Chapter 182: The Disappearance of the Tailed Beast

"That was close! Almost got taken out."

A tremor rippled through the void. Amidst the ruins, Uchiha Feiyu's figure was revealed—in reality, even without using Space-Time Ninjutsu, Uchiha Feiyu, who had already awakened a higher level of Rinnegan, could have directly absorbed that Dust Release technique.

"What kind of ninja dares to come to our Iwagakure to stir up trouble! Where did you take Han?"

Onoki, flying over at high speed, shouted loudly. To this, Uchiha Feiyu merely shrugged lightly:

"Where did I take him? You can go find him yourself!"

"Wait... your eyes!! Damn Uchiha, could it be that you are a ninja from Konoha?"

Seeing the Three-Tomoe in Uchiha Feiyu's eyes, Onoki was slightly startled, a look of wariness appearing on his face.

However, this complex emotion was only a flash. Soon, Onoki scoffed at himself; the opponent was merely a Three-Tomoe Uchiha, why should he be so wary?

"Dad, this guy isn't a Konoha ninja... he is that rogue ninja from Konoha, Uchiha Feiyu!"

At this moment, Huangtu, who was also flying in the sky after being buffed by his father's Super Light-Weight Rock Technique, saw that familiar figure and immediately shouted out loud.

During the Third Shinobi World War back then, Huangtu had been deeply impressed by this guy Uchiha Feiyu; whether it was his strength or his level of cunning, Huangtu remembered it vividly.

The Susanoo dancing in mid-air extended a hand, and a terrifying gravitational force rapidly enveloped Onoki, who was flying in the sky:

"Bansho Ten'in!"

"Uchiha Feiyu? Heh... a mere Uchiha rogue ninja actually dares to come to our Iwagakure to cause trouble. Hand over Han, otherwise our Rock Ninja will never let you off!"

"I didn't expect you, Onoki, to look like a ground rat, yet fly quite fast! How will you handle this move then?"

"This... this is... Susanoo!!?"

However, this rapid acceleration and sudden stop, combined with the change in gravity, was not something an ordinary person could endure. If it were a normal ninja, it would be fine—at most, their vision would go black and they would feel slightly dizzy—but when it came to Onoki...

In an instant, Onoki realized that the opponent was also using a gravity-type ninjutsu. His own Super Light-Weight Rock Technique had completely served as an assist for the opponent!

"Weighted Rock Technique!!"

"Damn it, all ninjas below Jonin, leave the battlefield! Jonin, come with me to deal with this guy!"

Bones, muscles, armor... A moment later, a several-dozen-meter-tall Complete Body Susanoo stood in the center of the Ninja Village. A group of Rock Ninja stared blankly at the chakra giant that was almost as tall as a small mountain, having almost completely lost their will to fight.

"Ugh, ahhh!! My old back!!"

Looking at the familiar chakra giant before him, Onoki, who had originally been confident, suddenly gasped, and his post-traumatic stress disorder regarding Madara Uchiha began to flare up again.

Listening to the Third Tsuchikage's threat, Uchiha Feiyu found it somewhat amusing. Thinking of this old man's Madara Uchiha syndrome, he simply erupted with intense chakra. A pair of Three-Tomoe rotated continuously, and around his body, a samurai figure formed of chakra rapidly condensed.

Amidst a rumbling roar, the Rock Ninja on the ground hurriedly performed various Earth Release ninjutsu to defend themselves, but they were shattered by the energy attacks, causing significant casualties.

Accompanied by a slight crackling of joints, Onoki, who was floating in mid-air, came to a complete halt. Intense pain swept from his waist through his entire body, leaving him frozen in mid-air before he plummeted rapidly.

Incidentally, an energy orb in the shape of a tomoe emerged from the chest of the massive Susanoo, blasting directly toward Onoki as he flew in the sky.

With a loud boom, a large hole was blasted into the chest of the Susanoo by the Dust Release. However, Uchiha Feiyu did not care about this. Under the circulation of massive chakra, the giant chakra figure directly restored itself, grew wings on its back, and took to the sky.

Without hesitation, Onoki switched his Super Light-Weight Rock Technique to the Weighted Rock Technique. Onoki, who had been flying at high speed toward the Susanoo giant, suddenly came to a stop.

"Oh no!"

"Tsk, you won't let me off? Just based on you lot?"

