Terrifying energy broke through the limits of space. Drawn by Shin, it forcibly tore open a spatial rift and hurtled fiercely toward some unknown distant place.
Meanwhile, the mass of pitch-black lightning essence remained where it was. Shin had used it to stabilize and suppress the void energy, and it would be of great use to him later, so he could not blast it away along with the attack.
Susanoo seized the black lightning in its hand. Shin's gaze flickered as he sensed the coordinates he had left behind in the Hokage world, then vanished instantly along with Susanoo.
He had no desire to spend another moment in that chaotic hellhole.
According to his calculations, the energy he had just condensed had already reached the limit of what he could control. If it struck the Main World of Hokage, the continent would likely shatter into pieces in an instant. Terrifying natural disasters would engulf the entire world, eventually causing a calamity capable of destroying it.
Even the Sage of Six Paths likely would not find it easy to withstand such an attack.
In the distant world of the other shore, the air was filled with a deathly stillness. Other than the monotonous black and white, there was no color at all.
A great river of unknown origin divided the two realms. Its blood-red waters surged mightily onward, with neither source nor end in sight.
A small boat ferried souls along the riverbank. Countless numb-faced souls stood packed aboard it, leaving not the slightest gap. As it crossed the river, souls occasionally fell into the water, seized by the howling souls beneath the surface and dragged down without even a struggle, never to be freed again.
The ferryman shrouded in a black robe continued rowing without any reaction. He had long