Chapter 432: Why Is My Career Panel in a 2D Art Style? Chapter 199

She was a bit foolish, but not an idiot, and naturally noticed certain oddities.

Though her mental damage caused her to unconsciously ignore these oddities, she wouldn't fail to react if someone directly popped this bubble right before her.

In response to Kaguya's question, Li Ang nodded slightly: "I came today solely to inform you of this—you have no choice."

"Rest assured, the vessel I've chosen will satisfy you completely."

After uttering these words, Li Ang vanished.

Gazing at the space now empty but for herself, Kaguya fell silent.

Long moments passed before a deep, drawn-out sigh finally echoed.

……

After leaving the space formed by the Eight Trigrams Seal, Li Ang's expression remained unchanged.

With his current strength, he could have extracted and sealed her from within his body without notifying Kaguya at all.

He visited her only because he didn't wish to make the scene too ugly—after all, the Six Paths mode had helped him through countless hardships.

Thinking of this, Li Ang took out the last remaining high-grade White Zetsu material and began crafting a body for Kaguya.

Drawing on his prior experience with the Star Shepherd clan, he completed a life-sized puppet indistinguishable from Kaguya without spending much time.

He could achieve this precisely because he had observed her meticulously with the Rinne Sharingan.

From top to bottom, inside and out.

Don't misunderstand—he only wanted to confirm her true condition; those who think otherwise can go stand at the village gate and take a Tailed Beast Ball.

Since this puppet was meant as Kaguya's new vessel, Li Ang skipped the animation step and simply carried the woman with white hair, eyes tightly shut, back into the Eight Trigrams Seal.

It had been less than half a day since his last visit.

Seeing the puppet in the youth's hand, Kaguya blinked in surprise: "What is this?"

In the past, the Kaguya clan selected vessel candidates solely based on compatibility, never appearance.

After all, once fully revived, the vessel naturally transformed into the master's form.

Thus, a vessel identical to herself was something Kaguya had never seen before.

But why was she naked?

Before she could ponder further, Li Ang spoke: "Plant the wedge."

To be honest, despite the numerous limitations of the wedge, he remained deeply intrigued by the Kaguya clan's resurrection method, as it vaguely touched upon the concept of information-state.

Information-state—those who know, know; any ability tied to this concept tends to be a bit cheating.

And its upper limit is absurdly high; among beings in Li Ang's memory with similar abilities, the most extreme was surely that Saint Dad.

His most famous technique was…

You marked a location.

Of course, the wedge couldn't possibly achieve this—but that didn't stop Li Ang from becoming curious.

Hearing his words, Kaguya pressed her lips together.

After a long while, she slowly extended her right hand.

Seeing this, Li Ang handed her the puppet and began observing closely as the Goddess of Dawn planted the wedge.

As a resurrection method, planting the wedge was profoundly secretive—but it still couldn't escape the Great Luo Insight.

Watching the mark appear within the puppet's body, Li Ang stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Simply put, the Kaguya clan's wedge was a backup file.

Once the primary file was corrupted, the backup would load and eventually overwrite the vessel entirely.

Of course, this seemingly powerful method had limitations: it couldn't synchronize power, and required a vessel to be pre-selected.

After grasping the concept, Li Ang shook his head slightly.

Not worth eating, but too good to throw away.

If it allowed a rollback-like operation, fine—but mere resurrection meant nothing against the OPs of the multiverse.

Just rollback…

Remembering the Land of the Dead he'd recently created, Li Ang unconsciously rubbed the dragon-shaped ring on his right index finger.

He might actually be able to cobble together a similar combo.

Not now, though—his other two required skills were still unlearned.

The wedge was easy; even without the Star Shepherd profession's innate skill, he could replicate it now with the help of From False to True after analyzing it.

The other skill, however, still eluded him—after all, From False to True had its limits; he couldn't just snap his fingers and conjure anything.

Otherwise, he could simply imagine becoming a multiverse-tier powerhouse.

Omniscience and omnipotence were equivalent.

As Li Ang's thoughts drifted, Kaguya whispered softly: "Child, when will you release me?"

Hearing this, Li Ang snapped back: "Why wait? Today will do."

Though Kaguya had thus far cooperated fully, he still maintained basic caution—so sealing her within his own world, now the home turf, was the safest choice.

Moreover, according to his estimate, extracting the Tailed Beasts would likely leave her weakened; doing so in the perilous main universe carried too great a risk.

Better to complete the sealing here in his own world before the return timer ran out.

Li Ang's answer clearly surprised Kaguya; her beautiful face betrayed a flicker of shock: "So soon? The Divine Tree is nearly ripe?"

"Yes."

Li Ang nodded, confirming her guess.

He wasn't lying; though the Star Shepherd clan was still in its infancy, he hadn't forgotten the Divine Tree already planted for years on Morabis in the main universe.

