Chapter 249: The Final Battle (Part 1)

The damage caused by Ban and ZhuZhang's joint attack can be felt even in the most distant places.

On the other side of the battlefield, Hikari's fight with Pu Shi is also drawing to a close; just as Ban and ZhuZhang dealt with Taoshi, Pu Shi's situation is also very dire.

It could even be said to be worse!

"Can you feel it?"

The massive boom's shockwave swept over their side, but Hikari calmly used the Seeking Dao Jewel to block all the impact.

Pu Shi gave no reply; he silently used chakra to block the shockwaves, and his gaze grew somewhat hazy.

He naturally understood what Hikari's words meant, but precisely because he knew, his fear deepened.

Taoshi's life force waning is so clear that it can only mean one thing: Taoshi is truly on the brink of death!

Even with something like a Wedge, whether the Wedge can be released smoothly is an extremely critical matter.

In the distance, a colossal Wood Release giant, whose size is unimaginable and whose suffocating power erupts wildly, suppresses and explodes so frenetically—does Taoshi really have a chance?

Moreover, Taoshi has already devoured Jinshi, indicating that Taoshi has exhausted all tactics, yet he is still beaten like this.

"This world is too crazy!"

Crazy is Pu Shi's sole definition of this world; he never imagined he would fail, and after failing he thought it was because he hadn't taken it seriously.

But everything now tells him that even if he were serious, in this crazy world he still can't do anything!

"Escape! Must escape! Can't go on any longer!"

A thought sprang up in Pu Shi's mind, and in an instant it wildly seized his heart.

In the distance, the combined strength of those two lunatics is terrifying; in the sky, Ichishiki and the lunatic who once killed him are still fighting.

Even though he can't see many details, he already has a very bad premonition.

And the crazy woman he now faces is also relentless; it seems everything about him has been seen through by her, and no matter how he fights, he can't escape her control.

That feeling terrifies him; his previous battle with Yuzhi also gave a similar feeling, but then he still had confidence. Now he is truly beaten to the point of doubting his life!

"Do you want to escape?"

Pu Shi had just entertained that thought when Hikari, as if noticing, immediately looked at him with a teasing tone.

"Don't feel embarrassed; strength and weakness differ, it's normal to want to run when you can't win, after all a ninja sometimes needs that mindset.

But I'm curious about one thing: I've already seen through your thoughts; do you think you have a chance to escape?"

"Let me guess."

Pu Shi stared at Hikari, his mind swirling with thoughts, but in the next instant his complexion changed dramatically, because Hikari's voice had somehow come from behind him!

"Are you about to use Yomotsu Hirasaka?"

The Ninja Sword slipped, and Pu Shi immediately dodged in a bizarre posture, but obvious bloodstains appeared on his body.

"Your time ability is getting better, huh? But how much can your body still endure?"

"Don't worry, I have no plans to use poison for now; although I don't mind whatever means to kill you, using poison does lose some points."

"But honestly, you clearly have such great power, why do you act like an idiot?"

"Shut up!"

Pu Shi dodged Hikari's attacks while listening to Hikari's soul‑probing taunts; at this moment he finally couldn't hold back.

Amid his roar, Pu Shi swung the fishing rod in his hand continuously, having pushed his power to the limit.

But Hikari responded with exceptional composure; she could easily dodge every move Pu Shi made, seemingly predicting each attack in advance.

Without using any space‑type techniques, the fight resembled a splendid dance; no matter how fiercely Pu Shi shouted, it was of no use.

Under Hikari's series of 'Heavy Punch Strikes', Pu Shi no longer even thought to shout 'Shut up'.

"Why are you silent now? Where is the rebellious will you had before?"

Hikari continued the heavy punches while speaking coldly and disdainfully.

"If that's all, you lose the desire to fight, then I can only say I'm too disappointed; you didn't even manage to please me!"

"I said, shut up!"

Pu Shi let out a roar, and the next moment he suddenly created distance.

"Since you're so eager for death, I'll grant it; this is all your own doing!"

