Inside the arena, the gathered warriors looked around in confusion, their memories still frozen at the moment of their deaths.
"Didn't I die?" Onoki mumbled. "Have I become strong enough to survive a direct hit from Dust Release with just my physical body?"
"I definitely died just now!" Rasa thought to himself. "Did Leader-sama revive me?"
In the parallel world, Nagato had miraculously revived all of Konoha's fallen warriors before — but here, no one could believe what had just happened.
As for others, their memories had been preserved by Seiki, not regressing along with their physical bodies.
Precisely because their memories had not regressed along with their bodies, they felt even greater shock than those who had died and been resurrected.
"He actually reversed time itself! What incredible power!"
"This has already reached the domain of gods. Compared to that self-proclaimed deity, Leader-sama is the true god!"
"Time reversal — no, even more powerful than my Rinnegan's time manipulation ability! How is this possible?" Urashiki also felt tremendous shock. Time-manipulation abilities were already rare and precious even within the Otsutsuki Clan, yet this opponent had developed such power independently, without relying on dojutsu!
"Furthermore, my time reversal can only go back seven to ten seconds at most, but his regression lasted at least over a minute!"
Compared to others' shock, Seiki remained perfectly composed.
After literally fishing "Li" out of the ocean and combining his own understanding of space-time with insights inspired by Li, he developed this technique, conveniently using this battle as a test run.
"Indeed, just like Izanagi and Time Reversion, this technique also cannot reset my own chakra!" Seiki contemplated inwardly.
Though infinite chakra remained unachievable, the Eight Gates of the Heavenly Formation wasn't just a fantasy!
The only slight regret was that this technique could currently only be used when he reclaimed his peak state after absorbing the Aizen Doppelgänger!
Using such a powerful technique with a single body still presented some difficulty.
After brief contemplation, Seiki walked step by step toward Urashiki under everyone's fervent worshipful gazes.
"Any last words you want to say?"
"I'm not afraid of you! I'm from the divine race — I'm an intermediate warrior of the Otsutsuki Clan!" Urashiki snarled, trying to hide his inner fear with fierce intimidation.
He hadn't felt fear like this in years!
This opponent's overwhelming ability made him feel a long-forgotten trace of fear.
Seiki remained silent, walking step by step, as if treading upon Urashiki's pounding heart!
Finally, unable to bear this torment, Urashiki suddenly erupted with tremendous pressure and charged toward Seiki recklessly.
"Die!"
Facing Urashiki's all-out attack, Seiki still had the leisure for thoughts: "He just called himself an intermediate warrior, right? Then Isshiki is an advanced warrior? The pressure from him when he hadn't fully recovered before was even stronger than this peak Urashiki! Right, I must be careful with this punch — don't kill him accidentally..."
Despite thinking this, Seiki still entered his ultimate state — Eight Gates fully opened combined with Sage Mode!
After all, the enemy was an Otsutsuki; he needed to be cautious of any last-minute sudden burst!
In the end, even as Urashiki got slammed underground, his power level never increased even slightly!
"Ah, I guess I went a bit too far!"
Right now, Urashiki was tunneling underground, feeling somewhat bewildered. Wasn't he in a fight against an enemy? Then why did it feel like he'd just been hit by an asteroid? The pain was almost numbing him!
A moment later, most of his body vanished, the remainder suffered multiple fractures, and Urashiki, lying on the ground like a mollusk, raised a question, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing... Right, I was just getting beaten up!"
Feeling the surrounding heat, Urashiki's sluggish mind cleared slightly. "So I was punched all the way to the Earth's core?"
Before he could struggle, a voice he despised reached his ears.
"You're still alive? That'll save me some effort!"
"He doesn't want me dead? Why..." Urashiki barely finished this thought before falling unconscious.
Seiki retrieved the scroll, which now bore over thirty layers of seals, and cheerfully flew back toward the surface.
Above ground.
Everyone stared in shock at the massive hole leading underground. They'd figured Urashiki didn't stand a chance, but nobody expected such a massive gap!
He was knocked out with just one punch!
That Otsutsuki claimed to be of the divine race, right? If he's divine, then what exactly is Leader-sama—a god among gods?
For a moment, the gloom that the Otsutsuki had cast over everyone's hearts gradually dissipated.
So what if there were hundreds of Otsutsuki? Leader-sama just needed to throw a few punches—no sweat even if there are hundreds!
Beside him, Boruto scratched his head. "Seems like the crisis is resolved?"
Middle-aged Sasuke took a deep breath. "Lord Seiki is still this powerful! If even Lord Seiki hasn't let up on training, then Naruto and I have definitely been slacking these past years!"
Boruto nodded in agreement. "Dad's been spending too much time on official duties! Uncle... Hey, Uncle, what made you slack off?"
"I guess I might have lost my goal..." Middle-aged Sasuke replied uncertainly.
As Boruto was about to ask further, cheers suddenly erupted from the crowd.
"The Leader has returned!"
Even more reassuring was Lord Seiki's personal confirmation upon reappearing: "The threat is officially eliminated!"
After another round of cheers, someone asked, "Leader-sama, should the Jonin Exam continue, or be held another day?"
Lord Seiki smiled slightly. "No need to continue!"
"Eh? What do you mean?"
Seiki soared to the raised Judges' Stand and scanned the examinees with a commanding gaze. "You have already passed the most important exam—holding firmly to your beliefs, practicing your Ninja Way, resisting temptation, and never giving up against strong enemies. By my authority—you're all promoted to jonin!"
"We're all jonin?"
"Haha, knew I was top class!"
The examinees froze for a moment before bursting into loud cheers.
Still, someone questioned, "Ninety jonin promoted at once, isn't that a bit much? What about the original quota set before the exam?"
Seiki shook his head with a smile. "Don't be too rigid. The Jonin Exam is meant to select talented individuals. How could we possibly reject them just because there are too many capable ones?"
After Lord Seiki spoke, naturally no one had any further doubts.
"Today's sudden incident must have given everyone a lot to think about. I won't interrupt you while you process it." With that, Seiki immediately teleported away using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Within the crowd:
Gaara approached Rasa and asked, "Father, what was it you couldn't finish saying before you 'died'?"
Rasa's eyes widened. How could he get emotional with everyone still watching?
Naruto approached Sasuke, clearly hesitant, "I…"
Sasuke assumed Naruto wanted to talk about the battle earlier. "That fight earlier doesn't count. We'll settle it properly next time!"
Naruto awkwardly shook his head instead, "That's not what I wanted to talk about. Umm… Can the Flying Thunder God Technique Form be removed? I'm worried you might sleepwalk tonight and use it to teleport into my room…"
"Y-You…!"
Boruto watched his father and uncle's screaming match from a distance with great interest, when suddenly he felt someone tap his shoulder.
He turned around to find Hinata staring intensely at him, "Who are you? And why did you call Naruto-san 'Dad'?"
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