Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 479 The Divine Might Space Sliced ​​Open by a Single Blade

"Roar!" The lifelike wooden dragon let out a roar.

Then, with a speed completely disproportionate to its enormous size, it meandered through the churning sea of ​​trees, opened its massive jaws, and fiercely bit and pounced towards 'White Fang'!

Before the dragon's mouth even arrived, the surging wind pressure and air waves had already cleared away all the surrounding wood chips.

Faced with the ferocious wooden dragon that pounced on him, the lazy expression that had always been on 'White Fang's' face finally receded like the tide.

Instead, there is a calmness born of focus.

He stopped trying to weave and dodge through the forest and instead stopped all movement.

His right arm muscles bulged, and his five fingers firmly gripped the rugged bone blade hilt, slowly drawing the broad blade to his left waist.

He slightly bent his knees, lowered his center of gravity, and his feet seemed to take root in the gnarled tree branches below. The air around him expanded and swirled outward, creating a surging wave of air that could be seen with the naked eye.

Anyone can see that this is the starting stance for a sword draw attack.

His knife had no sheath.

He himself is the perfect scabbard.

All the surging, violent power was compressed, gathered, and concentrated in the bone blade at his waist at this moment, calm as the sea, yet containing a violent force that could devour everything.

Faced with giant waves, one cuts through them.

When faced with mountains, one should cut them down.

Facing the ocean, one then parted from it.

This is why his "territory" looks the way it does.

As a swordsman, there is no way to retreat or avoid; the only thought in one's heart is to move forward and cut through all obstacles in one's path.

'White Fang's' scarlet eyes reflected the approaching, ferocious maw of the wooden dragon, filled with sharp teeth.

The world seemed to slow down in his eyes, leaving only the dragon.

The wooden dragon tore through the air, the resulting shockwave ruffling his white hair, and its gigantic maw nearly swallowed him whole.

Just as the wooden dragon was about to touch him.

He disappeared.

Only a lingering shadow remained, slowly dissipating like snow melting in the sun.

boom!
Speed ​​tore through the air, producing the most violent roar.

A chillingly perfect, pale flash of light.
The bone blade in 'White Fang's' hand drew an arc of light from left to right and slashed out.

A bone blade that was only two meters long was now being torn into an arc of light that stretched for tens of meters!

Wherever the arc of light passed, space groaned under its unbearable weight, and falling leaves were silently shredded.

Violent and savage, charging forward without hesitation!

Kakashi and the others inside the wooden shield couldn't even catch a glimpse of 'White Fang's' movement; they only saw a flash of pale white light.

The massive, menacing wooden dragon, its ferocious head, was smoothly cleaved in two the instant it came into contact with the pale, gleaming blade, as if a hot knife were slicing through solidified lard.

Dragon neck, dragon body, dragon tail...

The next moment, 'White Fang' appeared like a ghost on a tree behind the wooden dragon, still in the posture after swinging his sword, with the bone blade pointing diagonally to the sky.

呲! !

Only then did the sharp, almost soul-splitting sound suddenly explode, instantly clearing away the surrounding sawdust and dust.

Behind him, the enormous wooden dragon, following a straight line, was slightly off-center, revealing a smooth cut surface that reflected the dim light of the sky.

A knife.

One cut, two ends.

Immediately, it lost its support and crashed heavily into the still-churning sea of ​​trees below.

Boom!!
The earth shook violently, and smoke and wood chips shot into the sky.

Inside the wooden shield, there was deathly silence.

The smile on Hashirama Senju's face had vanished, replaced by solemnity.

He gazed at the white figure in the distance and slowly exhaled a long breath.

"I was trying to save my energy to guard against that young man impersonating Ban..." he muttered to himself, then shook his head. "Looks like that won't work."

"Younger generation, step back."

Without turning his head, Hashirama Senju spoke to Kakashi and the others behind him, his voice as steady as a rock: "I may not be able to look after you in the upcoming battles."

Before the words were finished, with a crack, the huge wooden shield protecting everyone split open from the middle and fell to both sides, exposing its interior.

Upon hearing this, Kakashi and the others narrowed their eyes and, without the slightest hesitation, instantly transformed into afterimages, flying backward at top speed to widen the distance between themselves and Hashirama Senju.

Almost at the same time they dispersed, the 'white teeth' on the distant branches moved.

His crimson eyes merely flickered slightly before he swung the bone blade in his hand.

White discharge from the teeth.

呲!
A condensed, arc-shaped Cero tore through the air, slashing towards Hashirama Senju, who had exposed his form!

Hashirama Senju held nothing back any longer, and the vast, ocean-like chakra within him erupted with a thunderous roar as he clapped his hands together.

boom!!

Centered on his feet, the solid ground seemed to be struck by an invisible giant hammer, suddenly caved in and cracked, blasting open a deep pit tens of meters in diameter!
The violent chakra waves swept outwards like a hurricane, making it almost impossible for Kakashi and the others watching from afar to open their eyes, and also dispersing the dust kicked up by the falling wooden dragon.

