Naruto: Did i Just Get Reincarnated as Gojo?-Chapter 306: Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine

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'Did I do it?'

'Have I eliminated all obstacles to true peace?'

Through Pain's eyes, Nagato saw that Gojo Kaigetsu, despite being within Chibaku Tensei's sealing range, showed no signs of panic.

Instead, a faint smile played on his lips, as if everything was proceeding according to his plan.

"Whatever you're thinking, once Chibaku Tensei is activated to this extent, there's no escape!" Nagato reassured himself.

Chibaku Tensei—the strongest sealing jutsu in the Shinobi World.

It created a massive sphere of rock, trapping and crushing the enemy.

Perhaps the most painful, most suffocating sealing jutsu.

Once activated, even the caster couldn't deactivate it. The massive, indiscriminate gravitational field wouldn't cease until the target was sealed.

Its only weakness—was to destroy the highly condensed gravitational sphere created by the Rinnegan at its center before Chibaku Tensei gained momentum.

Once it gained momentum, simply destroying the massive, compressed, high-density rock surrounding the gravitational sphere was difficult, let alone attacking and destroying the inherently "indestructible" highly condensed chakra sphere itself.

The power of the Sage's eyes was absolute! Even if Gojo Kaigetsu somehow possessed similar control over attraction and repulsion, Nagato was confident that before Chibaku Tensei, all counterfeit powers would be mercilessly crushed.

So...

"Accept your fate—to be crushed!" Pain delivered its verdict.

Nagato knew he was near death.

Even Gods—die.

First, the fourth-form Susanoo, consuming vast amounts of dōjutsu and life force, shattered by lightning. Then, recklessly unleashing Chibaku Tensei, hoping to eliminate Gojo Kaigetsu in a single, decisive blow.

Successive battles had severely drained his life force. Perhaps after collecting the remaining Tailed Beasts, after creating the ultimate weapon, he would die from life force depletion. Or perhaps, he would die even before creating the ultimate weapon.

After death, everything would be entrusted to that Kabuto fellow. He would use Edo Tensei to revive him.

Edo Tensei required a suitable sacrifice to maximize the resurrected individual's former strength.

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is an Uzumaki. After extracting the Nine-Tails, use her as the Edo Tensei sacrifice."

"Collaborating with Konoha—even if she's of my clan, I will show no mercy."

Pain muttered, dragging its heavy body, intending to return to the Falls of Truth battlefield for final cleanup.

Unexpectedly, a voice from the sky stopped it.

"Nagato..."

Hearing the voice, Pain's pupils constricted. It whirled around.

Letting out an incredulous growl, "How is this possible?!"

At this distance, with this gravity, even sound should have been sealed. Yet Gojo Kaigetsu's voice—reached it? This could only mean—he still had strength remaining.

"Watch closely. I'll only perform this once. This technique—will be magnificent."

Gojo Kaigetsu, seeing that Kumogakure's core had been mostly destroyed, that his goal of provoking Nagato with Mahoraga and Tsunade's pronouncements had been achieved, dismissed Mahoraga's phantom.

Gojo Kaigetsu floated in the air, his white hair streaming behind him.

Far from looking defeated, he exuded an aura of effortless mastery, like a king of the sky.

Anything that approached him, whether rubble or fine sand, parted to either side. From a distance, it was as if he had torn a rift in the fabric of the sky.

Seal-like markings appeared on his cheeks. Gojo Kaigetsu formed hand seals, his fingers aimed at the gravitational singularity in the sky, and chanted softly:

"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!"

Instantly, an invisible domain erupted from Gojo Kaigetsu's palms, sweeping across the sky.

Its range was so vast that it encompassed the entire celestial body formed by Chibaku Tensei.

Nagato's confidence wasn't misplaced.

Neither "Blue" nor "Red," even at their peak, could compare to the Chibaku Tensei unleashed by Nagato at the cost of his life force.

Perhaps "Hollow Purple" could, but just as Nagato had done to Gojo Kaigetsu, Gojo Kaigetsu also wanted to unleash a decisive blow, a single technique to end the fight.

Therefore, when Gojo Kaigetsu formed hand seals, the "Malevolent Shrine" he unleashed, in terms of sheer power, was likely the current limit of his abilities.

