"Hey, you bald old man who's thousands of years old, why do you pick on kids!"
Ci Xian immediately distanced himself from Lin Yu, his face grim as he looked at the red-haired youth who had suddenly appeared.
When did he appear? How did he get here?
Did the other party also possess space-time ninjutsu?
Even Ci Xian, who had experienced millennia of changes, felt a chill down his spine when someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind.
However, he quickly recovered.
"And who are you?"
"Your dad!"
Lin Yu glanced at the miserable state of the three of them, Tobi, and said with a "heartbroken" tone, "Look how badly you've beaten my sons! They are your brothers and friends!"
"..."
This time, not only Ci Xian, but even the three of them, Tobi, were speechless. Lying on the ground, they thought: Maybe it's better to just die now, it's too embarrassing!
Ci Xian took a deep breath. Lin Yu's two sentences almost ruined his millennium of cultivation. He said in a deep voice, "Do you know the price of joking with me?"
"What? Are you going to turn your daddy into a bald man too?"
Ci Xian was stunned for a moment and immediately attacked Lin Yu.
"You're looking for death!"
In his second form, Ci Xian's speed and strength were no match for what they were just now. Even Itachi, lying on the ground, couldn't track Ci Xian's movements.
"Teacher Lin Yu, be careful!"
"Don't worry! I'm good at beating baldies!"
Just as Lin Yu finished speaking, countless spikes erupted from the ground and instantly pierced him, making him look like a pincushion. This made Tobi and the other two cover their faces and lie on the ground. Even though they knew it was fake, it was still a bit embarrassing.
*Bang!*
The pierced Lin Yu turned into a white mist and disappeared. His real body had already leaped into the air, searching for Ci Xian. A golden magical array appeared in his eyes. The observation power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was far beyond that of the three young men below.
"Over here!"
Lin Yu instantly condensed a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken in his right hand and threw it at the shrinking Ci Xian, but it disappeared without a ripple, as if a stone had sunk into the sea.
"Teacher Lin Yu, ninjutsu is useless against him. He can absorb all energy-based ninjutsu that originates from chakra."
"Shut up!"
Shisui immediately shut his mouth and lay on the ground with a wronged expression, scooting towards Itachi. He had been scolded! He needed comfort now!
Lin Yu landed on a protruding rock while Ci Xian was absorbing the ninjutsu, and clasped his hands together.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
*Rumble!*
The ground trembled, as if something was about to break out of the earth, and in great numbers!
*Crackling... Bang!*
The ground cracked incessantly, and branches as thick as coiling dragons drilled out from underground, extending upwards. A forest instantly rose from the ground, appearing exceptionally unique in this empty dimension.
"Oh dear! Teacher Lin Yu, be gentle!"
The black rods on Tobi's body were roughly pulled out by the branches, which then rolled up Tobi's body and threw him towards Shisui and Itachi, their movements being "gentle" indeed.
Shisui and Itachi also gritted their teeth. These branches, like human hands, were too rough and completely disregarded their injured state.
"Shisui, Itachi, are you alright?"
"Still alive!" Shisui, with multiple collapsed areas on his chest, managed a weak smile, then accidentally pulled on his wound, grimacing again.
Itachi said calmly, "I'm fine."
Itachi wasn't severely injured; his Susanoo had just been maintained for too long, severely depleting his ocular power and chakra.
"I'm not alright, damn it! Ouch~"
Tobi pointed to the blood holes all over his body. Fortunately, one didn't go through his heart, or he would have reported to heaven.
Perhaps Lin Yu's arrival gave Tobi a sense of security, and his lively side emerged.
Tobi pointed to a blood hole on his butt and said, "Quick! Stop the bleeding for your brother Tobi here, Shisui."
"..."
Shisui muttered, "You're crazy!" and pushed Itachi's head away, looking at the two figures fighting in the distance.
"Hey, at least give your brother Tobi some face! A bandage would do!"
Two crows flew past Tobi, completely ignoring him.
...
In the distant sea of trees, Lin Yu controlled countless branches to attack Ci Xian, but with little effect.
"Wood Style? Didn't Hashirama Senju die?"
Hundreds of black rods circled Ci Xian, constantly piercing the attacking branches, but with Lin Yu's continuous chakra, the branches would soon recover.
"What a troublesome ability."
A red and black portal appeared behind Ci Xian, and he dived into it before the next wave of branches arrived. Lin Yu sneered, "Father is beating his son, and the son only knows how to run?"
Outside the sea of trees, Ci Xian's figure appeared on a rocky mountain, with a small crack like glass appearing on his abdomen.
"Tch! Is this all you've got?"
Ci Xian looked at Lin Yu, who landed softly on the other side, his gaze sharpening. He had to finish this quickly!
*Swish!*
Countless black rods drilled out from the ground, like Kimimaro's Dance of the Bracken Dance, covering the battlefield with a forest of blackish bone, a stark contrast to the sea of trees beside it.
Facing such dense attacks, Lin Yu simply uttered a word, "Release!"
Instantly, a vast sea of Sage Mode chakra surged into his body, doubling his sensory perception, strength, and speed!
Lin Yu tapped his toes, and his body instantly vanished. The black rods protruding from the ground couldn't capture his shadow.
"Sage Mode?"
Ci Xian's expression remained unchanged. He held a black rod and quickly charged towards Lin Yu.
Lin Yu felt his body as if it had merged with nature, his chakra surging wildly. He smiled slightly, "I can finally use this move."
"Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands!"
A giant Kannon statue with thousands of giant arms rose from beneath Lin Yu. Its enormous body obscured the sky and sun. Ci Xian's figure was not even large enough to be held in one of its palms.
"Buddha's Retribution!"
*Rumble!*
Thousands of giant palms continuously slammed down on Ci Xian, as if swatting a fly. Each strike had the power to split mountains and crack rocks.
Ci Xian dodged continuously between the giant palms. For some reason, his Isshiki had very little effect on these wood-style creations, as if this Kannon statue had a life of its own.
*Boom boom boom!*
The ground continuously exploded. This doomsday-like scene terrified the four experimental subjects in the distance, who all gaped with their mouths wide open, unable to close them for a long time. Was this the ninja world they knew?
This was perhaps a transmigration to a fantasy world!
Meanwhile, Tobi and the other two in the sea of trees, hearing the deafening sounds, showed no reaction. In fact, two of them were already discussing what to eat for dinner.
"Shisui, want to visit the Akatsuki with me? I'll treat you to some specialties from the Land of Rain!"
Despite being covered in blood, Tobi's state of mind was extraordinary.
Shisui pondered for a moment and said, "I want to eat squid rice balls!"
"Squid... The ones from the Land of Water are fresher. I'll think of a way to send some over!"
Tobi patted his chest, assuring Shisui that it was his responsibility. He was familiar with the Land of Water!
Itachi suddenly said, "Is this really okay?"
"Don't worry! Teacher Lin Yu wouldn't go fight if he wasn't confident. He would have taken us three and run away long ago!" Tobi patted his chest again, signaling Itachi not to worry.
Itachi hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the wound that had reopened on Tobi's chest and said, "I mean... isn't it a bit bad to pat your wound like that..."
Tobi's face turned pale. He was dead.