Chapter 30 - FINAL BATTLE - Uchiha Sasuke vs 666 TRIHEXA

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A static~

(Bzzt)

(Zzz)

(Zzz)

(Bzzt)

'Can you hear me, Sasuke?'

'Ya.'

'Ok, our preparations over here are complete as well. Sorry but, until we are ready for the other plan, you will have to keep Trihexa busy for a while.'

'Yeah, that was my plan from the start.'

'Azazel, how long more before it is ready?'

'We will be transporting you and the main body to the temporary isolated barrier in 10 seconds.'

'Ok, I will leave you, Rias and the others to handle Momoshiki.'

'Yeah, leave it to us. Preparing to transfer in...-'

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And

1!

'Commencing Transfer!'

A bright light illuminated around Sasuke.

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Sasuke looked around at the surroundings. He was far above the sky, and there was a sea of clouds spreading endlessly. It was a sight that looked unreal.

Sasuke looked down on his figure. He was still clad in his standard attire. His Katana hung languidly at the back of his waist.

The sky started to turn a dark bluish purple color and the far away sea of clouds that commanded the view of the ground began to vibrate faintly.

The Legendary Beast of Apocalypse, 666 Trihexa, said to be on par with Great Red & Ophis in terms of raw power output.

The final battle~

In front of Sasuke, there was a branched huge shadow that was like a large tree.

The creature had seven heads and ten horns--. It's giant body was easily longer than a few hundred meters.

It had four stout arms, and two legs which were even thicker than it's arms.

Although it didn't have any wings, it was able to fly in the air.

It's body was covered with black fur, and things which were as hard as scales could be seen all over it's body. A bright red color resembling blood; it had these red protrusions throughout it's body--similar to horns.

Seven tails came out from it's lower back, with each one being thick and long.

Each one of it's head belonged to a different creature; one of them was like a lion, one was like a leopard, one was like a bear, there was no sense of unity.

The body had a variety of features and gave off a very foreign sensation from it's body.

It was far more gigantic and atypical than Sasuke had imagined.

I doubt Genjutsu will affect it much--

A bottomless predator that transcended human knowledge--It was such a terror for a normal person to gaze upon.

A dangerous atmosphere hung in the air from just expressing it into words.

In front of any other person, they would cower in fear instinctively and their fighting spirit paralyzed.

There was no way anyone could keep calm when standing alone in front of this kind of sight.

However, Sasuke was not in the least intimidated or alarmed by the appearance of the massive creature.

He had steeled himself for this.

After all, this wasn't his first time encountering a legendary beast.

「All life, ideals, dreams connected in this world will be destroyed」

「I will not let this world end. All lives, should have the strength to freely go against their destiny」

「Freedom and strength, they are not something light that the weak can easily shoulder. I will pass the last judgement on you! And--」

「Even if it was the conclusion that the whole of mankind's deep psyche reached, if that conclusion is despair then I'll absolutely reject it! Even if it's something that I cannot do anything about at all alone, everyone is frantically forming their own unseen future.」

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Sasuke revealed a slight smile from the corner of his mouth.

A few years ago, he couldn't even imagine that he would say such things.

After all, he had tried to plunge the world into darkness before.

[The elder brother, Indra, possessed strong visual prowess and senses from birth, and was called a genius. He always did everything alone, leaning only on his own strength and came to understand that his powers were different and special. He perceived that power could achieve anything]

He had lost hope in the system of the Shinobi world... ...lost hope in the faith of humanity. He had reached a dead end. In order to unify and reform the 'broken', he had tried to kill his best friend.

My dear Sasuke, what do you want to do?

What is it that you seek in the aftermath of this war?

I want to hear your honest thoughts and opinions.

This Hokage you speak of...what do you mean by it?

If you want to know so badly, I'll tell you.

Is that your answer?

Yeah...

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I admit, at one time, all I wished for was destruction, and vengeance was my goal.

But, I feel differently now.

I want to destroy and rebuild.

A village no longer shrouded in darkness.

