Phase Two Begins, Heaven’s Will’s Ability (3K)

"No need to waste time, Lord Jiraiya. If you attack me, there’s a considerable chance you’ll ultimately be caught up in those people’s attacks, leading to a regrettable outcome."

Heaven’s Will suddenly spoke. Jiraiya’s hands, which had just lowered, trembled. Though he had already witnessed this woman’s strange abilities, experiencing them firsthand filled his face with shock and suspicion.

As a top-tier ninja, he naturally understood that the moment he hesitated, his opponent could make countless moves in battle. He could no longer distinguish truth from falsehood in the information before him.

A ninja’s battle was a battle of intelligence. Heaven’s Will was naturally positioned at the very pinnacle of this style of combat.

The senjutsu Chakra Jiraiya had gathered did not dissipate, but neither did he continue his attack.

Red-Hair Leren, who stood ahead with a hand gripping the hilt of the long sword on his back, also released it.

He wanted to persuade her again, but Heaven’s Will raised her hand and turned to look ahead.

Two figures appeared, faint cracks visible across their bodies. One had long black hair and wore red armor; the other had silver hair and red eyes, clad in blue armor. What they had in common was that both wore Konoha forehead protectors.

Jiraiya’s mouth fell slightly open.

"The First Hokage, the Second Hokage…"

"This is… the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu?!"

This forbidden technique of legend should, in theory, have become impossible to perform after the death of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. Jiraiya thought of his former companion Orochimaru, who had loved researching all manner of forbidden techniques, but saw no sign of him.

Leren lowered his body slightly, ready to fight. He still refused to give up on this rare mission that could alter the entire mission world.

Once this mission was accomplished and the Golden Order descended, he would reap immense rewards. In terms of attribute points alone, they might equal the rewards from several, perhaps even a dozen, Space missions.

And with enough attributes piled up, he would become unimaginably powerful.

Leren knew full well that no matter what sacrifice was used for Impure World Reincarnation, the revived ninja would find it difficult to reproduce the terrifying strength they possessed in life.

Even if someone found White Zetsu and used that body for Impure World Reincarnation, the First and Second Hokage who emerged would surely be unable to reach their peak strength.

Besides, he and Miss Heaven’s Will had mastered senjutsu. They might not be without a chance.

Splat!

As he pondered, a figure flashed past. Blood sprayed from his chest, and the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, appeared behind him with a katana in hand.

Leren’s pupils trembled. Flying Thunder God Technique? When had the other man planted a formula behind him?!

From the corner of his eye, he saw a tree root growing out behind him, its surface engraved with the Flying Thunder God formula.

Using Wood Release to coordinate with Flying Thunder God?!

Leren suddenly drew both swords, his body spinning like a top as fierce Chakra sword energy danced wildly through the wind.

At the same moment, the Second Hokage, who had used Flying Thunder God to strike again, was forced back by the storm of sword energy. He coldly retreated to his brother’s side once more.

"Leave, Leren. If you don’t retreat now, you won’t get another chance."

Heaven’s Will spoke calmly, her emotions unmoved even though this Reincarnator—who had never betrayed her in any timeline she had seen—had been injured.

She looked at her panel.

Talent: Mr. Mouse · Phase Two (Hundred Click) (Similarity 94%) (S-)—Your special soul grants you the ability to interfere with probability worlds. Based on your Mental Power, you can foresee and choose among multiple worldlines; unchosen worldlines will disappear. Observing probability worlds damages your brain and mind. Continuous observation will cause deviations in your existence. Repeatedly observing the same world will generate Probability Entropy. Excessive Probability Entropy will cause your own worldline to disappear.

This was likely her greatest value in the eyes of the Space, and also the source of why she believed herself worthy of being called an Astounding Talent.

It was an exceptionally difficult talent to anchor. By giving the Goddess high-level Singularity Points, she had anchored it to an extraordinarily powerful ability with an extremely high similarity, and after strengthening it to Phase Two—

She had gained an ability that was nearly inconceivable.

But precisely because she possessed this ability, many things had lost their meaning to her.

After all, from her perspective, Leren had already died many times. It was difficult for her to seriously consider someone who died so "easily."

That was also why Heaven’s Will had been unwilling to enter the mission world with Wuxin and Wushang.

"How truly despicable. We’re both outsiders, yet just because they arrived earlier, the World Will trusts the Otsutsuki Clan more at a time like this…"

Heaven’s Will spoke words Jiraiya understood less and less, spreading both hands at once.

The next moment, countless wooden spikes thrust from the ground. Yet the instant they broke through the earth, they were blocked by powerful Mental Power and exploded in midair.

Boom!

Water Release: Water Shockwave!

Senju Tobirama formed hand seals in an instant. A colossal waterspout materialized from thin air, the Senju Clan’s overwhelming Chakra displaying itself in full force. An ordinary Water Release ninjutsu, in Senju Tobirama’s hands, became like raging waves. The waterspout rose a hundred meters high, its surging waters resembling an ocean tide.

Jiraiya sensed the strangeness of this battle. He leaped backward, landing with both feet atop the rushing water as he retreated toward Konoha.

There was surely something wrong with this so-called Golden Order. Someone had summoned the First and Second Hokage through Impure World Reincarnation in order to stop them.

