Flames of the Ninja War, the Crimson Beast!

"Hm!?" Nagato hovered in midair. Through his Rinnegan, he saw an abnormal flow of chakra inside Might Guy's body!

A vast amount of chakra poured from the Gate of Opening and the Gate of Healing in Guy's head. It gathered into a single current and surged downward!

Along the centerline of his body, from his throat to the Root Chakra below his navel, the Gate of Life, Gate of Pain, Gate of Limit, Gate of View, and Gate of Wonder released torrents of chakra in succession. Each gate released several times more than the last. When the chakra from all seven gates converged, it rushed toward the Gate of Death in his heart like all rivers returning to the sea!

All Eight Gates were open, forming a complete circuit... His body was like a machine that had activated its self-destruct sequence. Chakra born from burning blood became its final and strongest source of power!

Guy's pupils vanished. Blood-red steam seeped from his pores, and his eyebrows and hair turned crimson, flowing like living flames!

Nagato murmured, "Blood-red steam. So that's what the Eight Inner Gates look like when fully opened? Until now, I never considered Might Guy a threat. With only the Gate of Wonder open, he was at Tian Dou's level at best, perhaps even a little weaker..."

Xiaoxue stared at Guy's back. "That's the final gate of the Taijutsu technique Dad told me about—the Eight Inner Gates' Gate of Death!"

Standing beside Guy, Tian Dou asked, "Have you made up your mind?"

Guy answered with his head held high, "Yeah! This is the peak of my youth! This is the moment I protect everything precious to me to the very end and uphold my Ninja Way, even if my body is shattered to pieces!!"

Tian Dou clenched his