Chapter 609: The Righteous Group Beatdown

"What’s going on, my body..." An enhanced ninja who had suffered severe injuries and was lying on the ground suddenly felt the power within his body going berserk, recklessly surging through his body.

"Ahhh..." The rampage of the core caused the already severely injured enhanced ninja unbearable pain, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

Amid his painful screams, the enhanced ninja’s body underwent a drastic transformation. The first thing to change was his body, which suddenly expanded into a ten-meter-tall mass of flesh. Next came his arms, then his thighs, and finally his entire body turned into a deformed monster covered in fleshy tumors.

"What the hell? What did the Otsutsuki do to them? How did they suddenly turn into monsters?"

"Can you put a censor over them? I’m already feeling physically and mentally uncomfortable. I feel like I won’t be able to eat today." Some viewers even took the initiative to ask for heavy censorship.

"Looks like they’ve gotten even stronger. This is really troublesome." Some viewers couldn’t help but worry about the powerhouses on the arena.

This change not only shocked the spectators and ninja, but even many of the enhanced ninja were frightened. How had they suddenly turned into such terrifying monsters?

But amid their panic, they suddenly discovered that their own bodies were also undergoing mutations.

"Why?" Kusa, whose body was mutating, stared incredulously at Zangshi, who had an expressionless face.

He didn’t understand why Lord Zangshi, who had granted them power, would do this.

’Didn’t you say we would purge the Shinobi World together and create a fair world?’ Kusa desperately wanted to question Zangshi like this, but he could no longer do so.

At this moment, Kusa’s body had already expanded into a gigantic fleshy tumor. His head had been swallowed by the mass of flesh, leaving only one lifeless eye exposed. He no longer even had the strength to say a single word.

"Who told you to be so useless? Then I can only make use of your uselessness one last time." Zangshi seemed to see through Kusa’s thoughts and sneered.

Although Zangshi’s words made everyone’s blood pressure soar, all the enhanced ninja present had already lost consciousness and turned into monsters. They couldn’t even curse him properly.

"Treating his own subordinates like this. What a disgusting guy." Naruto clenched his fists as he watched, wishing he could fly over and punch Zangshi’s teeth out.

Minato placed a hand on Naruto’s shoulder, holding down the restless Naruto as he shook his head and said, "Calm down. Don’t act rashly."

The weakest known Otsutsuki were at least Six Paths level. Although Naruto’s strength was not weak now, he had yet to reach the Six Paths level.

"Look at those monsters." Sasuke suddenly noticed that the monsters were moving toward one another. Two monsters came together and directly fused into an even larger monster, its aura becoming even more terrifying.

"Naruto, get ready." Minato instantly entered Sage Mode and rapidly threw out five Flying Thunder God kunai.

Hearing his father’s words, Naruto instantly erupted with Chakra once again, and a huge red sphere appeared in his hand.

Whoosh!

Minato took Naruto and instantly disappeared from his original position, reappearing beside a fleshy monster, while Naruto’s sphere was directly slammed into it.

A dazzling red light erupted, and half of the body of the monster, which was more than ten meters tall, instantly turned into black ash.

Naruto thought this attack would be enough to make the monster lose its ability to move, but the monster, which had lost half of its body, seemed completely incapable of feeling pain and continued moving forward. The flesh of its body surged like a tide as it rapidly repaired itself.

"There’s a core inside their bodies. Find the core and attack it." Itachi saw the energy core inside the monster through his Mangekyo Sharingan and spoke up.

Relying on her excellent sensory abilities, Yuriha quickly locked onto the location of a monster’s core and used a Light-Speed Slash to cut both the monster and its core in half with a single strike.

Just as Itachi had said, this monster did not revive again.

The various ninja sprang into action, each using their signature techniques to prevent the monsters from fusing.

Zangshi’s expression darkened as he watched this scene. This was different from what he had imagined. How had they discovered it so quickly?

Zangshi had no choice but to unleash a powerful aura that instantly intimidated all the ninja present. Then he waved his hand, controlling all the remaining monsters and forcing them to fuse together.

"What a powerful aura." Sasuke looked at Zangshi in shock. This was the first time since he had achieved success in his training that someone had used their aura alone to freeze him in place.

"Are we going to be in trouble? That Otsutsuki looks so strong." Even those who weren’t present could tell from the atmosphere and the expressions of the contestants watching the live broadcast that Zangshi was extraordinary. He had changed the situation instantly with just a casual move.

"Believe in our powerhouses. Vice Commander Nagasawa is still sitting up there." Although they were worried, they could only choose to believe in the ninja who were fighting and pray in their hearts that the aliens would be defeated.

"Picking on children doesn’t count as much of an achievement." Kakashi protected Yuriha, who had been intimidated, behind him, and his gaze became sharp.

"Oh? Are you planning to fight me?" After sensing Kakashi’s strength, Zangshi said mockingly.

"Not fight you, but defeat you." Kakashi took a deep breath, and the aura around him suddenly changed.

"Father, although you look very cool right now, this is a live broadcast. If you get beaten too badly later, Mother will see it." Yuriha said in a teasing tone, though she was actually worried.

Kakashi was indeed powerful, but according to Yuriha’s perception, he was still a long way from Zangshi.

