"Oh? You still have such a transformation?"
Momoshiki looked at the golden divine bird blotting out the sky, then without hesitation turned his palm upwards.
"But in the end, it's just turning into a beast. Still just a lower life form!"
The crimson spiral continued to expand, its volume soon surpassing that of a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Bzzzt-
The terrifying energy sphere emitted a grating sound, as if the surrounding space itself was vibrating under the excessive energy.
The divine bird floating in the sky gently flapped its wings. Golden chains, like tail plumes, extended along its back.
Facing the incoming Chakra Impact, Karin didn't even make any substantial movement. Countless air currents spontaneously surged in front of her, forming layer upon layer of shields.
These highly compressed wind walls didn't seem to be a match for Momoshiki's crimson spiral either.
When the two collided, the wind walls were quickly worn away under the spiral impact.
But Karin behind the walls showed no intention of dodging.
Because the rate at which the wind walls were being eroded couldn't even keep up with the rate at which the air currents spontaneously replenished them.
The crimson spiral charged forward for over ten seconds, only to look back and find itself still in the same place.
Momoshiki naturally realized this and reached out to detonate the crimson spiral prematurely.
But before he could react, the old couple, who had seemed severely injured on the ground moments before, sprang up again, full of vigor.
Using the Susanoo as a stepping stone, Naruto leaped to Momoshiki's side in a single bound, striking at him with Frog Kata in Sage Mode.
Thud!
Momoshiki's inverted triangular head with its two ox horns was knocked sideways.
Sasuke, using Amenotejikaru, transferred himself to Momoshiki's side at that moment, his Chidori-covered Kusanagi Sword mercilessly slashing at Momoshiki's neck.
This attack interrupted Momoshiki's action but also threw him into a complete rage.
"Get away! Insects!"
Momoshiki let out a roar, and then a familiar repulsive force field spread out from him as the center.
[Almighty Push]
Although Momoshiki himself might not even know the true name of this ability, he instinctively used it after devouring his clansman.
Unlike Pain, the cost for Momoshiki to use this technique was minimal.
When he used it, it was more like a movement-restricting skill than a substantive attack.
Naruto and Sasuke were almost instantly repelled. Sasuke tried to use Amenotejikaru to close in again, but the expansion of the Almighty Push hadn't ended, and the moment he got close, he would be forced back again.
Repulsive force… this kind of inescapable thing was simply unreasonable.
But Momoshiki, having successfully repelled the two pests, suddenly realized he seemed to have forgotten something.
Sure enough, when he looked up at the sky, Karin was long gone from her original position.
The wind wall that had formed the barrier had been actively dispersed by her, and the deep red spiral energy sphere had already flown out of the atmosphere.
More critically, while Momoshiki was held up by Naruto and Sasuke, Karin's counterattack had finished brewing.
"Great Virtue: Rapid Feathers!"
Accompanying the cry that resounded through the sky was a pitch-black tornado.
Hidden within the black tornado were countless dense golden points of light. Upon closer inspection, they were enlarged versions of metallic feathers.
The tornado's range was considerable, and its movement speed was unimaginably fast.
Where the wind passed, mountains, rocks, plants, rivers… everything was as if fed into a grinder, decomposed into the finest particles swept up into the sky, then slowly drifted down.
It was a storm of destruction, a hurricane saturated with Haki.
"Bas... tard!"
Momoshiki, his figure caught in the black tornado, stared with difficulty at the divine bird above, still trying to say something, but in the next moment, he completely lost his balance uncontrollably.
The black tornado actively stopped less than a hundred meters in front of Naruto and Sasuke, letting the old couple breathe a slight sigh of relief.
After all, judging by the fate of the things caught in it, if they were accidentally hit by this move, their outcome might not be much better than the rocks.
Activating Amenotejikaru required the target location to be within the line of sight.
But given the current situation with debris filling the sky, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that beyond three meters, gender was indistinguishable, and beyond ten meters, humans and animals were indistinguishable.
"Really amazing..."
Naruto had already deactivated his Sage Mode by now.
When you reach middle age, you have no choice… you save energy where you can. Compared to Kurama, it was his own stamina and such that had declined too severely now.
Perhaps this was another reason why Naruto didn't have a third child?
The black hurricane lasted a full several dozen seconds before dissipating.
For a natural disaster, this duration was of course very short, but this was a man-made attack.
Considering its mountain-splitting, earth-cracking force, lasting this long was already terrifying.
Centered on them, all vegetation within a radius of several kilometers had completely disappeared, and a large layer of topsoil had been scraped away.
"Da... damn it... Damn it!"
Unfortunately, Momoshiki's vitality was more terrifying than a cockroach's.
After the storm dissipated, his battered figure was exposed to the view of the three.
Momoshiki was now in a miserable state.
Not only was there not a single piece of intact flesh on his body, but even the Rinnegan on his palm, capable of releasing Takamimusubinokami, had been torn by the diamond feathers.
