area51novel Chapter 451 Hunting Technique 1!
Chapter 451 Hunting Technique 1!
Chapter 451 The Hunting Move!
An unprecedented chill plunged Yishi's heart into an abyss.
The look in his eyes as he looked at Mianma had changed from apprehension to deep fear.
It was as if he were the prey being targeted, and the other party was the hunter!
However, before he could sort out this terrible conjecture, Menma's new attack came again!
Yi Shi only felt a flash of golden light before his eyes, and the figure opposite him disappeared from his perception in the blink of an eye!
No, it didn't disappear, it just moved even faster than before!
It was so fast that even his Byakugan, which he had activated at full power, could only catch a blurry golden afterimage, and he was completely unable to pinpoint its exact movement trajectory and shape!
"What?!" Yi Shi was shocked; the opponent's speed was still increasing!
This speed even caused his perception to lag and become severely distorted!
"Behind you?!" Relying on thousands of years of combat experience and the Byakugan's vague sense of chakra, Isshiki suddenly twisted his body, condensed a black chakra rod in his left palm, and without looking, fiercely stabbed it in a general direction behind him, trying to force the opponent back.
However, the black chakra rod he thrust out only struck a sliver of residual golden light.
The next instant, Menma's figure appeared to his side, no more than an arm's length away!
The boy's face, shrouded in a golden chakra cloak, was almost touching his own, his eyes coldly fixed on his horrified expression.
"Too slow," Menma's calm voice rang out.
At the same time, the Truth-Seeking Ball in his hand, which had transformed back into a black rod, slashed down from above towards Isshiki's head with a piercing shriek that tore through the air!
There are no fancy moves, only the purest power and speed, and the annihilating power that the Truth-Seeking Balls inherently possess!
"Damn it!!" Yi Shi roared, his voice filled with frustration and madness.
He knew he couldn't take it head-on; he had already witnessed the power of that black rod.
But he didn't want to sit idly by and wait to die!
As the Truth-Seeking Ball black rods fell, he spread his five fingers on his left hand, and Yin-Yang Release chakra surged wildly in his palm, instantly condensing into five even thicker black chakra rods, which fiercely stabbed towards Menma's chest, abdomen, ribs and other vital points!
This is a lose-lose strategy, attempting to trade blows and force the opponent to adopt a defensive approach.
However, Menma didn't even blink.
Behind him, one of the Truth-Seeking Balls, which had been silently floating, instantly transformed into a black streak of light, striking first and intercepting the attack path of the five black chakra rods with unparalleled precision.
Bang bang bang bang!
The five faint sounds, like bubbles bursting, almost blended together.
The five black chakra rods, upon contact with the black stream of light formed from the Truth-Seeking Balls, were as if they had encountered their nemesis. They failed to create even the slightest resistance and turned into black fragments, completely disintegrating and annihilating.
Meanwhile, Menma's Truth-Seeking Jade staff continued its downward trajectory, still aimed at his head.
Despair flashed in Ichishi's eyes as he desperately twisted his body, trying to avoid vital points.
Click!
A sound of bone cracking rang out.
The black staff of the Seeking the Way did not hit Isshiki's head in the end, but during his dodge, it struck Isshiki's right arm, which was blocking.
There was no blood splattering.
Because at the instant the Truth-Seeking Ball's black rod made contact, Isshiki's right arm, along with some muscles and bones at the shoulder joint, "disappeared" silently, like pencil marks erased by an eraser!
It turned into nothingness and dust, leaving not even a trace!
The broken edge was smooth and flat, with an eerie charred black color. There was no pain, only a deep-seated coldness and emptiness.
"Ugh—!" Yishi let out a painful groan as his body was pulled backward by the immense force.
However, Menma's attacks were relentless, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
In the instant Isshiki lost his balance and was struck by excruciating pain, Menma looked down from above, raising his left fist like a cannonball, imbued with golden Tenseigan chakra, and slammed it hard into Isshiki's cheek!
