Naruto and Sasuke are doing nothing; Madara and I will set an example.

Page 19

The golden light crashed into and collapsed a giant rock.

Naruto crouched amidst the ruins, bewildered and uncertain. "What happened... that 'delay' feeling just now?"

Chen turned his face and muttered to himself, "You really are the unexpected No. 1 ninja, Naruto. You made it so comfortable for me to start."

Naruto, as long as you don't activate Heavy Particle Mode, you're just a numerical monster in my eyes.

Like Obito's Kamui, my various mechanics are naturally very effective against numerically powerful monsters.

Sasuke's Rinnegan is what really gives me a bit of trouble.

"Zzz!" Dust's right eye focused on Naruto, flashing with a vermilion light!

——Feng Yu Qi Chui Zun!

"Snap!" A bone hand burning with a dark silver aura gripped Naruto's body tightly from behind!

Naruto stared in shock at the Susanoo skeleton that had appeared out of nowhere behind him: "Susanoo, how could it have appeared behind me out of thin air!?"

Feng Yuqi Cui Zun, the third pupil technique of Chen's right eye.

Like Midu Boon, he inherited the Kaleidoscope from his younger brother, King.

This technique possesses two major characteristics: [energy storage] and [lightning strike].

[Storage] refers to storing chakra or techniques in the eyes. [Flash Strike] is to launch the stored technique as a dojutsu at the point of focus!

With the help of Toyomiki, Chen could store techniques in his right eye beforehand and release them at will during battle, consuming only the eye power of the Toyomiki, not his current chakra!

Susanoo, the Five Elements Ninjutsu, secret techniques—any technique constructed from chakra can be [stored].

Of course... Sage Chakra is no exception.

"Next, I will use 'eye techniques' to their fullest extent; this mode is indispensable."

"Sizzle!" Dust's sclera turned dark gray, and a silvery eyeshadow formed on his nose and eyelids. His chakra and aura became even more unfathomable!

“Chen, you really are…” Ban stared intently.

—Shikko Forest Sage Mode!

Chapter 27 Wet Bone Forest Immortal Mode

Shikko Forest Immortal Mode.

Five years ago, Chen learned the location of the sacred Shikkotsu Forest from Tsunade.

He went alone and passed the trial set by the Living Slug Immortal, a trial that no one had passed in a hundred years, and successfully obtained the inheritance of the [Silent Immortal Technique] of the Wet Bone Forest.

Compared to the "Dynamic Transformation Technique" of Ryuchi Cave, the "Harmony Technique" of Mt. Myoboku is the technique that provides the greatest boost to [spiritual energy].

It is also the most difficult of the three great immortal arts to master.

It is said that to master the art of tranquility, one needs absolute inner peace and must reach the state of 'Shamatha,' which is second only to Samadhi in the Zen meditation practice of the Ninja School.

Furthermore, entering Silent Sage Mode requires a deep meditation lasting up to ten minutes. Because it places extreme emphasis on 'focus and concentration', the clever method Naruto used to store Sage Chakra with Shadow Clones when using the Myoboku Harmony Sage Mode, which also requires meditation, is not feasible in Silent Sage Mode.

Moreover, the Silent Sage Technique does not have a way to maintain its power like Jiraiya's fusion with the two great sages.

The two major shortcomings of activation and endurance greatly reduce the practicality of the Silent Immortal Technique in battle.

This was intentionally done by the ancestor of the Wet Bone Forest, the Living Slug Immortal. Her purpose in creating immortal arts was not for killing and fighting, but to cultivate the temperament of practitioners.

Unexpectedly, the only person in a hundred years to have mastered this Silent Immortal Technique, 'Dust', used a move called [Abundant Qi Cooking Venerable] to perfectly fill the two major shortcomings of the Silent Immortal Technique!

The explanation of time stop has ended!

Naruto was still in shock at being bound by the 'Sussanoo's back spirit'!

Dust instantly entered Sage Mode and unleashed a powerful right palm strike from a distance!

