The moment the system finished activating, two crimson markings appeared on each of Sora’s cheeks.
A crescent-moon mark formed on his forehead.
At the same time, the wrinkles covering his face rapidly faded.
His hunched back straightened.
His aging body visibly rejuvenated.
Within moments, the hundred-year-old Sora had transformed into the handsome young man he had been in his twenties.
No—
He looked even better than he had back then.
In his youth, Sora had always been pale and sickly.
Now his body radiated vitality.
An enormous power appeared inside him out of nowhere.
It was so vast that Sora couldn’t even begin to estimate its limits.
His aura surged upward until it was no weaker than the Nine-Tails’.
Although he still looked human, the pressure rolling off him gave the impression that some terrifying beast was about to burst out of his body.
“This is…?”
Hashirama and Madara both sensed the sudden change.
Shock and confusion appeared on their faces.
“So this is what power feels like…”
Sora stared at his own hands in astonishment.
The Nine-Tails’ enormous claw was already descending toward him.
Yet strangely…
Sora wasn’t afraid.
WHOOSH!
His figure seemed to remain where it was.
But that was only an afterimage.
Sora himself had already appeared in midair.
“Poison Claw!”
His right hand instantly turned dark green.
Sharp claws extended from his fingertips.
Sora swung downward.
A gigantic green claw manifested in the air and slammed directly into the Nine-Tails’ massive paw.
BOOM!
A deafening explosion shook the battlefield.
Then—
The Nine-Tails’ enormous body was actually blasted backward!
Sora was also thrown through the air by the impact.
But compared to the Nine-Tails, he was only a tiny human.
A human being sent flying wasn’t particularly shocking.
The Nine-Tails being sent flying by a human?
That was something else entirely.
Madara’s eyes widened.
Hashirama was equally stunned.
They both knew exactly how terrifying the Nine-Tails’ physical strength was.
If left unchecked, a rampaging Nine-Tails could tear Konoha apart in a matter of minutes.
And right now, this wasn’t even an ordinary Nine-Tails.
Madara was controlling it with the Sharingan and had wrapped it in Susanoo armor, increasing its combat power even further.
Yet its full-force strike hadn’t injured Sora.
Instead, the Nine-Tails itself had been knocked backward.
“Holy shit!”
Sora was ecstatic inside.
“I just knocked the Nine-Tails flying with one claw!”
“Sesshōmaru really deserves to be called a great yōkai.
Even after his strength was suppressed by the system, he’s still this ridiculous!”
Internally, Sora was practically celebrating.
Outwardly?
His expression remained completely calm.
Combined with his sudden return to youthful appearance, Sora now gave off an unfathomably mysterious air.
He looked toward Madara.
“Young man.”
His voice was calm and composed.
“You shouldn’t be so impulsive.”
“There is always a heaven beyond heaven…
and someone stronger beyond every strong man.”
Sora continued putting on the act without the slightest shame.
Hashirama immediately came to a conclusion.
A hidden master!
But then he remembered that he had just been injured because of Sora’s sudden appearance.
Unable to suppress his curiosity, Hashirama asked,
“Elder Hatake…
why were you here in the first place?”
Sora turned toward him helplessly.
“Shouldn’t I be asking you that?”
“I was dead just fine.”
“I’d already been buried.”
“And then you two came along and dug up my grave.”
He sighed.
“Is it really so hard for an old man to stay dead in peace?”
“…”
Hashirama was speechless again.
Madara’s expression darkened.
“Hmph.”
“Putting on a mysterious act.”
“Die.”
The Nine-Tails opened its mouth.
An enormous Tailed Beast Ball formed and shot directly toward Sora.
To everyone else, the projectile was moving at terrifying speed.
But in Sora’s eyes…
It was slow.
Far too slow.
He could clearly perceive its trajectory.
It was an incredibly strange sensation.
Sora felt as though he possessed limitless power.
No matter what attack the Nine-Tails used, he somehow knew he could stop it.
But at the same time…
He also instinctively understood that he couldn’t defeat the Nine-Tails.
Much less kill it.
In other words—
He could easily fight the Nine-Tails to a draw.
But a draw was all he could achieve.
So that’s how it works.
Sora finally understood the essence of the 50/50 System.
And since he couldn’t win anyway…
He might as well make himself look as impressive as possible.
His expression remained perfectly calm.
Sora slowly raised his right arm.
He opened his hand and held it like a blade.
“Slash!”
A huge sphere of blazing white energy formed before him and shot toward the incoming Tailed Beast Ball.
“Yōki Blast!”
BOOOOOOM!
The Yōki Blast and Tailed Beast Ball collided.
A terrifying explosion swept across the area.
Trees were ripped apart.
The earth fractured in every direction.
The two attacks annihilated each other.
Once again—
Neither side gained the slightest advantage.
Hashirama stared at Sora in disbelief.
He’s fighting the Nine-Tails with his own power…
His individual attack power might even surpass Madara’s and mine!
Madara didn’t hesitate.
Under the control of his Sharingan, the Nine-Tails charged toward Sora once again.
Hashirama, however, stayed where he was.
He had no intention of joining the fight.
Although he and Madara had been fighting to the death, Madara was still his friend.
Hashirama wasn’t the kind of man who would take advantage of someone while they were occupied with another opponent.
And Sora clearly held no hostility toward him either.
There was no reason for Hashirama to help Madara attack him.
Better to use this opportunity to recover from his injuries.
Sora watched the Nine-Tails charge toward him again.
His mouth twitched.
“Seriously?”
“You’re still coming after me?”
He had originally planned to step aside and watch the show.
Apparently, that wasn’t happening anymore.
“Great Dog Transformation!”
Sora’s eyes turned blood-red.
His pupils narrowed into those of a beast.
Long white fur erupted across his entire body.
At the same time, his body began expanding at a terrifying speed.
An even stronger aura exploded outward.
WHOOOOOSH!
Violent winds swept across the battlefield.
Within seconds—
Sora’s human figure disappeared beneath an enormous mass of snow-white fur.
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