NOVEL NEXT Chapter 573: Eye of the Moon Plan
Rumble… Rumble…
Suddenly, a powerful shockwave rapidly approaches from the middle of the battlefield.
Tsunade shields her eyes with her hand and glances at the second sun in the sky.
"What powerful chakra?!"
Swish… swish…
She quickly makes some hand signs and slams her palm on the ground.
A wooden dome protects her and Yamato from the shockwave. She continues to examine Yamato's condition.
Hmm…
Tsunade frowns after noticing the potent hallucinogenic drug within Yamato's body.
She places her hand on Yamato's hand and slowly infuses her chakra into his body.
A purple chakra mist slowly escapes from Yamato's body.
Ugh…
Yamato groans in pain and slowly opens his eyes. He looks at his surroundings and notices Tsunade beside him.
"Hokage-sama!"
Mm…
"Yamato, what happened to you?"
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Dust and debris settle down to reveal the wretched state of the Gedo Statue. The statue's lower body is blown to smithereens, leaving behind a spine-like structure that protrudes from the statue's head. Several cracks are spread across the remaining portion of the Gedo Statue and it's rapidly losing its vitality.
Obito also notices the rapidly deteriorating vitality of the Gedo Statue.
"At this rate, our plan will fall apart before we can even initiate it."
Fwoosh…
Black Zetsu pops out of the ground and appears beside Obito.
"Obito, we don't have much time. Let's start the process or else it will be too late."
"Very well!"
Swish… swish…
Obito takes a series of hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
Poof…
The Gedo Statue disappears and reappears beside Obito. Black Zetsu produces a small crimson fruit and tosses it towards the Gedo Statue.
The Gedo Statue opens its mouth and swallows the fruit.
If Izuna was here, he would recognize the small fruit that Black Zetsu fed to the Gedo Statue as the unripe Chakra fruit.
The unripe chakra fruit restores a major portion of the Gedo Statue's vitality and slowly regenerates its body.
Shoom…
Naruto suddenly senses a massive storm of malice and various other negative emotions. It forces him out of the tailed beast mindscape. He confronts Obito and the Gedo Statue beside him.
Grrr…
Kurama growls in rage at the sight of the Gedo Statue.
"Naruto, hurry up and destroy that thing!" He hurriedly sends a message to Naruto.
Naruto sends a shadow clone to assist Jiraiya with the removal of black chakra rods from the Tailed Beast's bodies.
Naruto listens to Kurama's advice and charges up another tailed beast bomb in front of Kurama's avatar.
Obito also senses Naruto's intention.
He immediately takes out an ancient sealing scroll from his Kamui. Obito bites his right thumb and drips blood on the Fuinjutsu seal on the scroll.
Swish… swish…
He makes a series of rapid hand signs and tosses the scroll on the ground.
Shua… Shua… Shua…
Five scarlet flame wisps erupt from the scroll. Obito manifests these flames on his fingertips. He slams his palm on the ground.
"Uchiha Great Flame Formation,"
Fwoosh…
A massive cylindrical barrier of scarlet flames rises from the ground and envelops the Gedo Statue in a protective shell.
The powerful flames use the surrounding ground and nature energy as a catalyst to burn and sustain itself.
Shoom…
Naruto finishes charging up his tailed beast bomb and launches it towards the flame barrier.
BOOM…
The tailed beast bomb explodes on top of the barrier and produces a deafening explosion. A pillar of chaotic chakra shrouds the flame barrier and a massive mushroom cloud rises in the sky.
The smoke, dust, and debris settle down to reveal the unharmed barrier. A white plume of smoke rises from the surface of the barrier. The small gaps, holes, and cracks in the barrier rapidly repair themselves.
"It's not enough!" Naruto frowns.
"Then once more!"
He once again charges another tailed beast bomb.
At this moment,
Clang… clang… clang…
Jiraiya and Naruto's shadow clones pull out the black rods from the tailed beast's bodies, freeing them from Obito's control.
ROOARR…
The tailed beasts release a collective roar and confront Obito with fury.
"How dare you control us?"
"Everyone, focus your attention on that thing!" Kurama warns them.
All the tailed beasts open their mouth and charge up a tailed beast bomb of their own.
Obito slightly panics as his plans seem to slowly fall apart.
Black Zetsu whispers something in his ears, and he regains his composure.
"Do you truly think you are free from my control?"
A calm expression appears on Obito's face.
