From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 310 The Strongest Black Sun
"Headmaster, the alchemical bomb is ready! Come back quickly!"

Chu Zihang stood atop the tall crane, his hair soaked by the rain, clinging tightly to his face. His piercing golden eyes remained bright even in the darkness.

Caesar stood beside him, Desert Eagle in his left hand and the Black Blade Dictator in his right, fiercely hacking at the approaching Corpse Guardians. He was soaked through, but he couldn't tell if it was rainwater, his own blood, or both.
Angers, wielding a folding knife, charged into the horde of corpse guards, aiming to reach Uesugi Kotsugi's side.

However, after a long battle, his physical strength was already nearing its limit. Even with the power of Time Zero, he could only watch that figure grow further and further away.

"Damn it, Uesugi Kotsugi, come back here!" Angers shouted.

"Do you know Angers?"

Uesugi Kotsushi was shirtless, steaming with heat, and his sword flashed fiercely.

“Someone once told me that fate cannot be changed. I thought I didn’t believe in fate, but in the end, I couldn’t avoid it.” With each swing of his sword, a corpse guard would be killed. The pile of bones around him was almost uncountable. “So, I hate you, Angers, I hate you for bringing me here.”

"Come back quickly, Uesugi Kotsu!" Angers tried desperately to get closer, but he could feel his strength waning. He could only keep calling out through his earpiece, "The alchemical bomb is ready. As soon as you come back, we'll detonate it and kill these bastards!"

"It's too late, Angers."

Uesugi Kotsushi, panting heavily, his twin swords shattered, stood still, watching the corpse guards still surging in from all directions: "Besides, a mere alchemical bomb can't possibly cover such a large area. Many corpse guards will still escape. You should know that, right?"

Angers fell silent; he knew very well that Uesugi was right.

Even if a single alchemical sulfur bomb can kill most of the corpse guards, a considerable number of them will still survive.

"I will use the Black Sun to lure all the corpse guards to one place."

Uesugi Kotsuki said calmly, "Only I can do this. There's no use in you staying, so you should leave now."

"Come back, Uesugi Kotsugi! Don't you want to see your son and daughter again?!"

Angers nearly collapsed to his knees, exhausted. The corpse guard beside him opened its mouth wide and lunged at him, but was struck in the skull by a bullet.

It was Caesar, providing support from above. He fired an alchemical bullet, repelling the surrounding corpse guards, but this was only temporary.

Unbeknownst to him, a large number of Ghost-toothed Vipers surrounded Uesugi Yue. The dark sea surface shimmered with a silvery-blue light, and countless small fish leaped up on the waves, gnawing at his body. However, in his dragon bone state, Uesugi Yue's bloodline was already infinitely close to that of a pure-blooded dragon, and his tough bones were so strong that even the Ghost-toothed Vipers could not bite through him directly.

"Angers, protect this world for me."

Uesugi Kotsushi said softly, his eyes filled with a resolute look: "Look closely, this is... the strongest Black Sun!"

The pitch-black corona, in its most magnificent form, bloomed amidst the silvery-blue shimmering sea and countless roaring waves of corpses!
The Schwarzschild radius, like a black hole, devoured the light and rotated slowly, like a giant millstone. Suddenly, it accelerated, and waves surged on the sea surface. The air was filled with a deafening grinding sound. Hundreds of tons of seawater, along with countless monsters, were pulverized under the light of the black sun.

Uesugi Kotsu remained calm, his eyes lowered, like a radiant Buddha from mythology.

Although there are tens of millions of people, I am going.

Alone, Uesugi Kotsushi rode the surging waves, wielding his greatswords in circles like windmills.

The blade splashed water, drawing in the lurking Ghost-Toothed Dragon Viper, which was instantly pulverized as if it had fallen into a meat grinder, its silver blood mingling with the surging water.

Occasionally, a Corpse Guardian or a Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper might escape the strangulation, but it would be instantly reduced to ashes by the intense heat when it approached the Black Corona.

With a single slash, the seawater was cleaved apart. At this moment, Uesugi Kotetsu truly lived up to his reputation as the world's strongest hybrid, able to cut through the seawater with the mere gale force generated by his blade.

Although you are in the sea, there is not a drop of seawater within a radius of several meters around you. Even if seawater rushes in, it will be evaporated or pumped away by the black sun.

"Fate? Fate!"

Uesugi Koshi burst into laughter, his laughter drowning out the towering waves.

He drew his last two Tang-style greatswords, stepped forward through the surging waves, and launched a desperate charge towards the Corpse Guardian and the Ghost-toothed Dragon Viper in the deeper part of the sea!

Behind him lay the silvery-blue sea, and countless corpses turned to ashes and bones. No corpse or dragon viper could get close. His unrestrained laughter was crystal clear amidst the raging waves, and his piercing golden eyes flowed with a majesty as molten lava.

Anger's eyes sparkled with a crystalline light, which was noticed by Caesar and Chu Zihang beside him. They suddenly realized that even the principal could grow old, and that he was not always without any worries.

The roar of a helicopter filled the air; it was the personnel responsible for the pick-up.

"Principal, we should go now," Chu Zihang said with difficulty.

More and more Corpse Guardians and Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers were dragged over by the powerful gravity of the Black Sun and surrounded Uesugi Yue. The dense black tide surged, making it almost impossible to see his figure.

Supported by Caesar, Angers boarded the helicopter with Chu Zihang, their eyes glaring in the howling wind as they searched for their old friend under the dark sun.

Fifty years of life seem like a dream. In this world, there is no one who can live forever.

Suddenly, Uesugi Kotsushi thought of this song, a song sung by the Sengoku warlord Oda Nobunaga before the Battle of Okehazama, which was supposed to be a death poem.

Now it seems quite fitting for his identity, the Emperor of Shadows, who is about to perish here.

Unfortunately, he had not yet

Uesugi Kotsushi seemed to be standing at the edge of the sky and sea, planting two Tang-style swords into the ground and holding the hilts with both hands.

His body gradually turned into a skeleton, and snake-like fish crawled out of his body. The human form was rapidly breaking down, but he still maintained his upright posture.

At that moment, the refined sulfur bomb exploded!
The Elf Sulfur Bomb exploded precisely on time. Unlike ordinary bombs that create towering flames, its flames were mixed with heavy refined sulfur powder. The resulting flames were only a few meters high, yet they spread rapidly across the surface of the Seafire Artificial Island like a fiery red tide.

In the moments before his death, the image of the black-haired boy suddenly flashed into Uesugi Kotetsu's mind.

"Drink it before you die."

Fate seems truly unchangeable, even if he knew the ending in advance.

Who exactly is that black-haired boy? What is his purpose? And what is this bottle of blood?
Countless questions flooded his mind, but at this moment, he was too exhausted to think about them anymore. Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well use this life to exchange for a glimmer of hope.

With great difficulty, Uesugi Koshi lifted his eyelids, and with his trembling, skeletal hand, he grasped the bottle of viscous, pale golden blood potion, tilted his head back, and crushed it forcefully against his lips.

"I paid the price."

Thick, pale golden blood flowed directly into Uesugi Yue's mouth. He silently closed his eyes and murmured in a voice only he could hear, "I hope... you won't break your promise."

(End of this chapter)