Chapter 446: Ame no Tajikarao Exerts Its Power
Just then, the giant golden Chakra sword, entwined with azure Wind Release, collided violently high above the moon with the "Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion" light blade—an attack Toneri had swung with all his might, containing the full power of nine Truth-Seeking Balls and the Tenseigan.
The annihilating golden light of the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion and the gold-and-azure intertwined edge of the Eight-Armed Ashura's sword instantly converged at a single point.
At that moment, it was as if time itself stood still for an instant.
Immediately following was a terrifying explosion of energy that defied any linguistic description.
A destructive sphere of light of immeasurable diameter, mixed with golden, azure, and black annihilation energy, expanded frantically at the point where the two swords met.
Inside the light sphere, energies violently clashed, annihilated, and exploded, producing a thunderous roar that made even the Soul tremble.
The shockwave was like an apocalyptic tsunami, spreading frantically in all directions in a spherical shape from the center of the collision.
Everywhere it passed, the ancient ruins on the lunar surface shattered instantly like sandcastles, turning into fine powder.
The solid ground was torn open into a massive rift valley hundreds of meters deep, like a scar upon the earth. The violent energy turbulence swept through everything, and even the asteroid belt floating in the distant sky was blown apart and annihilated.
The Ocular Power of those dozens of Wood Clones—who were controlling the Eight-Armed Ashura and whose eyes had transformed into the Ame no Tajikarao Sharingan—was simultaneously triggered to the extreme at the very moment the swords made contact!
Ame no Tajikarao, the power nurtured from Uzumaki Naruto himself, revealed its true might in its entirety at this moment.
If explained in gaming terms, the ability of Ame no Tajikarao could be summarized as follows:
It views and analyzes the "traits" or "tags" possessed by a target. Upon contact, it can permanently seize one or more of the target's "tags." Subsequently, it can "bestow" these seized "tags" upon the caster themselves or another designated object.
And now was the first opportunity in battle to demonstrate the Heaven-Defying nature of this move!
Next, the Wood Clones unhesitatingly took this newly seized "tag"—which contained the rule of "Severance"—and inversely injected and bestowed it into the giant golden Chakra sword in the Eight-Armed Ashura's hand, which was currently deadlocked with the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion!
"Bestow: Ame-no-Ohabari!"
As the Wood Clones exerted their power, the giant sword, which was originally composed only of Chakra and Wind Release, underwent a fundamental change in its nature.
The blade hummed and its light became restrained, but a power that seemed capable of slicing through all things began to entwine around the edge.
Even the space around the blade showed faint, black traces resembling cracks in glass.
This sword was no longer a simple creation of Chakra.
It had been temporarily bestowed with the "Unfettered Slicing" seized from the "Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion."
The only key restriction was that Ame no Tajikarao's "seizing" and "bestowing" process must be established on the basis of "direct contact" with the target.
It could not be activated from a distance, nor could it take effect through indirect energy transmission.
This also explained why Naruto risked letting the Eight-Armed Ashura's giant sword clash head-on with the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion.
Only at the moment of contact could this Dōjutsu be activated.
Thus, in the eyes of an external observer, the situation underwent a bizarre and shocking change in the next instant of the collision:
The giant golden sword in the Eight-Armed Ashura's hand, which had begun to shatter and dim under the annihilation power of the "Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion," suddenly saw its light solidify. The remaining azure Wind Release on the blade completely merged into the sword's body, replaced by a restrained yet Soul-shuddering sense of ultimate sharpness.
Immediately after, this Ame-no-Ohabari, now bestowed with the "Unfettered Slicing" trait, actually began to slice back through the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion.
Screech—!
A strange, ear-piercing sound, as if rules themselves were being torn apart, replaced the previous roar of energy!
The invincible, all-annihilating golden light blade of the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion actually began to show unstable fluctuations, cracks, and even... signs of being "severed" at the point where it was struck by the "Ame-no-Ohabari."
"What? How is this possible!"
Toneri's face paled in shock.
As one side waxed and the other waned, the Eight-Armed Ashura's slashing power surged, while the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion's power suffered from disorder and decay because its core trait had been "seized" and used against itself!
Ultimately, this led to that cataclysmic energy explosion and shockwave.
When the collision ended, that heaven-propping Eight-Armed Ashura still stood tall.
However, on its massive body, from the center of its chest to its left shoulder, a shocking, massive slash mark hundreds of meters long had appeared.
The slash mark went dozens of meters deep into the wooden figure's body. The wood at the edges was carbonized, though the carbonized parts were peeling off and subsequently undergoing self-repair.
The giant golden Chakra sword in the wooden figure's hand had also mostly shattered, leaving only half a hilt and a broken blade; the entwined Wind Release had long since dissipated. The golden Chakra mantle around the wooden figure had also dimmed significantly, and its massive body swayed slightly, clearly having suffered a heavy blow.
As for Toneri, who had unleashed the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion, his condition was even worse.
His entire person was like a kite with a broken string, flying backward far into the distance.
Toneri only felt that his ultimate Profound Truth had been partially dismantled from within, yet he was completely unable to comprehend what had happened.
He had no idea that at the moment the two swords touched, the core "Unfettered Slicing" trait of his proud "Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion" had been temporarily stolen by the opponent using an unheard-of, bizarre Dōjutsu and turned into a blade pointed at himself.
Toneri's backward flight was no different from a target being hit by a Tiger Squatting Cannon and receiving the status: Target Imbalanced.
Naruto's Main Body, who had originally been prepared to take Hinata and sneak attack the Giant Tenseigan, instantly used the Flying Thunder God to return to the battlefield of the Clones and Toneri, then activated the Eight Gates and charged forward.
"Gate of View, Open!"
"Konoha Strong Whirlwind!"
With a violent shout, Naruto's right leg, entwined with rampaging Chakra, acted like a battleaxe swung with full force. It sliced through the air with an ear-splitting whistle and a terrifying power capable of crushing rock, kicking Toneri squarely in the abdomen while he was still flying backward.
Bam!
The dull sound of flesh being struck rang out.
"Ugh, ah!"
Toneri felt as if his internal organs had all been displaced by this kick; intense pain instantly drowned out all perception.
He sprayed out a large mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. His original backward trajectory was forcibly altered by this massive force from the side and rear. Like a whipped top, he smashed toward the lunar surface below at an even greater speed and in a more distorted posture.
Boom!
Toneri's body was like a meteorite falling to earth, smashing a huge crater several meters in diameter into the lunar surface as dust and smoke billowed into the sky.
From the bottom of the pit came the cringeworthy sound of bones shattering and Toneri's uncontrollable groans of agony.
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