Might Duy.
Dead!
At this moment,
No blood flowed from the severed neck of the decapitated Duy, because the blood in his body had already turned into blood vapor and burned away completely.
The Eight Gates!
A fleeting brilliance, ultimately ending in Sora's hands.
Nearby,
The severely injured Fuguki, Juzo, and Raiga all had their pupils constrict sharply, their faces filled with awe and terror as they stared at Sora's back.
Unbelievable!
In an instant,
Their bodies became utterly rigid, their expressions turning wooden, seemingly completely unable to believe that the invincible Konoha's Eight Gates User had been beheaded in the blink of an eye.
"Could it be..."
"That was a shadow clone?"
Fuguki was dumbfounded. He had clearly seen Sora being torn to pieces by the fully-powered Duy, blood spraying everywhere. But how could Sora reappear completely unharmed moments later and finish off Duy with a single slash!??
"That absolutely cannot be a shadow clone!"
Juzo, with both arms broken, wore an expression of having seen a ghost. He had watched with his own eyes as that 'Sora' was brutally beaten for over ten seconds by the terrifying Konoha's Genin. His arms and legs were shattered, and the pieces were still scattered on the ground. That was definitely a real person. How could it possibly be a shadow clone?
'My god!'
'A living ghost!'
'What kind of shadow clone could withstand over ten seconds of direct pummeling from an Eight Gates User!??'
At this moment,
Looking at the scattered limbs and broken pieces of 'Sora' all over the ground, both Fuguki and Juzo felt their understanding of the Ninja System had encountered a massive problem, even beginning to doubt their own sanity.
Silence,
Deathly silence.
The shattered rocks, the scarred ground resembling a meteor impact site, seemed utterly lifeless in the faint, warm breeze.
Petrified.
Stunned.
Horrified.
No one could believe what had just happened, because Sora had eliminated that terrifying Eight Gates User using methods that defied a ninja's imagination.
Fuguki, Juzo, Raiga...
In the eyes of the three, besides intense shock and disbelief, there was also a trace of unconcealable relief.
Alive!
No matter what, they were alive!
Especially when they saw the mangled bodies of the other four swordsmen around them, the three felt an overwhelming sense of having narrowly escaped death.
Just then,
Something even more spine-chilling occurred.
The scattered limbs and broken pieces of 'Sora' on the ground gradually turned transparent and slowly vanished from their spots.
In just a short while, the crimson stains that had littered the ground completely disappeared.
'Vanished!??'
'Completely vanished!!!'
"Holy crap!"
Juzo exploded. His eyes widened, his scalp tingling so much that goosebumps rose all over his back.
They didn't turn into wood, didn't puff into white smoke, didn't dissolve into water, lightning, or earth...
This proved that the scattered remains of 'Sora' on the ground were not shadow clones at all, but a much more mysterious technique.
"Genjutsu!??"
Slap!
The moment this thought crossed Juzo's mind, he instinctively swung his arm and slapped his own face. Luckily, his arms were broken, so the slap only made a sound without much pain.
Genjutsu?
Stop joking around!
Sora's opponent just now was Might Duy with all Eight Gates open! What Genjutsu in this world could possibly deceive an Eight Gates User? That sounds even more far-fetched than using Genjutsu to control a Perfect Jinchuriki!!!
'If it's not a Genjutsu!'
'And not a shadow clone either!'
'Then what is it?'
Numb!
Completely numb!
At this moment.
Whether it was Fuguki, Juzo, or Raiga, they all felt that Sora's figure had become incredibly mysterious.
Yuki Sora!
A Ninja shrouded in mystery!
Right now, even if the three racked their brains, they could never guess that what Sora used wasn't any Genjutsu or shadow clone, but something even more powerful and mysterious… the Portable Gigai!
Yes!
The Portable Gigai!
Possesses independent self-intelligence, can perfectly simulate a living being's thoughts and actions. Current operational time: 48 hours. After exceeding the time limit, or 10 minutes after sustaining fatal damage, it will self-destruct and refresh after 24 hours.
This was the item reward Sora obtained after completing the previous special mission.
A perfect shadow clone!
It's even capable of withstanding the output of the Eight Gates!
'Shadow Clone?'
'No!'
'The Portable Gigai is even ten times more powerful than the Akatsuki's Shapeshifting Technique.'
Sora chuckled softly.
He might not know Genjutsu or the Shadow Clone Technique, but he possessed the even more powerful Portable Gigai!!!
An creation from the Bleach World, made by the smartest man in his universe, Urahara Kisuke.
Moreover,
The Portable Gigai in Sora's possession was even more perfect and powerful.
By injecting 20% of his Reiatsu, he could create a second perfect artificial human!
What is perfection?
It means this Portable Gigai not only possesses Sora's appearance and thought patterns but can also perfectly replicate Sora's combat power!
Yes!
A perfect replication, 100% of the combat power!
It's too terrifying!
It should be known that the Akatsuki's Shapeshifting Technique later on, even using a living sacrifice could only transfer about 30% of the original's power.
But this Portable Gigai replicates the power ten out of ten times!
This is equivalent to an external avatar!
Duy was utterly tricked to his death!
Under the blow of losing his son, he expended the last of his life's power output on the Portable Gigai, causing no harm to Sora whatsoever.
He truly died with everlasting regret.
The great battle finally concluded.
At that moment,
A series of system prompt tones also rang in Sora's ears.