He almost wanted to snap his own neck with his bare hands to end it all.
Just as his skull was about to reach its breaking point and his consciousness was about to be extinguished completely-
Hum! Hum!
Deep within him, the Yin-Yang: Dual Extremes Seal, which had lain dormant for so long, seemed to sense a mortal threat and actually released its first layer of restrictions on its own!
Boom!
A vast surge of pure black chakra, filled with a cold, deathly aura, and another of warm, boundless milky-white chakra, brimming with infinite life, erupted from deep within his body like two awakened, raging dragons!
The yin release chakra became black flames that fiercely coiled around the dark-gold circlet, burning and eroding its runes and binding power!
The yang release chakra became the purest life energy and, like the finest medical ninjutsu, began frantically repairing Uchiha Makoto's skull, brain, and damaged nerves, all on the verge of collapse!
The two forces, one attacking and one defending, one destroying and one rebuilding, actually reached a temporary stalemate with the Six Paths Tool-the Golden Circlet!
Uchiha Makoto was spared from having his head burst on the spot, but the pain did not disappear!
The Golden Circlet's binding power remained, and the yin and yang chakra's struggle against it only made the pain more complex and drove it deeper into his bones!
He was still screaming and rolling on the ground, but at least... he was alive. Under the extreme pain, his consciousness was instead stimulated into extraordinary clarity.
The elite Kumogakure ninja surrounding Tufeng soon noticed something strange happening to Uchiha Makoto.
"Something's wrong with that brat! He can actually withstand the Golden Circlet! Kill him first!" A scar-faced Kumogakure jonin's gaze sharpened. He broke away from the already faltering Tufeng,