Energy restored, and the surveillance feed reappeared.
The Sky Ninja Legion soldiers saw Shinno charge at Linto, their eyes turning red, tears about to stream down their faces—
What is "evil cannot overcome good"!
What is "justice will prevail"!
"Charge! Lord Shinno!"
The adjutant instinctively clenched his fist and roared.
Shinno, fighting on the deck, seemed to feel his subordinates' faith. Blood surged through his body, and a scarlet, brutal, terrifying power erupted from his flesh, shooting straight into the sky.
"Eight Gates · Gate of Wonder!"
With the power of the Eight Gates and the Zero Tail Chakra combined, Shinno felt more powerful than ever. An endless malevolent energy surged within him, making him want to tear Linto apart.
His great achievement will be written with Linto's blood and bones!
"Die!"
Shinno punched down.
"Ora!"
Star Platinum stepped forward, its icy gaze meeting Shinno's. It also threw a punch.
"You're asking for it!"
An evil spirit wants to stop his attack?
Dream on!
"I'll kill your evil spirit first, then I'll kill you!"
CRACK!
The sound of bone breaking was heard.
Shinno scoffed.
Taking his punch, only his arm broke. This evil spirit was strong, but only to this extent. If he threw another punch...
Huh?
Shinno looked down.
Countless fine blood threads appeared on his right arm, continuously extending backward. The skin of his arm rippled backward like a tide, all the way to his shoulder—
BOOM!
Shinno's right arm exploded from the inside like a hot dog severely overheated in a microwave.
"What?!"
The tears of emotion that were about to fall from the Sky Ninja Legion soldiers stopped instantly.
Shinno could not believe his eyes.
Just one punch.
He was blown apart by a mere evil spirit?!
He suddenly looked up at Linto.
Linto's expression was changing from extreme caution to confusion.
"Eight Gates?"
He was no stranger to the Eight Gates. The first time Linto fought Biwa Juzo, the latter had asked him if he knew Mightoi.
A while ago, while training the Golden Spin in Konoha, Linto had a friendly spar with Might Guy during a break.
Without his Stand, relying only on his combat skills, Linto and Might Guy, who had opened the Gate of Transformation, were pretty evenly matched.
But once he reached the Sixth Gate, the Gate of Vision, Linto couldn't keep up with Guy's speed, and the fight shifted from raw power to endurance.
He had heard that the subsequent Gates of Wonder and the Gate of Death would increase in power by tens or even hundreds of times.
So, seeing Shinno use the Eight Gates and feeling his surging life force, Linto was extremely wary.
He deliberately did not use time stop, opting to test the waters with Star Platinum first. If he truly couldn't win, he would immediately use time stop for evasion and hit-and-run tactics.
But...
Just this?
Linto shook his head speechlessly.
"Compared to Guy, your punch is as soft as a woman's."
With regeneration activated, Shinno's arm instantly recovered. He refused to believe it and threw another punch.
This time, a large amount of Zero Tail Chakra gathered in Shinno's arm, forming white teeth-like protrusions, like solid armor protecting Shinno's body.
Another exchange of punches.
Then, a second, a third...
In just one second, Shinno's and Star Platinum's fists collided thousands of times in mid-air.
The booming sound of rapid punches echoed in the blue sky, like the intense war drums on a battlefield.
Cracked teeth scattered everywhere, Shinno's body was constantly breaking apart, only to be quickly repaired by the seemingly endless Zero Tail Chakra from behind.
"Linto!"
The ultra-high-frequency battle reignited Shinno's fighting spirit. He seemed to have returned to his youth, a sinister grin on his face as he said:
"The Zero Tail's power comes from the darkness in people's hearts! I possess this city, hundreds of millions of people, their sorrow, pain, and confusion for the past six months!"
"This is nearly Limitless Chakra, power stronger than the Tailed Beasts!"
"I can outlast you for a whole day like this. What will you use to win?!"
Some bizarre space-time Ninjutsu?
