The liquid armor of the Gengetsu flowed upstream along the Nine-Tails ' claws like living water, instantly enveloping Naruto's Partial Tailed Beast Transformation body.
Each drop of liquid metal contained high-pressure Water Release Chakra, which exploded into countless fine water blades the moment it came into contact with the Tailed Beast Cloak.
"Seal!" Gengetsu shouted in a low voice.
The liquid metal that had seeped into the Tailed Beast Cloak suddenly crystallized, forming countless chains of ice crystals.
boom--
Naruto let out a roar that sounded inhuman, and his tails slammed wildly against the ground, stirring up a sandstorm tens of meters high.
However, the ice crystal chains tightened more and more, and the white mist generated by the collision of the Tailed Beast Chakra and Ice Release obscured the entire battlefield.
The energy storm in the high sky gradually subsided.
Of the six floating cannons, three had already overloaded and become unusable, and the remaining cannons were flashing an unstable white light.
Sasuke's Susanoo also badly damaged, with his left arm broken off at the shoulder and his purple armor covered with spiderweb-like cracks.
Dust Release: Detachment of the Primal World!
Without seizing the Susanoo's reorganization, the remaining floating cannons opened fire simultaneously.
Three beams of white light intertwined to form a triangular cone-shaped barrier, enveloping the upper body of Susanoo.
Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan suddenly contracted.
boom--
Everything within the Dust Release Barrier vanished into nothingness; even the air was broken down into elementary particles.
The shockwave ripped the clouds within a kilometer radius to shreds, and the blood moon's light poured down without obstruction, casting an eerie red glow over the Valley of the End.
Suddenly, a huge mound of earth rose from the ground.
The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, burst from the ground, the light of Dust Release gathering in his palm. "Sensei, I didn't expect you to still be alive! It's been a long time."
" Ōnoki?"
Earth Release: Super Heavy Rock Technique!
An invisible gravitational field suddenly descended.
The floating cannons emitted a mournful metallic groan, strained under the weight.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ōnoki charged forward, his short body bursting with astonishing speed. The Dust Release beam grazed Wu's armor, leaving a scorch mark on his shoulder plate.
"Your movements have become sluggish, teacher." Ōnoki's voice carried an eerie cheerfulness. "In peacetime, there's no need for such a tense nerve."
Without a word, the remaining floating cannons suddenly disintegrated, transforming into hundreds of miniature floating units.
These metal blocks, each the size of a fingernail, scattered like a swarm of bees, pouring Dust Release particles at Ōnoki from all angles.
"It's useless."
Ōnoki chuckled, clasping his hands together, " Dust Release: Limit..."
Before he could finish speaking, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky.
Ai charged into the battlefield, trailing a deep blue tail of flames, his right fist wreathed in highly compressed Lightning Release Chakra.
The rock barrier that Ōnoki had hastily erected shattered like paper, and a Thunder punch landed directly on his chest.
" Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, Thousand Pounds!"
Click--
With a clear cracking sound, Ōnoki flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing through three rock walls before coming to a stop.
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but his smile only grew brighter, "What a... warm greeting..."
Ai was about to give chase when suddenly the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end.
Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Kunai had somehow already embedded itself in the gap of his armor, Yellow Flash leaving an afterimage on his retina, and the Rasengan's violent Chakra storm directly slammed into A's heart.
"Puff--"
Ai coughed up a mouthful of blood, and Lightning Armor emitted a piercing alarm under overload.
He endured the excruciating pain and grabbed Minato's wrist with his other hand, channeling his violent Lightning Release Chakra into the other's body through the point of contact.
"Got you..."
Minato's body convulsed violently under the high-voltage current, yet he still maintained that chilling smile.
Ai discovered that the opponent's Chakra was recovering at an abnormal rate, as if some kind of force was continuously recharging it.
"Watch out from above!" a warning suddenly rang out.
Ai looked up and immediately felt a chill run down her spine.
Giant Rinnegan patterns appeared on the moon's surface at some unknown time, and the entire battlefield was reflected in its pupils.
The corpses of the slain ninjas are being reassembled under the pull of golden chains, their shattered internal organs and bones being pieced back together like building blocks.
"Blasphemer!"
The monster resembling Yukiko let out a piercing shriek, its eyes flashing with golden light, the lake water overflowed to form a whirlpool, and countless chains shot out from all directions.
" Flowing Silver Battle Armor! Overload Mode!" Hatake Sakumo roared.
High-pressure steam erupted from the gaps in the armor, causing the liquid metal to boil instantly and melt the approaching chains.
He seized the opportunity to pull out the White Fang Short Sword that was stuck deep in the lakebed, and lightning crackled on the blade.
boom--
The moment the blade cleaved through the water curtain, Hatake Sakumo saw the battlefield above the Valley of the End.
Ai's Lightning Armor shimmered under the blood moon, Wu's Dust Release clashed with Ōnoki's Dust Release, and the liquid metal of the Gengetsu was wrapped around the rampaging Nine-Tails.
Southeast!
The tactical eyepiece captured A's Chakra signal.
With a powerful thrust of his legs, Hatake Sakumo propelled his armor's thrusters, unleashing purple flames, and shot out of the valley like an arrow.
Seeing this, the Akatsuki members rushed forward frantically, forming Hand Seals and unleashing a torrent of Ninjutsu.
Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!
" Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
Lightning Release: False Darkness!
Scorching flames intertwined with hurricanes, and lightning crackled in the air.
Hatake Sakumo's White Fang Short Sword danced in afterimages, each strike precisely slicing through the incoming Ninjutsu. The overload mode of his armor boosted his speed to the limit, allowing him to weave through the gaps in the Ninjutsu.
"That's... White Fang?"
Upon discovering that Hatake Sakumo had rushed out of the valley, Mu instantly changed the direction of his attack. His Dust Release beam swept out a fan-shaped restricted area behind Hatake Sakumo, evaporating all the pursuing chains.
Ai's Lightning Armor ripped through the sky, catching Hatake Sakumo just as he was falling.
The shockwave from the two crashing into the rock wall shattered half of the cliff, and amidst the flying debris, the alarms on their armors blared incessantly.
"You fucking..."
The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, used Dust Release to glide past them, leveling the entire cliff face.
Gengetsu's Water Clone emerged from the sand, shouting, "Retreat! These monsters can resurrect; we can't fight them!"
"Withdraw!"
A's roar shattered the rocks on the cliff face. He lifted Hatake Sakumo with one hand, and his Lightning Release Chakra erupted with a blinding blue light from his body.
"No, cover the rear!"
The floating units instantly reassembled, and the Dust Release beams intertwined to form a net, slicing the surging ninja corpses into atomic-level dust.
But those golden chains, like sentient beings, were flowing upstream along the trajectory of the beam of light, attempting to entangle the core of the floating unit.
" Gengetsu!" Wu's voice distorted amidst the high-frequency vibrations, "Freeze the chains!"
The Second Mizukage's Water Clone suddenly exploded, turning into a sky full of water mist.
The water droplets froze into ice the instant they touched the golden chains, and the low temperature temporarily neutralized the incantations on the metal surface.
But this obstruction only lasted three seconds.
A burst of scorching Chakra suddenly surged from within the chains, shattering the ice layer with a crackling sound, and the chains continued their advance, carrying a stream of molten fire.
"What the hell is this thing?!"
The Gengetsu's true form surged out from beneath the sand, its liquid armor surface revealing a dense array of steam pores.