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Chapter 362 Otsutsuki Isshiki's Little Resurrection

The Expansion Truth-Seeking Ball is not a divine technique, but rather the ability of Bloodline Limit.

This means that the supporting chakra is unorganized and in a completely natural, chaotic state.

In other words, this is ownerless and disordered chakra, which could be stolen even by Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra.

This is because it was chakra released by Kaguya Otsutsuki for consumption, chakra that she herself had subconsciously given up.

Xia Zuo never expected that the opportunity he wanted to absorb Kaguya's chakra would appear so vividly before his eyes.

Because the opportunity came so easily, Xia Zuo couldn't react for a moment.

You should know that he had designed countless tactics for this moment, and the extermination tactics of the previous four worlds were determined after repeated deliberation.

Before even reaching the starting space, and without needing to pin Kaguya Otsutsuki to the ground and bind her hands and feet with sealing jutsu chains to completely suppress her ability to resist, the opportunity to absorb chakra was delivered right before their eyes.

Xia Zuo didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he patiently took several deep breaths and then quietly waited for more than half of Kaguya Otsutsuki's chakra to accumulate inside the expanding Truth-Seeking Ball.

Only by absorbing more than half of Kaguya's chakra at once can one avoid being turned around and having her use the chakra mark to extract Xia Zuo's chakra.

But Xia Zuo didn't just stare blankly; instead, he seriously began to form hand seals, using this slightly clumsy movement to keep his heart from exploding with joy.

"No rush, I haven't pinned Kaguya Otsutsuki to the ground yet, so don't rush to ask Tenten for help."

Xia Zuo murmured to himself, his hand seals becoming increasingly steady.

【Netherworld Escape - Cold Silence】

A small, shimmering white orb appeared in Xia Zuo's palm. Instead of absorbing chakra, it emitted a faint chakra fluctuation, glowing with a soft white light, appearing harmless.

This is Xia Zuo's full-force use of [Nether Release: Cold Silence]. The highest-level chakra structure conceals the ferocity of this technique, allowing it to appear in the most sophisticated way.

Xia Zuo pushed the cold, silent sphere of light toward the [Expanded Seeking the Way Orb], which had expanded to tens of kilometers in size; the difference between the two was comparable to that between the sun and a firefly.

Anyone who saw it would feel that the cold, desolate sphere of light would be devoured by the Seeking the Dao Jade.

But when the two were within three kilometers of each other, the pitch-black, expanding Seeking Truth Orb suddenly trembled, while the pale white, cold, silent sphere of light suddenly expanded and jumped.

The next instant, the cold, silent sphere of light and the expanding Truth-Seeking Ball began to accelerate towards each other and started to rotate around each other. As the distance between them decreased, the speed of their rotation also increased.

The cold, silent sphere is like a neutron star, and the expanding Seeking Truth Sphere is like a burning star; together, they form the most common binary star system.

In the universe, small but powerful neutron stars can plunder matter from stars, transforming themselves back into stars, leaving only the core of the star, which then becomes a planet of a new star.

Meanwhile, within the lava world of Amenominaka, the Cold Sphere of Light is also plundering the chakra of the expanding Truth-Seeking Balls, and the speed of plundering is getting faster and faster.

Just a few minutes later, the growth of the expanding Seeking the Dao Jade completely stopped, and it began to shrink.

The cold, silent sphere rapidly expanded and began to emit a bright light.

Wherever the shimmering white light shone, the unclaimed chakra was plundered, and the expanding Truth-Seeking Balls began to evaporate chakra from all locations, converging towards the cold, silent sphere of light like rivers flowing into the sea.

At this point, the possibility of a shift in the balance of power between offense and defense no longer exists.

Kaguya Otsutsuki stared dumbfounded at the changes before her, helplessly using attacks such as [Rabbit Hair Needle], [All-Killing Ash Bones], and [Eighty Gods Void Strike] in an attempt to destroy the Cold Silence Orb.

But Xia Zuo was no dead man; he neutralized Kaguya Otsutsuki's attacks one by one.

[Eighty Gods' Void Strike] vs. [Eighty Gods' Void Strike]

[Co-killing Ash Bones] vs. [Co-killing Ash Bones]

[Rabbit Hair Needle] vs. [Dust Release: Limit Debonding Technique]

In general, when there is no way to dodge, the most difficult thing to deal with is the [Rabbit Hair Needle]. The seven-inch rabbit hair needles have a tricky attack angle, and their flexibility and penetrating power are top-notch. Every time, they force Xia Zuo to expend a lot of chakra.

