She gave a perfectly natural snort.
Even she had no idea why she had suddenly snorted.
But when Zetsu heard that snort,
his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Had that petulant sound really come from Mother?!
Still,
seeing that Mother was brimming with fighting spirit,
Zetsu said nothing.
He merely grew more wary of Aogetsu Hyuga.
He could never let Aogetsu Hyuga
do anything to his mother!
The next moment,
Kaguya unleashed a vast amount of chakra.
"Amenominaka!"
Before long,
Aogetsu Hyuga felt his surroundings change abruptly.
Waves of scalding lava
came crashing toward him.
Aogetsu Hyuga instantly cast a Water Release technique.
Huge torrents of water slammed into the lava.
In an instant,
an enormous cloud of steam erupted.
At the same time,
the surging lava
turned into a vast expanse of rock.
Aogetsu Hyuga ran across the rock, then pushed off and leaped toward Kaguya.
A second later, Kaguya vanished completely.
Immediately afterward, the surrounding lava began to surge. Pillars of lava shot skyward, then crashed down heavily.
Aogetsu Hyuga chuckled, then raised his voice slightly. "Not a bad idea, but don't forget—this eye of mine is just like yours!"
With that, Aogetsu Hyuga shouted as well, "Amenominaka!"
The next second, their surroundings began to shake, as though a massive earthquake were brewing beneath them.
Kaguya reappeared, a hint of panic surfacing on her exquisite face.
As she gathered her chakra, the shaking began to subside. She seemed intent on maintaining the Lava Dimension.
Seeing this, Aogetsu Hyuga curled his lips into a smile, raised both hands high, then brought them down sharply,
as though tearing something apart.
The next second, a deafening ripping sound rang out.
What appeared next stunned not only Kaguya, but even Zetsu, an ancient creature who had lived for thousands of years. His