Fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning. As five different energies, shimmering with distinct colors, materialized behind Sasuke, Momoshiki's expression grew heavy. He looked at Sasuke not with fear or anxiety, but with focus and excitement. This would likely be the final battle.

Meanwhile, in the Hidden Leaf Village, Naruto was listening to Shikamaru's report. The situation of the great ninja world war had entered its final stages. The Raikage and the other leaders had all mysteriously disappeared. According to Naruto's deduction, they hadn't disappeared; they had been sacrificed to the God Tree. He guessed that the Otsutsuki clan, unable to gather a large number of ninja to gain the chakra needed to mature the God Tree ahead of schedule, had resorted to another method: capturing as many powerful ninja as possible, allowing the tree to devour their power for a slight boost. Although it was only a minor improvement, for the Otsutsuki, who had no other options, it was the only way.

"I thought the war would last for a much, much longer time," Shikamaru said, not quite understanding why the war suddenly felt like it was about to end, with the four great ninja villages seemingly on the verge of collapse.

Naruto, who knew the answer, simply offered a faint smile. "Isn't it a good thing that the war is ending?"

Of course, the end of the war was a good thing, but Shikamaru still wanted to understand why.

Naruto smiled. "Go. End the wars in the great ninja villages as soon as possible and quell this turmoil."

Hearing this, Shikamaru frowned. "But the Otsutsuki clan…"

He trailed off, stunned. Naruto's words implied that the threat of the Otsutsuki clan had already been eliminated. It was over? When? Where? They hadn't heard a single thing. Logically, a final battle between Naruto, Sasuke, and the Otsutsuki should have been world-shaking. How could there have been no sign of it at all?

However, Naruto looked preoccupied, seemingly in no mood to explain much. But the problem was, Shikamaru was intensely curious. And he was sure the rest of the village would be just as curious. But no matter how curious he was, it was a battle he was fated not to witness. Because it wasn't just him; even Naruto couldn't see it. Although Naruto's strength was already immense, he unfortunately lacked any space-time abilities and couldn't travel to other dimensions. Even if he wanted to help Sasuke now, there was nothing he could do. He could only wait quietly for Sasuke's return.

But would Sasuke come back? If Sasuke defeated the last of the Otsutsuki, would he return? The thought made Naruto worry. If Sasuke really didn't come back, he would never even know if he had won or lost.

'Sasuke, you have to come back.'

At that moment, in a dimension far away, Sasuke and Momoshiki were clashing fiercely. Continuous, terrifying shockwaves erupted around them, and the ground had already been shattered to pieces. The repeated collisions of their power had even caused numerous cracks to appear in space itself.

"You didn't just obtain his power, did you?" Sasuke asked.

Momoshiki paused, looking at the chakra surging around his body. "Of course not. I now possess the power of the God Tree, Kinshiki, and Isshiki. I am completely different from before, having entered another dimension of existence."

"And Sasuke, for you to be able to fight on par with me now, it seems you must have obtained a lot of new power as well."

Hearing this, Sasuke smiled.

"Of course. The powers of Koshiki, Shibai, Ryushiki, and Urashiki—I have obtained them all."

Momoshiki didn't need to ask how Sasuke had obtained these powers. His opponent had the power of four Otsutsuki, while he, though he only had two, also had the God Tree, even if it wasn't fully mature. But a God Tree was a God Tree; for the Otsutsuki clan, its power provided the greatest enhancement.

BOOM!

The two clashed fists again, and in the next second, a tangible shockwave spread out, directly tearing space apart. Strong astral winds blew from the resulting rift, but under the protection of their chakra, these winds couldn't affect them in the slightest.

Sasuke mobilized the power of the five elements and, combined with Time Acceleration, formed five streams of light that rapidly swept towards his opponent. In an instant, the streams of light swirled and slammed into Momoshiki. Under the continuous assault, Momoshiki relied on his own terrifying chakra to withstand the blows, but the drain on him was immense.

Momoshiki tried to absorb Sasuke's power, but unfortunately, under the blessing of his dojutsu, Sasuke's power possessed a uniqueness. Momoshiki could absorb it, but he would need to expend an equal amount of ocular power to counteract the influence of Sasuke's own dojutsu. If he did that, absorbing the chakra would be more trouble than it was worth.

Enduring Sasuke's attack, Momoshiki chose instead to concentrate all his power.

Seeing his action, Sasuke smiled.

"One move to decide the winner?"

Momoshiki nodded. "If our powers were to clash indefinitely, we might fight for days and nights without a clear winner. So, why not settle it with one move?"

"Wouldn't that be better?"

Sasuke nodded. "Are you sure?"

From any angle, it was clear that Sasuke had the upper hand; his power was even greater than Momoshiki's. If they were to settle it in one move, Sasuke would undoubtedly have a huge advantage.

Yet, Momoshiki chose this path without hesitation.

"One punch. If this one punch, carrying the final hope of the Otsutsuki, cannot defeat you, then the Otsutsuki clan can only perish here."

As he spoke, Momoshiki's power converged, a frantic gathering of energy that erupted in his hand, condensing into a single point. With one punch, he aimed straight for Sasuke's chest.

At that moment, Sasuke's ocular power fully erupted. The instant his dojutsu transformed into chakra, everything seemed to fall silent.

The collision of the two chakras, in this space that was on the verge of collapsing, violently exploded.

In that instant, a blinding light burst forth. For a moment, it was as if all other light had vanished. And within the dimension, there was only pitch black.

The land was gone.

Only a void remained.

Within the void, Sasuke's figure slowly moved, drifting towards a halo of light on the other side. When Sasuke arrived in front of this ball of light, he looked at Momoshiki, who had already transformed into a chakra fruit.

"Were you prepared to lose from the very beginning?"

To choose to become a chakra fruit the moment he was defeated, was this for his convenience? Sasuke didn't understand why Momoshiki would make such a choice. Did he want Sasuke to absorb him?

When Isshiki was defeated and became a chakra fruit, Momoshiki seemed to have understood the true mission of the Otsutsuki clan. It was not to become gods, but to ensure that the power of the Otsutsuki continued on, endlessly. When this power continued to a certain point in time, it would eventually transform into a god.

And all Otsutsuki were but a single ray within that great light.

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