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CRACK!
A surge of raw, physical power erupted from the fist before him. Naraku's eyes widened in shock.
He saw… in Sasuke's right eye, as if washed clean, the pallid hue faded away. The brilliant crimson unique to the Uchiha swirled forth from its depths!
"So that's it!! Your Senju power was sealed along with this eye!!! Your body now is Hashirama himself in the flesh, lacking only Sage power!!!"
BOOM…!!!
Sasuke channeled 'Diamond Strength' into his wrist. Naraku, unable to withstand it, was sent flying backward. He landed, steadying himself, and looked at his palm. The Tailed Beast cloak had been shattered. The base of his thumb throbbed, blood welling from the torn skin.
"Hahahaha! With all these powers mixed together, none compare to the authentic taste of Hashirama's fist! What's a man to do!!!"
Naraku grinned savagely. He clenched his injured fist. SZZT…! Scarlet chakra once again ignited around his wrist and knuckles.
CRACKLE!! A bolt of white lightning sliced horizontally from behind!
Naraku ducked, evading the 'White Chidori'. A blazing, fiery roundhouse kick swept toward his back!
SMACK…!! Sasuke blocked with his forearm.
Naraku retracted his leg and pivoted mid-air, planting his hands on the ground. His legs became a whirlwind of flame—striking from afar, attacking up close—a dizzying barrage of kicks launched!!
Swish! Swish!
Yet… Sasuke's footwork was like flowing wind, eyes shimmering crimson, evading Naraku's fiery, grazing assaults with impeccable timing!!!
"This feeling…"
Though the Byakugan was sealed, the Hyūga clan taijutsu learned through it had been etched into this body's memory, becoming instinct.
Moreover… his Sharingan's perception had also elevated, especially its insight into the body's chakra network! While the Sharingan couldn't expand its visual field like the Byakugan, in close-quarters combat, he could use it as one!
Seeing his kicks repeatedly miss, Naraku pushed off the ground with both hands, his body springing upward. His right leg lifted… SZZT!!
Tailed Beast chakra… erupted, forming a flaming, fox-like tail around his leg!!!
—Fox Tail Kick!
The change was too fast… the attack radius too vast. Sasuke had no room to dodge. Instead, as the tail descended, he drove his fist straight into Naraku's wide-open chest!
BOOM…!!!
A shockwave blasted out. Naraku was sent flying…!!
"Tenketsu strike…!?"
Whap…!!!
The very edge of the tail, carried by momentum… still grazed Sasuke's right shoulder!
Sasuke clutched his burning, painful shoulder. Using the Gentle Fist method, he gave a sharp CRACK, resetting the dislocated joint, then shot forward in pursuit…!!
ROAR…!!!
Naraku was fiercer. Even while hurtling backward, he unleashed 'Majestic Fire Annihilation Arrow'!!
Behind the curtain of fire, Naraku shakily stood. He used the Nine-Tails' chakra to assault the sealed tenketsu points, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, revealing a bloodthirsty smile.
Sasuke released Amaterasu, incinerating the flames.
Sprinting… he summoned a Fūma Shuriken from the storage seal on his forearm bandage!
The 'Shuriken Summoning: Replication Seal' on it activated, calling forth hundreds of Fūma Shuriken. Guided by wires laced with Lightning Release, they rained down from the sky toward Naraku's position!!
"Hahahahaha, bring it on!!!"
Naraku laughed, unleashing a Shinra Tensei… scattering the leading wave of shuriken. But how many times had Sasuke fought the Rinnegan? His grasp of Shinra Tensei's cooldown was god-like!!
His wire-guided shuriken descended in layers!!!
Naraku's Shinra Tensei repelled the first wave. The immediate second wave, however, was unavoidable!!
"Heh, trying to disrupt my rhythm? Fighting for initiative?"
Lose an arm, but never lose the initiative!!!
A wild grin split Naraku's face.
He carelessly wrapped himself in Susanoo ribs, forcibly brought his hands together, and activated "Chibaku Tensei"!!!