As he spoke, the chakra inside him surged wildly, the raging chakra even causing changes in the sky.

Dark clouds began to gather here, and thunder continuously flashed across the sky.

"Bluffing."

Hikari looked at Pu Shi with disdain, though her expression became slightly solemn.

She truly despises Pu Shi, but Pu Shi is an Ōtsutsuki, and against such an opponent she must give her all!

"Die!"

The raging chakra kept booming; under this bizarre chakra, Pu Shi's eyes looked strange, and in the next instant the heavens shifted, and Hikari sensed something was wrong.

"This is..."

Hikari's eyes were slightly dim; she had felt this with Yuzhi before—it's an effect on time, and that guy Pu Shi is now affecting time!

In an instant, Hikari felt everything around her slow down, and at that moment Pu Shi rushed forward without hesitation.

"Having such a technique, are you only using it now?"

Hikari frowned; although she felt Pu Shi was bluffing, she still reacted immediately.

Buzz—

Massive chakra surged from her body in an instant, and a red chakra afterimage appeared on her at that moment!

Susanoo's weight in her combat system is not heavy; after all, agile fighting suits her better.

But Susano's defense is no joke; using Susanoo to defend at a critical moment is an excellent choice.

At the same time, she tilted her head slightly, and a strange mark quietly appeared in her eye.

"Hope, the battle on the other side is almost over, otherwise."

Hikari glanced into the distance; the battle on Madara and ZhuZhang's side seemed already finished, and Taoshi's life aura had already dropped to the freezing point.

This finally let her breathe a sigh of relief; at least she didn't have to worry about affecting that battle, and in the end Taoshi ran away and was blamed by Yuzhi.

"Then."

Hikari clenched his fist, and in that instant it was as if the chakra energy tide began to erupt!

In the sky, a brilliant "waterfall" poured down, crashing heavily onto her.

That "waterfall" was the chakra, already condensed into a tangible form, coming from the reincarnated eye!

Hum—

Not far away, the chakra tide rumbled, and a surging force rushed toward him at speed; the force was filled with the breath of nature, and also seemed to carry a tailed beast's roar.

That force was the chakra extracted by the "Eight Thousand Spears" seal placed on the Ten Tail when she defeated Obito!

When these chakras converged on her, her massive dark‑red Susanoo also completed its formation.

That chakra, filled with a destructive aura, raged wildly around, and at that moment time seemed to slow down.

"Interesting, it's somewhat like Yuzhi, but the difference is still huge."

Hikari murmured, and her eyes began to slowly rotate, as if endless power was erupting within her.

That frozen time seemed to undergo a mutation; time around her began to become chaotic—

"Madara, what's wrong?"

In the distance, atop the True Number Senju, Madara suddenly half‑knelt on the head of the Senju Guanyin, gasping continuously, and his body instantly changed.

The "Ōtsutsuki" state rapidly faded, and his chakra collapsed at that moment, the power that had steadily supplied the True Number Senju silently vanished.

The True Number Senju, which had previously pierced the clouds beyond sight, quietly fell back, and the Susanoo covering this statue also completely dissipated.

It can be said that now Madara can no longer aid ZhuZhang, and he himself is in immense pain.

"I'm fine."

But Madara still put on a tough front; after a while he slowly stood up, though he looked extremely frail.

"Don't force it, what's really going on?"

ZhuZhang asked with great worry; he knew Madara's temperament too well—if you don't press him hard, this guy probably won't say anything.

"... it's the Ten Tail."

Madara gasped a few times, wrestled with himself, and reluctantly spoke.

"The Ten Tail's chakra was extracted by someone; I don't know why, but just now the Ten Tail's power was instantly drawn out, completely out of control."

Madara himself didn't know what had happened; the Ten Tail was already sealed inside his body, and under normal circumstances it shouldn't have caused any issue.

But just now, an inexplicable force suddenly erupted, forcibly pulling the Ten Tail's chakra out of his body.

And the extracted power was even less than what he expended in battle!

"What on earth is happening?"

