Naruto: Becoming the Soul King

”There is no need to concern yourself with that. As long as I have broken free from my seal, all the Chakra in this world will eventually return to me.”

Kaguya spoke calmly, her expression unchanged, carrying the dignity of a goddess.

Her gaze settled on Seiryū, who possessed the strongest Chakra in the area, and her tone became extremely cold.

”Descendant of Hagoromo, hand over your Chakra. That power belongs to me!”

As the Progenitor of Chakra, Kaguya was the original source of Chakra in this world.

In her eyes, all Chakra in the world belonged to her.

All she needed to do now was reclaim it.

Afterward, she could once again create large numbers of White Zetsu, just as she had in the past, and use them to defend against members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan who might eventually arrive on this planet.

”My power has nothing to do with you. I cultivated it step by step through my own efforts. Why would I hand it over just because you told me to?”

Seiryū looked Kaguya up and down.

Truthfully, she really was extraordinarily beautiful.

There was no personal hatred between them, and they even shared a common enemy.

She was worth trying to win over.

Of course, it was not because Seiryū had been swayed by her beauty.

He was thinking about the shinobi world!

”The Chakra of this planet belongs to me.”

Kaguya’s voice remained cold.

”I am merely reclaiming the power that originally belonged to me.”

”Without Hagoromo and Hamura, no one can stop me. Even if you have reached the same level they once possessed.”

Although Kaguya’s strength was far below what it had been at her peak, she could still use the Chakra of the Ten-Tails.

More importantly, she remained a Kekkei Mōra-level existence.

In terms of her fundamental level of power, she stood far above everyone present.

The man before her was not one of her sons, Hagoromo or Hamura, who had inherited her own power.

Therefore, she did not believe she could lose!

After all, she was Kekkei Mōra.

And Kekkei Mōra stood above all other forms of Chakra!

”I will not repeat the mistakes of the past. From this moment onward, I will gather all Chakra back into one!”

Powerful Chakra fluctuations erupted from Kaguya’s body.

Her long white hair danced wildly behind her, making her appear both beautiful and infinitely dangerous.

”Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!”

Chakra gathered behind her and transformed into countless enormous fists.

They tore through the air toward Seiryū with enough force to destroy everything in their path.

”Dragon Fist Burst.”

Since Kaguya had attacked directly, Seiryū naturally had no intention of standing still.

He threw a punch as well.

Dragon-shaped fist force roared forward, causing the surrounding space to shake and distort.

’Boom!’

Ninjutsu and pure Taijutsu collided head-on.

The resulting impact was like two enormous forces crashing together.

A terrifying shockwave erupted with a deafening roar, further devastating an area that had already been reduced to ruins.

The ground collapsed beneath them.

The shockwave destroyed everything nearby and forced the others in the area to retreat.

”You really are stronger than Madara was as the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki.”

Seiryū casually swept aside the violent air currents and looked toward Kaguya.

”Your Chakra reserves aren’t as great as his were, but your fundamental level is higher.”

Was Kaguya weak?

Of course not.

Even a severely weakened Kekkei Mōra-level existence could never truly be described as weak.

In the original story, if the Sage of Six Paths had not given Naruto and Sasuke Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, a technique specifically capable of sealing Kaguya, their chances of losing in a direct confrontation would have been much higher.

Kekkei Mōra was not a level that could be underestimated.

Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bones were especially dangerous.

Anyone struck by them would have their entire body reduced to ash.

Even someone at the Six Paths level might not survive.

’Hum.’

Just as that thought crossed his mind, Seiryū sharply sensed danger approaching.

A block-like spatial portal suddenly opened behind him.

A slender arm reached through.

From the palm extended a grayish-white bone containing Chakra capable of corroding and destroying everything it touched!

All-Killing Ash Bones!

’Clang!’

Seiryū’s solid Chakra blade deflected the incoming bone.

Immediately afterward, he casually unleashed a violent pillar of lightning toward Kaguya.

’Hum!’

The scarlet nine-tomoe Rinnegan in the center of Kaguya’s forehead glowed.

