Ch.125 Peering into Destiny!

Seeing Uchiha Shinji's expression, Shion immediately felt assured. At that moment, all her fear disappeared because she believed in Shinji. She was certain that the hero who had saved her several times would surely defeat the monster!

She wiped away her tears and gave Shinji's shadow clone a radiant smile, mouthing the words, "I'll keep your secret!"

Shinji's shadow clone sighed helplessly as he saw Shion's mouth move. For some reason, every time she saw his Susanoo, the memory seal he placed on her seemed to loosen.

Afterwards, Shinji's shadow clone glanced around at everyone and breathed a sigh of relief. The appearance of the real Shinji had drawn everyone's attention. As a result, Shion's brief interaction with the shadow clone went unnoticed. Even Sasuke, Neji, and the others were all focused on the real Shinji standing under the golden Susanoo.

At that moment, the Yellow Springs Sect leader stared intently at Shinji and coldly said, "Akatsuki?! I've already joined you, so why are you stopping me? This isn't what we agreed on!"

"Do you think you're worthy of joining the Akatsuki?" Shinji responded with disdain.

Truth be told, Shinji was surprised that the Yellow Springs Sect leader claimed to have joined Akatsuki, as the organization should already have its full roster.

The Yellow Springs Sect leader's face twisted into a laugh. "You want to break our deal? Ha! I was only planning to use you anyway. Now that you've chosen to die, I'll wipe out your useless Akatsuki along with you!"

With a roar of laughter, the Yellow Springs Sect leader clapped his hands together and shouted, "Die!"

Suddenly, countless massive dark-purple tendrils shot toward Shinji from every direction. Everything in their path—trees, rocks—was shattered and crushed. The tendrils were so numerous and dense that they darkened the sky. All that could be seen were the tendrils and the sickening, evil chakra radiating from them.

"Watch out! Get back!" Kakashi shouted as he retreated.

Spread out across the battlefield, Asuma, Kurenai, Yamashiro Aoba, Anko, and Torune Aburame also scrambled to retreat, instinctively getting out of harm's way.

Sasuke stood frozen, staring in disbelief. "What…?"

Seeing the Yellow Springs Sect leader unleash his full power, Sasuke realized that they had barely survived the earlier encounter.

Neji shouted as he retreated, "Sasuke, we don't have time! Run!"

But Sasuke ignored him, keeping his eyes locked on Uchiha Shinji, wondering if the mysterious fellow Uchiha with the powerful Mangekyo Sharingan could defeat the terrifying Yellow Springs Sect leader.

Seeing this, Kimimaro rushed back and grabbed Sasuke, pulling him to safety. Meanwhile, Shinji's shadow clone picked up Shion and followed the others.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground trembled as the tendrils clashed with the battlefield. Everyone had barely regained their footing when they turned to see the chaos. In the midst of the storm of dark-purple tendrils, the golden Susanoo stood firm. With every casual tug, it tore a tendril apart; with each punch, it obliterated another.

But despite being torn and destroyed, the tendrils regenerated and attacked once more.

Within moments, the surrounding forest was flattened, leaving only crisscrossing trenches and tendril remains strewn across the battlefield.

The sheer violence of the battle between these massive entities stirred a primal excitement in the witnesses.

Boom!

Another massive tendril was torn apart by the golden Susanoo and thrown aside, landing near where the others had taken shelter. Anko, shielding her face from the dust and debris, gulped. "Is this… really a shinobi battle?!"

Unlike Kakashi, Asuma, and the others, who had already witnessed the Mangekyo Sharingan's power, this was Anko's first time seeing Susanoo. Watching the clash between the Susanoo and the monster, she was in utter disbelief.

Kurenai sighed bitterly. "Why do we keep running into these monsters?"

Asuma turned to Kakashi. "Another Akatsuki internal conflict! What's going on with that organization?"

Kakashi's eyes were also filled with confusion. The previous battle in the town had featured three factions of Akatsuki members. And now, there was another fight in the Land of Demons. Each member of the Akatsuki was an incredibly dangerous shinobi, and the weakest among them seemed to have the power of an elite jonin.

Elsewhere, Sasuke's eyes gleamed as he watched the golden Susanoo in awe. "Is this the dojutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan? This is the true power of the Uchiha clan!"

Neji, too, was in shock. This battle far exceeded anything he had imagined. Even Kimimaro, usually calm, displayed a hint of surprise.

This extraordinary battle between giants had shattered the perceptions of these young shinobi prodigies.

Shion glanced nervously at Shinji's shadow clone, and he gave her a reassuring nod before turning his attention back to the fight. As a shadow clone from days ago, he had lasted surprisingly long, but he had no idea how his true self was faring. Seeing the real Shinji using Susanoo, however, reassured him that the fusion of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan had been successful.

On the battlefield, Shinji's eyes narrowed, and his Susanoo grew even larger. Muscles formed on the skeletal frame, which was then clad in golden armor. In its hands appeared a massive golden blade.

Slash!

The golden Susanoo swung its blade, slicing through the army of tendrils, sending severed limbs flying.

Finally, Shinji caught sight of the Yellow Springs Sect leader, hidden among the countless tendrils.

"Tch!" Shinji clicked his tongue in frustration and activated his dojutsu, Izanagi-no-Mikoto.

With the completion of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the abilities of his Mangekyo powers had greatly strengthened. His Susanoo Tomoshibi now boasted three pairs of eyes, allowing him to control two additional sets of eyes beyond his own.

In addition, Shinji had reclaimed Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyo Sharingan, gaining access to Amaterasu and Izanagi-no-Mikoto.

Upon activating Izanagi-no-Mikoto, a vision flashed in his mind. After a moment of processing, Shinji was stunned by the information.

"I'm… going to lose?"

The vision revealed that if he continued fighting the Yellow Springs Sect leader using only Susanoo, he would ultimately lose.

Worse yet, he realized that no matter how many times he crushed the Yellow Springs Sect leader, he wouldn't die. The Yellow Springs Sect leader had fused his body with the monster Moryo, effectively becoming a human vessel for it.

Slash!

Another massive tendril was sliced apart by the golden Susanoo, but Shinji now knew that brute force alone would not kill his opponent.

Seeing this, Shinji sighed, realizing that without Shion's priestess powers, there was no way to destroy Moryo.

The Yellow Springs Sect leader was already beginning to retreat, sensing his own defeat. But just as he considered escaping, Shinji unleashed his Amaterasu, setting the Yellow Springs Sect leader and his tendrils ablaze in black flames.