Chapter 274: The Two Bloodlines and the Heavenly Might
A faint scarlet light, sharp and dangerous, glowed from Uchiha Akira's eyes. The transformation was swift.
Mangekyō Sharingan! Activate!
The iconic four-pointed pinwheel pattern of the Mangekyō spun violently in his eyes, layered beneath the rings of the Rinnegan.
Almost instantly, the effect of his newly advanced exclusive dōjutsu, Divinity · Heavenly Might, activated and spread.
Mei Terumī, the fearsome Kage-candidate of Kirigakure, felt a sudden, profound, and utterly alien pressure descend upon her. It was heavy, chilling, and completely internal.
"What... what is this feeling?" she gasped, her hands instinctively moving to her chest.
"My strength... my chakra flow... it's being suppressed!"
A look of extreme shock appeared on Mei Terumī's beautiful face. She was a powerhouse, a master of two Kekkei Genkai. This was an experience she had never had before, not even sparring with the strongest Jōnin.
"What did you do to me, Uchiha Akira?!" Mei Terumī demanded sharply, forcing the words past her constricted throat.
Uchiha Akira did not answer.
He merely stood calmly in place, his hands clasped behind his back, watching Mei Terumī's panicked reaction with a faint, unreadable smile. He was enjoying the test.
This feeling of being completely ignored, of her power being dismissed with such casual authority, made Mei Terumī's anger flare up again, eclipsing her initial horror.
She forcibly suppressed the crushing oppression and the internal dread. She quickly formed the complex hand seals for her most versatile Ninjutsu!
"Water Release: Water Dragon Jutsu!" (Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!)
A giant, furious water dragon, formed from the high-density seawater of the coast, roared into the sky! It opened its massive maw, spitting spray and lightning, and charged aggressively towards Uchiha Akira!
The moment she unleashed the large-scale Ninjutsu, Mei Terumī's expression changed drastically again!
Her eyes widened in disbelief. "The consumption of Chakra..."
"It's more than double the usual amount!"
Strength suppressed! Chakra consumption forcibly doubled!
What kind of utterly terrifying ability was this? Why was it so absurdly effective against her fundamental ninjutsu?
The giant water dragon roared, rushing towards Uchiha Akira. The compressed water was powerful enough to smash a reinforced building.
Akira remained standing in place. He simply, casually raised his hand, his left eye glowing slightly, and lightly waved it at the aggressively approaching water dragon.
An invisible, massive repulsive force—a secondary Rinnegan power mixed with the amplification effect—instantly spread out like a shield.
The roaring water dragon, still several meters away from Uchiha Akira, met the invisible barrier. Its entire, massive form instantly collapsed with a pathetic crash!
Whoosh—
The sky-high seawater, denied its form, immediately turned into a heavy downpour, soaking the sand and the rock around them.
"..."
Mei Terumī was completely stunned. Her breath hitched.
Although the water dragon was meant as a quick test, its power was not to be underestimated! It should have forced him to evade!
Yet... it was so casually, effortlessly shattered by the other party with a simple wave of his hand!
"Impossible!" Mei Terumī could not accept this fact. Her pride as a Kage-level ninja, as the leader of the resistance, was wounded.
"I refuse to believe it! This must be a trick! Genjutsu!"
Mei Terumī gritted her teeth, forming hand seals again, her mind racing. The chakra in her body surged wildly, without reservation, forcing past the suppression!
Fine. If you want a test, I'll give you a test you can't push away!
"Lava Release: Lava Monster Jutsu!" (Yōton: Yōkai no Jutsu!)
Mei Terumī opened her red lips and spat out a huge, rolling mass of highly acidic, molten lava! It flowed towards Akira with terrifying high temperatures!
Wherever the corrosive torrent passed, the ground sizzled and smoked with rapid erosion, and thick plumes of noxious white smoke instantly rose into the air.
This wasn't all! She followed immediately with her second, equally deadly Kekkei Genkai!
"Boil Release: Skilled Mist Jutsu!" (Futton: Kōmu no Jutsu!)
Large areas of intensely acidic mist erupted violently from her mouth, instantly engulfing a wide area of several hundred meters!
[Inorin's Note: Lava Release (Yōton) and Boil Release (Futton) are Mei Terumī's two distinct Kekkei Genkai, or Bloodline Limits. Lava Release combines Fire and Earth; Boil Release combines Fire and Water.]
These mists were extremely corrosive, capable of melting bone and steel. The very air around them hissed audibly as it was rapidly eroded.
The acidic mist of Boil Release and the torrent of Lava Release—the combined power of two unique Bloodline Limits—were perfectly, lethally combined at this moment!
For a moment, the entire coastline turned into a rapidly corroding, smoking living hell!
Facing this absolutely terrifying, two-pronged attack of molecular corrosion and brute heat...
Uchiha Akira simply nodded, his interest genuine.
"The combination of two Bloodline Limits is quite good, Mei Terumī. Strategic."
The moment his words fell.
Buzz—!
Purple-blue chakra energy surged wildly, violently from his body! It was a colossal, overwhelming release.
