While the great battle raged in Konoha, Qingyun's own battle reached its fiercest point. Shidou Ōtsutsuki let out agonized howls as Sunset Divine Might burned him relentlessly. Before long, he turned into flakes of ash that scattered across the battlefield.
Seeing Shidou Ōtsutsuki reduced to ash by solar true flame, Qingyun did not relax. Instead, he scanned his surroundings.
The sense of danger in Qingyun's heart had not faded. On the contrary, it grew ever stronger as Shidou Ōtsutsuki turned to ash. Sure enough, shortly afterward, Qingyun sensed a deadly threat behind him. Before he could react, a fair-skinned palm pierced Susanoo's defenses.
"Void God Palm!"
An icy voice rang out beside Qingyun's ear, and cracks instantly spread across the Susanoo surrounding him. Inside the space in Susanoo's forehead, Qingyun sensed an immense pressure bearing down on him. With no time to think, he stirred his true energy and hurriedly used Heaven and Earth Great Shift to defend himself.
Boom!
The instant the Bagua Diagram formed, an immense palm strike slammed into it, making it flicker violently. The impact sent Qingyun hurtling backward through the sky.
"Pfft!"
Qingyun's face flushed as he flew backward, and he violently spat out a mouthful of blood. He hurriedly circulated his Nine Yang True Energy throughout his body. Together with his Yang Release Sage Body, it finally stabilized his injuries.
However, without Susanoo to support him, Qingyun, who had been carried into the sky by it, began plummeting toward the ground.
Qingyun hurriedly closed his eyes and connected with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon within him, then released all the natural spiritual energy in his cells.
In the blink of an eye, golden light radiated from Qingyun's entire body. Gold-and-silver markings appeared on his face, golden armor covered him, and two dragon horns grew from