The next moment, Hashirama Senju rose up from the ground. Beneath his feet, the ground shattered, and a wooden figure, far larger and more magnificent than the wooden dragon, stood up from the crumbling earth!

Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!

The moment the wooden figure appeared, it stretched out its enormous wooden hand, comparable to a small mountain, and without dodging or avoiding, directly grabbed at the incoming phantom slash.

Bang!
The Cero Slash landed squarely on the wooden dummy's palm, unleashing a blinding white light and a violent impact.

The wooden figure's incredibly hard wooden hand was instantly blasted into flying wood chips, but it firmly grasped the slash and closed its five fingers together!
The captured Cero exploded completely in the wooden doll's palm, leaving the doll's entire hand mangled.

However, with the support of Hashirama Senju's almost limitless chakra, the shattered parts grew and healed at a visible speed, and were restored to their original state in the blink of an eye.

In the center of the restored palm of the wooden figure, the character "座" (seat) appeared.

"Kuo'an enters the palace with hands clasped!" Senju Hashirama said in a deep voice.

He once used this technique to suppress the Nine-Tails' chakra, causing it to instantly break free from Madara Uchiha's control and fall into a deep sleep.

Now, he has been endowed with the qualities of "emptiness," and with his talent, he is naturally able to see through the essence of "White Fang."

This new "Kuo'an enters the palace with hands hanging down" seems to be specifically aimed at "emptiness".

Once caught by the wooden figure, even 'White Fang' will be sealed and suppressed.

Bang!Bang bang!

With a thunderous gait, the wooden figure raised its enormous hand, engraved with the character "座" (seat), obscuring the gloomy sky above, and fiercely grasped down towards the location of "白牙" (White Fang).

boom!!

The enormous hand slammed down where 'White Fang' had been standing, instantly turning the giant tree and the vast forest below into dust, sending up clouds of dust and wood chips.

However, there was nothing beneath his palm.

The figure of 'White Fang' appeared on the wooden man's arm. Its two-meter-tall body was as small as a flea compared to the towering wooden man.

Click!

He remained expressionless, simply thrusting the pale white bone blade in his hand straight into the wooden surface of the wooden dummy's arm, a surface as thick as a city wall.

The blade pierced through, but for the wooden figure's massive body, it was merely a scratch, not even a wound.

However, 'White Fang' did not pause at all. Without pulling out the bone blade inserted into the wooden arm, he stomped his feet hard on the wooden man's arms, and his leg muscles suddenly tensed up and exerted force!

Power rose from his feet, instantly flowing through his waist, hips, and spine, twisting into a violent spiral force that poured into the bone blade that was only inserted into the surface of the wooden dummy!

Boom! A louder explosion than any before erupted beneath his feet.

The wooden figure's arm beneath his feet was covered in spiderweb-like cracks from being trampled so hard!

His figure vanished completely the instant the explosion rang out, rushing up the wooden dummy's arm, the bone blade still embedded in it.

As he charged forward, the blade traced a spiraling upward trajectory inside the wooden dummy's arm!

Viewed from below, it resembles a spiral of white light, starting at the elbow of the wooden figure's arm, spiraling upwards along the surface of the arm, spreading rapidly.

Click click click!
All that could be seen was the wooden figure's incredibly thick and massive arm, starting from the elbow, spiraling outwards and breaking apart segment by segment!
Boom!!
The wooden figure's right arm, as large as a small mountain, was completely detached from its torso along a perfect spiral and crashed down into the devastated sea of ​​trees below, causing the ground to shake violently!
But the next moment, the wooden figure’s other intact left arm came crashing down with a fierce gust of wind, its enormous hand blotting out the sky.

'White Fang' tapped the wooden dummy's shoulder with its feet, and its figure floated backward, trying to create distance and leap into the air.

However, just as he was in mid-air, with nowhere to grab his weight...

"Roar!"

At the point where the wooden figure's right arm had just been severed, the wood began to writhe and reform, and a wooden dragon, even thicker and more ferocious than before, burst forth!
The timing of the wooden dragon's appearance was very tricky, just when 'White Fang' was in mid-air with nowhere to grab a foothold.

As soon as it appeared, its huge tail lashed out like a whip, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom!

Boom! Bang! Bang!

A dull, heart-stopping roar erupted.

As if struck by a meteorite falling at full speed, 'White Fang's' figure was sent flying backward as a white streak of light at an even faster speed.

It crashed through countless newly grown trees, leaving a long trail in the air before slamming into them with a deafening roar and billowing dust.

"call……"

Above the wooden figure's head, Hashirama Senju slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, his gaze piercing as he fixed intently on the distant 'White Fang'.

In his perception, the enemy named 'White Fang', despite its terrifying speed and destructive power of slashes, seemed to have an unusually fragile streamlined body.

This is inevitable.

To be fast enough, one's body cannot be as robust and strong as a 'skeleton'.

Therefore, in Hashirama Senju's view, that attack should have been enough to cause quite serious injuries.

