Kaguya's enormous white rabbit form began to unleash wave after wave of primordial chakra from its front, like ancient, surging tides that shook the entire world with their immense power.
Seeing the actions of Kaguya in her Tailed Beast form, the profound, scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan in Kaoru's eyes narrowed into pinpricks, a rare sight. His left eye reflected a scene so shocking that it defied all description.
"Seal the power of all creation, and summon forth the black orb of chaos..."
A series of profound, almost chant-like pronouncements emanated from the Tailed Beast Kaguya's mouth. An eerie, profound black sphere, appearing to swallow everything in its path, began to expand wildly from the front of the giant white rabbit monster.
Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb!!!
"Is that... a Tailed Beast Bomb?!!"
Watching the massive black sphere released by the giant white rabbit expand infinitely before Kaoru, Naruto, and Sasuke, everyone's eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
"No... no, it's... a Truth-Seeking Orb!!!"
"Is this truly the power of the progenitor of chakra...?"
Kaoru's scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan and the eerie Rinne Sharingan on his forehead were fixed intently on the infinitely expanding black Truth-Seeking Orb.
Even at his current level, he felt a sense of difficulty in facing its power, which threatened to swallow and destroy everything in the heavens and on earth.
This colossal, dark entity could devour all forms of chakra, both tangible and intangible, Yin and Yang, containing the power to return the entire world to nothingness.
"If that's the case... then I shall try out my newly acquired abilities..."
Kaoru's thoughts raced. The vast and boundless Six Paths chakra within him, like a chaotic universe, erupted. The blood-red, eerie Rinne Sharingan on his forehead shot out an unstoppable light, and his fearless ocular power was activated instantly!
Time Slicer!!!
The nine black Truth-Seeking Orbs floating around Kaoru's body began to spin and dance. They then gathered around his right hand before merging into the Nunoboko he held.
Then, the Nunoboko, which was originally only two meters long, suddenly underwent a drastic transformation.
After absorbing the nine Truth-Seeking Orbs, it began to extend infinitely in both directions, forming a black chakra blade long enough to pierce through heaven and earth.
It stirred the entire lava world before them, stretching out as far as the eye could see, seemingly without end!
Aiming at the colossal, black Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb before him, Kaoru swung the black chakra blade in his hand.
Unlike his previous techniques, having mastered Yin-Yang Release and becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, Kaoru had achieved a state of Yin-Yang unity.
The power of this single strike had become immensely powerful, to an unparalleled degree.
A piercing cutting sound instantly shattered Naruto and Sasuke's eardrums. For a moment, it seemed that the world was devoid of all other colors except for this single, intensely dark, shining light.
A dark chakra light blade, seemingly endless and capable of piercing through the cosmos, was unleashed from Kaoru's hand in an instant.
This black blade seemed to be enveloped in a mysterious and incomprehensible aura. Its blade moved through space, and the surrounding air seemed to halt, sometimes condensing, sometimes dissipating.
CLANG!!!
A massive dark chakra blade, seemingly capable of cleaving the entire world, was instantly unleashed.
The ear-splitting cutting sound shattered everything in the world in a fraction of a second. For a moment, only this single sound remained across heaven and earth!!!
BOOM!!!
An indescribably huge explosion filled almost the entire lava world. All the ice sculptures that Kaoru had frozen instantly turned into countless shattered ice crystals, then into droplets of water, and finally dissipated into thin air.
The massive black Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb, struck by Kaoru's Time Slicer—a chakra blade attack that extinguished all life—exploded violently.
It then transformed into countless specks of black light, scattering and returning to the most primordial form of chakra in the entire world, spreading throughout the surrounding air.
CRASH!!!
As the colossal Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb was shattered by Kaoru, the resulting shockwave instantly sent Naruto and Sasuke flying.
Kaguya, who had transformed into the giant white rabbit monster, gradually reverted to her human form, returning to her original appearance.
"The Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb was actually cut open..." Kaguya, who had regained her human form, seemed somewhat weakened.
As the true body of the Ten-Tails, even she found it difficult to withstand such a massive expenditure of power.
