Let us rewind time slightly.
While Sōmi was dealing with the Uchiha brothers, the battle between Madara and Guy had reached its climax.
Behind Madara, the sea of burning vines still raged fiercely.
The scorching air, swirling ash, and strange floral fragrance filled the battlefield.
After the wooden golem Naruto had summoned was drained of its Chakra by Madara's Wood Dragon, the golem had long since crumbled.
Fortunately, Minato Namikaze had managed to use the Flying Thunder God mark he had left on Naruto to transport him to safety.
Otherwise, Naruto, who was plummeting from the sky, would have fallen directly into the fiery inferno and been reduced to ashes.
At this moment, Naruto lay motionless on the ground beside Minato, seemingly unconscious due to severe injuries and complete Chakra exhaustion.
Both of his arms were nearly severed, held together by only a thin layer of skin. Additionally, there was a large gash on his abdomen, exposing his red and green internal organs.
Were it not for the fact that the half of the Nine-Tails' Chakra within him had been temporarily drained, Naruto would not have ended up in such a dire state.
However—
Madara's attention had already shifted away from Naruto and the Nine-Tails. His focus was now entirely on Guy, who stood before him.
Guy had lowered his body into a sprinter's starting stance, pressing his hands to the ground, his right foot extended forward.
With a soft exhale, Guy muttered, "Charge!"
Boom!!!
The red steam surrounding Guy's body surged upward explosively, forming a thick, blood-colored ring that completely obscured his figure.
In an instant, the steam erupted like an enraged crimson flame, expanding rapidly in all directions.
Roar!!!
The overwhelming blood-colored steam finally condensed into the form of a massive crimson dragon!
And Guy stood at the very head of the majestic dragon.
Behind Madara, a massive Wood Dragon coiled and loomed. Having absorbed the Nine-Tails' Chakra, the Wood Dragon had grown several times larger than when it was first summoned.
As Madara gazed at the sharp, angular dragon head before him, its scales so detailed they seemed alive, the blood in his veins boiled with excitement.
Madara shouted in exhilaration, "Such Chakra—I acknowledge you!"
"Among all those I've fought, your taijutsu is unparalleled."
"I, Madara, declare you the strongest!!!"
But Guy had no time to entertain Madara's euphoric outburst.
With a low shout of "Yo!" Guy pushed off the ground with both feet.
Zzzzzzz!
In an instant, Guy's figure transformed into a streak of blood-red lightning. Before his voice had even faded, the crimson dragon head had already surged toward Madara.
Though Guy had yet to make any physical moves, the sheer force of the Chakra surrounding him had already carved a deep trench into the ground. Behind him, a storm of dirt and debris roared into the air.
"What?!"
Madara locked his Rinnegan onto Guy, only to find that even his Rinnegan could barely capture a blurred afterimage.
Crack, crack, crack...
The Wood Dragon Madara controlled lunged at Guy, but the moment it touched the dragon-shaped steam surrounding him, it was shattered into pieces. The ferocity of Guy's Chakra was so overwhelming that even the Wood Dragon couldn't withstand it.
The dragon-shaped steam seemed to distort the very space around Guy, which was likely why the Wood Dragon disintegrated upon contact.
Time seemed to stretch endlessly, yet it also felt as if only a fleeting moment had passed.
By the time Madara detected Guy's terrifying blood-red steam, he had already activated his full-body Susano'o, towering over 200 meters tall.
Yet Guy, accompanied by the house-sized crimson dragon, charged forward without hesitation, delivering a devastating kick to the ankle of Madara's full-body Susano'o.
"Night Guy!!!"
Roar! Roar! Roar!!!
The deafening roar of the crimson dragon intertwined with Guy's furious shout. The dragon's razor-sharp teeth sank into the ankle of the Susano'o, but it didn't stop there—it climbed upward relentlessly!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
From a distance, one could see the crimson dragon devouring the deep blue giant, starting from its right foot. Wherever the dragon passed, the Susano'o's form disintegrated into nothingness.
In the face of Night Guy, even the full-body Susano'o's defenses were as fragile as paper!
Before long, as half of the blue giant's body had been consumed, the crimson dragon reached its final destination—the head of the Susano'o.
Guy, his eyes now entirely white and his body covered in magma-like blood-red patterns, locked onto Madara, who was hiding inside the Susano'o.
With the last of his strength, Guy aimed a devastating kick at Madara's head.
Roar!!!
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
The dragon's roar and Guy's furious shout merged into a cacophony of destruction.
Even the full-body Susano'o couldn't withstand such overwhelming power. The giant staggered backward, and with one leg missing, it collapsed to the ground.
But the crimson dragon that Guy had become continued to bite down on the Susano'o's head.
Crack, crack...
In mere moments, the Susano'o's hardest structure—its skull—was shattered by the ferocious crimson dragon.
Guy's right foot, radiating unparalleled heat, smashed directly into Madara's face from above.
Buzz!!!
The moment the crimson dragon bit into Madara, the remnants of the Susano'o dissipated as its power source was extinguished.
Even so, Guy continued to drive Madara's body toward the sea of flames. It wasn't until Madara's body collided with a massive vine that the crimson dragon's energy was finally expended, gradually fading away.
Crash!
Screech!
The massive vine couldn't withstand the force of the attack either. It snapped in two, falling helplessly into the fiery inferno below.
Along with it fell a "corpse," so mangled it was barely recognizable as human. The body seemed as if it had been repeatedly hammered by a massive, burning mallet.
Another figure, charred black and naked, with dark red blood patterns etched across his body, also plummeted from the sky. Wisps of steam rose from his scorched form.
As he fell, this charred figure seemed to retain a faint glimmer of consciousness. His white, lifeless eyes stared at the now-clear sky above.
With great effort, he moved the fingers of his right hand, trying to give the sky one final thumbs-up.
"I have become the nourishment for the new green leaves..."
"When the leaves sprout and spring arrives, that will be the peak of youth, burning at its brightest..."
"My youth... has no regrets..."
As the wind swept over his body, it began to crack and crumble, scattering into countless fragments of ash that drifted down onto the barren, sandy ground.
In the final moments of Guy's consciousness, the image that lingered in his mind was not of the battlefield, but of a bustling, prosperous village—a Konohagakure full of life and vitality.
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