"Now it begins!"
The moment Ryuto said that, the entire battlefield fell as silent as a graveyard.
The golden aura around him surged upward with a roar. His hair turned entirely golden, every strand standing up and floating, and his eyes turned green. The blast of Ki sent loose stones flying across the surrounding ground.
Kaguya stared at him with her three pure-white eyes and said nothing.
Nearby, the White Zetsu possessed by Black Zetsu shouted, "Mother, be careful! This form is different from before!"
"I know," Kaguya said.
She raised her hand.
Ryuto moved.
Fast.
So fast that all he left was a streak of golden light.
Kaguya opened her Byakugan wide and shifted her body a fraction to the left.
Bam!
Ryuto's fist brushed past her shoulder, and a shock wave erupted.
Kaguya swung her palm back toward Ryuto's chest.
Ryuto didn't dodge. He drove his knee up.
Their blows collided like thunder, sending shock waves bursting out one after another.
The two moved across the battlefield at high speed. Ordinary people couldn't make them out at all, seeing only flashes of gold and white as huge craters kept erupting in the ground.
Ryuto threw a punch at Kaguya's face.
Kaguya ducked, dodging it as she extended her right index finger.
A gray bone spike shot from her fingertip.
All-Killing Ash Bones!
Ryuto forcibly twisted his body in midair. The bone spike skimmed past his waist and struck the ground, blasting out a deep crater.
"Fuck, I really can't let that thing touch me." Ryuto landed and glanced at it.
Kaguya didn't stop. She raised both hands at once.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack."
Countless transparent fists erupted from her palms, packed so densely that they sealed off all the space around Ryuto.
Every fist locked onto Ryuto's position.