Uchiha's personal opinion

Josuke Uchiha remained silent.

In his own perception, the Sage Seed, which was originally bestowed by Uchiha Tokumitsu but had not yet fully integrated into his chakra, began to faintly heat up. The heat of the Sage Seed was also rhythmic—according to the coded text, it meant: Stop!

His lord has finally arrived!

"It seems you still intend to remain loyal to your lord!"

Ashura sighed, then shook his head, ignoring Josuke Uchiha's reaction, and simply reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

Ashura reclaimed all the alien chakra that was originally injected into Josuke Uchiha's body to control him!

Josuke Uchiha immediately felt a sense of relief in his body, and then immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to pounce to the right!

"Don't be in such a hurry, I won't hurt you..."

Ashura felt somewhat lost and disappointed.

"I've found you..."

A clear voice rang out from the darkness, "You defied the control of the counter-terrorism forces and forcibly kidnapped ninjas. Your actions must be brought to trial!"

As soon as he finished speaking, eight flames immediately rose up all around, illuminating the dark wilderness as if it were daytime.

Fully armed, Uchiha Tokumitsu, carrying the divine weapon Flame Fan, his Mangekyou Sharingan eyes blood-red, slowly emerged from the darkness.

Josuke Uchiha, who had run to the side, immediately retreated to the rear with the help of several attendant ninjas. With his consent, the attendant ninjas reinforced the seal on his body as a precaution, in case the enemy had any further tricks up their sleeves.

At the same time, Josuke Uchiha quickly relayed the mission information he had gathered over the past few days, which was then reported to Tokumitsu Uchiha by his attendant ninja via a small wireless earpiece.

"Asura..."

Hearing the various intelligence messages coming through the earpiece, Uchiha Tokumitsu was also somewhat surprised.

He thought it was a member of the Ōtsutsuki clan who had been lurking in the ninja world suddenly appearing to cause trouble, but it turned out to be a local, mixed-race descendant of the Ōtsutsuki...

Moreover, he was the mortal enemy of their ancestor Indra, whom they had entangled with for thousands of years...

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't hesitate to fight even his ancestor, Uchiha Madara, without showing him any mercy. Facing this Ashura who seemed to have sprung from nowhere, he would be even less likely to act. His hesitation to attack immediately was purely due to assessing and deducing the opponent's strength.

"The ninja world is developing so rapidly..."

Ashura's gaze fell on Uchiha Tokumitsu's ear, where an earphone was hanging. Because the earphone had some issues with sound insulation, the voices of the attendant ninjas reporting information were slightly leaked out, which Ashura, with his extremely keen hearing, overheard.

"Isn't Ashura a dead man? What? Don't you want to die anymore?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu's Mangekyou Sharingan spun faster and faster.

At the same time, Hatake Sakumo's ninja dog scroll slid into his left palm.

Ashura didn't reply, but simply looked up at the sky.

Only then did he notice that he could clearly see the moon when he was in the city, but how come he was plunged into darkness when he left the city and entered the wilderness?

Chapter 396 The Undying Chakra (Part 2)

Theoretically speaking, once the super-large-scale sealing array is officially set up, all space-time ninjutsu, secret techniques, etc., within the range covered by the barrier will be completely imprisoned.

Of course, it's not that it can't be used, but its effect is forcibly negated by the power of the barrier; if one can unleash a spacetime power far exceeding the power of the barrier in a very short time, it might still be possible to break through the barrier's blockade in a short period of time.

Therefore, in previous battles to eliminate the aliens, the sealing array had been forcibly broken through several times by the sage spells of Mount Myōboku.

Just like the clash between spear and shield, the competition between sealing and breaking is a spiraling and endless process. The Uzumaki ninjas are constantly improving the structure of the sealing array, and after Orochimaru officially joined the research, they iterated the barrier to version 3.0.

The latest version also includes something interesting: a key.

And at this time, the key was in the hands of Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Therefore, theoretically, apart from Uchiha Tokumitsu, no one else within the barrier can use summoning techniques, flying thunder god techniques, or other space-time ninjutsu.

Of course, if Ashura's sealing skills are superior to everyone else's, then breaking this costly sealing barrier would not be difficult.

The problem is that breaking the barrier takes time. Just like computer security, you either need to find the vulnerability in the underlying principles or overwhelm the "server" with overwhelming force to paralyze it.

Uchiha Tokumitsu wouldn't allow him the leisure to ponder this slowly.

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu was alone at this time, he could actually summon the Two-Tails Matatabi through the Summoning Jutsu or summon Hatake Sakumo through the Summoning Scrolls.

But he wasn't in such a hurry. Before those useless attendant ninjas left, he quietly adjusted his chakra state and firmly locked his energy onto Ashura.

