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BOOM—!!!
Lightning raged. The Kirin descended, a force of nature unleashed to devour everything in its path!
Trapped in the hollow of his own statue's forehead, Naru-Madara and the stone colossus should have both been obliterated!
CRACKLE…!!
Yet—a skeletal Susano'o hand erupted from the statue's crown. Before the bone palm, the Hungry Ghost Path's Sealing Barrier shimmered into existence.
"Sasuke… You think mere Lightning Release can destroy my statue? You really don't take me seriously, do you?"
Zzzzt—!!
The Kirin's fury… poured into the barrier and vanished.
"So that was just you warming up, was it?"
From the crevices between Naru-Madara's body and the stone hollow, black cursed mist surged. It billowed into the sky, forming a sinister, churning cloud.
Simultaneously… the distinct eye markings of Sage Mode appeared on his face.
Down below, between the feet of Hashirama's statue, Sasuke's brow furrowed slightly as he watched the cursed fog gather like a calamity overhead.
What puzzled him more was how Naru-Madara had entered Sage Mode.
He hadn't drawn on the Nine-Tails' chakra. He hadn't left any shadow clones behind. The intel suggested he could absorb natural energy rapidly through that cursed mist… but only when it swirled around him. Right now, he'd expelled all of it into the sky to form that cloud. So how?
His gaze dropped slightly, settling on Madara's unmoving statue. A preposterous possibility flashed through Sasuke's mind.
"There's no way… right?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA—!!!"
Naru-Madara's triumphant, borderline-manic laughter echoed across the sky.
As his hands emerged from the statue's forehead and formed a seal… beneath the dark cloud of cursed chakra, purple lightning "branches" crackled to life. They spread downward like frenzied seaweed, avoiding the two stone titans, and blanketed every inch of ground—and every possible escape route—below Sasuke!!!
—Sage Art: Dark Cursed Yin Lightning!!!
Bathed in the eerie purple glow, Sasuke's frown deepened.
"A modified version of that 'Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch'… Getting hit by that is no joke."
Zzz…
Light swirled in Sasuke's left Mangekyō.
CRUNCH! CRACK! SNAP!
From the water beneath his feet, skeletal ribs of the Susano'o erupted, jagged and interlocking. And… as Sasuke's hands formed their own seal, Lightning Release chakra was poured into the bone structure!
CRACKLE—!!!
This single moment of tactical brilliance saved him. The sprawling web of lightning branches overhead was completely diverted by the towering "Lightning Bones." Not a single bolt touched Sasuke.
POP! FIZZ! CRACK!
But the Susano'o ribs, manifested via Shikotsumyaku, were fracturing and crumbling under the assault of the Dark Cursed Yin Lightning. The result… was a stalemate. Neither gained an advantage.
"You're really finding new ways to play with the Susano'o," Naru-Madara mused from his high perch.
Sasuke lowered his hands and looked up. "I've confirmed it. You've established some kind of 'link' with your own statue, haven't you? Using that immobile rock to absorb natural energy for you."
Naru-Madara's eyebrow shot up. "Oh? You figured it out that fast? Impressive!"
CLAP—!!
Sasuke didn't waste words. His hands came together in a seal. With a ground-shaking rumble, a towering Wooden Human rose before the two stone statues. It clenched a massive fist and drove it straight toward Madara's statue!!!
"Haha—!! Good!!"
Naru-Madara grinned wildly. A brilliant blue aura exploded from him—the Susano'o in its entirety, enveloping his statue in an instant.
SCRAPE—!!!
The armored statue raised its arm and caught the wooden fist with a solid, echoing thud.
CRUNCH! CRACK!
The details of the Complete Body Susano'o armor solidified further… The hollow in the statue's forehead, made by Naru-Madara's impact, perfectly became the Susano's "forehead chamber."
WHOOSH—!!!
The next instant, wings attached to the Susano'o's arms unfurled. They bore both Naru-Madara and his stone counterpart up into the sky!!!
The sight was both absurd and deadly serious. Standing atop the Wooden Human's head, Sasuke could only sigh.
"One man ascends, and even the dirt on his feet gets lifted to heaven…"
But… you have your cunning plans, and I have my own ladder over the wall.
—Earth Style: Stone Golem Alteration!
