Uchiha's personal opinion

"Perhaps... although it's very unfair to you who created this situation..."

Ashura said earnestly, "However, this is, after all, a necessary action for the future of the ninja world."

"...You should know that if that being on the moon escapes, even if I survive, all other living beings in the ninja world will be destroyed!"

"So what?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted, "I have more than half of the Tailed Beasts in my hands. As long as no strange entity can gather all the Tailed Beasts, what can Kaguya Otsutsuki do even if she escapes!"

"Without the Ten-Tails, she is nothing!"

While suspended in mid-air, Uchiha Tokumitsu became even more unrestrained.

They said things they wouldn't normally say without hesitation.

"...Indeed, I'm out of touch with the times!"

Ashura shook his head, while simultaneously channeling his chakra to maintain the chakra protective layer around his body.

The two sages from Mount Myōboku on his shoulders stopped parrying, withdrew their frog hands, and began forming hand seals, relying entirely on Ashura's chakra protective layer for defense.

Although the chakra protective layer, which was constantly flashing with various colors of light, looked shaky, even though Uchiha Tokuko increased his efforts, he still couldn't turn it to ashes in a very short time.

"Sage Art: Water Escape - Water Severing Wave!"

Another technique from Tobirama Senju! It's making it seem like Ashura is the reincarnation of Tobirama Senju!

But Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't even bother with the ultra-fine, high-pressure water jet that shot out from his mouth.

"Looks like we'll have to use our last resort!"

Ashura sighed helplessly.

Then it opened its mouth and spat out a scroll that emitted a pale light.

"Huh!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu noticed the words "Mount Myoboku" on the scroll.

It's a spirit scroll...

"Spiritualism—"

Ashura bit the Myoboku Summoning Scroll to shreds in one bite!

The rapidly spreading, surging Sage Chakra began to stir and affect the massive sealing array!

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Just as the sealing formation began to tremble, Ashura immediately sensed the summoning kunai that he had carelessly tossed on the ground earlier, and instantly used Flying Thunder God Technique to break free from its control!

Uchiha Tokumitsu was utterly surprised!

They even have the ability to disrupt a super-large barrier for a short period of time!

Although it was somewhat sudden, Uchiha Tokumitsu's Susanoo arm still managed to tear off Ashura's already crippled left leg!

"Spiritualism—"

After landing, Ashura ignored Hatake Sakumo's sneak attack and instead pressed his palms to the ground again!

"—Come out!"

"Gamamaru!"

Just as the barrier was nearly destabilized by the close-range impact of Sage Chakra, a white light flashed—

The sealing formation returned to calm once again thanks to the frantic efforts of the sealing squad ninjas.

But an enormous figure also appeared within the half-open spacetime rift!

However, the sealing array did work after all. But Ashura's summoned creatures, namely the giant frog hands of the Toad Immortal, forcibly maintained a portion of the spacetime passage before the barrier was completely healed!

However, even the Great Toad Immortal could not cross this space-time tunnel to join the battle!

However, this is also similar to a teleportation portal, enough to allow the Ashura duo to return to Mount Myōboku immediately.

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

Uchiha Tokuko immediately condensed crescent-shaped chakra aggregates and blasted them towards the half-open space-time!

"Boom boom boom boom!!!"

A series of explosions emanated from the bright spot at the other end of the spacetime tunnel, along with the toad immortal's cries of pain!

"I never expected this to happen!"

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu intercepted Ashura's left leg, he was not willing to give up. He then folded his wings and quickly fell towards the Ashura duo.

"Stop fighting! Let's go!"

The two sages on Ashura's shoulders voluntarily released the Twin Life Technique that connected their chakra with Ashura and prepared to escape into the space-time tunnel that the Great Toad Sage had been painstakingly maintaining.

"I'm somewhat unwilling to accept this..."

Ashura, who had lost his left leg, couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He originally intended to emulate his father, the Sage of Six Paths, by summoning the great sage of Mount Myōboku to fight alongside him, just like the story of sealing the goddess of the rabbit to defeat Uchiha Tokumitsu. However, he failed due to some inexplicable interference!

That's the original spirit scroll from Mount Myōboku!

The heart of the immortal is bleeding!

"Let's go!"

Even Shima Senjin couldn't help but urge him on.

"All right……"

Just as Uchiha Tokuko was about to fall, Ashura took a deep breath, pushed off the ground with his right leg, and leaped towards the space-time tunnel.

A sword light burst forth from the ground once more!

Sakumo Hatake swung his sword once again!

After hastily dispelling the Twin Sage Technique, Ashura and the two Myoboku sages on his shoulders were no longer one!

