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Tamamo-no-Mae's nine tails danced wildly in the silver whirlwind as Hamura seized the opportunity to close the distance, attempting to quickly break through Tamamo-no-Mae's blockade.
The figure enveloped in green chakra traced a zigzagging arc through the air, weaving through the gaps between the intertwined tails.
"You!"
Tamamo-no-Mae suddenly retracted her infinitely extending nine tails, her cold eyes fixed on Hamura, who was getting closer and closer.
The blue fox fire faded, and her golden beast-like pupils shone like the sun through a glacier—cold yet dazzling.
Hamura's figure was now within arm's reach, about to soar past her.
"Brahma's Nine Tails!!!"
The nine tails behind Tamamo-no-Mae ignited with golden flames, blooming like a night-blooming cereus in an instant.
Hamura was completely surrounded by the nine tails, forced to halt his movement.
As the progenitor of the Hyūga clan's Byakugan, his eyes undoubtedly saw Tamamo-no-Mae's movements, but he was completely unable to dodge this attack.
He spread his arms, unleashing a powerful force of repulsion from his body.
However, the tails merely swayed in the repulsive force, refusing to be pushed away.
At this moment, the tails, now burning with golden flames, gradually transformed into semi-transparent energy forms, detaching from Tamamo-no-Mae's body.
Tamamo-no-Mae floated backward gracefully, her nine tails still swaying gently behind her.
"This ends here, child of Kaguya."
She spread her arms, and the golden tails surrounding Hamura instantly closed in, intertwining as the golden flames surged upward and exploded.
A chaotically spinning green sphere flew out from the flames.
Several Truth-Seeking Orbs enveloped in green chakra spun rapidly around Hamura, blocking all damage as he charged straight toward Tamamo-no-Mae.
"Ah... Seimei!"
Tamamo-no-Mae complained, her body beginning to dissipate like an illusion.
"If this fight continues, will I have to make myself even more disheveled? No, absolutely not!"
Hamura passed by the dissipating Tamamo-no-Mae, glancing back.
Tamamo-no-Mae had vanished, leaving behind a phantom fox mask floating in the air. The moment Hamura turned his head, the eyes of the fox mask lit up with a red glow, meeting his gaze.
The illusions innate to fox demons were unfamiliar to shinobi like Hamura, who were accustomed to observing chakra flow to counter such techniques.
At this moment, Hamura didn't notice anything unusual.
But when he turned back to continue forward, he suddenly realized that the distance between him and Seimei in the array was stretching infinitely. No matter how much he accelerated, the distance between them didn't close at all.
The essence of a shinobi's genjutsu is to disturb the opponent's senses with chakra, but a yōkai's illusions are different.
Many yōkai illusions don't directly affect the opponent's senses but instead create illusions out of thin air to deceive and confuse them.
This is especially true for fox demons, whose mastery of illusions is unparalleled.
So when Hamura stopped and tried to dispel the illusion, the scene before him remained unchanged.
Tamamo-no-Mae had only disturbed his senses for a moment when he met the gaze of the fox mask, causing his direction of movement to shift. Once he continued forward on the wrong path, everything he saw became a real illusion.
Thus, when he tried to dispel the illusion using his usual methods, he couldn't erase the bizarre scene before him.
From the Sage of Six Paths' perspective, just as Hamura finally broke through Tamamo-no-Mae's blockade and stepped into the array, he suddenly turned and bypassed the array, charging into the thick darkness in the front half of the hall.
"I've lost."
The gray aura of the Pure Land at the Sage of Six Paths' feet was pushed back step by step, eventually forced back into his body.
Hum!
The ground trembled again, and the massive array suddenly radiated a brilliant golden light, drawing everyone's attention.
In the distance, Indra and Asura simultaneously disengaged from the battle, once again facing off against Madara's golden Susanoo.
"Gold Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
Hamura's voice rang out from the darkness on the other side.
Swoosh!
A golden sword light cut through the darkness as Hamura emerged, holding a golden light sword in his hand.
"Brother," Hamura raised the massive light sword high. "Since we failed to seize the array, let me destroy it instead."
"Hamura-kun, you no longer have a chance."
Seimei, now in complete control of the array, held a hand seal.
At the same time, the Kikyo seal left by Seimei on the palm of the Susanoo controlled by Kaito and the others suddenly lit up.
Blinding golden light shot up from the array, and Hamura, avoiding the direction of the Sage of Six Paths, raised the massive golden light sword and slashed downward.
A deafening collision echoed as a raging storm swept through the hall, shattering the black stone tiles on the floor.
After a long while, the dazzling golden light gradually subsided, and everything became clear again.
A chasm-like fissure extended from Hamura's feet but abruptly stopped at the edge of the array.
Within the array, Seimei and his Twelve Divine Generals remained unharmed. The Susanoo controlled by Kaito and the others, as well as Tamamo-no-Mae, had also entered the array.
In contrast, the Sage of Six Paths, who had originally been inside the array, was now expelled from it, standing at the edge of the array with a grave expression, not far from Hamura.
"Lord Seimei!"
The golden Susanoo dissipated, and the spirits of Kaito and the others descended from the air.
"I never expected that while seizing the array, you could also silently modify its structure!"
Kaito floated to Seimei's side, marveling at the array on the ground.
"Originally, this array was meant to fuse the power of Enma, but now it can be used in reverse to defend against external attacks using Enma's power! This is incredible! As expected of Lord Seimei!"
He looked up at Seimei with admiration.
Seimei smiled modestly and said, "I've merely lived a long time. With time, Kaito-kun, you will also be able to achieve this."
"No, just thinking about it makes it seem incredibly difficult," Kaito shook his head, though his expression showed no sign of discouragement. "But I will strive to make this my goal and train hard."
"Do your best, Kaito-kun. I have high hopes for you," Seimei encouraged him warmly.
"Seimei."
The sound of wooden sandals echoed as Tamamo-no-Mae swayed over, her gaze hooking onto Kaito for a moment, her crimson lips curling into a faint smile.
Kaito couldn't help but shiver. Tamamo-no-Mae chuckled softly, then turned her gaze to Seimei as if nothing had happened.
"What exactly is going on now, Seimei? Aren't you going to explain it to me?"
Tamamo-no-Mae leaned her delicate body against Seimei, her red-lacquered fingertips sliding out from her sleeve and slowly tracing across Seimei's chest.
"Please don't tease me like this, Lady Tamamo-no-Mae," Seimei's expression remained unchanged. "There are still important matters to attend to. Rest assured, I will explain everything to you afterward."
"How boring."
Tamamo-no-Mae snorted coldly, straightening up and standing to the side. Though she said nothing more, her piercing gaze occasionally swept over the others.
Kaito tried to ignore her gaze and looked directly at the Sage of Six Paths and his family, who had regrouped outside the array. He asked, "Lord Seimei, what should we do next?"