With the Juubi-clad Ten-Tails' appearance, a powerful chakra surge, rivaling the Ryūen Susanoo's spiritual pressure, erupted. The two colossal beings immediately clashed on the barren plain.
The earth trembled, violent winds sweeping the area. Fortunately, the surrounding area was uninhabited; the mere aftershocks of their battle could be considered a natural disaster.
The Ten-Tails, being the God Tree's body, had awakened with Wood Release-like abilities to absorb chakra and other energies, rendering it largely impervious to the Ryūen Susanoo's burning flames.
However, the Ryūen Susanoo's immense power, combined with its wielder's masterful swordsmanship, proved too much for the Ten-Tails to withstand. The Juubi armor covering its body was cleaved and shattered in numerous places.
A crimson light flashed from the enraged Ten-Tails' single eye. Opening its maw, revealing a terrifying array of fangs, it unleashed a crimson Tailed Beast Ball, launching it at point-blank range towards the Ryūen Susanoo.
The Tailed Beast Ball unleashed by the Ten-Tails was far more potent than those produced by ordinary Tailed Beasts. Should this attack connect, even the exceptionally durable Ryūen Susanoo would sustain significant damage.
"Ryūjin Jakka: Taimatsu!"
The Ryūen Susanoo, wielding Ryūjin Jakka, performed a horizontal slash, unleashing a crimson energy barrier that intercepted the oncoming Tailed Beast Ball.
In the blink of an eye, the crimson energy barrier deflected the Tailed Beast Ball back towards its source, the Ten-Tails itself. Moreover, the redirected Tailed Beast Ball had undergone a transformation, now enveloped in a layer of raging flames.
Simultaneously with the execution of the "Taimatsu" counterattack, Yusuke Uchiha swiftly maneuvered the Ryūen Susanoo to retreat to a safer distance.
Despite Madara Uchiha's perception of the impending counterattack, the close proximity and speed of the counter-offensive left him with insufficient time to evade the attack. He was forced to hastily deploy his Truth-Seeking Balls to create a protective barrier around himself, while the Juubi-clad Ten-Tails was left to bear the brunt of the attack.
Furthermore, Yusuke Uchiha had infused the redirected Tailed Beast Ball with an additional element of fiery intensity.
Upon impact with the Ten-Tails, the Tailed Beast Ball, now enveloped in flames, unleashed its devastating power. Although the Ten-Tails possessed the ability to absorb chakra through its surface, the sheer magnitude of the attack proved too much to absorb instantaneously. The combined forces of the Tailed Beast Ball and the raging flames erupted in a cataclysmic explosion.
A blindingly bright, hemispherical energy wave, of immense proportions, detonated with the Ten-Tails at its epicenter, accompanied by the Ten-Tails' agonizing shriek.
The devastation wrought by the Tailed Beast Ball's explosion did not cease immediately; the power of Ryūjin Jakka's flames subsequently erupted, transforming the initially white energy wave into a sea of crimson flames, relentlessly searing the already heavily wounded Ten-Tails.
Given the expansive nature of the energy wave's detonation, the Ryūen Susanoo was also marginally affected.
However, Yusuke Uchiha had proactively maneuvered the Ryūen Susanoo to retreat, resulting in only minor damage to its external armor, which was swiftly repaired through the replenishment of chakra via his dōjutsu.
Just as Yusuke Uchiha was poised to deliver a decisive blow to the weakened Ten-Tails, the Juubi Ten-Tails, emitting a furious roar, charged forth from the dissipating energy wave.
The Juubi Ten-Tails presented a truly sorry spectacle, its Juubi armor reduced to mere remnants, and its physical form scarred with extensive charring from the intense flames.
However, thanks to the protection afforded by the Truth-Seeking Balls, Madara Uchiha, perched atop the Ten-Tails, appeared to have escaped unscathed. Nevertheless, his expression was far from composed, indicating that the previous attack had significantly depleted the Ten-Tails' power reserves.
Upon witnessing the Ten-Tails' renewed assault, the Ryūen Susanoo, undeterred, advanced towards the Ten-Tails, wielding Ryūjin Jakka, and delivered a powerful blow to its chest. The force of the fiery slash completely pulverized the remaining fragments of Juubi armor on the Ten-Tails' chest, leaving behind a deeply scarred and charred wound.
The Ten-Tails let out a bloodcurdling scream, yet it did not retreat, instead seizing the Ryūen Susanoo's shoulders with its elongated arms. Simultaneously, Madara Uchiha rapidly formed hand seals, clearly preparing to unleash some formidable technique.
