Chapter 599: Fighting Over the Power of All Creation

Chapter 599: Chapter 599: Fighting Over the Power of All Creation

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Deafening explosions reverberated continuously throughout the cavern. The clash between the two enormous Susanoo shook the entire volcanic cavern, leaving it teetering on the verge of collapse, as though it might cave in at any moment!

Thud... Thud...

Fragments of rock of varying sizes periodically fell from the cavern ceiling. Whenever they plunged into the lava pool, they sent sprays of molten magma and sparks flying into the air, accompanied by clouds of choking smoke.

Amid the violent tremors and thunderous explosions, Orochimaru, who had retreated to a safe distance, was practically glowing with excitement!

For him, witnessing a battle between two Susanoo was an exceedingly rare opportunity. Moreover, he was somewhat curious about how Homura’s Mangekyo Sharingan could contend on equal footing with Danzo’s Sharingan, which had clearly surpassed the level of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

In particular, Danzo’s startled exclamation of ’Your eyes!?’ upon seeing Homura earlier had filled Orochimaru’s mind with all sorts of questions!

On the altar.

"I’ll tear you to pieces!"

Danzo’s entire face twisted with rage. The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in his eyes flickered with an eerie light, seemingly capable of captivating anyone who gazed into them.

Driven by the ocular power of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, his dark-red Susanoo began emanating a mist resembling blood!

Hiss! Hiss!

Whatever came into contact with the blood mist, regardless of what it was, immediately began emitting sizzling sounds of corrosion!

The solid rocks dissolved within the blood mist, crumbling into fragments, while even the raging magma lost its fiery glow, turning dull and colorless until it became pitch-black.

The blood mist seemed like the very embodiment of death, reaping everything in its path. Even lifeless rocks could not withstand its corrosion.

Seeing this, Kagami’s expression turned grave.

The power of Danzo’s Susanoo had completely exceeded his expectations. Moreover, there was something profoundly sinister about that dark-red Susanoo.

Kagami had seen his fair share of Susanoo, but not a single one resembled Danzo’s dark-red Susanoo. Even its chakra alone gave off an incomparably eerie and malevolent sensation!

"Tch!"

Clicking his tongue, Kagami knew that relying solely on the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in his eye sockets would never be enough to defeat Danzo.

Thus, without further hesitation, he unleashed his ocular power to its fullest!

Whoosh!

In an instant, countless golden flames erupted across the golden Susanoo, making it resemble the sun itself. The cavern, which had been plunged into darkness by the blood mist, was suddenly illuminated in brilliant golden light!

Blaze Release was the Kekkei Genkai of Kagami’s Fire Release clone. Even without borrowing the power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in his eye sockets, he could now activate it freely. And when combined with the power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, its might would increase dramatically!

As a result, while the two Susanoo continued their contest of strength, the blood mist and golden flames intertwined across the entire battlefield, corroding and burning one another in a fierce struggle!

Faced with such an intense clash, even Orochimaru couldn’t help but summon a giant snake several meters long to coil around his body for protection. He also instinctively covered his nose and mouth.

The other Root shinobi had retreated even farther away, their faces filled with terror.

This was perhaps the first-ever clash between two pairs of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in the history of the shinobi world!

And the most absurd part was that neither of the two combatants—Kagami beneath the altar or Danzo atop it—was a true member of the Uchiha clan!

"You bastard!"

Seeing that even his overwhelmingly powerful Susanoo could not defeat Homura in a short time, Danzo grew increasingly anxious and furious.

What he needed now was a swift victory. The longer the battle dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would become for him.

After all, Kagami was absorbing the Power of All Creation generated by the fusion of chakra natures within Danzo’s body—a power that should have belonged exclusively to him. And this very Power of All Creation was the key to evolving the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan into the Rinnegan.

By now, Danzo was also increasingly convinced that the Sharingan in Homura’s eye sockets was almost certainly on the same level as his own, surpassing the ordinary Mangekyo Sharingan!

Kagami, too, was caught completely off guard by the situation.

He had never expected things to develop to this point.

In the eyes of Danzo and Orochimaru, this might have been a conspiracy that Homura had been plotting for a long time. But Kagami himself knew perfectly well that it was purely an accident.

He had never anticipated that Danzo would attempt to awaken the Rinnegan during the ritual, much less that two pairs of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, both possessing the potential to evolve into the Rinnegan, would actually begin competing over the same power!

At this point, victory or defeat had become secondary.

After all, the ocular power of the two pairs of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was roughly equal. There was simply no way to determine a winner in such a short time.

Therefore, seizing the Power of All Creation generated during the ritual had become the highest priority!

The Power of All Creation, born from the union of Yin and Yang, was the very nourishment required to give birth to the Rinnegan.

Whoever seized more of this power would be one step closer to awakening the Rinnegan!

And it was precisely because of this that both pairs of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan were exerting themselves to their utmost.

Not only were their respective hosts giving everything they had, but even the two pairs of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan themselves were holding nothing back, pushing their ocular power to its absolute limit!

Kagami and Danzo, locked in their confrontation, felt this more keenly than anyone.

The current struggle no longer felt like a one-on-one battle between them. Instead, it resembled a two-on-two team battle, with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in their eye sockets serving as their respective teammates.

This characteristic of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan being ’alive’ made both men uneasy.

The pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan possessed by Kagami originally belonged to Uchiha Ryota.

As for Danzo’s pair, they had evolved during the Bloodline Fusion Ritual. Although part of the flesh and blood that formed them belonged to Danzo himself, the ritual had also infused them with the soul power of far too many other people.

Strictly speaking, they did not truly belong to Danzo either.

And it was precisely because these eyes did not belong to their respective hosts that the more they absorbed the Power of All Creation, which could transcend the boundary between life and death, the more pronounced their ’living’ characteristics became.

The struggle continued.

The pale-blue Power of All Creation converged into a stream in midair, flowing toward Kagami’s body. Moreover, this stream was growing thicker and flowing faster by the moment!

"H-how is this possible!?"

Danzo’s face was filled with astonishment. He simply could not accept the fact that he was gradually losing ground in the struggle for the Power of All Creation.

In his mind, his eyes should have been the strongest Sharingan in the world. There should no longer have been another pair of Sharingan capable of standing on equal footing with his own...