The power of the mind is incredibly mysterious.
It is like the natural energy hidden in the world, only visible to those who have mastered Sage Mode or trained in it. It is a force hidden deep within the human body, or more accurately, within the deeper layers of the spirit, even within the soul.
When Yagyu closed his eyes without using any ocular techniques or releasing his perception, everything was pitch black.
But now, with his eyes closed and using Yin-Yang Release to tap into the power of his mind, Yagyu felt as if he had glimpsed a faint light in the darkness.
His intangible perception spread out like a vast net.
The scene within the ice and snow space appeared in Yagyu's mind like a projection.
This time, Yagyu saw something that the naked eye could not perceive.
It was a figure beneath the ice and snow, seemingly merged with the space itself.
Thus, Yagyu opened his eyes and glared in a certain direction, shouting, "Kamui!"
In an instant, space twisted.
A terrifying tearing force erupted, accompanied by the sound of fabric being ripped apart.
In the next second, a figure appeared out of thin air and was sent flying to the side.
This figure was none other than Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who had lost an arm and wore an expression of shock.
Looking at Yagyu, who had managed to discover her, Kaguya's eyes were filled with disbelief, as if to say, "How could this person find me?"
However, she still did not speak. Instead, she quickly regenerated a new arm, and behind her flying figure, space tore open, revealing a square black hole.
As Kaguya used the Yomotsu Hirasaka to hide in another dimension, Yagyu once again lost track of her.
Thus, Yagyu transferred his main body out of the Kamui dimension and activated his Sage chakra to resist the freezing cold of the ice and snow space.
A few seconds later, Yagyu used Kamui intangibility again to avoid being ambushed by Kaguya.
The weakness of Kamui intangibility was that it could only last for five minutes, but there was a loophole: as long as the five minutes were not continuous, and as long as the main body was revealed for even a second before becoming intangible again, the five-minute timer would reset.
If no one could force Yagyu to remain in the Kamui dimension for five continuous minutes, then his Kamui intangibility would essentially last indefinitely.
After all, no one knew when Yagyu's main body would return to the real world or when it would enter the Kamui dimension.
Clearly, Kaguya was unaware of this.
The flash of insight she had glimpsed with her Byakugan had also been interrupted by Yagyu.
At this moment, she was feeling as helpless as Madara Uchiha had been.
She realized that no matter what attack she used, it had no effect on Yagyu.
Energy-based attacks like the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack would be devoured by Yagyu.
If she got close, she would be met with a swarm of shadow clones.
Physical attacks would simply pass through him.
Whether it was energy-based or physical attacks, long-range or close-range, nothing worked.
This enemy was even more troublesome than Hagoromo and Hamura, who had been weak enough to need to join forces to seal her away.
At this moment, Kaguya finally understood why Black Zetsu had called this brat her greatest obstacle.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Kaguya's eyes lit up as if she had discovered something.
In her pure Byakugan, she could see that Yagyu, who was currently gathering Truth-Seeking Orbs, was losing chakra.
This scene sparked another flash of insight, and Kaguya found a way to deal with Yagyu.
This brat's chakra reserves were pitifully small, utterly incomparable to her own.
And since all abilities relied on chakra, once his chakra was depleted, even the strongest techniques would become unusable.
If she could drain Yagyu's chakra, he would no longer be able to use his intangibility ability.
Once that happened, killing him would be a piece of cake.
Perhaps because she had taken over Madara Uchiha's body, Kaguya's thoughts at this moment resonated with Madara's.
However, figuring out how to drain Yagyu's chakra was no simple task.
At the very least, Kaguya couldn't think of a viable method.
Thus, she chose to emerge from the Yomotsu Hirasaka, floating above the ice and snow space, calmly looking down at Yagyu below.
Her body, hidden beneath her robe, tensed slightly, ready to dodge or block Yagyu's space-tearing attacks.