I'll reform the Shinobi world.

What I'm touting is...--

Revolution!

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As someone who possess the eyes of the Uchiha...

My victory is inevitable.

Now...

Now, I can finally be alone!

Farewell...

My one and only...

Friend

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Over and...

Over and...

Over and...

Over and over and over and over again!

Just give up and let me cut you down!

Can't do that.

Cuz

I'm your one and only friend!

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Why do you keep involving yourself with me?

Cuz you are my friend.

But...what exactly does that mean to you?

It's just that...when I see you take on stuff and get all messed up...

It kinda hurts me.

It hurt's me so much that I cant just leave it alone, y'know.

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I'm returning this.

I'll hang on to it.....

.....Until our real match.

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[My name is Rias Gremory. Pleasure to meet you.]

[I don't wish to be tied down by such a fate.]

[This is also a trial that the Lord gave me. Since I'm a clumsy nun, the Lord gave me this trial. So I have to endure.]

[Will we see each other, Sasuke-san?]

[Sasuke, you arranged this battle with Raiser? But why? Why do this for me?]

[So, like how I just explained, I, Rias Gremory, will also be living in this house. I might be inexperienced but please take care of me.]

[You said some killing words. After hearing that, how can I possibly not...I have decided. Arigato, Sasuke-kun. Really, thank you."

[Thank you, Sasuke-kun. If not for you, I don't think I will have the courage to face my father again. Thank you.]

[Sasuke, thank you for protecting me--]

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Sasuke lost himself for a moment as past memories seemed to flash before him.

Hah...

However, he soon recollected himself and looked up at the colossal beast.

The creature in front roared and the surroundings vibrated to the core but Sasuke remained calm as he glared at his enemy.

A red gauntlet appeared on Sasuke's right arm.

A nostalgic voice appeared in his head.

[ Yo, partner. This guy in front of us is not someone who can be so easily defeated. But, with our current strength, nothing is impossible. We have already been through so much together. This time it's no different. It is time to show the true power of the Welsh Dragon Sekiryuutei Y Ddraig Goch and it's wielder, Uchiha Sasuke. Let's finish this. ]

A momentary relief filled Sasuke from hearing that voice and his power started surging again.

That's right, Ddraig.

Now that we are alone, we can unleash our full power and go all out.

Sasuke closed his eyes before opening them again, revealing two very distinct pupils, one red and one purple.

With our powers combined--

[ That's the spirit, Partner! ]

We shall settle this once and for all!

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With the ominous clouds looming in the background, the seven heads were like a mandala.

However, Sasuke could believe from the bottom of his heart----of the righteousness of this battle.

The beginning of an apocalyptic battle.

ROOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Trihexa readied it's stance.

In that instant--

It signaled the start of the battle.

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Sasuke made his move!

He moved in the sky while creating a course of lightning in a zig-zag, closing his distance with Trihexa in a split second.

Sasuke clad his body in lightning aura of transcendental power and with his physical abilities reinforced by Ddraig even further, he drew out his Blade of Kusanagi.

Trihexa opened it's mouth and instantly, the whole surface area around Sasuke was swallowed by a sea of roaring flames.

It was as though he was thrown smack dab in the middle of the sun.

Without delay, Sasuke foresight the invoked attack and had already retreated a distance away.

One of Trihexa's arms swung down in a straight line.

It was the ultimate right straight.

Instant positioning was a technique to parry the opponent's strength with the minimum strength, but to parry this much destructive power, even that minimum strength would need to be considerable.

However--

Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! x .....

After layering multiple levels of reinforcement, together with his cloak of lightning, Sasuke parried that giant fist with the katana in his right hand.

Another fist of Trihexa swung down in a similar fashion.

Sasuke dodged the giant fist that moved at the speed of light by rolling his body.

It was consecutive blows of pure strength without any waiting time.

Sasuke was cornered by that fierce pressure.

Dodge, dodge, dodge... ...however, just the wind pressure was gradually making his stance disordered.