—Live Slug Cactus!

"Boom!" A shockwave formed from natural energy swept in!

"Frog Druid...!?"

Naruto was sent flying backward from the shattered bones of Susanoo! As he flew backward, a viscous, blue-white substance emerged from Kurama's chakra cloak, seeping out a strong acid that scorched the cloak, sending up scorching smoke!

"Slug? Why does it feel so hot?"

Kurama exclaimed, "Naruto! Peel it off quickly, or the strong acid will melt you!"

Naruto felt a chill run down his spine and painfully ripped off Kurama's chakra cloak, along with the slug that was possessing him!

"Boom!!" He slammed his back against a century-old tree and came to a stop.

Watching Chen, who had already closed in on a distance of more than twenty meters with an astonishingly fast movement!

"What...what was that just now!?"

Kurama exclaimed, "Naruto, be careful of his Sage Mode and Dojutsu! You're not protected by my chakra right now!!"

Naruto stood up with a buzzing in his head and assumed a defensive stance.

Dust's right eye focused again!

——Feng Yu Qi Chui Zun!

"Crack!" Naruto watched in disbelief as a huge silver blade appeared out of thin air, piercing through his abdomen and pinning him to the tree behind him.

"Heh." Naruto, blood gushing from his mouth and nose, let out a horrifying laugh: "A Susanoo sword? He just fired it with his eyes like this?"

That's not the most important thing. This injury is not something like what Shin Uchiha did in a childish way. It could be fatal!

At this moment, Chen looked down at his watch and noted the time.

5:08:32!

He looked up.

——Feng Yu Qi Chui Zun!

Lou Wupian was caught in a night of continuous rain, and as he looked up from the shadows of the trees above, he saw more than a dozen greatswords of retribution falling down!

Naruto gave a wry smile: "Heh, damn it..."

—Amaterasu!

"Whoosh!" Just at that critical moment, a rock replaced Naruto and was embedded in the hole in the tree!

The twelve dark silver greatswords landed with a thud, forming a 'sword formation' around the tree!

In a clearing in the woods fifteen meters away.

Sasuke shielded Naruto behind him, staring intently at Chen, who stood twenty meters away, as if facing a formidable enemy!

"Sasuke..."

"Don't speak yet, heal your injuries!"

Sasuke formed a hand seal with two fingers, held it upright in front of his chest, his gaze dark and solemn: "Naruto and I were completely underestimating him. This man before us possesses an extremely terrifying eye technique. Just now, he only used his right eye the entire time, and he almost took Naruto's life..."

With a "whoosh!" Kurama's golden robe reignited on Naruto's body, and only then did Naruto dare to use his shoulder to generate chakra palms, carefully and slowly drawing out the silver blade embedded in his abdomen.

Extract a small amount, use the Nine-Tails' healing power to repair it, and prevent the wound from being exposed and causing massive blood loss.

Thirty seconds later, the blade was completely withdrawn, and the fatal wound was healed.

"Phew... I'm saved." Naruto sighed with lingering fear. The Nine-Tails tightened its grip, cleaving the blade into scattered chakra!

Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chen, who had refrained from taking advantage of him whether out of fear of Sasuke's Rinnegan or out of disdain, and asked a soul-searching question: "Uchiha Chen! What exactly is your purpose!"

Chen looked at the two calmly and said, "My purpose, or rather, the goal I want to achieve, is actually no different from that of the previous Hokage."

"What did you say!"

"Don't rush me, Naruto, I haven't finished yet," Chen said slowly. "It's just that because of different perceptions, we see things differently, and therefore our actions are different as well."

Naruto, unable to contain himself any longer, retorted, "Nonsense! What you've done is nothing compared to what the previous Hokage have done! Don't try to glorify yourself!"

Chen laughed and said, "Look, you're in a hurry again. Sasuke isn't in a hurry at all. You should learn from him."

