After successfully becoming the perfect Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails, Sasuke slowly rose to his feet, a rare calm and unwavering resolve gleaming in his eyes.
Everyone watching him felt a tightening in their chests—but they had all steeled themselves for a fight to the death.
Naruto was the first to charge forward, shouting,
"Sasuke! Let's settle this once and for all!" His chakra surged wildly as he launched a Sage Art: Rasengan.
With a gentle wave of his Six Paths staff, Sasuke effortlessly blocked the attack and countered, sending Naruto flying back.
"Naruto, you're still just as naïve."
At that moment, the Third Raikage—his body wrinkled and aged in the cursed seal's first stage—refused to be left behind. Cloaked in lightning chakra, he surged forward with incredible speed, driving his Lightning-Infused Hell Stab directly at Sasuke.
Sasuke took the attack seriously, defending with several Truth-Seeking Orbs. Though the Raikage's single finger strike managed to tear a crack into the defense, it advanced no further.
Gaara and Rasa worked in tandem, forming a massive wave of sand in an attempt to restrict Sasuke's movement. But Sasuke merely stomped his foot lightly—the resulting shockwave shattered the sand apart with ease.
Hashirama Senju once again summoned his massive Wood Human, engaging Sasuke in a fierce battle. The Human's fists pounded down like a hurricane—but Sasuke crushed the entire construct with a single strike.
Killer Bee came in close, swinging all eight blades in a flurry. But Sasuke pierced his chest with one palm strike and then grabbed hold of the Eight-Tails itself, attempting to extract it—only for Tobirama Senju to intervene just in time and pull Bee away.
As Sasuke looked down upon everyone fighting desperately to resist him, a cold smirk curled at the edge of his lips. Gripping his staff with both hands, the power radiating from his body only grew stronger.
The Fourth Raikage, seeing this, roared in fury and charged in, his body shining with Lightning Release. Sasuke calmly sidestepped his attack and drove a powerful kick into the Raikage's stomach, sending him crashing to the ground.
Tobirama tried to catch Sasuke off guard with Flying Thunder God—but Sasuke sensed it immediately. With a flick of his staff, he fired a wave of energy so strong Tobirama was forced to abandon the attack and dodge.
Mei Terumī unleashed a cursed-seal-enhanced Lava Release, sending a stream of corrosive liquid rushing toward Sasuke.
With a scoff, Sasuke transformed his Truth-Seeking Orbs into a shield, easily nullifying the attack.
Chiyo summoned the remaining puppets in her arsenal and launched them all at once—but with a casual point of his finger, a flash of light swept out, and every puppet was reduced to ash.
Ōnoki and Mu combined forces to launch a cursed-seal-enhanced Dust Release, the massive beam tearing toward Sasuke.
For a moment, countless attacks infused with Sage energy rained down upon him, forcing Sasuke to weave through them with growing impatience.
As he stared at these shinobi, relentless in their pursuit of him, Sasuke's fury erupted like a volcano. His eyes were bloodshot, his teeth clenched so tightly they cracked.
"Why?" he roared inwardly. "Why won't you leave me alone?! Do any of you even understand the pain I've endured? The strength I sought—it was never for glory! I only wanted revenge against those who destroyed everything I loved!"
Memories of the Uchiha Clan's massacre surged in his mind—Itachi's cold, final gaze; the endless nights of solitude and torment.
"I just want my family back… What's so wrong with that?!" Sasuke's body trembled with rage, his chakra pulsing with overwhelming intensity.
"I've already lost too much. You so-called heroes… you're nothing but selfish hypocrites!" His voice burned with hatred, as though he could set the world ablaze with a single glare.
From the air above, Hyuga Gakuya silently praised Sasuke's current state.
"Perfect. The more emotional he becomes, the better he can draw out the Ten-Tails' full power. Keep pushing, Sasuke. Only by pushing this to the limit can we truly bring Kaguya back."
Chakra, at its core, is a fusion of mental and physical energy. And the reason so many of this world's strongest walk the edge of madness—is because of their overwhelming mental strength.
Obito Uchiha. Madara Uchiha. Nagato. All shining examples of this truth.
Hyuga Gakuya himself had endured deep trauma and horror in his youth—his spiritual energy far outstripped the average shinobi. As long as his body could keep up, he could extract chakra at astonishing speeds.
Now, Sasuke was fully engulfed in absolute rage—perfect for unlocking the Ten-Tails' true power.
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Elsewhere in the shadows, Black Zetsu could hardly contain his excitement.
"Yes… yes… That's it! More rage! More pain!"
Wrapped in the swirling mass of Truth-Seeking Orbs, Sasuke blocked out the world, ignoring every attack.
Hyuga Gakuya watched closely as Sasuke, hidden within the black shell, formed hand sign after hand sign—more than a dozen in rapid succession.
In that instant, the world changed.
Dark clouds swelled overhead, winds howled like beasts, and dust and sand were swept into the air.
Lightning, thick and serpentine, danced across the heavens, striking the earth like divine punishment.
The ground began to quake violently. Massive fissures tore across the battlefield. Magma burst forth from the depths, fire and molten stone consuming everything in its path.
Torrential rain slammed down, forming flash floods that swept away rocks, trees, and people alike. Mountains cracked and crumbled. Boulders rolled down with earth-shaking crashes.
Chaos reigned.
Panic overtook the battlefield. Against this overwhelming force of nature, the shinobi seemed tiny, powerless.
Hovering in the sky, Hyuga Gakuya instantly recognized the jutsu. Cataclysm—a Ten-Tails technique that triggers natural disasters on a massive scale.
Sasuke dispersed his Truth-Seeking Orb shield and looked down upon the apocalyptic scene beneath his feet.
"Cry. Suffer. Struggle. Then die. Every one of your pitiful attempts to resist is nothing more than entertainment to me."
The Fourth Raikage managed to steady himself, roaring in fury.
"Sasuke, you madman!"
But Sasuke's gaze remained cold and resolute.
"This is what happens when you oppose me."
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Naruto stared at the disaster unfolding around him, his heart pounding. He shouted,
"Sasuke! Stop this! You're going to destroy everything!"
Sasuke sneered. "Naruto, you're still clinging to that dream? This world needs to be remade! And all of you… you're just fuel for the new one."
Hashirama grimaced, activating Wood Release in a desperate attempt to hold back the storms and lava, shielding his comrades. But it was like trying to dam the ocean with a handful of twigs.
Gaara and Rasa poured every ounce of their chakra into manipulating sand to protect their allies from the flood and falling debris, but they were clearly struggling to keep up.
All across the battlefield, shinobi risked their lives to save one another—but countless still perished beneath the wrath of Sasuke's jutsu.
And in the heart of the chaos, Sasuke stood unmoving, a demon god made flesh, his power growing by the second—his wrath fueling an unending storm of destruction.
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