"Night Guy!!!"
As the shout fell, Guy's body had already shot forward at extreme speed, blood-red steam and chakra swirling around him, finally converging into the shape of a dragon's head!!
"Swoosh!!"
The blazing crimson dragon head lunged forward, its speed so fast that it was impossible to catch with the naked eye!!
At this moment, Madara was also stunned, but as a battle maniac, he did not back down!
"Such chakra… really gets me excited!"
"I acknowledge you! (◔◡◔)"
"I, Madara, am willing to call you the strongest taijutsu user among the people I know!!!"
After speaking, Madara sensed something strange beside him and glanced sideways at the pitch-black staff in his hand.
Only then did he realize that Might Guy's high-speed movement even distorted space itself, forcibly twisting his Six Paths staff!!
Behind Guy, the Second Hokage's eyes were filled with excitement: "Such terrifying blood-colored chakra… this strike might really destroy Madara's body!"
"Kick his head!!"
"You must kick his head!! (▼ヘ▼#)"
How could Guy not know that blowing up the head would maximize the damage?
But the pain interfered with his judgment — with the Eighth Gate open, it felt like every bone in his body was being crushed.
And while using Night Guy, he was moving too fast — just aiming at Madara's torso was already exhausting, let alone aiming at his head…
If he missed this one strike… then opening the Eighth Gate would be for nothing…
"Boom!!!"
The blazing crimson dragon head ultimately slammed into Madara's right chest!!
"Whoosh—!!"
Madara's body was sent flying backward under the immense force, plowing a deep trench across the ground along the way!
At the same time, the powerful shock instantly shattered the right half of his body, and even his face and neck suffered considerable damage!!
It was clear that Guy was desperately trying to control the landing point of that kick!
Finally, with a loud "boom!!", Madara crashed into the roots of the Divine Tree, making the immense tree tremble!!
...
On the other side, Guy, who had unleashed his final strike, had reached the end of his life!
The red-hot steam erupting from opening the Eighth Gate had scorched his entire body black, as if he had been burned alive!
And when using Night Guy, he had kicked with his right leg — that leg bore the greatest pressure, and now it was slowly collapsing, the charred limb crumbling into dusty ash…
Meanwhile, his right arm that had struck a Truth-Seeking Orb earlier also began to crack and fall apart!
Not far away, Madara uncontrollably coughed up blood and spoke hoarsely: "Your taijutsu truly excites me!"
"Unfortunately… your life has already burned out!"
"Let me send you on your final journey!"
As he finished, the pitch-black Truth-Seeking Orb floating beside Madara shot out, rapidly darting toward Guy's body!!
The Fourth Hokage shouted anxiously: "Guy!!"
The orb was just too fast — he couldn't even use Flying Thunder God in time to block it…
At this critical moment, a figure clad in golden cloak of tailed beast chakra surged out, kicking the Truth-Seeking Orb mid-air!!
"Bang!!"
The orb flew away, smashing a deep crater into the ground!
Everyone turned in shock — the one who kicked the orb away was Naruto, who was supposed to be gravely injured and unconscious!!
Madara, whose injuries were rapidly healing, frowned and looked at Naruto clad in chakra:
"He feels different from before… that boy…"
Naruto, after blocking the attack for Might Guy, rushed to Guy's side and placed his right hand over Guy's heart…
"Swish…"
A sun-shaped seal appeared on Guy's chest, and centered on that mark, dense sealing scripts wrapped around his body, locking in his life force!
Not far away, Kakashi asked urgently: "That technique…"
Before he finished, Naruto replied immediately: "Don't worry. Bushy-brows-sensei will be fine…"
Then Naruto looked at Kakashi — only now did he notice Kakashi-sensei's missing left eye, with blood still flowing…
So Naruto jumped to Kakashi's side and passed his palm over Kakashi's left eye…
By the time Kakashi reacted… the eye had already grown back!
Kakashi: --003d͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪ ‧̣̥̇)
Second Hokage: Σ(っ °Д °;)っ
"What kind of ninjutsu is this?! Healing the body is one thing, but actually making a missing eye grow back?! Σ( ° △ °|||)︴"
Naruto: "According to Grandpa Six Paths, this is called Yang Release — basically the power of the body. Restoring Kakashi-sensei's eye isn't hard. Just take part of his body, then like this… and like that…"
Second Hokage: "I have no idea what you're talking about! (ー_ー)!!"
"And all the tailed beasts' chakra is inside Madara — where did your chakra cloak come from? (‧_‧?)"
Naruto shrugged: "During the tug-of-war with Obito, the nine tailed beasts left a bit of chakra inside me — I can borrow their power temporarily…"
Beside him, the Fourth Hokage suddenly realized: "Wait… did you just say Six Paths?!"
Naruto nodded: "Yeah, a weird old man. He said he's the Sage of Six Paths… then gave me power. ୧⍢⃝୨"
Fourth Hokage: "…"
Just as everyone was about to keep questioning, Sasuke, expression cold and stern, landed before them and said seriously: "This is not the time to chat. We need to stop Madara first!"
"Madara has already obtained a pair of Rinnegan. The Divine Tree is about to bloom — Infinite Tsukuyomi could activate at any moment…"
Naruto nodded and quietly glanced at Sasuke beside him.
At this moment, Sasuke's left eye had already become a Rinnegan covered in swirling patterns!
And around its pupil were six tomoe — making it look way cooler than Madara's pair with nothing on them…
"You also met the Sage of Six Paths and received his power, right…" Naruto asked.
Sasuke raised his left hand — a pitch-black moon-shaped mark was upon it!
The Sage had granted him Yin Release — opposite to Naruto's Yang Release!
Sasuke's lips curled up, his voice tinged with provocation: "The old man mentioned the battle between brothers — you heard that too."
"So tell me… between us… who is stronger — me, who inherited Indra's chakra, or you, who inherited Asura's! ୧⍢⃝୨"
Naruto said with burning fighting spirit: "Then let's find out — see who beats Madara first! Ծ‸ Ծ "
Sasuke: "Exactly what I was thinking!"
Across from them, the recovering Uchiha Madara: "…"
Look at these two brats acting like they can take me down so easily!!
"Don't think that just because you got some new toys… you can be my opponents. (ꐦ ಠ皿ಠ)"
"My power… is far above yours!!"
Naruto pouted and immediately began forming Rasengan!!
"Swish swish swish——"
Very quickly, a Rasenshuriken formed with the Lava Release of the Four-Tails as its core!
"Sage Art: Lava Style — Super-Massive Rasenshuriken!!"
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