For now, aside from the space-tearing attack, Yagyu's only noteworthy ability was his power to devour the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
As for the four shadow clones, Kaguya had plenty of ways to deal with them.
So, Kaguya chose to emerge, allowing Yagyu to attack her.
As long as he attacked, he would consume chakra.
At the same time, Kaguya refused to believe that such a space-time ability had no weaknesses.
If she could find a flaw, it would be Yagyu's death sentence.
As for Kaguya's thoughts, Yagyu was, of course, completely unaware.
Seeing the naive Kaguya emerge, Yagyu felt a slight sense of relief.
To be honest, he had been worried that Kaguya would trap him in another dimension.
Although Kamui could locate other dimensions, it would consume a massive amount of chakra.
Even if the Kamui dimension could find the coordinates of the real world, Yagyu was afraid that Kaguya would detect the space-time fluctuations and use the Amenominaka to toss him into another dimension.
If that happened, Yagyu would truly be at a loss.
But fortunately, Kaguya wasn't the type to use such underhanded tactics.
Although he didn't know why she had appeared in the air, she had now become a perfect target.
Thus, Yagyu raised his hand and struck out from a distance.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"
Boom—
A deafening explosion echoed, and a fierce wind scattered the ice and snow in all directions.
A massive fist formed from Sage chakra shot toward Kaguya in the sky.
Seeing the roaring Sage Art Fist, Kaguya's pupils slightly contracted, recalling Black Zetsu's warning.
This brat could actually replicate her Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!
However, Kaguya did not dodge. Instead, she raised her hand and struck out as well.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"
A terrifying surge of chakra erupted, instantly forming a Sage Art Fist that surpassed Yagyu's in both size and quality.
The difference in chakra reserves was starkly evident.
And that wasn't all!
After striking out with one hand, Kaguya raised her other hand and struck out again.
Then, her hands became a blur as she continued to strike out repeatedly.
Her vast chakra reserves, like a dam releasing a flood, surged endlessly from her palms.
The intense wind not only caused her robes to flutter but also slightly twisted the surrounding space.
Yes, space itself twisted, not just the airflow.
The Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack was an earth-shattering, all-encompassing, merciless Sage Art Fist.
Each strike surpassed the power of Might Guy's Evening Elephant in the Eight Gates Released Formation.
And the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack was a barrage of eighty such Sage Art Fists.
What kind of scene would it be when eighty mountain-sized fists appeared in the sky?
At this moment, Yagyu felt as if he were experiencing what the weak pirates in the neighboring One Piece world felt when facing Akainu's Meteor Volcano.
And this Meteor Volcano was a super-powered, upgraded version.
Clearly, Kaguya was worried that Yagyu would absorb the chakra of the Sage Art Fist again, so she chose to unleash the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack at full power in one go.
If Yagyu dared to reveal his main body, the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack would reduce him to dust.
Even with the protection of Truth-Seeking Orbs, it would be useless.
The power of the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack far surpassed the SSS-level Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands: Top Buddha's thousand-handed attack.
The fact that space itself was twisting showed that the quality of this technique was on par with the Eight Gates Released Formation's Night Guy, a super ultimate move that could potentially kill even Six Paths Madara.
Moreover, the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack's power and area of effect far surpassed Night Guy.
Even someone with chakra reserves as vast as the Nine-Tails, like Yagyu, would hesitate to unleash the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack at full power in one go.
The chakra consumption was one thing, but the natural energy consumption was simply staggering.
Aside from the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, no one could casually unleash the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack at full power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
It was as if countless meteors were falling from the sky, raining down on the earth like a meteor shower.
As the eighty mountain-sized Sage Art Fists descended, the Sage Art Fist Yagyu had unleashed was utterly obliterated.
If it weren't for Kamui intangibility, even with Truth-Seeking Orbs and the Sword of Nunoboko's mental power, Yagyu would have been in a very sorry state.
