Life-and-Death Shogi is outside the rules.
Adult Naruto and his son Yuyun, the father and son who watched the battle across time and space, had a panoramic view of the protracted and thrilling duel below.
The battle is coming to an end, and the strength and skills displayed by both sides have already exceeded the limits of ordinary Ninja's imagination.
Adult Naruto slowly turned his head and his eyes fell on Yuyun beside him.
This extremely talented Young Naruto, who inherited the top talents of both Parents, is staring at the battlefield below with all his concentration at the moment. His clear eyes reflect the intertwined light of Golden and Purple Eyes, as well as countless mysterious Formula trajectories.
Adult Naruto spoke, his voice was calm, with a hint of a school exam:
"How much have you learned after watching it for so long?"
He did not refer to a specific technique, but what he was referring to was obviously all the Sage Art, Yin-Yang Release applications, Taijutsu secrets, and even the clever borrowing and countermeasures of Life-and-Death Shogi that Young Naruto and Sage of Six Paths had performed in this battle.
During this time, Yuyun did not just watch.
He possesses understanding and insight far beyond ordinary people, almost demonic.
Whether it is the complex and mysterious Sage Art seals, or the Truth-Seeking Orb changes that contain the Yin-Yang Release truth, or the antelope-like combat intuition and adaptability displayed by the two in extreme offense and defense...
As long as you look at Yuyun attentively, it seems that you can directly penetrate the surface and gain insight into its core energy operation principle, the trajectory of Chakra Nature Transformation, and the construction logic of Formula.
For him, learning a technique is not about memorizing its steps, but understanding why it works.
Once he understands the principle, with his own huge Chakra and control over various Chakra Nature Transformation, it is not difficult to reproduce it or even improve it according to its own characteristics.
This is talent, an innate and outstanding talent that can make anyone who works hard feel desperate.
Upon hearing his father's question, Yuyun raised his eyes slightly. There was no hesitation or self-effacement in his eyes, only a calm confidence based on absolute knowledge.
He whispered two words:
"All."
This means that all the Formula and techniques that the two beings below who stand at the pinnacle of power have used, created, and improved in this month-long fierce battle, their core principles and methods of use have been understood, mastered, and stored in Yuyun's mind, and can be called upon, reproduced, or even introduced new ones at any time.
Adult Naruto Hearing this, his face did not show too much surprise, he just nodded slightly, with a trace of imperceptible satisfaction and pride flashing in his eyes.
He didn't ask any more questions, nor did he give any praise or advice. He just turned his attention again to the increasingly fierce final battle below and fell into silence.
His purpose of bringing Yuyun to watch the match has been successfully achieved.
For Adult Naruto, this battle is more than just witnessing the showdown between his "past self" and Sage of Six Paths.
More importantly, it provides Yuyun with an unprecedented, highest-level teaching site.
Where else can we more intuitively and profoundly demonstrate the mystery of the use of power, the essence of tactical games, and the wisdom of rules-based confrontation than the unreserved life-and-death fight between two Six Paths-level experts?
And Yuyun's terrifying talent of being able to learn at a glance has maximized the efficiency of this teaching site.
Adult Naruto is thinking in his mind: When he returns to Mortal World, he just needs to let Yuyun teach him the principles and key points of using the ancient, powerful, and possibly long-lost Sage Art and Secret Technique that Sage of Six Paths used in this battle...
Then, his strength and means will surely usher in a new improvement.
This is far more efficient than groping and researching on his own.
Does this count as... the father is more valuable than the son?
Adult Naruto The corner of his mouth raised a slight arc.
Does this mean that the son does not have to be inferior to the father, and the father does not have to be better than the son?
His attention was focused more on the final direction of the battle. From his now more sophisticated and beyond-the-era perspective, this battle was actually nearing its end.
Below, although the Chakra fluctuations of Young Naruto and Sage of Six Paths are still astonishing, the sense of perfection at the peak state is fading away, replaced by a burning feeling close to the limit.
Adult Naruto is particularly concerned about the status of Young Naruto.
He knew that Young Naruto swallowed the Chakra Fruit that was refined from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and gained an explosive increase in strength, but it also brought huge hidden dangers and burdens.
