Chapter 293: Trinity, The Final Battle Part 1 (4k)

"Tsk, this look, it really is unsightly."

Gojo Satoru appreciates Bai Cangshu in every aspect, but when it comes to aesthetics and fashion, he feels his host still has much to learn.

This appearance, as if various organs had been forcibly stitched together, makes it difficult for Gojo Satoru to even look at.

Uchiha Madara also lets out a cold snort; he is dissatisfied that after seizing control of the body, this guy actually installed the Hyuga Clan's eyes onto it as well.

"What use is that kind of thing?"

Bai Cangshu, like a youth who has obtained a novel toy, sways slightly as he walks out of the woods; the peculiar fields of vision overlap—360-degree panoramic view, X-ray vision, long-distance vision, super dynamic vision, and so on—all the characteristics of the eyes are crudely combined onto this body.

And because the eyes he obtained are actually "temporary goods" that cannot be taken out of this world, he uses a method akin to "illegal modification" to forcibly install these things onto himself.

What he is actually after is not power, but an experience.

As Bai Cangshu becomes increasingly aware of his own transcendent essence, he begins to pursue non-human experiences across various dimensions.

For example, jumping directly from a high place without using any abilities, because he can no longer be killed by such injuries; the healing of such wounds, and even the restoration of life, are all part of his transcendent abilities.

Just as humans exercise their muscles, he is also familiarizing himself with these new physical traits and instincts.

Furthermore, Bai Cangshu believes he will surely obtain more transcendent traits in the future, and what he is doing now is merely experiencing them in advance.

Of course, in Gojo Satoru's view, Bai Cangshu's behavior has no such underlying Logic; ever since that intense Killing Intent Wave entered his body, his host has become increasingly insane.

The current display is precisely one of the manifestations of the other party becoming increasingly "mad."

But Gojo Satoru will not warn him; he is very curious to know what lies at the end of this madness.

Will it end in becoming a frenzied beast walking into a dead end, or will it transcend everything and become a fiend?!

"Tao Baibai, what exactly do you want to do?!"

The Fourth Raikage stands in front of Gyuki; he and Killer Bee have perfect tacit understanding, standing together like two Tailed Beasts.

But at this moment, he truly cannot understand the situation before him.

That Tao Baibai, who had gone off to hunt down Onoki, suddenly rushed back, yet his appearance has changed inexplicably, and the surging, burning killing intent at this moment is not directed at him or Killer Bee.

Instead, it is as if... it is directed at that Golden beast.

"Tao Baibai, as long as you join forces with me, the Golden Tree Era will surely be able to arrive."

The Elden Beast's body now exceeds one hundred meters, its form floating in the air with no signs of gravity, and as it constantly cruises, a low voice emanates from the sky.

In it, one can no longer hear even a trace of the joys, angers, sorrows, and delights of the ordinary person Ping Zhongshi.

"The pain and Hatred of this world, everything is born from death, and everything will be resolved by death."

"I know, Tao Baibai, you have captured the Reaper, you possess the Yellow Springs; as long as we unite, the Greater Will will eventually completely seal the 【Destined Death】 of this world..."

Pfft!

A sound of breaking air rings out, ripples spread from the sky, and a spark of lightning carrying a piece of gravel instantly pierces the wing-like limb on the back of the Elden Beast, golden blood spilling through the air.

This makes Uchiha Shisui, who is approaching from afar, look grave.

"He actually broke the influence of 【Kotoamatsukami】?!"

In Shisui's view, 【Kotoamatsukami】 is the most powerful Illusion Technique, and this power does not lie in being impossible to block or anything else.

It is that this technique has no signs at all.

Those struck by 【Kotoamatsukami】 do not realize their thoughts have been changed, only feeling that they have had those thoughts from the bottom of their hearts.

Just like Tao Baibai right now; theoretically, he should be convincing himself, as he has many reasons to stand on the side of the Golden Order.

If interests cannot convince oneself, then one uses morality or rules; no matter what, a person always has many ways to convince themselves.

What a person cannot break is stubbornness, the concepts within their own heart.

【Kotoamatsukami】 is precisely the technique that can reshape the inner thoughts of others.

In a sense, this is the ultimate expression of his 【Non-Killing Ninja Way】; as long as the target is chosen correctly, one can achieve their goal without shedding blood.

But right now, Tao Baibai has clearly broken through this limitation.

He has attacked the representative of the Golden Order!

Uchiha Itachi's expression eases slightly, but seeing the hundreds of ninjas and even more ordinary people dead on the battlefield, his expression remains grim; he finally turns and walks toward the massive trunk of the Golden Tree.

Several hundred meters behind the two, the white-haired Jiraiya stands beside a curvaceous woman.

"Lord Jiraiya, Lady Tsunade, let's go."

Uchiha Itachi does not call out to Shisui; at this moment, he cannot determine where the path in Shisui's heart leads.

