Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 148 The Illusionary World That Harvests the Entire Ninja World
Taking off his clothes is actually a sign that Kaede Tsukasa is about to unleash his full power, meaning that he is going to use some of his strength to seriously deal with the enemy in front of him.

Two arms grew out from behind him, and the face of the First Hokage swayed from side to side, struggling to bulge outwards.

Those three-tomoe Sharingan eyes emanated a malice more pronounced than ever before. Even a glance from someone with a weak will would cause them to vaguely see black energy billowing from Kaedeji's body.

"Hmm, I need to be a little more serious from now on..."

Kaede Tsukasa formed a hand seal and immediately summoned several coffins.

With the appearance of Sandstorm Araki, Old Purple, and Bunfuku, along with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kaede Tsukasa suddenly had four more Kage-level powerhouses on his side.

This is a lineup that even the Third Raikage found troublesome, but he was only troublesome, not afraid.

As long as his chakra is not exhausted and he still has plenty of stamina and energy, what does it matter if the opponent is a Kage-level opponent? Unless the opponent is someone like the Third Tsuchikage who has mastered unreasonable instant-kill techniques such as Dust Release, he is fearless no matter who the enemy is.

"You even turned the previous Hokage into a zombie. What a cold-blooded and cruel guy. Now you've added to my troubles. Losers in political struggles really don't deserve any sympathy."

The Third Raikage immediately continued to thrust with that finger, and Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately retreated quickly while holding the Ruyi Jingu Bang. His cold and numb face showed only extreme silence and indifference.

He is now a cold, ruthless executioner, carrying out Kaedeji's orders without fail.

Only the Ruyi Jingu Bang withstood it all. This sturdy weapon, capable of contending with the Kusanagi Sword, was gradually showing signs of damage under the relentless onslaught of the One-Hit Man.

But this did hold them off for a short time, giving the other zombies a chance to strike!

The giant hand of sand!

The ground beneath the Third Raikage suddenly trembled, and a giant hand instantly condensed from the dust, lifting the Third Raikage up and then grabbing him tightly.

The art of melting escape and burning river rock!

More than a dozen magma balls spewed from Old Purple's mouth, bursting with astonishing heat, and streaked through the air before slamming into the Third Raikage.

This is not the end.

Shukaku's Spear!

Bunpuku spread his arms wide and created a giant spear made of a large amount of dust compressed at high intensity, which he then thrust fiercely at the Third Raikage!

Boom! !
The giant spear struck the Third Raikage head-on in the chest, and the magma ball that had hit him a split second earlier created a powerful impact that sent the Third Raikage flying!
Whether it was sand or Lava Release, it collided violently with the Lightning Release armor on the Third Raikage, emitting a piercing, sharp buzzing sound. Every instant, a large amount of matter and chakra was annihilated.

The magma sphere and giant spear vanished at a visible speed, as if they had struck an indestructible barrier capable of obliterating everything, and quickly dissipated.

Swish!
The Third Hokage struck again, unleashing his injured Ruyi Jingu Bang, which rapidly extended, binding the Third Raikage like a rope, round and round.

"Hmph, although these corpses work together quite well, is that all they're capable of?"

The Third Raikage roared, spreading his arms wide. Every vein on his body bulged, and the terrifying lightning expanded further. The lightning chakra, now materialized, gradually stretched the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Monkey King's Staff).

The crackling sound of lightning mixed with the sharp sound transmitted by the Ruyi Jingu Bang due to the violent force, enough to easily shatter the eardrums of ordinary people.

There were no ordinary people present.

Looking through the gap in the spread-out Ruyi Jingu Bang, the Third Raikage saw that Rōshi and Bunpuku had each entered their Tailed Beast Cloak forms.

"As expected of the Third Raikage, if we don't take it seriously, we can't do anything to this guy. I've always suspected that he can withstand the explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball."