Saying that he might get beaten badly was already euphemistic. Yuriha was afraid that Kakashi would be beaten to death by Zangshi.

Thinking of this, Yuriha glanced at Nagasawa on the elevated platform and felt slightly reassured. With Nagasawa there, Kakashi should at least not be beaten to death.

After all, her father could still be considered one of Nagasawa’s beloved disciples.

Kakashi took a scroll from his ninja tool pouch and smiled. "Don’t underestimate your father. I’m actually quite strong too."

With that, Kakashi took a purple armor with nine tomoe from the scroll. Kakashi infused it with Chakra, and the purple armor seemed to have a consciousness of its own as it automatically assembled itself onto Kakashi’s body.

After the armor covered Kakashi’s body, the nine tomoe patterns on its chest instantly lit up. Kakashi immediately felt an immeasurably terrifying amount of Chakra enter his body, and his strength instantly surged.

Next, Kakashi directly entered Thunder Breathing Sage Mode. His aura once again surged dramatically, and powerful Senjutsu lightning surrounded his body, making him seem like an entirely different person.

This powerful strength even caused Shisui, who was standing nearby, to turn his attention toward him.

"Yuriha’s father is so strong, but why can I sense Kurama’s Chakra?" Naruto scratched his head, somewhat confused.

"Not just mine. That armor contains the Chakra of all the Tailed Beasts." The Nine-Tails inside Naruto said while refining Senjutsu Chakra.

Noticing his daughter’s somewhat surprised gaze, Kakashi couldn’t help but become a little smug. It wasn’t easy to make his unflappable daughter show such an expression.

’I’ll have to buy a few red bean dumplings for Teacher Nagasawa when I get back.’ Kakashi was already thinking about what to do after the battle.

This armor was the Chakra Armor Nagasawa had obtained in the Land of Rivers many years ago. It was forged from the body of the Ten-Tails and numerous precious metals.

Due to the armor’s special properties, as long as it was charged with the power of all nine Tailed Beasts, it was almost equivalent to a small Ten-Tails. It could provide the wearer with an enormous amount of Chakra and some special abilities, making it extremely powerful.

But the trouble was real trouble as well. Getting the Tailed Beasts to obediently provide that much Chakra to charge it was no easy task. If not for the current era of the Shinobi Alliance, simply "inviting" the Tailed Beasts over to charge it would have been troublesome enough.

Zangshi’s gaze toward Kakashi changed slightly. Although Kakashi had not yet reached the level of a mid-level god, the extent to which his abilities had skyrocketed still surprised him.

He had instantly gone from a non-god-level powerhouse to almost reaching the level of a low-level god.

But ultimately, he still had not reached the level of a mid-level god, so Zangshi was not worried. He was considered an expert even among mid-level gods. Dealing with a stronger low-level god was still extremely easy.

"It’s nothing more than becoming a slightly larger ant." Zangshi remained disdainful.

Kakashi could defeat the fused monster in his current state, but to defeat him, he would need to cultivate for another thousand years or so.

"I’m not like you. I have the power of my comrades." Kakashi also knew that although he was strong now, defeating Zangshi alone would still be too risky. But when dealing with an alien invader like the Otsutsuki, there was no need to talk about honor. They could simply gang up on him righteously.

"It’s about time to let this body get some exercise." Orochimaru, dressed in a white lab coat, slowly walked up. The Six-Tomoe Rinnegan on his forehead stared intently at Zangshi, and he couldn’t help but lick his lips.

"One of the Legendary Sannin, Orochimaru!"

Although Orochimaru had not appeared in the public eye for a long time, he had already made a name for himself throughout the Shinobi World and was immediately recognized.

"I wonder how much Orochimaru’s strength has improved. The combat power in this battle can be said to surpass any previous war."

Some people were not very optimistic about Orochimaru. Although the name of the Legendary Sannin carried considerable weight, this battle also had no shortage of famous powerhouses who had been defeated by the enhanced ninja, let alone dealing with Zangshi.

Orochimaru didn’t know what the others thought, nor did he care. He was unusually excited right now. A new member of the Otsutsuki clan meant a whole new batch of research results.

Orochimaru was no longer looking at Zangshi as a person, but as a stronger Rinnegan, a stronger body, and a longer lifespan.

Even Zangshi felt a little creeped out from Orochimaru’s stare. Then came anger. How dare a tiny native look at him with such an inhuman gaze?

Just as Zangshi was about to lose his patience and make a move, another Six Paths-level aura appeared on the arena.

"Even the old man from the Six Paths has come." The Nine-Tails sensed that familiar aura and couldn’t help but sigh.

Hearing the Nine-Tails’ words, Naruto looked toward the direction from which the aura came. An old man in white robes, holding a staff and surrounded by numerous black orbs, descended from the sky and landed on the arena.

"No wonder Mother was so afraid back then." Sensing Zangshi’s terrifying strength, the Sage of Six Paths sighed.

Back then, he had not understood Kaguya’s words, ultimately leading to the breakdown between mother and son and causing many things he did not want to happen.

But even if he had known back then, the Sage of Six Paths believed that he still would not have simply stood by and watched Kaguya destroy the Shinobi World.

The three stood at different positions, faintly surrounding Zangshi.