A fist-sized air cannon burst outward the instant Guy's blow struck, rapidly expanding until it matched the scale of his earlier attacks.
"So fast!" Madara Uchiha's eyes widened as his body jolted from the pressure. In a flash, he reshaped his Rinnegan staff into a massive shield just in time to block Guy's One-Foot.
Even Madara admitted it now. This assault was relentless and unforgiving. And it wasn't going to end with a single strike.
Before he could regroup, Guy vanished and reappeared behind him. Two-Foot!The blast struck Madara's right cheek, twisting his proud features into a grimace.
Three-Foot! Guy struck again before Madara could recover.Four-Foot! Another ferocious blast.
Each blow of the Evening Elephant reverberated through the battlefield. With every impact, Guy's will struck harder and deeper.
The fourth strike slammed Madara into his own shattered staff. The air pressure pinned him, cracking the staff under his own weight.
"Can't move…" Madara growled through clenched teeth.
Only now did he begin to grasp the terrifying truth of Guy's Eight Gates. This wasn't reckless taijutsu. This was death given form.
In that moment, Guy reappeared before him, face-to-face.Five-Foot!
"Whatever happens, push on, Guy!" shouted Namikaze Minato from afar.
Madara's staff morphed again, wrapping him in a protective sphere of chakra.From a distance, Gaara narrowed his eyes.
"I know this defense," he muttered. It was eerily similar to his own sand shield.
Then came the orbs.
Four Black Truth-Seeking Orbs launched from behind Madara, aiming straight for Guy's exposed back.
But Madara could not guide them. Rinji's chakra threads interfered with his vision.
At that moment, Rock Lee burst forth through the battlefield, blazing through the Third Gate. He hurled Kakashi's Flying Thunder God Kunai between Guy and the incoming orbs.
Minato appeared instantly, intercepting the orbs with his own body.
"Nice timing, Lee!" he praised, then vanished again in a flicker of light.
Gaara raised his arm, using his sand to teleport Kakashi next to Madara's side.
Kakashi reached out, activating Kamui. A section of Madara's chakra sphere warped and vanished into the pocket dimension, exposing the way forward.
Guy surged through.
Six-Foot!
A point-blank shockwave blasted Madara, completely shattering the supposedly indestructible Rinnegan staff.
Madara and the fractured pieces of his weapon burst from the protective sphere, spinning through the air.
Blood sprayed from his lips as he tumbled hundreds of meters across the battlefield.
High above, Kakashi stared in awe.
Guy stood on the battlefield, breathing hard. His body trembled from the strain, his muscles bulging unnaturally beneath his shredded robe.
The damage to Madara was immense. But the toll on Guy… was immeasurable.
And yet, somehow, Madara rose again.
"This thrill... it's been ages since I felt such excitement!"
Spitting blood, he pressed a hand to his knee and stood tall. His voice trembled with wild exhilaration.
Across the battlefield, only a handful remained: Rock Lee, Kakashi, Minato, Gaara, and Madara.
Sweat beaded on Guy's forehead. His body, torn and overexerted, pulsed with crimson chakra.
"Evening Elephant failed?" Madara laughed, eyes wild.
"Keep dancing!"
Guy's body screamed in agony. His bones cracked, muscles burned, and blood boiled. But he still smiled.
"Time for Night Guy."
With a final flip, Guy landed in a handstand, legs pointed skyward.
And then, it came.
He uttered a single word.
"Seventh."
A torrent of red chakra burst from his body, steam rising as the ground beneath him cracked.
"Guy!"
An enormous beast formed behind him, shaped from crimson chakra. It took the form of a dragon, a monstrous specter of youth, fury, and pride.
Madara's eyes widened.
"You... surpass legend..." he whispered.
Guy's clothes shredded away in the storm of power. His skin cracked with red veins glowing beneath the surface. The beast behind him screamed with his voice.
He charged.
Faster than lightning.
Stronger than any mortal had ever moved.
The chakra beast surged ahead, tearing apart the world as it approached Madara.
Madara did not step back.
He raised the broken remains of his staff.
This was his final salute to the greatest taijutsu user he had ever faced.
But then… he realized.
The air around him had warped.
Time slowed.
Everything bent around Guy.
"Night Guy!"
This was more than a forbidden technique.This was the culmination of a lifetime of perseverance.Of tears, sweat, and relentless training.
Of youth.
Guy's final blow descended.
The world held its breath.
End of Chapter 31