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In an instant, the dark red figure soared into the sky.
Merely standing there, it exuded an irresistible dread like a colossal deity, its hundreds-of-meters-tall form causing the heavens and earth to tremble and the atmosphere to ripple with every movement.
What's more, what it held in its hand at that moment was a divine artifact only rumored in the secret history of the Uchiha.
"Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and Yata no Kagami?!"
The moment she saw the two divine artifacts, Uchiha Megumi couldn't help but cry out in a low voice.
"What are those?"
Tsunade beside her subconsciously asked.
The Uchiha of the present had not yet reached the desolate and tragic state they would be in after being massacred by the weasel in the original timeline. Whether it was various secret techniques or legends, none had yet been acquired by Konoha. High-ranking members with family traditions, like Uchiha Megumi, naturally knew these things like the back of their hand:
"Those are divine artifacts only spoken of in legends, which the family lost many years ago."
Uchiha Megumi's expression was solemn: "Totsuka-no-Tsurugi is a type of kusanagi sword, possessing divine power that can trap those it pierces in an eternal dream or seal them. The Yata no Kagami, on the other hand, inherently possesses the ability to change all properties, adapting to attacks and rendering all offensives ineffective."
"One for offense and one for defense, they were the Uchiha's clan-protecting divine artifacts in the past, but they went missing in a battle with the Senju Clan over a century ago."
"I didn't expect that lunatic to find such things…"
Looking at the woman before her, Uchiha Megumi couldn't help but feel a stir of eagerness.
Hearing this, even Tsunade couldn't help but frown.
Although they both had sufficient confidence in Sawara Kiri, the array the woman before them had set up was simply too astonishing.
The battle hadn't even begun, yet it already involved a massive amount of Chakra on the scale of tens of thousands of people. The external environment was also under the disadvantageous conditions of this 'Engraved Tsukuyomi"If her ocular jutsu was added to that…
Kiri, is he really going to be okay?
This doubt wasn't just present in their minds; everyone still conscious on the ground felt this sense of urgency.
The most anxious among them was undoubtedly Sawara Yuki.
For all these years, she was the adult in the entire Senju Residence who had experienced the fewest direct battlefields, and she had never known how tragic the battles her brother faced truly were. At this moment, seeing the contrast between the enormous and the minuscule before her, she felt as if her heart was tightly gripped by a large hand, her lips pale, and for a moment, her throat was so dry she couldn't speak.
If he loses…
Everyone's thoughts couldn't help but falter.
They dared not imagine such a result.
The only two who still remained calm seemed to be the two confronting each other directly.
Uchiha Hikari floated within the crystal at the center of the Susanoo's brow, looking down at Sawara Kiri.
Even across the entire Ninja World, she considered herself the person who understood this man's strength the most.
It was precisely because she understood that she feared.
Under this entanglement of fear and desire, all she could do was prepare everything to the extreme.
Whether it was the preparations for war in Takigakure over the years, or spending time, resources, and manpower to search for the lost divine artifacts, or immediately and decisively launching an attack the moment Konoha and the three nations went to war, gathering a series of people to cast Yachihoko to concentrate everyone's power on herself…
All of this was to gain the qualification to truly stand before this man.
Whether for her grand and bright ideal, or for her desire as deep and dark as an abyss.
"Boom!"
The giant sword pointed forward.
The dark red Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, as the giant's hand swung it, swept across the ground like a fierce wind, raising large clouds of dust from the scorched earth.
A morbid smile curled on Uchiha Hikari's lips, and she murmured:
"Kiri."
"Do you see it?"
"This is my resolve!"
But equally confident was Sawara Kiri.
It had been over two months since he received the "Limiter Release (SS)" reward.
Even during wartime, he never missed his daily training, checking in every day.
Since completing the first week of practice and realizing that everything about him was increasing exponentially, he had never specifically measured his limits again.
Now, he finally encountered a worthy opponent.
Looking at the colossal deity before him, Sawara Kiri couldn't help but smile:
"Not bad."
But, that was all.
The confrontation between the two fell silent at this moment.
Even the suddenly rising wind seemed to gradually quiet down under the standoff between the two sides.
Faintly, one could almost hear the subtle heartbeats of both parties.
Suddenly, Sawara Kiri took a step.
