"Mother! Don't waste time with her. Leave, quickly!"
Inside the primordial space, Black Zetsu, whom no one had paid attention to since crashing in there, crawled out of Kaguya's severed arm and weakly called out to the sky.
Above him, roaring and trembling were the only themes of the rapidly clashing two. No one paid any attention to his faint voice.
The environment within the space changed drastically due to the battle between the two. Ridges collapsed. Oceans boiled. In the burning sky, blood-red rain fell like tears.
On the sea that had at some point spread throughout the entire space, raging waves were dense. Turbulent tides continuously rose.
Then shattered under the collision of black waves, collapsed. Frozen icebergs bathed in the crimson rain. Countless flames and fragments of gray bone drifted among the waves.
"Um, perhaps I went a little overboard. But you probably don't mind me making a mess of this place, right?"
The pink-haired girl tilted her head, speaking words full of apology, but her tone seemed to lack any intention of repentance.
Like that annoying brat of a relative who comes to your house during New Year's, opens all your cabinet of precious plastic figurines to play with, and after scattering and damaging them, hides behind the relative and sticks out their tongue at you.
"..."
Kaguya, already in her Tailed Beast form, said nothing. Her anger had never subsided from the beginning.
Instead, stimulated again by Sakura, she woke up from the boundless negative Chakra of the Tailed Beast. Her expanded Tailed Beast body rapidly contracted, finally returning to her cool, ethereal goddess form, stepping out of the shattered crystals in one stride.
"I admit, I underestimated you." The Rinne Sharingan on Kaguya's forehead slightly spun. Through the Chakra Connection, she learned the thousands of years of Ninja history contained within.
"Yes, that's it, Mother. This is the..." Black Zetsu, floating in the sea, opened his mouth wide to praise loudly.
But a black rod formed from Truth-Seeking Ball descending from the sky pierced his mouth, nailing him to a shore.
"Your incessant chattering is annoying!" Naruto's curse came from the distance.
In the sky, Kaguya's long hair, as she closed her eyes and rapidly learned everything about the Ninjas, moved without wind. A cold, piercing aura slowly emanated from her, sending chills down the spine.
"I see. Mutual slaughter? Humans truly do not spare themselves from displaying their talent when it comes to cruelly dealing with themselves!" Kaguya's beautiful face carried a hint of mockery.
Then, the Natural Energy within the space suddenly gathered into her body, mixed with her Chakra, and she entered Sage Mode!
"Ugh... so this is Otsutsuki?" Even Sakura was somewhat shocked by the Progenitor of Chakra's talent.
"You cannot win against me. As Chakra that I dispersed, as long as I am willing, I can master everything about you at any time!"
Extending her pale hand, Senjutsu Chakra wrapped Kaguya's body, allowing her to unleash powerful, integrated offense and defense Taijutsu.
—Sage Art: Eighty Gods Vacuum Strike!
Like a thunderclap, Chakra sang long in the air. Countless fist shadows, rising like lightning, converged into a single beam, piercing through the wooden long spear Sakura had held across, and lightly, passed out the other side.
Crack!
The spear shaft shattered. The residual force, carrying an aura of destruction, was about to blast into Sakura's body.
Realizing that the other had set aside all her reserve and pride and was treating her as a great enemy that must be eliminated, the corners of Sakura's mouth curled up, and she could no longer hold back her laughter.
"Ha, hahaha, hahahahaha—"
A thunderous roar, like thunder, sounded from the girl's lungs.
The moment she abandoned the long spear, a vast spirit and fighting spirit manifested from her body. Amidst ecstasy and fury, she could barely restrain herself from revealing her true appearance!
The dark thunder gathered to its extreme, sublimating into an unrivaled crimson thunder. The Conqueror's Haki, ignited by the will of the dominant sovereign, surged and bombarded every inch of space, making Sakura's thoughts the only reality.
"Only five minutes left. Let me thoroughly enjoy this battle!"
Five minutes, without any interference or support.
Only this enemy, filled with killing intent before her. Offering to each other the highest courtesy in the clash of powerful enemies… hysterical slaughter!
Sakura raised her hand and, facing the incoming offensive, used her own original technique, fiercely counterattacking.
—Sage Art: Sakura Blossom Impact - Hundred Flowers Riot!
Between her pressed-down five fingers, the heat of the fruit's ability, which brings annihilation to all things, shattered the incoming fist shadows like a sandcastle washed away by the tide.
Then, Senjutsu Chakra entangled with the Haki of her fists, tearing apart the waves of the entire sea, going straight forward, and smashing hard into Kaguya, floating in the air.
Having become familiar with the combat techniques of Ninjas, Kaguya did not hesitate, raising one hand as a sacrifice to block Sakura's fist.
Over a dozen bone spikes extended from her intact arm, like blooming maidenhair fern, spinning and cutting, preparing to turn Sakura to ashes directly.
But Sakura's future-seeing Observation Haki had already locked onto Kaguya's attack direction. The heat cycle returned, transforming into a storm giant sword, severing her arm at the root!
"Not enough. You should be able to improve a bit more. Hurry, hurry, reach the pinnacle in this battle, my enemy!"
Amidst Sakura's urging, Kaguya's arms instantly regenerated. She pulled the gray bone from her arm as a sword and counterattacked.
The blade slashed at high speed. Air waves rolled, splitting the sea.
The martial arts of thousands of years of Ninja slaughter were learned in just a few seconds. Even touched the door of Haki in the struggle with Sakura, gradually adapting to and keeping up with her rhythm.
Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and even... Conqueror's Haki!
The killing intent of the progenitor of Chakra, already raised to its limit, erupted like a volcano, rising again, gushing out. Dazzling dark thunder manifested from her soul, roaring and surging!
Since the incident in the Land of Ancestors, this was the first time Kaguya had so clearly revealed her desire to the outside world. "I will... kill you!"
"Yes, that's it, hahahaha!" The girl laughed, erupting her Conqueror's Haki.
The two powerful spirits, interpreting dominance and revealing desire, collided in mid-air. The mere touch instantly drew infinite thunder drums up to the sky.
Tearing a giant fissure in the center of the boundless sky, allowing the dark clouds to flow into it, like an abyss swallowing everything.
"Last strike. If you still can't defeat me, then be buried by the history of the Ninja World, Rabbit Goddess!" Sakura took a deep breath, igniting all her Chakra and Haki.
Her awakened fruit ability easily distorted reality, creating a nearly infinite heat cycle, raising a silver Möbius strip behind her.
"Monster of the main family, I will eliminate you here!!!" Kaguya spread her arms. The Truth-Seeking Balls merged into her arms. The All-Killing Ash Bones continuously extending from her arms crossed, forming a gray knight's lance.
The two, already enveloped by fighting spirit, focused and devoutly dealt with each other, actively launching an attack at the challenger!
Without reservation!
As if everything collapsed in an instant, Sakura's fist and Kaguya's lance collided from a distance!
The clash of Conqueror's Haki coating made heaven and earth seem to spin. The entire vast primordial space, too wide to see the end, was completely overturned. A terrifying vortex contracted from outside to in, covering all phenomena, swallowing everything, annihilating space along with it!
Boom!!!