Divine Might Draw!

After delivering his threat, he waved a hand, and the enormous eight-headed, eight-tailed monster

charged at Uchiha Genmei and the Shrine Maiden.

"What a headache. Matatabi, protect the Shrine Maiden. I'll handle them."

After giving his partner, the Tailed Beast, a quick instruction, he rapidly materialized his vast chakra.

He charged toward the attacking monster...

As he ran, Susanoo quickly grew larger.

Before long, a golden giant over two hundred meters tall appeared.

The young man stood atop the giant's Red Brow.

He grinned cruelly:

"Tsumugari Great Blade! Crush everything before you with merciless brutality!"

At his command, Susanoo raised the Divine Sword and swung it at the eight-headed, eight-tailed monster.

A mighty blade of divine power swept forward. The demon before him seemed to have met its natural enemy.

Under this world-splitting strike, it was cut in half.

But that wasn't all.

He raised a colossal hand, grabbed one half of the monster, and hurled it away.

As that half sailed through the air,

he kicked the other half hard.

The monster rolled off to one side, unable to get back up.

After finishing all that,

the young man looked down imperiously

at the deity watching coldly from above.

He mocked him:

"Your pet doesn't seem very impressive."

But his heart was heavy. This young deity was floating in midair.

No matter how closely he examined him with his Sharingan, he couldn't detect any flow of energy.

Nor could he sense

any Natural Energy around him.

This was bad!

In Naruto, only those who had reached the Six Paths level,

or pseudo-Six Paths beings like Toneri,

could escape the pull of gravity without using any other ability!

The deity smiled faintly:

"You have some skill."

"Come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself. How discourteous of me."

He spread his arms, his expression elated, and continued:

"I am the son of Susanoo-no-Mikoto and the Sun Goddess, and the master of this land."

"Masakatsu, Warekatsu, Katsuhayahi."

"Ame no Oshiho-mimi!"

After introducing himself, he gave a feral grin.

"Bow before me, mortal!"

He swept one hand down toward the golden giant below.

Boundless Azure Divine Wind,

carrying unbelievable heat and overwhelming force,

rushed toward Uchiha Genmei!

The moment Ame no Oshiho-mimi began to transform,

Gamamaru had already awoken in the palace at Mount Myoboku.

He was nothing like his usual, muddle-headed self.

Fukasaku and Shima, the toad couple who often looked after him in the palace, were busy caring for the children.

Alone in the vast, empty hall, he wore a look of astonishing greed.

He muttered over and over:

"That's a god! A god! A god!"

"The lingering light of the Age of the Gods still remains. Wonderful."

"I have to get that divinity!"

Unlike the White Snake Sage, who sought to become a dragon,

after the ploy he hadn't even expected to work

successfully drove the Rabbit Goddess and her sons apart,

and the Sage of Six Paths emerged victorious,

he had gained a reward: the planet had granted him access.

But he wanted more.

Otherwise, why would Mount Myoboku be the most active of the Three Great Sage Regions?

It was always meddling in the affairs of the Shinobi World.

In the past,

Mount Myoboku had been just like Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest.

It was merely a blessed place rich in Natural Energy.

How had it become what it was today, on the verge of turning into a world of its own?

His precognitive abilities had shown him what was happening in the Land of Demons.

He wanted to take another step forward and absorb Ame no Oshiho-mimi's divinity.

With the status of a lord of the earth, he would ascend from sage to god

and turn Mount Myoboku into a divine realm!

But that Uchiha was too troublesome.

After thinking for a moment, he called out:

"Fukasaku, Shima, come here at once."

Before long,

the toad couple arrived hand in hand.

"Old scatterbrain, what is it? I'm still making food for the children."

Shima complained to the Great Toad Sage without bothering to hide her annoyance.

"Go to the Land of Demons at once and witness the battle taking place there."

"Then come back and tell me everything in detail."

Seeing that Shima was about to complain again, Fukasaku hurriedly stopped her.

He looked up and asked calmly:

"How are we supposed to get there? Jiraiya hasn't summoned us, so we can't go that way. Walking would take too long, so don't even suggest it."

"I have a way. Jiraiya happens to be there, so we can use him as a marker." As he spoke, Gamamaru pulled a talisman from beneath himself.

It was his Immortal Treasure.

With part of the planet's permission granted to him, the Immortal Treasure Talisman had gained more complex abilities.

It could transport people through the air at Godspeed.

As the Immortal Treasure flashed,

the two Toad Sages were carried into the air and away!

The divine wind collided with the blade wreathed in Sun Fire.

The clash sent thunderous booms echoing across the land.

Ame no Oshiho-mimi was small, but framed by the divine wind,

he looked imposing and awe-inspiring!

In a short time, the two sides clashed more than ten times.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth split apart, and the clear sky dimmed. Nearby, Matatabi struggled to shield the Shrine Maiden.

She stared at the battle in shock.

"They're incredible! They might not be as strong as the Old Man, but they're almost on Indra's level!"

Matatabi couldn't help exclaiming in astonishment.

Miko Miko nodded and said solemnly:

"Don't get distracted. It's coming!"

The scorching waves of air mingled with the Azure Divine Wind, crushing everything in their path like an avalanche.

Matatabi clutched the Shrine Maiden in her mouth and narrowly dodged the aftershock.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Genmei, in the middle of the battlefield,

was filled with admiration...

The Beautiful Youth Deity opposite him moved with effortless ease, relying solely on his own abilities.

His divine power was unmatched. If Susanoo, more than two hundred meters tall, let him find an opening,

a single blow

would send it flying.

It seemed that his massive form was a disadvantage against this opponent!

At the thought, he formed a hand seal.

Then he shouted:

"Then how about this!"

Susanoo dispersed, transforming into golden armor.

Uchiha Genmei held the Divine Sword, a Gourd at his waist, and Magatama arranged behind him in a sacred ring.

The power in his eyes surged violently.

Golden-red Sun Fire blazed along his sword.

The imperious young man wore a delighted smile.

He shouted at the deity:

"Let's settle this once and for all! What do you say?"

Hearing him, the deity floating in the air

raised an eyebrow and gave a scornful smile:

"Oh..."

"Very well. This back-and-forth... this stalemate where neither of us can get the better of the other..."

"I've grown tired of it, too."

He slowly descended and landed on the ground.

He stretched out a hand, palm facing the earth.

An intense divine aura blazed around him,

and blue divine power burst forth with earth-shaking force!

It instantly spread through the land beneath his feet. Under its influence, the earth

slowly split apart, and roars rose from the cracks!

A blue sword slowly emerged from within.

He reached out and gripped its hilt...

The deity stood with the sword in hand, a cruel smile on his face.

"Now I'll show you what true divine arts look like, half-baked fool!"

He raised the sword,

and ecstatically chanted a Word Spirit:

"World of the living and the Other Shore, here in this realm, know the truth of frailty and impermanence."

"Boundless, unhindered, endless, Ame-no-Murakumo, help me attain the infinite."

A mysterious sound rang through heaven and earth!

It was the sound of destruction, born as the divine essence pressed down upon the world.

Ame no Oshiho-mimi turned the sword around, pointing its blade at his enemy.

"Divine Might Draw!"

[Divine Sword: Kusanagi-no-Tachi!]