Fortunately, [Nether Release: Cold Silence] has started to return chakra to Xia Zuo now, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to withstand it.

After trying her best methods three times without success, Kaguya Otsutsuki was stunned, floating helplessly in the air, unsure of what to do.

Xia Zuo was also stunned. He hadn't expected that the mighty Kaguya Otsutsuki would only use "three tricks." He couldn't help but ask, "Kaguya Otsutsuki, you... you don't have any other ways to attack me?"

The adorable Kaguya replied, "No, I don't know any other techniques."

With an incredulous look, Xia Zuo stared at Kaguya, pointing at the chakra she was channeling to the Truth-Seeking Balls and asking, "Can't you cut off the chakra being channeled to the [Expanding Truth-Seeking Balls]?"

Kaguya with rabbit ears was even more stunned: "It's too big now, and it's spinning too fast. If I cut off the chakra directly, I'll suffer a powerful backlash and be seriously injured."

Xia Zuo remained silent for a long time before realizing he should laugh.

So he laughed: "Hahaha, Kaguya Otsutsuki, you can't blame me for this!"

"I'm going to eat you up!"

The bright white light intensified, and the chakra being evaporated from the expanding Truth-Seeking Ball became even more intense, causing it to shrink even faster.

Conversely, the expanding Truth-Seeking Ball had a stronger extraction effect on Kaguya Otsutsuki, causing her to show pain and fear.

The feeling of having one's chakra forcibly extracted brought back memories of Kaguya's chakra being extracted after she was sealed away a thousand years ago; that excruciating pain was truly terrifying.

Kaguya Otsutsuki involuntarily began to scream. She struggled desperately, enduring the backlash as she severed her connection with the expanding Truth-Seeking Ball.

The backlash from the [Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball], a creation-level ability, was extremely fierce. Kaguya Otsutsuki felt a jolt in her chest, and a sweet, metallic taste rose in her throat.

"Wow!"

Kaguya Otsutsuki coughed up blood; her blood was so bright red, and it even shimmered with specks of golden light.

Even when it fell onto the lava on the ground, the Otsutsuki hemostatic did not boil or evaporate, but instead remained tightly clumped together, spontaneously resisting the burning caused by the molten lava.

Seeing that she was spitting out blood that shimmered with golden light, Kaguya Otsutsuki was stunned for a moment, and then felt even greater fear and panic.

Behind Kaguya, blocks began to split, move, and overlap, quickly forming a sizable portal.

【Yomiharazaka】

After giving Xia Zuo one last deep look, Kaguya Otsutsuki withdrew her gaze, which was filled with fear, panic, resentment, unwillingness, and calculation, and disappeared inside without looking back.

Xia Zuo found that last glance really interesting; he understood that the main target of this operation was Kaguya, not chakra.

Once Kaguya Otsutsuki is subdued, more chakra can be extracted from her at any time and at will.

But if Kaguya Otsutsuki turns the tables, absorbing any amount of chakra won't help.

Because those were chakra bearing Kaguya's mark, until he erased the mark, they could not be considered his own power, but rather a huge hidden danger.

Madara Uchiha's fate serves as a cautionary tale for Xia Zuo.

Without hesitation, Xia Zuo abandoned the Cold Silence Orb, letting it continue to entangle with the expanding Truth-Seeking Ball and absorb chakra, while he began to track down Kaguya Otsutsuki.

To Xia Zuo's surprise, he did not sense the Flying Thunder God mark this time. He didn't know if it was blocked by a special spatial barrier or if Kaguya Otsutsuki had discovered and removed his mark.

However, Xia Zuo knew that Kaguya only had two places to go: either leave the Amenominaka space directly, or escape into the core sphere space of Amenominaka.

Xia Zuo made a judgment almost instantly: "In Kaguya's last glance, there was a strong sense of resentment. She was probably thinking about taking revenge on me, not abandoning everything and running away."

"Leaving Amanominaka is tantamount to giving up the fight against me and running away like a coward."

"The Origin Sphere Space is Kaguya Otsutsuki's true home ground, and it's also the only place in the Amanokinaka Space where she can receive divine chakra support."

"She can only go there unless she makes up her mind to give up everything."

"It can only be the starting space!"

The circular, black portal opened.

But Xia Zuo didn't step inside immediately; he knew this would be his last chance.

If he fails to seize the opportunity, he will completely terrify Kaguya Otsutsuki, causing her to escape from Amenominaka and play hide-and-seek with him from then on.

Moreover, since that is the Origin Space, it only takes a short time for Kaguya Otsutsuki to recover to her peak condition by absorbing chakra from the Divine Tree.