At this moment, Old Purple actually spoke, causing the Third Raikage's eyelids to twitch: "Old Purple, you're still alive?"

"I died, but then I came back to life and became the vessel for the Four-Tails once again. This is one of the reasons why Tsukasa Kaede and Onoki started their war. Actually, I don't even know if I'm dead or alive now."

Old Zi was also helpless. He felt that his current state was extremely strange. He clearly had a certain self-awareness and could think, but his body was acting involuntarily.

He roughly understood how Kaede Tsukasa had done it—using Corpse Release to erode his body and using the Mangekyou Sharingan to control his mind. Even as a Jinchūriki, he would be completely unable to cope with such a level of manipulation.

The four tails inside his body have not yet recovered to their peak, and he has no temper at all. He curses this and that all day long, but it seems that he can only make a living by cursing.

Although Rōshi and the Third Raikage had never actually fought each other, they both possessed information about each other and had imagined countless times how they would deal with each other if they encountered each other.

But no one expected that they would face off under such circumstances.

"That's enough for our reminiscing. Now it's time to take you to another place..."

Kaedeji's heart stirred.

Four Kage-level fighters had already spread out around the Third Raikage, simultaneously forming hand seals.

The Four Red Yang Formation has reappeared!

In this world, only Kaede Tsukasa can use a barrier technique of this level, enough to seal the Third Raikage inside.

At this moment, the Ruyi Jingu Bang finally gave way under the strain, and once the Third Raikage's arm had some room to move, he immediately severed the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

The staff immediately reverted to the form of the ape demon, but the ape demon's appearance was extremely miserable. Its entire body had been cut in half at the waist, but its upper body was still howling and struggling, preparing to attack the Third Raikage.

This certainly wouldn't harm the Third Raikage in the slightest.

"This level of Lightning Release armor is almost comparable to Susanoo; both are created by using chakra to form some kind of physical object." Kaede Tsukasa was truly amazed by the Third Raikage's power; this was a completely different type from Onoki.

Onoki is very strong; his Dust Release technique can instantly destroy everything, but he is still a mortal and will die if he is injured.

The Third Raikage was different. He almost always had to personally charge into hand-to-hand combat to kill enemies, yet he was impeccable in both offense and defense, with no weaknesses.

"Don't try to trap me!!"

The Third Raikage let out a low shout and thrust his One-Handed Piercing Technique into the Four Red Sun Formation. His finger slowly pierced the red barrier of the Four Red Sun Formation, creating a dent! And as he continued to exert force, half of his arm had already been thrust out.

But it just can't really pierce the Four Red Sun Formation!
"Interesting. This is the true value of a top-tier barrier technique. Perhaps only the Six Red Yang Formation can slightly surpass it."

Before long, Kaede Tsukasa will be able to activate the Six Red Yang Formation on his own, but he might only be able to use it when dealing with a Six Paths level expert.

Dealing with Kage and Super Kage? The Four Red Yang Formation is more than enough. Even the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball can't destroy the Four Red Yang Formation!

The Third Raikage's One-Hit Maneuver was indeed terrifyingly powerful, but its single-point destructive power was not comparable to the Ten-Tails' Super Tailed Beast Ball.

Thus, the Third Raikage found himself trapped, unable to break through the Four Red Sun Formation even with a single slash!

"This barrier technique is quite terrifying. The famous barrier technique in Konoha is the Four Purple Flame Formation, which requires four people to cast. But I remember the information said that the barrier of the Four Purple Flame Formation is purple. Is this an enhanced version of the Four Purple Flame Formation?"

Trouble.

Without hesitation, the Third Raikage jabbed his finger into the ground. Sure enough, a red light barrier appeared on the ground beneath his feet, seemingly easy to pass through, yet indestructible.

"Is that all?"

