"Yes, I will offer my soul along with the Ten-Tails completely..." Isshiki said fervently.
Aizen's eyes sparkled with sharp interest. "Did you say Ten-Tails?"
Isshiki replied without hesitation, "Yes, I control the other Ten-Tails!"
Aizen's eyes narrowed slightly. Originally, he had planned to use Isshiki's soul as the core, with Madara's and other ascended souls forming the inner layer, and fragments of souls torn from the Underworld as the outer layer, constructing a triple-layered Hollow Orb!
However, when Isshiki mentioned the other Ten-Tails, his thinking became more active.
Could the Ten-Tails also become part of the Hollow Orb?
But soon he discarded this idea. The Hollow Orb had originally been created to serve as a transit station for further cultivation of the divine system, preventing his soul from becoming contaminated!
More accurately, it was meant to have the Hollow Orb filter away forces that might pollute his soul!
Therefore, the purity of the Hollow Orb had to be ensured.
It wasn't simply that power stacking would necessarily result in greater strength; the Ten-Tails and the Hollow Orb were inherently incompatible systems!
Still, abandoning the Ten-Tails seemed somewhat wasteful...
"Right! The core of this body!" Aizen's mind trembled with realization, quickly finding a new purpose for this Ten-Tails—to replace the core of his current body!
This body of his had been created using partial Chakra from the nine Bijuu as its core, encased in Dragon Pulse Chakra as the outer shell.
It worked fine at first, but as his enemies grew stronger, this body was becoming increasingly ineffective, and often couldn't even match up to his opponents.
Don't let his current overwhelming dominance fool you—his true power had actually fallen short of Isshiki's and Hagoromo's, although this was when they were both at their peak!
Now was the perfect opportunity for an upgrade!
At this thought, Aizen no longer felt urgent about making Isshiki commit suicide. "Go fetch that Ten-Tails for me!"
"Yes!" Isshiki immediately opened a spatial portal and strode through.
Their conversation hadn't been deliberately concealed, so when Isshiki left, the Allied Forces grew anxious.
"We barely managed to seal the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Moon—how come another Ten-Tails appears now?"
"Is he planning to become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki too?"
"He's already this powerful without being a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Once he completes his transformation, who in this world could possibly oppose him?"
A glob of black sludge plopped onto Aizen's sleeve with a squelching *splat*, looking genuinely impressed. "Aniki, you're incredible! Even someone like Isshiki has been controlled by you!"
Although he had already learned that Mother had been resealed, he felt no worry.
With Hagoromo sealed and Isshiki under control, who else could possibly oppose them?
They were already unstoppable—invincible!
Aizen carefully explained, "I sent you to negotiate with Isshiki, but while he secretly searched your memories, he had actually already been infected by me!"
He said this deliberately, to prevent Hagoromo from connecting the control over Isshiki back to [Kotoamatsukami], which would then lead to his true self.
Although Hagoromo had been outmaneuvered into a difficult situation by Aizen, he absolutely refused to believe that he had no counterattack options left!
The significance of this main body's role was to step forward at critical moments to "confront" Aizen, preventing Hagoromo from acting recklessly and ending in mutual destruction.
Black Zetsu didn't think much, simply asking, "Aniki, when will we act to rescue Mother?"
"Mother?" Hagoromo, caught between life and death, couldn't help but associate at those words. "Could they be Mother's contingency plan? That explains how they can control Isshiki!"
Before Aizen could respond, the Allied Forces had already rushed forward to attack.
They knew the enemy was strong, but could anyone surpass Kaguya?
Having won several consecutive victories, they were still brimming with confidence—even against this unknown yet powerful foe!
[Cursed Seal · Chidori!]
[Cursed Seal · One Thousand Years of Death!]
"..."
Together, they launched attacks at Aizen. However, just as their strikes landed on the enemy, they saw him disperse like a blur, reappearing elsewhere.
They kept chasing; Aizen kept slipping away.
Back and forth, they ran across the entire battlefield!
"Damn it, is hiding all you can do?" Raikage cursed angrily.
"Hiding?" Aizen's laughter came from behind them. "I haven't moved from the start of this battle!"
Upon hearing the voice, they instinctively turned around and saw him standing at the very spot where he started, watching the spectacle like an audience.
"How is that possible? I clearly..."
"Don't fall for it! He must have secretly returned and pretended not to move, trying to pressure us psychologically!"
Just then, a terrified voice rang out.
"No, look around quickly!"
"Why has everyone fallen down?"
Hearing this voice, they hurriedly looked around.
They saw countless members of the Allied Forces lying scattered on the ground!
Those fallen comrades looked at them with confusion and terror!
"Stay back!"
"Stop fighting! If you keep going, everyone will go mad!"
Raikage pointed at himself in disbelief, "Are you saying I'm attacking you?"
A ninja from the Cloud Village gave a bitter smile. "Everyone, you've fallen into his illusion technique—his Genjutsu!"
Raikage murmured to himself, "So that means we've been fighting our own people all along?"
Gaara took a deep breath, "Then what he said about not moving since the battle began is also true?"
Once again, they turned their gazes toward Aizen. Their eyes had changed completely from before, now filled with caution and wariness!
Still, they were powerful warriors standing at the peak of the shinobi world. Naturally, they wouldn't be intimidated by just one Genjutsu.
"Everyone, stay alert!"
"Pair up, and disrupt the chakra of those affected in time!"
This was the usual method the shinobi world used against Genjutsu. But upon hearing their discussion, those who had fallen became even more terrified.
"No! This is already the tenth time!"
"Please, stop trying already!"
Onoki's eyes widened, "What did you say? Tenth time?"
A ninja from Iwagakure said fearfully, "He's controlling everything—your thoughts, senses, and awareness! You can't win!"
At that moment, Gaara suddenly asked, "Then is it possible your perception has been altered?"
From his point of view, only a few moments had passed—nowhere near enough time for ten battles.
"Have our perceptions been altered?" the Iwagakure ninja hesitated, then shouted hysterically, "Haha! I don't know anything—don't ask me!"
Seeing this, a dark shadow fell over everyone's hearts once again.
Mizuki's voice was dry and hoarse. "I told you from the start it's useless. He's nothing like those Otsutsuki who rely purely on brute strength. He's a devil who twists minds and souls. Numbers mean absolutely nothing to him!"
After a moment of calm reflection, everyone agreed—his power was indeed entirely different from that of the Otsutsuki.
It was like how Madara's Truth-Seeking Balls completely countered Ninjutsu. But once they began using Sage Art, the battle became a contest of attributes like strength, defense, and vitality!
Yet this man's Genjutsu had completely shattered the shinobi world's understanding of illusion techniques—it was an entirely unknown realm!
At this moment, Sasuke let out a cold chuckle. "Just a little Genjutsu? You're really scared of this?"
Hope flared in everyone's hearts when they heard his voice.
If there was anyone here least afraid of Genjutsu, it was undoubtedly Sasuke, who had awakened the Rinnegan!
Seeing the looks on their faces, Sasuke gave a smug grin. "I'll be right back."
So saying, he pushed his ocular power to its limit and activated his Susanoo, stepping forward with his massive blade in hand.
Then, beneath everyone's expectant gazes, he turned and struck straight at Naruto with his blade!
Seeing this, despair involuntarily covered everyone's faces.
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