Chapter 35: Chapter 35 - Taro's Susanoo
How is Susanoo, this unique eye technique, unleashed?
Rather than saying this "eye technique" inherently exists in every pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, it would be more accurate to say that the "activation circuit" for this technique is what resides within the eyes.
Once the Mangekyou Sharingan activates it, the technique follows its pre-set pattern, frantically drawing energy from the user's body. It catalyzes that energy into a specific form and ultimately releases it outside, creating a massive armor-like construct.
What the Mangekyou Sharingan contains is the circuit for Susanoo, while the energy within the human body serves as the power source to fuel this enormous mechanism.
In truth, given Taro's current base amount of "Ki," it would be nearly impossible for him to sustain—let alone construct—Susanoo, this extraordinary eye technique.
However, thanks to the power of the Muten, which exponentially enhances his "Ki" burst, he can miraculously utilize one portion of Ki as though it were nine. This makes it possible for him to unleash the forbidden technique sealed within his Mangekyou Sharingan.
"What is this!?"
"This guy isn't human?!"
"What kind of monster is this?!"
The demon warriors recoiled in shock, flying backward. They stared at the light-red, armored giant that had suddenly appeared in midair, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
At this moment, one demon warrior spotted Taro within Susanoo and shouted.
"That human is hiding inside it!" The other demons turned to look and indeed saw Taro inside of the Susanoo.
Another demon warrior tried launching a Ki wave at Taro's Susanoo, but as soon as it struck the energy-form armor, it only caused a slight ripple before vanishing without a trace.
"What kind of monster is this?"
"Is this even human?"
Two streams of blood tears rolled down Taro's face, while within his mind, it felt as though two icy spikes were drilling relentlessly into his consciousness, inflicting soul-wrenching agony every second.
The Red Demon Queen was also startled by the massive shell that had suddenly emerged around Wu Tian.
"What kind of technique is this? It doesn't look very powerful—just a little bigger... But this human is full of strange tricks, especially those peculiar eyes... Hmph! Just posturing!"
A cold glint flashed in her eyes as she raised her hand and hurled a crimson Ki wave—
Boom!
The crimson Ki wave struck Susanoo's left shoulder, partially dispersing the light-red energy armor. The energy swirled momentarily before gradually reforming into its original shape.
"So this is your final move? Seems pretty underwhelming!" The Red Demon Queen sneered, her pink tongue flicking out as she mocked. "You look like you're struggling. Why don't you just surrender? Otherwise, if I lose interest, I might kill you outright!"
Taro exhaled deeply, his internal Ki boiling like a raging storm.
Through the light-red Susanoo, he fixed his gaze on the Queen and slowly raised his right arm… Two fingers extended, pointing directly at her in midair.
Zzt... Zzt... Sparks and flames crackled around Wu Tian's two fingers.
"What is he trying to do? He should know that an attack of that strength can't possibly affect me. Even if he bursts out with all his power in an instant, it won't matter! He can't even hit me!" The Red Demon Queen thought to herself, watching Taro make his move without stopping him.
"This is my strongest strike right now. If you can take it... then I'll die without regret. There's nothing to lose."
The light in Taro's eyes grew dimmer and dimmer, and the four-cornered windmill pattern in his pupils spun wildly, becoming a chaotic blur! The blood vessels in his eyes were almost entirely covering the whites of his eyes!
At the same time, the massive Susanoo enveloping him contracted rapidly, centering around him!
Different Mangekyō Sharingan users' Susanoo manifest in slightly different forms.
Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo possesses the three divine artifacts: the "Yata Mirror," the " Sword of Totsuka," and the "Yata Jewel." Uchiha Sasuke's Susanoo can freely manipulate Amaterasu as weapons. Uchiha Shisui's Susanoo traps opponents in endless illusions with each strand of chakra flame. Uchiha Obito's Susanoo unleashes space-warping, divine flames that distort reality…
But Taro's Mangekyō Sharingan allows him to freely control Susanoo in a completely unique manner!
His Mangekyō ability is known as "Complete Control of Chakra" and "Maximum Utilization of Chakra!"
Taro could shrink the enormous energy body of Susanoo and merge it with his own body, greatly enhancing his physical abilities, shattering the human limits. His strength, defense, and speed were all pushed to their absolute extremes.
"What kind of trick is he trying to pull?"
The Red Demon Queen looked at Taro, who seemed to be wearing a faint red armor, squinting her eyes, thoroughly confused. In fact, she was starting to grow impatient. This human, while odd, was still just a human performing strange tricks.
He was just a human, after all. How much time was he going to waste?
At that moment, two fingers pointed at her, where lightning and flames intertwined—
Taro felt his eyes growing increasingly hot, unbearably hot, as though two red-hot iron rods had been embedded into his eye sockets. The excruciating heat burned deep into his mind, as if his very soul was being consumed by fire.
Mangekyō Sharingan.
Thirty-two times amplification.
Thunderflame Fingers.
Time, in that instant, seemed to stretch out infinitely…
In a thousandth of a second, the Red Demon Queen's eyes slowly widened, little by little. Even in her gaze, the hint of shock gradually formed, from nothing to something, from shallow to deep…
If her beautiful eyes were a lake, then the shock and subtle, hidden terror within them would resemble a monster lurking beneath the water. At first, ripples appeared on the surface, then grew more intense, expanding outward in waves, becoming fiercer and fiercer until the creature at the bottom of the lake slowly emerged from the water…
In contrast to the Red Demon Queen's subtle movements during that thousandth of a second, was the beam of light shooting from Taro's finger—like something from the depths of hell itself.
This light was incredibly fast.
Unbelievably fast.
So fast that the Red Demon Queen didn't even have time to truly process what was happening.
A bolt of lightning intertwined with flames reflected in her crimson eyes. This light was more beautiful than her own eyes, more dazzling than anything she had ever seen. It grew brighter, larger, and closer…
The Demon Queen felt as though she could already smell death, as if the Grim Reaper were waving at her. But this made her laugh. In the hundreds of years she had lived, she had never even been injured! Death? Who could make her die? Was it this human? Ridiculous!
Her body fell limply, but her thoughts remained frozen in that final moment. What was she thinking then? Was she recalling her powerful and glorious life, or… did she fail to realize until the very end that her beautiful head had already been shattered by that massive lightning-flame beam in an instant?
"Ahhhhh!!!!"
Even Taro, whose will was as strong as steel, struggled in pain, clutching his eyes, the black blood leaking from his fingers smearing his face.
The Susanoo armor around his body scattered like fireworks.
In his consciousness, his eyes had already lost all feeling, and only the countless threads of pain extending from his eyeballs remained, tightly entwining his soul, relentlessly tearing at his spirit, making him wish he could die in that moment, yearning for release!
Taro's body wobbled uncontrollably in the air, his breath erratic.
"Red… Red… The Red Demon Queen is dead!!"
"He killed the Red Demon Queen?!!"
"This human killed the Red Demon Queen?!"
"My God…"
The demon warriors in the air were stunned, never having seen, or even imagined, this scene before in their lives.
The mighty Red Demon Queen had been so easily killed by a mere human? Yet, no matter how unbelievable it seemed, everything happening in front of them, and the Red Demon Queen's headless corpse crashing to the ground, proved…
This human was terrifying!
"Run!!" Someone among the demon warriors shouted, their voice filled with fear, and they fled in panic.
Soon, "Run!" "Run!!" The demon warriors scrambled, retreating toward the distant, blood-red sky, desperate to escape.