The Third Raikage looked up. This barrier technique only extended to the sky at the top, where the azure blue color was clearly visible. But the problem was... he didn't know any flight-type ninjutsu, and the surrounding barrier couldn't allow him to continuously use it to climb. How could he rush to such a high place and climb over the barrier that was trapping him like a wall?
He mustered all his strength, stomped hard on the ground, and pushed straight upwards, but after a while he fell down, unable to see the height of the barrier at all!

It couldn't possibly extend directly into outer space, but it would be at least several thousand meters high, a height he couldn't possibly reach.

The Third Raikage then attempted to attack the four people maintaining the barrier, confirming that the red light curtain enveloping these people was of the same strength as the rest of the barrier, and that he could not break it.

Then, the Third Raikage deactivated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, leaving only a thin layer of chakra on his body to deal with Kaede Tsukasa's omnipresent Corpse Transformation Technique.

Seeing this, Rizashi and the others were overjoyed.

"Great! Even someone like the Third Raikage has given up resisting and can only stay inside the barrier, unable to move!"

"Ha! The Hokage defeated the Raikage in a one-on-one duel!" "But how do we kill the Raikage now and make him a corpse that the Hokage can control? The Hokage can't just come and go from the barrier at will, right? If we open a hole in the barrier, the enemy can run out even faster, and then all our efforts will be in vain."

Several members of the Hyuga clan witnessed this battle between Kage-level opponents, and while they felt envious, they also felt a sense of exhilaration.

"It seems I'm trapped by you. So what are you planning to do? Just let me starve to death?" The Third Raikage looked at Kaede Tsukasa outside the red barrier with a blank expression.

"This is a good idea. You can feel it too, right? The giant tortoise under our feet can't hold on any longer and will become my zombie at any moment. When that happens, I'll arrange for it to run to the depths of the sea, and no one will be able to find it... unless your Hidden Cloud Village has a sensory ninja who can sense the entire ninja world."

Sensing the entire ninja world? Don't be ridiculous, how could there possibly be a ninja with that level of sensory perception? However, Kaedeji's words did indeed put the Third Raikage in a bad mood.

The main reason he deactivated Lightning Release Chakra Mode was to conserve chakra!

If Kaedeji keeps imprisoning him instead of fighting him head-on... he really doesn't have a good solution. He's a living person who needs to eat, and if he doesn't eat for too long, his body will become weaker and weaker.

Starving to death is possible if one is imprisoned long enough, but that's too humiliating a way to die.

"Hmph, I never expected that the Konoha Ghoul, who is renowned throughout the ninja world, would resort to such a despicable method to deal with me. You clearly have Susanoo and the corresponding eye techniques, why don't you use them all on me? I still don't know what the purpose of that strange technique you applied to Susanoo is." The Third Raikage said, hoping to provoke Kaede Tsukasa.

But it didn't work.

Kaede Tsukasa laughed and said, "It's fine to tell you. That technique is the Reaper Death Seal Technique. It relies on Susanoo to perform this suicidal technique. It was just an experiment of mine. Thanks to your cooperation, I made good progress. But to say that I would use this technique to kill you would be a pity."

He walked to the outer edge of the barrier, only about twenty centimeters away from the Third Raikage.

Immediately, Kaede Tsukasa remained motionless, but a slight tugging sound came from his back, and something happened that left the Third Raikage speechless.

A human face slowly emerged—not a head that emerged from Kaede Tsukasa's body, but a real face, pulling at skin and flesh, like a monster made entirely of face, skin, and flesh.

The face moved slowly, pulling flesh and blood as it emerged from Kaedeji's back, circled halfway around, and appeared in front of Kaedeji, looking at the Third Raikage with its three-tomoe Sharingan.

"...Your quirks are quite unique. It's not surprising that you wield the Mangekyou Sharingan in this way." The Third Raikage became wary, even deliberately lowering his head to avoid eye contact with that face.

He knew very well that the pattern of the three-tomoe Sharingan would change when it transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan, and he wouldn't give Kaede Tsukasa the opportunity to use his magic on him—wait.

