Normally, such a massive body would definitely stir the surrounding air when moving, creating a powerful wind pressure.
But before him, the enormous Buddha statue seemed to have completely defied the laws of physics. With just a slight movement of its body, it instantly appeared not far in front of Yuto.
There was no sound of wind as one would expect, nor any roaring sound from the movement.
Yuto only saw a flash of purple light, and the giant Buddha statue was already standing not far before him.
The giant Buddha statue held a hand seal to its chest while its other hand was wrapped in purple lightning. Like a bolt of thunder too fast to cover the ears, it threw a punch directly at Yuto's complete Susanoo.
The purple light flashed through the air, and in an instant, the giant Buddha's hand was already right before Yuto's eyes.
This attack was too fast; Yuto didn't even have time to dodge. He could only control Susanoo to hold two chakra blades horizontally before his chest.
At the same time, he controlled numerous Adamantine Sealing Chains to swarm toward the giant Buddha's hand in an attack.
As a large amount of chakra chains surged wildly, they split into two parts. One part blocked before Yuto, forming a shield completely composed of chakra chains.
The other part resembled numerous agile snakes, quickly wrapping around the Buddha's hand.
Unfortunately, the moment these chakra chains touched the Buddha's hand, they were all effortlessly shredded into pieces by the dense wind blades swirling on the surface of the hand.
In an instant, the giant Buddha's hand also struck the defense formed by numerous Adamantine Sealing Chains before Yuto.
Without any hesitation, under such an attack, the defense formed by the Adamantine Sealing Chains was instantly broken through, and in the blink of an eye, it crashed before Yuto.
Crack!!
A sound like shattering glass rang out.
The two chakra blades held horizontally by the complete Susanoo instantly shattered, and the terrifying force directly struck Susanoo's body.
In an instant, dense cracks had spread all over Susanoo's entire body.
The small wind blades flowing on the giant Buddha's hand cut through and shattered all of Susanoo's defenses at an incredibly terrifying speed!
The purple lightning resembled numerous electric snakes, completely crushing Susanoo, and terrifying lightning power instantly descended upon Yuto.
A severe pain came from all over his body. Yuto's eyes widened slightly as blood continuously overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
The energy produced by this attack was too terrifying; even with Kuroou's ability, he couldn't absorb it all at once.
Boom!!
A huge explosion sounded in the sky.
Yuto, who had been flying in the sky, was directly knocked down from the air by this attack from Ashura, like a meteor ruthlessly falling to the ground and smashing out a huge deep pit.
The entire ground was like it had experienced a small earthquake, and large areas of the ground around the deep pit showed extensive cracks.
"Still so tenacious, you're still not dead?"
Ashura, who was sitting cross-legged on top of the giant Buddha statue, slightly sensed the situation in the deep pit, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
In the deep pit on the ground.
Huff!!
Yuto took several heavy breaths, raised his hand and forcefully wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth. Despite suffering such a powerful attack, Yuto's face showed no dejection; instead, his mouth had unconsciously split into a grin.
In Yuto's eyes, an undisguised excitement and a hint of madness flashed.
It had been too long since Yuto had experienced the threat of facing death directly!
Besides, Yuto himself was not afraid of death!
This kind of battle was a real battle!
A battle where it was either you or me who dies!
The last time Yuto faced such a battle was when he was attacked by Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara together.
Yuto stood up from the deep pit, not caring about his already tattered clothes. Looking at the thick smoke that obscured his vision, Yuto's face showed undisguised excitement. He raised his palm and forcefully waved it forward.
A fierce wind suddenly generated from the deep pit, instantly blowing away the surrounding smoke.
Yuto looked up at the giant Buddha statue standing outside the deep pit.
And Ashura, sitting cross-legged on top of the Buddha statue, also looked down at Yuto in the deep pit below.
Because of the distance, although neither could clearly see the other, they could both clearly feel each other's presence through sensory perception.
Yuto grinned, stomped hard on the ground, and a deep pit appeared under his feet.
At the same time, using this force, Yuto shot up from the deep pit like an arrow, heading toward Ashura on top of the Buddha statue.
Yuto no longer intended to use Susanoo. Although the defense of the complete Susanoo was not bad, that was only in comparison to others. Besides, such a large body simply couldn't avoid Ashura's attacks.
Yuto radiated undisguised killing intent. With Kuroou's ability operating at full power, the large amount of energy surging around him once again gathered toward Yuto's body.
