Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

On the sea, all the waves fell silent, turning into a smooth plane that reflected the blood-red sky.

This is the unique, complete Susanoo born from Uchiha Sasuke's fusion of the third power of the Mangekyou Sharingan and the Shinigami and Hollow powers of his Zanpakuto.

The formation of Susanoo ultimately depends on the amount of chakra the user possesses.

However, its strength and stability are closely related to pupil power.

Fortunately, he had previously stolen that vast amount of life-giving chakra from Naruto.

Otherwise, with his original eye power, even if he could barely activate this final form, it would only be completely drained by that terrifying eye power in a few short moments, and his eyes would fall into eternal darkness.

Even so, the consumption of pupil power is still terrifying.

He knew that the time he could maintain this ultimate form was very limited.

So at this moment he had no extra words, only one thought.

Quick fight.

"Roar--!!!"

Yin Jiuwei stared at the dark demon god slowly spreading its wings under the blood moon and let out a suppressed roar of horror.

It seems there's something wrong with it.

It had thought that no matter how strong this kid was, he was still just a human.

But this scene before them, this terrifying aura that seemed to drag the entire world into annihilation...

Deep within the Nine-Tailed Fox's mind, a memory from a thousand years ago surged forth.

Indra...

Recalling his overwhelming power, a sense of fear gradually arose in Kurama's heart.

But the situation left them with no way to retreat!

Moreover, it is not fighting alone now.

"Calm down, Nine-Tails!" Itachi Uchiha tried to suppress its agitation. "Every technique has its weakness. Don't be fooled by its aura. Find its weakness!"

Kurama's breathing became somewhat rapid. She raised the wine-red longsword, which shimmered with an eerie light, high, and energy surged as she tilted it towards Sasuke's Susanoo in the sky.

Just as the energy sword was about to strike, Sasuke casually clenched his fist in the void in front of him.

The primordial black flames flowing on the arm armor responded to the command and instantly condensed into an equally enormous pitch-black longsword, blocking the ten-fist sword.

"What?!" Itachi's heart skipped a beat.

Immediately afterwards, Sasuke made another grasping motion in the air, and a second identical black flame longsword materialized. He then slashed back at the massive waist and abdomen of the Susanoo!

The Nine-Tailed Fox immediately blocked the trajectory of the black sword with the Yata Mirror, which was engraved with strange patterns.

"boom!"

Another dull, loud bang.

Under the terrifying impact from below, the Nine-Tailed Fox was forcefully thrown upwards, uncontrollably blasted away by the force.

Its massive body rolled repeatedly on the sea surface, each impact creating towering waves, before finally managing to stabilize itself several kilometers away.

Uchiha Itachi stood inside the Nine-Tails' head, his chest heaving with blood and qi, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Such immense power...

They actually suppressed me and the Nine-Tails in terms of pure power?!

"It's not over yet."

A cold voice rang out above his head.

Itachi suddenly looked up and saw that Sasuke's black Susanoo had already caught up to him in the air, and the twin swords in his hands had transformed into a giant longbow.

He drew back the bowstring, and clusters of pure darkness continuously compressed inward.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

The black flame arrows flew off the bowstring, transforming into three jet-black streaks of light that shot toward the head, heart, and abdomen of the armored Susanoo.

"Get out of the way!" Itachi's pupils suddenly contracted.

The nine-tailed fox roared, its massive body twisting violently on the sea surface in an attempt to evade the deadly three arrows.

It dodged the two arrows aimed at its head and heart, but ultimately, due to its enormous size, the third arrow still struck it precisely in the abdomen.

"boom--!!!"

Black flames, like maggots clinging to bones, exploded on Susanoo's armor, spreading and eroding wildly in all directions.

"Damn it! This damned fire!" Nine-Tails roared in pain.

Itachi's face grew increasingly pale, forcing him to channel more of his eye power into Susanoo to repair the wounds corroded by the black flames.

"You bastard, is this the only trick you can pull?!" Nine-Tailed Fox roared to the sky, trying to provoke the other party with words.

