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Chapter 654 - Chapter 654 – The Price of Power

On the battlefield!

Urashiki stood alone, fighting five Ōtsutsuki elites at once. At this moment, he was pushing himself to the absolute limit, desperately trying to see just how far his strength could go.

"Come on!" Urashiki roared. "All of you—come at me!"

Ōtsutsuki Zanshiki snorted coldly and shouted, "Everyone, fall back!"

As soon as his words fell, the Rinnegan in Zanshiki's eyes turned a deep purple. His strongest form was activated instantly.

Raising his right hand, the Rinnegan embedded in his palm rapidly condensed terrifying chakra. Zanshiki shouted in a chilling voice:

"Ōtsutsuki: Annihilation Slash!"

A massive red chakra blade soared straight into the void. Zanshiki swung it down violently, cleaving toward Urashiki with overwhelming force.

Urashiki activated Yomotsu Hirasaka, slipping into a different space to dodge the strike.

However, Zanshiki sneered.

"You're too naive!"

Ōtsutsuki techniques were not so easy to escape.

With a sharp sizzle, Urashiki was forcibly dragged out of the spatial rift, his body torn back into reality. He crossed his arms in front of him, summoning a black shield formed from chakra rods, barely blocking the slash as he was pushed backward again and again.

"Gah—!"

Zanshiki thrust his right hand forward. The red chakra blade pierced straight through the black shield.

Puff!

Urashiki's chest was pierced clean through.

"Ah—!"

Urashiki spat out a mouthful of blood, his body trembling in pain.

Zanshiki's chakra blade changed shape instantly, transforming into a red chakra net that wrapped tightly around Urashiki, binding him completely.

"Leishiki!" Zanshiki shouted.

At the sound of his name, Ōtsutsuki Leishiki moved immediately, roaring loudly:

"I've been waiting for this!"

Lightning erupted across Leishiki's entire body. With a thunderous boom, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed straight toward Urashiki.

"Hahaha!" Urashiki laughed instead of panicking. "Come on, then!"

Seeing that smile, Leishiki's eyes narrowed. Is he insane already?

Before Leishiki could reach him—

Bang!

He was sent flying.

Naruto appeared like a flash of golden light, kicking Leishiki away with terrifying force.

Ōtsutsuki Leishiki crashed backward, barely stabilizing himself. He wiped blood from the corner of his mouth, his expression instantly turning furious.

"You… a low-level creature! You dare—!"

Naruto ignored him completely. He raised his hand, severed the red chakra net, and caught Urashiki as he fell.

Urashiki clutched the gaping hole in his chest, blood spilling from his lips.

"It's… your turn," Urashiki said weakly. "Execute the plan."

Naruto frowned deeply, staring at the wound.

"Take a chakra pill first. Recover!"

Urashiki shook his head.

"It's useless. Don't waste time. Hurry!"

He grabbed Naruto's sleeve with both hands, eyes filled with urgency and resolve.

"If we die together, then everything I did will be meaningless. Naruto… I entrust the future to you!"

Naruto's breathing grew heavy. He stared into Urashiki's eyes for a long moment, then finally nodded.

"…Alright."

He took a deep breath.

"Then—give me your power!"

Naruto roared, pressing his palm onto Urashiki's head.

The absorption began.

"Ahhhhh—!"

Urashiki screamed in agony as his chakra, bloodline, memories, and existence were torn apart and drawn into Naruto.

A single tear slid down from the corner of Naruto's eye.

With a flash of light—

Urashiki was refined into a Chakra Fruit.

Silence fell over the battlefield.

Everyone present was stunned.

Weren't they companions?

How could this happen?

Ōtsutsuki Zanshiki sneered disdainfully.

"As expected. In the end, he's still just a low-level creature."

Ōtsutsuki Leishiki, lightning crackling around him, shouted angrily:

"I'll kill him! That fruit belongs to the Ōtsutsuki God!"

Ōtsutsuki Benshiki, Hikarishiki, and Shashiki all nodded in agreement.

Zanshiki glanced back at the Clan Head and the Second Elder. When Naruto stepped forward earlier, he had wondered why they didn't intervene.

Now he understood.

They wanted to test him.

Naruto raised the Chakra Fruit and swallowed it whole—without hesitation.

"Stop him!" Ōtsutsuki Seishi shouted anxiously.

Ōtsutsuki Hitoshiki chuckled softly.

"Too late."

The five elites froze and looked at their clan head in confusion.

Hitoshiki smiled faintly.

"I want to see how far this low-level creature can go after consuming Urashiki's fruit. Let him eat."

With those words spoken, no one dared to interfere.

Naruto finished absorbing it.

A terrifying heat erupted from his body. His chest rose and fell violently as vast power flooded into him.

Naruto spread his arms.

Then—his eyes opened.

The Rinnegan and the Jōgan (Pure Eye) opened simultaneously.

Ōtsutsuki Hitoshiki's expression finally changed.

"This… interesting."

His gaze turned solemn.

Within the Ōtsutsuki clan, those who could awaken the Jōgan were exceedingly rare. Yet this so-called low-level creature had done it.

"Capture him alive," Hitoshiki ordered calmly.

The five elites bowed.

"Yes!"

Hitoshiki then turned slightly.

"Second Elder, assist them."

Ōtsutsuki Hoshiki had no reason to refuse.

Thus, the Second Elder and the five elite Ōtsutsuki moved together to suppress Naruto.

Naruto exhaled slowly, white mist escaping his mouth.

His power surged violently.

"You will all die."

Ōtsutsuki Leishiki sneered.

"After eating one fruit, you think you can kill us?"

Ōtsutsuki Mitsushiki nodded.

"It's time to show this low-level creature what true Ōtsutsuki power is."

Ōtsutsuki Seishi summoned his Elder Staff and stabbed it into the void.

With a deep thud, a massive chakra domain expanded, sealing the battlefield.

Only Hitoshiki stood outside it.

"Go," Seishi commanded coldly.

The five elites moved at once, surrounding Naruto.

Naruto's Rinnegan shifted.

Six Paths Sage Mode activated instantly.

He raised his hand.

"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

A colossal golden slash tore through space itself.

Zanshiki roared in response.

"Ōtsutsuki: Annihilation Slash!"

BOOM!

The two attacks collided.

Zanshiki was blasted backward, blood spraying from his mouth.

Leishiki's eyes widened.

He's stronger than Zanshiki?!

Leishiki activated his lightning chakra fully, transforming into a thunderball that slammed into Naruto.

"Thunder God Detonation!"

The explosion swallowed everything.

Yet when the light faded—

Naruto stood unharmed, protected by a Yin–Yang Shield.

Leishiki reformed from lightning, breathing heavily. That move had consumed massive chakra.

Naruto deflected beams of light from Hikarishiki, blocked countless red blades from Runshiki, and countered endlessly.

Then—

Ōtsutsuki Shashiki emerged like a ghost, appearing behind Naruto.

"Got you!"

A chakra blast fired point-blank.

Naruto's eyes flashed.

Flying Thunder God Technique.

Whoosh!

The explosion detonated far away—

At the location where Jingshiki's locator had once been left behind.

The battlefield froze for a moment.

Naruto stood calmly, eyes burning with resolve.

The real battle… had only just begun.

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