The terrifying force was enough to directly blast an entire mountain peak into flat ground.
But following the rule of "big smoke, no injury," Uchiha Hikari would not be harmed by this blow.
Aoba naturally understood this as well.
Although the mountain peak was gone, he could clearly feel that the wooden giant's fist had been blocked.
When the dust and smoke dispersed, a streak of blood-red light appeared beneath the wooden giant's massive fist.
Aoba controlled the wooden giant to lift its fist, revealing Uchiha Hikari's current state.
At this moment, her entire body was sunk deep into a huge crater.
Both of her eyes were bleeding, yet around her body were rings upon rings of blood-colored skeletal structures.
It was her Susanoo.
Although the skeleton was already covered in cracks and looked as if it might collapse at any moment, it had ultimately blocked Aoba's attack.
But Uchiha Hikari also knew that if Aoba launched another round, this form of Susanoo would have a hard time blocking it again.
She understood now that what he had said earlier was absolutely not a joke. If she did not use her full strength, she would be defeated very quickly.
If she lost to someone from the Senju clan, she might really become a ninja tool.
So—
Her eyes suddenly widened.
In the next moment, more and more Cloud ninja in the surrounding area collapsed from chakra exhaustion, even those hiding in secret bunkers and observing in secret.
Immediately after, a dark red light flashed from Uchiha Hikari's body, illuminating the sky.
The cracks on the skeletal frame rapidly healed.
From within the pit filled with dark red killing aura, a dark red skeletal giant hand extended from the frame.
Blood-red flames all over her body formed a half-bodied skeleton that enveloped Uchiha Hikari.
Then the dark red skeletal skull appeared, and Uchiha Hikari's body floated upward, appearing within a crystal-like space atop the skull, as the gigantic skeleton slowly climbed out of the pit.
The skeletal frame embedded deep underground was pulled out bit by bit, as if crawling back into the human world from hell.
Just the appearance of its upper body already produced an overwhelming sense of pressure.
Yet her transformation was still not finished.
The height of the blood-colored skeleton continued to rise.
Armor, battle helm, greaves, war boots.
Until dark red, blood-burning wings extended from its back, still blazing with ominous flames.
Only when its height exceeded one hundred meters, rivaling Aoba's wooden giant, did the complete Susanoo finally stop changing.
The sky was dyed dark red.
The complete Susanoo stood towering upon the earth.
Its enormous wings spread out to blot out the sky, layer upon layer, radiating a sinister and evil aura.
At the same time, black Amaterasu flames appeared in its hand and, under the effect of Kagutsuchi, formed into a flaming longsword.
This was the Yachihoko Mangekyo's—
Complete Susanoo!
Uchiha Hikari floated within the dark red gemstone atop its head, her gaze indifferent as she looked down at Aoba standing on the wooden giant's head.
Such a towering Susanoo naturally drew the attention of some people farther away.
Uchiha Sasuke had been controlling his Susanoo and fighting Uchiha Itachi in a fierce exchange.
Upon seeing Uchiha Hikari's even more terrifying Susanoo, both of them stopped their movements at the same time.
"Your Akatsuki organization has someone like this too?", Sasuke was somewhat surprised.
This aura was already almost on the same level as Aoba's.
Uchiha Itachi's pupils shrank as well.
He didn't know either.
———
On the other side.
A group of people had already silently infiltrated to the outside of the cave that Nagato had temporarily carved out.
From the cracks on their bodies and their eyes, it was clear that aside from Black Zetsu, all of them were Edo Tensei bodies.
"Lord Madara, Uchiha Hikari has gone all out. There are currently two people inside the cave. Do we strike now?"
"Yes. We must end this quickly. That Aoba possesses Flying Thunder God. You must control Nagato to cast the Rinne Rebirth before he can react. Then everything will return to the proper course."
Uchiha Madara charged into the cave first, with Black Zetsu and the others following closely behind.
———
After activating her complete Susanoo, Uchiha Hikari did not rush to attack.
Because there was something else she was even more curious about. She looked toward Aoba high above.
"How do you know my name?"
Uchiha Hikari was undoubtedly very surprised when she heard him call out her name.
After all, this name was something even she herself had almost forgotten.
In order to turn her completely into a weapon, the Uchiha clan had even erased her name, always referring to her as "Nanashi(Nameless),."
The name "Uchiha Hikari" was something Black Zetsu told her, and only then did she remember the name her parents had given her.
She didn't know how Aoba knew it.
"Just treat it as something I read in ancient records."
Aoba had no intention of explaining. Instead, he continued, "Uchiha Hikari, hundreds of years ago you were sealed as a weapon of the Uchiha clan. After the seal was lifted, are you still choosing to become someone else's weapon?"
Uchiha Hikari froze slightly, then became somewhat irritated.
"I am not anyone's weapon now!"
Immediately after, the gigantic Susanoo swung its longsword, capable of splitting a mountain peak in a single strike, and slashed down toward Aoba's head.
Aoba stood unmoved. Two wooden hands easily grabbed the blood-colored Susanoo's wrists, while two more fists smashed toward Susanoo's head.
"Since you say you're not anyone's weapon now, then why, without even knowing me, did you choose to stand on the opposite side from me?"
Uchiha Hikari's head rang from the blow, but her thinking was not greatly affected. As she raised her other hand to block the fist, she retorted.
"That's because you're from the Senju clan! The Senju clan, the Sarutobi clan, and the Uchiha clan, I will kill them all!"
"I haven't experienced what you went through, so I can't understand the pain in your heart…"
"But you shouldn't become my enemy."
Aoba released the two arms gripping Susanoo's wrists and sent the blood-colored Susanoo flying away with a single punch.
Another large stretch of mountains was flattened.
At this rate, the Cloud Village would probably turn into a plain in the future.
And since even Uchiha Madara at less than thirty percent strength was no match for Aoba, how could Uchiha Hikari possibly be his opponent?
"Hundreds of years have already passed. The people who hurt you back then are all long dead. As long as you don't oppose me, in this era no one can harm you. You can choose to be a free person, not a weapon controlled by others!"
Uchiha Hikari froze again, but soon pain filled her eyes.
Of course she knew those who hurt her were already dead.
"Then what about my past pain? My past hatred?"
"You… hm?"
Aoba was about to continue with some more verbal persuasion, but suddenly sensed a powerful chakra fluctuation erupting from Konan's location.
The dojutsu he had placed on Konan was triggered, freezing that area of space.
He knew Black Zetsu had made his move on Nagato. Seal Suppression wouldn't hold for long. The battle here had to end quickly.
"Sorry, Uchiha Hikari. Your power is too great."
"?"
Uchiha Hikari was full of question marks. Hadn't she been getting beaten the whole time?
"I may not know Sage Arts, but adding Dragon Vein chakra will be enough," Aoba seemed to mutter to himself, then suddenly clapped his hands together.
"Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"
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