And due to its unique cultivation method, this tree's quality far surpassed the one on Fesa.

Add Kaguya's nourishment to it, and even Li Ang couldn't imagine what kind of chakra fruit it would ultimately bear.

Seeing that he had made all necessary preparations, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki said nothing more, merely returning the puppet to him.

Taking the puppet, Li Ang left the sealed space and returned to reality.

Looking at the desolate land before him, he let out a quiet breath.

He was currently on Mars; since he intended to suppress the Ten-Tails, he could not possibly remain on Earth or Pluto—after all, damaging flowers and grass would be undesirable.

Feeling the Ten-Tails' complete stillness within his body, Li Ang lifted his shirt and casually erased the Eight Trigrams Seal.

With the seal lifted, the expected rampage did not occur; the Ten-Tails remained as docile as ever.

'Did Kaguya actually mean it?'

With a peculiar thought in mind, Li Ang began reversing the Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal.

Although the original Naruto manga never stated that this method could actively release the Ten-Tails from within, Li Ang believed it could—so it could.

If I can't master multidimensional abilities, can't I at least handle a mere Ten-Tails!?

Just as Li Ang thought this, his abdomen began to twist violently, and then a figure burst forth from within.

But what emerged was not the Ten-Tails—it was Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

Yet the moment she appeared, the Goddess of the Moon launched an immediate attack.

Purple chakra enveloped her delicate hands, then transformed into a sky-covering storm of fists that drowned the spot where Li Ang stood.

Boom—boom—boom—!

In the span of a breath, the roaring wind from the fists scattered Mars's perpetual dust haze.

Beneath the fists of the progenitor of chakra—capable of shaking the heavens—the earth screamed and turned to dust.

At this moment, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's temples bulged with veins, her lifeless white eyes fixed rigidly on the swirling dust.

"Guh."

Sensing danger, her expression darkened, and she immediately tried to dive into the black hole that had suddenly appeared behind her.

But it was useless.

The black hole had barely formed when it began flickering, then vanished into thin air.

The next instant, a brilliant golden light pierced through the space where Kaguya Ōtsutsuki stood, like a sword.

"Tch. Went berserk, huh?"

As Li Ang flicked his finger, a gentle breeze swept away the dust blocking his view.

Looking at the Goddess of the Moon before him, whose aura had dropped noticeably, he shook his head slightly: "I never thought the old man from the Six Paths actually spoke truth."

After consuming the Chakra Fruit, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's state was extremely unstable; Li Ang had originally assumed this was just the Six Paths Sage's idle nonsense, but it turned out to be true.

Just moments ago, within the Eight Trigrams Seal, she had seemed perfectly stable—with no signs of losing control.

'So the seal was suppressing her condition?'

Li Ang briefly entertained this thought, then immediately discarded it.

Whether or not that was true didn't matter—today, her only fate was to be suppressed.

'Still, it's strange without the Ten-Tails.'

Feeling his now slightly weakened body, Li Ang's expression remained utterly calm.

Although losing the Six Paths mode had drastically reduced his combat power, he must not forget that the One-World was his domain.

And even without the One-World's enhancement, his own stats were beyond Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's capacity to oppose.

The only thing that might trouble Li Ang was her multitude of Bloodline Net abilities.

Too bad.

Kōsatsu no Hone would likely fail against 【Reverse Life】, and Yomi no Hirasaka was suppressed by 【Zhou Tian's Principle of Change】.

What awaited Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was nothing but defeat and death.

Watching the silent, deranged Goddess of the Moon, Li Ang sighed silently: "You really know how to give me trouble."

He had even thought today's matter might be resolved peacefully.

Sensing she could no longer use Yomi no Hirasaka to escape, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki uttered incoherent sounds, then clasped her hands together, preparing to unleash a final ability capable of returning the world to nothingness.

But before she could act, a voice came from behind her: "Take a nap. When you wake up, you can help me plant trees properly."

As the words ended, a searing pain erupted across Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's entire body.

She looked down and saw a pure white hand had already pierced through her chest.

"Huh…huh…"

Amid heavy gasps, countless black markings instantly spread over Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's entire body, and then her eyes rolled back as she lost consciousness.

Watching Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, now successfully sealed, Li Ang withdrew his right hand.

She had never been skilled in combat, let alone now that she had lost her sanity.

If Li Ang couldn't swiftly end this battle under such conditions, he might as well go find a tofu wall and smash his head against it.

After slightly calming his breath, Li Ang tossed Kaguya Ōtsutsuki into his space ring.

He could no longer gain further advancement within the One-World in the short term, so it was time to return to the main universe once more.

Moreover, now that he had gained ownership of the One-World, he could travel freely between the two worlds at any time.

'Should I say hello?'

'Never mind. Better not worry Master.'

With this thought, Li Ang vanished without a trace.