Chapter 444: Toneri
He naturally knew what the "Tenseigan Chakra Mode" and "Truth-Seeking Balls" were.
Those were among the signature powers of one who had stepped into the "Six Paths Grade" Domain.
The Tenseigan itself was a supreme Dōjutsu on par with the Rinnegan, and was even stronger in terms of destructive power; meanwhile, the Truth-Seeking Balls were the ultimate manifestation of Yin-Yang Release, capable of nullifying almost all techniques that weren't of the Six Paths Grade or Senjutsu, while possessing immense offensive and defensive capabilities.
The problem was, this guy Toneri didn't even have eyeballs!
How could he possibly activate the "Tenseigan Chakra Mode"? And even control "Truth-Seeking Balls"?
Toneri's situation was as if he had gained authorization out of thin air; it defied all logic.
Had that old man Hamura possessed him using some Heaven Rank Battle Technique?
Naruto didn't know if Hamura could use the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, but it was true that the man could use Truth-Seeking Balls.
What Naruto found even more troublesome was that, currently, he had no way to deal with the Truth-Seeking Balls.
Although he possessed the Rinnegan and his strength had grown by leaps and bounds, strictly speaking, he had not yet fully stepped into the "Six Paths Grade" Domain.
His Chakra Mode and Ninjutsu prowess were extremely powerful, but when facing something like the Truth-Seeking Balls, which represented power on a "conceptual level," there was a qualitative gap.
Against non-Six Paths Grade attacks and defenses, the Truth-Seeking Balls possessed an absolute advantage, akin to "brute force overcoming all finesse."
In battle, it was like an overloaded steel-coil truck slamming into a regular family car; no matter how much the car's performance was improved or how high the driver's skills were, it would appear fragile and helpless before absolute mass, strength, and the rules of destruction.
Most of Naruto's current offensive methods would likely be greatly diminished or even nullified when facing the Truth-Seeking Balls.
"This is trouble..."
Naruto's brow furrowed as he quickly assessed the situation.
The opponent had suddenly revealed an unexpected "trump card," and this card happened to counter most of his current abilities.
This fight was going to be difficult.
Toneri stood behind the shield of Truth-Seeking Balls, his "gaze" beneath the cyan glow coldly fixed on Naruto.
He could sense Naruto's shock and wariness; the sense of burden in his heart from forcibly drawing upon the Tenseigan's power seemed to lighten slightly now that he held the advantage.
"Intruder,"
Toneri's voice was icy.
"This is not a place you should be. Withdraw now, and I can overlook your previous destruction."
Was there really such a good deal?
Hearing Toneri's condescending proposal to "withdraw," Naruto didn't feel lucky; instead, alarm bells rang in his head.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, especially when the opponent suddenly offers seemingly "lenient" terms right after demonstrating overwhelming destructive power—this was highly unusual in itself.
No, something feels off.
Naruto did not immediately respond to Toneri's words.
His azure Rinnegan narrowed slightly as he focused more intently on sensing the opponent's condition.
His superhuman perception, combined with the Rinnegan's insight into energy flow, allowed him to catch some subtle yet crucial clues.
He realized that Toneri's current state was not entirely independent. The surging cyan Chakra within him, which far exceeded the limits of his own life energy, maintained a continuous and tight connection with a powerful Chakra fluctuation nearby.
That connection was like an invisible pipeline, constantly transporting and pouring vast power into Toneri's body, sustaining his current powerful form.
"The source of the power... it's most likely over there."
Naruto quickly made a judgment in his heart.
After strongly binding with the Giant Tenseigan, is he borrowing its power?
If that was the case, then Toneri's seemingly invincible "Tenseigan Chakra Mode" and "Truth-Seeking Balls" had a weakness that wasn't insurmountable.
He didn't have a Tenseigan himself; he was only temporarily borrowing its power and relying on a long-distance energy supply!
This discovery caused the thought of "temporarily retreating to plan further," which had just sprouted in Naruto's mind, to vanish instantly.
Immediately after, the form of his Ocular Power changed!
Those eyes, which were originally the blue-rippled Rinnegan, rapidly shifted in form and Chakra nature into another appearance: three sickle-shaped Tomoe spinning around the outer edge of the pupils, with a deep black windmill pattern at the center.
This was precisely the Double Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan form that Uchiha Obito once possessed, which Naruto had later absorbed using Ame no Tajikarao!
At this moment, he possessed the complete Double Kamui; his speed in entering the intangibility state was even faster than Obito's, achievable almost with a single thought. The duration of his intangibility was also longer, allowing him to handle combat and strategy with more ease.
"As long as I turn intangible to immune his Truth-Seeking Ball attacks, and then leave a sufficiently agile Shadow Clone to distract him..."
Naruto quickly outlined a tactic in his mind: "My Main Body can take this opportunity to directly cut off or interfere with his connection to that Giant Tenseigan."
Although Toneri was blind, his perception of Chakra and energy was sharp to the extreme.
He immediately noticed the change in Naruto's eye form and guessed that the opponent had not accepted the suggestion to "withdraw," but instead seemed to be brewing a more dangerous attack.
Without hesitation, he drew the ancient longsword at his waist, a gift from his ancestor Hamura.
As the blade left its scabbard, it emitted a clear, ringing sound; its sharp Aura was restrained yet heart-palpitating.
Toneri held the sword horizontally before him, his "gaze" under the cyan light locking onto Naruto, his voice cold and resolute:
"It seems you intend to fight me to the death."
"Heh, me avoid your edge?"
Naruto instantly entered the Kamui Dimension and then created a large number of Wood Clones.
These Wood Clones would remain here, while Naruto's Main Body would return to Hinata and the others, then use their combined Chakra to destroy the Giant Tenseigan.
The moment Naruto used Kamui, Toneri lost all perception of him.
"Has he left?"
Toneri's heart tightened, followed by a surge of doubt.
The opponent had come aggressively, even resorting to a Water Release attack of that scale against the palace; how could he suddenly retreat without a sound?
This didn't make sense.
Having no eyes himself, he couldn't perform regular visual observations and had to rely on his superhuman perception to "see" the world.
However, the Kamui intangibility state Naruto had entered involved transferring himself to the Kamui Dimension, which was independent of the real world.
In this state, his "presence" in the real world was isolated; to Toneri, who relied on Chakra, energy fluctuations, and spatial positioning for perception, it was as if he had become invisible, naturally making him impossible to sense.
Just as doubt grew in Toneri's heart and his vigilance remained high, yet his body experienced a tiny, instinctive moment of relaxation due to the sudden loss of his target—
A sudden change occurred!
On the ground, the stagnant water that had remained after Naruto's "Heavenly River Downpour" crashed through the Puppets and the palace began to rapidly reconsolidate and surge without warning, as if summoned by an invisible force.
Water splashed as the currents converged, swirled, and rose toward a central point as if they were alive.
"Something's wrong!"
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