Tyrant Mode

Midair.

Hyuga Satoru gulped down breaths, trying to ease the shock in his mind and the relentless drain on his body.

At that moment, he was completely different from how he had been when using the Eight Gates Released Formation in his memories.

The Eight Gates Released Formation had never allowed anyone to fly. Even opening the Gate of Death did not grant flight; one could only remain airborne through speed that defied common sense.

But now, he was genuinely flying through the air. The explosive power filling his body was also utterly different from the Eight Gates Released Formation.

The power of the Eight Gates lay in extreme speed and attacks, while his current state felt more like an overbearing supremacy that looked down upon the world, filled with a violent urge to kill and seize everything!

"Whatever the case, I can tell this state definitely won't last long. I should test its abilities while I can."

Hyuga Satoru took a deep breath and extended his right palm toward the thick metal plates beneath him. With a slight movement of his mind, the metal floor he had spent so much effort constructing was torn open by a massive gap.

Countless heavy metal plates squeezed and scraped against one another, producing a piercing screech that made his teeth ache. Hyuga Satoru suddenly clenched his hand, and the twisting metal instantly contracted, forcibly wrung into a tangled spiral.

"What terrifying power." A trace of shock remained in Hyuga Satoru's eyes.

He had never been capable of such absolute control over metal before!

"Could it be that my improvement in this state isn't physical? Is it my authority over Electromagnetic Force?"

Hyuga Satoru felt as though he had vaguely grasped something. His Life Magnetic Field was now as vigorous as the sun, burning fiercely like blazing flames!

Having found the direction, Hyuga Satoru drew a breath and slowly raised both hands in midair.

The earth suddenly began to tremble faintly. Fallen leaves and branches on the ground shook rapidly up and down, while animals in the surrounding woods seemed to sense something and fled into the distance in panic.

Rumble...

Amid the trembling earth, enormous amounts of metal burst from the ground like bamboo shoots after rain. They twisted and intertwined, piercing through thick trees as dust filled the air...

When it finally stopped, a savage metal forest had appeared!

In the air, Hyuga Satoru panted heavily as sweat ran down his forehead. Looking at his "masterpiece," a smile unconsciously appeared on his pale face.

"Just as I thought, my control over Electromagnetic Force has greatly increased in this state."

Gathering metal particles beneath the surface with Electromagnetic Force, then controlling them to erupt from the ground and grow in interwoven formations to create a metal forest—this was something he could never have accomplished before.

The Third Kazekage's Magnet Release could achieve similar techniques with vast quantities of iron sand, but Hyuga Satoru had forcibly dragged out every bit of metal beneath the ground within nearly a kilometer. The difficulty was not even on the same level!

He clenched his hand into a fist, and his body became a bolt of lightning as he suddenly smashed into the ground.

Several massive trees thick enough to require multiple people to encircle them were shattered by the violent force, wood chips flying everywhere. Even the surrounding metal forest was forcibly snapped apart.

His waist twisted, and he swept out with a spinning kick. The point of contact on a tree that required three people to encircle it exploded into powder, and its enormous trunk crashed down through the forest with a thunderous roar.

Every taijutsu strike looked plain and unremarkable, yet each contained immense power, brimming with a violent aesthetic.

This was completely unlike the Front Lotus and Reverse Lotus of the Eight Gates Released Formation. This was the terrifying power enhanced by Electromagnetic Force.

Hyuga Satoru's body was wrapped in flickering arcs of lightning. At that moment, every inch of his skin and every cell in his body was filled with explosive force.

As he stepped forward, the towering metal forest around him seemed to come alive. It parted from where he walked, revealing a passage just wide enough for his body.

"I finally understand how Magneto really feels."

Hyuga Satoru smiled, extremely satisfied with his current state.

The tremendous increase in his Electromagnetic Authority allowed him to vaguely sample a hint of Magneto's power.

When he reached the spot where he had previously laid the metal flooring, he raised his palm. The twisted mass of metal was forcibly crushed back into flat plates and laid in its original position.

The metal forest behind him also seemed to receive some kind of summons, slowly sinking into the ground and leaving behind a devastated forest.

After the last of the metal forest sank into the ground, the lightning arcs around Hyuga Satoru vanished, and his standing hair returned to normal.

Once he had finished everything, Hyuga Satoru's face turned somewhat pale, and he panted heavily.

"That should be about it. They should be here soon."

He looked into the distance.

About ten seconds later, several ANBU wearing animal masks appeared nearby. Looking at the wrecked forest around them, shock appeared in their eyes beyond their masks.

"What happened? How did the area get destroyed like this?"

"Was it an enemy attack?"

A faint smile appeared on Hyuga Satoru's pale face. "Sorry, I was practicing a ninjutsu just now. The commotion got a little too big."

"It's Hyuga Satoru."

One of the ANBU recognized him.

Hyuga Satoru was currently considered someone favored by the Hokage. He had completed an important ANBU mission in the Land of Iron, and his instructor, Aburame Shibi, had once been an ANBU member as well. Thus, these ANBU were no strangers to Hyuga Satoru.

"Practicing ninjutsu? You caused such a huge disturbance?"

The ANBU still found it hard to believe. Judging by the traces around them, even a Jonin would likely struggle to cause this much destruction.

If they had seen the metal forest from earlier, they had no idea how shocked they would have been.

Hyuga Satoru deliberately coughed a few times, putting on an utterly weakened appearance. He gave a bitter smile and said, "I developed a powerful ninjutsu, but I lost control of it. That's why it ended up like this."

"I see." The ANBU nodded slightly.

Hyuga Satoru's weak appearance did not seem fake, and his chakra also appeared to be completely depleted. They had found no traces of other ninja nearby, so it seemed that was indeed what had happened.

"In that case, we won't disturb you any further."

With several whooshes, the ANBU disappeared.

Once he sensed that the ANBU had left, Hyuga Satoru let out a breath of relief, his gaze flickering.

It was true that his training had gone out of control, but it was not because he had developed a ninjutsu. More accurately, he had developed a mode.

Tyrant Mode!

That was the name Hyuga Satoru had given his previous state.

"I never expected opening the Fourth Gate of the Eight Gates Released Formation to suddenly boost my Life Magnetic Field, greatly feeding back into my Electromagnetic Authority."

Hyuga Satoru drew a breath, the shock from before still lingering in his heart.

The abilities he had used just now were at least equivalent to Electromagnetic Force Level LV4. In that state, even if he encountered an enemy at Aburame Shibi's level, he would dare to fight!

Forcibly crossing Electromagnetic Force levels and using abilities far beyond his current level—this was Tyrant Mode!

It was also because his Electromagnetic Authority had risen so greatly that the range of his electromagnetic perception had expanded immensely. Even without activating his Byakugan, he had discovered ANBU approaching this place.

But thinking about it carefully, the change was perfectly reasonable. Before training in the Eight Gates Released Formation, he had discovered that a vigorous Biological Magnetic Field could feed back into his Electromagnetic Authority.

Each opening of the Eight Gates caused the Biological Magnetic Field to surge, and the Fourth Gate was a turning point. It was only natural that the purple star vortex in his mind would resonate.

"The power is far greater than the normal Eight Gates, but the backlash also seems severe."

Hyuga Satoru smiled helplessly. In just a few minutes, not a single drop of chakra remained in him. Even the slightest movement of his muscles brought tearing pain.

"But it has become my strongest trump card. When facing enemies far stronger than me, I'll have a chance to turn the tables."