At that moment, the group on the ground also noticed Ōtsutsuki Toneri floating above them.
"That's him, Toneri Ōtsutsuki!" Naruto shouted, pointing at him. "Hey, you bastard! Return the Hyūga clan leader and Hanabi right now!"
"That's impossible," Toneri replied calmly. "Earth is going to be destroyed anyway. Even if I gave her back, she'd only die along with the rest."
"And yes, I admit I did capture a young Hyūga girl. But the clan leader you mentioned managed to escape from my puppets at the last moment."
Upon hearing that, Neji and Hinata both sighed in relief. At this stage, it didn't seem like Toneri was lying anymore.
Toneri glanced toward Hinata and casually asked, "Hinata, the girl I captured, what is your relation to her?"
"She's my younger sister," Hinata answered calmly. "Please… can you return her to me?"
"Ah, I thought so. If she's your sister, then I suppose I'll allow her to sleep alongside us after we marry, during the time all life on Earth goes extinct. So come now, Hinata…" Toneri extended a hand toward her.
Hinata stared at him, momentarily confused. She couldn't figure out what this guy was even talking about.
Then she saw Naruto step in front of her, shielding her with his arm. Slowly, a faint smile appeared on Hinata's face.
Naruto glared at Toneri and shouted, "Hey! Don't go spouting nonsense! Hinata is going to be my wife, we're getting married in a few days!"
"You again?" Toneri frowned. Then, casting a glance at Sasuke who stood off to the side, unmoving, he chuckled.
"So… he's the one you're relying on? I'll admit, it's surprising he possesses the Sage of Six Paths' eye. But without Ōtsutsuki blood, he can't fully utilize that eye's power. It's no match for my Tenseigan!"
"Tenseigan?" Sasuke raised a brow, he had never heard of that eye before.
"Yes. The Tenseigan is a dōjutsu on par with, or even surpassing, the Rinnegan. It evolves from the Byakugan and can only be awakened by the most pure-blooded members of the Ōtsutsuki clan!"
Nearby, Neji narrowed his eyes, staring at Toneri. "Your eyes… did you transplant Hanabi's eyes?!"
"Oh? So you have someone clever among you." Toneri looked mildly surprised.
Immediately, both Neji and Hinata clenched their fists. Neji forced down his anger and said seriously, "Lord Hokage, Naruto, I'll leave Toneri to you. Lady Hinata, Tenten and I will search for Lady Hanabi."
"Got it. Leave it to us," Sasuke replied coolly.
Toneri's arrogance didn't bother Sasuke. Strength? That was something you proved in battle. They'd see who the real clown was.
"And if possible," Neji added, "please don't kill him right away. We need to retrieve Hanabi's eyes and return them to her."
"Understood. Don't worry. Hinata, stay safe," Naruto said as he flexed his fists.
"You too, Naruto-kun," Hinata replied softly.
"Hmph. Don't think I'll let any of you through!" Toneri frowned, then his body erupted in a glowing green aura, it was the Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
Behind him, nine glowing Truth-Seeking Balls appeared, each wrapped in the same green chakra. They revolved around his right arm, gradually forming a halo of light.
From that halo, a terrifying energy surged.
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!" Toneri announced coldly, and a massive tornado surged down toward the group, engulfing everything in its path.
Yet Neji, Hinata, and Tenten acted as if the tornado wasn't even there. They sprinted toward the palace in the distance.
"You're courting death!" Toneri's eyes gleamed coldly as he considered how to kill them all without harming Hinata.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Naruto's voice suddenly rang in his ear. "Your opponent is us."
Toneri turned, and saw a towering, hundred-meter-tall purple giant swinging a massive sword, slashing his tornado clean in half.
He was shocked, but it made some sense, if someone had the Sage's eyes, this level of power was expected. Still, the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion wasn't his trump card.
That purple giant was likely Sasuke's ultimate form.
Then Toneri looked to Naruto and saw him wreathed in golden flames, it was the Kurama Sage Mode.
Even more shocking, Naruto's chakra seemed on par with his own.
"Impossible?!" Toneri's eyes went wide.
"You'll find many things 'impossible' here," Sasuke said coolly. "And just so you know, the two of us aren't even the strongest on Earth. There's someone who can defeat both of us with ease."
In Sasuke's eyes, Toneri's power was solid, probably at the pinnacle of Kage-level, maybe not even Six Paths-tier. Definitely strong, but not that strong.
"No way… how could these under-evolved Earthlings possibly…" Toneri muttered in disbelief.
"And that's why I said, it's you who's been looking at the world through a well," Sasuke retorted. The wings of his massive Susanoo flared wide and with a burst of speed, he shot toward Toneri in the sky.
Naruto, meanwhile, stood grounded, watching helplessly.
"…I can't fly."
Damn it! He couldn't just stand here and do nothing, there had to be a way he could help Sasuke.
"How do I fly again?" Naruto scratched his head. By now, he should be able to fly…
Just as Naruto was thinking, he felt the ground tremble beneath him, then a massive statue with a humanoid face rose from the earth.
"What the—?" Naruto blinked. But he was pretty sure Sasuke didn't have a summoning technique like that. So was it Toneri's summon?
Naruto tilted his head in confusion, but his golden chakra soon flared.
"Kurama! Let's go!"
