"Impossible! My Dust Release is—"
"Shut up, old man. I got bored of Dust Release years ago!"
Uchiha Shin's voice was cold and dismissive as he shattered the incoming Dust Release attack with his bare hands. Without hesitation, he extended his palm, reaching toward the Third Raikage.
At this moment, the Third Raikage had already pushed himself to his absolute limit. His entire body crackled with electricity as he activated his signature Lightning Release Chakra Mode, every strand of his hair standing on end from the sheer power coursing through him.
As he moved, he unleashed his most devastating attack.
"Hell Stab—One-Fingered Assault!"
All of his immense lightning chakra condensed into a single point on his fingertip, forming a piercing beam of destruction aimed directly at Uchiha Shin.
But to Shin, the Raikage's near-light-speed attack might as well have been in slow motion.
With a casual flick of his hand, countless glowing particles materialized around him, instantly engulfing the Third Raikage.
"Particle Disintegration: Absolute Obliteration!"
BOOM!
Like a dying star collapsing in on itself, the Raikage's body exploded into a cloud of radiant blue dust. There was no blood, no remains—just pure annihilation.
A death so absolute that even the hardened shinobi around him froze in sheer disbelief.
Rasa stood motionless, unable to even think about attacking. The Third Raikage had been stronger than him, yet he had been erased in an instant. A part of Rasa's mind desperately tried to rationalize that this must be an illusion.
Ohnoki, too, instinctively attempted to dispel a genjutsu—only to realize that there was none. This was real.
Uchiha Shin admired his own handiwork, feeling satisfied with his evolving power. This wasn't just Dust Release. It was a fusion of Particle Style and Magnet Release, refined into a technique that completely disassembled an opponent down to their atomic structure using chakra-infused particles.
This wasn't just a ninjutsu anymore—it was a fundamental rewriting of matter itself.
With this ability, even his simplest attacks could reduce opponents to nothingness.
Anyone who lacked the regenerative prowess of someone like Ōtsutsuki Kaguya or the durability of an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan-enhanced Susanoo would be incapable of surviving a direct hit from him.
The battlefield fell into an eerie silence as Uchiha Shin's presence alone sent shivers through the spines of the remaining Kage.
Ohnoki and Rasa took slow steps backward, their survival instincts overriding any lingering sense of pride or duty.
"So, you've finally realized the difference between us, huh?" Shin smirked, his voice dripping with condescension.
His eyes flicked toward Rasa. Killing him personally wasn't necessary—he had already decided to leave him to Pakura, so she could settle her grudge against the man who had once betrayed her.
As for Ohnoki? Shin was feeling merciful.
After all, his granddaughter was… interesting.
There was no deep-seated grudge between them, no ideological conflict, just a mere inconvenience. And so, Shin had no real murderous intent toward him.
"Lucky you, Ohnoki."
Without another word, he flicked his hand and sent Ohnoki flying through the air with a gravitational force field, hurling him out of the battlefield like an afterthought.
Rasa, however, was not so lucky. Shin teleported him directly in front of Pakura.
Hovering above the valley, Uchiha Shin looked down at the 100,000-strong shinobi alliance below him.
A meaningless army.
The soldiers were powerless against the Fire Country's Uchiha-clad Susanoo forces, who tore through them like a scythe through dry grass.
Shin ignored the lowly foot soldiers. He was focused on something far more valuable—the massive Outer Path Demon Statue looming in the distance.
The husk of the Ten-Tails was undergoing a violent transformation.
The Ten-Tails was coming into its true form, expanding into a monstrous behemoth. Its mere presence sent waves of dread rippling through the battlefield.
A creature of legend—a god of chakra.
And yet… Shin remained unimpressed.
"So this is the Ten-Tails, huh?" His eyes gleamed with curiosity. "Its total chakra reserves aren't even that much greater than mine. Maybe three or four times as much, at best."
For Shin, this was an amusing realization.
He was already toe-to-toe with the strongest known entity in history.
If Kaguya absorbed all chakra on Earth, she might barely match Shin at his current level.
But Shin was far from his final form.
"Time to take a little souvenir."
With a casual swipe, he sliced off one of the Ten-Tails' tails.
The beast let out a deafening roar, its massive body recoiling from the unexpected attack. The battlefield trembled, shinobi fell to their knees, and even the Kage watching from afar felt their hearts stop.
Then, before anyone could even react, Shin ate it.
He devoured the severed Ten-Tails flesh without hesitation, his body instantly analyzing and assimilating its divine chakra.
The Ten-Tails froze.
For the first time in its existence, the primordial beast felt fear.
Not only did Shin possess the Nine Tomoe Rinnegan, but he also carried Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's inherited power—a perfected vessel with an even greater evolutionary ceiling.
The beast instinctively lowered its head, acknowledging Shin's dominance.
Defeated.
Shin smirked. "Yeah. That's what I thought."
As the divine energy coursed through him, Shin felt his body evolving.
His Sage Mode—previously reliant on slow, gradual absorption of natural energy—was now completely transformed.
He had merged his genes with the Ten-Tails' power, constructing a Sage Mode Divine Tree inside his very being.
Shin was no longer just absorbing natural energy.
He was commanding it.
"Before, absorbing something as massive as the Ryūmyaku's energy took way too long."
Now? He could devour it instantly.
A wicked grin spread across his face.
Beside him, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki stood in anticipation, her piercing white eyes fixated on the evolving Ten-Tails.
"The Ten-Tails still needs to grow into its Divine Tree state," Shin mused. "No need to rush."
Kaguya nodded, but her gaze remained locked on the massive beast.
Due to the missing Two-Tails and Nine-Tails, the Ten-Tails was still incomplete. It would take more time to fully mature.
Shin glanced at the sky. The blazing sun was still high above.
"Tch. I wanted nighttime already."
He clapped his hands together, unleashing his chakra across the entire planet.
"Earth Manipulation!"
His force field expanded at light speed, enveloping the world in his grasp.
Under his control, the Earth itself shifted—its rotation sped up, forcing the sun to vanish below the horizon.
Within seconds, day became night.
"?!"
Back in the Land of Fire, Tsunade blinked at the sudden darkness.
"What the hell…?" she whispered. "Did… did he just move the planet?!"
All across the world, shinobi gazed at the sudden full moon, dumbfounded.
Meanwhile, Shin exhaled sharply, wiping sweat from his brow.
"Damn… even for me, that was a workout."
But deep down, he knew—this was just the beginning.
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