"He's terrifying… his chakra reserves are practically endless!"
One shinobi trembled as he spoke, fear and shock filling his eyes.
Under the relentless assault, the Eight-Tails gradually lost its former dominance. Its massive body, once overwhelming, now seemed powerless beneath the crushing might of Susanoo.
It could not believe it.
How long had it even been?
And Shuoye had already grown to this level?
That monstrous volume of chakra.
Those precise, lethal strikes.
For the first time, the Eight-Tails felt something close to despair.
"This… this is impossible!"
It roared inwardly—but reality did not change.
It struggled violently, trying to break free from Shuoye's suppression.
Futile.
Under Susanoo's crushing pressure and relentless assault, it could barely lift its head—let alone escape.
"That's enough."
Shuoye's indifferent voice echoed across the battlefield.
His wrist turned.
Busoshoku Haki condensed instantly around his arm—dark, solid, absolute.
Then—
It burst outward.
Dozens of razor-sharp blades formed from hardened Haki shot toward the Eight-Tails like a storm of execution.
The Eight-Tails let out one final roar.
Its colossal body exploded.
Blood rained from the sky.
"We won!!"
The watching shinobi erupted into cheers.
None of them had expected the war to turn so decisively.
As crimson rain fell, the scent of blood and fire lingered thick in the air.
Shuoye stood within the armor of Susanoo.
Victory flickered in his heart—
Alongside a faint trace of exhaustion.
The Eight-Tails had fallen.
But that did not mean everything was over.
Across the battlefield—
Killer B's eyes were filled with fear.
With despair.
Run.
He had to run.
For the first time in his life, he truly understood the gap between them.
If he stayed—
He would die.
At that moment, the system's voice rang again in Shuoye's mind.
[Ding! Fusion rate has reached 50%. Automatically unlocking Conqueror's Haki.]
The notification struck like lightning.
Conqueror's Haki.
The aura of kings.
The embodiment of absolute dominance.
Shuoye's gaze sharpened.
He dismissed Susanoo.
The oppressive atmosphere did not lessen—
It intensified.
He looked directly at Killer B.
A cold smile curved his lips.
Killer B's heart sank.
A powerful sense of danger gripped him.
Without hesitation, he turned into a blur and fled.
"What is this kid planning…?"
Unease tightened around his chest.
Shuoye's gaze bore into him.
There was no escape.
"Run?"
"Don't joke."
His voice rolled like thunder.
Then—
Conqueror's Haki erupted.
It surged like a tidal wave.
Invisible.
Overwhelming.
Absolute.
Shockwaves spread outward, sweeping across the battlefield.
"Ugh—!"
Killer B's body trembled violently.
A deafening roar filled his ears.
The world itself seemed to quake.
His vision blurred.
Breathing became difficult.
Conqueror's Haki swept through the Hidden Cloud shinobi like a violent storm.
Those who had been cheering moments ago—
Collapsed.
Faces drained of color.
Consciousness erased in an instant.
They fell as if existence itself had been stripped away.
Killer B took the brunt of it.
His body slammed into the ground under invisible pressure.
Resistance was meaningless.
Darkness swallowed him whole.
"This… what is…?"
His final thought dissolved into blackness.
Shock.
Fear.
And the crushing realization of Shuoye's power.
Silence fell.
Only Shuoye remained standing at the center of the battlefield.
The flickering flames cast shifting shadows across ruined earth.
In that moment—
He resembled a god descending upon mortal soil.
"…Did I go a little overboard?"
Elsewhere—
Hyūga Yuto stood inside a temporary command tent.
His brows were tightly furrowed.
Moments ago, the Eight-Tails' chakra had shaken the heavens.
That level of power entering the battlefield—
It should have meant annihilation.
He had been hesitating between pressing on or retreating.
Then—
A shinobi rushed in.
"Captain! Reinforcements have arrived!"
Hope surged in his chest—
Followed quickly by confusion.
"Who? How many?"
The messenger's expression turned strange.
After a long pause, he stammered:
"It's… the Uchiha."
"But…"
"Only one came."
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