Upon observing this development, Yusuke Uchiha swiftly maneuvered the Ryūen Susanoo in an attempt to disengage from the Ten-Tails' grasp, simultaneously wielding Ryūjin Jakka to sever the Ten-Tails' two emaciated and elongated arms, sending them soaring into the air.
At that very moment, the God Tree's wooden dragon, which had been continuously entwined around the Ten-Tails' body, suddenly sprang forth, ensnaring the Ryūen Susanoo and firmly securing it in its current position.
Madara Uchiha, having completed the formation of his hand seals, a look of triumphant anticipation flashing in his eyes, thrust his hands forward, unleashing a triangular beam of purple energy that hurtled towards Yusuke Uchiha with blinding speed.
"Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang!"
The velocity of this purple laser beam was akin to that of light itself, leaving virtually no opportunity for evasion once its target had been acquired.
Yusuke Uchiha was left with no recourse but to interpose Ryūjin Jakka, held aloft by the Ryūen Susanoo, to shield himself from the impending attack.
Upon impact with Ryūjin Jakka's blade, the purple laser beam was bisected, scattering outwards in two directions and striking the Ryūen Susanoo's shoulders.
The effect was akin to a sharp blade cleaving through wood; the Ryūen Susanoo's formidable defensive capabilities appeared to be rendered utterly ineffective, and its shoulders were instantaneously severed by the impact of the purple laser beam.
"Impossible!" Madara Uchiha exclaimed, his face contorted in a mixture of shock and disbelief.
Although the attack appeared to have inflicted grievous damage upon the Ryūen Susanoo, Madara Uchiha's true intention had been to eliminate Yusuke Uchiha outright.
The "Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang" technique was considered one of Madara Uchiha's most formidable and devastating techniques, possessing the power to effortlessly shatter even the formidable Truth-Seeking Balls.
The fact that it had been successfully blocked by Yusuke Uchiha's weapon was entirely unexpected. In the original narrative, Madara Uchiha had employed the "Storm Release: Light Fang" technique to effortlessly sever Naruto Uzumaki's Truth-Seeking Ball rods.
"What manner of weapon is that?" Madara Uchiha inquired in a grave tone.
Yusuke Uchiha responded dispassionately, "It is Ryūjin Jakka, the most powerful Zanpakutō of the fire element."
Madara Uchiha's brow furrowed in confusion. "Zanpakutō? Ryūjin Jakka?"
He lacked any understanding of the terminology employed by Yusuke Uchiha, and Yusuke Uchiha exhibited no inclination to offer an explanation.
Following the severance of the Ryūen Susanoo's shoulders, they were swiftly restored to their original state through the replenishment of chakra facilitated by Yusuke Uchiha's dōjutsu.
The flames emanating from Ryūjin Jakka intensified dramatically, and Yusuke Uchiha unleashed an even greater surge of power.
With a swift and precise slash of his flaming katana, the God Tree's wooden dragon, which had been ensnaring the Ryūen Susanoo, was severed.
A fiery gleam flashed in Yusuke Uchiha's eyes as he prepared to unleash Ryūjin Jakka's most potent technique in its Shikai state.
"Ryūjin Jakka: Ennetsu Jigoku!"
Dozens of towering pillars of fire erupted from the ground, rapidly encircling the Ten-Tails. Upon witnessing this formidable display of power, Madara Uchiha's expression shifted, and he swiftly began forming hand seals.
"Six Paths — Chakra Rods!"
Four obsidian pillars materialized around the Ten-Tails, each pillar expanding outwards to create a corresponding black barrier, ultimately coalescing to form a hermetically sealed rectangular enclosure, effectively protecting both the Ten-Tails and Madara Uchiha within its confines.
This impenetrable rectangular enclosure was entirely constructed from Truth-Seeking Balls, representing Madara Uchiha's most formidable defensive technique, which he had christened the "Six Paths — Chakra Rods."
The dozens of towering pillars of fire converged upon the Six Paths — Chakra Rods, their intense heat causing the surrounding barren landscape to melt into a sea of molten magma.
As the multitude of fiery pillars coalesced into a single, unified torrent, the concentrated heat caused the initially crimson flames to gradually transition towards a whitish hue.
"Explode!"
With Yusuke Uchiha's command, the fiery pillars enshrouding the Six Paths — Chakra Rodsdetonated instantaneously, scattering countless fragments of burning embers. The resulting explosion unleashed an overwhelming wave of intense heat, causing a further surge in temperature and generating a powerful concussive force.
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