Sasuke said in a low voice, "Back then, Madara and Obito said similar things to you and did similar things, trying to overthrow the ninja world, but you must know what their fate was, right?"

Does this mean you completely trust... Nara Shikamaru's judgment of me?

"I know, so what?"

"Therefore, your fate will be the same as those two."

On Sasuke's single palm, the Chidori Lightning emitted a hissing sound, and the Amaterasu Black Flame condensed on it.

This move is called 'Takemikaze'. It is a form change produced by Kagutsuchi merging Amaterasu with Chidori. He used it at the end of the final battle with Naruto, and he lost his left hand as a result!

He gave Naruto a knowing look!

"Whoosh!" Naruto immediately understood. "Buzz!" Sage Art: Rasenshuriken condensed in front of his left palm!

With a flick of his wrist, Sasuke used his black cloak as cover to throw two kunai carrying explosive tags into the ground a short distance away.

Then, he and Naruto faced each other and struck each other, while at the same time, the 'Rinnegan' under his bangs was suddenly flung towards 'Dust'!

—Amaterasu!

Amenotejikara displaced the air, and the dust was pulled out of thin air and placed in front of Naruto and Sasuke's palms, caught between Takemikazuchi's Thunder God and Sage Art: Rasenshuriken!

Chen: "Try this move."

During their exchange of glances just now, Naruto and Sasuke confirmed their battle strategy!

"Sasuke, my attacks experience a strange delay when they reach him!"

"Ah, I know, it's because of that guy's strange eye technique. When the fire release from Takemikazuchi's Fire Release merges with your wind release, it creates a continuous scorching field explosion. If he's caught in it, he definitely won't be able to escape!"

Madara and Obito, watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but eagerly await their arrival!

"Dust... what will you do?"

"That's it."

The magic of Shikkotsu Forest allows me to select multiple targets and cast eye spells consecutively within a very short time.

In layman's terms, it's about eliminating the built-in cooldown of eye techniques!

Dust's right eye trembled with a vermilion light, sweeping around!

"Snap!" "Snap!"

The instant the light of the eye technique flashed in Chen's right eye, the Sage Art: Rasenshuriken in Naruto's left palm and the Takemikazuchi Raijin in Sasuke's right palm vanished into light spots in a fraction of a second!

"What!?" In the instant the two men froze in shock, Chen's hands moved as if to choke them, grabbing at their throats like lightning!

"!" Sasuke was prepared and quickly regained his composure. The tomoe of his Rinnegan trembled, and he unleashed a double flash of Amenotejikara!

Note: The built-in CD of Tente Riki is extremely short and can be ignored!

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

The 'explosive tag kunai' that had been thrown to the ground beforehand was replaced in Chen's hands!

"!?!" This incredible move clearly surprised Chen as well.

"Take it!" Sasuke made a hand seal with two fingers!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The explosion instantly engulfed the spot where Chen had stood!

"Sasuke, what was that just now..." Naruto's face was still filled with shock.

Sasuke clenched his fist tightly after lowering it, his face still showing shock. "A personal barrier that can delay attacks, a chakra blast projected out of thin air, and the ability to instantly disintegrate our techniques just now—that was the third dojutsu he released with his right eye!"

"I'm almost certain that it's not an ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan! It's... the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan!"

"What, the Eternal Kaleidoscope? Doesn't that require transplanting the eyes of a brother to..."

"Ah, he probably transplanted his younger brother Uchiha Jin's eyes!"

"The explosion just now completely caught him off guard. He didn't have time to take any defensive measures, so it's impossible for him to be unharmed. At best, both of his hands will probably be crippled!"

Sasuke said in a way that left no room for argument.

Looking at the smoke and dust rising from the explosion site, Naruto sighed, "The Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, huh? Even without his hands for hand seals, he'll still be a tough opponent. But the scales of victory are starting to tip in our favor. That's what battle casualties are all about."

"That changing ball you just hit was really beautiful. I have to give you a compliment, Sasuke."

Dust emerged from the smoke.