"Now it seems that if we continue to fight like this without restraint and with high intensity..."
Adult Naruto silently assessed in his mind, "I am afraid that my body and spirit in the past would gradually be unable to suppress the original power and will contained in Chakra Fruit and belonging to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki due to excessive consumption."
The result is, Otsutsukification!
Gray hair, first-born Wooden Horns, Chakra nature becomes closer to pure Otsutsuki...
That is definitely not the outcome Young Naruto expected, and it may also cause unpredictable variables.
As for Sage of Six Paths, although he has a deeper foundation, the consumption of his Chakra and mental energy by fighting against an equally perverted opponent for a month has definitely reached a terrifying level.
"The final outcome is no surprise..."
Adult Naruto whispered to himself.
"It will only be a draw."
Sure enough, it seemed to be to confirm his judgment.
The changes on the battlefield below suddenly intensified.
Naruto and Sage of Six Paths once again demonstrated their respective secrets at the bottom of the box, and had a final collision like a supernova explosion.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
This time the explosion was far more powerful than before!
Not only the energy impact, but also the Six Paths·Life-and-Death Shogi that kept the fight between the two from spreading to further areas, seemed to finally be unable to withstand the escalating devastation that lasted for a month. In the aftermath of this ultimate collision, it let out an overwhelmed wail.
"Click--"
The sound like breaking glass resounded throughout Pure Land.
In the eyes of everyone, the framework and rules of the "chess game" that were originally invisible but always existed were broken, disintegrated, and dissipated.
Six Paths·Life-and-Death Shogi--It collapsed!
Without the forced maintenance and balance of the chess game rules, the two rays of light in the center of the battlefield quickly dimmed like burning stars.
The smoke and dust slowly dispersed.
At the bottom of the deep sinkhole, two figures were seen tens of meters apart, standing opposite each other, but both were on the verge of falling.
Naruto Uzumaki, the golden light on his body was almost completely extinguished, Golden's Six-Tomoe Rinnegan also returned to ordinary blue eyes, his face was as pale as paper, he was panting heavily, and he could barely stand.
The Chakra in his body is almost exhausted.
Sage of Six Paths, same thing.
The soaring Purple Eyes Chakra light beam has long since disappeared, and Amenonuhoko has returned to the ordinary Black Staff form held in his hand. His original tall and straight posture is slightly stooped, with deep fatigue on his face and weak breath.
The vast Chakra he had accumulated over thousands of years was actually consumed in this battle to the point where it was unsustainable.
Six Paths Life-and-Death Shogi's support cannot sustain the high-intensity battle consumption of two people for a month, otherwise it would not collapse.
The two of them looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes the helplessness after exhaustion, as well as a hint of relief and respect for meeting their opponents.
None of them can continue fighting.
It is worth mentioning that in this duel, the power of Nine Tailed Beasts and Naruto never borrowed the power of Kurama, nor did they summon Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
And Sage of Six Paths seems to have tacitly not used some trump cards that may be related to Tailed Beast.
This is a pure battle of personal strength and will that strips away the variable Tailed Beast.
In the end, at the top of Pure Land, "Six Paths·Life-and-Death Shogi", which determines the future of Shinobi World, came to an end with the rules broken and both sides exhausted.
There is no clear winner and no loser.
There are only two opponents who fight to the end and recognize each other.
And with the damage of Life-and-Death Shogi.
This is the end of a huge showdown that swept the worlds of life and death.
Since then, Shinobi World has opened a new chapter.
The road ahead may still be full of challenges, but at least a new Shinobi World era that is more inclusive and possible, born out of war and strife, has begun.
Adult Naruto took one last look at the two figures squatting at the bottom of the sinkhole to recover Chakra, then looked at his son who had gained a lot next to him, and gently patted Yuyun on the shoulder:
"Let's go, we should go back."
"My story is coming to an end.
And your journey has just begun."
The figures of the father and son slowly faded and disappeared at the edge of the void.
Only the piece of Pure Land, which had been beaten beyond recognition but had also ushered in a new life, was silently telling what had just happened.