Amaterasu's flames, which would never vanish unless they burned whatever they ignited to ashes!
The Immovable Zen Meditation, which ensured that as long as one guarded a single thought within their heart, no torment could truly kill them!
What a seamless, natural inferno these two created together!
Amaterasu's flames could not burn Yu to death.
But that was precisely what made them even more terrifying!
Unable to kill him, unable to burn him away—the flames would continue burning forever!
The pain would be amplified without limit!
In the past, whenever Amaterasu engulfed his body, all he needed to do was slightly invoke the Preta Path Pain, and the flames would immediately be absorbed completely!
But now... even forming that thought had become an impossible luxury!
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh...!!!" Yu's heart-rending howl echoed through the world of Tsukuyomi.
In the past, he had believed the most painful moment his body had ever endured was when Asuma used Death by Blood Possession to forcibly destroy his vital parts, only for Madara to amplify that pain ten thousandfold with Jaganaka!
But that had passed in an instant... unlike this endless, unrelenting torment!
Unable to live, unable to die!
Or perhaps... it was worse than death!
Anyone else would likely have been unable to endure even thirty seconds before giving up and choosing death of their own accord!
But Yu... did not give up, and he did not submit!
His heart cried out without pause.
Endure!
Endure!!
Endure!!!
Amaterasu's flames burned without extinguishing for seven days and seven nights, and Yu's screams echoed for seven days and seven nights as well.
Later, the screaming stopped. Yu's throat had been ruined from shouting, and he could no longer utter a single word!
But he had not died. That meant that deep in his heart, he was still