Battle of the Six Paths 4

The nearly ten-thousand-meter-tall Susanoo underwent another earth-shattering transformation as this primordial energy poured into it.

It was no longer a mere expansion in size, but a fundamental transcendence of all the Uchiha Clan's understanding and limitations regarding Susanoo—what had once been black armor condensed from Chakra and souls now revealed intricate golden patterns. As those patterns flowed, they radiated an oppressive might that stood above every power system in the Shinobi World;

Susanoo's form was no longer that of a martial god. A pair of pitch-black wings slowly unfurled behind it, blotting out the sky and sun. Dark purple halos, like a river of stars, flowed along the edges of the wings. Every flap violently distorted the surrounding space-time, as if even heaven and earth had to submit.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki's pupils contracted sharply, and every hair on his body stood on end. A terror born from the depths of his bloodline swept through him.

He stared fixedly at the continuously transforming black giant, his eyes filled with disbelief and horror. "This power... this is..."

He recalled the state his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, had entered after devouring the Divine Tree and obtaining the Chakra Fruit—a realm capable of rewriting the rules of the world, standing above all things. It was a terrifying power that he and his younger brother Hamura Otsutsuki had only barely managed to seal after giving their all.

And now, Uchiha Genki's Susanoo had actually reached that very level!

What was more, catalyzed by endless souls, this power carried an even more violent, bloodthirsty attribute of destruction!

"HAHAHAHA...!!!"

Genki's crazed laughter changed completely. It was no longer the howl of a human, but a proclamation of a god, carrying a force that pierced through space and time.

He could clearly feel his transformation. The Chakra and Soul Power within him had completely fused, becoming an entirely new energy that could not be defined by any system in the Shinobi World.

His consciousness seemed connected to the whole of heaven and earth. The surrounding mountains, rivers, and laws of space-time all became clear to his eyes, and he could even alter them at will.

This was power that transcended everything! This was the strongest weapon on his path of revenge!

Even more terrifyingly, this power was still rising without end.

The millions of souls within the Land of Fire had yet to be completely refined, but the range of the Magatsu God Domain had already breached the Land of Fire's borders and spread toward the neighboring Land of Wind and Land of Lightning.

Even living beings thousands of miles away in those nations were locked onto by the Domain's power. Countless living souls were forcibly torn from their bodies, crossing space like a tidal wave and pouring into Genki's Susanoo.

With every wisp of soul he devoured, Genki's power grew stronger;

And with every increment of strength, the Domain's devouring range expanded further.

It formed a horrifying vicious cycle. He was like a destruction machine that could never be filled, endlessly devouring the lives of the entire Shinobi World and converting them into his own power.

The pitch-black wings behind Susanoo expanded once more. Wings that had already blotted out the sky now stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers, casting half the Shinobi World beneath their shadow.

The dark purple halos on the wings grew ever denser, even beginning to erode the surrounding space. Countless tiny spatial cracks spread like a spiderweb, and within their depths lay endless nothingness and darkness.

"Impossible... absolutely impossible!" Hagoromo Otsutsuki's voice trembled. The Six Paths power within him had been utterly exhausted, and the golden radiance around him had dimmed away.

Facing Genki, who had reached Kaguya's level and was still growing stronger, he felt a bone-deep helplessness for the first time.

When he had sealed Kaguya, he had his younger brother Hamura Otsutsuki at his side, as well as the Divine Tree's restraint;

But now, he stood alone before a monster more violent and uncontrollable than Kaguya had ever been.

Amid the distant ruins, Black Zetsu, who had already gone numb, widened his eyes. The remaining half of his body trembled violently, his eyes filled with extreme shock and a strange trace of fear.

He had waited for thousands of years to resurrect Kaguya and restore that power which stood above all things.

Yet he had never imagined that an Uchiha clansman could reach, or even surpass, Kaguya's realm through such a method!

As Hagoromo Otsutsuki watched this scene, the despair in his eyes was gradually replaced by resolve.

He knew he no longer had the power to stop this monster, but he could not simply give up.

He slowly closed his eyes and pressed his hands together, beginning to draw upon the last of his life essence. He was preparing to unleash that forbidden technique which even he himself could not control—even at the cost of his life, he would buy this world a sliver of respite.

The instant Hagoromo Otsutsuki closed his eyes, the dim golden light around him erupted. It was no longer the gentle radiance of protection from before, but a blazing, resolute brilliance that burned away life itself.

His body became transparent at a visible rate. Every inch of flesh and blood was breaking down and burning, turning into the purest source of Yin-Yang Release and merging into the hand seal formed by his clasped palms.

"With my life as the catalyst, I summon the spirits of yin and yang and seal the abyss of all evil—Six Paths: Yin-Yang Seal!"

His aged yet imposing voice echoed through heaven and earth, as though it had crossed the ages.

The moment his words fell, space-time throughout the entire Shinobi World came to a standstill. Countless golden motes emerged from the void, gathering into thick chains vast enough to blot out the sky and sun.

Black-and-white Yin-Yang patterns flowed across the chains' surfaces. One end rooted itself in the depths of empty space-time, while the other surged toward the nearly ten-thousand-meter-tall Black Susanoo Armor with a terrifying pressure that locked onto all things.

These were no ordinary sealing chains. Using the Sage of Six Paths' life essence as fuel, they had been condensed by drawing upon the most fundamental Yin-Yang laws of the Shinobi World.

Every chain contained enough power to seal tailed beasts and tear apart mountains. Now, thousands upon thousands of them appeared at once, like an inverted golden galaxy, instantly wrapping tightly around the Black Susanoo Armor's limbs, torso, and wings.

Screech—!

The chains let out a piercing sound of energy grinding against energy as they tightened.

The golden patterns across the Black Susanoo Armor's surface flashed violently, trying to resist the sealing force. But the Yin-Yang chains clung to it like maggots to bone. Not only did they firmly lock down its movements, they also kept seeping inward, attempting to unravel the primordial energy formed from the fusion of souls and Chakra.

"Hm?" Genki's deep voice carried a trace of gravity for the first time.

He could clearly feel that this sealing power could actually reach his very origin, causing the power that had been rising madly to stagnate.

The pitch-black wings that had been flapping were yanked down by the chains, making even a single movement incomparably difficult. The expansion of the Magatsunokami Domain around him also abruptly slowed.