With his disordered posture, Sasuke couldn't dodge the next swing-----without delay, he swung his katana and he didn't dodge, but parried that gigantic fist.

Using Instant Positioning from a disordered posture couldn't turn aside the unprecedented impact of that fist, and Sasuke instantly leaped back dozen of meters to avoid getting smashed up.

----Sasuke's body was soon naturally moving without even thinking.

His body was moving unhesitatingly, as though it had done several thousands, several tens of thousands of training in preparation of this time.

His right hand was drawing out his katana while his body rotated in a circle like a spinning top.

There was a gap before Trihexa swung it's next fist.

Sasuke rotated without thinking of how to dodge the next attack.

He rotated like a spinning top while the katana in his right hand swelled up with lightning and slashed horizontally, cutting through Trihexa's ċhėst.

Sasuke left his body to the rotation of the momentum and swung the blade again, drawing exactly the same arc with the previous slash.

Taking distance, Sasuke thrust his sword with wing slicing sound from a distance.

Pure lightning concentrated and surged from the tip of the sword while making thunderous sounds roaring in the air.

PENETRATE!

This was one of Ddraigs abilities that Sasuke had also unlocked with the boosted gear, allowing the user to bypass most defensive abilities.

The terrific attack that should be called the firing of a laser beam rather than a thrust of a sword flew towards Trihexa, as though it was suċkėd towards that spot.

BOOM!

Sasuke wielded his sword and showered his opponent with blows, dealing a multitude of slashes like an unending storm to Trihexa

However, the wounds Trihexa sustained started to regenerate with a violent momentum, restoring it back to it's original form.

As expected, it's recovery rate is unbelievable--

The Governor of the Fallen Angels, Azazel, had provided the information about Trihexa to Sasuke.

Boost!

Boost!

Boost! x

"Fire Release : Great Fire Annihilation(Katon: Goka Mekkyaku)!"

Kneading chakra in his body, what expelled from Sasuke's mouth was shaped into a literal sea of flames as raging of roaring flames sprang forth and spewed upon Trihexa.

The effect of boost amplified Sasuke's attack and Trihexa was soon bathed in a sea of red.

The amount of flames produced in the battle was perfectly in place for his next technique.

Thunder clouds soon started to form above Trihexa.

A clanking sound could be heard from the sky. It was as if a huge anvil was being dragged across the vault of heaven against it's will. Branched lightning lit up the Stygian sky. Buzzing and hissing, they trembled with the anger of being shackled to the sky since time began.

A flash of forked lightning and a great clap of thunder came close upon each other and raged with fury.

The thunder seemed to crack the air, as if the very heavens might split apart. It rolled like the ash could of a volcano, becoming a rolling booming rumble.

A dragon manifested from lightning rolled overhead like the fury of the gods, spreading out into the surroundings and tumbled towards Trihexa.

BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!

RUUUUUUUUUMBLEEEEEEE!

The lightning penetrated through it's whole body.

Regardless of how strong an enemy was, if they took a hit from such dense aura imbued with the power of lightning and destruction, even if they were not annihilated, they would certainly be heavily injured.

But--

The current enemy was the legendary Imperial Beast.

It soon regenerated with unthinkable speed, as if it had never been damaged in the first place.

Tch--

This is dragging on too long.

Sasuke put his stance in order and captured back Trihexa inside his perception.

Trihexa attacked again with a force as though to hang over Sasuke.

STOMP!

TRAMPLED!

CHOMPED!

Sasuke twisted his body desperately and succeeded evading; but the situation was still at a stand-still.

Time to get more serious--

Sasuke gathered some distance away from Trihexa as his right eye started taking the appearance of three intercepting ellipses.

Susanoo!

A dark purple skeletal structure, starting from a rib cage and arms; slowly manifested and layered around Sasuke.

Very soon, skin and musculature started to add on around the skeleton.

A gigantic avatar, resembling closely to a tengu.

However, because of Ddraig, Sasuke's Susanoo now took the slight appearance of a dragon, and even the two wings that protruded from it's back were those of a dragon. Crimson horns lengthened from Susanoo's forehead.