At this moment, the ice and snow space was shaking violently.
The vast, endless snowy plains were completely obliterated in an instant.
If there was water beneath the glaciers, the earth would have already turned back into an ocean.
Even so, the earth no longer existed.
A massive white fog of snow rose into the air.
In the eyes of both Yagyu and Kaguya, the world was now a blur of white.
But for beings of their level, such obstacles were no issue.
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees!!"
At that moment, a shout reached Kaguya's ears.
In an instant, within the violently shaking ice and snow space, amidst the white fog, numerous dark shadows suddenly appeared.
These shadows were so thick and massive, like giant serpents sealed beneath the ice and snow, awakening and surging out of the cracks in the ice, rising into the sky.
Then, countless smaller branches and vines, like ropes or nets, began to bind and envelop Kaguya.
Boom————
However, Kaguya merely waved her hand, and the branches, vines, and even the vast forest were reduced to dust.
After becoming a Six Paths-level powerhouse, although Yagyu's Wood Release had become incredibly powerful, undergoing an epic evolution, it still paled in comparison to Madara Uchiha's Divine: Deep Forest Emergence, which could cover the entire world.
Of course, this was because Yagyu's chakra reserves were not vast enough, and he did not have the Infinite Tsukuyomi to project chakra across the world.
If Yagyu also had the Infinite Tsukuyomi, his Wood Release could similarly convert the chakra covering the world into Wood Release chakra, sprouting branches to bind all humans.
Just as Obito Uchiha's Wood Release was vastly inferior to Zetsu's, and Yamato's Wood Release wasn't even fit to hold a candle to Madara's.
When everyone had Wood Release, what mattered was the strength and size of their Yang Release chakra and chakra reserves.
As a Six Paths-level powerhouse who had mastered Kekkei Mōra, the difference in nature transformation was negligible.
What mattered was the amount of chakra.
Clearly, Yagyu's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack was inferior to Kaguya's in quality, and the resilience of his Wood Release was far below that of the Divine: Deep Forest Emergence.
In the eyes of a top-tier Six Paths-level powerhouse like Kaguya, using the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack to destroy these branches and parts of the forest was truly overkill.
And Yagyu's use of Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees to turn the shattered ice and snow space into a forest space was not an attempt to bind Kaguya, seal her, or absorb her chakra.
In the eyes of a Six Paths-level powerhouse with the power to destroy all creation, Wood Release was already a thing of the past.
Yagyu's goal was to turn this space, and all the dimensions within the Amenominaka, into his own domain.
Only then would he not be so passive, but instead become the aggressor.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Yagyu's fingers twitched slightly, and the sharp sound of something cutting through the air echoed, even drowning out the still unsettled tremors of the earth.
If one had X-ray vision, they would see that in the remaining forest that had not been reduced to dust by the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, some branches seemed to have a will of their own, suddenly lashing out and shooting countless wooden spikes toward Kaguya in the sky.
This was the Wood Release: Wood Spikes technique!
Since even the Advent of a World of Trees was beneath Kaguya's notice, these needle-like wooden spikes were naturally no exception.
Kaguya didn't even waste chakra to unleash the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack. With just a glare, she released the Byakugan's pressure, creating a shockwave that scattered the surrounding snow fog and blocked the incoming barrage of wooden spikes.
But she didn't notice, or perhaps she did but didn't understand, the patterns that had appeared on each of the wooden spikes.
At that moment, Yagyu's figure suddenly appeared beneath Kaguya, right where the Byakugan's pressure had blocked the wooden spikes, and he struck out with his palm.
Boom————
The terrifying chakra-formed Sage Art Fist sent Kaguya flying.
If it weren't for her immortal body, which surpassed Madara Uchiha's and made her incapable of spitting blood, she would have been vomiting blood by now.
Even so, Kaguya's body was twisted by this punch.
After all, this was a Kekkei Mōra attack delivered at point-blank range!