Chapter 536: Power of God
BOOM…
A giant sphere of volatile energy burst into the sky. The energy of the dust release and tailed-beast bomb cancels each other and evaporates into a singular depression.
Shoom…
The surrounding air rapidly converges into the vacuum, creating a powerful airflow. The resultant shockwave of the jutsu hurls Izuna Black toward the ground.
BANG…
He slams into the ground and raises a small cloud of dust and debris. Kakashi's earth wall also crumbles under pressure.
"Get Ready!"
Fwoosh… whoosh…
A volley of massive lava fireballs flies toward the group from the dust cloud.
"Be careful!"
Bee jumps in front of the group and inhales a large amount of air.
"Black Ink Bullet,"
He spews out numerous black ink bullets from his mouth.
Bang… bang…
The black ink bullets collide with the lava fireballs and explode.
Aye also fire multiple lightning bullets towards the incoming projectile.
Whoosh…
Izuna Black appears on top of the group while holding a massive lava Rasenshuriken in his hands.
"That jutsu is bad news!"
A, Kakashi, Guy, and other recognizes the seriousness of the issue.
HAAH…
Bee suddenly riles up his chakra and transforms into Eight-tails. He grabs the group and wraps his entire body with his massive tentacles to brace for the impact.
BOOM…
A massive explosion occurs at the point of impact.
GRROAARR…
The eight-tails release a loud cry of agony as the countless blades of lava pierce through its tentacles. The lava release Rasenshuriken quickly expands and covers half of Eight-tails's body.
The extreme temperature from the attack burns all of Eight-tails tentacles.
"Explode!"
Izuna Black crosses his arms and detonates the giant Lava Rasenshuriken.
BOOM…
A gigantic spherical explosion shrouds the Eight-tails.
"Kamui!"
Kakashi activates his Mangekyo abilities and absorbs a major portion of the explosion in another dimension.
HAAH…
Bee and Eight-tails roar and push back the remaining energy of the explosion with their remaining tentacles.
A few seconds later, the explosion settles down to reveal a massive lava pool. Smoke rises from the giant body of the eight-tails.
The lava has incinerated all of Eight-tails tentacles to ashes. Multiple burn marks are spread across the Eight-tails body.
BANG…
The pupil of the Eight-tails turns white, and it drops to the ground, losing consciousness.
Poof…
With a burst of white smoke, the Eight-tails turn into Bee.
"BEE!"
A swiftly beside Bee to support him.
"Hirudora!"
Guy jumps in front of an unprepared Izuna Black and punches him point blank. Izuna Black crosses his arms in front of his chest.
BOOM…
A massive wind pressure encapsulates Izuna Black.
Bleurgh…
Izuna Black spews out a mouthful of blood as the shock from the air pressure detonates inside his chest. The bone in both his arms breaks and his arms dangles sideways like wet noddles.
ROOARR…
A massive Hirudora burst follows the air-pressure cannon.
Crack… Snap…
The air cannon burst breaks multiple ribs of Izuna Black.
BOOM…
The Hirudora tiger slams into Izuna Black's body and drags him toward the mountain range in the distance. The powerful force of wind pressure destroys the ground and creates a massive ravine in its wake.
HAAH…
Kakashi also swings his purple lightning-infused hands toward the ground.
"KIRIN,"
ROOARR…
A massive purple lightning dragon's head tears through the cloud. The massive dragon hand opens its giant maw and swallows Izuna Black.
BOOM…
A humongous pillar of purple lightning shoots toward the sky. Several lightning bolts fall from the sky, drowning the entire mountain range in lightning bolts while simultaneously destroying several mountain peaks.
A gigantic crater forms at the point of contact with the lightning dragon's head.
Bzzt… Crackle…
Lightning bolts flickers across the massive crater, creating a storm of lightning. The giant lightning pillar slowly disperses into pure chakra in the surroundings.
Izuna Black attempts to stand up, however, the purple lightning bolts paralyze him.
"Quick, seal him!"
Kakashi throws multiple sealing talismans in Izuna Black's direction. A giant sealing Fuinjutsu formation appears beneath Izuna Black and seals him in an obsidian barrier.
Kakashi and Guy sprawl on the ground from exhaustion.
"Bee, open your eyes. Bee!"
A shakes Bee's scorched body. There are multiple third-degree burns on Bee's body.
