Under the specially prepared formula, the Nine-Tails' Yin chakra within Namikaze Minato was swiftly extracted.
Aside from feeling a slight decrease in his internal power, extracting the tailed beast's chakra had no other effect on Namikaze Minato.
After all, this was an Edo Tensei body. As long as the soul remained intact, other methods wouldn't affect it.
With the Nine-Tails' chakra extracted, Namikaze Minato steadied himself, then instantly transformed into a streak of golden light and vanished from the spot.
Meanwhile, at the center of the battlefield—
"Eight Gates — Death Gate, Open!"
Might Guy let out a furious roar. His already terrifying chakra aura surged several times over in that instant.
A horrifying aura erupted from Guy's body, forming a terrifying shockwave that expanded in every direction!
Just by standing there, the ground beneath Guy was shattered by the sheer force of his presence.
Dense cracks spread outward from Guy's feet, the ground rapidly fracturing and caving in!
BOOM!
The surrounding ground for nearly a kilometer sank in unison, dropping dozens of centimeters in an instant!
Standing in the distance, Yuto felt a wave of death at that moment. Even his soul trembled with a shudder!
"This is the feeling!"
"Come, Might Guy!!"
There was no trace of fear on Yuto's face. Instead, it was filled with excitement as he roared back at Guy.
In an instant, the Black King's power erupted in full force.
The violent energy permeating the world formed a current faintly visible to the naked eye, surging wildly toward Yuto.
All kinds of violent energies collided in the air, producing thunderous booming sounds.
The entire sky gradually darkened as air currents and energies collided and intertwined, with arcs of electricity continuously flickering, creating an astonishing phenomenon.
Faintly, the air around Yuto began to warp and distort, becoming almost illusory!
Clearly, under Yuto's full release of the Black King's terrifying power, even light itself was being pulled and distorted by the gravitational force radiating from him.
At this moment—
Yuto moved first. His figure vanished into thin air, carrying a horrifying aura like a god descending to earth as he charged toward Guy.
"Evening Elephant!"
Guy let out a mighty roar, his entire body enveloped in terrifying red steam. He transformed into a crimson meteor, hurtling forward with explosive force.
First Step!
A crimson light flashed in Guy's eyes as he raised his fist and struck forward at the air.
The entire expanse of air ahead shuddered violently, transforming into a massive crimson cylindrical air cannon nearly a hundred meters wide, crashing down like the colossal hoof of an elephant!
"Daytime Tiger!"
Yuto likewise roared, channeling the violent energy he had been absorbing into the air and releasing it in an instant.
The massive Daytime Tiger, its power amplified several times over, let out an ear-splitting roar and collided head-on with the crimson elephant hoof in the air.
A colossal explosion erupted in the sky, its echoes reverberating endlessly across the entire battlefield!
Using his attack to block Guy's assault for that split second, Yuto's figure rapidly advanced. In the blink of an eye, he appeared right before Guy.
A cold gleam radiated from Yuto's eyes as he drove a fist toward Guy's heart, the extreme speed instantly breaking the sound barrier.
Wherever the fist passed, the air ahead was instantly shattered!
But to Yuto's surprise, his carefully prepared punch missed completely!
"Second Step!"
Guy's roar echoed from directly above Yuto's head.
This speed—!
Yuto's pupils contracted sharply as he twisted his body, desperately trying to escape.
But Guy's attack had already come crashing down!
More precisely, by the time Yuto heard Guy's voice, the attack had already landed.
The crimson cylindrical air cannon erupted from above Yuto's head. The terrifying pressure and force pinned him down so he couldn't even lift his head.
His body felt as though it were trapped in a quagmire, moving with agonizing slowness.
The attack struck Yuto instantly, slamming his airborne body flat down. A mouthful of blood gushed from his lips.
Guy's frenzied attack pierced through Yuto's body with ease, instantly blasting into the earth below!
To an ordinary observer, it appeared as though a bottomless crater had simply materialized in the ground.
