Chapter 374: Heroes Always Make Their Brilliant Entrance at the End
Just as Isshiki was about to brand Nagato with his "Karma"—making him his "vessel"—at this critical moment, a grating voice suddenly called from behind.
"Jigen, if I call your name, do you dare respond?"
Being interrupted at a crucial moment was something no man could accept.
Isshiki felt extremely annoyed, but he remained confident in his own strength—not believing anyone could threaten him. So he withdrew his hand, turned around, and planned to swiftly eliminate this new enemy before continuing.
Though he'd kept a low profile all these years without fame, the organization he'd built never disappeared. His intelligence network throughout the shinobi world remained quite extensive.
Even though it had been destroyed now, he could still recognize these famous figures from the shinobi world.
So he immediately identified his opponent.
"Uchiha Yasushi?
"You people before... Hmm?!"
He'd barely exchanged greetings—his words not yet finished—when massive suction transmitted from behind Yasushi, enveloping his body and trying to pull him over.
"Hahahaha... No matter how clever you are, you still have to drink my bathwater!" (lol)
Yasushi laughed loudly, unrestrained and wanton—like a child whose prank succeeded.
He revealed the hand hidden behind his back. Gripped within it—the Amber Purifying Pot with its lid already opened.
Though their battlefield was quite distant from the previous one, the commotion from their battle proved too enormous. Even from far away, it was hard not to notice.
The shinobi alliance forces had already collapsed. Yasushi had no interest chasing weaklings, so after detecting the combat fluctuations, he'd slipped over to see who'd intercepted Nagato.
Then he saw Jigen's figure.
Talk about finding something without effort.
He'd been pondering how to capture Isshiki later—now he'd encountered the man himself here.
So after seeing Nagato's defeat, he simply took out the freshly obtained Amber Purifying Pot, wanting to test it on Isshiki first.
And sure enough, without knowing the details, Isshiki fell for the trap—caught by Yasushi's "first encounter kill."
Yasushi knew Isshiki could manipulate gravity. The Amber Purifying Pot alone would struggle to absorb him. So without waiting for Isshiki's response, he immediately activated Susanoo—directly opening the complete form.
Within an instant, the blood-red giant rose from the ground.
But this alone wasn't enough. Yasushi reached out again, removing the medicinal gourd from the complete Susanoo's left waist. Pressing the Amber Purifying Pot in his hand inside, he fused this divine tool into the complete Susanoo.
The blood Susanoo's medicinal gourd originally possessed sealing capabilities, providing him considerable assistance when his chakra reserves were limited.
But after fusing Hashirama's cells and increasing his chakra quantity, this sealing ability became increasingly inadequate—completely unable to keep up with Yasushi's combat needs. He'd gradually stopped using it.
Fortunately, when blood Susanoo evolved into its complete form, the weapons on its body all condensed and evolved. The medicinal gourd proved no exception—transforming from one gourd originally carried on the back into two gourds hanging at the left and right waist.
This was one important reason why Yasushi plotted to obtain the Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths.
Using the complete Susanoo's medicinal gourd alone provided sealing effects, but with limited strength.
But if he fused a physical divine tool into the energy giant, that power stacking would certainly produce qualitative changes.
Just like when Itachi fused the Totsuka Blade into Susanoo and could easily seal Orochimaru—after fusing the Amber Purifying Pot into the complete blood Susanoo, it would definitely stack both advantages together. Perhaps even the "respond to name" limitation could be eliminated.
Unfortunately, the Crimson Gourd had too many restrictions, requiring three divine tools used together—so he'd abandoned it.
The situation indeed matched his expectations. Now that both combined—a small test of power—immediately displayed extremely strong effects.
Under the complete Susanoo's exaggerated amplification, the Amber Purifying Pot's suction became terrifyingly powerful—comparable even to its performance supported by Eight-Tails chakra.
In Killer B's hands, the Amber Purifying Pot proved something Yasushi couldn't withstand. So in Yasushi's hands, Isshiki naturally couldn't withstand it either.
He'd already pushed his gravity control ability to its limits, yet his entire body still uncontrollably flew toward that gourd.
What kind of item is this?
Isshiki's perpetually calm expression finally changed, showing cracks of alarm for the first time.
He'd once witnessed black holes' terror from afar while traversing the universe—divine domains beyond any human power.
And currently, this massive suction allowed him to faintly glimpse traces of a black hole's embryonic might.
Could humans really achieve such effects through ninja tools?
His gaze fell upon the blood-red gourd opposite him with horrified realization.
After being fused into the complete Susanoo, what was originally a half-person-tall small jar now measured as large as a house.
The jar's mouth revealed a pitch-black cavity—like an abyss entrance. Inside rotated a visible dark vortex that swallowed light, radiating heart-palpitating ominous aura. Just looking at it felt unsettling.
Isshiki already possessed Daikokuten's sealing space. He understood exactly what being absorbed inside meant. Immediately he grew anxious.
Should he continue releasing power?
This thought flashed through his mind before vanishing.
Jigen's body was already at its limit exerting current power. If he released more power, this vessel would likely collapse.
And even if he directly resurrected within Jigen's body, completely recovering all his strength—facing such powerful suction, he probably couldn't stabilize his body either.
At this life-or-death crisis, Isshiki's brain raced at high speed, instantly finding an alternative solution.
If you can't solve the problem—solve the person creating the problem!
While doing everything possible to delay being absorbed into the Amber Purifying Pot, he raised his hand, aiming at the complete Susanoo's head to activate his dojutsu.
"Daikokuten!"
The rice-grain pattern in his black eye suddenly blazed with blinding light. Several black cubes even larger than before materialized from nothing above Susanoo's skull, crashing down with force to suppress and crush space.
He intended breaking Yasushi's control over the Amber Purifying Pot.
Yasushi frowned. His left arm gripped the gourd, continuing to wildly absorb Isshiki.
His right arm tightly grasped that blood-colored spear condensed from chakra—like a heaven-supporting pillar carrying the force to tear open the firmament. From below upward, it fiercely stabbed toward the massive black cube crashing down overhead.
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