The next moment, a massive chakra fox appeared on the moon's surface.
"Hmph. Been a while since I stretched. Fine, let's do this," Kurama snorted, glaring at the stone statue. His mouth began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.
"Damn it… why?!" Toneri cursed under his breath.
He had summoned the ancestor's statue to deal with Sasuke's overpowered Susanoo, but now the statue was being dragged into a clash with Naruto instead.
And judging from how things looked… the statue wasn't winning.
Still, as long as his Tenseigan remained active, the statue wouldn't break. It would at least keep Naruto busy.
Toneri was sweating.
He had intended to focus solely on Sasuke, but now he was realizing that Naruto's strength wasn't far behind.
And worse, Naruto hadn't joined the fight only because he didn't know how to fly.
If Toneri understood that, he'd probably cough up blood. A guy with this much power, and he still can't fly?!
Yet even so, Toneri found himself constantly dodging Sasuke's relentless sword strikes, he was clearly at a disadvantage in this battle.
Toneri was furious.
He was a pure-blooded Ōtsutsuki, he had inherited the most flawless bloodline. Meanwhile, this Earth-born brat with Sage eyes had clearly inherited diluted, flawed blood.
So why the hell was he losing?!
Was this reasonable?!
The glowing green Truth-Seeking Orbs around Toneri spun like cannonballs, constantly clashing with the massive Susanoo's blade.
Sasuke, for his part, was holding back other powers, he was curious to see how the Truth-Seeking Orbs held up in battle.
And so… the fight escalated to its climax.
As for Kurama-transformed Naruto and the giant statue, although Naruto could easily smash the statue apart, it kept regenerating after every blow, which left him incredibly frustrated.
After a long bout of battle, everyone suddenly stopped moving.
They all sensed something strange, the Moon itself had trembled for a moment, as if something major had just occurred.
Sasuke and Naruto had no idea what had happened, but Toneri's expression suddenly shifted, because he knew the Moon's trajectory had changed.
Under his control, the giant golden Tenseigan was supposed to continually push the Moon toward Earth. And yet now… it had stopped?
Could it be those intruders who'd entered the palace?
No, even if they did get in, they shouldn't be able to interact with the golden Tenseigan…
Toneri paused for a moment, then suddenly thought of Hinata, with her incredibly pure Byakugan. But he quickly shook that thought away.
Sure, she could get close to the Tenseigan, but there was no way her power could interfere with it.
More importantly, Toneri was now completely unable to sense the Tenseigan, its chakra signature had vanished, as if it had been destroyed.
Just as Toneri stood there in confusion, a small, dainty figure suddenly appeared in everyone's line of sight.
It was Umbreon.
After absorbing the golden Tenseigan's chakra completely, Umbreon had sensed a few familiar chakra signatures and teleported here via Yomotsu Hirasaka.
"You're… Natsuro's little summoning beast?" Sasuke quickly recognized it and looked surprised.
Umbreon nodded at Sasuke, then opened its mouth and let out a burp…
It immediately looked slightly embarrassed and covered its cheeks with its front paw.
…Kinda cute.
Sasuke couldn't help but think to himself, now I understand why Natsuro keeps a creature like this around. Maybe he should also find a similar kind of summoning beast to lighten the mood once in a while?
But he quickly shook his head and dismissed the thought.
Then he asked, "Was that thing on the Moon just now… your doing?"
Umbreon thought for a second, then nodded.
"Hey! What the hell happened? Why is Umbreon's summoning beast here?" Naruto shouted from the ground below.
Sasuke looked down at him, speechless. He couldn't help but think that Naruto was a bit embarrassing, even this cute summon could fly without wings, yet Naruto still couldn't…
"You… how dare you…!" Toneri was shaking with rage.
The moment he saw Umbreon, he felt a familiar chakra from it.
It was the golden Tenseigan's chakra, undeniable proof that this little thing had absorbed all of it!
Toneri didn't even want to think about how it managed to pull that off. He was already furious.
"Our entire clan sacrificed all of our eyes for the Ōtsutsuki's sacred treasure… and you DARE…!" Toneri roared, teeth clenched, glaring at Umbreon. "I'll use these eyes… to RIP YOU TO PIECES!"
The Truth-Seeking Orbs around him began to vibrate, and a blinding golden light flashed into existence in his hand. Holding that golden energy sword, Toneri's rage boiled over as he slashed down toward Umbreon.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
"Watch out!" Sasuke's eyes widened. That attack's power far exceeded the limits of a Kage-level shinobi. While it didn't necessarily mean Toneri had reached Six Paths level, the destructive force was not something easily dodged.
But… Umbreon didn't seem the least bit afraid of Toneri's Golden Wheel.
Then, to Sasuke's astonishment, a Truth-Seeking Orb suddenly appeared beside Umbreon, something Sasuke himself still hadn't figured out how to manifest.
Golden light, the same chakra as the Tenseigan, began to radiate from Umbreon's body and wrapped around the orb.
The glowing orb slowly floated to Umbreon's mouth.
Then, it opened its mouth, and swallowed it whole.
"…What the hell?" Sasuke stared, dumbfounded.
And in the next instant Umbreon opened its mouth once more…
A terrifying golden energy beam exploded from its tiny maw, its essence identical to the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion...
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