"What do you mean?" The Four-tails question him.
"What I mean is…"
The next instant, Obito takes out six of the Akatsuki rings from his Kamui dimension.
Swish… swish… swish…
He makes a series of hand signs and the six Akatsuki rings release a bright purple glow.
Ugh… argh…
Suddenly, the six-tailed beast groans in pain. Their chakra bombs disperse. A giant purple Fuinjutsu seal appears on their chest.
Fwish… fwish… fwish…
Several purple chains erupt from the fuinjutsu seal and suppress the tailed beasts.
Naruto pauses his attack and stares at the tailed beasts in confusion.
"Kurama, what's going on?" He asks Kurama.
"This seems to be some sort of restriction. I don't know much about it." Kurama shakes his head.
"I can sense a power that can threaten my chakra if I make contact with it," Kurama warns Naruto.
"Naruto, it's a powerful ancient curse seal." Kushina informs Naruto and Kurama.
"Mom, do you know about it?" Naruto asks her.
"Mmm… I have read records of such a curse seal in the Uzumaki clan's history."
Suddenly, Kurama recalls something and his expression turns pale.
"Naruto, avoid that curse seal at all costs!" He warns Naruto with a grim expression.
"Kurama, you know something about them?" Naruto asks curiously.
Mm…
Kurama nods.
"These curse seals don't belong to our world. They are a power used by the demons from the other worlds. Several centuries ago, those demons used these curse seals to restrain us during their battle against the shinobi world."
Kurama recalls the battle of Asura against those Abyss demons.
"Then how did Obito get his hands on such things?" Naruto and Kushina wonder.
"It doesn't matter. We have to avoid them at all costs."
Naruto stops Jiraiya, who is about to jump towards the tailed beasts to interfere with the curse seal.
"Pervy sage, don't touch those seals!"
Obito uses this opportunity and launches several massive black rods toward Naruto from his Kamui dimension.
Clang… clang… clang…
Naruto deflects them with the avatar's tails.
Swish… swish… swish…
Obito completes a series of hand signs.
Several purple chains erupt from the mouth of the Gedo Statue in the flame barrier.
These chains rapidly pierce the chest of the six-tailed beasts and drag them towards the Gedo Statue.
The eye of the Gedo statute flickers with a sinister light. By now, it has recovered most of its body after the consumption of the unripe chakra fruit.
"RASENGAN!"
Naruto slams a giant Rasengan in the chains to break them. But the chains deflect his chakra.
Purple lightning flashes from the chains and electrocutes the tailed beasts. The tailed beast releases a painful scream.
"Naruto, don't attack the chains!" Kushina warns him.
"These chains are connected to their body. Your every attack will produce a backlash on their body. They might even die if you forcefully break the chain."
Naruto helplessly stops his attack. The chains slowly drag the six-tailed beast towards the Gedo statue.
The Gedo statue opens its mouth and sucks them in.
'Naruto, we leave everything in your hands. Use our powers wisely!' The last words of the tailed beast echo in his years.
"Everyone, I will free you soon!" Naruto clenches his fists.
Swish… swish…
Obito summons a chakra orb and the two Sacred Shinobi tools. He throws these things towards the Gedo Statue. The Gedo statue opens its mouth and swallows it.
"Only a fragment of the real thing, but it's not lacking in power!"
Obito makes a Ram hand seal.
"That's…"
Kurama and Naruto's eyes narrow.
"That's Gyuki and my chakra." Kurama mumbles in surprise.
"It's the Blue B and the two Gold and Silver brothers," Kushina explains the situation.
SHOOM…
Suddenly, a powerful chakra pulse spreads across the entire shinobi world.
All the sensor shinobi raise their head and glance toward the battle.
"What was that?"
Even the shinobi at HQ stare at the several ripples across the massive water-sensing sphere.
The next second, the answers reveal itself to them.
Rumble… rumble…
Multiple powerful chakra waves escape from the Gedo Statue's body. All of its creepy eyes flicker left and right. Its entire body twitches and spasms aggressively.
It releases a powerful scream. Several rocks, dust, and debris float around the Gedo Statue from the massive surge of chakra.
"You three are powerful…"
Obito confronts Naruto, Jiraiya and Mei.
"I have to give it to you! But I have achieved my goal. The Resurrection of the ten-tails is inevitable. With this, I can finally put the 'Eye of the Moon Plan' in motion."