Looking at Yuto charging toward him, a rare solemn expression appeared on Ashura's face.
No matter how arrogant Ashura was, he now understood that what had originally seemed like an ant to him was actually a fierce beast, and moreover, one that was not afraid of death.
Even though he knew the power of Six Paths chakra and the gap between them, this guy before him had never considered escaping, instead thinking of various ways to resist him!
This was a madman!
Ashura's eyes flashed with a fierce gaze as a thought crossed his mind.
The giant Buddha statue moved again.
The Buddha statue, which had only used one hand earlier, now moved its other hand, which had been holding a Buddhist seal to its chest.
Both of the Buddha's hands erupted with purple lightning, and faint cutting sounds continuously came from the hands.
In an instant, both giant Buddha hands simultaneously struck toward Yuto, who had already jumped into mid-air.
The giant Buddha's attack speed was extremely fast. To an ordinary person's eyes, they would probably only see two purple flashes streak across the sky.
Looking at the giant Buddha hands emitting terrifying power and striking toward him.
A mad glint flashed across Yuto's face. He once again forcefully activated Kuroou's ability, forcibly absorbing all the energy permeating the surrounding air.
With Kuroou's ability operating at full power, the space around Yuto temporarily dimmed several times.
As this violent energy entered Yuto's body, it was quickly converted into the chakra he needed.
In terms of a prolonged battle, Yuto had never feared anyone!
Just like what a certain captain had said, I can fight at this level for a whole day!
If he wanted to attack Ashura on top of the Buddha statue, then he couldn't avoid this attack from the Buddha statue.
Because only during an attack would openings appear, and that was Yuto's only chance at present!
Yuto quickly brought his hands together in a seal and shouted:
"Senjutsu - Hijutsu - Kiriame!"
Boom!
Thunder suddenly exploded in the air, and then, the originally cloudless sky quickly became covered by a huge dark cloud at a visible speed.
Following that, heavy rain began to fall from the sky, instantly showering the giant Buddha statue in rain.
Unlike the situation that had once covered the entire Konoha, this time Yuto had clearly reduced the range of this ninjutsu by several times, only covering the area above the Buddha statue's head.
Although the range had been reduced, the power of the ninjutsu had more than doubled.
If the rain that had fallen over Konoha before had been a light drizzle, then now it was heavy rain.
At the same time as this ninjutsu was activated, the two Buddha palms of the giant Buddha also fell with a crash.
A huge sonic boom exploded beside Yuto's ear, and a shadow instantly enveloped Yuto.
Boom! Boom!
Terrifying force struck Yuto's body, making a series of huge roaring sounds. The fierce qi exploding from the Buddha palms passed through Yuto's body, directly scattering the large amount of air behind him!
But this wasn't the most terrifying part. Pure physical attacks didn't pose much threat to Yuto, but the purple lightning and wind power wrapped around the giant Buddha statue was what truly made Yuto wary.
Six Paths-level ninjutsu could be said to be the pinnacle of ninjutsu. This level of ninjutsu was something Yuto couldn't completely absorb.
Even with the replication ability extended from Kuroou's control over energy, it was impossible to replicate this level of power.
The terrifying bombardment continued. Each strike that fell felt like a mountain crashing down on Yuto.
Yuto paid no mind to the blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth and continuously raised his somewhat numb hands, using all his strength to counter the Buddha's hands falling before him.
Yuto, who had jumped into mid-air, had once again been smashed back to the ground by the Buddha's attacks.
The entire earth continuously shook with the Buddha's attacks.
And Yuto, who had been smashed into the ground, moved his hands almost like afterimages. For every punch the Buddha threw, Yuto countered with dozens of punches to resist this terrifying force.
Although it was a completely one-sided situation, Yuto's eyes grew brighter.
Yuto had started to feel the Buddha's attack force beginning to weaken.
This was naturally not because Ashura was holding back, but because the ninjutsu he had just activated was taking effect.
Ashura, sitting on the Buddha statue, suddenly looked up at the heavy rain falling in the sky.
This rain didn't fall on Ashura's body but automatically split at the position above his head, flowing toward the surroundings.
This was also why Ashura hadn't cared at the beginning. Perhaps in Ashura's heart, he didn't care about any ninjutsu Yuto used.
But now, Ashura could clearly feel that the Six Paths Senjutsu wrapped around the Buddha statue was continuously weakening.
Although Ashura had never been touched by this rain, the humid air caused by the surrounding rain still made Ashura feel a slight discomfort.
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