Moreover, that blade of light was incredibly fast!

Ashura only had time to duck slightly, but before the sage Shima on his shoulder could react, he was cleaved in two by the blade!

Then, its head was grabbed by Sakumo Hatake, who instantly disappeared in another direction!

"My dear wife!"

Just as Fukasaku was about to come to his rescue, the toad sage, who was far away on Mount Myōboku, flicked out his tongue, wrapped it around Fukasaku, and then pulled him back into the space-time tunnel!

—Even the Great Toad Immortal is about to lose control of the space-time portal!

Just as the space-time passage was about to disappear, strands of Yasakani no Magatama shot into Mount Myōboku!

"Croak!"

As the spacetime portal closed, a mournful croaking of a frog lingered in the air.

Chapter 398 Darkening

This is the most severe and direct blow that Mount Myoboku has ever suffered.

Even in the ancient times when the divine tree appeared in the world, Mount Myōboku was able to avoid the dimensional attack from outside the heavens by virtue of its geographical advantages, thus surviving and finding an opportunity to turn the tide.

This time, however, it was Mount Myoboku itself that suffered a direct blow.

The number of casualties on Mount Myōboku was secondary; what mattered more was that for Greninja, who had lived on Mount Myōboku his entire life, this was a day when his worldview collapsed.

The magnificent and ethereal palace of the Toad Sage was blasted into a mess by Uchiha Tokuko's Yasaka-no-Magatama, which pierced through the space-time tunnel.

This was also the first time that the Toad Immortal, the lord of the holy land, had been so disheveled.

At that time, in order to maintain the space-time tunnel, the Great Toad Sage really had no strength left to defend against Uchiha Tokumitsu's attack!

Another reason is that, according to the theorem of space-time ninjutsu, both summoning and teleportation require the consumption of an equal amount of chakra as a replacement. Therefore, when Uchiha Tokumitsu's Yasaka Magatama passed through the space-time channel that the Toad Sage was struggling to maintain, due to the lack of a "friend or foe" mechanism, the Toad Sage also expended an equal amount of power to allow the Yasaka Magatama to pass through the space-time channel.

It had no choice but to do so.

Otherwise, if they loosened their grip or relaxed their hold even slightly, the spacetime passage would immediately disappear, and Ashura and his two sages would be unable to escape back to Mount Myōboku. After all, Ashura had to use the method of breaking the scroll to release his power and disrupt the sealing array to summon the Great Toad Sage, which shows how dangerous it was at the time.

However, even the toad sage who could foresee the future could not have imagined that Shima, one of his sages, would fall so absurdly at the hands of a ninja!

Even the corpses have fallen into the wrong hands!

Moreover, the ninja who killed it was an ordinary human!

From Mount Myōboku's perspective, Sakumo Hatake, as a mere "short-lived" individual without the bloodline of the Ōtsutsuki clan, was not worth paying much attention to, no matter how powerful he was.

"He who spends his days catching insects will eventually succumb to their poison..."

Even the resolute Toad Sage, who viewed the ninja world as a chessboard, couldn't help but feel saddened.

The immortal, standing frozen amidst the ruins of his palace, remained expressionless. Faced with his wife's death, he showed neither resentment nor pain; however, his body below the knees had turned to stone.

"Nothing is more sorrowful than a broken heart..."

The Great Toad Sage sighed slightly, summoned a black rod to strike Fukasaku Sage's head, and shattered the completely chaotic and rampaging Sage Chakra.

But then, at an extremely slow speed, petrified marks reappeared on the soles of Fukasaku's feet.

"Fukasaku...only by continuing to live can he have a chance for revenge!"

Left with no other choice, the Toad Immortal could only resort to verbal provocation.

The immortal's eyelids twitched slightly, and a hint of sorrow began to appear on his wooden face.

But it was only a trace; most of it was a profound, utterly desolate silence.

Ashura stood silently with one leg planted to the side. Under the influence of the powerful Yang Release, his missing left leg began to sprout fleshy buds. However, the gaps between the intertwined buds revealed almost invisible rays of black chakra.

Seeing this, the Toad Immortal felt even more exhausted.

This is a manifestation of a mindset that is insufficient to control power, similar to the petrified state that the sage Fukasaku, whose heart has died, is currently unable to shake off.

In other words, the second son of the Sage of Six Paths, the heir to the Ninja Clan, and a descendant of the Otsutsuki clan, was beaten to the point of "shattering his Dao heart" by a descendant from who knows how many generations ago.

What kind of nonsense is this...?

The Great Toad Immortal couldn't help but sigh again.