Defeating Kaguya

The light in his eyes flickered again, and he quickly activated Amenonotokotachi. The power to turn back time surged through his body.

In an instant, Ying Yue's body returned to its previous condition. The damage that had nearly destroyed it was repaired as time flowed backward.

Looking at his unscathed body, Uchiha Ying Yue smiled.

"Let's start over."

At that moment, Kaguya Otsutsuki stared at Uchiha Ying Yue's restored body, deeply shocked.

She hadn't expected Ying Yue to survive her All-Killing Ash Bones, let alone recover in an instant.

This ability was even more powerful than the recovery of her own immortal body.

"How... is that possible?" Kaguya Otsutsuki whispered in disbelief. A flicker of panic crossed her eyes, but she soon regained her composure. "It seems your recovery ability is stronger than mine, but that doesn't change the fact that you can't defeat me."

Uchiha Ying Yue smiled faintly, seeming unconcerned by Kaguya's words.

Although Kaguya Otsutsuki's chakra was seemingly inexhaustible and her power immense, as the battle dragged on, she began to feel tired. It wasn't just because Uchiha Ying Yue's bizarre recovery ability was a time-based ocular jutsu that could reverse any injury as long as he had ocular power left. It was also because she realized that her combat experience was far inferior to Ying Yue's.

"Kaguya Otsutsuki, you've already lost," Uchiha Ying Yue said, his voice cool and resolute.

He fixed his Rinnegan on Kaguya, as if he could see through everything about her.

At that moment, Kaguya began to realize that although her immortal body and enormous chakra were powerful, they weren't invincible.

Uchiha Ying Yue's very existence had completely overturned her understanding and her approach to battle.

At this crucial point in the battle, Uchiha Ying Yue and Kaguya Otsutsuki had both pushed their powers to the limit.

Kaguya Otsutsuki knew that ordinary ninjutsu and fighting methods could no longer defeat Ying Yue. His recovery ability, combat experience, and even tactics had all exceeded her expectations.

A trace of unwillingness stirred in Kaguya's heart. She knew that only greater power could turn the tide.

So she decided to hold nothing back and unleash the power she had kept sealed away for so long.

A deep determination glimmered in Kaguya Otsutsuki's eyes. She slowly closed them and began gathering the chakra buried deep within her.

"Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball," Kaguya murmured, forming Hand Seals.

As the words left her mouth, an immensely powerful energy surged from within her, forming a huge black sphere.

Purple light shimmered at its core as its dark outer shell steadily expanded, like an endless black hole, swallowing all the space around it.

This was the evolved form of the Truth-Seeking Orb—the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball. It could devour and dissolve everything, even changing the nature and dimensions of space itself.

It was not merely a symbol of power, but the beginning and end of the world.

As the Truth-Seeking Orb expanded, it swallowed the properties of the five elements, yin and yang, and all other phenomena. The laws of nature around them began to collapse before its power, and all existence seemed to dissolve.

Ying Yue felt a deep sense of dread. Even his powerful instincts warned him that if he were struck by this attack, he might not survive.

However, Kaguya still hadn't fully brought the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball's power under control.

She was fully focused on undergoing Ten-Tails Beast Transformation to maximize her power.

She began absorbing the chakra of every ninja in the Ninja World affected by Infinite Tsukuyomi, seeking to turn it into her own power and further enlarge the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball. As chakra poured into it without end, the orb continued to grow until it was large enough to destroy an entire world.

A cold glint flashed in Uchiha Ying Yue's eyes. He knew that if Kaguya completed the process, the whole world would descend into chaos and might even become a world belonging to Kaguya alone.

He couldn't allow that to happen. He had to act before Kaguya completed her transformation.

Without hesitation, Ying Yue unleashed his ultimate technique—The World.

"The World!" A mysterious light flared in his eyes, and time across the entire world stopped in an instant.

The flowing air, the expanding Truth-Seeking Orb—everything froze in that moment.

Kaguya's movements halted completely. Her chakra, the Truth-Seeking Orb, and the process of her transformation were all frozen in time.

Taking advantage of this precious moment, Ying Yue unleashed his Space Control and Amenominaka abilities. His body vanished from where he stood, replaced by a series of Space Slashes that cut through the boundaries of space and time, hurtling toward Kaguya's Truth-Seeking Orb and transformed body.

Space Slashes lashed out like thunder. During the brief time stop, every strike from Ying Yue was swift and precise, carrying the power to cleave through space and time.

He unleashed a barrage of powerful Space Slashes, each one cutting unerringly through Kaguya's body and the Truth-Seeking Orb.

As the time stop neared its end, Ying Yue used the Rinnegan ability Amenonotokotachi to turn back his own time, restoring his ability to pause the world.

Over those few dozen seconds, Ying Yue used nearly all his chakra to unleash Space Slashes, striking more than ten thousand times.

Before the time stop ended, he had completely severed the Ten-Tails Beast Transformation within Kaguya. The Nine Tailed Beasts and Uchiha Madara were released from her body.

As time began to flow again, the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball started to tremble violently. After Kaguya lost the power of the Ten-Tails, its core began to collapse. With no longer enough power to sustain its immense chaotic energy, it finally exploded.

Ying Yue's attacks shattered the Truth-Seeking Orb's tremendous power. It began to crumble and disintegrate as the darkness and void gradually faded away.

Ying Yue didn't stop. He immediately cast a Sealing Jutsu, swiftly restricting Kaguya's power to the early Six Paths level.

This Sealing Jutsu could effectively suppress Kaguya's chakra and prevent her from returning to her peak.

After losing the power of the Ten-Tails Beast Transformation, Kaguya's body remained powerful, but she was far weaker than she had been at her full strength.

"Kaguya Otsutsuki, you've lost," Uchiha Ying Yue said calmly. There was no pity in his eyes, only composure and resolve.

Kaguya looked around at the ruins and saw the power she had lost. Waves of resentment welled up in her heart, but she knew that Uchiha Ying Yue had indeed defeated her. She could no longer turn the tables.

She slowly lowered her head. The long years of sealing and the battle left her feeling helpless, as if everything had been decided long ago.

Kaguya slowly raised her head and looked at Uchiha Ying Yue, a complicated emotion in her eyes that was hard to describe. "So... what are you going to do? Seal me again?"

Ying Yue shook his head, his voice still calm. "No, I don't intend to seal you. You planted the God Tree and created an army of White Zetsu only to defend against the threat posed by the Otsutsuki Clan's main family, but they pose no threat to me. And if you no longer threaten the Ninja World, there's no need for you to remain my enemy."