Rumble...
The ground kept shaking, and the dust it stirred up spread in every direction.
The battle between Shihōin Naraku and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path reached a fever pitch in an instant!
The entire forest began trembling violently under their clash, branches and leaves flying through the air.
Turbulent air currents whipped up, sweeping through everything around them like a hurricane.
"Roar..."
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path twisted wildly, slamming its enormous palm down at Shihōin Naraku as countless dazzling bolts of lightning cut off his room to dodge.
Boom!
A beam formed from lightning flashed down toward Naraku.
Bathed in the lightning filling the sky, Naraku looked up to see an incomparably massive Tailed Beast Bomb ready to fire!
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, whose enormous wrist Naraku had severed with a single slash earlier, had already recovered.
With eight tailed beasts sealed inside it, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path possessed regenerative power pushed to the limit. Unless Naraku defeated it in one go, it could rapidly recover from most of the injuries he inflicted.
Whoosh!
The instant the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's attack descended, Naraku vanished in a flash. In the blink of an eye, he appeared above its head and swung his blade hard at the Tailed Beast Bomb, whose chakra had already finished gathering.
Humm-
A clear hum rang out, followed by utter silence between heaven and earth!
The next second, dazzling white light blazed and flames flashed. The Tailed Beast Bomb could no longer hold together and exploded with a thunderous roar!
Hurricanes swept through, lightning raged, and flames rose...
At that moment, the end of the world descended!
Violent tremors split the earth with web-like cracks. Shattered rocks shot in every direction, smashing