Fugaku gazed at the familiar world before him and ran a hand over the thick barrier, his thoughts churning.
He had been in the Naruto World for decades, and not a moment had passed without him missing home.
Most of the time, though, he kept that longing buried, especially now that he had a wife and children in this world.
He drifted backward and gathered energy in his hand. Within a few breaths, a huge sphere of black-and-red energy appeared in his palm.
The sphere brimmed with destructive power. Under Fugaku's control, it gradually shrank.
At last, it turned pure black, packed with destructive energy. He took aim at the thick barrier ahead and hurled it.
Boom.
The black sphere struck the Crystal Wall System, unleashing an earth-shaking explosion.
Then the immense force of the blast vanished without a sound. Fugaku saw it clearly: the Crystal Wall System had absorbed every bit of energy the sphere released.
Fugaku frowned. Breaking through the Crystal Wall System would be difficult unless he could strike it with power far beyond what it could withstand.
But that seemed like a fantasy. If the crystal wall separating Parallel Universes were so easy to break, powerful beings would have begun roaming between them long ago.
Or perhaps...
Fugaku vanished and reappeared before the Crystal Wall System. The Black Blade flashed from its sheath and swept across like a streak of darkness. Tremendous energy filled the blade, but none escaped; it was all held within.
He converted a vast amount of Chakra into the force of his swing and slashed.
Boom.
A tremendous force surged back through the Black Blade, sending him flying backward.
The front half of the Black Blade shattered inch by inch. Blood covered a hand that had not been injured in years.
Ignoring