"Exactly!"
Black Zetsu fully agreed with his mother's words.
For a thousand years, he had always been the one deceiving others, yet when it came to Gensou, he had suffered multiple setbacks. Now, he could only blame himself for not doing enough, leading to his mother's failure to return to her peak strength.
Hearing this, Gensou cast a glance at Black Zetsu, concealed within Kaguya's sleeve.
The mastermind behind countless schemes in the shinobi world no longer held any significance to him.
Redirecting his gaze back to Kaguya, Gensou wasted no more words and presented her with two choices:
"The outcome is set, and this planet is due for a new master. Kaguya, you now have only two options."
"Sealed? Or submit?"
Kaguya's eyes narrowed. "There is a third option."
"Oh?"
"I consume you!"
Kaguya's Byakugan widened abruptly.
A crushing pressure surged toward Gensou like a tangible force.
Gensou remained calm as ripples spread through the purple vortex of his Rinnegan.
In an instant!
A formless, blade-like shockwave slashed forward.
Rinnegan's Pressure vs. Byakugan's Pressure!
Quickly, the space between them twisted and distorted with a sound akin to tearing reality apart.
Ripples of spatial distortion spread outwards like waves, kicking up dust, scattering debris, and cracking the earth in their wake.
At the epicenter—
Gensou stood unmoved, while Kaguya's long hair was involuntarily swept back by the force.
"So, this is your final decision?"
Gensou's tone remained steady, delivering his last ultimatum.
Kaguya was never one for excessive words—she let her actions speak.
Before the sonic boom could even reach the ears—
She had already crossed a hundred meters in a ghostly instant, appearing before Gensou. Her pale, slender fingers clenched into a fist, compressing an unfathomable level of power.
Eighty Gods Vacuum Fists!
In a flash, the air within a hundred-meter radius was compressed to the point of emitting a piercing hiss.
Then—another surge of energy erupted.
Gensou responded in kind.
His right hand clenched into a fist, chakra surging to the extreme, and without any hesitation, he swung.
Eighty Gods Vacuum Fists vs. Eighty Gods Vacuum Fists!
Having ascended to the Kekkei Sōmō level, Gensou had automatically awakened several abilities, just like Kaguya had upon consuming the chakra fruit.
Abilities like Eighty Gods Vacuum Fists and Yomotsu Hirasaka.
However, techniques unique to the Rinne Sharingan, such as Ame-no-Minaka and Infinite Tsukuyomi, remained beyond his reach.
Of course, Gensou possessed his own unique Kekkei Sōmō abilities.
It was this unwavering confidence in his power that allowed him to engage a seasoned Six Paths-level opponent head-on.
In the blink of an eye—
Two pale fists collided in midair.
It was like two massive meteors crashing into each other.
Before the deafening impact could even be heard—
Both fighters had already raised their other fists, unleashing another clash of Eighty Gods Vacuum Fists.
BOOM!!!
At last!
A thunderous explosion erupted!
A chain of eardrum-shattering airbursts followed. Below them, the earth collapsed instantly, forming an enormous crater, while further away, the ground cracked into countless spiderweb-like fissures that spread outward.
Meanwhile, waves of sand rolled like an ocean tide, momentarily blotting out the sky.
And this was only the beginning.
For the next stretch of time, neither Gensou nor Kaguya relented, their hands transforming into blurs as they exchanged an unending flurry of blows.
It was as if two true deities were locked in a contest of strength.
With every strike, the force they unleashed was no less than Might Guy's Eight Gates Release: Evening Elephant.
One after another, visible shockwaves radiated in all directions.
The desert, which was supposed to be a land of relentless storms, now seemed like a timid child, too afraid to make a sound.
In mere moments, what was once an endless expanse of sand was stripped bare, revealing the hardened rock layers beneath—layers that had been buried for untold millennia.
Then—
Even these ancient rock formations, witnesses to the world's long history, cracked and shattered under the overwhelming force of their battle.
Such was the power of the Six Paths.
The mere aftermath of their clash reshaped terrain older than the arrival of the Ōtsutsuki clan itself.
Gensou had deliberately chosen this battlefield to minimize the world's destruction.
Likewise, Kaguya, who still viewed the planet as her personal garden, refrained from changing the venue.
As for using Ame-no-Minaka to drag Gensou into her own dimension?
Against someone who possessed Yomotsu Hirasaka, that tactic was utterly pointless.
After exchanging over a hundred punches—
Both warriors locked eyes.
They knew that at this rate, neither would emerge victorious anytime soon. And besides—an uninvited guest was on their way.
Their final punch landed simultaneously before they wordlessly stepped back.
At this moment—
The raging winds still howled, carrying dust and debris in their wake.
The battlefield resembled the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, marred by deep scars and destruction as far as the eye could see.
Yet, amid this devastation, only two figures remained unscathed—Gensou and Kaguya.
Even though Kaguya wasn't at her absolute peak, she had still consumed the Divine Tree's fruit, possessed true immortality, and housed the Ten-Tails within her. She was far from easy to defeat.
Looking at the woman before him, who wasn't even breathing heavily, Gensou knew—to end this for good, he would need a sealing technique.
However, upon reaching Six Paths-level, he hadn't awakened any sealing abilities.
The sealing techniques he had mastered in the past were effective against lesser opponents but inadequate against Kaguya.
The ultimate sealing jutsu of the Sage of Six Paths—Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei— was the most suitable.
And conveniently—
Someone nearby possessed that technique.
After shielding everyone from Kaguya's attack, Naruto hadn't forgotten his mission.
Since he lacked Yomotsu Hirasaka or any other space-time jutsu, he could only fly toward the battlefield as fast as he could.
By the time he arrived—
Gensou and Kaguya had just finished their warm-up.
For a moment, Naruto fell silent as he gazed down at the endless, battle-ravaged land—scorched, cracked, utterly devastated.
At this moment, he truly understood the catastrophic consequences a battle between Six Paths-level beings could bring upon the shinobi world.
If these two fought over Konoha…
The mere thought made Naruto's expression darken with unprecedented seriousness.
This must be stopped!
At that moment, Gensou smiled and gestured toward him.
"Young man, it's time to join forces and save the shinobi world."
(End of Chapter)
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