"Roar—!!"
Countless souls let out anguished wails, but an irresistible force dragged them away, sweeping them into the Black Susanoo Armor like a flood. How many living beings had died in Konoha over the past few centuries? Far more than hundreds of thousands.
Nearly a million souls' worth of Soul Power poured into the Susanoo Armor's body in just a few breaths.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki's pupils contracted sharply. For the first time, disbelief showed on his face.
He could clearly feel Genki's Susanoo Armor expanding and growing stronger at a terrifying speed!
One thousand two hundred meters! One thousand five hundred meters! Two thousand meters! Five thousand meters!
The Black Susanoo Armor, which had originally stood as tall as the sky-blue Susanoo, swelled at a rocket's pace as Soul Power flooded into it. In just a few breaths, it became a terrifying giant five thousand meters tall, blotting out the sky and casting the whole of Konoha into shadow.
A single sweep of its massive hand could kick up clouds of dust; one stomp could split the earth and shift mountains.
"How is this possible?!" Hagoromo Otsutsuki's expression changed dramatically. A shiver ran through him, and an unprecedented shock welled up in his heart.
He had sensed that the reincarnation of his younger son Asura, Naruto Uzumaki, was about to be killed. Remembering the Toad Sage's prophecy, he had hurriedly descended to intervene. He had never imagined that the Uchiha before him would go completely berserk, like a barrel of gunpowder set alight!
"Why do you keep betraying the Uchiha, again and again?! Was Indra not your son too?!" Genki roared again, his voice filled with despair and resentment.
He controlled the five-thousand-meter-tall Black Susanoo Armor, raised the Eight-Handled Sword high, and brought it down on Hagoromo Otsutsuki's sky-blue Susanoo with the force of an apocalypse!
"Shrrrk—!!"
The black blade pierced straight through the sky-blue Susanoo Armor's chest, tearing through the defense that had once protected the shinobi world as easily as slicing tofu.
The sword's force did not let up. It swept onward, razing the already-ruined Konoha behind it to the ground.
The entire shinobi village—the home of more than a hundred thousand people—was reduced by this single strike to little more than a ruin. Fewer than ten thousand living beings, lucky enough to have hidden underground or at the outskirts, survived. Everyone else was obliterated by the sword's energy.
The next second, a vast shadow loomed over Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
Hagoromo looked up. The five-thousand-meter-tall Black Susanoo Armor was staring down at him. Genki's voice rang out from within it, filled with rage and a desire for destruction. "It's all you! All of it! Your favoritism caused this! Your favoritism led to all of this! You're the one to blame! I'll cut you apart! Chop you to pieces! Tear you limb from limb!"
"Rumble—!!"
As he spoke, the Black Susanoo's massive foot came crashing down, slamming toward the spot where Hagoromo Otsutsuki stood.
The earth split apart. Countless rocks shot into the sky, and the whole landmass beneath Konoha shook violently. The scene of devastation played out once more.
Caught off guard, Hagoromo was sent flying by the shock wave of the descending foot. He and his sky-blue Susanoo hurtled nearly a thousand meters before he managed to steady himself. Cracks now covered the Susanoo Armor's surface.
"Stop, young Uchiha!" Hagoromo Otsutsuki roared at Genki, forcing down his shock and the churning chakra within him. "If you keep this up, your soul will be consumed by the endless hatred and the souls you've devoured! You'll be consumed!"
At his words, Genki only let out an even more frenzied roar. "I died once already! The moment my mother and sister died before my eyes, I was already dead! What does it matter if I die a few more times?!"
He drove the Black Susanoo toward Hagoromo again. "Before I disappear completely, I'll make you hypocritical executioners vanish for good!!"
"Rumble—!!!"
The earth split, mountains crumbled, and lava spewed from the fissures. Dust clouds swept across the land like a tsunami.
By now, with his Susanoo Armor empowered by his Eight-Magatama Mangekyo, Genki's combat strength—fueled by nearly a million souls—had completely surpassed the Six Paths Level. He had become a pure engine of destruction.
"Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei!" Hagoromo Otsutsuki's expression grew grave. He knew he could not let Genki continue wreaking havoc.
He brought his hands together. Yin-Yang Release chakra surged wildly within him as dense Six Paths Power emerged. The earth began to tear apart, and countless rocks rose from the ground, gathering into a huge meteor in an attempt to seal Uchiha Genki once and for all.
But Genki paid no attention to Hagoromo's counterattack.
He controlled the Susanoo Armor and ignored the ever-growing Planetary Devastation. From the corner of his eye, he spotted Jiraiya trying to escape with Naruto Uzumaki. He swept out his giant hand, and a black blade of energy pierced Jiraiya and the terrified Naruto in his arms.
Jiraiya and Naruto vanished in the black blade's energy without even managing to scream, dissolving into dust that scattered on the wind. Not a trace of them remained on that land.
"Let this rotten world be destroyed along with them!"
Genki's roar rang out like thunder from the heavens, resounding in every corner of the world.
He controlled the five-thousand-meter-tall Black Susanoo Armor. Ignoring the crumbling earth and spurting lava around him, he whirled around and fixed his blood-red Eight-Magatama Mangekyo on the expanding Planetary Devastation, where countless rocks were gathering. He raised the Eight-Handled Sword, ready to deliver the final, world-ending strike.
At that critical moment, a sudden change occurred!
To Hagoromo Otsutsuki's disbelief, the dark Magatsunokami surrounding Genki churned violently, like boiling ink.
Deep within the domain, a massive red fox shadow was bound fast by an invisible force. It struggled and gave a muffled roar. It was the soul of the Nine-Tails—Kurama, sealed inside Naruto!
"How is this possible?!" Hagoromo Otsutsuki's pupils contracted sharply. For the first time, his face showed utter shock as he cried out, "That's... Kurama?! Your domain can actually pierce a Tailed Beast seal and seize souls directly?!"
Before he could finish speaking, the red fox shadow was dragged away by the power of Magatsunokami, flying toward Genki like captured prey.
Kurama struggled frantically. Tailed Beast Chakra surged violently within the domain, but he still could not break free from the dark energy's grip. All he could do was watch as he was pulled closer and closer.
The next second, the domain enveloped Kurama's soul completely and yanked him into Genki's body.
Genki devoured the immense Tailed Beast Chakra and Soul Power in an instant. His aura surged once more. The already five-thousand-meter-tall Black Susanoo Armor swelled a little further, and the dark energy around it grew denser and more violent. Even space groaned under the strain of that power.
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