But Sasuke had already closed in again, his black flame sword flashing out two condensed black crescents, slashing at Kurama's neck.

Kurama was terrified. Without thinking, she immediately crossed the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror in front of her chest and forcefully blocked the attack.

Amidst the ear-piercing clang, the massive body of the Mighty Susanoo was forced to slide backward across the sea surface.

But while passively defending itself, a cunning glint flashed across Nine-Tailed Fox's ferocious fox face.

It opened its enormous mouth, and a black energy ball formed by highly compressed Yin and Yang chakra quietly took shape.

"go to hell!!!"

The moment Sasuke's sword light faded away, the Tailed Beast Ball roared out!

The Tailed Beast Ball came head-on, evaporating the seawater below.

Sasuke's movements did not stop at all; in fact, his diving speed increased even more.

Immediately afterwards, Susanoo spread his five fingers and pressed them flatly onto the Tailed Beast Ball.

"What?!" Itachi's pupils contracted slightly.

What is he trying to do?!

Catching the Tailed Beast Ball with your bare hands?!

But things didn't go as he expected. The moment the violent Tailed Beast Ball touched Sasuke's palm, it rapidly collapsed, spun, and condensed inward...

In the end, it transformed into a deep purple energy sphere.

"..."

"Here you go." Sasuke's voice rang out calmly.

He put the compressed Tailed Beast Ball back into Kurama's mouth.

"Roar...woo...?!"

The Nine-Tails' roar was abruptly cut off, its eyes filled with terror.

Immediately afterwards, a muffled, loud bang erupted from inside the massive armor.

The crimson chakra giant let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain under the destructive impact originating from within.

The once majestic Susanoo is now riddled with cracks.

Inside Susanoo, Itachi Uchiha's body trembled violently, and a mouthful of scalding blood uncontrollably spilled from the corner of his mouth, his vision instantly blurring.

Sasuke looked down at the crimson giant that was collapsing below and finally spoke again.

"Now that things have come to this, what other tricks do you have up your sleeve, Uchiha Itachi?"

“You…” Itachi raised his head with difficulty. He wanted to refute, to tell Sasuke the true meaning of power.

But Sasuke didn't give him any more chances to speak.

The pitch-black giant slowly raised his hands, assuming a bow-drawing posture.

Above the sky, the tragically beautiful blood moon seemed to hear his call, and its light shone brightly!

Endless embers of black flames fell from the sky, like sorrowful snowflakes mourning the world, swirling back wildly and merging into his right hand that had drawn the bowstring!

Under that extreme compression, an arrow slowly took shape.

It was an arrow that was entirely black, with crimson lightning crackling around its shaft.

"This, this is..."

Below, the Nine-Tailed Fox's terrified roar rang out again, "What a joke! You brat, you really want to kill me...?"

"Uchiha brat! Think of something quick! Otherwise, we'll both die here!"

"It's too late." Itachi Uchiha murmured softly, his eyes blurry as he stared blankly at the sky.

"Is this your answer... Sasuke?"

"The arrow of the end."

Sasuke's voice was soft, drawing the final curtain on this battle between brothers.

He released his fingers from the bowstring.

No sound.

Time, space, light, and even thought itself were completely swallowed up the instant that black arrow was released from the bowstring.

The world fell into a deathly silence.

That arrow completely crushed the enormous crimson figure.

The Yata no Kagami, a mirror that was said to be able to deflect all attacks, shattered silently inch by inch the moment it came into contact with the arrow.

After a delay of several seconds, the terrifying explosion, powerful enough to shake the entire sea, finally arrived.

A massive, dark red mushroom cloud, large enough to blot out the sun, slowly rose over the boundless sea, completely obscuring the brilliance of the blood moon in the sky.

The aftershocks of the explosion lasted for several minutes before gradually subsiding.

On the surface of the sea, only a huge, bottomless whirlpool remained, with countless seawater pouring in.

The massive body of the Armored Susanoo had long since disappeared.

Only the nine-tailed fox's wounded body remained, floating in the murky seawater.