XX-level Hokage

"What's wrong, Shikamaru?" Choji asked.

"It seems there are some ninjas in the enemy army who possess bloodline limits beyond the Bloodline Limit, the Bloodline Elimination Technique," Shikamaru said seriously.

"Bloodline Elimination? Really?" Ino said in disbelief. Shikamaru nodded.

"Do we still need to move?" Choji asked worriedly.

Every ninja who has attended ninja academy knows the power of bloodline limit.

"Don't worry, headquarters has considered this as well. An eye for an eye, we'll get our shadows. We've arrived." Shikamaru said, looking towards the mountain peak. At this moment, Onoki, Mei Terumi, and the Fourth A had already arrived beside Gaara.

“Why bother coming all this way in person?” Gaara said. “Young people are so impetuous,” Onoki said with a smile.

Darui has already faced off against Golden Horn and Silver Horn.

"How shameful! We actually fell victim to the ninjutsu of the Second Hokage, whom we killed back then, didn't we, Kinkaku?" Ginkaku said unhappily. "To bring shame upon the Kinkaku and Ginkaku lords, who are known as the two beams of light in the clouds, is truly unforgivable," Darui said lazily.

"Silver Horn, look at that guy's left shoulder. This kid carries the lightning of the Third Raikage. Looks like he's got some skill." Gold Horn said, looking at the black lightning pattern on Darui's left shoulder.

"Although it's somewhat disrespectful to you seniors, I still have to embarrass you two a bit more. Perhaps I'll strip you of your gilded and silver plating and use my Lan Shi instead, though I'm too lazy to do it," Darui said confidently, pointing at the two of them.

“I really can’t stand the way you talk to the senior. I’m telling you to shut up,” Silver Horn said, looking at Darui.

“There’s really nothing we can do. It seems too much time has passed, and even our own people don’t recognize us anymore,” Golden Horn said, looking at Darui with a mocking laugh.

Silver Horn opened his mouth and spat out two weapons. Gold Horn did the same, spitting out two weapons as well.

"Go, Silver Horn." "Yes, Golden Horn."

Darui's expression turned serious as he looked at the weapons in the two men's hands.

At that moment, he recalled the legend of the Golden Horned Sword and the Silver Horned Sword, which possessed the Seven Star Sword, a weapon used by the Sage of Six Paths: it could sever the connection between a person and a word spirit, and curse the word spirit.

Red Gourd: Responsible for sealing the spirit words severed by the Seven Star Sword, and used in conjunction with the Seven Star Sword.

Golden Rope: Binds and forces out the opponent's incantation, then cuts it with the Seven Star Sword, and finally seals it with the Red Gourd. Amber Bottle: Can absorb the responding person into it for sealing.

Just then, on the water's surface, within Darui's shadow, Mashiro's shadow clone appeared.

Looking at Golden Horn and Silver Horn and the weapons in their hands, they were quite impressive.

Chapter 188: Mashiro VS Kinkaku and Ginkaku

"You are... Lord Hokage?! You've come here!" Darui exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Mashiro suddenly appear. "Don't worry, I'm just a shadow clone," Mashiro said with a light laugh.

Upon hearing this, Darui breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he was still very puzzled as to what Mashiro's shadow clone was doing here. Kinkaku and Ginkaku were also somewhat surprised by Mashiro's sudden appearance.

"Reinforcements? Golden Horn," Silver Horn said. "Let's take them down together, Silver Horn," Golden Horn whispered. At that moment, the White Zetsu around them also moved closer. "Leave this to me, Cloud Flow: Flame Strike."

Samui's younger brother, Atsui, suddenly appeared, unleashing a fiery attack that burned the approaching White Zetsu to ashes. He then charged towards the Gold and Silver Horns.

"These ninja tools look impressive, but they're just props. They can't withstand our full-force, fiery ninjutsu." "Oh dear..." Mashiro said helplessly.

Seeing this, Darui stopped, then rushed over and said, "You're getting carried away."

"They're all very talkative, that's great." Silverhorn said with a smile as he watched Atsui and Darui rush over.

"I'll take care of that guy behind me." With that, Silver Horn charged forward instantly. "That's settled then, leave the rest to me, Silver Horn," Gold Horn said.

Soon, after a brief battle, Atsui and Darui were captured by Kinkaku and Ginkaku using the Red Gourd. "Next, it's your turn, little girl from the Hyuga clan," Kinkaku said, looking at Mashiro.

"Well, compared to the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror, it's somewhat disappointing." Facing the combined attack of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Mashiro wasn't nervous at all; instead, he seemed to be talking to himself.

"What are you talking about, brat?" Silver Horn said, frowning.

“However, it would still be useful to give it to your subordinates or keep it as a keepsake,” Mashiro said softly.

"What are you talking about?" Silver Horn instantly swung his Seven Star Sword at Mashiro. "Wait, Silver Horn!" Gold Horn, realizing something was wrong, hurriedly called out to Gold Horn.

