Deva Path Pain still hovered expressionlessly in midair, his Rinnegan gazing coldly at Ye Chuan, as though what had just been destroyed were merely a few insignificant tools.
"It seems... I really can't treat you as an ordinary brat anymore."
"Your system of power is very unusual."
"The same goes for you."
Ye Chuan slowly raised Wado Ichimonji, pointing its tip at Deva Path Pain in the sky.
"Your Rinnegan really is troublesome, too."
Without another word, the final battle erupted!
Deva Path Pain struck first.
"Banshō Ten'in!"
A powerful, invisible gravitational force instantly seized Ye Chuan, trying to drag him over!
But Ye Chuan merely shifted his footing slightly. His body swayed like a roly-poly toy, effortlessly canceling out the pull.
"It's useless." Ye Chuan flashed forward, charging straight at Deva Path Pain.
"Shinra Tensei!" Deva Path Pain raised his hand, unleashing repulsive force.
Yet, as though he could see the future, Ye Chuan forcibly changed direction an instant before the repulsive force erupted, appearing at Deva Path Pain's side.
Coated in pitch-black Armament Haki, Wado Ichimonji swept out horizontally with a piercing shriek that tore through the air!
Deva Path Pain reacted extremely quickly as well, instantly forming a black chakra receiver in his other hand and using it like a short rod to block.
Clang! Blade met rod, sending sparks flying!
The two instantly plunged into fierce close-quarters combat!
Deva Path Pain already possessed formidable Taijutsu. With Shinra Tensei and Banshō Ten'in supporting him, his offense and defense worked as one, making him extremely difficult to handle!
But Ye Chuan's fighting style was even more terrifying!
His Observation Haki was operating at its absolute limit.
His ability to anticipate attacks was almost approaching Katakuri's level of briefly seeing into the future!
Every flow of chakra within Deva Path Pain, and even his intentions for his next attack, lay exposed to Ye Chuan's perception.
He had incorporated the Taijutsu of the Six Powers into his combat instincts. His movements were as elusive as a phantom, always allowing him to evade attacks with minimal effort.
And every slash of Wado Ichimonji in his hands carried [Armament Haki], along with a profound understanding of the principle of "severing."
Ordinary chakra receivers could not withstand it at all. Even when Deva Path Pain defended with repulsive force, that unstoppable blade would forcibly tear it apart.
To increase the pressure, Ye Chuan even created a Shadow Clone. His original body and clone coordinated, attacking simultaneously from two directions, and for a time, they completely suppressed the mighty Deva Path Pain.
This... this is impossible! Watching the battlefield through the Deva Path's vision, Nagato felt towering waves surge through his heart.
He knew better than anyone just how powerful Deva Path Pain was.
That was the Path that brought together the Rinnegan's strongest abilities!
And yet... he was being suppressed to this extent by a boy?!
His opponent's miraculous anticipation, those unstoppable slashes, and that bizarre Taijutsu... all of it lay completely beyond his understanding!
"He's so strong... Ye Chuan..."
"Even Pain's leader is no match for him?"
Below, the Konoha Ninja were all dumbstruck.
"Damn it..."
Unable to bring Ye Chuan down despite his relentless attacks, Deva Path Pain was instead forced back again and again. Anger finally appeared in his Rinnegan.
He was a god! How could a mere mortal suppress him?!
"In that case..."
Deva Path Pain abruptly pulled away, raising both hands high!
Chakra far surpassing any of his previous attacks began to gather wildly!
Even the sky seemed to tremble!
This is... Alarm bells immediately rang in Ye Chuan's mind.
"Chibaku Tensei!!!"
Accompanied by a furious roar like divine punishment, a small black sphere rose from Deva Path Pain's hands.
An immense gravitational pull erupted instantly!
Loose stones, rubble, the wreckage of houses, and even the corpses of some Konoha Ninja on the ground...
Everything was drawn in by that irresistible force, gathering toward the black sphere in the sky!
A rocky sphere resembling a small moon was rapidly taking shape!
Its purpose was to seal Ye Chuan!
"Chibaku Tensei? The Rinnegan's ultimate Sealing Jutsu..."
Ye Chuan looked up at the enormous celestial body in the sky.
The power of this technique was beyond question!
Once it fully formed, even he would probably struggle to escape!
I have to... stop it before it fully forms! Or rather... destroy its core!
Ye Chuan drew a deep breath, bringing himself to peak condition!
His current strength was no longer purely Hawkeye's inheritance. Having integrated chakra, the Six Powers, and combat experience from this world, he might already have surpassed that pure swordsman from the pirate world in certain respects!
Ye Chuan gripped Wado Ichimonji with both hands and raised it high.
Pitch-black Armament Haki flowed over the blade as though alive, faintly entwined with tiny threads of lightning.
Shhh-!!!!!!
A blade arc of ultimate brilliance, radiant beyond description, shot into the sky!
Like a river of stars flowing upstream, it slashed toward the black gravitational core with flawless precision!
Cra-ck!!!
A crisp sound like shattering glass rang clearly across the entire battlefield.
Struck by that supremely powerful slash, the black core actually... split down the middle!
Then cracks spread across it like a spiderweb!
Finally-
Bang!!!
The black core shattered with a thunderous crash!
With the source of gravity gone, the enormous rocky sphere that had just taken shape in the sky instantly collapsed, as though it had lost its support!
Countless enormous rocks fell from the sky like meteors.
Chibaku Tensei... had actually... actually been shattered by a single slash?!
"Pfft-!!!"
Far away, Nagato once again spewed a mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning as pale as gold paper.
Having Chibaku Tensei forcibly interrupted inflicted unimaginable backlash on his real body.
His eyes were filled with fear as he looked at Ye Chuan.
This boy... was a true monster! An existence even a god could not defeat!
Below, although Ye Chuan had also expended an enormous amount of energy, the light in his eyes only grew brighter!
"The game is over."
His figure instantly vanished from where he stood.
Severely wounded, Deva Path Pain had no time to mount any effective defense.
Shhk!
Wado Ichimonji pierced Deva Path Pain's heart with precision. Powerful Haki erupted instantly, completely destroying the core within his body.
Deva Path Pain's body abruptly stiffened, and the last light in his Rinnegan rapidly faded.
Like a puppet with its strings cut, he fell limply from the sky.
[Ding!]
A clear system notification rang out in his mind.
[First inheritance template (Hawkeye Dracule Mihawk)... fully absorbed!] [Congratulations, host! Inheritance progress has reached 100%!] [The path to becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman... complete!]
Boom!
An indescribable sense of transformation instantly swept through Ye Chuan's entire body.
His understanding of the sword, his use of Haki, his perception of the world...
At that moment, all of them seemed to reach a flawless, perfectly integrated state.
He felt that, if he wished, he could "hear" the breathing of the wind, "see" the "lines" that existed in space, and sever... everything within his sight!
Was this... Hawkeye at 100%?!
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