"You really do know a lot..."

Ashura observed the sky, now completely black due to the barrier, and then sighed softly.

"I know more than you can imagine."

"Uchiha Tokumitsu said arrogantly."

The flame fan that he had been holding in his right hand began to flare with extremely dark black flames—a sign of extreme concentration and an excessive amount of Yin Release chakra!

Ashura had obviously also noticed the unusual feature on the weapon that his brother Indra had made.

This is what he cares about most.

“You are not the reincarnation of Indra.”

Ashura said with absolute certainty, "Therefore, your power... is definitely problematic!"

This is indeed true. In fact, the reason why Ashura waited until now to hastily use the Toad Sage and the Sage of Six Paths to be resurrected was to wait for the reincarnation of Indra, who had been dead for a long time but had not yet died—that is, Uchiha Madara.

However, this final reincarnation still went wrong.

"You might even have to thank me!"

A cold smile appeared on Uchiha Tokumitsu's face: "After all, your brother died because of me!"

"Is that so... Should I say thank you?"

Ashura scratched the back of his head, completely ignoring the malice in Uchiha Tokumitsu's words, and laughed heartily, "My brother was actually defeated by his own offspring~ I can laugh at this joke for generations!"

"There's probably no chance..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu's body also began to fluctuate with fiery aura. "But it doesn't matter, I will make sure the two ancestors reunite at Yomotsu Kyudanzaka - you will not have the chance to go to the Pure Land!"

"What a formidable junior..."

Ashura sighed, then looked up at the sky again: "However, such a clever and sturdy barrier shows that you, as the lord, do indeed have some capable people under your command..."

As Ashura spoke, he took out a kunai and threw it to the side, then shook his head after sensing it intently.

This space-time ninjutsu, which I obtained from Tobirama Senju, who is now in eternal rest in the Pure Land, is indeed unusable.

However, it's not entirely without a solution...

Ashura glanced subtly at Uchiha Tokumitsu's left hand...

"That's enough said."

Sensing that the attendant ninja had gone far away, Uchiha Tokumitsu stopped talking and raised his flame fan, pointing it at Ashura: "Are you prepared?"

"Let's see who's truly capable!"

Ashura shouted and drew a kunai, lunging at Uchiha Tokumitsu.

"Uchiha Style: Sword Flame Slash!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu brandished his flaming fan and unleashed a sword aura, simultaneously leaving a shadow clone in place while his true body lunged towards Ashura.

The shadow clone grabbed the summoning scroll left behind by the original body and tore it open, summoning a ninja dog from it.

"Osuke!"

"As ordered!"

The ninja dog named Oosuke, having already received instructions from Hatake Sakumo, didn't waste any words upon appearing and immediately placed his palms on the ground—

"Reverse Spirit Communication!"

At the same time, the shadow clone of De Guang quickly formed hand seals, placed his hands on the ground, and began the summoning—

Summoning Jutsu: Two-Tails Matatabi!

As the light of the reverse spirit summoning technique flashed, Ashura's eyes lit up, and he seized the opportunity.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

A shadow clone burst forth without hand seals, blocking Uchiha Tokugaku's attack. Ashura's true form, however, dodged backward.

"This is……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu raised an eyebrow, thinking he was about to flee.

"Spiritual communication!"

Just as the light from the reverse summoning technique that summoned Sakumo Hatake reached its peak, Ashura simultaneously activated his own summoning technique!

"boom!"

Three wisps of green smoke rose up—

Sakumo Hatake, Matatabi Fukasaku Myōboku, and Shima Senjin all appeared at the same time!

"hateful!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu's face turned ashen!

This was the tiny gap in the barrier that Ashura caught when his shadow clone used the barrier key!

"Asura!"

Without further ado, the two immortals from Mount Myōboku leaped onto Ashura's shoulders and stood firmly.

Uchiha Tokumitsu also leaped onto the head of the Two-Tails Matatabi, confronting the Ashura duo.

As for Sakumo Hatake, it was unknown when he had already concealed himself and gone into hiding.

"Take your time, bye!"

Having completed its mission, the ninja dog Oosuke immediately took off on all fours and ran backward, quickly escaping this terrifying place.

Due to the existence of the sealing array, it is also unable to return to its place of residence directly by dispelling the spirit communication spell.

The shadow clone also turned into smoke and returned to Uchiha Tokumitsu's body.

The extremely deep, dark red Mangekyou Sharingan power, combined with a massive amount of chakra, transformed into a suit of armor that slowly covered Uchiha Tokumitsu and the Two-Tails Matatabi.

Matatabi also cooperated by shrinking his size, becoming the size of a tiger.