With the combat strength of those two, if they were truly being controlled by some dangerous individual, it would likewise spell disaster for Konoha.

Leren also rolled backward, his twin swords whirling as he continuously severed the wooden spikes. Senju Hashirama, the First Hokage, had not even made a move. He merely stood there without forming seals, yet Leren was already struggling to hold on.

The vast disparity in this world’s combat power was laid bare. Leren could fight ordinary Jonin, and with a Reincarnator’s advantages, he even held a significant edge. Even against a top-tier ninja like Jiraiya, he could attempt to maneuver around him.

But against someone like Senju Hashirama, he was practically unqualified to confront him head-on.

Speed, strength, experience, attack range, destructive power, defense, regenerative ability—every conceivable dimension placed him at an overwhelming disadvantage.

Leren ran across the water. After taking one last look at the elegant woman, he gritted his teeth, turned, and sprinted into the distance. Once outside the Water Release’s range, he bit his finger and formed hand seals in an instant.

Summoning Jutsu!

A giant eagle appeared on the ground. Leren climbed onto its back, and the ash-gray eagle immediately spread its wings, whipping up a gale as it flew several hundred meters in an instant.

Heaven’s Will caught sight of Leren’s choice from the corner of her eye and sighed. It was a pity. Leren was a decent man, but he had tried to find love in a place like the Infinite Dimensional Space. More regrettably, the person he had chosen was someone like her.

Her hands hung at her sides as her body slowly rose from the ground.

"You won’t be able to save those two children until you defeat me, Lord Hokages."

The next moment, countless enormous trees erupted from the ground, as though a Primordial Jungle had returned to the world.

Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!

Heaven’s Will drifted upward, moving with natural ease. Powerful natural energy enveloped her body. With her keen perception of Wood Release, she twisted and turned through the air, evading the gigantic trees.

Her fingers continuously released emerald-green magic power, which merged into the earth and the Wood Release.

Flowers began to bloom amid the forest created by Senju Hashirama’s Wood Release.

Senju Tobirama frowned, and his body suddenly vanished again.

Splat!

His body was knocked away by some invisible barrier. The blade in his hand curled slightly, while clear cracks appeared in the air before the blonde woman.

"I am merely an old man who does not wish to see the world fall into irreversible ruin."

The Sage of Six Paths’ spirit and Chakra entered Uchiha Obito’s body. At that moment, Uchiha Obito happened to possess both Senju Hashirama’s cells and the Uchiha Clan’s Yin-nature Chakra.

A power like Yin-Yang Release, one that completely transcended the ninja class, was thus casually condensed.

As Bai Cangshu listened to the powerful being who had practically founded this world’s power system speak, a sense of absurdity rose from the depths of his heart.

It seemed that whether it was Hiranaka Minoru or the Sage of Six Paths—

These people all possessed some inexplicable sense of mission.

A man who had allowed his own descendants to fight for a thousand years was now claiming that he did not want the world to fall into irreversible ruin…

Bai Cangshu curled his lips and gave a derisive laugh. But before he could mock him, a woman’s voice rang out.

"Sage of Six Paths, why don’t we make a wager?"

Heaven’s Will emerged from the flowers.

"A wager?"

Otsutsuki Hagoromo, controlling Uchiha Obito, asked in puzzlement, though the Truth-Seeking Orb in his hand began to change shape unconsciously.

"Let us wager on this: I’ll show the reincarnations of your two children the world’s two possible futures. What do you think they will choose?"

Heaven’s Will removed her mask. For the first time, a vivid expression appeared on her face as the corners of her lips lifted.

That expression was playful, mocking, and unrestrained.

"I wager that at least one of them will choose the future of the Golden Order."

Splat!

Something seemed to have gone wrong with the woman’s true body. The chest of the clone she had grown from the flower suddenly ruptured, spilling a large amount of blood.

But the woman did not care. Looking at Bai Cangshu, she said—

"Mercenary Tao, the World Will’s hatred will probably be drawn to me for seven to fourteen days. After that…"

Bang!

The body the woman had grown from the flower completely shattered into a puddle of fluid. Clearly, her condition was not very good either.

Unique Special Event: Golden Tree's Advent, Phase One Complete

You have obtained B-rank Anomaly Point ×1

Golden Tree's Advent, Phase Two Begins

Phase Two Content: The Greater Will has noticed the flourishing Erdtree and turned Its gaze upon this land. At the same time, this action has met with resistance from the World Will. From now on, all Reincarnators and Plot Characters aligned with the Erdtree faction will be attacked by forces dispatched by the World Will; resist the attacks until the Greater Will descends.

Phase Two Rewards: Hero's Runes; Milestone: Erdtree's Blessing; Item: Golden Teardrop; (awarded according to contribution)

This was a phase mission with no penalty. In other words, to the Space, the consequences of failing this mission basically required no additional punishment.

The attacks summoned by the World Will certainly had no intention of leaving survivors.

The first wave of attacks had already begun.

Bai Cangshu did not sense anyone else appearing. And the Sage of Six Paths before him had no intention of attacking him. He roughly understood what that woman meant.

She was holding back the attacks alone. This was a gesture of goodwill…

After Heaven’s Will disappeared, Otsutsuki Hagoromo continued speaking.

"Powerful human, perhaps you have other choices as well…"

You have triggered the special hidden event, The Unseen Golden Age.