As he spoke, Onoki condensed a ball of light between his hands, aimed it at Uchiha Feiyu's Susanoo, and fired it directly.

Onoki's Super Light-Weight Rock Technique had reduced his weight to the extreme, which actually made him even more susceptible to the effects of Bansho Ten'in. With a 'whoosh', Onoki, who had been floating in mid-air, was sucked over in a daze, his speed comparable to a thrown Shuriken.

Onoki relied on his flight ability to dodge left and right, but even though he dodged the Yasaka Magatama, those energies still slammed into Iwagakure.

"Dad!!"

Huangtu rushed up, reaching out to catch his falling father. However, in this rigid state, Onoki had not yet deactivated the Weighted Rock Technique. In an instant, Huangtu felt as if he were holding an iron block.

Fortunately, this son of Onoki was not short-limbed or suffering from osteoporosis like his father; he was a burly man with a broad frame and possessed the top-tier arm strength of Iwagakure. Although he was dragged downward as well, he finally managed to catch his father.

However, under such self-weight, being caught by his son's arms, Onoki's already aching back immediately emitted an unbearable crackling sound. Onoki's eyes rolled back from the pain, and he nearly fainted.

"Shinra Tensei!"

When Onoki used the Weighted Rock Technique, Uchiha Feiyu abandoned Bansho Ten'in. Once Huangtu caught Onoki, Uchiha Feiyu chuckled and, without hesitation, switched to using Shinra Tensei.

The massive repulsive force erupting from the Susanoo blasted the two of them away almost instantly. Huangtu spat out a mouthful of blood, instantly performed an Earth Release Strengthening Technique, and turned around to shield his father behind him.

With a boom, the two of them slammed directly into a high mountain in Iwagakure. Even with Huangtu's protection, Onoki screamed repeatedly in this state, feeling as if his spine were about to snap.

The Rock Ninja below were even more unfortunate. The suddenly erupted, terrifying repulsive force pushed hundreds of Rock Ninja away. Apart from a few dozen powerful ones who used Earth Release defensive ninjutsu, almost all other Rock Ninja were killed or injured in an instant.

The Susanoo in the sky dissipated without a trace. Uchiha Feiyu's figure flashed, and he flew directly toward the place where Huangtu and Onoki had fallen. Looking at the large crater smashed into the cliff, he descended slowly.

At this moment, Onoki had already passed out from the continuous attacks. Although Huangtu still retained some Power Level, he was in a sorry state, with one arm hanging limp, looking as if it had been broken.

"You... what else do you want to do? Uchiha Feiyu!?"

With blood at the corner of his mouth, Huangtu looked at Uchiha Feiyu with wariness, a trace of fear flickering in his eyes.

In the past, he never understood why his father was so afraid of Madara Uchiha, and why, whenever the topic was mentioned, his anger was always mixed with cowardice. However, now that Huangtu had truly seen the terrifying power within the Uchiha bloodline, he finally understood his father's feelings.

The power contained within the Uchiha Clan's bloodline was simply too terrifying!

To Huangtu's question, Uchiha Feiyu had no intention of answering. He turned into a phantom, appeared directly in front of him, and punched him away.

Huangtu had once been proud of his own arm strength, but in front of Uchiha Feiyu, he felt like a ragdoll with no power to resist, completely unable to fight back.

After knocking Huangtu away, Uchiha Feiyu placed one hand on Onoki's head and pulled upward, directly extracting the soul of this little old man.

"Let me see the specific intelligence regarding the Four-Tails! Hmm, Dust Release also seems to be a very useful Bloodline Selection."

Although in battles at the Six Paths Level, Dust Release might seem ineffective, that was actually just raw authority suppression; it did not mean the power of Dust Release itself was weak.

It could even be said that even among the Otsutsuki Clan, a ninjutsu like Dust Release that ignores defense absolutely belongs to the top-tier power.

As long as one can sublimate Dust Release into Sage Art, one can naturally break through the authority suppression of the Six Paths Level, and its power would be enough to shine in any battle.

Uchiha Feiyu's strength had now reached completion. Even looking across the entire Ninja World, there were fewer and fewer ninjutsu worthy of him learning. However, clearly, Onoki's Dust Release belonged to that rare exception.

Onoki, having had his soul extracted, fell to the ground and completely lost his breath. Seeing this, the already heavily injured Huangtu roared in anger and, disregarding his own injuries, rushed over again.

