"W-what… what the hell is this?!"
For the first time, genuine terror appeared on Urashiki's face.
A strange, incomparably violent energy was forcefully assimilating the cells of his body.
"Bastard! You set me up!!!"
Urashiki's eyes were bloodshot with fury as he desperately mobilized his source Chakra, trying to drive the Natural Energy invading him out of his body.
But that power was overwhelmingly domineering—the more he resisted, the faster the petrification spread.
And in that fleeting instant of hesitation—
Boom!!!
High above, the roaring thunder beast—Kirin—had already descended with unrivaled destructive force, striking straight down at the crown of Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's head!
There was no way to evade it!
"Don't underestimate the power of the Ōtsutsuki, you insect!"
At the brink of life and death, Urashiki roared skyward. His blue Rinnegan burst forth with an unprecedented, blinding brilliance.
Rumble—!!!
The colossal blue lightning pillar grazed past the tip of Urashiki's nose, slamming into the ground below and blasting an enormous crater into the already ravaged Training Ground Three.
"Huff… huff…"
Barely escaping the fatal strike, Urashiki hovered in mid-air, gasping violently. His blue Rinnegan was bloodshot from the extreme strain placed upon it.
But before he could steady his breathing, a familiar stiffness surged through his lower body once again.
"Damn it!"
To his horror, Urashiki realized that although he had used time-leaping to evade Kirin, the countless evasive actions he took across future timelines had instead drastically accelerated the spread of Natural Energy within him.
In just a few short seconds, the gray-white petrification had already crept past his knees and was surging upward toward his thighs and torso with unstoppable momentum.
"What kind of filthy power is this?!"
Urashiki's pale face twisted with both rage and fear.
He could clearly sense it—if this energy reached his heart or brain, even an Ōtsutsuki would inevitably die.
"Since I can't expel it…"
Urashiki's gaze turned ruthless.
Without the slightest hesitation, he shaped his right hand into a blade, coated it in razor-sharp red Chakra, and slashed savagely at his own legs just above the knees.
Slash!
Blood sprayed through the air.
His two petrified lower legs fell straight down, crashing into the ruins below and shattering into fragments.
"Aaaaaah!!! You filthy, lowly creatures!!!"
"You've got nerve."
Kakashi slowly emerged from behind a massive boulder.
His right arm hung loosely at his side, and within his palm, a violent surge of lightning tinged faintly with black crackled and screamed.
This was no longer ordinary Chidori, but Sage Art: Chidori—infused with an immense quantity of Natural Energy.
Even from dozens of meters away, Urashiki could feel a lethal threat radiating from that sphere of black lightning.
It was power capable of inflicting real damage to his very origin.
"Cough… cough… huff…"
Not far away, Adult Sasuke had finished unleashing Kirin and was now kneeling on one knee, gasping for breath.
His sole remaining right hand clenched the Kusanagi sword tightly, barely supporting his exhausted body.
The relentless high-intensity battle, coupled with repeated use of the Rinnegan, had driven him to his absolute limit.
Kakashi glanced at the drained Sasuke, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Hey, Sasuke from the future.
He cut off his own legs, but he can still fly—and he's fast.
If it's just me, it'll be hard to land a hit while he still has eyes that can see the future."
He paused briefly.
"Can you still fight? I'll need your support."
Adult Sasuke forcibly drew out the last remnants of Chakra within him.
The Rinnegan hidden beneath his bangs once again glimmered faintly in the darkness, dim yet unyielding.
"As long as he's still breathing…"
Leaning on his sword, Sasuke struggled to his feet. His voice was hoarse, but it brimmed with killing intent.
"Then we fight together."
Hearing their exchange, the Ōtsutsuki Urashiki hovering in mid-air completely discarded his earlier arrogance.
Fear and fury churned violently within him.
He had never imagined that he would be driven to such a miserable state—forced to sever his own legs—by mere natives of a lower world.
That silver-haired man's bizarre energy, combined with Uchiha Sasuke's unpredictable space-time abilities, posed a truly deadly threat.
"Don't get arrogant, you insects!"
Urashiki immediately rose higher into the sky, showing no intention of landing again.
"Struggle slowly in despair!"
Tilting the mouth of his red fish basket downward, crimson Chakra surged wildly.
A dense, torrential rain of red Chakra bullets poured down upon Kakashi and Sasuke below.
"Amenosubaruhoshi no Mikoto: Dance of Destruction!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!!!
The rain of red energy fell like a cataclysm, plunging all of Training Ground Three into a sea of explosions.
Naruto and the younger Sasuke, gravely injured and lying on the ground, were utterly unable to evade. They could only watch as death descended upon them.
In a flash like silver lightning, Kakashi appeared, standing firmly in front of his two students.
In each hand, he wielded a uniquely shaped blade crackling with violent lightning.
They were the Kiba—one of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Hidden Mist that he had acquired earlier.
"Sage Art: Chidori Current!"
Kakashi poured his Natural Energy into the blades without restraint.
Zzzzz—!
Infused with Sage Chakra, the Kiba erupted with terrifying black lightning.
Crossing his blades, Kakashi swung them violently before him. Black lightning danced like enraged dragons, weaving an impenetrable defensive net amidst the downpour of crimson light.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—!
Countless energy bullets slammed into the lightning barrier, detonating with deafening explosions.
Though the frontal assault was blocked, the sheer impact split the skin between Kakashi's thumb and forefinger, blood flowing down along the hilts of the blades.
"Don't forget about me!"
Hum—!
Adult Sasuke appeared beside Kakashi in an instant.
"Susanoo!"
Rumble!
As Chakra flared violently, a colossal Chakra giant rose from the ground amid the sea of red light.
The massive purple construct swiftly enveloped Kakashi and the children behind him, forming a second layer of defense in tandem with the lightning net.
"Still struggling at death's door!"
High above, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki stared down at the layered defenses below. His bloodshot blue Rinnegan burned with unrestrained madness.
"Then I'll shatter you along with that shell—once and for all!"
The flow of Chakra bullets pouring from his fish basket intensified even further.
Inside the Susanoo, Adult Sasuke took a deep breath, fixing his gaze squarely on Urashiki in mid-air.
"Now… Kakashi!"
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