Thick wooden arms were covered in angular violet armor that gleamed with a cold, metallic light.
The massive wooden hands were wrapped in a denser layer of Susanoo plating, their knuckles sharpened into deadly chakra-forged claws.
Across its towering chest and back, layers of armor pulsed faintly with molten streams of energy chakra flowing through the joints like liquid fire.
In its colossal hands, an elongated blade of pure energy began to take shape the fabled Kusanagi Sword, born of Susanoo's divine power.
At its back, forming above the left shoulder, the Heavenly Magatama Bow appeared enormous, radiant, radiating an overwhelming sense of destruction.
"Whoa!"
Standing atop the Wood Titan's head, encased within the translucent Susanoo shell, Naruto could hardly contain his awe as the towering fusion rose from the earth.
The immense power coursing beneath his feet made his heart race strength beyond anything the Wood Release alone had ever produced.
"This is incredible, Sasuke!" he shouted, his voice trembling with exhilaration.
Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan spun rapidly, maintaining the enormous construct. A faint, rare smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
He could feel it this method of summoning Susanoo over the Wood Titan not only amplified power, it consumed far less chakra and eye strength than a complete Susanoo form.
The reason was simple: the Wood Titan's physical frame provided a powerful structure, absorbing much of the burden that would otherwise fall on the eyes and chakra.
Instead of constructing a chakra skeleton from nothing, Susanoo could now use the Wood Titan as its living armor.
"I'll call this fusion technique..." Naruto declared proudly, eyes gleaming, "Armament: Susanoo Wood Titan!"
The fusion warrior unsheathed its Kusanagi Sword and swept it through the air.
A narrow, crescent-shaped slash of deep violet energy exploded outward silent at first, then roaring like a storm.
The slash was formed from pure Sage Chakra fused with the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
It tore through the air, emitting a low, resonant howl that pierced the sky itself. Even space seemed to shudder in its wake.
As the blade of light passed, even sunlight bent and vanished, leaving behind a vacuum a deep, crescent-shaped scar carved into the horizon.
Before them stood a mountain, towering and immovable, a monument to the earth's endurance.
To most, it was nature's fortress, a symbol of permanence.
But when the violet slash struck
There was no sound at first. Then came annihilation.
The mountain did not explode. It disintegrated.
The instant the energy made contact, rock and soil were shredded into dust finer than ash.
It was not an explosion, but a clean, merciless erasure the mountain collapsing in silence before thunder followed.
Then the sound came
A deafening roar like ten thousand storms exploding at once.
The air itself convulsed. The sky turned gray.
A tsunami of dust shot upward, blotting out the sun, while shockwaves spread across the land in a wide arc, flattening trees and sending stones flying like sand.
When the dust finally began to settle, the scene revealed itself:
The mountain was gone.
In its place lay a vast, fan-shaped scar in the earth, the surface smooth as glass and deep as a canyon.
Fragments of pulverized stone had spread miles away, forming a gray plain of dust and ruin.
On the Wood Titan's head, Naruto stood frozen, mouth agape, the reflection of destruction dancing in his golden eyes.
The overwhelming force the sensation of a mountain erased rather than shattered made his skin prickle with electricity.
"This power… it's insane!" he shouted, trembling between awe and disbelief. "Sasuke, this is way stronger than we planned!"
Beside him, Sasuke's scarlet eyes whirled faster, locked on the barren land before them. Even his calm composure cracked slightly.
He could feel it too the drain on his chakra was heavy, but nothing compared to what a full Susanoo would have required.
Naruto's Wood Titan had borne the strain of Susanoo's structure perfectly, turning it from a chakra-devouring entity into a true weapon of war.
Sasuke's voice came low, steady but tinged with excitement.
"Armament: Susanoo Wood Titan. The Wood Titan gives it a body, and Susanoo grants it the edge to destroy all. That mountain... was only the beginning."
He turned his gaze toward the distant horizon, eyes burning with purpose.
"This is just our first step. The strength we'll reach from here it will surpass everything."
In the distance, Hinata and the toads of Mount Myoboku watched in stunned silence.
Hinata's Byakugan had seen everything every layer of the mountain's core shatter like glass under the violet blade.
Even with her mastery of the Divine Air Fist, a technique strong enough to crush boulders into dust, she had never witnessed such absolute power.
The fusion of Sage Chakra and ocular might wasn't simply destructive it was annihilation.
"Maybe… maybe this new form could even withstand my Divine Air Fist," Hinata murmured, narrowing her eyes.
Then she added softly, "Though… I'd still break it. Just might take two hits this time."
Behind her, the great toads Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Gamahiro gaped at the desolation.
Even wrapped in bandages from their training wounds, their eyes were wide with disbelief.
Shima's earlier words echoed in their minds: Even a Tailed Beast couldn't withstand Hinata's power.
And now, staring at the mountain that had simply ceased to exist, the three toads felt a chill crawl down their spines.
Shima croaked out hoarsely, "What in the world are these kids turning into?"
One could destroy a mountain with a single punch.
The other could erase one with a single swing.
To beings who had once believed themselves the peak of nature's strength, it was terrifying.
After their training at Mount Myoboku, Naruto and his friends bowed respectfully to Fukasaku and Shima.
They had learned all they could here. The path ahead that was theirs to walk now.
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