The greatest weakness of the current Six Paths Naruto was his lack of space-time abilities.
Once confined in another dimension, no matter how strong Naruto was, he couldn't easily return to the ninja world.
No matter how powerful his stats, without space-time mechanisms, he was ultimately too limited...
"Now it's your turn!"
Isshiki grinned and charged at Six Paths Sasuke. Without Six Paths Naruto's interference, just one Sasuke—he could humiliate him at will.
He didn't believe Sasuke could revive indefinitely!
'Damn!'
Sasuke was shocked. He knew he alone wasn't Isshiki's match. So he immediately activated Amenotejikara, swapping with distant air, preparing to retreat first.
But this time, with nothing blocking.
He couldn't escape Isshiki's extreme speed at all.
Just teleported a hundred meters away, Six Paths Isshiki instantly attacked, shattering Sasuke's abdomen in a flash!
His body severely wounded. Izanagi activated, Sasuke repaired and revived again.
But he still couldn't escape Isshiki's demonic grasp.
Thus, a deeply humiliating slaughter unfolded in the air.
Isshiki, turned into black light, attacked Sasuke rapidly like chaotic black lines. No one could see his movement trajectory.
All of Sasuke's methods—whether attack, defense, or escape—couldn't withstand Isshiki's terrifying stats!
In less than a minute, he killed Sasuke dozens of times!
He forcibly exhausted all of Sasuke's eye techniques, also causing Izanagi—which should last minutes—to end early.
*PENG—!*
Isshiki punched through Sasuke's chest again, and this time, the other finally didn't recover!
His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan closed and went blind.
Isshiki knew the opponent's strange revival ability finally ended.
"Hahaha!"
"Finally done!"
Isshiki pulled his right hand, instantly grabbing Sasuke's neck, binding him with one hand. He also used black rods to pin all four limbs, and carefully used the Kama Seal to close the chest blood hole, preventing the other from dying too quickly.
Then he began the victor's interrogation.
"Speak! Where did those people take the Juubi?"
"Ptoo!"
Sasuke spat in Isshiki's face. He lost, but that didn't mean he'd submit.
Uchiha ninjas were never cowards!
There weren't before, and there won't be after!
"You court death—!"
Isshiki raged, immediately wanting to choke Sasuke before him.
But he hesitated, then held back.
This guy was still useful. Both the earlier revival and Nagato and others' whereabouts needed explaining by him.
To improve himself, for his beloved Juubi and revival vessel, Isshiki could still restrain himself.
"Good, good!"
"I want to see how long your tough mouth lasts."
"If you don't speak, everyone below dies!"
Isshiki openly threatened.
He knew human weaknesses well. They might not fear their own death, but they definitely cared deeply about loved ones' lives!
After all, in this world, truly lone people with no desires, no relatives, no affiliations were rare!
Isshiki didn't believe the Sasuke before him was such a loner.
"Ptoo—!"
Sasuke spat in Isshiki's face a second time, completely unafraid of the threat.
"AAAAH—!"
"Then die, all of you!"
Isshiki waved his left hand, thousands of black rods pouring like a storm, shooting at the alliance ninja troops below.
*SWISH!* *SWISH!* *SWISH!*
*SWISH!* *SWISH!* *SWISH!*
Black rods like storm rain caused large-scale slaughter of the ninja alliance.
Forget ordinary ninjas—even the five Kage were nearly instantly killed by black rods.
Tsunade was pierced by three black rods but didn't die thanks to Yin Seal: Release.
Ōnoki barely disintegrated several black rods with Jinton, but his waist twisted again.
Raikage A was also pierced by black rods but endured with his tough body.
Gaara was relatively lucky. Though black rods pierced his defenses, they only hit his shoulder—non-fatal.
Worst was Terumī Mei. Pierced by five black rods in body and head, she nearly died instantly, without chance to fight or struggle.
Compared to the five Kage, other ordinary alliance ninjas fared worse.
One storm round of black rods instantly claimed thousands of ninja lives—utterly tragic.
"Mizukage-sama!!!"
"Guy-sensei!!!"
"Ino!!!"
"Jūgo!!!"
"Kitsuchi, my son!!!"
Heart-wrenching cries were countless—the scene utterly tragic.
Most ninjas hadn't reacted before being skewered into meat kebabs by black rods.
Black rods too fast even for quasi-Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke to dodge—honestly absurd for slaughtering these ordinary ninjas.
It also showed Isshiki's rage and cruelty.
Seeing masses of ninjas killed, Sasuke's heart shook slightly, but he remained unmoved.
Current 17-year-old Sasuke, though just learned Itachi's clan massacre truth and resolved to run for Hokage, protect Konoha, and unify the world by force.
But honestly, his love for Konoha Village, ninjas, and humanity was far less than future adult Sasuke.
Even adult Sasuke's love for all of Konoha was limited—let alone current young Sasuke.
And Sasuke knew better—if he revealed Izanagi's secret, betrayed Nagato and others' origins, if Isshiki truly learned this, it would be an unsalvageable despair disaster for the entire world!
"Not moved?"
"I want to see how long you can pretend!"
Isshiki coldly snorted. He didn't believe Sasuke was that tough.
At the same time...
The ninja alliance below also began counterattacks and revenge against Isshiki.
Especially the Third Tsuchikage who lost his son—he raged instantly. Though waist twisted, he fearlessly flew toward Isshiki, charging Jinton.
"Annoying bug! Truly clueless!"
Isshiki frowned, raising his hand to release a massive Daikokuten beam, smashing Ōnoki with astonishing momentum.