His steps were like a leisurely stroll in a backyard, yet their frequency became increasingly light, from a walk to a fast run, and then gradually blurring.
"Thump——"
The ground beneath his feet trembled incessantly with a dull roar, like a drum struck by a heavy hammer.
As for Sawara Kiri's figure, it had already vanished the moment that sound fell, like a streak of flowing light wrapped in Chakra flames, directly charging towards the giant statue before him.
At this moment, Uchiha Hikari's heart was filled with an unspeakable excitement.
Her crimson, slightly glowing Mangekyo Sharingan eyes widened as if mirroring the moonlight, their pinwheel patterns rotating at high speed, operating at a level far exceeding that of ordinary Mangekyo, and even difficult for an Eternal Mangekyo to match.
'I can see him!'
Even at such high speed, she clearly captured his figure.
The Yata no Kagami in her hand suddenly thrust forward like a city wall, and the entire Susanoo giant statue leaned forward.
Rumble.
The suddenly exploding force, under the impact of Sawara Kiri and the giant shield, transformed into a viscous shockwave spreading outwards in a perfect circle. The ear-piercing sound wave temporarily deafened everyone sheltered beneath the other Susanoo.
Tsunade's beautiful eyes widened as she watched the scene unfolding before her.
Then, she saw the dark red Susanoo, which had been like a towering wall obscuring everything, actually continuously retreating amidst the bursting dust, as if a fully armored infantryman had collided with a galloping horse.
"Screech!"
The giant foot landed on the scorched, hard ground, carving a deep and long gully. The spreading dust alone formed small, splashing mounds on both sides of the gully.
Uchiha Hikari's expression, however, remained calm.
He took it.
And from the front.
The ripples on the surface of the Yata no Kagami, caused by this purely physical attack, spread incessantly, like a giant stone dropped into a calm lake. The entire Chakra form subtly trembled.
But she completely disregarded this minor change, swinging the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi in her hand horizontally towards Sawara Kiri's direction without hesitation.
Compared to the massive size of the Susanoo and the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, Sawara Kiri's figure seemed as small as a buzzing fly before them.
Just one hit with the sword could plunge him into eternal slumber.
However, it was precisely because of this huge size difference.
Facing the sword edge that moved like a shifting mountain, Sawara Kiri merely tapped his foot lightly in mid-air, easily shifting out of the way.
He flipped his body, rapidly descending in mid-air, his feet moving across the dark red arm like traversing a bridge, advancing at extreme speed.
In just an instant, he was almost upon the crystal at the Susanoo's head.
His fist was tightly clenched, ready to strike.
But then, a smile suddenly appeared on Uchiha Hikari's face, and she shouted:
"Amaterasu!"
Suddenly, the entire dark red Susanoo's surface ignited with an eerie, dark flame.
The ink-black flames emitted no warmth, yet they surged and converged towards Sawara Kiri at an astonishing speed, as if to completely engulf him.
'What use could black flames that can be shaken off by shedding a jacket be?'
Sawara Kiri subconsciously thought.
However, it was only when the Amaterasu reached him that he suddenly noticed something amiss.
His body and the flames were clearly separated by the infinite space delineated by the Limitless, yet he distinctly felt the space being eroded.
The seemingly chaotic flames were like ropes Entanglement around a person, even if they couldn't cause him any harm, they tried their best to obscure his vision and entangle his limbs.
The smile on Uchiha Hikari's face grew more intense.
'Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi'
An ocular jutsu specifically used to control Amaterasu.
Both of these ocular jutsu were recorded in Yachihoko.
In reality, compared to controlling minds and absorbing Chakra, this was the most common combat method of Yachihoko.
At the same time, Uchiha Hikari had already controlled the Susanoo to raise its shield at an extreme speed, completely contrary to its massive body size, and violently flung Sawara Kiri, who was standing on its arm, into the air.
Immediately after, the single hand holding Totsuka-no-Tsurugi pointed upwards, and she let out a low cry:
"Blaze Release: Amaterasu!"
The colossal deity's mouth seemed to be spitting.
With a roar, a sea of ink-black flames, like a tsunami, continuously spewed forth towards the ground before it, as if to incinerate the entire world.
Perhaps in the entire world, only an ocular jutsu like Yachihoko, which completely disregarded ocular power, could achieve this.
