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"Sage Art: Great Flame Rasengan!"
A colossal fire-infused Rasengan materialized in Shin's hand. He hurled it at Ryūsuke. Even though Ryūsuke was in Tenseigan Chakra Mode, he still sensed mortal danger from that swirling inferno.
Frowning, Ryūsuke threw a small, glowing red orb to intercept—similar to Toneri's green sphere in the original tale, capable of draining chakra from a target's jutsu or body.
Normally, it should've devoured an oncoming jutsu and fired it back. But the moment the red orb collided with Shin's fiery Rasengan, it dissolved with barely any resistance. The Rasengan pressed on, closing in on Ryūsuke.
"Impossible!" Ryūsuke's eyes widened. His orb was supposed to absorb any form of chakra, but it had done nothing.
Unaware that Shin's Rasengan was filled with Sage Chakra, Ryūsuke never realized its draining function wouldn't work on nature energy.
In the split second Ryūsuke stood there in shock, Shin seized the opening. He flashed right in front of him and landed a kick to Ryūsuke's face.
BOOOOMMMM!
Ryūsuke crashed headfirst into the ground, leaving a deep crater beneath the island's surface.
"Don't get lost in thought while fighting me,"
Shin remarked quietly.
Moments later, Ryūsuke came blasting out of the debris once more, battered but still in the fight. Tenseigan Chakra Mode sharply boosted his durability. Ordinary attacks just wouldn't be enough to finish him.
"I'll kill you!" Ryūsuke snarled, wiping blood from his mouth. His twisted expression made him look demonic.
"Kill me? Let's see you try,"
Shin taunted, vanishing in a blur and uppercutting him in the chin.
Crack!
Ryūsuke shot upwards like a rocket, bursting right through the moon's surface.
Shin used Yomotsu Hirasaka to slip into a portal. When he reappeared, he was already behind Ryūsuke on the lunar surface.
Wasting no time, Shin pounded Ryūsuke's back with a flurry of blows. Within seconds, he unleashed hundreds of punches, leaving afterimages in the air.
Even the Tenseigan Chakra Mode's enhanced defenses couldn't fully handle that relentless assault.
"You're still alive after all that? Tougher than I expected,"
Shin said, eyeing Ryūsuke's body where it lay on the ground. The surrounding terrain looked like it had been hit by a meteor shower.
Ryūsuke's skeleton was visibly twisted, though he remained barely recognizable as human—and was somehow recovering at an alarming rate, making Shin wonder if the man possessed a Perfect Sage Body of his own.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Ryūsuke summoned a massive golem, similar to Hamura Ōtsutsuki's golem. It was powerful enough to suppress the Nine-Tails.
Once summoned, it wouldn't vanish as long as the Tenseigan user lived; even if destroyed, it would quickly regenerate.
Controlled by Ryūsuke, the stone figure launched an attack on Shin.
"Heh, Let's dance."
Shin looked at the golem and chuckled.
"Sage Art—Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands!"
From the surface of the moon, an enormous Thousand-Armed Buddha erupted—so massive that the ground sank several meters under its weight.
Ryūsuke's summoned statue, which could suppress the Nine-Tails, now looked like a child's toy in comparison.
"What… is that?"
Ryūsuke murmured, face going slack in disbelief.
"How about I give you a two-hands handicap?" Shin teased. He gestured to the Buddha's innumerable arms. Ryūsuke stared, at a complete loss for words.
"Top Transformed Buddha!"
Wasting no more time on banter, Shin commanded the colossal wooden figure to unleash a volley of punches and chops at Ryūsuke and his stone statue.
Within moments, that mighty golem—was reduced to rubble.
Ryūsuke tried to defend himself using red chakra orbs like pseudo–Truth-Seeking Balls, but they were no match for the unrelenting barrage.
The moon's surface cracked violently, leaving a gigantic crater behind.
If the moon itself had consciousness, it would surely be cursing them out for trashing it this way.
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
Summoning an enormous storm of gravitational force, Ryūsuke pierced right through the Thousand-Armed Buddha, carving a massive hole in the wooden behemoth.
"Not bad at all,"
Shin mused, watching Ryūsuke spit up blood, battered and shaky but still refusing to surrender.
"I guess Wood Release alone won't finish you off. Uchiha Madara survived this technique, so I'm not surprised someone like you—who surpasses him—could endure it." Shin said evenly.
Ryūsuke glared at Shin.
"You're the strongest opponent I've fought, I acknowledge your power—but this is where it ends. Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
Ryūsuke gathered every bit of the Tenseigan's might, forging an enormous golden chakra sword that split sky and land alike.
He slashed it down at Shin—a blow said to be capable of splitting the entire moon in half.
Shin didn't move to dodge. He faced the attack head-on.
"Dōjutsu: Takamagahara!"
In a flash, the towering golden sword struck Shin's body—only to vanish without a trace. It was as though it never existed.
Then, abruptly, the same golden blade reappeared in front of Ryūsuke and slashed toward him instead.
[Takamagahara]—was the new Dōjutsu Shin had awakened after merging his Rinnegan and Tenseigan. It absorbed any incoming attack—be it Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, or even Six Paths–level strikes—and reflected it back in full force.
A truly invincible defense and counter!
Thus, Ryūsuke's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion was promptly turned against him.
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