This was something that happened because of Ddraig being hosted within Sasuke, allowing their powers to ȧssimilate and allowing Susanoo to take on an evolved form.

It's defensive capabilities were further amplified by Ddraig's dragon powers, causing Susanoo to burst with a dragon's herculean strength.

Trihexa released an orb of energy from its mouth but Sasuke took the attack head on; enveloped in a vortex of destructive power.

Even as the dust and particles cleared off--

Susanoo was still nearly completely intact.

The armor that possessed and boosted radiance, repelled away all phenomenon.

A katana materialized in Susanoo's primary right arm.

Multiple large fireballs were expelled from Trihexa's mouth.

There was no need to evade all of it.

The distraction super high speed sword that Sasuke showed before was displayed once more as he swung down the large katana.

"""DonDonDon!""", the falling fireballs were raining down with reverberating sounds as if crushing the air resistance.

In the end, Sasuke brandished the katana in Susanoo's hand and like splitting apart the red sea, the slash parted the fireballs, severing them in half. The largely bisected fireballs scattered apart into particles of rainbow light like a dream.

Sasuke transformed the large sword into pure lightning.

Susanoo's right hand was lifted to the height of it's shoulder and around that palm, pure lightning was starting to move chaotically, containing a shining compressed thunder.

Chidori!

Susanoo's hand that contained the colossal lightning dove into Trihexa's ċhėst.

STAB!

Trihexa roared and one of it's tail swung towards Sasuke.

Sasuke, who suffering a heavy blow, was sent flying several dozens of meters away.

However, he was successfully defended by Susanoo.

Sasuke re-positioned himself again as he faced Trihexa.

From Susanoo's left arm, an ornate bow was manifested on it's wrist while an orb formed on the right.

Taking aim--

An arrow fashioned from Susanoo's chakra started to form and from the orb in it's right hand, black flames started to coat around the arrow.

Boost!

Boost!

Boost! x... ...Boost!

Soon, the purple arrow was covered in black flames and launched in succession.

"Inferno Style : Susanoo flame control( Enton : Susanoo Kagutsuchi)!"

PIERCE!

An arrow protruded from Trihexa's back.

ROARRRRRRRRRRR!

The black flames produced started devouring Trihexa as though burning through paper.

However, the minuscule pieces of flesh which remained started to regenerate again instantaneously with unthinkable speed.

Very soon, Trihexa had regenerated in an instant.

Kuh--

[ Partner, only a monster with incredibly strong endurance and regenerative abilities would be able to stand up like that. It could really be described as a troublesome existence that is on par with Great Red.]

I know Ddraig.

But...--

I need some more time for my next move.

[ Well, it's time for me to get serious as well, right Partner?]

You mean...?

[ We are a two man team. Let's take down this guy together. ]

Yeah...you are right!

The gems on the gauntlet all shone with a brilliant light.

Deep crimson light was released from the gauntlet.

The irradiated light started to take the form of something.

And then, what appeared...was a giant red Dragon.

It was the form of a majestic red Dragon.

[ Even if it's for a period of time, it sure feels good to be liberated from the Sacred Gear. ]

Ddraigs gigantic body flew to the sky as he spread his majestic wings.

The thick and ferocious aura that enveloped Ddraigs entire body made the air feel cold.

So this is the aura of Ddraig.

What an outrageous density.

However, it still paled in comparison to Trihexa.

Sasuke soon released Susanoo as he jumped and landed on Ddraig's head.

[ Partner? ]

Sasuke revealed a smile from the corner of his lips.

This is something my predecessors once did.

In the great war back in my world, I also did the same thing with Naruto.

[This is... ]

Purple armor started to fashion around Ddraig and soon, Ddraig was enveloped completely from head to toe in Susanoo's armor.

What was presented--

Was a majestic dragon clad in purple armor.

Sasuke replied--

As you said before Ddraig, we are a two man team.

[ Partner... ]

Now...--

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Let's settle this with our next move!