How fast can Allen go when he releases all his limits and goes all out?
The answer is a speed that completely surpasses physical limits, something impossible for the human eye to capture!
He wasn't just using spatial ninjutsu; he had also opened the final gate of the Eight Inner Gates, causing his blood to boil and erupt into a shroud of crimson steam. Furthermore, by treating himself as a living arrow and applying a final layer of reinforcement through his numerous fused Nen abilities, he had reached a terrifying state.
Within a radius of several kilometers, Allen had attained the ability to instantaneously appear at any coordinate with a mere thought.
Thus, even as the Sage of the Six Paths sensed a streak of red light flash across his retinas, before his brain could even process the visual, a violent pain erupted from both his shoulders.
Looking down, he realized his arms were gone.
To be precise, they had been vaporized by the sheer heat and friction generated by the high-speed swings of the Sulfuras Sword. Large patches of charred, black residue remained at the stumps.
All of this had happened in less than 0.01 seconds...
"I told you not to blink, but it seems you didn't listen, did you?" Allen asked meaningfully.
With Vaelastrasz's assistance, he quickly closed all of the Eight Inner Gates and began rapidly repairing his torn cells, muscles, and bones. While his unique constitution meant that opening the Gate of Death for a short duration wouldn't result in his demise like it would for Might Guy, the damage was still inevitable.
To minimize the self-inflicted harm, Allen typically opened the final gate only at the precise moment of impact, closing it immediately after the strike ended to ensure the danger remained within controllable limits.
"This speed... how did you achieve it?" Hagoromo's face was a mask of disbelief.
Simultaneously, he attempted to use Yin-Yang Release to regrow his lost arms. Unfortunately, the power of the Sulfuras Sword far exceeded what most could comprehend. Especially after absorbing Kaguya's blood and chakra, any area cut or grazed by the blade suffered severe cellular trauma. Even for an immortal being like Kaguya, the regeneration speed would be significantly hampered, let alone the Sage of the Six Paths, who lacked Kaguya's infinite regenerative constitution.
"Simple! I have always been a person who pursues extreme speed. Regardless of the attack, if it can simultaneously satisfy two conditions, that is destructive power sufficient to tear through defenses and speed fast enough to prevent a reaction, then it can easily kill any opponent. Unluckily for you, both conditions have been met. So... you have essentially become meat on a cutting board, and I am the chef with the sharp blade."
As he spoke, Allen resumed a thrusting stance.
His three wolves stood poised, ready to lunge at any moment to pin down or restrict the Sage's movements, ensuring their master's strike hit its mark.
After all, such extreme speed had one drawback: the moment the attack was launched, there was no time for adjustments. One could only charge in a straight line until the target was hit. No matter how proficient one was with spatial ninjutsu, the brain still required time to make a judgment and move chakra to open a portal. At the "all-out" speed Allen just displayed, a few tenths of a second were enough to send him flying kilometers away.
Therefore, every time he launched an attack, it was based on a pre-calculated prediction. If someone could dodge at the exact moment the attack was initiated, the probability of evasion would exceed 50%.
Yes. Even if one could seize that fleeting window, there was only about a fifty-fifty chance of avoiding it. This Extreme Velocity Mode was simply too fast. Fortunately, this wasn't the world of One Piece, and there was no such thing as Observation Haki here. Most importantly, Allen hadn't even used his Guaranteed Hit ability yet...
"This is going to be troublesome..."
Realizing his reactions and speed were no match for his opponent, Hagoromo felt a mounting headache. Since he had long since transcended the traditional shackles of life and death, being "killed" wouldn't mean true death; he would simply revert to a spirit state. The problem was that once he returned to a spirit form, his mother, Kaguya, would once again be exposed to the threat of that terrifying divine artifact.
"Are you prepared to be killed by me?" Allen asked with a slight curl of his lips.
In terms of chakra volume and life tier, he was clearly far inferior to Kaguya or the legendary Sage of the Six Paths. But in terms of combat effectiveness, he almost completely overwhelmed the mother and son.
The reason was simple: these two had never seriously contemplated how to fight! In most cases, their combat style relied heavily on bloodline and instinct; they were satisfied with their current status and had never bothered with deep development of their abilities.
This wasn't surprising. From the moment she ate the Chakra Fruit, Kaguya was the strongest creature on the planet, and her two sons were the undisputed runners-up. Once the internal war between mother and sons ended, Hagoromo lost all competition, and his strength stagnated. As the saying goes, life is like rowing upstream; if you do not advance, you drop back.
Hagoromo could feel that after thousands of years of neglect, he could no longer adapt to this high-intensity frontal confrontation. Without hesitation, he controlled his Truth-Seeker Orbs to form a defensive orbital path around his body while simultaneously drawing massive amounts of his mother's chakra to enter a full Tailed Beast Mode. Clearly, he intended to use the immense size of the Tailed Beast form to mitigate damage and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
"A deathbed struggle!"
Seeing the Sage of the Six Paths adopt this hunker-down, "turtle" defense, Allen let out a contemptuous sneer. Coordinating once more with his three pets, he launched his final strike.
This time, he didn't aim for the limbs; he aimed for the neck.
Hagoromo, for reasons unknown, showed no intention of dodging. He stood his ground, intending to take the hit head-on.
The moment the blinding red light flashed!
The head of the Tailed Beast-fied Sage of the Six Paths instantly exploded. However, in the next second...
His body suddenly transformed into a giant hand, tightly gripping Allen's ankle. He mobilized every drop of chakra in his body and roared: "Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei! Vanish from this world with me!"
As the words fell, immense gravity sucked in countless boulders. Before long, they had sealed into a massive sphere, flying rapidly toward outer space.
There was no doubt about it: this guy intended to use himself as bait to seal Kaguya and Allen together.
But before the massive stone sphere could fly even a few thousand meters, Allen's mocking voice rang out from within the pitch-black interior: "Is this your final trump card? How disappointing! It seems the Otsutsuki clan is nothing special, just a bunch of people relying on superior biotechnology to crush the lower civilizations of other planets. Vaelastrasz! Give me all your power!"
"Understood!"
Following the clear, melodic voice, Allen's body began to expand rapidly. Within two or three seconds, fiery red scales covered every corner of his body.