An invisible explosion Ninjutsu?
Or golden flames?
As long as this thick Zero Tail armor remained, Linto could not truly touch Shinno. He could only attack through the Zero Tail armor.
And Shinno could recover from such attacks in an instant!
Kakashi swallowed.
Linto was stronger than he remembered, but Shinno was no match.
The clash between the two created afterimages in the air. Even from a hundred meters away, a chilling pressure could be felt.
He turned to Sasuke and Little Momo and asked.
"Do we really not need to help?"
"No need."
Sasuke's tone was firm.
Kakashi asked, "Why?"
Little Momo pointed to the battle in the sky.
"Because Brother Shou's hand is still stuck in Kabuto! To use Brother Shou's common saying, he's just bragging—"
Sasuke quickly reached out and covered Little Momo's mouth.
"Girls shouldn't say that word casually."
Linto did have one hand stuck in Kabuto.
It wasn't that he was bragging like Little Momo said. Kabuto's "cracks" led to the ghost room.
A steel ball was spinning at high speed in his palm. Wisps of flickering golden flames slowly attached themselves to it, gradually forming...
"Golden Spin · Rasengan!"
The Zero Tail's ability to absorb Chakra caused external Chakra and natural energy to become too chaotic.
Linto's Golden Spin Rasengan was unstable and could only be prepared in the ghost room.
Star Platinum guarded in front of him, constantly circling Shinno. Coupled with Shinno's extremely arrogant expression, it seemed as if Shinno was gaining the upper hand, and the invincible Linto was being suppressed.
Linto took the rapidly spinning Golden Spin Rasengan from Kabuto.
Shinno looked confused.
He looked at the Golden Spin Rasengan, which was about the size of a teapot, then at Linto's pants Kabuto, and finally at the area near his crotch, not far from his pants Kabuto.
"What are you pulling out of your Kabuto?"
"Almost there."
Linto said softly.
Shinno was astonished.
"What's 'almost there'?"
Linto raised the constantly spinning steel ball, strands of flame spinning and burning at high speed in his hand, releasing a blazing heat like the midday sun.
"I've pretty much figured out the limit speed of your 'preserved egg jelly' defense and recovery."
A person's strength is usually composed of two factors:
Total energy and instantaneous output power.
What's the use of having Limitless network resources on Baidu Netdisk? In the end, it all comes down to the actual download speed.
Through Star Platinum's series of attacks, Linto roughly estimated the maximum recovery peak of the Zero Tail armor.
Next...
Linto pointed at Shinno.
"It's time to crush your limit!"
"Star Platinum · The World!"
Time stopped.
Linto flicked his wrist and threw the Golden Spin Rasengan in his palm. It hovered in front of Shinno.
He and Star Platinum took a step forward.
One man and one Stand, taking turns punching, countless fist shadows falling.
It ended in 9.9 seconds.
The Zero Tail armor on Shinno's chest cracked extensively, his ribs broke, and even a beating black heart was visible.
But at the same time, Zero Tail Chakra attached itself from both sides, and the wound was about to heal—
BOOM!
The steel ball accurately hit his chest.
The power of the Golden Spin tore apart the Zero Tail Chakra, creating another rift.
A large amount of spinning, blade-like flames poured in, cutting Shinno's limbs and body, leaving no gaps.
The ripple penetrated to the cellular level, interfering with his regeneration technique.
The Golden Spin disrupted Shinno's control over the Zero Tail Chakra.
The Zero Tail Chakra that had covered his body flowed down his skin like a shattered water balloon, no longer condensing into armor.
Shinno was terrified, his face pale.
Linto took another step, the steel deck beneath his feet cracking. He grabbed Shinno's head.
"No! Linto, don't—"
Shinno's words were cut short as he felt a sharp pain in his skull.
His five fingers, like steel nails, dug into his head, tearing him violently from the Zero Tail Chakra. He swung him around and slammed him hard onto the ground!