A bolt of lightning instantly flew from Uchiha Feiyu's hand, piercing Huangtu's chest. The tall ninja rushed forward two more steps, blood spilling from his mouth, before falling to the ground and losing his breath.

Casually collecting Huangtu's soul as well, Uchiha Feiyu glanced at the chaotic Iwagakure and vanished in an instant.

……

In the Land of Earth, inside an ancient temple.

Lao Zi sat cross-legged with a wooden staff placed beside him, browsing through a Buddhist scripture in his hands.

Because most jinchuriki have to struggle against the will of their tailed beasts, they often like to read content such as Buddhist scriptures to enrich their inner selves; this may be a habit passed down since the time of the Sage of Six Paths, that Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, after flipping through the Buddhist scripture a few times, Lao Zi felt an unbearable restlessness in his heart, as if some bad premonition were constantly entangling his thoughts.

Putting down the Buddhist scripture in his hand, Lao Zi stood up slowly and walked out of the temple, wanting to go out to clear his mind.

"That old guy Onoki... always relying on his seniority and treating us jinchuriki as tools. I wonder how that junior Han is doing?"

After muttering these words, Lao Zi suddenly steadied his body and looked ahead.

He saw that as a subtle distortion of space occurred in front of him, a guy who was once very familiar appeared before him.

"Uchiha Feiyu?! You actually dare to appear in front of me!"

Looking at this opponent he had faced during the Third Shinobi World War, Lao Zi's face twisted immediately. Almost all the ninja who had clashed with Uchiha Feiyu during the Ninja World War were filled with hatred for this powerful but despicable guy, and Lao Zi was one of his victims.

However, because the Uchiha Feiyu that Lao Zi had initially faced was actually one whose strength had not yet reached its peak, he did not understand the current strength of Uchiha Feiyu. As for the credit for feats like Uchiha Feiyu later hacking the Third Raikage to death, it had been handed over to Orochimaru by the man himself; to this day, the number of ninja who truly know Uchiha Feiyu's strength remains small.

And Lao Zi did not belong to the category of these few ninja. Although he felt that Uchiha Feiyu's strength must have improved since the Third Shinobi World War, he absolutely could not imagine what level Uchiha Feiyu had progressed to.

"Tsk, so what if I appear in front of you? You don't think you're my match, do you!"

Uchiha Feiyu looked at the angry yet full-of-confidence Lao Zi before him and almost laughed out loud. Three Tomoe rotated in his eyes, and he cast a Genjutsu directly; Lao Zi was immediately completely controlled by the Genjutsu.

"With such big talk, I really thought you had some skills, but it turns out you were taken out in a single glance..."

Uchiha Feiyu said speechlessly, then took out the Hunyuan Treasure Box from his bosom and directly controlled this five-tails jinchuriki to walk inside himself. The Hunyuan Treasure Box emitted a strange suction, forming a hole like a black hole, and swallowed Lao Zi in one gulp.

"With this, all the jinchuriki and tailed beasts have been dealt with. When Uzumaki Nagato returns, he will probably be very depressed!"

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled, then a serious look appeared on his face:

"I wonder what the current strength of that Uzumaki Nagato actually is? How much can the cheat from the Sage of Six Paths improve his strength? It's a pity that the original manga didn't describe the strength of the Sage of Six Paths much, leaving me a bit unsure."

He would not use the power displayed by Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha in the original work to measure the strength of Uzumaki Nagato. Who knows what percentage of power the Sage of Six Paths actually passed to his two sons in the original story?

Not to mention, purely from a foundation perspective, Uzumaki Nagato, who possesses the Sage Body and Sage Eye, has a much higher foundation than Sasuke Uchiha and Uzumaki Naruto did at that time!

With the Rinnegan, Sage Body, and perfect Sage Mode, the improvement Uzumaki Nagato would gain under the same cheat as Sasuke Uchiha and Uzumaki Naruto would definitely be stronger than the two who received the Yin Power and Yang Power respectively, not to mention the possibility of obtaining an even greater cheat.

"However... there are actually some ways to obtain information about Uzumaki Nagato."

Uchiha Feiyu focused his attention on the Kamui Space connected to his eyes. In the Kamui Space, a girl with a pale complexion and a cold, elegant expression was constantly exploring the boundaries of this space.

(End of this chapter)