RUMBLE…!!!
His mastery of the Rinnegan had grown this past month, allowing him to launch a Chibaku Tensei that used the target directly as its gravitational core!!!
This kind of Chibaku Tensei… was undefendable!!!
BOOM…!!!
Sasuke was caught off guard… Faced with the crushing onslaught of rubble, he could only protect himself with his Susanoo, reinforced to its limit by the Dead Bone Pulse!
RUMBLE…!!
The dust settled…!!
Naraku pulled the shuriken from his shoulder, back, and knee. He knelt on one knee, gazing up at the star suspended overhead, and couldn't help but laugh. "Without a Perfect Susanoo, how will you break free from this? I'm curious!"
Nagato and Obito had both been curious about that same question.
RUMBLE…!!
A dull roar echoed. Eight dragon heads wreathed in black flames burst forth from beneath the Chibaku Tensei!!!
"That's…!!"
Naraku's pupils constricted.
SHINK…!!
From the throat of the third dragon on the left, Sasuke's figure emerged.
On Azure Moon Island, Orochimaru smiled nostalgically. "Yasaka Magatama… long time no see."
Suigetsu was puzzled. "Long time? I've never seen it…"
Karin recalled, "Of course. When Sasuke used that move to dominate the battlefield, you and Jūgo were still fast asleep…"
Correct. What Sasuke used was the technique first unveiled during the Sixth Battle against Pain (Nagato)… Yasaka Magatama, perfectly merging Amaterasu's black flames with the power of Wood Release, then channeling it through the 'Eight Branches Technique'. Powerful enough to shatter Chibaku Tensei's seal!
Naraku… was witnessing this Wood Release for the first time. His fighting spirit blazed.
—"If Hashirama were alive, I'd truly want him to see this! How an Uchiha descendant uses Wood Release!!"
Naraku sat on the ground, hands extended. The Preta Path's Absorption Seal activated, devouring everything without discrimination.
"Unfortunately, Sasuke, my 'ocular power' ultimately far surpasses yours. If I weren't enjoying this fight, ending you quickly would be simple!"
"Then try it!!!"
Clad in his skeletal Susanoo, Sasuke charged toward the kneeling, injured Naraku!!
Naraku sat, his gaze deep and quiet.
BOOM…!!!
A Nine-Tails chakra hand blocked the Susanoo's advancing fist…!!
"I… am truly not joking with you."
Naraku formed a hand seal. His mouth opened wide, and he spat forward.
WHOOSH…!!!
In the instant that razor-thin, barely perceptible purple gleam flashed, every hair on Sasuke's body stood on end!!
"This technique… could it be, the one that can sever the Truth-Seeking Staff!!!"
—Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang!
WHOOSH…!!!
Sasuke dropped low at the last possible moment…!!
His Susanoo was cleanly bisected by the purple light. The beam continued into the sky. The Yasaka Magatama dangling below the Chibaku Tensei, and the Chibaku Tensei itself, were not spared either…!!!
WHAP…!!!
Sasuke brought his hands together. Under the cover of a rising and falling Forest of Blooming Trees, he rapidly retreated. Once clear of the forest range, he launched a Fire Release technique, igniting the pollen-filled grove…!!!
WHOOSH…!!!
A second Storm Release Light Fang swept horizontally… severing the obstructing forest at its waist. Pollen and flames were all absorbed by the Preta Path's hand.
"I told you, Sasuke. Methods of killing… I have more than I can count."
Sasuke said, "If they don't hit, no amount of methods matter."
"True enough… Then I'll use an attack so wide, you can't dodge it!!"
CLANK! CLANK!
Naraku's right arm transformed into the Asura Path's mechanized weapon. Before the cannon's muzzle… dark light swirled.
It was the Asura Path's combined Tailed Beast Bomb, different from the one used at Konoha… this bomb was infused with 'Sage Chakra'!
—Asura Sage Path: Tailed Beast Cannon
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