This detail was naturally observed by Naruto and Sasuke. The old couple exchanged a glance and immediately entered combat mode.
The Nine Tails Sage Mode reappeared, and simultaneously, two Rasenshuriken were formed and held aloft.
Black Amaterasu flames were also added to them by Sasuke.
"Now you can no longer absorb Ninjutsu!"
Adhering to the tactical principle of kicking a man when he's down, Naruto and Sasuke seized the opportunity to use their combined technique, [Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero].
The two giant Rasenshuriken, like saw blades, trapped Momoshiki between them, unable to move, while rapidly cutting through the Chakra he used for defense.
Seeing that he was about to die at the hands of these three 'lower life forms', the unwilling Momoshiki could no longer care about plans or possible punishments from the clan.
Even if members of the Otsutsuki Clan had a chance to resurrect after being killed, he would make these three pay the price.
Struggling, he freed one hand from the Rasenshuriken's attack.
Even though it was now covered in black flames, Momoshiki acted as if he felt no pain, taking out several dozen red Chakra Pills on his own.
This was almost all of his remaining stash.
Originally, he never dreamed he would stumble on such a low-level planet, but now he had no choice but to use them.
Dozens of Chakra Pills were swallowed instantly. His already swollen body mutated once again.
His deep red skin began to turn towards black, with straight, tech-like lines spreading across his bare upper body.
The pointed horns on his head increased from two to four, then connected together, forming a ring.
"Haa!!!!"
Momoshiki, having evolved to four meters tall, directly pressed down on the two shuriken with both hands. His Rinnegan, healed at some point, absorbed all the Chakra within them.
"Really... cheater-like."
"Hmm… indeed an unreasonable race."
At this moment, even Naruto and Sasuke couldn't help but sigh.
But sighing was one thing, they still steeled themselves, going all out, preparing for a fight to the death.
What they didn't know was that Momoshiki on the other side also had unspoken bitterness.
Having overdosed on Chakra Pills in a short time, he had now exceeded his tolerance limit.
In other words, his body had entered a countdown to destruction. Even if the opponents did nothing, he would die.
"But before that, I still have the ability to kill you all!"
Just as both sides prepared to throw caution to the wind and charge at each other, Karin's figure, which had been overlooked, transformed into golden light and descended once more.
However, Karin was no longer in the form of the super-giant divine bird, but rather a three-meter-tall human-beast hybrid form.
Golden flame-like clouds wrapped around Karin's limbs like ribbons, making her resemble a Valkyrie descending to the mortal world.
Swoosh-
Without any words, Karin threw a punch at Momoshiki that surpassed reaction speed.
From Momoshiki's perspective, Karin had just assumed an attacking posture, and he was already injured.
"How is this possible!"
Before Momoshiki could react, Karin's attacks poured down like a sudden storm.
Fists, feet, shoulders, elbows, even the wings on her back… all became indestructible weapons at this moment.
Naruto and Sasuke didn't even have time to intervene before they witnessed Karin single-handedly beating the previously arrogant, evolved Momoshiki into a 'human stick'.
Although the severed flesh would quickly regenerate, Momoshiki's life was also nearing its end.
Karin's movements became faster and faster, until eventually her whole body turned into a large mass of golden light, enveloping herself and Momoshiki.
Even Naruto and Sasuke couldn't see through the golden light to discern the situation inside.
Boom!
The final punch hit empty air, the resulting gust plowing a deep trench into the ground.
Only then did Karin stop moving, standing in place maintaining her punching posture.
And Momoshiki?
He was completely gone.
"What is... this situation?"
Sasuke said uncertainly, but Naruto stepped forward first to check on Karin's condition.
He didn't realize until he reached out and touched Karin's shoulder that the girl, who had forcibly squeezed her own potential, collapsed with a thud.
Her consciousness had long since fallen into a coma due to overexertion, and the previous fight relied more on instinct.
And it was at this moment, within Karin's consciousness space-
Everything around seemed to float in the sky as if time and space were frozen.
Karin was a bit disoriented.
In her memory, she should still be in the middle of battle.
"You... are a different kind of being..."
A familiar voice sounded. It was Momoshiki.
Momoshiki floated upside down in front of Karin, his tone complex as he looked at the girl he had always regarded as a lower life form.
"But that's fine too. Such a powerful body will eventually be mine-"
Before he could finish his last word, Karin's fist broke free from the time-stopping restraint and punched Momoshiki in the face!
'How is this possible!'
'This is only within her consciousness!'
At this moment, Momoshiki, now reduced to pure consciousness, looked stunned at the girl before him, who seemed like a born battle maniac, her eyes still burning with fierce fighting spirit.
"Go to hell!"
The fist struck again.
And in reality, on the hand of Karin, who was being carried on Naruto's back, a diamond-shaped pattern silently appeared.