

Nagato looked at the wooden man, whose golden light had dimmed and whose red eyeshadow had long since disappeared. Nagato's Rinnegan's ability to see through chakra allowed him to see the chakra hidden inside, making Nagato's situation much better.

Throughout the day and night of battle, Nagato did not unleash a single Super Shinra Tensei.

Although the Super Shinra Tensei can shatter the wooden puppets, it would be difficult to kill Izayoi. Such a level of chakra consumption for such an achievement is not worthwhile.

The Six Paths Techniques only occasionally utilize the abilities of the Asura Path, attempting to attack the eyes of the Wooden Arhat to expose Izayoi's true form, and then use the Universal Pull to pull him out. Unfortunately, he fails each time.

Thus, Nagato used the Wood Release: Wood Release technique to fight Izayoi throughout the entire battle, depleting each other's chakra.

Without Tobi, even if Nagato could use the Wood Release: Wood Release technique, his chakra would have been completely depleted long ago.

But with the help of Tobi, who came prepared beforehand, and without using Super Shinra Tensei, Nagato has managed to fight Izayoi to this day.

A hundred arms fighting two arms—initially, he had no advantage whatsoever.

But gradually, as the wooden puppet arhat continuously consumed chakra to repair his injuries, the sage chakra within his body was exhausted. The amount of chakra in Izayoi's body was no longer sufficient to suppress the enormous natural energy and refine it all into sage chakra.

Thus, the Sage Art: Wood Release - Wood Human Technique has become the ordinary Wood Release: Wood Human Technique.

Like Izayoi, there's also Nagato.

Even Nagato's Sage Mode was deactivated two hours earlier than Izayoi's.

Those two hours were the most difficult time for Nagato and Tobi.

The Hundred-Armed Buddha was already at a disadvantage against the Two-Armed Buddha, and now their own defenses had plummeted. The Wooden Arhat almost smashed the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue to pieces with a single punch.

Fortunately, Tobi isn't fighting alone; he also has Nagato.

Despite the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei, the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue managed to withstand the most difficult two hours, and thus the balance of power shifted.

Without the boost from Sage Mode chakra, the wooden dummy's defense and strength plummeted. Faced with the barrage of attacks from a hundred giant arms, it wasn't destroyed, but it was badly injured.

The chakra consumed to repair the injuries immediately surpassed that consumed by the Hundred-Armed Buddha.

The huge advantage built up over two hours has turned into a small advantage.

Izayoi was already very satisfied with this.

If Izayoi hadn't upgraded his Sage Body to the red level, which led to his Wood Release being elevated to the gold level and allowing him to use Wood Release: Wood Human Technique, he would have already used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape the moment Tobi arrived, and appeared disguised as 'Otsutsuki Toneri'.

The gold-level Wood Release is effective against the Rinnegan, which is also gold-level and can only use Six Paths Techniques.

However, a gold-level Wood Release technique can only achieve a draw against a gold-level Wood Release technique.

The opponent also has the assistance of a golden Rinnegan, which is already at the Golden+ level.

Izayoi was still able to gain a slight advantage, entirely due to the fact that she didn't need to use hand seals because of her Otsutsuki bloodline, and the advantage of her Sage Mode's super-long endurance provided by her Sage Body.

A red keyword is still a red keyword; even if it hasn't fully realized its potential, it still surpasses a gold keyword.

What delighted Izayoi even more was that the puppet army from Amegakure had also obtained experimental results.

He can also obtain entries by defeating powerful individuals resurrected through Edo Tensei.

Even if only the enemy's soul remains, defeating it will trigger a mechanism that drops equipment.

However, this defeat requires sealing; otherwise, the enemy would be an immortal being.

After a day and a night of fighting, both Izayoi's puppet army and Nagato's Edo Tensei army suffered heavy losses.

Once a human puppet is defeated, it will be smashed to pieces and cannot be retrieved.

After the powerful beings resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation are sealed, they are sent away on the spot by puppets using the Heavenly Delivery Technique, and Nagato cannot retrieve them.

Nagato's loss is a real loss, while Izayoi's loss will bring considerable rewards.

Izayoi's current points deposit has skyrocketed from [799999] to [856109].

At this rate, by the end of the final battle, or when Nagato gets one or two gold-tier attributes, Izayoi will have accumulated 990,000 points.

So, through a small window, Izayoi gazed at the long gate atop the head of the Hundred-Armed Buddha, her eyes filled with fervor.

There is absolutely no question of a draw in this battle.

He wins for sure!

The next second, Izayoi's figure rose back onto the top of the wooden man's head via the platform.

"Chief, why did he come out?" Afei's voice carried a hint of unease. "I have a bad feeling."

Nagato frowned slightly, but still asked, "It's alright. Don't forget, we still have a trump card."

"But weren't those trump cards meant to deal with Otsutsuki Toneri?" Tobi asked, as if just realizing something. "Right, our chakra is already so depleted, why hasn't that guy shown up yet?"

“Your actions must have been discovered, but given how the battle has progressed in the village, my final showdown with him is inevitable,” Nagato said. “Focus on eliminating the immediate threat first.”

"Yes!"

Just as Afei was about to control the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue to move towards the Wooden Arhat, intending to exchange injuries again and make Izayoi consume more chakra.

Nagato's pupils widened suddenly, and his expression changed drastically.

"This is……"

A figure appeared beside Izayoi without warning; it was Izayoi's wooden clone.

"Flying Thunder God Technique? How does he know the Flying Thunder God Technique?" Tobi exclaimed in surprise, revealing the truth in one sentence. "Could he be Otsutsuki Toneri?!"

"Given his talent for ninjutsu, it's not surprising that he learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, but... this is bad."

Nagato stared at Izayoi, who had already retracted the wood clone into his body, and muttered with a furrowed brow, "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki? What a miscalculation. We forgot he also has a very sharp mind!"

From the perspective of the Rinnegan, Izayoi's chakra, which was only slightly better than his own, suddenly became abundant, as if he had returned to his prime.

"Sage Mode - Activate!"

Izayoi clapped her hands together and activated Sage Mode once again.

Immediately, instead of taking the platform back into the head of the wooden Arhat, he channeled a large amount of Sage Chakra into the wooden Arhat's body, controlling it to run towards the Hundred-Armed Buddha statue.

……

"That bastard Juichiro... I'm... I'm being drained dry!"

"Konoha," Naruto Uzumaki said weakly, lying on the ground.

Beside him was Class 7, who had received an emergency summons and were awaiting the results.

Sasuke Uchiha sneered, "Anyway, your chakra is useless, so you might as well help Izayoi."

Kakashi Hatake crouched down, patted Naruto Uzumaki's head, and smiled, "If Izayoi wins, Naruto, you'll be a hero of Konoha."

"That level of combat is truly terrifying."

Sakura Haruno sighed as she looked at the village, which had become very deserted, with the villagers having moved to shelters except for a few ninjas.

Even though the battle is taking place at an unknown distance, their once strongest ninja village is on high alert.

Sakura Haruno experienced the terror of superhuman combat power for the first time.

(End of this chapter)