Madara truly couldn't figure out what was going on; although the Ten Tail remained inside him, with some time of settling, the consumed power could still return.

But this inexplicably mysterious power being extracted, in a sense, is a hidden risk; if it can't be clarified, Madara will truly be unable to eat or sleep in peace.

"Hold on, why does this feeling seem so familiar?"

Suddenly, Madara recalled that black Uchiha who once deceived him; that guy seemed to have mentioned that Uchiha Ying's eye technique has a very unique ability.

As long as a seal is engraved on someone, it can create genjutsu like Infinite Tsukuyomi and also extract the chakra of the marked person!

"Could it be that during the battle with Obito, that woman engraved the seal onto the Ten Tail?"

After pondering, Madara could only arrive at this answer, and after obtaining it he felt somewhat depressed.

Obito, that useless piece, even in death wants to dig a pit for himself; this makes Madara truly want to resurrect Obito through Impure Earth and then brutally choke that fool to death!

Sure enough, as he was pondering, an earth‑shaking chakra erupted in the distance, and within that chakra was a dense concentration of Ten Tail chakra.

Obviously, his speculation was correct; that battlefield over there belongs to Hikari!

"That is... this..."

ZhuZhang clearly also sensed something was off, and instantly felt a bit embarrassed, but fortunately Madara didn't say much.

He stood up, steadied his emotions, and though he was thinking about how to remove the seal, it was clearly not the time to contemplate that.

"It's nothing; I didn't notice, obviously it's my own problem. Let's go check that guy now; we can't give him any chance!"

"Hmm."

ZhuZhang let out a slight sigh of relief, and then the two of them jumped down from the kilometer‑tall True Number Senju, quickly arriving in front of Taoshi.

Madara, though in a dire state and his combat power severely weakened, was still many times stronger than Taoshi at this moment.

Susanoo's combat power, combined with the Great Buddha, is always a ceiling‑level offense, since it merges Shadow Release and Light Release and requires sage techniques to wield.

And at this moment, Madara and ZhuZhang fully unleashed their advantages; the combat power they displayed far exceeded all expectations!

Under that seemingly endless power and the Iron Fist of Susanoo and the Great Buddha, Taoshi's molten body was smashed to pieces, and he himself was nearly killed at that moment.

If it weren't for his Ōtsutsuki body and his extremely strong regeneration, he would not be immobilized now but turned into dust!

"It's over."

ZhuZhang glanced at Taoshi and already knew his fate.

His life force was nearly shattered, his body completely collapsed, and he was still hanging on by a breath—truly thanks to his constitution.

"You… you all don't get cocky."

Taoshi's skin remained reddish, his ghost‑like face staring at Madara and ZhuZhang.

"Sooner or later, this world will be destroyed, we will destroy it!"

"Stop struggling, it's meaningless."

Madara stared coldly at Taoshi; even weakened, he still maintained his dominance.

Your fate is already sealed, and your fate is also already sealed; with us here, you can't do anything!

Correct.

ZhuZhang also nodded; he and Ban had no intention of relying on the past at all, and they knew these Great Tube Tree have the ability to resurrect.

Yuzhi had specifically emphasized to them that, before these guys die, you must absolutely not let your guard down; killing them from a distance is the safest.

"We have endured a thousand years of war, and we have already honed ourselves to the utmost."

Moreover, we are now united as one, striving to create our own peace.

Do not underestimate anyone who longs for peace, no matter who comes, no matter how strong the enemy is.

We will give our all, we will exterminate our enemies completely, thereby protecting our peace!

"Your doom has arrived, Great Tube Tree!"

Ban took a deep breath, and after exchanging a glance with ZhuZhang, their chakra linked together once again.

Amid the constantly trembling chakra, a Susanoo suddenly appeared on Ban's body, while Ban gazed impassively at Momoshiki.

"Now, please go to your death!"

After the words fell, the long blade was waved, and the blade's edge, imbued with Yin-Yang Release and Sage Art, surged forward as it slashed.

At this moment the earth shattered, and Momoshiki's body was also shrouded beneath the blade's light at this moment.

