The Great Taishihō Truth-Seeking Tear and the Bayana Battle Spear collided in the void. They did not explode immediately, instead deadlocking and collapsing into each other, becoming a dense black sphere.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Immediately afterward, vast stretches of the surrounding void collapsed, and dark red lightning burst forth from within!
That was... Nether Lightning!
Neither of the two combatants realized that the clash of their strongest moves had actually shattered the dimensional barrier between Takamagahara and the Netherworld!
But they both understood one thing: if they were caught in the coming massive explosion, body and soul would be annihilated. Their top priority was to immediately escape using Space-Time Dōjutsu, but...
—"Damn it, the energy is too unstable. Space has been completely frozen, so we can't escape!"
Boom! Boom!
The Yamato Takeru Shikigami body and the Susanoo Shikigami body, fiercely battling beneath the stars, responded to their masters' wills and broke into the starry sky. Their figures crossed—Yamato Takeru shielded Sana, while Susanoo shielded Ryushiki!
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The void shattered. After absorbing most of the explosive force, the Shikigami bodies of Susanoo and Yamato Takeru were obliterated. The aftershock swallowed Ryushiki's fiery-red Ten-Tails Chakra body and Sana's golden Bayana Battle God battle form!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The gateway to the stratosphere opened wide, and Ryushiki and Sana plummeted down, landing on the devastated Onogoro Island...
They each struggled to rise, looking disheveled but still exhilarated!
Sana laughed. "Heh heh... Feels good?"
Ryushiki laughed. "Hah... It feels incredible!"
Boom! The two charged at each other once more.
—Sage Art • Wood Release • True Dragon Bodhi!
Boom! Behind Ryushiki rose a thousand-zhang Wood Release Dharma body, with tens of thousands of wooden dragons on its back roaring as they descended!
"Heh heh..."
Sana did not yield an inch.
—Sage Art •