Tsunade sees so many who have died in battle, many of whom are Konoha ninjas; she frowns, wanting to attempt to save them.

But Uchiha Itachi says,

"I advise you not to do that, Lady Tsunade."

"Tao Baibai is a madman; the best way to deal with this person is not to attract his attention."

Tsunade has not had contact with Tao Baibai, but after being brought back, she has heard too many rumors about him; she looks at Jiraiya, and this man who can communicate with the Toad Sage also nods with a grave expression.

The three decide to completely destroy the Golden Tree; no matter what Tao Baibai's true purpose is, as long as the other party can be kept here, they all have a chance to achieve their goal.

——

Moo!

The Elden Beast flips in the air, and Ping Zhongshi cannot suppress that bestial nature; the Golden Greatsword is raised high, finally slashing down toward where Tao Baibai is located.

The golden slash, accompanied by flames and radiance, crashes down.

The shadow at Bai Cangshu's feet suddenly changes, and a tall, thin shadow appears beneath him; Bai Cangshu then takes the opportunity to clasp his hands together.

Snap!

Bai Cangshu's figure suddenly disappears, and pitch-black Cursed Energy continuously emerges from his Soul and Meridians.

The Cursed Energy reaction emitted by Bai Cangshu is extremely intense, and the Killing Intent Wave seems to be stirred together with this power, fermenting like dry wood meeting a raging fire.

He appears in the sky several hundred meters high, the strong wind howling; Bai Cangshu is in an exceptionally high mood, but Gojo Satoru cannot smile at all right now.

Because he discovers that although he is clearly the one controlling this body, that guy's will is being emitted continuously.

The opponent's intense killing intent was like strong liquor, submerging his soul body.

"Ha~ it just means to go on a killing spree here and ignore everything else, right..."

As Bai Cangshu's facial features shifted, Gojo Satoru's voice also became strange; the violence hidden in his heart, that desire for destruction unique to a higher existence, was awakening.

That was the nature that Gojo Satoru had always suppressed with his own humanity, rationality, and the philosophy of "the strong should protect the weak" that he had acquired from Xia Youjie, now revealing itself bit by bit.

Bai Cangshu was naturally happy to see this happen; just as he had anticipated, one had to think about many things to help facilitate the descent of the Golden Order, but when one only wanted to destroy, there were many ways to circumvent the influence of Kotoamatsukami.

For instance, when it came to anything involving the Golden Order, he would forcibly swap control to Gojo Satoru or Uchiha Madara.

For instance, by constantly killing, he could force his Killing Intent Wave to approach or even break through the critical threshold, allowing himself to be dominated by killing intent.

What he was doing at this moment was a combination of these two methods: on one hand, letting Gojo Satoru and Uchiha Madara lead the body, and on the other, letting that insane killing intent submerge them both.

Gojo Satoru stretched his arms out in the air; the absolute spatial perception granted by the Six Eyes allowed him to capture his position relative to the enemy even while spinning dozens of times upside down in the sky.

Rumble!

The golden slash instantly sheared off the forest outside the crater, the earth cracked open, a corner of the mountain began to collapse downward, and golden flames subsequently rained down from the sky onto the ground.

The forest, corpses, and rubble all began to ignite.

The Water Style previously released by the ninjas was evaporated, creating a large amount of water vapor.

Gojo Satoru, however, remained upside down in the air with his hands spread out, like a crucifix figure hanging in the sky, purple light rising in his eyes.

He froze in the air for a moment, and only after hearing the sound of the mountain being blasted apart did he look down, pull his hands back, and suddenly accelerate his descent.

The Limitless was incredibly refined in his hands, with gravity and repulsion coiling around his body, allowing him to soar to a terrifying speed almost instantly.

A sonic boom cloud exploded, and he crashed directly out of the sound barrier cloud.

Bang!

Amidst an explosion, before the time for his sword-swinging motion to reset, the air in front of his body shattered with a boom, and a fist suddenly struck out from within.

Hum!

A pitch-black flash appeared in an instant; Gojo Satoru rarely pursued the Black Flash, but this body was extraordinary, with soul power flowing through it at every moment, and the flow of Cursed Energy was even more marvelous than in his previous body.

The Black Flash was struck out almost naturally.

Pfft!

A golden Barrier lit up in front of the Elden Beast; Magic Power defenses and lightning defenses were useless, and only those general defensive incantations could play a role at this time.

The pitch-black Cursed Energy drilled in from the front, then burst the flesh and blood inside the body, breaking out from the back and spraying a large amount of golden blood into the surroundings.

The Elden Beast let out a mournful cry and turned to dive into the void, while golden flames fell from the sky, enveloping Bai Cangshu's body.

Gojo Satoru did not want to dodge, but the shadow at his feet shifted again in an instant.

The soul of the arrogant man with long hair took the primary position.

Bang!

Smoke exploded, and Bai Cangshu's body disappeared.

