While Kurotsuchi was still confused about why she couldn't fly, Makoto's hand on her shoulder began transferring pure Natural Energy.
Starting from the point of contact, the black patterns on Kurotsuchi's crimson bodysuit were gradually replaced by spreading golden ones.
However, unlike Mei Terumi's deep gradient of gold and ocean blue, Kurotsuchi's gold was pure and violent, with tiny red-hot dots appearing within the patterns.
It was as if her body was a tectonic plate that had cracked open, with liquid magma bleeding through the fissures.
By the time Makoto's group had arrived in the Land of Swamps, the sky had already darkened into evening.
Yet, when Kurotsuchi's golden patterns were completely illuminated, the originally dim sky suddenly became extraordinarily bright, as if a Second Sun had appeared on the horizon.
The magma that had just emerged due to Moryo's unsealing began to riot, boiling and erupting a hundred times faster.
The surrounding temperature, already high due to the volcanic activity, skyrocketed.
Yet no one in the group had a drop of sweat on their bodies—if they did, it evaporated instantly.
Following the precedent with Mei Terumi, Makoto didn't let Kurotsuchi freely experiment with the initial Alpha form this time, pushing her directly into the Primal Reversion state.
Since Makoto was actively injecting amplified Natural Energy, manual control of Kurotsuchi's body was now in his hands.
Stomp.
Controlling Kurotsuchi's body, Makoto stomped her foot on the ground.
RUUUMMBLE.
The earth shattered, and magma surged up, twisting and hardening to form the massive head of an earthen beast.
Sunlight from the sky began gathering at a terrifying speed directly in front of the beast head's open mouth.
...
Meanwhile, at the unsealing site, Moryo was utterly confused.
It had just begun preparing to display its world-ending power to the mortals when it noticed the surrounding magma starting to riot.
'Was this my doing?' the demon thought.
'It seems so at first... but then why is it getting out of my control? Why is it so hot?! I'm a demon of darkness, not a volcano!'
On a rock floating in the magma zone, the human-nugget Yomi watched the surrounding apocalyptic scene and laughed arrogantly.
"HAHAHAHA! Look! Look at this! This is Lord Moryo's invincible power! The earth itself trembles before him! He is even stronger than before!"
Splash.
A tidal wave of superheated magma washed over Yomi's rock.
"GAAAAAHHH!"
Yomi screamed in agony as he was instantly incinerated to ash.
His three subordinates were burned by Amaterasu and turn into a fireworks, and now he was melted by magma.... quite the different paths leading to the same crispy end.
As for Moryo, why would it care about Yomi's survival? The death of such a pawn was predetermined.
However, Yomi's final words made Moryo realize something terrifying.
'Invincible power? Greater strength than before?'
'I didn't do this! This magma turmoil clearly has another cause!'
At that exact moment, a blindingly fierce beam of solar energy pierced through the volcanic cave's ceiling, striking Moryo directly.
BOOM!
A massive, glowing hole appeared in Moryo's dark, tentacled body.
The wound was surrounded by scorching white steam, cauterizing the spiritual energy and making regeneration impossible.
This move was executed by Makoto controlling Kurotsuchi's body from outside.
Just like how Kurotsuchi enjoys using long-range special attacks (Lava Release), this classic move followed the same pattern.
It perfectly suited the current extreme weather environment.
"This move is called Solar Beam. It gathers and compresses solar energy before releasing it as a laser."
"Under normal conditions, it takes time to charge. But under this intense, harsh sunlight... it can be fired instantly without charging," Makoto explained to Kurotsuchi, who was watching from the passenger seat of her own body.
After all, compared to Mei Terumi, Kurotsuchi hadn't had the chance to practice her own ultimate moves yet.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Hikari had already activated her Complete Body Susanoo and began preparing to engrave the Eight Thousand Spears mark onto Moryo's soul.
