Chapter 394: Manifested Willpower
"Alright."
Might Guy's eyes locked onto Li Yao's, sensing the killing intent hidden within. He knew—whether he used Night Guy or not—Li Yao was preparing for a final, decisive strike.
With Li Yao's speed, dragging the fight out was no longer an option.
So, one final blow it would be.
Guy slid his right foot forward, planted his left leg firmly behind, and pressed both hands to the ground. Every last ounce of chakra surged into his muscles. Even his willpower began to burn.
Buzz—
An invisible force spread outward—not physical power, but something else entirely. Wherever it passed, the earth distorted, even space itself trembled subtly.
"What is that…?" Li Yao furrowed his brow and focused his chakra perception.
Inside Guy's body, his cells were literally burning—not metaphorically, but actually combusting. At that moment, Guy's cells became fuel, and his chakra was the oxygen setting them ablaze.
Boom!
His chakra exploded once more, swelling to unimaginable levels. The resulting energy burst out in waves like a tsunami, kicking up gales and dust clouds all around.
From afar, Konoha's shinobi could no longer see the battlefield. Only the Hyūga clan's Byakugan users could still see through the haze.
"What's happening to Guy?" someone asked.
"He's… burning," a Hyūga ninja replied, expression full of sorrow. "His chakra just surged to Tailed Beast levels—no human should possess that. Not even with the Eight Gates."
It was clear: this was Guy's final attack.
"Guy… you can do it!"
"Give it everything you've got!"
At this point, there was nothing the others could do. All they could do was hope Guy's last blow could bring the enemy down.
Rumble—
Above them, dark clouds rolled in, lightning flashed, and howling winds surged outward.
"Not just his cells—his soul is burning too!"
Across from him, Li Yao's expression turned grim. Through his sensory perception, he saw Guy's soul igniting as well—transforming into a horrifying force.
Under that influence, the chakra Guy gained from burning his cells wasn't lost. Normally, such power would destroy the body and vanish like a popped balloon.
But here, Guy's burning soul willed it into control. Even his body, which should have turned to ash, was reconstituted and held together by sheer force of will.
"People say willpower is steel, willpower is iron… I never imagined someone could actually manifest it like this."
For once, Li Yao was genuinely stunned.
He could sense willpower. He could even erase it from others' souls to defeat their minds.
But even with all his ability, he had never turned willpower into something tangible—something that could affect the real world.
To him, willpower remained intangible, something even more elusive than the soul—perceivable but untouchable.
And yet, Guy had done it.
By now, Might Guy was technically already dead. His body and soul had burned away, reduced to pure energy.
He remained "alive" only because of one overwhelming force—willpower—controlling his chakra and what remained of his physical form.
Strictly speaking, Li Yao wasn't fighting a man anymore.
He was fighting will incarnate.
"What… is that?"
Through the smoke and wind, a giant blood-red figure began to take shape. From afar, Lee's tear-filled eyes widened as he looked toward his teacher.
He had never heard of such a technique.
Surrounding Guy, his massive, surging chakra and the blood mist under the control of his monstrous will began to form a dragon's head—forged from flame and willpower.
A massive, blood-colored, blazing dragon head, with every scale clear as day, two floating tendrils dancing like snakes, and eyes glowing with fire.
This wasn't a technique.
This was a living dragon—gazing directly at Li Yao, emitting an indescribable pressure.
Crack!
Deep within Li Yao's body, a fracturing sound echoed—not bones breaking, but his body's instinctive fear crying out for help.
Li Yao didn't flinch. He focused all his perception on Guy.
He was fascinated by the powers Guy had manifested after his will took over.
The wind and dust died down. Guy's chakra and physical power were now fully under his control. The battlefield fell silent.
Now came the final blow. And Li Yao was ready.
But just as Guy gripped the ground, bracing to launch Night Guy—
Both men froze, brows furrowing. They had sensed something.
Guy didn't attack.
Li Yao didn't strike either.
"The space… is being distorted!"
Li Yao sensed the change and was visibly shaken.
Around the blood-colored dragon surrounding Guy, the air warped like rippling waves.
Li Yao had seen space-warping abilities before—but to warp it purely with chakra and physical force?
This was new.
It even affected the interdimensional layer.
That shouldn't be possible.
He frowned, then noticed the sudden change in Tsunade and Jiraiya's expressions in the dimensional layer.
His eyes narrowed. He sensed again—
It was willpower.
A terrifying wave of it.
Li Yao's face darkened.
Within the interdimensional space, he felt a faint but present will—Guy's.
Somehow, Guy's will had penetrated space and reached into the dimensional layer—sensing Tsunade and Jiraiya.
Under normal circumstances, no amount of physical strength or chakra could break through space itself.
Even a Tailed Beast Bomb detonated at its center wouldn't pierce the dimensional wall.
But Guy's burning will, amplified by his sacrificed soul and body, had transcended logic.
Terrifying.
But it got worse.
Step, step—
Two figures suddenly emerged from within the blood-red dragon's aura.
"They're out!"
Tsunade's eyes lit up. Inside the dimensional layer, she had felt Guy's will reaching out, guiding her forward.
She and Jiraiya realized immediately—it was Guy.
As they stepped into Guy's aura, they phased out of the dimensional space—back into the real world.
"Go!"
Jiraiya quickly urged.
Tsunade turned and sprinted toward Naruto, not even glancing at Li Yao.
Jiraiya stayed behind. He couldn't go far from Li Yao—not even now.
Guy never took his eyes off Li Yao, maintaining pressure and vigilance to prevent any sudden moves against Tsunade or Jiraiya.
(END CHAPTER)
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