A powerful suction force appeared and absorbed the incoming lightning completely.

One of the Rinnegan’s basic abilities.

Absorption Seal.

Just because Kaguya had not used it in the original story did not mean she was incapable of doing so.

Now that she was weakened and desperately needed Chakra, she naturally had no reason to refuse power freely delivered to her!

”Hand over your Chakra!”

Kaguya’s tone remained indifferent as she floated higher into the air.

She spread her arms.

Her long hair suddenly extended behind her.

Each strand became as sharp as a needle and shot toward Seiryū like a storm of rain.

The attack covered an enormous area!

”It can even corrode Chakra? That’s definitely a dangerous ability.”

The Chakra blade in Seiryū’s hand was gradually being eroded.

This was the terrifying property of the All-Killing Ash Bones.

They could even destroy Chakra itself.

Seiryū dispersed the damaged Chakra blade and shook his head.

”But aside from that ability, you’re surprisingly weak in every other area.”

”Dankū!”

With a single one-handed seal, Seiryū used a defensive Bakudō.

A Dankū barrier appeared in front of him and blocked every incoming attack.

’Boom!’

Then Seiryū stepped forward.

The ground shattered beneath his foot.

Using an instantaneous burst of speed, he appeared directly in front of Kaguya in the blink of an eye.

He clenched his fist and struck.

Dragon-shaped fist force erupted toward her!

”This is my Chakra!”

Did Kaguya possess combat experience?

Technically, yes.

But it was severely lacking.

Her ability to judge an opponent’s techniques was also poor.

She mistook the fist force produced by Seiryū’s pure Taijutsu for some kind of Ninjutsu and immediately activated Absorption Seal.

’Boom!!’

What happened when a Chakra-absorbing Dōjutsu was used against pure Taijutsu?

Naturally, nothing useful!

Seiryū’s punch struck Kaguya directly.

She was blasted out of the air, hit the ground, and slid across it with tremendous force.

Her body carved a deep trench through the earth.

Finally, she crashed into the side of a distant mountain and became deeply embedded in the rock.

Watching Kaguya fly away, Seiryū stared silently at his fist.

Why did he suddenly feel strangely guilty?

It felt as though he were bullying someone who was not particularly good at fighting.

”Mo... Mother.”

Black Zetsu, hidden inside Kaguya’s sleeve, was completely stunned.

No way.

How could Mother fail to recognize something this obvious?

The Byakugan!

Mother, what are you even using your Byakugan for?

How did you fail to notice that the enemy’s attack was not Ninjutsu, but pure Taijutsu?

”That was Taijutsu just now! Pure Taijutsu! You can’t absorb it!”

Black Zetsu cautiously poked its head out.

Then it discovered that Kaguya had not even activated her Byakugan.

Black Zetsu fell silent.

It wanted to cry!

Even a Genin knew that they had to take an opponent seriously in battle.

Now that Mother was facing a monster like Seiryū, how could she still underestimate him?

It was over.

Completely over.

”You’re even weaker than I expected.”

Seiryū flashed closer and hovered in midair, looking down at Kaguya.

”However, I don’t want to kill you. So how about we sit down and have a proper conversation?”

Seiryū genuinely had no intention of killing Kaguya.

She still had her uses.

And Seiryū intended to keep his word.

The Sage of Six Paths had even asked him to reform Kaguya through love and wanted to acknowledge him as a father.

So naturally, Seiryū had no reason to refuse!

More importantly, a living Kekkei Mōra-level existence had tremendous value.

”Although you’re Kekkei Mōra and the Progenitor of Chakra, you’re still a woman.”

Seiryū smiled.

”And I happen to possess a technique that could practically be called the bane of women.”

”Let me show you.”

”Kaidō!”

Kaidō could practically be considered the bane of women.

Even someone as strong-willed as Tsunade had been unable to withstand it.

Kaguya might be the Progenitor of Chakra and a Kekkei Mōra-level existence, but she was still a woman.

Therefore, Kaidō was her absolute nemesis.

(To be continued.)

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