Chapter 329 – Limbo Descends, Heavenly Prison Boundary
"Limbo Descends, Heavenly Prison Boundary."
Madara's eyes flared with an eerie purple glow.
"…What is this?"
Hatake Yusuke stared down at his own hands, now washed in nothing but black and white. Inside this space, everything had completely lost its color. And almost immediately, he realized something else. He lifted his gaze to Madara, and in his eyes was nothing but sincere admiration.
"As expected of you, Senior Madara. I never thought even my Limitless could be negated."
Yusuke looked straight at him as he spoke. He truly hadn't imagined that Madara's dōjutsu had evolved to this level.
It had to be known—abilities that could neutralize Limitless were supposed to exist only within the concept of Domains in the world of Jujutsu. That was a rule unique to that world.
But there was no such thing as a truly unbreakable ability.
Just like how the world was built on balance—where there was good, there was evil; where there was light, there was darkness—this world never allowed anything to be absolutely invincible.
That was why, in this world, Limitless should have been an absolute ability. There was no concept of Domain Expansion here.
And yet, Madara had done it.
What Yusuke truly acknowledged was the fact that Madara, using nothing but his own power, had found a way to break through an ability that should have been theoretically unbeatable.
In theory, Limitless was invincible. But in the laws of that other world, Domains had a "guaranteed hit" property, which was exactly what allowed Limitless to be negated. This world had no such rule.
In other words, Madara had carved out a brand-new path—defeating something that should not have been defeatable in the first place.
Someone like that deserved respect.
After all, Yusuke himself had only recreated that power using knowledge from a previous life, combined with the Rinnegan inherited from the Sage of Six Paths and the assistance of a Devil Fruit. Madara had none of those references.
"Of course," Madara said arrogantly. "I, Uchiha Madara, would never stay in the same place without taking another step forward."
Yusuke didn't argue. If someone like him wasn't allowed to be proud, then who was?
Nearby, Kakashi looked genuinely shocked. He hadn't expected his older brother's terrifying ability to be completely neutralized.
"As expected of you, Senior Madara," Kakashi praised.
"Don't let your guard down," Madara said calmly. "This barrier drains my eye power at an extreme rate. It won't last long. We have to defeat him before I run out of strength."
This was the breadth of Madara's thinking. Even Kakashi couldn't compare in this regard. Despite fully understanding how powerful Yusuke was, Madara still set his goal as defeating him.
Kakashi, on the other hand, would have been satisfied as long as they didn't lose too badly.
"In that case," Kakashi said, dropping his cautious testing, "now that that annoying ability is gone, I'll go all out."
"Eight Gates, Sixth Gate: Gate of View—Open!"
Green steam instantly wrapped around Kakashi's body. The sword in his hand was coated in Armament Haki. In this black-and-white world, the Feather Slash in his grip, reinforced with Ryuo, looked like a bloodthirsty demon blade.
"One Sword Style, Secret Technique: Annihilation!"
Kakashi swung his sword forward. A combat slash wrapped in crackling black-and-red lightning tore through the air toward Yusuke.
"Limbo: Strangulation."
At the same time, an invisible force clamped down around Yusuke's body like a crushing vice.
Facing the combined assault, Yusuke didn't panic in the slightest. Black-and-white particles of light began to gather in the palm of his hand.
But just as he was about to swing, the blade of light in his grasp slowly faded away.
"…What?"
Confusion spread across Yusuke's face as he stared at the incoming attack.
"Barrier."
Kakashi's slash was stopped cold outside the boundary. A moment later, Yusuke's body was struck by a heavy, unseen blow, as if he'd been hit directly. His clothes tore apart and fluttered away in ragged strips.
"I have to admit," Yusuke said as he looked at Madara, "I'm honestly shocked. I never thought you could strip my power out of this space."
"That's right," Madara replied. "Even if I can't control every part of the dream within this space, I can still remove any power I deem unnecessary."
"That's a truly troublesome ability," Yusuke muttered darkly, then looked at both Madara and Kakashi.
"But even so, you can't throw me out of this space. So… have you ever felt a kick at the speed of light?"
Yusuke's body vanished.
Almost the instant those words left his mouth, Kakashi tried to warn Madara. But before he could even open his mouth, Yusuke had already appeared beside Madara and sent him flying with a brutal kick.
Kakashi immediately followed up, swinging his sword toward Yusuke. But Yusuke's body turned into particles of light once more and slipped away.
Madara, who had been blasted back, now entered Six Paths Mode. And the body that had just been kicked faded away into nothing.
"…Was that a shadow?"
Yusuke immediately activated the Six Eyes. In that instant, color returned to his vision. Only then did he realize the truth.
From the very beginning, the one fighting him had been nothing but Madara's shadow.
Because this was the Limbo space, both the real body and the shadow were visible—and they looked exactly the same.
Yusuke's Observation Haki spread throughout the entire space. He searched for Madara's presence, but found not even the faintest trace.
"So that's how it is. Just like outside. In this state, the real body is actually hidden within the shadow. Which means, as long as I haven't eliminated your shadow, I can't harm your real body at all."
Yusuke calmly came to his conclusion. He had realized that the rules here were the complete opposite of the outside world.
"In that case, let's go again. Enhanced Strength."
Yusuke's fist shot toward Madara, but Kakashi appeared in front of him in a flash. With the Eight Gates active, Kakashi's current strength was overwhelming. He blocked Yusuke's punch with his sword.
At the same time, Madara raised his hand. Numerous black rods formed around Yusuke and launched toward him, aiming to pierce him through.
Yusuke's body once again turned into particles of light. Kakashi slashed again, but there was no way he could hit him.
"Void."
Yusuke's eyes instantly transformed into golden Rinnegan. Terrifying dōjutsu power erupted outward, and both Kakashi's and Madara's attacks were erased completely right before their eyes.
"Reverse Flow."
Cracks tore open in space in front of Yusuke. A far more dreadful power surged out and wrapped around the two of them.
This was Yusuke's dōjutsu—Void Reverse Flow.
Though it was a single ability, it carried two effects.
The first, Void, erased everything into nothingness—whether it was an attack or a physical object.
The second, Reverse Flow, tore open space itself and reflected the enemy's power back at them. Anyone struck by the reflection would consume the same amount of chakra or energy as the attack they had just unleashed.
In simple terms—
They were attacking themselves.
Both the pain and the exhaustion were borne entirely by the enemy.
Kakashi and Madara were struck by their own power. At the same time, they both felt it clearly—their chakra reserves had dropped sharply.
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