"Hehe. Why is the Sage's attack so weak."
Ryun smiled sinisterly and asked a question he already knew the answer to, messing with his opponent's mind while simultaneously releasing Sage Lightning: Thousand Birds. Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki was instantly electrocuted by the powerful sage lightning, vomiting blood.
His heart was pierced by a fist. He wanted to retreat, but Ryun gave him no chance. His other hand, attempting to counterattack, was also firmly restrained.
For a moment, extremely powerful lightning surged on the surface of both their bodies. They were locked in a contest of Sage Lightning: Thousand Birds, but the situation was undoubtedly very unfavorable for Hagoromo, especially since Ryun's entire left arm was still buried in his chest.
Seeing he couldn't overpower Ryun in the lightning clash, and with both hands restrained, Hagoromo immediately gathered sage lightning in his throat, attempting to use an attack like 'Lightning Style: False Darkness' or 'Storm Style: Light Fang' to destroy Ryun's head.
Unfortunately, at such close range, Ryun had already sensed his chakra flow and attack intent.
The next moment, without a second thought, Ryun slammed his head hard against Hagoromo's.
This headbutt instantly broke Hagoromo's head open, causing it to bleed. He was even momentarily stunned by this childlike brawling method.
The moment the first strike succeeded, Ryun immediately began a series of consecutive headbutts.
His own head hurt from the impact, but he knew Hagoromo, being the one hit, must be in even more pain. The crimson, sticky blood was proof.
Under the continuous electrocution and headbutts from Ryun, Hagoromo ultimately found himself outmatched. Ryun found an opportunity to drive the Truth-Seeking Ball black sword into his body.
A few minutes later, this founder of the千年忍宗 enjoyed the same treatment as his mother, Kaguya. Six Truth-Seeking Ball black swords were nailed into his limbs, and from then on, he had no more chance to resist or struggle.
"Ah."
Hagoromo couldn't help but let out a heaven-shaking roar. None of the Rinnegan ocular jutsu he was so proud of had been used. He didn't even get a chance to use his ultimate Susanoo, which far exceeded a thousand meters. Losing in this manner made him very unwilling, and he felt extremely unconvinced.
"What. Very unconvinced."
Ryun squatted on the ground, smiling as he spoke.
"My ocular jutsu is stronger than yours. Unconvinced or not, you have to endure it."
"What exactly is that ocular jutsu. Why can it even forcibly seal my ocular power." Hagoromo couldn't help but ask.
Ryun was in a good mood at the moment, and was willing to enlighten him.
"That is a Mangekyō Sharingan ocular jutsu called 'Eternal Night'. My left eye can counter all ocular power users in the world. The moment you made eye contact with me, you had already lost."
After hearing this, the look of unwillingness on Hagoromo's face gradually subsided.
After a long silence, he finally let out a deep sigh. "Eternal Night. Truly a jutsu that brings despair to the Ōtsutsuki clan."
This ocular jutsu awakened during Ryun's most desperate moment. That night was undoubtedly the darkest moment of Ryun's entire life.
His blinded left eye awakened a despair-inducing dark ocular jutsu. His remaining right eye was his only light, his only hope for survival and victory, thus it gave birth to the light ocular jutsu.
Within the Eternal Daylight lurks the violence to destroy everything, while within the Eternal Night darkness lies the hope to resist powerful enemies from beyond. This is the Mangekyō ocular jutsu unique to him.
"Boss. Is this old man on the ground the Sage of Six Paths." Deidara couldn't help but ask. The group of clones who had been watching from a distance in the sky descended and landed in front of Ryun.
What happened to the promised epic battle. Is this what a fight between so-called Six Paths level experts is like. Everyone felt it was a bit like two children fighting. The commotion might not even be as big as a fight between genin.
"Ryun, your eyes." Kushina stepped forward, held her man's arm, and looked at his eyes.
Ryun kept his left eye tightly shut, becoming one-eyed. The Sage of Six Paths on the ground also had his eyes tightly closed, and even the red mark on his forehead had disappeared.
He had used Eternal Night with his back to everyone earlier. Otherwise, even they, as clones, might have had their sight forcibly taken.
"It's fine, my eyes just hurt a bit. They'll recover after some time." Ryun explained with a smile.
His left eye was expected to return to normal in about a month. Back when it was the Mangekyō, he estimated it could only be used once a year. Now his eyes were the Six Tomoe Rinnegan, and the cooldown time for his ocular jutsu would shorten significantly as his eyes grew stronger.
Hearing this, Kushina and Nanaise breathed a sigh of relief.
With the threats mostly eliminated, Ryun then released everyone from the Kamui dimension, including the dismembered Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
"Whoo, finally out. Boss, what do we do next." The Akatsuki members, along with Ryun's family, all looked at him eagerly.
"Next, naturally, is to destroy the armed forces of the various nations in the ninja world, and also have the chakra scattered outside reunite into one." As he spoke, Ryun quickly formed hand signs and pressed them against his abdomen.
The next moment, the God Tree was released once again.
(A Jinchuriki like Obito could actively release the God Tree; Ryun is in a similar situation now, not considered self-harm.)
Under Ryun's control, the God Tree roots spread across the world actively connected with the main body. An unprecedented plunder of chakra thus commenced.
Thanks to Madara's prior efforts, Ryun's chakra plunder became exceptionally easy.
The first village Ryun targeted was Kumogakure. Those arrogant, warlike Kumo-nin were mercilessly slaughtered by Ryun. The chakra within the Kumo-nin was drained dry by the God Tree all at once. The entire village died out completely. The God Tree didn't even spare some cats, dogs, and livestock.
After dealing with Kumogakure, Ryun began dealing with the other four great villages.
For Konoha, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure, Ryun showed mercy. He controlled the God Tree to absorb the chakra within the ninja to the greatest extent possible, and retrieved the chakra seeds hidden within their bodies, turning the so-called ninja into ordinary people in an instant.
Of course, these people might be weaker than normal ordinary people for a period of time. This weakness would probably be like recovering from a serious illness. In the future, their bodies would also find it difficult to condense chakra again.
When the God Tree roots ran rampant in Konoha, Ryun sensed two relatively stubborn resistances.
These two forces were naturally Naruto and Sasuke, who had returned to Konoha. At that moment, they were both at their homes. They went through great effort to save their respective mothers from the God Tree's grasp and successfully woke them up.
Unfortunately, the God Tree, which had previously quieted down, became active again. This time, the God Tree's roots became swift and fierce. Even Sage Naruto and Rinnegan Sasuke couldn't withstand them. The two quickly fought to exhaustion and were finally specifically targeted and completely overwhelmed by the endless God Tree roots.
"No."
Tears welled up in the eyes of Minato Namikaze, Asuna, and Mikoto Uchiha. They pleaded in unison towards the direction of the towering God Tree, hoping Ryun would be merciful and spare their children.
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