But it was too late; Silver Horn's Seven Star Sword slashed at Mashiro's waist.

Strangely, the Seven Star Sword passed straight through Mashiro's body, as if Mashiro's body were a phantom or thin air. Seeing this, Ginkaku was also stunned.

In that instant, Mashiro turned to look at Ginkaku and made a cross with her hand. Ginkaku tried to dodge, but it was too late.

But a strange thing happened again: after Mashiro attacked, Ginkaku did not change at all.

“She seems to possess some kind of mysterious bloodline limit, Gold Horn, we can’t harm her,” he said to Silver Horn.

“Silver Horn, look into her eyes,” Golden Horn said solemnly. Silver Horn looked up at her.

Then he saw Mashiro's pale blue Rinnegan. "What are those eyes?" Ginkaku exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s right, Silver Horn, the legendary Eye of the Immortal,” Gold Horn said solemnly.

Silver Horn instantly jumped to Gold Horn's side. The two of them looked at Mashiro with serious expressions.

"The Seven Star Sword is useless. Let's try other ninja tools. We must take this guy down, Silver Horn." Gold Horn suddenly said with a smile. "Of course, this is a ninja with the legendary Sage's Eye, Gold Horn." Silver Horn also laughed wildly.

Mashiro watched the two men and walked forward step by step. After they finished speaking, the two men launched attacks on Mashiro one after the other: the Golden Rope, the Red Gourd, and the Banana Leaf Fan.

The three Six Paths Ninja Tools attacked Mashiro from both sides.

But Mashiro remained as airy as ever, and all her attacks missed their mark.

Furthermore, Mashiro took the opportunity to make a cross on Kinkaku's body.

"His abilities are troublesome; all our attacks are ineffective, Golden Horn," Silver Horn said, panting.

“However, in this state, her attacks don’t seem to have any effect on us. Silver Horn, we just need to wait for her to come out of this state,” Gold Horn said seriously.

Just then, Mashiro walked up to Ginkaku's side.

Having determined that Mashiro's attack would have no effect on him, Ginkaku did not quickly create distance. "Time's up," Mashiro said softly.

"?" Silver Horn hadn't even reacted when his body instantly shattered into dozens of pieces. Mashiro seized the opportunity to grab the Red Gourd and the Seven Star Sword.

"Gold Horn!? You bastard, how dare you!" Enraged, Gold Horn instantly activated Nine-Tails Mode and fiercely attacked Mashiro. But the attack still missed.

"What a pity, Silver Horn's time is up, but yours isn't." Muttering to herself, Mashiro quickly walked towards Gold Horn.

Just as Kinkaku was about to continue his attack after Shinji got close, his body beneath the Tailed Beast Cloak instantly shattered. "How is this possible?!"

Golden Horn's body turned into a pile of fragments and fell to the ground.

Mashiro then leisurely picked up the gold-plated rope, the banana leaf fan, and the amber bottle.

After Kinkaku was hit, Mashiro also broke out of the "unstained" mode. At this time, Ginkaku's body was about to recover.

Although Mashiro's attack comes with the Otsutsuki buff, it only slows down the recovery time of the Earth Reincarnation user, but cannot stop the immortality ability of the Earth Reincarnation user.

Mashiro opened the red gourd and released Darui and Atsui from inside. As a shadow clone, using the "Dylan Heavenly Dust" technique once was already her limit. "The rest is up to you," Mashiro said to the composed Darui. After speaking, Mashiro disappeared into Darui's shadow.

"Don't run, you! Leave the ninja tools behind!" Silverhorn, having recovered, hurriedly chased after them, but was stopped by Darui. "Although I don't know how the Hokage did it, now we're even," Darui said.

"You all must die!" Silver Horn roared, instantly activating Nine-Tails Mode. "This is... Tailed Beast Transformation? This is really bad." Darui's eyes darkened.

On the other side, Mashiro's shadow clone had returned to Mashiro's side, placed the Six Paths Gear on the ground, and then turned into smoke and disappeared from the spot.

Mashiro gently closed her eyes, sensing everything the shadow clone was experiencing. The power granted by the Rinnegan was indeed very strong.

The shadow clone that Mashiro used against Kinkaku and Ginkaku was one of the two eye techniques granted by Mashiro's Rinnegan, Ranya Tenchen.

After Ran Ya Tian Chen is activated, Mashiro will enter a state called "Unstained". This state is somewhat similar to Kamui's Hollowfication, but completely different. Kamui's Hollowfication is to transfer his body to an independent space, while Unstained allows the host to be independent of time, achieving a time difference. This makes it impossible for any attack to reach Mashiro, because Mashiro is not in the time period of the attack.

Being in a state of purity not only allows Mashiro to avoid any attacks, but also allows him to attack the opponent's future. This is because attacks launched by Mashiro in a state of purity are ineffective against the opponent. However, when the time comes for Mashiro to launch his attack, injuries will befall him.