*BANG!*
Jinton exploded, directly enveloping and disintegrating the always-successful black beam, shocking Isshiki.
Daikokuten beam's weight and defense—even Bijuu couldn't withstand it.
It could be disintegrated by a human ninja?
Truly strange!
But this didn't change the outcome. Though Jinton strong, it didn't mean the user was invincible.
Ōnoki, just finished disintegrating the beam, hadn't caught his breath—three shrunk undetected black rods suddenly expanded before him, instantly piercing heart and head.
In a flash, Isshiki killed this resilient Third Tsuchikage.
It showed Sukunahikona combined with black rods was basically instant kill for below Six Paths!
But it wasn't over—Isshiki waved his hand.
Again thousands of black rods fell like divine punishment. This time more accurate and cruel!
Instantly piercing and killing thousands of alliance ninjas!
Among them many Sasuke knew.
Hinata, Gaara, Shikamaru, Yamato, Sai, and others...
Even Karin was instantly killed by this terrifying black rod storm!
Suigetsu escaped thanks to his liquid body, while Orochimaru and Kabuto, though shot, definitely weren't dead.
Seeing this, though Sasuke's heart was stone-hard, his eye corner couldn't help twitching—heart in extreme pain!
If Naruto were here, witnessing so many Konoha comrades killed, he'd instantly lose control and explode Baryon Mode for Isshiki.
Unfortunately, current Sasuke couldn't explode his power.
"I'll give you one last chance. If you still don't speak."
"Next attack—everyone below dies!"
Isshiki cruelly threatened one final time.
At the same time, he condensed a massive Bijuudama in his hand, aiming below.
Once fired, it could likely wipe out all human ninjas below in one wave!
"Ptoo—!"
"Go die, bastard!"
Sasuke gritted teeth and spat a third time—unfortunately experienced Isshiki dodged.
Seeing this, Isshiki wasn't angry—instead he laughed.
He laughed extremely twisted, extremely terrifying:
"So!"
"Even if you don't care about these people—what about that Naruto? Your relationship seems very good, right?"
Hearing Naruto, Sasuke showed rare emotion. He reacted angrily:
"What will you do?!!"
Seeing Sasuke react, Isshiki was overjoyed.
"Hahaha, you really have someone you care about?"
"Then let's make him the target!"
Isshiki found Sasuke's weakness. So he didn't hesitate, directly opening a space-time portal connected to the space dimension.
And in the space dimension, Naruto was extremely anxious, pacing.
When he saw the space-time portal suddenly appear, connected to the ninja world—he didn't dare hesitate, flying at full speed.
He just wanted to return to the ninja world immediately, rush back to Sasuke's side!
Especially just seeing Sasuke on the other portal side captured alive by Isshiki, in mortal danger anytime.
Naruto grew more anxious, flying full speed, completely ignoring any threats or traps.
Unfortunately, Isshiki seemed to have calculated Naruto's speed, firing the massive Bijuudama early.
Exactly as Naruto passed through the space-time portal—the entire Bijuudama accurately exploded!
*BOOOOM!*
A massive white light ball suddenly expanded and exploded, swallowing everything. The loud sound tore sky and earth, shockwaves rippling layer by layer, instantly engulfing tens of thousands of meters around!
The remaining tens of thousands of alliance ninjas below were affected again—over eighty percent instantly vaporized.
The kind leaving not even bones...
"No—!"
Sasuke's eyes reddened in rage. His remaining six-tomoe Rinnegan turned blood-like.
But he could do nothing—only watch Isshiki despicably attack Naruto trying to return.
The terrifying explosion lasted over ten seconds.
Six Paths Naruto at the explosion center was severely wounded.
His lower body completely severed and gone. Upper body also tragic—most flesh and blood charred black.
Originally just a Bijuudama explosion might not seriously injure Six Paths Naruto.
But this wasn't just a massive Bijuudama explosion—but also space power disrupted by the blast. Two terrifying forces simultaneously choking Naruto!
Even wearing the strongest Six Paths chakra cloak, he couldn't withstand the combined impact of two giant forces.
Just like strongest Kaguya couldn't withstand Kamui Raikiri's space tear.
Currently, Naruto not instantly killed was already a miracle of his extreme vitality.
"Still not dead?"
"Good. All Bijuu chakra in your body—I'll take it all!"
Isshiki used a Truth-Seeking Ball to lock Sasuke, then directly charged the severely wounded Naruto, thrusting his hand into Naruto's chest.
Current Naruto was completely powerless to dodge or fight.
Isshiki suddenly pulled his right hand, simultaneously extracting all Bijuu chakra from Naruto's body, fully absorbing it into himself.
"Hahaha!"
"This full sensation is incredible!"
Isshiki laughed maniacally, enjoying victory joy from overflowing chakra.
As for the dying Naruto who lost Bijuu power?
He was discarded as valueless.
*Pā—!*
Dying Naruto fell from the air, crashing hard into the ground—eyes and aura extremely dim.
"Sasuke..."
"Sor-ry..."
Naruto used his last strength, silently staring at distant Sasuke. Infinite pain flooded his heart.
Could he really not save the world, not save Sasuke?
(Forgive me...)
"Naruto!!!"
Witnessing this hell-like despair scene, Sasuke went mad.
He roared hoarsely like a demon. His five organs seemed forcibly melting. Every breath pulled a thousand nerves, causing bone-piercing pain!
At this moment, Sasuke's entire world turned dark!
At the same time, the entire world also froze!