Chapter 308 – The Expanding Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball
Yusuke compressed the shockwaves of the Great Buddha into an invisible blade. Combined with his own swordsmanship, the attack became something truly terrifying. That overwhelming power surged forward, cutting straight toward Kaguya.
The moment she saw it, Kaguya activated Heavenly Yomotsu Hirasaka, and her figure vanished from Yusuke's sight.
"Just as I expected," Yusuke muttered.
The instant he saw cracks form in space itself, a white shroud of light formed in his hand once more. He had already been waiting for this move.
"Void—Annihilation Impact."
As the words left his lips, the space around him shattered again, breaking apart like fragile glass. For someone who had already refined techniques based on mental force to this level, this much was still well within his reach.
Seeing that, the eye on Kaguya's forehead flared with terrifying dōjutsu power once more.
"Reversion."
Yusuke's devastating attack vanished.
More precisely, it faded out of existence, as if it had never been there at all.
"Interesting," Yusuke said with a faint smile as he looked at the empty space before him. "A dōjutsu that carries both spatial and temporal properties at the same time."
But even as he spoke, the stamina in his body was draining at a frightening speed.
With her Byakugan, Kaguya could clearly see that Yusuke was nearly spent.
"Hmph."
Yusuke's massive form shrank rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, he returned to his normal body.
"What's wrong?" Kaguya asked calmly. "Giving up already?"
"No," Yusuke replied with a thin smile. "It's just that my condition isn't great. The stamina drop is too severe."
He clenched both fists.
At the same time, spiraling flames erupted around his body. In an instant, everything around them transformed into a vast sea of fire, while Kaguya lifted herself into the air.
"My final attack," Yusuke said, still smiling.
"Awakening."
At that moment, both the Mera Mera no Mi and the Netsu Netsu no Mi within Yusuke awakened simultaneously.
He raised the index finger of his right hand toward the sky. Flames gathered at the tip, condensing into a miniature sun, its heat rivaling the real thing. At the same time, his left palm turned upward.
"Five Hundred Million Degrees—Merciless Sun."
"Five Hundred Million Degrees—Flame Emperor."
Two enormous spheres of fire formed in his hands.
Before everyone's stunned eyes, the two different fireballs slowly began to merge into one.
The terrifying heat made even the surrounding space struggle to endure it. Distortions rippled through the air, warping the world itself.
"Even though the temperature isn't rising anymore," someone muttered, "that once-stable fireball is becoming wildly unstable…"
"Bursting Sun."
Yusuke hurled the unstable sphere of blazing light straight at Kaguya.
Seeing this, Kaguya didn't dare to take it lightly. The eye on her forehead blazed with dōjutsu power as she instantly warped both the massive fireball—and Yusuke himself—away to another location.
Then, behind her, a gigantic Truth-Seeking Ball began to form and surged forward to block.
"Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball."
The moment the massive black sphere appeared, Yusuke's artificial sun was swallowed by the void, vanishing as if it had never existed.
Although this technique resembled the Truth-Seeking Balls used by Naruto and Sasuke, its power was on an entirely different level. Just looking at its sheer size made that obvious.
"That thing really erased my attack…" Yusuke said quietly. "That's genuinely terrifying."
An expression like this rarely appeared on his face. The black sphere was even larger than a Perfect Susanoo.
"Hatake Yusuke," Kaguya said coldly, "you will become a sacrifice to this space."
"No wonder you're called the Progenitor of Chakra," Yusuke said in awe. "Truly monstrous. So this is the Expanding Truth-Seeking Ball… A power said to erase all phenomena, nullify every attribute, return the world to nothingness, and at the same time become the starting point of a new space. A strength that really does make people despair."
He knew very well that if Kaguya had been allowed to fully unleash this technique at the end of the original story, and hadn't been sealed in time, this single attack alone would have been enough to kill both Naruto and Sasuke.
"Looks like elemental-based attacks are useless now," Yusuke said, his expression finally turning serious.
"Void."
He slammed his power into the black sphere, and space shattered once more.
"Then let's see," Yusuke said, his voice steady. "Between two forces that can both destroy the world… which one is stronger."
He poured every last bit of strength in his body into both hands.
But after holding on for only a brief moment, Yusuke's stamina completely gave out.
"No choice. I'm out of power," he said, shaking his head.
"But if you think you can defeat me?"
He smirked.
"Not a chance. I am Hatake Yusuke."
As he spoke, he coated both arms in Armament Haki and flew straight toward the massive black sphere.
"How is that possible? He's not being erased?" Black Zetsu shouted in shock.
Yusuke's face remained expressionless.
With the Six Paths power he possessed, even his Armament Haki had been indirectly strengthened.
If it were Tsunade or Kakashi, they might not have been able to endure it.
But Yusuke was different.
He forced every last ounce of his remaining strength into holding back the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball. Yet with his power completely drained, even he couldn't hold on for long.
On the other side, Kaguya was also suffering massive consumption from maintaining this technique, so she didn't launch any follow-up attack.
After all, no one was supposed to survive this move.
"Mother, get away quickly!" Black Zetsu urged. "If the Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball detonates, the backlash will hit you too!"
Kaguya stared deeply at Yusuke.
Then, with a cold expression, she opened a crack in space and vanished.
When she reappeared, she was already back in the Ninja World.
"He's gone?" Kakashi frowned when he realized Yusuke's figure was nowhere to be seen. His face was filled with disbelief. "Nii-san…?"
"No. He'll be fine," Tsunade said firmly.
The moment she finished speaking, the entire Ninja World suddenly shook as a massive explosion echoed through existence itself.
The world trembled violently.
It felt as though the very soul of the Ninja World had cracked—before instantly healing itself.
"What in the world just happened?" Senju Hashirama asked in shock.
"It seems a spatial node was struck by an enormous wave of void energy," Senju Tobirama said grimly. "To shake all of space like this… that level of power is terrifying."
At that moment, Kaguya turned her gaze back toward them.
"This is bad. She's coming here," Uzumaki Mito warned.
Senju Hashirama immediately went on full alert.
"Sasuke, Toneri—how's your recovery?" Naruto asked urgently.
"Enough," Sasuke replied as he stood up, his eyes fixed on Kaguya.
They hadn't expected that even someone as powerful as Yusuke might have been killed.
He didn't dare let his guard down for even a second.
Toneri also stood and faced Kaguya.
He wasn't worried about Yusuke at all.
He knew his teacher was far stronger than Kaguya.
Even if Yusuke's stamina was completely drained, escaping would never be a problem. There was no one in existence who could truly stop him.
Kaguya's face showed a hint of fatigue, but her expression remained cold and emotionless. She didn't look at Tsunade and the others.
Instead, her gaze locked onto Naruto, Sasuke, and Toneri.
"We move," Sasuke said. The three of them immediately split up.
"Mother, we have to separate Sasuke and Naruto," Black Zetsu said quickly. "They have the power to seal you. After that, kill one of them first. The descendant of Hamura is the strongest, but ironically, he's the least threatening."
With his sharp mind, Black Zetsu had already found the right approach.
Among the three, Toneri was indeed the strongest—but he posed the smallest threat.
Naruto and Sasuke, on the other hand, were weaker than Toneri, yet they were the ones who carried the power to seal Kaguya.
Kaguya nodded.
Cracks in space opened around her as she reached inside them.
At the same time, a rift appeared right behind Sasuke.
"Watch out, Sasuke!" Naruto shouted.
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