"B-brather!" Bee slowly opens his eyes and gives thumbs-up to A before fainting.
'Bee, the previous attack took a toll on my body. I won't be able to help you for a while.' Gyuki's exhausted voice is the last thing Bee hears before losing consciousness.
"Medic, quick!"
A quickly grabs Bee's body and flickers towards the shinobi camp.
"I have exhausted all my chakra!" Kakashi lays down against a boulder.
"It will take me an hour to recover from the fatigue of opening the Seventh Gate." Guy's muscles spasm in pain.
Both of them glance toward Madara's battle.
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The combined attack of Onoki, Gaara, Rasa, and Sakumo destroys the vast expanse of forest created by Madara's wood-release jutsu.
"Wonderful!"
Madara releases his hand seals and glances at the group in surprise.
"Your teamwork has surpassed my expectations."
Rumble… rumble…
Suddenly, the ground trembles, and momentarily, a second sun appears in the distance.
Madara and others glance toward the sun and notice a struggling Eight-tails, pushing against the giant sun.
"What incredible energy outburst?"
Whoosh…
Madara jumps back and avoids Sakumo's chakra blade. A five-meter-long blade scar appears on the ground.
"Hmm… this feeling!"
Suddenly, the pattern of Madara's eyes changes. Purple concentric rings replace the Choku-tomoe pattern of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
"My guess was right! What comes naturally after the Mangekyo Sharingan is the Rinnegan." Kabuto's voice echoes in Madara's head.
"I awakened Rinnegan just prior to my death. This was a secret known to very few." Madara's expression turns solemn.
"Just what did you do to this body?"
"Like I told you, I made you better than you were at your peak," Kabuto replies with a chuckle.
"You bastard! You studied the secrets of my body? You can't even read the Uchiha Stone Tablet! But you still managed to decipher it?"
"No, I just tested some hypothesis drawn from years of data from experiments Lord Orochimaru and I conducted." A cruel smile appears on Kabuto's face.
"We had plenty of test subjects from the Senju clan, the Uzumaki clan, and the Uchiha clan. All thanks to Danzo Shimura's ambitions. Lord Orochimaru just played along with him in order to complete his research and when Danzo lived with his resourcefulness, Orochimaru-sama abandoned him with the research data in his hands." Kabuto recalls the days of his experiment with Orochimaru.
"All that decades of research with countless failures finally took the shape of your current body. And now… you are verifying our hypothesis. Kuku… You are able to achieve a piece of that God's… the power of the Sage of Six Paths. Thanks to the power I built into you." Kabuto laughs manically.
'After this war, I will learn and study the secrets of Godhood and finally, I will…" Kabuto mumbles incoherently.
'Ah, Orochimaru-sama, how can I forget to not include you in my research? You are witnessing it, right? The fruit of our research. Kuku…'
"Don't be mistaken. This is not your power of creation."
Madara makes a Ran hand seal.
SHOOM…
A pillar of blue flames erupts from his body and envelops the protective casing of Susanoo.
Shua… Shau…
Two more Susanoo heads form on the left and right side of Susanoo's head, respectively.
Swish… swish… swish…
Three pairs of arms fork out from Susanoo's back, corresponding to each head. Each pair of arms makes a Ram hand seal.
Ripples spread across his Rinnegan.
Suddenly, the sun vanishes from everyone's sight. Darkness shrouds the entire battlefield.
A few shinobis raise their head toward the sky.
Ahaha…
A few of them break out in hysteric laughter and drop their weapons. Some of the shinobis fall to the ground and kneel in despair. While a few other shinobis clasp their hand and pray to whatever faith they believe.
"Damn!" An expression of helplessness appears on a Kumo shinobi's face.
"N-No way…"
"What is that?"
"T-that's impossible!"
"Y-you are kidding me, right?" A shinobi grabs the collar of his friend.
"This is a nightmare!"
"This isn't real, right?"
Voice of despair, hopelessness, agony, misery, and dissent spread across the battlefield.
"I-It's out of our league!"
Even Gaara and Rasa raise their head and gulp their saliva.
"Is this the power of a God?" Sweat trickles down Gaara's forehead as he expresses his disbelief.
"Observe! And witness for yourselves! As I crush your pathetic attempts to stop the inevitable."
"Shattered Heaven: Falling Star: Tengai Shinsei,"