"What... what is that?"
"It's a monster! That man turned into a monster!"
"This cannot be a power that humans can master. Is he a god?"
"How can a ninja be so powerful?!"
Under the Skyscreen, countless ordinary people were shocked and screamed when they saw the Susanoo unleashed by Sasuke. No matter what, they couldn't believe that the young man named Sasuke on the Skyscreen was the same kind of person as the ninjas who looked for lost cats and dogs. They were more willing to believe that he was a god.
...
"Nagato..."
"Don't be afraid, Konan."
Nagato's face was calm. He could also summon the massive Gedo Statue; it just required sacrificing some life force, so he wasn't afraid. He just didn't know what price this man had to pay to summon the purple giant.
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**Iwagakure**
The Third Tsuchikage's face was gloomy. Even at over sixty years old and having experienced great storms, his expression couldn't help but turn ugly upon seeing the Susanoo. It was like tearing open a scar, reminding him of experiences from his youth.
"Besides that man, are there other Uchiha who have mastered this jutsu..."
"Old man, do you know something?" Kitsuchi asked from the side, unable to hold back.
The Third Tsuchikage didn't speak. The information released by the Skyscreen was still too little, and he couldn't yet believe its authenticity.
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**Konohagakure**
"This is..."
Namikaze Minato frowned. The power displayed by this young man on the Skyscreen was tricky even for him as the Hokage, although he wasn't afraid of it.
He just didn't understand how this young man named Sasuke did it. As far as he knew, only Tailed Beasts in the Ninja World possessed the ability to condense chakra into physical form. As the Hokage, he had never heard of a ninjutsu like Sasuke's that condensed a chakra giant.
"This is a dōjutsu of the Uchiha clan called the Mangekyō Sharingan."
The Third Tsuchikage, smoking a pipe beside him, explained to Namikaze Minato with a face full of melancholy. He knew that once the Skyscreen's images were shown, the Uchiha clan would definitely become restless again.
Hearing this, Namikaze Minato's eyes moved, and he said, "I'll go call Fugaku over."
The Third Hokage didn't stop him. Some things were best said face to face; keeping doubts in one's heart would only ruin things.
*Swish.*
Namikaze Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished instantly.
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**On the Skyscreen, the scene continued.**
Sasuke didn't feel uncomfortable after diving into the sea with Susanoo. His Susanoo contained plenty of air for him to breathe.
So, he directly controlled Susanoo to swim towards the deep sea. As he went deeper, the surrounding seawater began to turn dark blue and profound, and the light grew dimmer with the increasing depth. Until finally, Susanoo's purple glow became the only light source in this dark deep sea, illuminating a small area around it.
Sasuke felt the guidance of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan; he could sense something at the bottom of the sea attracting him.
The deeper he went, the greater the water pressure became. Even Susanoo could feel that powerful oppressive force. If he hadn't been able to use the Perfect Susanoo, he wouldn't have been able to dive to this depth.
Finally, he saw the source attracting him—a space gate emitting a glowing white light, standing out prominently in the profound deep sea.
Sasuke didn't hesitate at all. He had absolute confidence in his strength and controlled Susanoo to plunge straight into it.
After passing through the space gate, Sasuke felt his body suddenly become lighter. The water pressure that had been pressing on him completely disappeared.
What appeared in Sasuke's eyes was a somewhat dark and void space. It was unknown how long this space had been silent here, but the entire space was filled with the smell of the vicissitudes of time.
Sasuke deactivated Susanoo after stepping in here. The water pressure had intensified his eye power consumption, so he had to rest for a while. His gaze slowly swept across the space. The area in sight was empty without anything strange. He frowned slightly and moved forward cautiously.
Sasuke strolled in this empty space. After about a few minutes, his footsteps paused, his gaze fixed tightly on a direction in the distance, where a cluster of light seemed to be flickering faintly.
Sasuke didn't approach rashly but activated Susanoo again. However, this time he only condensed the upper body of the purple giant, then controlled Susanoo to form a bow and arrow aimed at that light cluster.
After thinking for a moment, he coated the Susanoo arrow with Amaterasu's black flames and then shot the arrow.
About three seconds later, the Susanoo arrow disappeared into the light cluster. Immediately after, as if triggering a switch in this secret realm, the ground beneath Sasuke's feet trembled violently.
And at this moment, Sasuke finally realized that what was under his feet was not solid ground, but a colossal object existing in the void space!
It was an indescribably huge Thousand-Armed Buddha. It sat cross-legged in the dark void, motionless. Sasuke's gaze moved along its body, but even when his vision was blocked by the dark space in the distance, he still failed to see its end...
Sasuke quickly activated the Perfect Susanoo and hovered in the void. Even with the visual power of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he couldn't see the full picture of this Buddha. One could imagine how dauntingly huge this thing was. Its size was unknown how many times larger than his Susanoo!
Just as Sasuke retreated, a pair of tightly closed giant eyes on the creature in the void suddenly opened!
The moment these eyes opened, their gaze locked onto Sasuke. At the same time, a terrifying aura directly enveloped him.
"This is the dōjō of the Sage of Six Paths. Does the comer possess the power of All Creation?"
The Thousand-Armed Buddha spoke slowly. The sound it emitted caused ripples to oscillate in the void.
However, Sasuke didn't feel afraid; on the contrary, his spirits lifted.
"So it really is the Sage of Six Paths' cave dwelling? I am Uchiha Sasuke, and the Uchiha are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths. Can you let me go in for a look?" Sasuke asked the Thousand-Armed Buddha.
"Without the power of All Creation, no one is allowed to enter. Since you trespassed into the dōjō, you shall stay."
The Thousand-Armed Buddha swung its palm to grab Sasuke. Sasuke's Susanoo was over two hundred meters tall, yet at this moment, it wasn't even as big as one of the Thousand-Armed Buddha's palms. He himself was like an ant in front of it.
Sasuke was startled, but his reaction was extremely swift. He controlled Susanoo, and the purple chakra giant fiercely swung the long sword in its hand, slashing towards the giant grabbing palm.
*Boom!* With a loud noise, Susanoo's long sword collided with the Thousand-Armed Buddha's palm, stirring up a strong energy fluctuation. This fluctuation spread like ripples throughout the entire space, and the surrounding dark space seemed to be shaken by this force.