It shouldn't have... It couldn't have...!
Two incredulous gazes crossed the billowing dust and met between the sky and the ground. For a moment, neither of them seemed able to react.
At this moment, both Uchiha Nobuhiko and Black-robed Chiba were plunged into profound disbelief.
They both knew what level of taijutsu the other's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack was. It almost completely surpassed the Eight Gates. Not only did it lack the Eight Gates' drawback of harming oneself as much as the enemy, but in terms of power, it was no weaker than the Gate of Death's final blow. It was the very pinnacle of taijutsu.
However, as an ultimate technique, the conditions for activating Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack were also exceptionally harsh. It was something that only true gods could use.
For Black-robed Chiba, an outsider, the sole being capable of using it was naturally the final boss, Kaguya Otsutsuki.
As for Uchiha Nobuhiko, through the reincarnations of his many lives, he had vaguely come to know of it. He could even picture the outline of that most ancient existence of Chakra, one that surpassed the Sage of Six Paths.
At the same time, Black-robed Chiba had only managed to use this move thanks entirely to Transcendent Power. Otherwise, she would have been absolutely incapable of using it.
For Uchiha Nobuhiko, meanwhile, this was practically his true trump card. He had originally intended it as a killing move, and it was precisely because of his confidence in this technique that he had remained utterly unshaken through every twist and turn.
And they both understood what it meant for the other to be able to use this move. Moreover, neither knew what price the other had paid to use it, nor what limitations came with it.
In other words, beneath