However, that was far from the end.
What enraged and shocked Hagoromo Otsutsuki most was that Genki guided Susanoo Armor's enormous hand through the domain, gently scooped it down, and slowly lifted another barely breathing figure.
The figure wore the distinctive green jumpsuit. Blood stained his silver-white hair. It was none other than Kakashi Hatake, gravely wounded and near death after the energy blast!
Could it be... that the Tailed Beasts weren't his only targets?!
A terrifying thought flashed through Hagoromo's mind, making every hair on his body stand on end.
"Oh no!"
In the instant Hagoromo Otsutsuki realized what was happening and tried to intervene, Genki's enormous hand clenched tight.
With a wet, brittle crunch, Kakashi's body was crushed into a pulp like a fragile doll.
Blood and shattered bone oozed through the giant fingers, staining Susanoo Armor's black plating red.
The moment Kakashi's soul left his body, the power of the Magatsunokami domain seized it and devoured it.
At the same time, a fragment of a Mangekyō Sharingan soul containing Kamui's ocular power separated from Kakashi's soul and slowly merged into Genki's left eye.
As the ninth black Tomoe slowly appeared in the Mangekyō Sharingan of Magatsunokami in Genki's left eye, Hagoromo Otsutsuki's body stiffened. A trace of despair he could barely hide flashed in his eyes.
"How is this possible?!" His voice trembled, filled with horrified disbelief. "Nine Tomoe... Your Mangekyō has evolved to this degree?! This has surpassed the Uchiha Clan's limits!"
"Raaagh—!!!"
A beastlike, low, hoarse roar burst from Genki's mouth. The madness from before was gone, replaced by nothing but pure destructive desire and savagery.
"Let the world... be still..."
As the words left his mouth, he raised the Eight-Handled Sword with the Black Susanoo Armor and brought it down hard on the Planetary Devastation, which had already grown to several thousand meters across!
"Shrrrk—!!!"
The black blade of chakra cleaved through the enormous Planetary Devastation like a sword splitting heaven and earth.
Countless chunks of rock scattered in every direction, raining down like meteors and further ravaging the already ruined land.
The severed core of the Planetary Devastation lost its energy, turned into a vast sea of chakra, and dissipated into the air.
Having broken Hagoromo's Sealing Jutsu, Genki slowly turned Susanoo Armor around. The scarlet Nine Tomoe Mangekyō fixed on Hagoromo Otsutsuki, its gaze as cold as ice untouched for ten thousand years, without the slightest hint of emotion.
"I once thought... you couldn't interfere in the affairs of the living..."
A hoarse voice came from inside Susanoo Armor, thick with unrelenting hatred and venom. "But you appeared... for Asura's reincarnation... You watched our Uchiha Clan get slaughtered... You just stood there..."
"I'm already dead..." His voice suddenly dropped, carrying a trace of sorrow he could barely conceal. "I came back this time... only because..."
"Only because of Asura..."
For one brief moment, Uchiha Genki seemed to regain his senses.
Some of the savagery faded from his scarlet Nine Tomoe Mangekyō. His eyes filled with despair and resentment as he stared at Hagoromo Otsutsuki and roared, each word wrenched from him: "But... are we Uchiha really supposed to be sacrificed? Are Indra's descendants meant to become stepping stones for you to protect 'peace'?!"
As his heart-rending roar faded, reason vanished from his eyes once more, replaced by an even more frenzied desire for destruction.
The several-thousand-meter-tall black war god sprang back to life. Like a beast that had lost its mind, it strode toward Hagoromo Otsutsuki's sky-blue Susanoo Armor in a furious charge.
Its fists swung and its sword slashed, every attack carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth, tearing the surrounding space apart.
Faced with this monster, which had devoured the souls of a million beings and fused with the Tailed Beast and the ocular power of multiple Mangekyō, even the legendary Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, had no answer for the moment.
This Susanoo Armor was no longer a mere product of the Mangekyō Sharingan!
It was a terrifying monster forged from countless souls, all melted together!
Every attack contained the hatred and power of a million souls. It was impossible to withstand head-on.
What alarmed Hagoromo Otsutsuki even more was that as more souls were devoured by the domain and merged with Susanoo Armor, Uchiha Genki's power kept growing at a terrifying rate!
And he sensed an independent consciousness within this black Susanoo Armor!
Uchiha Genki and Susanoo Armor were steadily fusing with each other!
One day, they would become one completely, turning into a true, unstoppable engine of destruction!
"Damn it! How could a monster like this exist?!" Hagoromo Otsutsuki cursed inwardly, his face full of dread and alarm.
This was a Six Paths Level existence that had come completely out of nowhere and utterly surpassed the Ōtsutsuki Clan's understanding!
He had only intended to save Asura's reincarnation and put an end to this disaster. He never expected to face such a terrifying being, unlike anything that had ever existed.
Now, Hagoromo Otsutsuki was at a complete loss.
His Six Paths Power was formidable, but he couldn't defeat this ever-strengthening monster quickly. Instead, he risked being dragged into a drawn-out battle and worn down in the end.
Worse still, Hagoromo Otsutsuki suddenly realized that as the Magatsunokami domain continued to expand, a trace of the Pure Land's presence was beginning to seep through its edges. This monster actually intended to invade the Pure Land and devour the souls of the dead!
If he invaded the Pure Land, the consequences would be unthinkable!
The entire Shinobi World's order of life and death would be thrown into chaos. Forget protecting peace—the whole world would become a purgatory of souls!
"I have to stop him! At any cost!" A look of resolve flashed in Hagoromo Otsutsuki's eyes. With a furious roar, he sent his sky-blue Susanoo Armor charging forward.
The Yin and Yang Release chakra within him surged wildly. He unleashed all his Six Paths Power and launched one Sealing Jutsu and attack after another at the Black Susanoo Armor.
The two terrifying beings, both beyond the Six Paths Level, clashed once more. Black and sky-blue energy collided violently. The entire Shinobi World shook beneath their battle: mountains crumbled, seas surged inland, and the heavens changed color, as if the end of the world had arrived.
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