Mashiro used this to launch an attack and capture Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

The unstained state is set for ten minutes, meaning that Mashiro's true form will be ten minutes later. This is the only drawback of Ran Ya Tian Chen. If the opponent attacks the location where Mashiro will be ten minutes later, the injury will also be reflected back to Mashiro in the present.

Therefore, if Kinkaku and Ginkaku knew about Mashiro's ability beforehand, and the two attacked alternately, as long as either of them's Ran Ya Tian Chen's duration ended...

They could all attack Mashiro, but unfortunately, they didn't know it.

"What is this?" Shikaku asked, looking at the suddenly appearing shadow clone and the weapon on the ground. He had a vague idea in his mind, but he couldn't believe it.

"Shikaku, you've probably heard of them, right? Kinkaku and Ginkaku possess the legendary weapons once used by the Sage of Six Paths. These are..." Mashiro casually picked up the Bashō fan and said softly.

Chapter 189: The Demonic Statue of the Heretic

"The Sage of Six Paths' ninja tools?! Hokage, you—" Shikaku was still somewhat incredulous. He hadn't expected Mashiro to be able to use shadow clones to...

Kinkaku and Ginkaku seized the Sage of Six Paths' ninja tools.

"I won't say anything more. I need to go out and deal with the Gold and Silver Brothers. Once the Nine-Tails Mode is activated, those two will be a tough opponent," Mashiro said softly.

Then, a shadow clone appeared, took the amber bottle and the banana leaf fan, and disappeared into the shadow.

At this moment, the raiding force was pursued by the enemy, and Mifune led a portion of the Fifth Division to provide support. Darui, Atsui, Choza, and others forcibly held off the transformed Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

Meanwhile, Black Zetsu appeared near a building. It had found the Daimyo's hiding place. "Here it is," Black Zetsu said softly.

Just as Black Zetsu was about to jump into the building, Naoki suddenly appeared and kicked Black Zetsu away.

“It seems I’ll have to take you down before I can assassinate the Daimyo,” Black Zetsu said, rising from the ground. “It’s us,” Naoki replied.

Immediately afterwards, a group of members of the daimyo's guard jumped out.

Black Zetsu laughed, and more than a dozen enormous vines emerged from the ground, rushing towards the Daimyo's guard. A battle was about to break out.

"It's so noisy outside, it's preventing me from concentrating," the Fire Country Daimyo said from inside the building. Just then, Naruto, Kushina, and Killer Bee, who had escaped from the island turtle, also rushed over. Instantly, Black Zetsu sensed Naruto's presence.

"They've finally appeared. I need to report this." As he spoke, several thin vines sprouted from Black Zetsu's legs and burrowed into the ground.

The vines passed underground and arrived beside Obito. Then, the vines condensed into a white Zetsu and said, "The Nine-Tails has appeared. What should we do with the Daimyo now? It would be better to capture him and use him as a bargaining chip."

“No, I no longer need the Daimyo. Although taking them hostage could force the Allied Shinobi Forces to face national pressure, they were originally just pawns I used to force the Nine-Tails to appear. Now that the Nine-Tails has already appeared, why bother with all this? Besides, with the Hokage as the commander-in-chief, the Daimyo are of no value in negotiations. As long as the Eye of the Moon plan succeeds, everything will be over,” Obito said slowly.

"What a pity, Black Zetsu has already clashed with the Daimyo's guards," White Zetsu said regretfully.

“No, because of the existence of those ninjas, we cannot ignore the Daimyo. We must let Black Zetsu continue his guerrilla warfare to keep those people tied down, which will effectively disperse the enemy's fighting power,” Obito said softly.

"I see. So, what do you plan to do next?" Bai Jue asked with a smile.

"It's finally my turn to join the battle. First, I need to seize the substitutes," Obito said coldly as he stood up.

At this moment, on Battlefield A, just as the Allied Forces were facing danger, reinforcements from the Fourth Allied Forces, led by Shikamaru, arrived.

Mashiro's shadow clone then appeared and tossed the amber bottle to Shikamaru.

"Shikamaru, this ninja tool is called the Amber Purification Bottle. It will be sealed inside the bottle once it responds to the holder's words. Use this to deal with Kinkaku and Ginkaku." After saying that, Mashiro disappeared from the spot.

Then he appeared beside Tian Tian and handed the banana leaf fan to Guan Guan.

"Tenten, this ninja tool is called the Banana Fan. It can ignore one's own chakra nature and can unleash the five nature transformations of fire, water, lightning, wind, and earth at once. However, it also consumes a lot of chakra. I'll entrust this ninja tool to you." After saying that, Mashiro's shadow clone turned into smoke and disappeared from the spot.

After acquiring two ninja tools, and with the arrival of Huang Tu's reinforcements, a final, fierce battle ensued, and Battlefield A was ultimately victorious.