The Third Raikage discovered that his vision had changed; he had appeared in another dimension, and the scenery before him had also changed drastically. He was now in a boundless desert.

Only the occasional strong winds whipped up large swaths of sand and dust, countless grains of sand lashing against his body, the sensation incredibly real.

"Hmph, so I was still under the spell? Is this the Land of Wind? I have no attachment to the Land of Wind. This illusion is too fake."

The Third Raikage instinctively tried to break free—his body was constantly being stimulated with a slight Lightning Release chakra, which could prevent the enemy from controlling him with genjutsu.

I tried it once, but it didn't work; I tried it again, but it still didn't work.

Um? ?

The Third Raikage looked surprised. With a slight exertion, a large amount of lightning immediately erupted from his body, and he easily entered the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. But this was a genjutsu world, and his self-awareness was extremely clear. Why did he feel that there were no flaws at all when he was casting a genjutsu?
What kind of illusion technique or eye magic is this that can achieve such an effect?!

"Stop trying, Raikage. This is the Tsukuyomi world. It is indeed a genjutsu world, but if we disregard reality, everything that happens here is 'real'."

At this moment, another figure emerged from the yellow sand, and it was none other than Lao Zi.

What caught the Third Raikage's attention was that there was a small beast, no bigger than a palm, perched on Old Purple's shoulder. This thing was clearly... the Four-Tails!
Old Purple said helplessly, "You felt it too, didn't you? Even though you know this isn't reality, you can't find any flaws with your senses. If someone's will isn't strong, they would suspect that they've been transported here by Kaedeji Tsukasa using a space-time ninjutsu."

"What do you want to say?" the Third Raikage asked coldly.

"I want to say that you're finished. Your consciousness is trapped here, and your physical body in reality has already been taken over by Kaede Tsukasa."

"Ridiculous. I only need to break this illusion to escape from here in an instant. Even you could be part of this illusion."

"Yes, that's right. That's the terrifying thing about this illusion. We don't know if everyone we see here is real or just a fragment of memory extracted from the depths of Kaedeji's memory."

Old Purple pointed to the little four-tailed beast on his shoulder: "I'm different from you. I have the four-tailed beast to help me. Without Tsukasa Kaede's permission, I wouldn't be able to escape from here, let alone you, all alone."

"You mean, Kaedejima can take me down with just a glance?"

“I didn’t say that. It’s true that he imprisoned you and forced you to accept his illusionary manipulation. It must have taken a lot of time to prepare your mind to be drawn here, and it must have consumed a lot of your eye power.”

Old Zi sighed, his eyes lifeless. He was the one suffering the most. Even if he committed suicide, he would be resurrected by Kaedeji. His soul could never find peace and he would forever be a tool driven by Kaedeji, with no hope of breaking free.

Four-Tails was also in pain: "You two annoying guys, are you done talking? If you're done, then think of a way to find a flaw in this world so we can escape!"

"Aren't tailed beasts chakra aggregates? They don't have physical bodies, and their consciousness can't escape them?"

"Guess who the chakra that sustains this damned world will ultimately come from? Me! Me! And in the future, other tailed beasts will be captured by Kaede Tsukasa and used as energy batteries!"

Yotsuba has already realized that Kaede Tsukasa truly intends to construct this world and then grant many people the ability to log into it.

Even...fighting in this world!
However, maintaining such a world requires chakra, and the more people log in, the greater the consumption! The Four-Tails has already seen its tragic future, the kind where it will suffer torment forever.

Even if it's suicide, there's no way to escape through resurrection. Rōshi is controlled by Kaedeji. As long as Kaedeji seals a portion of his chakra, it will instinctively resurrect with Rōshi again. Rōshi has truly become its permanent vessel, completely unable to break free.