"No!"

Momoshiki let out his final roar, but this blade's light still cut his body apart.

Accompanying the frantic cutting, his body began to collapse, and as his body collapsed, the life essence within him seemed to be summoned and gushed out rapidly.

Boom—

Also at this moment, an extreme rumbling sound rose, and the earth seemed about to shatter at this moment.

In the distance, white light suddenly appeared, terrifying power spreading rapidly, and only then did they notice it.

Above the sky, it had already turned completely pitch black at some point——

"This is."

Not far away, Hikari looked at everything in the distance, her brows slightly furrowed.

She could sense that this power contained Yuzhi's power; that was not surprising at all.

Yuzhi's power was inherently terrifying; its full eruption now was not surprising, but what made her feel uneasy was the location of the power's eruption.

"That direction is where the main forces are gathered."

Hikari furrowed her brows tightly; she had already realized Isshiki's purpose.

That guy was absolutely suppressed by Yuzhi to the point of unbearable, so he directly charged into the crowd, intending to threaten Yuzhi with the lives of all shinobi!

"He really left no stone unturned."

Hikari's complexion also wasn't good; she slightly shook her head and then looked at the half-dead Pushi before her.

Time sealing is indeed a major trump card; after all, it's difficult for anyone to break through a time seal, and Hikari is no exception.

But Hikari knows one thing: any ability has an upper limit to its sealing, even time is no exception!

Therefore, after sensing a problem with time, she immediately drew chakra from the Ten Tails and the Reincarnation Eye on the moon to complement her defense while launching an effective counterattack.

In fact, her choice was correct; Pushi indeed has the ability to seal time, and in the original work he sealed the person Sheren who had lost his Reincarnation Eye.

But Hikari is not Sheren; she possesses a Reincarnation Eye and can also mobilize other powers, allowing her to almost immediately break the seal by force.

This caused Pushi, who originally intended to restrict Hikari while simultaneously opening the Yellow Springs Hirasaka to flee, to be completely driven to a dead end.

"Looks like you're about to die again."

Hikari's voice was extremely cold and clear; she slowly walked toward Pushi.

Karma can transform a person into a Great Tube Tree, and allow the owner of the Karma to be resurrected in this new body, but if the target is already a Great Tube Tree, then the Karma has no effect.

Hikari has already come to this point; she simply won't worry about these problems!

"You deserve to die."

Pushi's voice was intermittent, his breath already faint as a thread, the fear of death enveloped him, and he knew that this time he might truly face real death.

This filled his heart with despair and unease; he still wanted to struggle, but his body could hardly move.

"Don't struggle; it's meaningless and there's no chance."

Hikari came before him, then slowly squatted down.

"I also won't give you any plan to struggle; do you remember what Yuzhi told you, that your fate is already sealed."

"This time I want to tell you, not just you, but all of you, everyone who comes here, your fate is also already sealed!"

While speaking, Hikari directly reached out her hand!

"Ah!"

With Pushi's miserable scream, Hikari's hand now held an extra Reincarnation Eye.

"You all deserve to die. You all deserve to die! You bunch of lowly blooded monsters, all deserve to die!"

As if aware of his fate, Pushi almost used his last strength in a hysterical howl, but Hikari still gazed at him indifferently.

"Perhaps, who knows, but what I can know is."

"You will definitely die before us, that's enough!"

—

"Shadow Release·Indra's Arrow!"

"Ninja Art·Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

On the main battlefield of the shinobi world, Naruto, Neji, and Sasuke were wildly bombarding the Ten Tails.

Each of their attacks transmitted a thunderous, earth-shaking roar, and each of their movements conveyed a terrifying chakra aura!

Naruto and Sasuke had joined forces, their offensive was incredibly fierce.

Meanwhile, Neji floated beside them, holding in his hand a sword that glittered with dazzling golden light, as if it could slash the heavens.

Whenever that golden light flashed, or when Susanoo unleashed a fierce attack, a massive, soul‑shaking, terrifying roar would echo.

