Huh?
Shisui's eyes narrowed in disbelief as he saw Duan charge straight toward Susanoo. For a moment, even his calm battle instinct was shaken.
This guy… is he really planning to take on Susanoo head-on? To fight against a god with just his body?
Without hesitation, he manipulated Susanoo's left arm to sweep downward. The giant green hand, wide as a house, stretched out like an eagle clutching prey, aiming to crush Duan with sheer divine might.
But—
"Ho."
A low, guttural growl rumbled from Duan's chest. His right arm bulged grotesquely, muscles writhing and expanding, the flesh doubling in size until his limb grew into a monstrous arm that nearly matched Susanoo's in scale.
The Partial Expansion Jutsu.
Boom!
Duan's massive palm collided with Susanoo's, their fingers interlocking.
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What?!
Through Susanoo's connection, Shisui felt the pressure. That impossible, raw force—so overwhelming it seeped through chakra itself—pressed back against him.
Before Shisui could react, Duan's other arm swelled as well, doubling into another titanic limb. It lashed out like a whip, seizing Susanoo's right wrist and locking its spiral blade in place.
And just like that, man and god were locked in a brutal grapple.
By sheer size, the comparison was laughable: Duan's body, two meters tall, straining against a translucent green giant seven meters in height. Yet somehow, those grotesquely over-swollen arms of his actually held Susanoo in place.
Crack. Crack.
The titanic force pressed into the earth itself. The ground beneath them shattered, fissures racing out in spiderweb patterns. Dust and fragments erupted into the air.
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The crowd of Uchiha were stunned into silence.
Is this even possible?
The sight before them defied reason: a single man, not even using Sharingan, using raw muscle and the Akimichi clan's secret technique to resist Susanoo—the pinnacle of Uchiha power.
Murmurs spread like wildfire. "That's… the Akimichi's technique? How does he know it?" "Impossible… even with that, to hold Susanoo down—!"
Shisui gritted his teeth. He hadn't expected Duan to harbor such a trump card. And worse—despite Susanoo's legendary strength, Duan's raw might was beginning to press it backward.
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This can't continue.
Shisui's kaleidoscope spun, pouring more power into his avatar. Susanoo's jaws opened, and with a sound like a forge erupting, it unleashed a torrent of roaring orange flames.
Susanoo: Flame Eruption.
This wasn't mere Fire Style—this was molten fire chakra, capable of incinerating steel.
Duan's instincts screamed. With a sharp exhale, his over-swollen arms suddenly shrank, snapping back to their normal form. He released Susanoo at the very moment the flames poured forth, and leapt back.
Fwoooosh!
The fire spread like an ocean tide, devouring everything in front of it. The ground melted, stone dripping like wax.
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But Duan was already gone.
Shisui's kaleidoscopes darted through the inferno, searching for him. And then—his senses jolted. Behind!
He twisted Susanoo just in time to see Duan, his body already silhouetted in moonlight, one leg raised high overhead.
The Monster Strength Taijutsu.
Like an axe, Duan's muscular thigh came crashing down upon the earth.
Boom!
The ground ruptured violently. Shockwaves raced outward, tearing cracks beneath Susanoo's feet. That was its flaw—the second form of Susanoo had no protection beneath its soles.
Shisui's heart skipped. Not good! He leapt, forcing Susanoo airborne an instant before the earth caved in. Jagged stone pillars burst skyward where he had stood.
But the giant stumbled in the air, off balance.
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Duan seized the moment.
His body inflated grotesquely again—this time not just arms, but his entire torso. His head and limbs tucked inward, his bulk swelling into a massive, rotating sphere.
The Human Boulder Jutsu.
Spinning at terrifying speed, Duan crashed down from the air like a meteor.
Boom!
The giant meat-ball collided with Susanoo, the impact shoving the armored avatar backward like a rolling log. They thundered across the ground, gouging deep trenches, flattening trees, smashing walls—until they slammed into the great red torii gates of the Naka Shrine.
The structure groaned, then collapsed in a storm of dust and splinters.
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When the smoke cleared, Susanoo still stood—but it was faltering.
Inside, Shisui's eyes burned. Blood trickled down his cheek as cracks spread across Susanoo's breastplate.
No… this can't be happening. Even with Susanoo, I'm being forced back…!
Duan roared, mounting the collapsing giant. Chakra surged around his fist, condensed into raw destructive force.
Monster Strength—Full Release.
Boom!
His strike crashed into Susanoo's chest. The air quaked. Dust blasted outward. Leaves tore free from nearby trees, and flocks of crows exploded skyward, their cries swallowed by the roar.
With a shattering crack, Susanoo's breastplate split apart, fragments scattering like glass. Even its ribcage form beneath fractured.
Shisui coughed blood, his kaleidoscopes trembling from the backlash.
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"No…" His voice was faint, disbelief in every syllable.
But Duan was merciless. His arms swelled again, grotesque and enormous, seizing Susanoo's own titanic limbs.
With a primal bellow, he ripped.
Tear by tear, chakra made solid was sundered by brute muscle. Susanoo's arms shattered, dissolving into motes of green light.
And Duan wasn't finished.
His fingers dug deep into the ribs of the giant. With another furious roar, he pulled.
Crackkk!
Before the stunned eyes of the Uchiha, Susanoo split in two, its chakra shell torn apart like paper, dispersing into the night.
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Removing Susanoo with bare hands.
In that instant, Duan stood bathed in dust and moonlight, chest heaving, muscles quivering, his eyes burning with savage triumph.
To the clan watching, he was no longer merely a man.
He was the Great Muscle God incarnate—the embodiment of raw, primal power that even the divine weapon of Uchiha could not withstand.