"I found you!"
Empowered by Sarutobi, Momoshiki immediately sensed the presence of the Senju brothers. He swiftly activated the Shifting Body Technique—an instantaneous movement fueled by lightning—that surpassed ordinary teleportation. Before the Senju could relocate, he caught up to them.
"Die, monkey!"
Momoshiki shouted, firing three flaming birds from his palms!
[Kiji's Hunt]!
A fire-based technique.
The Otsutsuki Clan doesn't classify their techniques as "jutsu" the way humans do. Fire Shadow's arts, after centuries of refinement, have gradually been sorted into ninja techniques, physical techniques, and illusion techniques. The Otsutsuki, however, simply name their techniques directly. There is no such classification as "elemental release"—they are merely recognized as fire-attribute techniques.
The massive fire birds split into three directions, instantly swooping toward the Senju brothers. At the moment of impact, Tobirama pulled Hashirama away.
He also knew the Flying Thunder God technique, but the Senju brothers had no intention of retreating—they needed to keep Momoshiki occupied until Ye Liang arrived.
Meanwhile.
Far from the battlefield, Otsutsuki Momoshiki coldly observed everything.
Otsutsuki Momoshiki had already arrived long before Puko consumed King. Yet strangely, he offered no aid. He silently allowed Puko to devour King and later watched indifferently as Hashirama toyed with him.
"Hehe! I'm curious to see who's behind raising so many powerful individuals!"
Puko had already figured it out.
Throughout the journey, Otsutsuki Momoshiki had sensed powerful energies from multiple locations.
These energies stemmed from many individuals—while not as mighty as the Senju brothers, they were still far beyond ordinary Kage-level masters!
Such individuals already posed a slight threat to the Otsutsuki Clan.
Puko knew that Kaguya Otsutsuki alone could never have produced so many ninja!
He silently observed everything.
He was waiting—for the one who caused all this.
Puko continued battling the Senju brothers, moving faster and coming closer. The Senju kept using the Flying Thunder God to evade.
Fortunately, the Impure World Reincarnation didn't consume chakra, or the Senju brothers would have been worn out long ago.
Just as Puko grabbed Hashirama's collar, a sudden intangible pressure crushed down on him!
[Shinra Tensei]!
A technique from the same Six Paths Sage.
Since Shinra Tensei was invisible and undetectable, there was no risk of Puko absorbing it.
At last, Ye Liang arrived!
From high above, he looked down upon Puko like a divine being.
Behind him were wings made of golden chakra, about two meters wide, perfectly supporting Ye Liang's flight. This was the Kujaku technique—an ability from the Star Shinobi Village—allowing chakra to transform into anything.
Having become a Chosen of the Dimension, Ye Liang could now use every ninja technique, even those classified as Kekkei Genkai!
[Shikotsumyaku—Dance of the Early Snow]! he coldly declared.
The ground began to quake violently.
Across the Hidden Leaf Village, countless sharp bone spikes suddenly erupted from beneath the earth. As soon as they appeared, they ruthlessly pierced toward Puko's body!
Momoshiki was stunned. He tried to use the Rinnegan on his palm to absorb the bone spikes, but the moment he made contact, his palm was pierced by the spikes!
"It's useless! Although the spikes are made of chakra, they are living bones! Your palm can only absorb normal chakra. This real bone cannot be absorbed!"
Ye Liang coldly explained.
Momoshiki narrowed his pupils, not crying out, but warily staring at Ye Liang. "Who exactly are you?! Why do I sense the power of the Ten-Tails from you!"
The Ten-Tails was created by the Otsutsuki Clan, which is why they can sense its power.
"Who am I? Heh, I'm Ye Liang! I'm the one who will destroy you. Remember it!" Ye Liang smirked.
He talked big.
Of course, he couldn't defeat the Otsutsuki now, but he needed to create momentum!
Only by keeping the Otsutsuki confused and uncertain would they reduce their attacks on Earth. Moreover, Ye Liang was confident that given enough time, even if the entire Otsutsuki Clan came, he would face them fearlessly!
Indeed.
Hearing Ye Liang's bluff, Momoshiki showed a terrified expression. "You aren't just one of those primitive monkeys. You're from another planet!"
"Hmph! Didn't expect you'd see through that! Actually, I'm from the Fourth Civilization. You third-rate Third Civilization types can't match me at all!
Just accept your fate like a man!"
After Ye Liang spoke, the bone spike piercing through Momoshiki instantly exploded, right before his very eyes, blowing his body apart.
[Immortal Technique - Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags!]
Invented by the Second, it could multiply endlessly and chase its target, detonating repeatedly until the target was destroyed.
There were actually many ways to prevent Momoshiki from absorbing chakra.
Taijutsu!
Ninja tools!
As long as chakra wasn't directly used, Momoshiki couldn't counter them. Tobirama also knew Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, but completely didn't think of this aspect.
Because he wasn't Ye Liang.
Ye Liang had read the original story, so he knew Momoshiki's weakness.
It was like playing a game.
If Ye Liang controlled Hashirama's and Tobirama's bodies, he could easily defeat Momoshiki too, but they themselves couldn't do it, because they didn't understand their opponent.
Easily enough.
Momoshiki was overwhelmed by the power of the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
Ye Liang watched the whole scene with composure. With a wave of his hand, a diamond-shaped mark flew out from Momoshiki's fragments.
This was the "Ke"!
The unique reincarnation method of the Otsutsuki Clan.
Even if their bodies perished, they could transform their spirit into this diamond-shaped Ke. Earlier, Otsutsuki Isshiki successfully attached himself to Jigen's body using this.
Ye Liang had learned about this from Isshiki Otsutsuki, so after Momoshiki's death, he specifically targeted and extracted the Ke from Momoshiki's remains.
From afar, Momoshiki looked on in horror.
"The Fourth Civilization!
How could that be! The Fourth Civilization was merely a legendary civilization. It shouldn't really exist!" He quickly retreated, vanishing into thin air.
He fled without hesitation!
Ye Liang collected Momoshiki's Ke into his System Space. As long as the System remained intact, Momoshiki could never be resurrected again!
That's it for him!
"Ye Liang, buddy, why didn't you take care of that guy who was watching just now?" Seeing that the situation was resolved, Hashirama Senju nervously walked over.
He looked toward the distance — it was exactly where Otsutsuki Momoshiki had stood before.
"What about you? Why didn't you personally deal with Momoshiki? With your strength, you could've easily taken him down alone," Ye Liang countered.
After all, Hashirama was the Ninja God — taking down someone like Momoshiki should've been a piece of cake. But earlier, he had held back — nothing like the Ninja God everyone knew.
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