Under this terrifying assault, Yuto's body plummeted downward at nearly the speed of sound.
But before Yuto even hit the ground, Guy had already appeared beneath him.
"Third Step!"
With a guttural roar, Guy unleashed another punch from below.
The crimson cylindrical air cannon formed in an instant, striking Yuto from below.
Meanwhile, the force from the crimson air cannon above hadn't dissipated either. The two opposing forces—one from above, one from below—pinned Yuto firmly in mid-air.
CRACK!
"Damn it!"
Yuto spat out another mouthful of blood. He could already hear the sound of several ribs snapping.
Yuto tried to break free from this bind, but it was completely futile.
Guy's speed was simply too fast. So fast that even Yuto could only perceive a blurred afterimage.
Even if the Black King's power could absorb that force, at Guy's terrifying speed, there was simply no time to absorb it.
And at this moment, Guy's speed was still increasing—and so was his power!
"Fourth Step!"
Guy vanished again as if teleporting, appearing behind Yuto in the blink of an eye.
A crimson air cannon blasted into Yuto from behind, piercing straight through him!
"Fifth Step!"
Guy vanished once more, appearing directly in front of Yuto. With a mighty roar, he unleashed his final punch!
The terrifying crimson air cannon struck Yuto head-on, carrying him with its force and slamming him into the ground.
Yuto crashed brutally into the earth, finally spewing out blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
At this point, Yuto was a pitiful sight—his entire body drenched in blood, reduced to a crimson figure.
"Cough... cough..."
Yuto slowly climbed up from the ground, eyes half-closed with exhaustion, coughing ceaselessly.
With every cough, blood and fragments of organs spilled from Yuto's mouth.
No wonder Uchiha Madara, who already possessed the Power of Six Paths in the original story, was utterly beaten down.
At this speed, let alone forming hand seals for ninjutsu—even consciousness itself couldn't keep up!
In the Evening Elephant state, time itself was probably frozen in Guy's eyes.
Yuto staggered to his feet from the ground, an unprecedented weakness surging through his entire body.
With trembling arms, Yuto wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and spat out a loose tooth onto the ground.
"How... truly terrifying! Might Guy!"
"Hahahahaha!!"
Yuto looked weakly toward Guy's direction, then let out a hearty, exhilarated laugh.
At the same time, under the Black King's power, Yuto's injuries began to heal at a rate visible to the naked eye.
"Yuto! You have already lost!"
Crimson steam enveloped Guy's entire body as he looked at Yuto, standing not far ahead, and spoke in a powerful voice.
"Lost?"
"Let's continue! I still have fight left in me!"
Yuto's once-unsteady body had steadied again, and a terrifying chakra aura permeated his entire being.
Yuto glared ahead and moved first. His speed was slow at first, but soon his figure grew faster and faster.
"Phew..."
Watching Yuto charge toward him, Guy slowly exhaled a scorching breath.
At this moment, the excruciating pain throughout his body caused by the Eight Gates' side effects had already left Guy somewhat numb.
For a brief instant, Guy even seemed to zone out, as if he saw the smile of his father, Might Duy.
The things that truly matter... whether it's pain or sorrow... you must fight for them until the very end!
Even if you lose your life, you must protect them with your own two hands to the very last!
If you do that, then even in death, you will forever leave behind proof that you lived as a man!
Meanwhile, on the outer edge of the battlefield—
Leaning against a stone with severe injuries, Tsunade saw Guy in the distance, shrouded in blood-red steam, and seemed to realize something.
"GUY!!"
Tears welled in Tsunade's eyes as she let out one final cry toward Guy.
In another direction, on the battlefield where Iwagakure and Konoha forces clashed—
Kakashi, who was fighting against the Iwagakure forces, suddenly experienced a momentary daze.
SLASH!
Due to his brief lapse in concentration, Kakashi's arm was slashed, sending a spray of blood droplets flying.
"Kakashi, what are you doing? This is no time to space out."
Mitarashi Anko quickly stepped in front of Kakashi, kicking the Iwa ninja away with displeasure in her voice.
