Breaking the Seal

"Majestic Attire: Light Spirit Giant Shadow!"

As Uchiha Hikari and Tokiju shouted in unison, a terrifying surge of chakra rampaged through the sealed space.

Immediately, a twenty-meter-tall giant manifested.

The giant was clad in crimson tengu armor, with dazzling silver-white joints.

This was a special technique that Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari had developed together over the past few years.

First, Uchiha Hikari was an Uchiha clansman who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and her most destructive attack method was the Susanoo.

To match this attack style, Tokiju had also developed a corresponding ability, which he named: Light Spirit Giant Shadow.

Unlike the Susanoo of the Uchiha Clan, this technique of Tokiju's was not a special ability of his eyes.

Instead, it was a giant of light formed by fusing the light energy he had absorbed over several months with the chakra in his body and projecting it outward.

It was similar to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's complete state, only this giant was silver-white.

However, because this was not a special ocular ability, the consumption of his own chakra was far more terrifying than that of the Sharingan.

Coupled with the fact that Tokiju's body had not yet fully matured, he could not sustain it for long; a single strike was likely his limit.

Within the pentagonal mark on the giant's forehead, Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari held hands, their fingers interlaced as they continuously poured out their chakra.

The massive Majestic Attire giant slowly drew the long blade in its hand, and Uchiha Hikari glared: "Amaterasu!"

In an instant, countless black flames began to spread across the long blade until they covered it entirely.

Amaterasu was also one of Uchiha Hikari's ocular techniques.

As a human weapon of the Uchiha, she had been forcibly implanted with the enhanced versions of Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi by her clansmen.

Combined with her own heaven-defying ocular technique, "Yachihoko," she could be considered an Uchiha ninja with almost no weaknesses.

It could be said that her only current flaw was that because her eyes were not Eternal Mangekyo, using too much ocular power would lead to blindness.

Seeing that Uchiha Hikari was already shedding tears of blood, Tokiju squeezed out every drop of chakra from his body, gathering it all onto the blade.

The massive Majestic Attire giant held the long blade and slashed upward violently, the immense wind pressure instantly ravaging the entire sealed space.

After hitting the weak point with pinpoint accuracy, the black flames of Amaterasu instantly crawled all over the barrier.

Under the attack of such immense power, the sealing barrier immediately began to twist and deform, with cracks appearing and spreading across it.

The 50th year of Konoha, in a desolate, uninhabited area on the border of the Land of Fire.

BOOM!

With a deafening roar, a giant clad in crimson crow-tengu armor burst from the ground.

The giant's figure was exceptionally massive, and its entire body radiated a terrifying chakra fluctuation; just standing there gave one the illusion of an insurmountable obstacle.

The giant standing upon the earth slowly vanished, revealing the figures of Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari.

They were now panting heavily, their conditions dire; the chakra in their bodies was almost completely depleted, and their physical strength was nearly exhausted.

Yet, they still forced their bodies to move, heading toward the dense forest in the distance.

The commotion they had caused while breaking the seal was not small, and it would certainly attract ninjas from various villages to investigate; staying there would be a very unwise choice.

After a period of rapid movement, the two finally found a cave to hide in.

After simply clearing away their tracks, the two lay on the ground without any regard for their image, gasping for air.

They had been holding their breath while running, and now that they had settled down slightly, the exhaustion of their bodies surged up all at once.

After resting for a moment, the two looked at each other and laughed in tacit understanding.

"Hahaha! I didn't expect we could actually force it open!" Tokiju lay on the ground, one hand resting on his forehead, laughing heartily.

Uchiha Hikari nodded with a smile, her eyes filled with joy that she could no longer hide; she had finally regained her freedom.

All of this was thanks to the young man before her.

After resting for a while, Tokiju stood up and slowly walked out of the cave.

Exposing himself to the warm sunlight, Tokiju spread his arms slightly, as if to embrace it.

"So warm. I feel like the corpse spots on my body have even faded."

Tokiju muttered to himself; he could sense that his Eye of Light could continuously absorb the surrounding sunlight.

Moreover, the efficiency of this absorption was far beyond that of the fluorescent light in the sealed space.

At this moment, Uchiha Hikari also walked out, and seeing Tokiju enjoying the sunlight, she smiled knowingly.

Following Tokiju's lead, she walked into the sunlight, carefully feeling the warmth she had not experienced for so long.

Warm, and very comfortable.

After basking in the sun for a while and replenishing the light energy in his body, Tokiju slowly opened his eyes.

After carefully sensing the light energy within him, Tokiju discovered that the light energy of the sun was far more violent than the fluorescent light in the sealed space.

The light within the sealing space was extremely gentle, possessing almost no offensive properties.

Only by fusing it with one's own chakra to form a ninjutsu known as Light Style could it possess destructive power.

However, this sunlight was different; it did not need to be fused with one's own chakra to possess immense destructive power.

Furthermore, this sunlight contained powerful life energy, though this life energy was far too violent to be utilized at all.

It could be said that this sunlight represented ultimate destructive power—it was purely a light of aggression.

Thinking of this, Tokiju wondered: since sunlight had such an effect, what about the moonlight and starlight at night?

Although from a scientific perspective, sunlight, moonlight, and starlight were all forms of stellar light.

But this was the ninja world, a two-dimensional realm; science and the like simply did not exist here.

Whether moonlight and starlight possessed special properties could only be understood after experiencing them firsthand once night fell.

Just then, Uchiha Hikari spoke up, interrupting Tokiju's thoughts.

"Tokiju, where are we going next?"

Upon hearing this, Tokiju pondered for a moment and said, "First, let's look for any nearby bandits or the like to 'borrow' some money from, and then gather some intelligence on this era."

Uchiha Hikari nodded; she knew nothing about the current era either, so she naturally would not object to Tokiju's proposal.

On the way to find bandits, Tokiju tore a piece of fabric from his clothes and tied it over his left eye.

The shape of his Eye of Time was extremely bizarre, and he did not want to invite any unwanted covetousness.

Because there were no mirrors in the sealing space and he did not know the Shadow Clone Technique, he had no idea his eyes had changed appearance before he awakened Uchiha Hikari.

The Eye of Light was fine, as it still fell within the category of normal eyes.

But the Eye of Time was different; this eye clearly looked extraordinary, and it would easily bring him disaster.

Back in the sealing space, there was only Uchiha Hikari, and since she was the one who had discovered it anyway, it didn't matter if it was exposed.

But it was different in the ninja world, where lunatics were a dime a dozen; it was better to be cautious.

Watching Tokiju cover his left eye with the cloth, Uchiha Hikari smiled slightly: "Haha, so you can be afraid too. I thought you intended to show yourself like that."

Tokiju retorted, "You don't understand; this is what they call 'caution is the parent of safety.'"

"And you as well—don't expose your Sharingan casually."

Uchiha Hikari waved her hand upon hearing this and said, "Got it, got it. You're so long-winded..."