Facing the army of stone golems mobilized after Moryo's revival, Hikari paid no attention, letting the stone statues hack away at Susanoo's ankles like angry toddlers.
But the next moment, Hikari looked at Moryo's true form and frowned in disgust.
She activated her Mangekyo.
"Kagutsuchi."
Black flames erupted, covering her massive Susanoo entirely in a cloak of dark fire.
The originally dark crimson Susanoo turned completely, terrifyingly black.
Judging by appearance alone, if the opponent weren't a literal shadow demon, it'd be hard to tell which side was the villain.
Why did Hikari cover her ultimate defense in Amaterasu?
Precisely because the opponent was a Tentacle Monster.
It was too vulgar and .... too disgusting!
She didn't even want Moryo's slimy appendages to touch her Susanoo's armor.
Because the Susanoo was wrapped in black flames, the stone golems trying to manicure its feet were completely incinerated the moment they made contact.
CRASH.
Hikari piloted the Susanoo forward, its massive feet shattering the ground as it stepped directly into the magma pool.
Encased in black flames, Susanoo completely ignored the magma's scorching heat and continued advancing toward the crater.
Through the broken cave ceiling, Moryo saw the gigantic, black-flaming samurai approaching and was instantly stunned into silence.
Moryo and the Priestess Shion were quite similar—both were frogs at the bottom of a well, confined to the Land of Demons.
Shion believed that without her self-sacrifice, Moryo would dominate the world.
Moryo also thought that once unsealed, it would be invincible.
Truly a pair of delusional country bumpkins!
Moryo hadn't even witnessed the Tsuchikage's Dust Release, let alone a Complete Body Susanoo that haunts the nightmares of actual gods.
"Huh?"
Makoto, watching Hikari's all-black Susanoo, suddenly had an epiphany.
When Hikari previously attempted to use her Natural Energy Stone in the Land of Water, she only demonstrated the ability to freely wield the Complete Body Susanoo with zero chakra strain.
This change was a quantitative increase in stamina, not a qualitative transformation.
Just like the super recovery ability Tsunade initially displayed.
Makoto initially thought: Since the Uchiha clan mirrors the Senju, and Hikari's form resembles Tsunade's... if Tsunade represents Life (Xerneas), and Hikari's Eight Thousand Spears can absorb energy, does that mean Hikari represents Life Plunder? In other words, Death (Yveltal)?
But now Makoto realized that wasn't the case at all.
First, Hikari is inherently kind-hearted; she would never want to represent the death of all living things.
Moreover, the Stone Makoto gave Hikari was originally designed in the style of the "Light Badge," which symbolizes Brightness and Illumination.
Wouldn't Makoto know what he crafted?
Now, seeing the form of Hikari's pure black, light-absorbing Susanoo reminded Makoto of another existence in Pokémon lore.
A being that seems dark, but actually represents the ultimate consumption and refraction of Light.
Necrozma.
The Blinding One.
The power Hikari currently endured using the Stone was limited only by what her human body could withstand.
But as everyone knows, a Susanoo can also become a vessel for power.
At the Valley of the End, Sasuke used his Susanoo as a vessel for the chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts, evolving it into a divine form.
"Hikari! Try using your Susanoo to receive this power!"
While pressing Kurotsuchi's shoulder, Makoto began injecting frenzied concentrated Stellar Energy directly into the charging Solar Beam.
Although she was far away inside the giant avatar, Hikari still heard Makoto's voice.
She controlled the black Susanoo to spread its wings and welcomed the incoming beam of pure sunlight.
The Solar Beam didn't pierce through the Susanoo.
Instead, the black flames absorbed it, pouring the solar energy into the avatar like a massive infusion.
VMMMM!
Soon, the originally pure black Susanoo started radiating a brilliant, blinding golden glow as it absorbed the light.
"Now this... what a true Hero looks like!"
Watching the blazing golden Susanoo—which now resembled a glowing Ultraman—advance toward the cowering Moryo, Makoto was very satisfied.
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