Chapter 320: Gate of Wonder

Chapter 320: Chapter 320: Gate of Wonder

"Hahaha..." Shinno laughed. "I’d really like to see what kind of expression you’re wearing beneath that mask right now. I imagine your face must be filled with terror!"

As he spoke, Shinno began walking slowly toward Hyuga Kagami.

Kagami’s expression hardened. His hands rapidly formed seals.

"Fire Style: Fireball Technique!"

Boom—

In an instant, a massive fireball roared toward Shinno.

Shinno curled his lips in disdain. Planting his feet firmly in a horse stance, he threw a punch straight at Kagami’s Fireball Technique.

A tremendous blast of air, carried by the force of his fist, slammed head-on into the fireball!

Boom—

With a deafening explosion, the shockwave and the fireball collided—and actually canceled each other out!

The corner of Kagami’s eye twitched.

Shinno had shattered his Fireball Technique with nothing more than the wind pressure generated by a punch.

That alone was enough to show just how absurd Shinno’s physical strength had become.

At that moment, Shinno suddenly flickered forward, charging at Hyuga Kagami with a piercing whistle of displaced air.

Kagami made no unnecessary movements. Acting purely on instinct, he drew his sword and held it in front of himself to block!

Clang—

With a metallic crash, Kagami felt as though he had been struck by a speeding train. His entire body was sent flying backward before smashing violently into the wall.

"Cough, cough..."

After coughing lightly twice, Kagami wiped the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, then glanced at the sword in his hand.

To his surprise, the entire blade had been twisted and deformed, reduced to nothing more than a lump of scrap metal.

Although this sword couldn’t compare to Kusanagimaru and certainly wasn’t some legendary weapon, Kagami had still personally selected it with great care. Yet unexpectedly, it couldn’t even withstand a single blow from Shinno!

Getting back to his feet, Kagami dusted himself off. Tossing aside the mangled sword, he said, "Heh, now this is getting interesting!"

Whoosh—

Before Kagami had even finished speaking, Shinno charged forward again and struck him with a punch.

However, this time Kagami’s body wasn’t violently sent flying like before.

Instead, amid a chorus of caws, his body suddenly scattered into countless black crows that flew in every direction.

Soon, the flock converged again in midair, revealing the upper half of Kagami’s body.

Hovering in midair, Hyuga Kagami looked down at Shinno and said indifferently, "Your speed may be fast, but unfortunately for you, you still can’t escape the insight of these Sharingan!"

Just then, another figure entered through the passageway.

The newcomer was also dressed as "Homura," carrying a short sword in his hand. Blood was still dripping from its blade, as though he had just finished a slaughter.

Shinno frowned and demanded, "Another ’Homura’? Hmph, stop playing these ridiculous tricks! I know none of you are actually from Kamigami. Did Uchiha Shinichi send you?"

The newly arrived "Homura" was naturally Shisui.

Sensing the terrifying and unusually vast amount of chakra emanating from Shinno, Shisui silently raised his guard.

Immediately afterward, yet another "Homura" walked into the hall and said calmly, "All the Sky Ninja outside have been dealt with!"

Kagami, still hovering in the air, smiled.

"This guy’s a little troublesome. Let’s take him down together!"

The other two "Homura" nodded simultaneously.

Shinno’s expression darkened slightly.

He had originally believed Kagami was his only opponent. He hadn’t expected two more enemies to suddenly appear, catching him somewhat off guard.

Still, he wasn’t particularly worried.

In fact, with the appearance of the second and third "Homura," Shinno became even more convinced that these attackers weren’t actually Kamigami’s "Homura."

After all, as far as he was concerned, there obviously couldn’t possibly be three Homuras!

"Since you’re so eager to die, I’ll grant your wish!"

With a roar, Shinno’s figure blurred—

And he charged straight at Shisui!

Although Shinno was fast, Shisui was no slower.

Just as Shinno’s fist was about to slam into him, Shisui’s figure flickered. Without Shinno even noticing how he had moved, Shisui appeared behind him, slashing the short sword in his hand toward Shinno’s back in one fluid motion.

At the same time, Itachi, standing nearby, launched several shuriken at Shinno.

Each shuriken was attached to a length of tough steel wire. They collided with one another in midair, altering their trajectories and crisscrossing through the air.

In an instant, they wove together into a massive net of steel wire, trapping Shinno within!

Clang—

But when Shisui’s short sword struck Shinno’s back, the expected spray of blood never came.

Instead, Shisui’s finely forged steel blade seemed to have struck solid iron, producing a sharp metallic clang!

Snap! Snap! Snap!

Shinno spun around, and the muscles covering his body, now as hard as rock, snapped every single steel wire Itachi had arranged.

Shinno burst into laughter.

"Do you see it?! Do you see it?! This is the ultimate pinnacle of the human body!"

"Eight Gates—Seventh Gate, the Gate of Wonder, open!"

BOOM—

Another explosive roar erupted.

A violent shockwave suddenly burst outward from Shinno’s body, blasting Shisui and Itachi, who were standing nearby, off their feet.

Even the shattered stones scattered across the surrounding floor were swept upward by the surging air currents.

One by one, they rose into the air and hovered around Shinno, as though some strange, invisible domain had formed around his body!

Shisui staggered several steps before barely managing to steady himself.

"The Eight Gates?!"

On the other side, Itachi braced himself against the wall, his face equally filled with astonishment.

"He can actually open the Seventh Gate?!"

Shinno laughed arrogantly. "Surprised, aren’t you? Hahaha! In theory, I could even open the Eighth Gate—the Gate of Death—without dying! With Dark Medical Ninjutsu and Mōryō’s chakra at my disposal, this body of mine is immortal and indestructible!"

Shisui looked toward Hyuga Kagami.

"Senpai, what do we do?"

Itachi also turned his gaze toward Kagami.

Faced with an enemy who had opened seven of the Eight Gates, even Shisui and Itachi were momentarily unsure of how to proceed.

Kagami released the Crow Substitution Technique and gently landed on the ground. Clicking his tongue, he muttered, "Tch. You’ve even opened the Seventh Gate, the Gate of Wonder. Looks like taking you down is going to cost us something after all!"

With that, Kagami swept his gaze across Shisui and Itachi.

"Homuras, time to get serious!"

Shinno froze for a moment before bursting into laughter.

"Get serious? Whatever tricks you have, they’re all useless against me!"

Before Shinno had even finished speaking—

A golden phantom suddenly projected outward from Kagami’s body.

Rows of skeletal bones began forming over the golden phantom.

Next came muscle tissue shimmering with golden light.

Then, one golden flame after another gathered together, forming a suit of armor around it.

Shinno stared blankly at Hyuga Kagami, muttering in disbelief,

"Su... Susanoo?!"

Before Shinno could even recover from his shock, an emerald-green phantom erupted from Shisui’s body.

In an instant, a towering green Susanoo rose before him.

At the other end of the hall, a crimson phantom projected outward from Itachi’s body.

A red Susanoo rose from the ground as well, towering within the great hall.

Surrounded on all sides by three Susanoo, Shinno stood frozen in the center...

His face completely blank.