The moment Malevolent Shrine was unleashed, the sky changed color.

A phantom of red and black gates opened behind Gojo Kaigetsu. The sky trembled, as if fearing the terrifying amount of chakra accumulated within the gates.

"Let everything return to nothingness~" Gojo Kaigetsu spread his arms wide, letting out a triumphant cry.

The moment his voice fell, the chakra accumulated within the gates instantly erupted, transforming into countless "Cleaves" and "Dismantles," slashing towards the already forming celestial body above.

'Cleave,' an ordinary, indiscriminate slashing attack, possessed immense destructive power against inanimate objects, beasts, ninja, and puppets alike.

'Dismantle,' a slashing attack whose power adjusted based on the target's chakra strength, capable of instantly killing weaker Tailed Beasts.

Time seemed to freeze. The very air seemed to solidify under the terrifying pressure.

Kumogakure's late night, moonlight slanting across the mottled buildings. The heavy weight of Shinobi history seemed to congeal in this moment. Moss grew on ancient structures, the traces of time etched into every stone.

Suddenly, a crow took flight from a branch, the sound of its flapping wings and its mournful, unsettling cry echoing through the desolate, silent Kumogakure.

In the next instant, the sky tore asunder!

Swish, swish, swish—

A sky full of slashes shot forth. The moment the slashes made contact with the celestial body...

Whether boulders, trees, entire mountain peaks, the dust cloud already forming the celestial canopy—even the Cloud clan elders caught within—all became as fragile as the film on a sweet potato, shattering on contact.

They didn't even have time to scream before being horizontally, vertically, diagonally sliced into countless pieces.

Because of the incredible speed, even the elders themselves didn't realize they'd been cut. Their eyes still rolled in their sockets, their faces maintaining a vacant expression.

Under the pull of gravity, blood danced in the air, refusing to fall.

Breakthrough! Breakthrough! Breakthrough!

The slashes continuously cleared the obstacles in their path, leaving only annihilation in their wake.

Within the core of the compressing gravitational field, countless cracks appeared under the repeated slashes—Finally, as if triggering a "Space Cleave" passive, the final layer of protection around the gravitational singularity was destroyed...

The gravitational singularity created by Rinnegan chakra, sat like a white easygirl on a sofa. And behind, in front of the sofa, stood a dense crowd of burly chimpanzees, pitiful, weak, helpless.

In the final shot, the chimpanzees swarmed, engulfing the white easygirl.

Crack, crackle—

Cracks like those on a glass marble appeared on the pitch-black sphere. Then, with a snap, it shattered in mid-air, dissolving into formless chakra, vanishing without a trace.

The shattering of the gravitational sphere also signified that the "Chibaku Tensei" jutsu had been overcome by Gojo Kaigetsu's absolute, violent power.

Above, the pulverized dust, freed from gravity, began to fall uncontrollably.

Dust mixed with blood rained down from the sky, carried by the gentle breeze, bestowing upon the remaining Cloud villagers an unforgettable, true: bloody storm.

Kumogakure, from this moment, was officially bisected.

One half, the still intact civilian and commercial districts. The people on the ground stared, mouths agape, at this bizarre spectacle. If unlucky, certain unidentifiable body parts falling from the sky might land in their mouths. For example, eyes, penises, testicles...

Some reacted quickly, sensing the "earth dragon turning over" instantly. Stimulating their muscles with Lightning Release, they unleashed their life's fastest speed to escape the danger. Now, their faces were filled with the joy of surviving.

And the other half, the core of Kumogakure, transformed from mountainous terrain into a basin. The Raikage Tower, symbolizing the old Kumogakure era, the clan residences, all reduced to dust by Chibaku Tensei's pull.

Due to its coastal location, the tide surged inland, transforming the once mountainous Kumogakure into a natural harbor.

Also vanished—perhaps, were the stocks and bonds Arno had recently sent back from the KSE. Even the land deeds and property deeds previously owned by the clans were gone.

Death cancels all debts!

Thanks to the Cloud old folks for their selfless contribution of vast sums of cash.

Perhaps, when the Cloud clan ninja returned to their village, they would find themselves having given everything, yet possessing nothing—a return to poverty.

The tables had turned!

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