Fortunately, Wangcai's attention remained almost entirely fixed on Naruto—the one whose chakra reserves, though rapidly declining, were still the most substantial.
Otherwise, Sasuke and Neji might already have been finished.
Each time Naruto was sent flying, his aura visibly weakened. Blood sprayed from his mouth in heavy bursts, and even his golden hair seemed to dim.
On the other side of the battlefield, black-and-red tendrils lashed wildly as blood-colored light ravaged the air.
Karin looked like a demonic child who had finally shed all restraint, grinning viciously.
"Ugly freak. You dare threaten me? Do you even know who I am? You want to save them? Then I'll make sure they die."
Sakura didn't respond.
She fought Karin while keeping a grim, vigilant eye on Naruto and the others.
" Wangcai! Hurry it up! You've got one minute! If that old fossil gets here, your big sister's going to be in trouble!" Karin shouted while unleashing relentless attacks.
Sakura's expression remained icy, emerald eyes burning with anger and gravity.
She clearly despised Karin's reckless tactics—her willingness to gamble lives without hesitation—but she couldn't afford distraction.
Karin's power was bizarre and violent. It carried a corrosive quality and even disrupted one's thoughts, making it difficult for Sakura to break away and provide support.
Sasuke's severed arm bled freely.
The veins around Neji's Byakugan bulged violently, threatening to rupture.
"Cough… you damn dog…" Naruto staggered to his feet once more, half his body drenched in blood.
"I'm the one… who let you out…"
"So this is how you repay me…?"
His voice was hoarse and broken, thick with the metallic tang of blood.
Wangcai gave no response.
Its black eyes remained locked on Naruto—the prey whose chakra quality, though fading, still drew its hunger.
A low, anticipatory rumble vibrated in its throat as it advanced step by patient step, savoring the final struggle.
"Damn it—!!!"
Sakura's furious shout rang out.
Her previously controlled stance shifted violently.
Black-and-red lightning exploded around her body, blazing with terrifying intensity. It coiled along her limbs, transforming her into something like a goddess of destruction descending upon the battlefield.
"Karin—!!" Sakura's voice trembled with rage. "I swear I'll kill you—!!!"
Across from her, Karin's excitement only grew more frenzied.
The dark crimson aura around her surged explosively, thickening and twisting into even more grotesque forms.
"Ugly forehead!"
Her voice shrieked with equal killing intent.
"I'll be the one killing you—!!!"
There was no more room for words.
No strategy.
Only pure, unrestrained annihilation.
"Galaxy—Impact—!!!"
Sakura's fist gathered catastrophic energy, wrapped in crackling black-and-red lightning. With a force that seemed capable of piercing the stars themselves, she hurled the attack forward.
"Demon—Roar—!!!"
At the same instant, Karin unleashed her own scream. The boiling black-and-red energy condensed before her into the phantom head of a snarling demon. Its jaws opened wide, releasing a silent yet soul-shaking wave of dark energy that distorted reality itself as it surged toward Sakura's devastating beam.
BOOM—!!!
An explosion beyond language erupted at the moment of contact.
Blinding light swallowed everything, bleaching even the projection to white.
Then came the visible shockwave—
A ring of destructive energy expanding outward in manic fury.
The earth was hammered repeatedly by an invisible titan's fists. Layers of terrain surged upward like ocean waves—only to be pulverized into dust an instant later by even greater force.
The crater expanded several times over in mere seconds, plunging into unknowable depths.
The sky itself was torn apart.
Clouds vanished.
Black fissures flickered at the edges of the storm, as though space itself had cracked.
And for Neji, Sasuke, and Naruto—
Already at their limits—
Even the residual shockwaves were catastrophic.
They had no time to cry out.
The energy storm swept them away like three dry leaves.
Their bodies tumbled helplessly through the air, colliding violently. Blood splattered across the sky like cheap red paint before they were hurled into distant ruins, landing like broken dolls.
Alive or dead—
Unknown.
Across the shinobi world—
Silence.
Utter silence.
All discussion, all fear, all hope—
Frozen.
Billions stared with mouths open, unable to make a sound.
Their retinas still burned with the white flash of Galaxy Impact colliding with Demon Roar.
Their souls trembled.
Kage-level?
Tailed Beasts?
"World-destroyers"?
Compared to the casual, terrain-shattering power unleashed by these two women—
Those former pinnacles of terror now seemed pitiful.
Laughable.
"Is… is this… true power?" a shinobi whispered weakly, collapsing to his knees.
"Galaxy Impact… Demon Roar… this has completely surpassed anything I can comprehend…"
Gradually, the raging energy subsided.
What remained was a supermassive crater, several times larger than before—its edges still smoking, flickering with strange residual sparks.
Near the center's edge stood a large yellow dog.
Wangcai's claws were embedded deep in the scorched earth. Its fur was disheveled by the storm, yet it stood steady and unshaken.
It shook its head casually, scattering dust.
Its black eyes remained calm.
Karin's figure flashed beside it.
She was breathing slightly heavier now—clearly, the direct clash with Sakura had taken its toll.
Without hesitation, she grabbed Wangcai by the scruff of its neck. The motion looked rough, but the dog merely tilted its head, offering no resistance.
Karin smiled in satisfaction and pulled it closer to her face.
" Wangcai! That ugly freak tricked us just now. The commotion's too big."
She lifted her gaze warily, as if seeing through space itself toward some distant, dangerous presence.
"That old bastard definitely felt it. He's coming."
Her tone turned sharp and urgent.
"We need to leave. Now."
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