Boom—

Boom—

Boom—

The booming roar kept resonating, and the ten‑meter‑high Ten‑Tails kept letting out angry roars.

It swung its arms to attack Naruto and the other two, but the three were too agile; having no controller, it could only act on instinct.

But its power was overwhelming; each punch was like a mountain collapsing, and the aftershock could raise clouds of dust that swept outward in all directions.

"This level of battle"

From afar, the ninja army stared in amazement at the battle, shocked by its sheer scale.

Originally, they thought the worst they'd face were the revived White Zetsu and Edo Tensei seniors, and the most unlucky would be Madara Uchiha appearing.

But now they realized they had thought far too simply.

Madara Uchiha did appear, but he was far from the limit; the continuous booming in the distance proved there were several opponents not weaker than Madara.

And at this moment, they also had to face the Ten‑Tails' attack!

Such a battle truly exceeded their imagination; even if they gave their all, the outcome remained unsatisfactory.

"Lord Hokage, what kind of enemy are they actually dealing with?"

Yuzhi and Hikari had not appeared, causing the ninjas to wonder; they wouldn't think Yuzhi was slacking off, since such a massive war could not go on without his presence.

The distant booming proved everything; they were merely worried about the far‑off battle and who was preventing Yuzhi from arriving.

"Also, Naruto and the other two have already grown to this level?"

Everyone recognized the three Narutos, and these three kids truly amazed them.

In their eyes, the three kids had grown to a level not weaker than Yuzhi!

This filled them with emotion and confidence; with Yuzhi and Hikari as support and the three's presence, they were sure to win this time.

"Naruto, Neji, continuing like this won't work; we must seal this guy."

On the battlefield, Sasuke, Naruto, and Neji's expressions were far from pleasant; such a thrilling fight had always been their dream.

But when the real fight began, they felt immense frustration, because this Ten‑Tails was far from easy to endure.

Moreover, all three possessed keen perception or observation, and they could see the Ten‑Tails' seemingly endless power.

Indeed, their attacks could wound the Ten‑Tails and prevent it from moving toward denser crowds.

But they could not directly subdue the Ten‑Tails; if this continued until their chakra gave out, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Although they could wait for Yuzhi and others to arrive, they understood better than anyone what kind of enemy Yuzhi was facing.

"At this point, we shouldn't bother the old man (teacher, Hokage uncle) any more; we must rely on our own strength!"

The three were incredibly in sync, yet this clearly wasn't a solution; Sasuke, standing in Susanoo, thought for a moment before speaking loudly.

"If this continues, we can't say how long we'll hold on. Naruto, you have that power, right?"

"Hmm."

Naruto nodded; he had already broken free from Susanoo, and a golden chakra aura fluttered around him.

Even without the Nine‑Tails, he could still use the 'Sun Release Chakra Mode'!

"No problem, but we must suppress it first, otherwise we can't use that technique."

"Do you have a way to seal it?"

Neji turned his head toward the two; his consumption wasn't low either, since his eye level wasn't high.

But a reincarnation eye is a reincarnation eye; even with fewer activations, he could still wield considerable power, only his combat time was limited.

"If possible, I'll act as a diversion; we'll look for a chance to suppress it, then seal it."

"This"

Naruto and Sasuke were hesitant, but before they could speak, Neji interrupted.

"I can't hold on much longer, and my eyes don't have that sealing ability; maybe they could, but I haven't developed it.

After all, I've had these eyes for too short a time, so I can only maximize their offensive power.

The rest depends on you, understand?"

"We understand."

Sasuke and Naruto heard this and finally nodded, and both involuntarily looked at their own palms.

Each had a mark on the palm of their dominant hand, and that mark was the key to triggering the strongest Seal Technique.

Thinking of this, they looked up at Neji, and then the three nodded together.

In an instant, the chakra around the three surged, and at that moment a sonic boom echoed from the sky.

The next moment they saw two silhouettes seemingly tearing through space, streaking like meteors straight toward the front battlefield!

Among the two silhouettes, one was their Hokage, Yuzhi.