Bang! ! !
A dull thud resounded.
Yishi's pale and arrogant face instantly twisted and deformed, and several teeth mixed with blood gushed out of his mouth.
Like a kite with a broken string, he was slammed backward and spun by the powerful punch, plummeting rapidly towards the bottomless abyss below, filled with smoke and the smell of sulfur!
Without pausing, Menma's golden chakra cloak flashed behind him, and his figure transformed into a straight golden meteor, chasing after Isshiki's falling figure as he swooped down!
Its speed was so great that it even left a long, golden comet-like trail in the sky above the sinkhole.
Deep inside the sinkhole, the light was even dimmer.
Orochimaru had just carefully put away the scroll containing Urashiki's corpse and was looking up, searching for a way out of this dangerous place. At the same time, he greedily observed and analyzed the residual chakra energy fluctuations from the high-altitude battle with his golden vertical pupils.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp gust of wind and a powerful chakra surge rapidly approaching from above.
"Hmm?" Orochimaru looked up alertly and saw a figure crash into a pile of rocks a few dozen meters in front of him, like a meteorite, with a piercing sound.
Boom—!!
Debris flew everywhere, dust filled the air, and a large crater several meters in diameter was smashed into the ground.
Immediately following, another dazzling golden light appeared, like a god descending to earth, hovering above the dust cloud.
Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils narrowed slightly as he recognized the newcomer as Menma, who had just displayed his divine power in the sky.
And his target—
Orochimaru's gaze fell on the crater that had been smashed open.
As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, a disheveled figure struggled to his feet, swaying unsteadily, inside the pit.
It is the Otsutsuki Ichishiki.
At this moment, he was completely different from the elegant, arrogant, and godlike figure he had been when he was first reincarnated.
His pristine white long-sleeved tuxedo was tattered and covered in dust and bloodstains. His right arm was completely missing, and his left arm hung limply, as if he had suffered a serious injury.
His face was covered in bruises, blood was seeping from the corner of his mouth, and he looked disheveled and miserable. Even the long, curved horns on the top of his head had tiny cracks.
What was most unsettling was the rapidly diminishing and extremely unstable chakra fluctuations and life force around him.
The previous elegance and arrogance have vanished, leaving only the wretchedness and ferocity of someone at the end of their rope.
Yishi was panting heavily, each breath seeming exceptionally difficult, like a broken bellows.
He looked at the severed area of his right arm in horror and found that the wound not only failed to heal itself as quickly as before, but was instead being devoured by a cold and highly corrosive chakra energy that was frantically consuming his life force and chakra along the wound!
That's the residual power of the Seeking the Dao Jade!
This force is interfering with and even "absorbing" his life essence!
He could clearly feel that the life force of his body, which had been forcibly reincarnated and was already running out of time, was being lost at an unprecedented rate!
Originally, even under the worst-case scenario, this body could only sustain life for another two or three days.
But at this moment, they might not even last half a day!
"How could this be—?" Ichishi's heart was filled with despair and resentment.
He never imagined that he would end up in such a predicament, driven to the brink by a "lower life form," with even his self-healing and resistance being rapidly stripped away by the other's power.
Just then, Mianma, who was suspended in the air, slowly raised his right hand.
He had previously consumed three Truth-Seeking Jewels when he transformed into the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but now three Truth-Seeking Jewels have been re-condensed behind him.
All six Truth-Seeking Balls flew to him instantly, forming a strange array.
"Immortal Technique·Five Finger Mountain!"
Mianma spoke softly, pressing his right hand downwards.
The six Truth-Seeking Jewels suddenly shone with a blinding black light, then rapidly liquefied, deformed, and intertwined, fusing and shaping in the blink of an eye into a giant black hand made entirely of Truth-Seeking Jewels!
The palm is spread out with its five fingers, facing down, and the palm lines are clearly visible. It exudes a terrifying aura that suppresses all things and destroys everything, and its scale almost covers half of the bottom of the sinkhole!
