Overwhelming Force!

Rumble...

The battlefield shook without pause, violent tremors spreading in every direction.

The final battle at the Valley of the End had come again. The spectacle was breathtaking, but it was also a disaster.

"No matter what, you're dying here today!" Uchiha Hikari realized she couldn't win an argument with Kazan, so she stopped talking and focused on the fight.

"Kill me? For that false peace of yours?" Kazan pressed her. "Were you sealed away so long that your brain regressed to the level of an ordinary human's?"

His words were merciless, even vicious, but there was an undeniable force behind them.

"Hmph. There's no other way besides Infinite Tsukuyomi!"

"Someone who's never been through hell wouldn't understand!"

Kazan almost laughed. The woman before him might be centuries old, but mentally, she was still a teenage girl.

He scoffed. "By hell, you mean being locked up and fed well every day?"

As he spoke, Kazan drove the Rock Giant forward.

Bolstered by Senjutsu and the Ryumyaku, purple Summoning Marks appeared across the giant's body. They glowed in the night, making it look older and more powerful.

"Shut up, you brat who knows nothing!" Uchiha Hikari raged.

Fed well?

Back then, she had been treated worse than an animal—used as a weapon, then locked in a cold cage whenever there was no fighting.

Kazan's words nearly made her lose her composure.

The Nine-Tails brought down a long blade wreathed in Black Flames. The sheer force of that strike could have split a lake in two.

Yet even that terrifying attack could not touch Kazan.

Kazan's Observation Haki had reached a level where he could briefly glimpse the future.

As the Nine-Tails swung, the Rock Giant punched its arm joint to deflect the blade. Its other fist then tore through the air