Under Guts's overwhelming destructive power, Itachi, Uchiha Fugaku, and many of the resurrected shinobi were reduced to dust.
Powder scattered through the air like snow.
Yet Itachi's third-form Susanoo a Forbidden Technique-level defense had saved him from total erasure.
His body was broken, but not gone.
"Seal squad!"
Kurotsuchi barked the command.
The team carrying the giant sealing scroll sprinted forward, unfurling it like a massive banner. In seconds, they wrapped the crumbling Edo Tensei shinobi like rice dumplings.
Once an Impure World Reincarnation lost its human form, sealing it was simple.
Mark it as immobilized, seal it before it can regenerate.
"I'm sorry… I just… hope Sasuke can live a better life."
Itachi's voice was soft as the scroll consumed him. His eyes lingered on Guts, a mix of relief and regret in his expression.
"Although I hate your brother… I don't hate you."
Guts raised his head.
"I'll do what I promised you."
"…Thanks."
And then the scroll wrapped him completely, silencing him forever.
"Shinra Tensei!"
The battle on the other side raged on.
Nagato's spirit was fully under Kabuto's control; Konan's pleas fell on deaf ears.
A crushing repulsive force hurled the Hyūga sisters across the battlefield.
Hinata twisted in midair, landing with only a few scrapes but her body was marked with bruises, proof of the disadvantage she was at.
Hanabi, lighter and less experienced, failed to stabilize.
She plummeted
Only for Konan's paper wings to swoop in and catch her.
"Thank you, Konan-san!"
Hanabi breathed out, relief and adrenaline mixing in her voice.
Konan nodded silently as Hanabi turned her gaze back to Nagato, now stronger than ever.
By absorbing the chakra of fallen alliance shinobi, Nagato's Edo Tensei body had reached its peak state, a power level he'd never achieved in life.
Unlike Madara or Hashirama, who had to be nerfed for Kabuto to control them, Nagato's body could perfectly withstand his full strength.
Ironically, he was at his best after death.
Konan murmured bitterly,
"Summoning, recovery, soul extraction, ninjutsu absorption, mechanical weapons, gravity and repulsion… all Six Paths in one.
Nagato is beyond his normal limits now. He… can't be stopped easily."
"He can absorb ninjutsu… but the Hyūga don't need ninjutsu!"
Hanabi's eyes flared.
"Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!"
Blue lions of chakra roared around her fists, Taijutsu that no absorption could stop.
Nagato didn't even flinch.
"Summoning Technique!"
A giant ceramic panda erupted from the earth like a fortress
A shield akin to Hashirama's Rashōmon to block the twin lions.
Then his hands transformed, mechanical skin peeling open, firing countless missiles in chaotic arcs.
Hanabi reacted instantly.
"Yin-Yang Revolving Heaven!"
Her chakra sphere spun wider than ever before, a spiral dome the size of a small arena, deflecting the missiles in explosions of light.
Hinata seized the moment.
Her hands glowed with black-and-white chakra, lion heads roaring from her palms
"Yin-Yang Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!"
She dashed in and struck
Nagato's right arm exploded, the impact sending him skidding back like a falling giant.
But even as he staggered, the hidden launchers inside his shattered arm still fired bullets whizzed past, grazing Hinata's cheek and tearing her sleeve with bloodied streaks.
In seconds, dust swirled and reformed his arm.
In the cave, Kabuto narrowed his eyes.
"Tch… Nagato's mobility is his weakness. I'll change tactics.Let's take out as many as possible at once."
On the battlefield, Nagato clapped his hands together.
A small black orb appeared between his palms, pulsing with deadly gravity.
It shot into the sky.
"Planetary Devastation!"
The pull was instant and merciless.
Hinata, being the closest, was dragged first.
Hanabi clawed at the air, leaping from floating stones, panic in her voice:
"Guts! Do something! Save Onee-san!"
But Guts didn't move.
His feet were planted as if nailed to the ground.
His Observation Haki scanned the future calmly.
Then… he smiled.
From the heart of the black sphere, a new chakra erupted.
Silver winds spiraled violently, tearing the planet apart from the inside.
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!!!"
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