This caused the four-tailed beast pain and despair. If someone else had done this to it, at least there would have been hope, as long as it could have waited for the other person to die of old age. But it was Kaede Tsukasa!
"That bastard Kaedejima can live forever! As long as there are humans, ninjas, and chakra in this world, he can sustain himself with the flesh and blood of others, giving me absolutely no chance!!" The Four-Tails cursed loudly, its voice becoming weak and feeble.

The Third Raikage snorted coldly. His will was absolutely not to give up. He immediately threw a punch at Old Purple opposite him.

No matter what the situation is now, kill this guy in front of me first, analyze his corpse, and at the very least, I can calmly explore this illusionary world and find its flaws.

"There is absolutely no such thing as a perfect illusion in this world; there must be a flaw here!"

Two figures clashed in the desert, raising endless dust.

In the distance, two more figures were watching this scene from afar.

"He's really got some energy. If the Third Raikage could stay in this world all the time, he'd definitely bring a lot of fun," Kaede Tsukasa remarked.

The dark personality said impatiently, "I just want to know when you're finally going to seriously renovate this desolate world! Is this all desert? Even if you're trying to save costs and reduce consumption, it can't always be like this! Do you plan to spread this thing throughout the entire ninja world?"

“There’s nothing I can do, so you’ll just have to bear with it for now. It takes time to build up a positive cycle. You know what I mean, right? The more trouble that guy causes in this world, the more chakra his body will generate to supply me in reality,” Kaedeji said.

This is one of Kaede Tsukasa's goals. As long as this Tsukuyomi world is set up, everyone who enters it will contribute their chakra to Kaede Tsukasa through their actions within the genjutsu from the moment they enter.

Kaedeji could then use this chakra to operate this world—he cannot rely entirely on his own chakra to maintain the existence of the illusionary world, as doing so would place all the pressure on Kaedejiji, which is unnecessary.

Is it possible to sustain the system by relying on a massive number of corpses? That's even more unrealistic, so the only option is to make the living suffer, and have the ninjas who have been slaughtered wave after wave in the ninja world contribute their strength to him.

This is why Kaede Tsukasa previously promoted the method of creating chakra in the Land of Fire, aiming to popularize basic ninja education and cultivate more ninjas.

In reality, if there aren't enough missions and there are too many ninjas, there will be no missions to do, and the price of missions will plummet, ultimately leading to the collapse of the economic system? No problem, in Kaede Tsukasa's Tsukuyomi world, there are countless missions waiting for them to do. In any case, Kaede Tsukasa needs to harvest their chakra in this way.

Well, he can use some of the chakra he has acquired to maintain the existence of the genjutsu world, and he can use the rest to deal with powerful enemies that are difficult to defeat.

At least in terms of chakra reserves, if Kaede Tsukasa could obtain a large number of ninjas to support him, he could extract a little chakra from them at any time to gather it into his own body. If necessary, he could even extract all the chakra of all the ninjas in the entire ninja world in one go. Kaede Tsukasa could not even estimate how huge this total amount was!

Anyway, it's definitely enough. Even if the enemy is a Six Paths level powerhouse, Kaede Tsukasa can control the chakra of the entire ninja world and will definitely be able to suppress the opponent in terms of size.

"However, Tsukuyomi alone is not enough. Next, we need to try to combine the Eight Thousand Spears with the Tsukuyomi illusion to create a truly complete new Tsukuyomi world."

This is what gives Kaede Tsukasa a real headache—using brute force is certainly simple: first mark an enemy with Eight Thousand Spears, then use Tsukuyomi to drag them into the illusion world.

This way, while the opponent is in a genjutsu world, Kaedejima can extract all of their chakra at any time. The key is efficiency! If this is done, by the time the Otsutsuki clans come to the ninja world in droves, there probably won't be many people left in Kaedejima's New Tsukuyomi world!

"We still need to think of a way. For example, we could put something into this Tsukuyomi so that everyone who enters is automatically marked with the mark of eight thousand spears. But what exactly should we use? It's so hard to guess."

(End of this chapter)