On Sasuke's side, he couldn't take down Kimimaro in a short time. Standing on a tree, Sasuke said calmly, "You do have some skill, but I don't want to play around with you anymore." With that, Sasuke immediately entered Sage Mode. Complex markings appeared on his face.
Kimimaro suddenly sensed that Sasuke's aura had grown much stronger. Seeing the markings on Sasuke's face, Kimimaro exclaimed in shock,
"You've mastered the Cursed Seal. It's no wonder Orochimaru chose you; it wasn't a random choice." "In that case, I'll also give it my all." "Dance of the Seedling Fern," Kimimaro immediately activated his Cursed Seal and unleashed his strongest move.
In an instant, chakra surged wildly from within him. Within a radius of several hundred meters, countless gigantic bone spikes, tens of meters high, erupted from the ground. Meanwhile, Sasuke raised his Chidori, which was sharper than before he entered Sage Mode.
Even the surrounding air visibly distorted under the influence of Chidori's lightning. His Sharingan, with its three tomoe, spun wildly. It was the strongest clash between the two. Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto, who had already jumped onto the earth wall created by Kakashi, watched Sasuke and Kimimaro from afar.
The battle between the two had reached a level where the three could no longer participate. Kimimaro was pushing his body to its limits, while Sasuke's Sage Mode would only last three minutes. At this moment, both wanted to finish the other as quickly as possible.
With their jutsu activated, both vanished in a flash. Their movements were too fast for the naked eye to follow. Even Kakashi, with his three-tomoe Sharingan, could barely keep up with their speed. Chapters first released on Nove1Fire.net
Sasuke, wielding his Sage Art: Chidori, transformed into a blue flash, like a laser, blasting into the dense forest of bones. "Screech," "Boom," the bone forest surged wildly, continuously emerging from the ground, trying to stop or even pierce Sasuke's body. But with his three-tomoe Sharingan activated, Sasuke's dynamic vision was too strong.
Moreover, when he entered Sage Mode, his Lightning Body Flicker was instantaneous. So, the countless bone spikes trying to hit him all missed. In the center of the bone forest, countless bone spikes converged into a bone flower, with Kimimaro at its core.
At this moment, Kimimaro's hands had transformed into drill-like bones. "Ah," as the two were about to collide, they both roared simultaneously. The blue light pierced through the bone flower in an instant.
The terrifying energy shattered the bone forest in an instant. Within moments, the bone forest, spanning hundreds of meters, crumbled into debris under the energy released by Chidori.
"Boom," at that moment, it was as if mountains were collapsing and the earth was splitting, like a meteor impact. Dust rose into the sky, and the ground shook violently, the tremors felt even kilometers away.
Dust filled the air, rising hundreds of meters, as the earth shook. The terrifying power of the Sage Art: Chidori shocked everyone at that moment.
Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura had never seen Sasuke use Sage Art: Chidori before. In previous missions, they hadn't encountered situations that forced Sasuke to enter Sage Mode.
After a long while, the lightning of Chidori dissipated, and the dust settled. A massive crater, hundreds of meters in diameter, had formed on the ground. Even though Chidori leans towards penetration, with the addition of Sage Chakra, its destructive power was incredibly terrifying.
Sasuke stood at the center of the massive crater, with Kimimaro's lifeless body at his feet. A charred, bloody hole, several centimeters wide, marred Kimimaro's chest, the flesh scorched by lightning.
Sasuke's clothes were also slightly damaged, and his hand, which had unleashed the Chidori, bore a few bloodstains from the attack, though they were healing rapidly. At this moment, Sasuke was still in Sage Mode.
This was because Yoruha had sealed Ōtsutsuki Urashiki within Sasuke, and the spatial seal forcibly extracted Urashiki's chakra for Sasuke's use.
As a result, Sasuke's chakra now possessed a formidable regenerative ability. His physical condition was on par with Naruto's.
Staring at Kimimaro's corpse, Sasuke remained silent for a long time before finally speaking slowly, "He was a formidable opponent, the strongest I've faced so far, besides Orochimaru."
"Yoruha, you've made me so powerful that even I am shocked," Sasuke murmured to himself, watching his wounds heal rapidly. "This incredible regenerative ability, is this the power of Ōtsutsuki Urashiki? It's truly formidable."
In stark contrast to Sasuke's awe, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, sealed within the spatial seal, was seething with rage as he watched Sasuke from within.
"That bastard, how dare he forcibly extract my chakra! Damn it!" Urashiki was furious, but no matter how angry he became, he couldn't break free from the spatial seal. The seal Yoruha placed on Sasuke was countless times stronger than the Eight Trigrams Seal on Naruto.
Even if Urashiki grew as powerful as Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, he couldn't break free. The spatial seal not only extracted Urashiki's chakra but also drew energy from the space itself to maintain its hold.
Even if Urashiki became as strong as Kaguya, the seal would suppress him by extracting energy several times greater than his own.
The energy of the space was virtually limitless compared to Urashiki's chakra. Unless Urashiki could break the spatial seal or Yoruha released it himself, he had no chance of escaping.
If it were an ordinary sealing technique, Urashiki might have been able to absorb and break it with his ability to absorb ninjutsu.
However, the spatial seal Yoruha used employed planetary energy, a level above natural energy. The Ōtsutsuki clan hadn't mastered this type of energy, nor had they even mastered Sage Chakra.
While Sage Chakra still required chakra participation, allowing Urashiki to absorb it, Yoruha's energy source began with natural energy and evolved into planetary energy. These were distinct from Sage Chakra.
Urashiki couldn't absorb even natural energy, let alone planetary energy. Thus, he could only rage impotently, his anger harming only himself and worsening his mood. Sasuke was unaware of Urashiki's furious state; he was simply amazed by the overwhelming power of Urashiki's chakra.
The strength of the Ōtsutsuki clan left Sasuke deeply impressed. Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura arrived at Sasuke's side, looking at Kimimaro's body at his feet. Naruto, observing Sasuke's calm demeanor, thought to himself, "Has Sasuke really become so much stronger than me?"
"Even if I enter Tailed Beast Mode, I probably wouldn't be able to defeat him now," he mused.
"I need to work even harder. It's one thing if I can't surpass Yoruha, but if I can't even surpass Sasuke, all my efforts would seem utterly ridiculous." Naruto had come to terms with Yoruha surpassing him, but he always saw Sasuke as a rival to surpass.
If he couldn't surpass Sasuke, it would be hard to bear. If the gap continued to widen, he might break down. At this point, unless Naruto let Kurama take over, he wouldn't stand a chance against Sasuke.
However, Sasuke's Sharingan, with its three tomoe, had a certain suppressive effect on Kurama. Even if Kurama took over, Sasuke might not win, but escaping would certainly not be a problem.
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