BOOM—!!!
Hashirama's statue shuddered. Earth and stone crumbled from its joints. And then… it began to move.
Controlling Hashirama's statue was pure improvisation, inspired by his opponent's trick. Sasuke didn't expect any real results from it.
His real "ladder" was something else entirely.
—Earth Style: Earth Roar!
RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE…!!
The earth itself roared, turning into a sea of churning mud. The land's energy was absorbed on a massive scale. Not released through blooming lotuses, but directly injected into the Wooden Human's body!
Infused with the power of the earth, the Wooden Human's form rapidly expanded, shooting upward.
From its sides, eight mighty arms—each entwined with a wooden dragon—stretched forth with terrifying majesty!
This was the very technique Sasuke had used in the Ninth War to clash with the Gedo Statue head-on!!
—Wood Sage: Eightfold Vajra Guardian!
Naru-Madara's eyes gleamed with excitement.
"To enhance Hashirama's Wooden Human to this level…! The number of arms is far off, but the raw power… it's approaching that True Several Thousand Hands technique! Hahahaha! But such a clumsy wooden block—how do you plan to reach me up here? I'd love to see!!"
What happened next made his eyes widen in shock.
Hashirama's stone statue… bent at the waist. Its two massive stone palms came together, forming a launch platform.
The Wooden Sage leapt, landing squarely on the statue's joined hands.
Naru-Madara scowled. "Impossible… they'll shatter!"
Sasuke formed a seal.
—Earth Style: Super Light-Weight Boulder Technique!!
HUMMM…!!!
The Wooden Sage instantly became weightless.
At the same time… the stone statue's arms hurled it upward with colossal force!!!
—Wood Style: Sage Leap!!!
BOOOOOOM—!!!
The Wooden Sage… shot into the air like a projectile, closing the distance to Naru-Madara's altitude with shocking speed.
"Ah, I see… I'd forgotten he had those tricks up his sleeve!"
In haste, the armored stone statue of Madara swung a heavy fist down…!!!
Sasuke's eyes flashed.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
The eight wooden dragons coiled around the Wooden Sage's arms shot out. They wrapped around key points of the Susano'o, yanking it downward even as the eight wooden fists hammered home!!
Now, Sasuke's seals changed again!!
—Earth Style: Super Heavy-Weight Boulder Technique!!!
HUMMM—!!!
A sudden, crushing increase in weight…!!!
Naru-Madara's Susano'o buckled and shattered under the combined assault. The wooden dragons held fast, dragging the entire mass down in an unstoppable plummet!
This round was a decisive loss.
Accepting this, Naru-Madara marveled even in defeat. "The swift switch between Super Light-Weight and Super Heavy-Weight… What a devastating effect! If I mastered Super Heavy-Weight and combined it with Chibaku Tensei or Tengai Shinsei… what kind of world-ending power would that be?"
The thought alone… sent a thrill of excitement through him.
CRACK!
He released the Susano'o and ejected himself from his own statue!
KABOOOOOM…!!
The Wooden Sage, dragging Madara's statue, crashed down… reducing Hashirama's statue and the Valley of the End to a field of rubble!!!
SHWING—!!!
In mid-fall, Naru-Madara's descent halted. The golden glow of the Nine-Tails cloak erupted around him, synchronizing with the power of Uzumaki chakra…!!!
The golden cloak burned crimson. Black cursed mist streamed from him like ribbons. With a sound-shattering sonic boom, he shot toward Sasuke like a scarlet comet!
Sasuke's gaze darkened. "Nine-Tails chakra, Black Cursed Seal chakra, Sage Mode, and Nagato's Uzumaki chakra on top of it all… Going all out, finally."
Fine…!
I came here… with my own resolve!!!
SMACK—!!!
Sasuke's palm… met Naru-Madara's savage punch head-on, stopping it dead.
ZZZZZT…!!!
All his accumulated power. The immense physical and mental shock of the battle. No need for further life-or-death trials. Everything had been leading to this moment. It was the natural culmination.
His right eye… shed its white color once more.
"BOOM—!!!"
On Pale Moon Island… Orochimaru smiled.
"At last. The final power of the White Cursed Seal's Fourth State… has been absorbed by Sasuke…!!"
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