Universal Pull-Original Darkness Termination

The moment Yota broke into the underground base, many departments in Kumogakure received the alarm.

After all, Yota’s method of breaking in had been far too crude. Though he had controlled the guards with his Mangekyo Sharingan, he had not broken through the detection barriers.

Learning all those ninjutsu had already drained Yota’s energy. Things like Sealing Jutsu, while powerful, were simply too profound and did not fit well with his combat system, so he had only dabbled in them. Even if he wanted to use some clever method to break the barriers, he did not have the skill.

So when Yota emerged, he found himself surrounded by a large group of muscle-bound men watching him.

In the past, Yota might have exchanged a few words before a fight. But after seeing the darkest corner of all Kumogakure, he had no desire to speak to any Kumogakure Ninja.

Thus, just as the leading Kumogakure Ninja was about to speak, Yota raised his hand. Endless darkness condensed into a small black hole in his palm, rapidly expanding. The overwhelming force of attraction left every Kumogakure Ninja unable to control themselves as they were dragged straight toward it.

"Universal Pull—Original Darkness Termination!"

This was the first time Yota had used a ninjutsu combining the Rinnegan and the Dark-Dark Fruit. The Rinnegan’s pure gravitational force merged with the Dark-Dark Fruit’s near-black-hole-like attraction of matter and energy, leaving these ninjas utterly incapable of resisting.

Universal Pull made up for the Dark-Dark Fruit’s lack of pure pulling force, while the Dark-Dark Fruit compensated for Universal Pull’s weakness of having attraction but no killing power.

In an instant, the Kumogakure Ninjas felt the Chakra in their bodies being drained away like floodwaters as they drew closer to the black hole. In the end, even their entire bodies were swallowed by it.

With just one move, the hundred-plus Kumogakure Ninjas guarding the entrance were wiped out. Then the black hole stopped spinning and spat out shriveled corpses, reduced to the size of infants.

Not only had the Chakra in these people’s bodies been completely drained, but even their life force and spiritual energy had been forcibly converted into Chakra and absorbed. The Star Absorbing Skill Yota had envisioned had finally taken complete form.

However, Yota’s actions had also stirred up a hornet’s nest. This was Kumogakure’s headquarters—how could they allow him to act so arrogantly?

For a time, countless Kumogakure Ninjas charged at Yota like ants defending an invaded nest.

Yet Yota, determined to teach Kumogakure a lesson, showed no fear. He stopped using other ninjutsu and Devil Fruit abilities, covered his entire body in Armament Haki, used Observation Haki to anticipate his enemies, and charged straight into the mass of incoming Kumogakure Ninjas.

Punches, kicks, shoulder charges, knee strikes—Kumogakure was a militant shinobi village renowned for taijutsu, yet before Yota, the bodies and taijutsu they took pride in were as fragile as newborn babies.

Whether genin, chunin, or jonin, each of them went down in a single blow. A hit meant death, a graze meant injury. Agonized screams filled the air as severed limbs flew endlessly through the crowd.

The escaped experimental ninja subjects following behind Yota stared in stunned disbelief. They had initially wanted to help, but seeing Yota fight like this, they knew they would only be a burden if they joined in.

The brutal close-quarters battle lasted more than ten minutes. Blood on the ground had nearly formed a stream, while dead Kumogakure Ninjas were piled into small mountains of corpses. As far as the eye could see, there were surely seven or eight hundred bodies, if not over a thousand.

Only then did the heated blood of the Kumogakure Ninjas finally cool. Seeing Yota drenched in blood but completely uninjured, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

"Is that all you can do? Where’s the Fourth Raikage?" Yota wiped at his face, but he still could not fully remove the blood. He spat in disgust.

"Bastard! If Lord Raikage and Lord Killer B hadn’t gone to the front lines, how could we have let you run wild?" A Kumogakure Ninja who appeared to hold considerable status gritted his teeth as he spoke. Only then did Yota understand why he had not seen that hot-tempered Raikage in Kumogakure.

"So he went to the front lines…" Yota snorted. "Then he got lucky today."

Then he raised his head. "Where did you hide the Byakugan of that little girl from the Hyuga clan?"

Hearing this, the Kumogakure Ninja seemed to realize something. "You’re a Konoha ninja?"

Yota snorted coldly. Black energy instantly swept forth. The Kumogakure Ninja cried out as he was engulfed by the black energy. Moments later, it receded, leaving behind only a shriveled corpse.

"My patience is limited. Please do not answer my questions with another question."

"Damn it, let’s fight him!" The anger of the surrounding Kumogakure Ninjas, which had only just cooled, was provoked once more by Yota. One after another, they charged forward again.

But Yota no longer had the patience to play with them. So this time, he stopped relying on ordinary attacks.

"Wood Release—Dark Tree World Descent."

A massive number of plants wreathed in black energy extended from the black Dark Hole. Before long, the black forest spread outward, covering nearly half of Kumogakure.

This time, Yota showed no mercy. He unleashed Dark Tree World Descent at full power. Every ninja caught within it immediately became nourishment. Not only their Chakra, but even their life force was completely drained.

Had Yota not ultimately felt a trace of compassion and remembered that Kumogakure still had ordinary people, he would have stopped the expansion of Dark Tree World Descent. With its terrifying ability to grow by absorbing Chakra, every ninja in Kumogakure would have been drained into dried corpses.

"So incredible… so strong…" Sara muttered. Half of Kumogakure had practically been flattened, and even the way she looked at Yota had changed. "This is Kumogakure, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages! And yet… and yet…"

Even Sara, the little follower who was often by Yota’s side, reacted like this. As for the remaining rescued experimental ninja subjects, they looked at Yota as though they were looking at God.

Of course, even though Yota had stopped in the end, Kumogakure’s casualties were still devastating. When the alarm had sounded, Kumogakure’s ninjas had all rushed here to surround Yota’s group. Thus, most of the ninjas who had remained in Kumogakure had likely been wiped out in a single wave.

Fortunately, Kumogakure’s terrain was perilous, and there were practically no civilians there—at most, there were the families of some ninjas. Unlike Konoha, where ninjas and residents lived together, it was a purely ninja village. Otherwise, Yota truly would not have been able to bring himself to do it.

Yota slowly drew back the dark mist within Dark Tree World Descent. Those trees had long since fused with the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit. Once they lost the support of the dark mist, they immediately withered into powder.

When the entire Dark Tree World Descent ninjutsu vanished, all that remained was a field of shriveled corpses and ruins.