The facts seem to be just as he expected.

The smoke and dust slowly dissipated, revealing the scene within.

'White Fang' stood there, leaning against the giant tree covered in spiderweb cracks, his left hand tightly clutching his chest, where his white robes were torn, revealing obvious dents and shattered wounds.

He lowered his head slightly, his white hair falling down, his shoulders rising and falling with his slightly hoarse and rapid breathing, but his injuries were healing at a visible speed.

Seeing this, Hashirama Senju's eyes narrowed, and the wooden dummy beneath his feet took heavy steps. Kakashi and the others also gripped their weapons, preparing to coordinate with him to surround and kill 'White Fang', but...

hum!
In the reflection of Kakashi's suddenly contracting pupils, behind 'White Fang,' where there was originally nothing, space rotated and twisted, forming a vortex.

Obito Uchiha emerged from the vortex, his clothes clearly tattered from Hashirama Senju's sudden loss of control, revealing half of his pale body replaced by White Zetsu.

Without the slightest hesitation, the arm belonging to White Zetsu, with its swift, precise, and ruthless movements, formed a claw with its five fingers and went straight for White Fang's seemingly unsuspecting head!

"As long as I kill you... as long as I absorb the power of the Espada..."

Obito's crimson Mangekyou Sharingan was now filled with a ferocious madness and resolute determination.

He had been waiting for this opportunity for far too long!

If he obtains the power of the "Espada" and then steals the Rinnegan, he will have a chance to become the implementer of the "Eye of the Moon" plan again!
The claw tore through the air, about to touch the white hair.

However, at this critical moment...

'White Fang,' who was originally weak and panting due to his severe injuries and completely unaware of the sneak attack from behind, suddenly raised his head and twitched the corner of his mouth upwards.

“Finally, I’ve found you,” he said.

……what?
Upon hearing this, Obito Uchiha's mind went blank. An immense sense of crisis overwhelmed him like a bucket of water, instantly drowning out all his madness. It was almost the instinct for survival that overwhelmed everything.

Blur!

His hand, which was originally reaching for the back of 'White Fang's' head, passed right through 'White Fang's' skull at the last moment before it touched its target, as if it were grasping at a phantom.

This is Kamui's ability to become intangible, which makes him immune to most attacks.

However, 'White Teeth' moved.

The bone blade, which he had been holding from beginning to end, suddenly turned and slashed upwards.

呲......

The arc of light, as thin as a cicada's wing, passed silently, making the sound of cloth being gently sliced ​​by a blade, yet it seemed to cleave the entire world in two.

A void of pitch blackness was ripped open, and fine cracks spread to both sides.

This strike cleaved through space, breaking down the barrier between the illusory realm and the divine realm.

Nothing could stop this attack, not even the 'corpse bone's' supposedly invincible defense, nor Obito Uchiha's 'Kamui' that allowed him to survive.

Obito Uchiha, who was already inside the Kamui dimension, was cleaved in two from his left rib to his right shoulder by this attack, his entire body following the trajectory of that arc of light.

"..."

Obito Uchiha lowered his head stiffly, his trembling eyes reflecting the blood lines that were gradually appearing in front of him. Pain and fear began to spread to his brain, almost overwhelming his thoughts.

Why……

Why has my "divine power" been cracked again...?

puff!

Blood gushed out from the wound half a second later, streaking across the dim light of the day in two blinding streaks.

Obito, cut in two, lost its upper body support and tilted to one side, separating from its lower body.

"..." Kakashi and the others stared blankly at this scene. "What's going on?"

why?
The final blow that 'White Fang' had hidden was enough to kill any of them.

But why use it on Obito? Why does it seem like it was expected?

While Kakashi and the others were still wondering what was going on, 'White Fang', who had swung that sword, was in even worse shape.

"Cough cough!"

He coughed twice, swayed, his legs gave way, the bone blade in his hand plunged into the ground, and he knelt on one knee, his hand trembling as he clutched his chest.

The pale white light flickered intermittently over the sunken wound on his chest, and the healing process slowed down, almost stopping.

But then, he seemed to sense something, raised his head, and looked up at the sky.

A figure appeared there at some unknown time, with red hair fluttering in the wind behind him.

That is……

"One of the Ten Espada?" Kakashi's voice was dry and hoarse.

How did one of the Espada end up here?

But 'Vortex' didn't even glance at them, only looking down at the disheveled 'White Fang' below.

"White Fang, I've reminded you before, to recognize your own identity and position." Her tone was indifferent yet complex. "I also said..."

"I don't want to kill you with my own hands." (*)

She paused for a moment, then continued, "Unfortunately, it seems you have rejected my offer."

"As a swordsman, you have failed to sever your attachment to the memories of your past life."

"Then you'll only die."

[*The dialogue between Uzumaki and White Fang is in the chapter "Side Story: The Espada's Last Bloodbath of Positional Exchange"]

　Pay back debts, pay back debts

　　
　
(End of this chapter)