The black giant hand, carrying an irresistible force, like the slamming hand of a god, descended upon the person who had just stood up.
With his last breath, he slammed down hard!
Before the palm even arrived, the terrifying pressure had already pressed the rubble and dust below firmly to the ground. Yi Shi felt as if his bones were groaning under the unbearable burden, and even moving a single finger became extremely difficult.
"No!!" Ichishiki roared in despair, his eyes filled with madness.
He desperately tried to use the remaining chakra in his body to perform eye techniques or defense, but his efforts were futile under the absolute suppression of the Truth-Seeking Ball's giant palm and the rapid loss of his own life force.
boom!!!
The earth-shattering roar once again shook the entire sinkhole!
The giant black hand slammed solidly into the spot where Yi Shi stood, creating a huge, clearly visible palm print tens of meters deep in that area and the ground within tens of meters around it!
The palm print had neat edges, and the bottom of the deep pit still held a chilling amount of chakra energy.
The face slowly descended, hovering above the giant palm print.
With a thought, the giant black hand made of Truth-Seeking Jewels quickly dissipated, transforming back into six jet-black Truth-Seeking Jewels that flew back behind him and hovered silently.
At the center of the deep pit of the palm print, smoke and dust slowly dissipated.
One of them was covered in blood, lying there in a twisted position like a flattened insect.
His white tailcoat was almost in shreds, and his exposed pale skin was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, like a piece of porcelain about to shatter.
His only remaining left arm was bent unnaturally, and blood gushed from his mouth and nose like a stream, seeping into the scorched soil.
A small section of the long, curved horn on his head was broken off, and the black of his right eye and the white of his left eye had lost most of their luster, leaving only boundless pain, resentment, and fear of death.
Yi Shi struggled, supporting his body with his only remaining left arm, seemingly trying to stand up, but failed several times.
He could feel his life rapidly slipping away from him. The blow from that giant black hand not only severely damaged his body but also accelerated the erosion of his life essence by the power of the Seeking the Dao Jade.
Now, he might not even be able to last an hour.
"Cough—cough cough—" He coughed violently, and with each cough, dark golden blood mixed with fragments of internal organs gushed out.
He raised his head and looked with his gradually unfocused eyes at the golden, god-like figure that was slowly descending not far in front of him.
The shadow of death has never been so clear, so close.
The fear and despair he felt were even greater than when he was ambushed by Kaguya a thousand years ago and was on the verge of death.
Because that time, he at least had a "wedge" as a backup plan, found a vessel, and had hope of making a comeback.
And this time—
He sensed the opponent's deadly intent and the means they possessed that seemed capable of restraining or even stripping him of his power.
"Wait—wait!" With his last ounce of strength, Yishiki spoke hoarsely, his voice carrying a plea he himself had never imagined.
"Otsutsuki clan rules—forbid clan members from killing each other—you have obtained the power of the Divine Tree—"
Why must you be so ruthless? — I will tell you the secrets of your clan — about the Divine Tree — about the God of Otsutsuki.
"Even—leading you back to your people!"
Under the threat of death, he invoked the vague "clan rules" and even tried to exchange information for a sliver of hope for survival.
What a humiliation this must have been for Isshiki Otsutsuki!
But at this moment, the instinct for survival overwhelmed everything.
However, all that responded to him was Menma's cold, unwavering gaze and his slowly raised right hand.
A Truth-Seeking Jewel flew into his hand and transformed once again into a jet-black Truth-Seeking Jewel sword.
Menma didn't even answer Isshiki's question. He simply flicked his wrist, and the black sword transformed into a black lightning bolt, mercilessly piercing Isshiki's heart.
puff!
The soft sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh was exceptionally clear at the bottom of the silent sinkhole.
Yishi's eyes widened suddenly, his white and black eyes filled with extreme fear and resentment.
