—Susanoo: Complete Form!
The purple flames suddenly surged.
Blood vessels and dense chakra structures rapidly formed over the skeletal frame, flesh and armor knitting together in an instant. The colossal figure took shape—beautiful, solemn, and terrifying.
A fully manifested Susanoo towered over the battlefield.
Gigantic wings unfurled behind it, and heavy armor covered its body. Susanoo's massive hands grasped the hilt of the sword at its waist, slowly drawing it out.
At the very top of its head, Sasuke looked down coldly at the tiny figure below.
Code's limiter had already been pushed to its extreme.
Facing this overwhelming presence, even Code felt his blood heat up. White chakra flared violently around his body.
His claws expanded several times in size. Scales spread across his limbs and torso, reinforcing his body with monstrous strength.
Susanoo swung its blade down.
There was no need to aim.
Clang—!!
Code blocked the strike with his claws, the impact shaking the desert. In the same instant, several claw marks adhered to Susanoo's massive body.
Abandoning the contest of raw strength, Code teleported.
He reappeared near Susanoo's shoulder and sprinted upward along its arm.
At the center of Susanoo's forehead, a glowing azure gem protected Sasuke completely.
—Fire Release: Kagutsuchi!
Black flames erupted across Susanoo's surface, spreading like living shadows. The claw marks on Code's belt ignited instantly, burning fiercely.
The moment Code leapt away, two massive flaming fists smashed down toward him.
Even in complete Susanoo form, Sasuke's movements were fluid. His synchronization with Susanoo had clearly reached a higher level.
Boom—!
Code was slammed away, Amaterasu flames clinging stubbornly to his body.
But Sasuke didn't stop.
—Kagutsuchi: Heavenly Arrow!
Sasuke's pupils locked onto Code.
Black flames ignited again, and a chakra arrow shot forth, piercing the distance in an instant.
The arrow punched straight through Code's chest.
Thump… thump…
A heartbeat echoed—strong, steady, and terrifyingly alive.
"In the face of absolute power," Code's sharp voice rang out, "all petty tricks are meaningless!"
In the next instant, Code vanished.
A crack sounded.
Sasuke's pupils shrank.
The fully formed Susanoo shattered under a single punch—like glass smashed by overwhelming force.
Another punch followed.
If even Susanoo couldn't block it, Sasuke's physical body stood no chance.
Space itself warped.
The sky seemed to stretch, as if pulled into the shape of a giant bow. The invisible bowstring aligned perfectly with Code.
—Super Shinra Tensei!
Boom—!!
An omnidirectional force slammed into Code, pressing against every inch of his body and violently driving him downward.
There was no place for him in the sky.
He was forced to fall.
"Huff… huff…"
After unleashing such large-scale techniques in succession, even Sasuke felt the strain. His chakra poured out as if its container had been shattered.
—Continuous Sand Shigure!
Gaara finally moved.
The sand suspended in mid-air rained down like countless blades.
Code, blasted toward the ground by Super Shinra Tensei, was struck from above and below at the same time—caught between two crushing forces like millstones closing in.
—Tailed Beast Ball!
With a deafening roar, Code slammed into the ground.
The impact kicked up a sandstorm hundreds of meters high, the shockwave ripping through the desert.
The energy drilled downward, spreading through sand and rock in a point-to-surface eruption.
Crack—!!
A massive fault split the desert.
The ground collapsed layer by layer, the fissure racing outward at terrifying speed.
The air was filled with scorching sand and frictional heat.
Sasuke, having exhausted the power of the Deva Path, began to fall—but Gaara caught him in time.
The three floated in mid-air.
Below them, a sea of quicksand churned like clouds beneath the sky.
"…Is it over?" Gaara asked quietly.
Shukaku closed his eyes slightly, sensing.
"…No. He's still alive."
His chakra was faint—but recovering at an alarming speed.
"…Hah."
A sigh echoed across countless spaces.
Far away, Amado watched the battle through a screen, his expression thoughtful.
"So Konoha still has monsters like this…"
Code's power after releasing his limiter surpassed even Jigen's, yet Sasuke had managed to fight him head-on.
"Truly a hero of the Shinobi World War," Amado murmured, eyes glinting.
Perhaps Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was not as invincible as he believed.
His interest in cooperating with Yue grew stronger by the second.
He took a slow sip of coffee, warmth spreading through his body, then typed several commands into the console.
"This is your last chance. You will not come back alive."
He paused, then added softly:
"Although unlikely… I still hope you win, Uchiha Sasuke."
A trace of killing intent flickered across his eyes—its true target unclear.
Back on the battlefield, the sandstorm slowly settled.
The desert revealed its shattered form.
Cracks ran across the land like scars, the terrain collapsing in layers—depressions within depressions, all split by a massive fault stretching into the distance.
"…Did we crack the earth?" Gaara muttered, staring in disbelief.
Shukaku narrowed his eyes slightly.
"I watched the battle at the Valley of the End back then. You were nowhere near this strong."
By all logic, a human should weaken with age.
Sasuke glanced at him.
"That's true," he said calmly. "But I haven't stopped growing."
Shukaku snorted. "Easier said than done. Humans have limits. Just like Tailed Beasts—we're born with ceilings."
Even rebirth couldn't push them past it.
Gaara fell silent, the same question lingering in his mind.
How had Sasuke grown so much stronger—without borrowing the power of a Tailed Beast?
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