Kakuzu's Final Shot condensed into shape within the canyon.
It was no ordinary chakra sphere, but a chaotic vortex formed by the extreme compression of five natures. Fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water—the five types of chakra tore at one another while being forcibly fused together. Unstable black cracks surfaced across it. The air warped into visible ripples wherever it passed, while loose stones on the ground were dragged toward the sphere by invisible gravity and reduced to dust the instant they touched it.
"Power close to a Tailed Beast Bomb..." Kurenai Yuhi's face went pale as her newly awakened sensory ability screamed warnings. "Xiao!"
The Land of Demons ninja had already retreated over a hundred meters, but even so, the pressure radiating from the sphere made their legs go weak. The Yomi Sect followers were sprawled on the ground, muttering prayers as though awaiting divine punishment.
Kakuzu stood behind the sphere. Three of his four masks had shattered, and the remaining water-nature mask was covered in cracks as well. His hands remained in a hand seal, his black robe snapping in the chakra turbulence. There was no anger in his exposed eyes, only pure greed.
"Your chakra... is even more extraordinary than that of the Tailed Beasts." Kakuzu's voice was hoarse. "Devouring you might allow me to break through the bottleneck that has held me for a century."
Hyuga Xiao hovered in midair, azure Tenseigan Chakra enveloping his body like flames.
He did not respond to Kakuzu's declaration.
His mind raced—Tenseigan Chakra Mode consumed an enormous amount of chakra. With the current purity of his bloodline, he could maintain it for three minutes at most. He had to take Kakuzu's attack head-on, or everyone behind him would die, and Sealing Canyon would be razed to the ground.
But taking