Chapter 253: Third Generation: Dead Demon Consuming Seal

Completely different from when he had a physical body.

His five senses were far more acute, and his speed was extremely fast, allowing him to easily perceive a great deal of information.

"This seems to have gone beyond the scope of ninjutsu, even surpassing senjutsu!"

Ishihara was somewhat surprised.

He felt that if he wanted to, he could even return to Mei Terumi's side in the Mist Village in an extremely short time.

To be honest, this was a bit unreasonable.

Keep in mind that Konoha and the Mist Village are separated by a sea; this is not a space-time ninjutsu.

However, he was very satisfied with this characteristic.

It fit perfectly with the Shinigami transformation he desired!

After conducting some research, Ishihara felt it still wouldn't work.

There was not enough spiritual light in his mind, and he could clearly feel that to comprehend anything from the Spiritualization Technique, he needed a stronger Yin-Yang Release.

Now was not the time to study the Spiritualization Technique.

He read through the Scroll of Seals once, and his Sharingan copied all the secret techniques within.

Unfortunately, it contained no secret techniques from the various clans.

However, this was to be expected.

"I'll go get the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques to look at later!"

Ishihara threw the Scroll of Seals onto the ground, then used Kamui to leave the place.

He stood atop the Hokage Tower, gazing into the distance.

The Uchiha clan was filled with weeping.

The bodies of Fugaku and others had been collected and placed together; dozens of corpses looked quite terrifying.

Itachi and others knelt in a mass.

But Ishihara noticed that the eyes of Fugaku and others were missing.

He paid it no mind, instead turning his gaze toward the Nine-Tails battlefield.

Boom!!!

A deafening, earth-shattering roar.

The Tailed Beast Ball struck the ground, causing a massive explosion; a terrifying shockwave instantly surged outward.

The Third Hokage and others were blasted away by the violent shockwave; countless Konoha ninjas screamed and vomited blood, and some were even torn apart on the spot into a sky full of bloody wind and rain.

"Damn Nine-Tails!!"

The Third Hokage's eyes turned red!

Konoha's losses were too great!

The ANBU he brought had already lost more than half!

Casualties among the other Konoha ninjas exceeded two hundred!

The worst hit was Danzo's Root organization; it was almost completely wiped out, and even those who survived were severely injured.

"Hokage-sama, I can't hold on much longer!"

Might Guy roared.

Earlier, while he was fiercely battling the Nine-Tails, Ishihara suddenly appeared and took the Nine-Tails away.

He had no choice but to close the Eight Gates Released Formation.

After the battle resumed, he could only open the Eight Gates Released Formation again!

Opening the Eight Gates Released Formation twice in such a short time, he had reached his limit!

Now he was holding on purely by willpower, not knowing when he might collapse!

Nara Shikaku also panted, "Hokage-sama, if this continues, our chakra will soon be exhausted!"

If the Nara clan's control was lost in this battle, the difficulty would climb another level.

The Third Hokage looked at the pale-faced Shikaku, then at Might Guy gritting his teeth and enduring the pain, and finally at the corpses scattered everywhere.

He knew these people had reached their limit!

If the entire power of Konoha could be gathered, sealing the Nine-Tails might not be impossible.

But it was too difficult!

The cost was too high!

The Third Hokage took a deep breath and said in a heavy voice:

"Shikaku, Guy, please buy me some time!"

"Leave the rest to me!"

Might Guy and Shikaku exchanged a glance; both felt their hearts sink.

Fighting to this point, they understood that the Third Hokage's attacks would also have little effect on the Nine-Tails.

Now suddenly gaining confidence, it probably wasn't good news.

But they had no choice; they could only continue the battle.

Might Guy dared not unleash his ultimate move, relying only on the extreme speed from opening the Seventh Gate to interrupt the Nine-Tails' attacks.

Shikaku constantly controlled the direction of the Nine-Tails' attacks.

The Third Hokage, with a solemn expression, rapidly formed hand seals.

"Dead Demon Consuming Seal!"

"This old man has finally made up his mind."

Ishihara, atop the Hokage Tower, revealed a smile.

He had long been waiting for the Third Hokage to perform the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

Ishihara took a deep breath, his expression turning serious.

He could sense that, the instant the Third Hokage formed the hand seals, some mysterious change occurred behind him.

It seemed as though some mysterious energy was gathering toward that spot.

"The naked eye actually can't capture it?"

He immediately activated his Mangekyō Sharingan!

At once, within his field of vision, behind the Third Hokage, he saw a blurry outline.

He frowned, entered Sage Mode, yet what he saw was still only a blurry outline!

"What's going on? Could it be that even Byakugan-level insight and Sage Mode can't observe the Shinigami's full form?"

Ishihara instantly knit his brows in puzzlement, his expression somewhat grave.