Ch. 221Battle the Great Demon
Chapter Summary: “Battle the Great Demon”
Key Plot Points and Events
- Uchiha Madara and the Second Pillar reluctantly prepare to use their Fusion Technique. Both view it as a humiliating last resort because it was intended to defeat powerful enemies, not merely prevent themselves from being killed.
- Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Yuhao engages the Great Demon in a devastating battle.
- Yuhao’s initial attacks appear effective: he cleaves the Great Demon in half and later severs both of its hands before it can release two energy spheres.
- The Great Demon reveals extraordinary regenerative abilities, effortlessly rejoining its body after being bisected. Its eerie laughter and lack of pain suggest that Yuhao’s attacks have done little lasting damage.
- Yuhao activates Imperial Sage Mode, surrounding himself with powerful blue-gold energy and blasting the Great Demon out of the Ninja World into outer space.
- The battle escalates in the starry sky. Yuhao uses his upper eighth-tier power and lands a powerful kick, but the Great Demon counters with an overwhelming energy sphere that sends him flying thousands of meters.
- Yuhao realizes that the Great Demon’s strength has increased, reaching the middle eighth tier. He responds with King Realm Fist and then its Rinnegan-enhanced Fourfold King Realm Fist, greatly multiplying his own power.
- The Great Demon remains stronger, forcing Yuhao into an unprecedentedly dangerous struggle.
- Yuhao unleashes Sage Art: Rasengan Six Stages, a massive blue-gold Rasengan surrounded by six miniature Rasen Shuriken. The attack strikes the Great Demon directly as it charges forward, and Yuhao confidently assumes the creature has been foolish enough to take the attack head-on.
Character Developments
- Uchiha Madara displays unusual self-mockery and helplessness, acknowledging that his pride has been compromised by the need to rely on fusion for survival.
- Second Pillar remains calm and practical, but his displeasure shows that he also considers the situation degrading and desperate.
- Otsutsuki Yuhao demonstrates tactical adaptability and escalating combat power. He transitions from swordsmanship and teleportation to Imperial Sage Mode and increasingly powerful ocular techniques.
- Yuhao’s confidence is tested when he discovers that the Great Demon’s strength has surpassed his own. Despite this, he remains composed and continues escalating his abilities.
- Great Demon is established as a terrifying, regenerating opponent whose power continues to grow. Its laughter and willingness to endure attacks reveal confidence, cruelty, and possible anticipation of Yuhao’s strongest techniques.
Significant Themes
- Pride versus survival: Madara and the Second Pillar must abandon their pride and use fusion simply to stay alive.
- Escalation of power: The battle continually rises from eighth-tier strength to even greater levels, emphasizing the extreme scale of the conflict.
- The limits of overwhelming force: Yuhao’s strongest attacks can injure or interrupt the Great Demon, but its regeneration and increasing power make conventional victory uncertain.
- Monstrous resilience: The Great Demon’s ability to recover from dismemberment symbolizes an enemy that cannot be defeated through ordinary physical destruction.
- Confidence under pressure: Yuhao maintains his composure even after being overpowered, relying on strategy, transformation, and increasingly dangerous techniques.
Character Interactions
- Madara and the Second Pillar share a reluctant, uneasy partnership, united by the need to activate their Fusion Technique.
- Yuhao repeatedly attacks the Great Demon, interrupting its attacks and forcing it into increasingly direct confrontation.
- The Great Demon responds with mockery rather than anger, treating Yuhao’s attacks as entertaining challenges instead of serious threats.
- Yuhao’s final remark—calling the Great Demon a “beast” for charging into the Rasengan Six Stages—shows his confidence and contempt, while also setting up the question of whether the attack can finally overcome the demon’s regeneration.