He looked down at the black Truth-Seeking Ball sword that had pierced his chest and completely severed all life force, feeling his life force and chakra rapidly draining away like the receding tide.
*Pfft—*
With a crisp sound, Yi Shi felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, followed by endless pain coming from his right eye.
With a numb face, the right hand moves forward, the index and middle fingers inserted deep into the eye socket, and gently twitches.
"Ugh—hoarse—" A strange hoarse sound came from Isshiki's throat. He suddenly raised his left hand and used his last bit of strength to grab the right wrist that was gouging out his eyes!
The force was so great that it even caused Mianma's arm to pause slightly.
"Die, you bastard!!!" With his last bit of strength, Yishi let out a hysterical roar filled with endless resentment!
His broken body suddenly burst forth with an extremely dazzling white light!
The cracks under the skin widened instantly, and countless white rays of light shone through them!
He was going to detonate all the remaining chakra in his body, detonate this reincarnated body, and perish together with this terrifying enemy!
Even if you can't kill the opponent, you should still inflict the heaviest wounds on them!
"Not again?" Mianma frowned slightly.
In the timeline of the Dragon Vein teleportation, Yi Shi also attempted to self-destruct and perish together with his opponent.
Menma did not try to pull his wrist back from Isshiki's grasp. Instead, his mind raced, and the remaining five Truth-Seeking Balls behind him instantly flew towards him!
During the flight, the five Truth-Seeking Balls rapidly liquefied and deformed, intertwining and merging like flowing water, instantly transforming into an airtight, pitch-black sphere about three meters in diameter, completely enveloping Menma!
The black sphere has a smooth surface with iridescent black patterns, exuding an aura of absolute defense.
The very next second after the pitch-black sphere took shape.
Boom! ...
A deep, restrained evil chakra suddenly erupted from Isshiki's body!
The white light raged and crashed wildly at the bottom of the sinkhole, trying to tear apart the barrier, and even the ground trembled!
However, the absolute defense formed by the five Truth-Seeking Jewels was far more robust than imagined.
The pitch-black sphere trembled violently under the impact of the white light, but it stubbornly maintained its spherical shape, firmly blocking most of the destructive energy and impact from the outside!
After a long while, the explosion and light at the bottom of the sinkhole gradually subsided.
The jet-black sphere slowly wriggled and deformed, eventually transforming back into five slightly dim Truth-Seeking Balls, which flew back behind Menma as he slowly landed.
What remained was a much deeper crater, over a kilometer in diameter and hundreds of meters deep.
In the center of the crater, there was no trace of Shiki, not even a trace of his remains, as if he had been completely wiped from the world by the power of the self-destruction and the Truth-Seeking Ball.
Only the faint smell of burning and the violent chakra energy turbulence in the air testified to the devastating self-destruction that had just occurred.
Menma remained floating quietly in place, his golden Tenseigan chakra cloak shimmering, completely unharmed.
He raised his right hand, and in his palm lay an eyeball with eight black wheel-shaped patterns surrounding its pupil.
It is precisely Otsutsuki Isshiki's "black eye".
Thus, the Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was utterly destroyed.
Mianma glanced at the fresh eyeball in his palm, casually took out a prepared petri dish, placed it in the pale green liquid, sealed it, and put it away.
He raised his head, his golden Tenseigan sweeping over the crater, which had been transformed beyond recognition by the continuous battles and resembled a hellish landscape.
The top layer is a huge bowl-shaped crater formed by the collision of the previous "Spiral Wheel" and "Tensuha Meteor Fate: Dragon Palace". The middle was cut open by "Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion", forming a rift and fault. The bottom layer was blasted into an even deeper crater by Isshiki's self-destruction and the suppression of Truth-Seeking Ball. Overall, it looks somewhat like a crooked gourd.
The battle is finally over.
He turned his head and looked toward the edge of the sinkhole, toward the direction of the Fire Shadow Rock.
There, many spectators were waiting.
And two visitors from parallel universes.