However, Sawara Kiri merely stomped in the air, immediately shaking off the Amaterasu clinging to him. The Limitless, which always surrounded his body, suddenly expanded, carrying boundless space, and he refused to retreat even half a step.
In this purest head-on confrontation, his boundless Chakra, like an ocean, burst forth without reservation, supporting the surrounding space like a gigantic spherical shield blocking the Amaterasu sea of fire, and it continued to expand, expand…
Until finally, it directly collided with the Susanoo, which was still in a spitting posture.
"Boom——"
The collision of space and matter unexpectedly produced a dull sound in the unseen.
Uchiha Hikari's movements were immediately interrupted by this spatial restriction. She had no choice but to hold up the Yata no Kagami in front, using its special Chakra nature to strenuously resist the expansion of spatial force, while her feet continuously retreated under this boundless immense power.
Sawara Kiri's figure, meanwhile, stood like a deity upon the blood-red moonlit sky.
While maintaining the spatial expansion, his arms slowly assumed a bow-drawing posture.
His sword-finger pointed towards Uchiha Hikari.
At the same time.
In the center of Tsunade and the others' vision.
In the distant horizon, a brilliant sun seemed to rise, capable of rivaling the blood moon at the zenith.
Sawara Kiri's voice seemed to cross infinite distances, directly entering the ears of everyone still conscious.
"Noble Phantasm——"
"Mountain Tremor, Tomorrow's Embers!"
Namikaze Minato, who was crouching beneath the black Susanoo, couldn't help but widen his eyes at this moment.
He had personally used this move when he confronted Uzumaki Nagato back then.
Although that time he also borrowed a talisman made by Kiri, he had personally felt the power of that attack.
But now, this attack unleashed by Sawara Kiri himself was more than ten, even nine, times more powerful than the one he had witnessed back then!
Even though they were only observing from a distance, everyone present suddenly felt a misconception that their very spirits were about to be drawn into the radiance of this technique.
The one who felt this most deeply, of course, was Uchiha Hikari, who stood in his way.
Almost the instant she felt the prelude to that attack, a premonition of almost certain death arose within her.
Neither the Yata no Kagami nor the Susanoo could possibly block this move.
"Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi!"
Supported by this intense sense of threat, the already full-power infusion of ocular power immediately escalated to another level, pouring into the Susanoo around her without reservation.
Under the support of this massive ocular power, the Susanoo, which had only been in its fourth stage form, broke through its original shackles in one go. Its wings, which had previously been mere decoration, suddenly spread open, and black flames, like feathers, adorned the skeletal wings.
With a mighty flap, surging black flames, accompanied by violent gales, instantly lifted the already struggling colossal body off the ground.
It actually flew into the sky.
Under this fatal threat, the massive body displayed unprecedented agility and extreme speed, winding and dancing in the sky where the blood moon hung high.
However, Sawara Kiri still maintained his bow-drawing posture, quietly gazing at the deity soaring into the sky.
The Chakra, already condensed to the extreme, once again ascended another level.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz…"
Faintly, the sky seemed to conjure indescribable scenery under the interference of this massive Chakra.
The dark cloud-filled sky broke through a ring of layered clouds under immense pressure. A celestial body so vast it obscured vision condensed into form under the summoning of Chakra, and then, in a convergence of pure white light, slowly shattered into an arrow within the giant bow before Sawara Kiri.
At that moment, Sawara Kiri's body seemed to be wrapped in small meteor belts like ribbons, and all rules became ineffective under this immense power of heaven and earth.
Causing all who witnessed this to lose themselves for a moment.
His arrowhead pointed at the divine shadow in the high heavens, and his clear blue eyes held an indifferent expression.
As if a true celestial deity, completely severed from all aspects of 'humanity'.
Drew the bow, released the string.
In that instant, the ribbons spanning the entire sky tore through the sky, tore through the earth, tore through all visible matter before them, advancing irresistibly like a glorious light.
Rapid shot.
Explosion.
A blinding flash of light instantly covered everyone's vision, leaving only a vast expanse of white cloud sea churning like boiling water.
At that moment.
Strange and dazzling lights filled the sky, as if a holy spirit had descended with its might.
Only a thousand suns could rival its brilliance.
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