Uchiha Madara felt the powerful Chakra within his body and the Rinnegan he had regained, and laughed out loud.

Hum!

A Tailed Beast Bomb happened to rise into the air at this moment, knocking the Elden Beast, which had just emerged from the void, out of the sky.

The Chakra from the Tailed Beast Bomb's explosion stirred the air like a Category 12 hurricane; the crater was instantly leveled, and the terrain, already fragmented by the battle between the two giant beasts, began to collapse completely.

But Uchiha Madara, standing on the ground, merely stood in place, holding one hand up, horizontally or vertically, blocking all the flying sand and rocks.

The strength of this body pleased him, but at the same time, the fact that the Tailed Beast and the Cloud Ninja were participating in his battle made him very unhappy.

Purple killing intent rose, and Uchiha Madara suddenly turned around, hands behind his back, and sprinted toward the Fourth Raikage.

Ai was startled; he did not know the state of Tao Baibai at this moment and only instinctively dodged like lightning in the posture of the Strongest Lightning Release Armor.

While running, he looked back to observe Tao Baibai's movements, only to meet the gaze of the purple eye in the center of the opponent's forehead.

In just an instant, he suddenly felt as if his body had frozen.

"Is it an Illusion Technique?!"

He realized this in an instant; above, one of the tails of the Bachi Niugui fell, and the Tailed Beast Chakra instantly dispelled the Illusion Technique he was under.

But with a flash before his eyes, Tao Baibai had already appeared in front of him, throwing a punch; Ai subconsciously raised his hands to protect his front to block, but Tao Baibai had already shifted his center of gravity, letting the punch graze past him, and struck his undefended abdomen with a side kick.

This exquisite taijutsu movement reminded Ai of the people of the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Madara kicked the Fourth Raikage away, but the opponent's Lightning Style Chakra also made him realize that the opponent could not be easily killed by taijutsu.

He formed seals with both hands, and the next moment, a torrent of flames erupted again, submerging the Fourth Raikage and the Bachi Niugui.

A small, pitch-black ball of Chakra appeared between his hands.

Chibaku Tensei!

Using the perspective ability possessed by the Byakugan in this body, Uchiha Madara easily captured the traces of the Tailed Beast and Ai within the flames.

He threw the small Chakra ball, then changed his hand seals.

Universal Pull!

Uchiha Madara was even more ruthless when using these abilities, instantly pulling the Bachi Niugui and Ai, forcing them into contact with the black Chakra ball in an instant, and a terrifying gravitational force appeared immediately.

The surrounding collapsing mountains and rubble all gathered toward the sky.

Moo!

Behind him, the Elden Beast rolled twice in the air and dived again, its tens-of-meters-long golden greatsword slashing across.

Uchiha Madara was rich in combat experience, and with the aid of the Byakugan, it was impossible for him to be ambushed by such an attack.

He instantly dodged with the Body Flicker Technique and looked coldly at the Elden Beast.

"Beast from beyond the heavens, let yourself be buried by a stone from beyond the heavens."

Intense Chakra soared into the sky, the sky turned dark in an instant, and a terrifying pressure descended suddenly from the heavens.

The Elden Beast also sensed that oppressive feeling and looked up at the sky; a massive meteorite, seemingly capable of shattering the sea of clouds and likely over ten kilometers in diameter, was crashing down from the sky.

The powerful air pressure alone was enough to make everything feel as if it were being pressed down to the ground.

Uchiha Madara unleashed his power wantonly; he spread his arms wide, looking at the massive meteorite descending from the Heaven, which completely obscured the light of the Golden Tree, and was just about to burst into wild laughter.

But a tyrannical will instantly seized control of the body, stepping out and crossing into the wind, appearing before the frantically struggling Gyuki the next moment.

The pitch-black Dragon-Slaying Sword was gripped in his left hand; the instant he emerged from the wind, he raised the sword and slashed!

"Don't waste it, Uchiha Madara, this is a rare and delicious feast among the Tailed Beast!"

Pfft!

A massive octopus Zhua was severed directly, and then he carried it as he descended.

He tossed it aside casually, then formed seals with both hands.

【Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique】

A massive fireball instantly roasted the octopus Zhua.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

Amidst a series of impacts, the collapsed mountain turned into a massive rock sphere, sealing the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Killer Bee inside.

And after the massive meteorite in the sky fell, accompanied by the screeching of the Elden Beast, the giant beast flew up toward the sky, and countless golden rays of light erupted from every part of its body, bombarding the meteorite together.

Crack~ Boom!

As the meteorite shattered, countless massive boulders fell from the sky, but another even larger meteorite descended from the sky, suppressing the Elden Beast before it could react.

Bai Cangshu stood where the meteorite was about to crash, simply grabbing the massive octopus Zhua and taking a bite; the taste of the fresh, tender meat rushed into his nose and mouth.

Boom!

Everything was covered by the massive meteorite.

(End of this chapter)