Chapter 111: Nine Tails Chakra Mode
The Nine Tails was hideous, its massive body towering before him like a mountain.
Simply standing there, it radiated overwhelming pressure, as if it were the incarnation of a demon. That oppressive power was enough to make breathing feel difficult.
Even a so called Kage would feel suffocated standing before it.
"I see."
Kei's expression remained calm as he spoke softly.
"To absorb the Nine Tails' chakra, I first have to overcome its influence."
"If that's the case, then I accept this challenge."
He raised his head and fixed his eyes forward.
In the next moment, he brought his hands together and formed a seal.
Wood Release!
[Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!]
As Wood Release erupted, flowers began blooming everywhere.
Terrifying chakra surged with Kei's movements and crashed toward the monstrous Nine Tails ahead.
That fearsome power carried an unstoppable sense of dominance.
In truth, this was not a real ninjutsu, but power manifested from will itself.
This place was Kei's mental world. Nothing existed here except manifestations of chakra and spiritual will.
Neither Kei nor the Nine Tails before him were physical bodies. They were merely the projections of other things.
But because of that, infinite possibilities existed here.
As long as his will and spirit were strong enough, he would be omnipotent in this place.
"If this were the outside world, I might not be able to do anything to you."
Kei's expression remained calm, but his gaze carried disdain for all things.
"But here, no matter what you are, you will crawl before me!"
Wood Release!
[Wood Release: Wood Dragon Jutsu!]
A terrifying green wooden dragon burst from the ground and charged straight toward the Nine Tails. Its aura was so oppressive that even the demon like beast paled beside it.
The Nine Tails bared its fangs and brandished its claws, roaring without end, but under the suppression of the Wood Dragon, it could not resist its fate. It was seized in midair, and all its struggles were futile.
The difference between the two was simply too great.
And that difference was not one of raw power.
In terms of pure force, the Nine Tails was undoubtedly stronger than the Kei standing here.
But what mattered in this place was the strength of will and spirit.
In that regard, even if the real Nine Tails had appeared here, it likely would not have been able to match Kei.
No matter how terrifying a Tailed Beast's power was, no matter how much it resembled a natural disaster, its spiritual power was not necessarily much stronger than that of a normal human.
And this was not even the true Nine Tails, but only an instinctive will formed from its flesh and chakra.
Compared to Kei, it was on a completely different level.
Within the mental space, the Nine Tails was suppressed by Kei in only a few moments and fell completely silent.
That marked the completion of the first step.
In the outside world, at the moment that simulated Nine Tails was fully defeated, the real Nine Tails slowly opened its eyes.
It looked ahead, its gaze landing in the direction of Kei, as if it had sensed something.
"So he succeeded."
It shook its head with a complicated expression.
"Although I expected it, this progress is still a bit too fast."
"The young people of this era really are impressive."
"Forget it."
It muttered softly to itself.
"If it's him, then my power won't be disgraced."
The Nine Tails thought this, then slowly closed its eyes again.
In its perception, a brand new Tailed Beast power had appeared in the distance.
That power contained its chakra, yet there were many other things mixed into it as well.
For example, traces of Wood Release and the aura of the Sharingan.
By all logic, so many different powers gathered together should have clashed violently, yet now they felt unexpectedly harmonious.
On the operating table, Kei's figure slowly sat up.
Marks spread across the surface of his body, wrapping around him like intricate tattoos.
This was the mark of Kaguya's Seal.
While conducting the experiment just now, the seal within Kei's body had been in an activated state.
The main reason was safety.
Devouring the flesh of the Nine Tails was no minor matter. The risks involved were too great.
Kei did not dare act recklessly or gamble with his life the way the Kinkaku brothers had.
Activating the seal gave him much more security. At the very least, it ensured that his body would not collapse and allowed him to survive the most dangerous stage of rejection.
And now, as the Nine Tails' flesh had been fully devoured and fused into him, the power of Kaguya's Seal began to recede.
A brand new power surged from within him without end.
"So this is the Nine Tails' power..."
He lifted a hand, and pale golden chakra suddenly surged forth, transforming into a thick chakra coating around his body, as if he had put on a Tailed Beast cloak.
This was Kei's own unique Nine Tails Chakra Mode.
After devouring the Nine Tails' flesh, he had gained the ability to generate Nine Tails chakra on his own, making him like an independent Tailed Beast.
That Tailed Beast chakra was his own, so in essence, he had become a perfect jinchuriki who could completely control the beast.
Just like Naruto after he subdued the Nine Tails in the future.
Standing there, Yuu raised his hand.
The Tailed Beast chakra on his body surged, and the vast amount of chakra reinforced him, forming a sharp claw that struck heavily forward.
Bang!
With a crisp explosion, the testing instrument in front of him was instantly torn apart, unable to withstand even a single strike from the claw formed by the Tailed Beast chakra.
"The power is quite good."
Feeling the strength of that strike, Kei nodded, quite satisfied.
In the next moment, his figure vanished from the spot and disappeared with the Flying Thunder God, arriving directly on a plain outside Konoha.
This was a place he had specifically chosen to test certain techniques.
The Nine Tails had been teleported there along with him.
"Kei, you brat."
Dragged out of its sleep, the Nine Tails seemed very displeased.
"What did you suddenly bring me here for?"
"Sorry. I just want to ask you for a few things."
Kei smiled apologetically, then added, "And I also want you to act as an observer."
"Hm?"
Under the Nine Tails' puzzled gaze, Kei began to move.
He stepped forward, and a terrifying aura of chakra erupted from his entire body.
Bang!
Golden light burst forth.
On the surface of Kei body, a thick Tailed Beast cloak emerged, and the chakra it released was horrifying to the extreme.
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