A gigantic skeletal ribcage, formed of pure energy, rose from the ground around him and rapidly grew upwards!
Ethereal tendons, powerful musculature, intricate armor plating... A massive, armored warrior giant—a perfect, complete form—rose from the ground, solidifying with a sound like grinding stone!
Just its upper body alone was a hundred meters tall, towering over the landscape, like a looming mountain peak suddenly appearing on the coast!
Perfect Susanoo!
[Inorin's Note: Perfect Susanoo (Kanseitai Susanoo) is the final, colossal form of the Mangekyō Sharingan's ultimate ability, possessing power rivaling the Tailed Beasts.]
That purple-blue warrior god stood silently between heaven and earth, exuding a terrifying pressure that made souls tremble.
Mei Terumī looked up, her head tilted back, feeling utterly small—smaller than an ant—before that towering giant.
"What... what is that thing?" she breathed, the terror returning.
"Is this... the absolute power of the Uchiha Clan?! How can it be this massive?"
If... if such a behemoth were to enter the narrow channels of Kirigakure...
A terrifying, strategic realization flashed through Mei Terumī's mind.
She dared not think further. She forced her attention back to the fight.
I have to break it!
"Melt for me, you bastard!"
Mei Terumī roared, pouring every last bit of her precious, suppressed Chakra into the ongoing Ninjutsu!
RUMBLE—!!!
The torrent of acidic mist and flowing lava, capable of dissolving almost anything mortal, fiercely impacted the Susanoo's massive, armored chest.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!
The ear-piercing sound of rapid corrosion echoed through the sky! It was a sound of consumption!
What made Mei Terumī's eyes suddenly flash with triumph was that her attack was effective!
The seemingly indestructible purple-blue energy armor, under her intense, combined Lava Release, actually began to show distinct, visible signs of melting!
Large areas of the armor were covered by the smoking lava, emitting thick, noxious clouds. Purple-blue energy liquid dripped down the side like wax, corroding deep, smoking pits in the ground below!
"It's working!"
A brilliant, desperate glimmer of hope surged and rose in Mei Terumī's heart!
As long as I can just break this ridiculous turtle shell! As long as I can get through the defense! I still have a chance! I can get to his body!
However, Mei Terumī's precious hope lasted less than three seconds.
Uchiha Akira, suspended calmly in the crystalline core at the Susanoo's brow, looked at the corroded, melting marks on his chakra armor. He slightly raised a single, dismissive eyebrow.
"Oh? It can actually melt my Susanoo?"
"You do have some skill, Mei Terumī. I'm impressed."
"But, this is as far as it goes."
Uchiha Akira's left eye—the one containing the Divinity · Heavenly Might—gently rotated. The power activated.
BUZZ—!
A surge of terrifying, regenerative power instantly augmented the entire Susanoo structure!
The gigantic warrior, which had been visibly melting, stopped disintegrating in an instant!
Not only that, the corroded parts rapidly repaired themselves at a visible speed, knitting back together and becoming even more dense, even more solid than before!
When Mei Terumī's subsequent wave of lava torrent impacted the Susanoo again...
Everything had changed.
The terrifying molten substance simply slid over the reinforced, now-indestructible armor. Besides splashing steam everywhere, the lava could no longer leave the slightest scratch, the slightest mark, on the massive warrior giant!
"..."
Mei Terumī looked up, her head tilted back, staring blankly at the giant that now stood before her like an immovable, unshakeable god.
Her combined Bloodline Limits. Her all-out, maximum-effort attack. The one she had bet everything on... was like a child's game in front of him. Utterly, tragically ridiculous.
A huge sense of crushing humiliation and burning unwillingness surged into her heart, threatening to make her weep.
Mei Terumī angrily pointed a furious, trembling finger at Uchiha Akira, suspended calmly in the crystal at the Susanoo's brow. With all her remaining strength, she hysterically shouted:
"If you have the guts, Uchiha! Don't hide in that shell!"
"Come out and fight me like a real ninja!"
Hearing this somewhat desperate, childish roar of raw anger, Uchiha Akira chuckled softly within the giant form.
"Heh heh."
Uchiha Akira smiled lightly.
The towering warrior giant instantly began to transform, dissolving into countless specks of purplish-blue light, dissipating into nothingness on the wind.
Uchiha Akira's figure reappeared on the sand before Mei Terumī. He was completely unharmed, his hands clasped casually behind his back.
"Without Susanoo," he stated, his voice calm, absolute, and impossibly arrogant.
"You are still no match for me, Mei Terumī."
Arrogance! What utter, unbelievable arrogance this was!
Mei Terumī was so angry she almost lost her mind again.
But she also knew this was her only chance! Her last chance!
Without that huge and terrifying Susanoo shield, the opponent's defense would undoubtedly be greatly reduced! He had dropped his guard!
"This time, Uchiha," Mei Terumī snarled, seizing this fleeting opportunity, forming hand seals again, her chakra reserves desperately low. "Let's see how you block a real attack!"
This time, she would make this arrogant, infuriating man pay the ultimate price for his conceit!
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