Looking at the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb that had transformed into starlight and then vanished, Kaguya's face showed a hint of shock.
"No, the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb wasn't cut open. It was returned to its most primordial chakra state..."
This is the power of time...
"Everything..."
Gazing at the weakened Kaguya before him, Kaoru's Mangekyō Sharingan seemed to perceive Kaguya's near future. "Everything will end today..."
Standing opposite the now human-form Kaguya, Kaoru deeply felt how troublesome Kaguya was.
Both sides fell silent again. Kaguya and Kaoru stared intently at each other, contemplating their next move, while also recovering their internal chakra.
Kaguya had transformed into the Ten-Tails and unleashed the Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb. Kaoru, on the other hand, had merged Truth-Seeking Orbs into his Nunoboko and cut through Kaguya's colossal, all-devouring Expanding Truth-Seeking Orb.
Consequently, not only did Kaguya suffer immense exhaustion, but even Kaoru, despite absorbing the Dragon Pulse and half of the Ten-Tails' chakra, found himself somewhat overwhelmed by continuously using world-shattering techniques.
"Indeed, I cannot view Kaguya with the same perspective as in the original story. She is far more terrifying than depicted in the manga..." Kaoru thought to himself. The deeper he delved into his battle with Kaguya, the more he realized the truth of this statement.
In the original work, at first glance, Madara Uchiha could calmly face the entire Allied Shinobi Forces, while Kaguya seemed to be defeated by a small Team 7. This made it seem as though Madara's defeat was more impactful than Kaguya's, implying Madara was stronger.
However, this was merely a massive plot armor given to Team 7 by the author in the final battle at the end of Naruto.
But in reality, the Ōtsutsuki clan was an ancient lineage that came from another world and ate the Divine Tree's fruit. Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was their former leader, the creator deity of the entire shinobi world, possessing both the Byakugan and Rinne Sharingan. She was the only one in this current world to possess all three great dōjutsu...
As the true body of the Ten-Tails, having consumed the Divine Tree's chakra fruit, her chakra, both in quantity and quality, was probably unmatched in the entire world.
She possessed countless supremely powerful Kekkei Mōra-level techniques and abilities, making her strength unquestionable.
For example, Kaoru, who was directly facing Kaguya now, could clearly feel that even five or six Six Paths-powered Madara Uchiha combined would not exert as much pressure as Kaguya alone.
"It seems both of our chakra reserves are significantly depleted..." Kaguya looked at the slightly panting Kaoru, a playful smile appearing in her pure white eyes.
"But I can absorb chakra from the earth and recover very quickly. You, on the other hand, little brat..."
As she spoke, Kaoru could clearly see, through the Rinne Sharingan on his forehead, that chakra was continuously flowing out from the surrounding space within this lava world and converging into Kaguya's body. Thus, her chakra recovery rate was indeed very fast.
"Heh... Don't speak so absolutely. Do you think only you have a way to recover chakra...?" Kaoru scoffed, gently shaking the Nunoboko in his hand, which had returned to its original form as a sage staff.
Instantly, the staff glowed, and immense power surged out. The entire space around Kaoru momentarily reversed in time. As the Nunoboko's ability activated, time was silently rolled back to a previous moment.
"See... my chakra is fully recovered now, isn't it...?"
Feeling all his stats return to five seconds ago, with all his expended chakra and stamina completely restored to their pre-expenditure state, and even his slightly tattered clothes becoming perfectly intact, Kaoru couldn't help but let out a joyful sound.
"Your chakra..."
Kaguya's pure white eyes clearly saw that Kaoru's chakra had inexplicably fully recovered. Her eyes widened in disbelief, seemingly unable to comprehend what was happening to Kaoru.
"I see... Is that another ability of the Nunoboko..."
Suddenly, Kaguya remembered that the Nunoboko possessed the ability to control time, and she immediately understood.
"Using time manipulation to recover your own chakra... To be able to achieve such a degree..." Kaguya stared intently at Kaoru, her cold voice tinged with difficulty.
To exert such control over time...
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