"Sorry."
Kakashi quickly recovered and apologized to Anko before turning his attention back to the battlefield.
But at that moment, for some reason, Kakashi's heart felt suddenly heavier.
Back on the battlefield where Might Guy and Yuto fought.
"Then let this be the final curtain."
"I believe that Konoha's Lotus will surely bloom again!"
Guy's gaze became resolute once more, and the blood throughout his entire body boiled over completely in that moment.
Eight Gates Released Formation!
Night Guy!!
Guy's boiling blood transformed into blood-red steam, enveloping him completely.
The blood-red steam instantly took the shape of a dragon. Accompanied by a tremendous boom from the ground beneath Guy's feet, he appeared before Yuto in the blink of an eye.
A single kick launched forward!
The very space ahead warped and distorted under the force of Guy's kick.
"Energy Burst!!"
Yuto likewise let out a mighty roar, compressing all the violent energy the Black King had absorbed within his body and releasing it all at once in this instant.
BOOM! BOOM!
A blinding white light instantly engulfed the battlefield where the two clashed, followed by a terrifying explosion that shook the heavens.
Fierce shockwaves poured out in every direction, becoming a tidal wave of energy that carved a crater nearly a kilometer wide into the earth!
Tsunade on the outer perimeter was blown back dozens of meters by the violent air current. Only by using her monstrous strength to drive her hands into the ground did she finally stop herself.
Tsunade hurriedly lifted her head and looked toward the center of the battlefield.
There, at the center of the massive crater—
Yuto's entire lower half had vanished, yet not a drop of blood flowed. The wound where his upper and lower body had been separated was completely cauterized.
"To have... witnessed the 'Night Guy'..."
"...is truly... a fortune."
Yuto's voice was utterly feeble, his words coming out in broken fragments.
Not far ahead in Yuto's line of sight, Guy's body had been reduced to a charred husk. He stood motionless on the ground, without the slightest trace of life.
With that final Night Guy, Might Guy had passed away!
And at that very moment—
A streak of golden flash appeared before Guy.
Clearly, Namikaze Minato had long since placed a Flying Thunder God Jutsu mark on Guy.
"Yuto, you have lost!"
As soon as Minato appeared, he looked at Yuto—who was now utterly weakened, without the slightest power to resist—and spoke.
Even as he spoke—
Minato had already begun forming hand seals at blinding speed.
This was Konoha's final plan—their ultimate resort!
"Cough... you Konoha people can be proud of pushing me this far."
"What a pity, though..."
Yuto looked at Minato's rapidly forming seals, the corner of his mouth curling slightly.
Hearing Yuto's words at this moment, even though he knew full well that Yuto had no power left to resist—
Minato still couldn't help but feel a jolt in his chest, and his hand seals sped up even more.
"Reaper Death Se—"
Minato slammed his hands together and roared.
Unfortunately, just as Minato completed the final seal, Yuto—who had lost half his body—suddenly detonated, blowing his entire body to pieces.
After Minato summoned the phantom of the Death God and saw this sight, his pupils contracted deeply.
It's over!
Meanwhile, behind another battlefield where Kirigakure and Konoha forces clashed—
Terumi Mei, serving as the commander, was directing the various Kirigakure units.
At the same time, Mei's gaze carried a faint hint of worry as she looked toward the distant battlefield where Yuto fought.
Lord Yuto's strength was formidable, but Konoha had prepared thoroughly for this. She wondered if Lord Yuto would be able to handle it.
Just then—
Mei suddenly froze. Then her expression quickly turned grave as she rapidly formed seals and struck the ground with her palm.
A semi-enclosed stone hut with walls on all sides rose from the ground.
Mei stepped inside the stone hut and pulled a scroll from her robes.
The scroll in Mei's hands was actually pulsing and jumping continuously.
Without the slightest hesitation, Mei quickly placed the scroll on the ground and broke its seal.
As a plume of white smoke dissipated—
An arm appeared above the scroll.
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