In other words, when Xia Zuo steps into the Origin Sphere, he will inevitably be attacked by Kaguya Otsutsuki.

So Xia Zuo cautiously created 70 wooden clones, all of which were weak wooden clones with little combat power, and then stepped into the portal one by one.

Stepping out of the black circular portal, Xia Zuo's wooden clone saw Kaguya Otsutsuki with a gloomy expression.

In the nine-tomoe Rinnegan on her forehead, countless ocular powers were poised to be unleashed. Her body was surrounded by a massive and frenzied amount of chakra, and her long silver hair fluttered behind her without wind, forming a circular hair bun.

Kaguya Otsutsuki did not recognize that Xia Zuo was a clone. She looked down at him with her three eyes and raised her hands to aim at him.

"Xia Zuo, I'll remember your name! How dare you insult me ​​and drive me into such a perilous situation! You deserve to die!"

Accompanied by cold and venomous words, Kaguya's silver hair danced wildly behind her as countless [Rabbit Hair Needles] rained down.

This time, Kaguya Otsutsuki did not use her Byakugan to lock onto Natsume, but instead set up an attack range of several hundred meters centered on him, launching a comprehensive attack.

In that brief moment, Xia Zuo escaped a full hundred meters, yet he was still riddled with holes.

The second clone of Natsume to emerge from the portal was even more unlucky; before he could figure anything out, his upper body was pierced by the rabbit hair needle.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki felt no joy at seeing Natsume so easily killed; she was only surprised.

Having been chased by Xia Zuo for five worlds, she had come to deeply understand how terrifying he was, and of course she didn't believe she could kill him so easily.

Seeing the broken wood that appeared after the two wooden clones died, Kaguya, though unfamiliar with the clone technique, guessed that it was Xia Zuo's trick, and felt relieved.

One by one, the wooden clones entered the primordial space through the portal, only to be shattered into rotten wood by Kaguya's [Rabbit Hair Needle].

After the clone was killed, Xia Zuo confirmed Kaguya's information. He continued to create wood clones, shadow clones, water clones, earth clones, lightning clones, and even clones that conserved more chakra, sending them all through the portal.

His goal was not to deplete Kaguya's chakra, but to wear down her patience.

After Kaguya Otsutsuki destroyed hundreds of her various clones, she began to exhibit manic behavior.

When the 300th shadow clone surged into the primordial space, he even had to actively push aside the wooden log in front of the portal in order to leave the portal's range.

Then the shadow clone was pierced by dozens of rabbit hair needles and turned into a wisp of white smoke.

Seeing this, Xia Zuo no longer hesitated. He used the [Transformation Technique] to become a piece of wood, hiding behind the back of the 357th wooden clone, and followed him into the portal.

When the wooden clone was attacked and turned into a pair of broken pieces of wood, Xia Zuo took the opportunity to blend into the broken pieces of wood that covered the ground of the Origin Sphere.

Kaguya Otsutsuki was as disoriented as a driver who had been driving on the highway for three hours, relying entirely on inertia to maintain her movements, completely unaware that there was a piece of broken wood that was slightly too big.

Her remaining attention was quickly drawn to the new clone.

Especially the 374th ice clone, which turned into ice shards after being shattered, completely attracted Kaguya's attention. As a result, she did not notice that a piece of wood was rolling towards her feet on the ground.

Just as Xia Zuo approached within ten meters of Kaguya Otsutsuki, his body suddenly underwent a strange change. The wedge on his left wrist became slightly warm, and a very thin stream of heat flowed out.

Before Xia Zuo could react, the heat entered his brain at lightning speed, transforming into a rather complex piece of information.

That was a secret technique mastered by Isshiki Otsutsuki, who was a "Guardian". Its function was similar to the Hyuga clan's "Caged Bird", which could impose a powerful restriction on lower-ranking Otsutsuki clan members who were "Guardians".

It turns out that Isshiki Otsutsuki sensed Kaguya's chakra through his Karma, triggering the mechanism he had set up before his death, which freed him from the knowledge related to enslaving Kaguya Otsutsuki.

However, Otsutsuki Isshiki also demonstrated that this method was completely ineffective against Otsutsuki Kaguya.

Because she ate the Chakra Fruit, she gained the Bloodline Limit, which changed her life essence and naturally broke the restrictions based on the function of genes.

However, the commands in forbidden techniques target the subconscious and can only work once on Kaguya Otsutsuki, making her obey simple commands such as "stop" or "raise your hands".

Xia Zuo was overjoyed; that was enough.