At these words,
the Beast Samurai opened its mouth
and gently blew out a breath.
Yin and Yang chakra surged,
gathering and spinning in its left hand!
In the blink of an eye,
an ominous, enormous black orb appeared in its palm.
"Haah!"
The samurai plunged the Divine Sword in its hand into the orb.
Seeing this,
the boy atop Matatabi gathered Senjutsu Chakra there!
Wrapped in Senjutsu, the sword and the black orb
rang with a buzzing, crystalline hum.
Uchiha Genmei watched it all.
He let out a cruel sneer:
"Go! Let me see how you measure up now that you've obtained all your power... in your complete form!"
"Do it, Matatabi!"
"Yeah!" the Beast Samurai replied excitedly.
With a flick of its hand,
the attack spun at high speed, a dazzling Shuriken of death!
Screee!
With a fierce, violent shriek, it swept up the abundant Natural Energy around it and hurtled toward the valley!
A deafening boom rang out!
The heavens and earth changed color!
A violent gale rose from the valley. A devouring tornado roared,
swallowing Moryo and the Undead Army under its command!
Staring at the valley, shattered by the rumbling impact,
Matatabi shouted excitedly:
"Woohoo! Yuan Ming, there's no way it survived that attack!"
"It probably isn't that simple. Don't let your guard down." Uchiha Genmei shook his head atop Matatabi.
Remembering that even Moryo's puppets possessed such immortality,
he warned her, still concerned, that Moryo itself surely had the same ability.
His gaze remained fixed on everything before them.
Hearing his partner's warning, the Beast Samurai's expression turned serious.
It cast off its complacency.
"Understood!"
It replied solemnly to the boy above.
Something stirred in the wreckage, still shrouded in dust after that attack.
Tap, tap, tap...
A pair of cold, black eyes pierced the dust and stared icily at the Beast Samurai.
Heavy footsteps sounded through the dust,
and a pitch-black figure quickly emerged.
It was tall, clad in ancient, pitch-black robes.
It gave a cold snort, its expression icy:
"Just like your ancestors, you are an insolent wretch!"
With that, it raised a hand.
"An eye for an eye. Take this!"
Boundless malice swept over them, sending chills through Uchiha Genmei and Matatabi.
Something was coming!
In the blink of an eye,
Moryo's lower body rapidly expanded, its towering form standing proudly.
"Haah!"
It wasn't over. Moryo let out a mighty shout, and boundless ominous black smoke rose around it.
In an instant,
the ominous smoke surged forward like thunder, crashing toward its enemies.
Its imposing might
seemed capable of forcibly erasing anything that should not exist,
anything that could not exist!
"This is my true power. Feel fear, descendants of the evil spirits!"
"Experience the hatred we have harbored for thousands of years through your own body!"
Uchiha Genmei ignored Moryo's taunts.
Descendant of evil spirits?
He looked at Moryo—
that enormous, utterly black body,
that ominous form.
It resembled some dark, alien demon—
...No, could that really be called a living creature?
Which one of them was the evil spirit?!
Facing the ominous black gale,
the Beast Samurai leaped into the air, spreading its wings to evade it.
"Idiot! You think I wouldn't dodge an attack that comes straight at me?"
Matatabi mocked it from the air.
As if to contradict her, the ominous black gale abruptly changed direction.
It came hurtling toward the Beast Samurai in the sky!
"It can track us automatically? As expected, it's no ordinary foe... No need to dodge anymore, Matatabi. Knock it away!"
Seeing this, Uchiha Genmei sneered.
The Beast Samurai clenched its hand, and the Divine Sword reappeared in its grasp.
It raised the Divine Sword, imbued with Golden Divine Aura!
Its giant wings beat behind it.
Boom!
In an instant,
the ominous black smoke collided with the giant beast!
Inside the Susanoo, he felt the ominous black smoke descend upon him like Kamui.
His chakra, Senjutsu, and body all seemed to be bound by some mysterious force.
As he felt this,
an excited, delighted smile slowly appeared on Uchiha Genmei's face.
"Heh heh heh! Hahahahahaha!"
"Now this is what a real fight feels like!"
The boy laughed arrogantly, his smile slowly turning vicious.
His crimson eyes shone brightly, the patterns in his pupils shifting!
An astonishing ocular power blazed in his eyes!
At the same time—
he recited the Cursed Speech he had only recently learned:
"Awaken! The curtain of darkness has descended. The sun shall be reborn once more!"
The Divine Sword in the hands of the Beast Samurai the boy piloted trembled.
Flames of gold and crimson flickered along the blade, their terrifying heat warping the surrounding air at once.
Uchiha Genmei pressed down with his foot.
Matatabi received the signal.
The golden wings on her back beat,
and she swung the Divine Sword in her hand.
"Woohoo! Take this!"
The blazing edge of fire, carrying the might of a god, shattered the ominous black gale.
And so—
the god soared across the sky!
Bringing divine judgment down upon the demon below!
The Sannin—Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru—were guarding the Miko Miko at the palace
when the ground suddenly shook.
"Was that an earthquake?" Jiraiya asked, steadying himself.
Hearing Jiraiya's question, Orochimaru stepped out of the palace, his expression grave.
He watched the atmosphere visibly shudder in the distance.
In a low voice, he said:
"That's no earthquake. That's..."
The Miko Miko stood and walked over to his side.
She smiled faintly:
"It's a battle between gods!"
Then she closed her eyes... and reached out,
as if sensing something.
Slowly,
a glimmer of golden light appeared in the distant sky.
She opened her eyes, her gaze lighting up, and smiled alluringly:
"It's coming!"
Jiraiya was also staring at the sky in shock from the palace entrance.
Tsunade walked over in confusion.
Just then,
the wild winds of the Howling Mountain and a scorching heat like the waves of hell
came with the golden light spreading across the sky!
The earth-shaking force
revealed itself in the distance and surged toward them!
The Miko Miko spread her arms,
her voice ringing out in a high, clear call:
"Everyone! Watch closely! This is what a myth looks like! Witness the blooming of that terrifying divine essence!"
Tsunade's arms, which had been folded across her chest, dropped without her realizing it.
Her eyes widened.
"What is that?"
It was incomprehensible, impossible to understand!
Seeing this,
Jiraiya quickly pressed his hands together and closed his eyes to sense it.
A moment later, he opened them,
his expression complicated as he said:
"Natural Energy is stirring the heavens and earth. It seems Yuan Ming possesses the power of the Sage, as well as the divine power of the Uchiha."
He thought of their teacher, the Third Hokage,
and the mission he had given the three of them to observe.
Then he sighed:
"Does this mission even mean anything anymore? With power like that, over these past two years, the only controversy has been around the Police Force."
"There's nothing else to say!"
Orochimaru made no comment, a gleam flashing in his eyes.
His excited thoughts were a complete jumble.
So this was the divine power of the Uchiha Mangekyo!
Subarashii!
While the few of them stood stunned by the scene before them,
inside a wooden house in the city,
a dazed-looking middle-aged man held a blade.
Using the blood of the corpse at his feet, he drew a bizarre blood array.
He whispered:
"Please, possess one of us, your lambs..."
"Lord Jashin!"
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