The ninjas' army that was fighting the devils was facing many difficulties, they were outnumbered and weaker in terms of strength compared to the devils, so they were struggling and barely holding up against this onslaught thanks to all kinds of formations and traps they set in front of the hell's gate to use to their advantage, as well as Bakorio's sand army…

And talking about traps, two silhouettes in the middle of the explosions were still contemplating how they got tricked by the two Ninjas, to the point that they were starting to question who were the true devils here….

They weren't wrong, both Minato and Bakorio rely heavily on using strategies to preserve their strength and taking their enemies by surprise which made them masters at setting traps.

In Minato's case, he sneakily dragged Hokusai away from the main battlefield to avoid his allies getting caught in the explosion, then he started dodging Hokusai's attack in a limited area… In fact, this is the only reason the latter can pressure him despite his FTGJ.

But it was all in Minato's plan, as every time he dodged or blocked his attacks, he would use his chakra hands to cast the Roaring thunder god Jutsu and print explosive seals in a range of 10 meters around them, in every tree, stone, and leaf… He printed as many seals as possible while Hokusai was still unaware.

Then he dragged Hokusai one last time to the middle of that explosive area so that he leaves him no chance to escape before he simply teleported out to a safe distance and triggered all the seals at the same time creating a beautiful but deadly sigh as a terrifying roar echoed and shook the hearts of everyone both devil and human!

Meanwhile, Bakorio's plan was much simpler, he used his own lighting-covered hand to dispel the lightning around Shu's Staff secretly before he planted a FTG seal on it while the latter was still unaware.

Then, when the time was right, he created a giant Rasenshuriken that was powered by both nature energy and dark chakra turning it into a devastating attack, and before Shu could react, Bakorio teleported toward his staff and hit him with the Rasenshuriken at point blank leaving him no chance to dodge, then he simply teleported to one of Minato's Kunais that was still out of both explosions range…

…

With no sight of the two strongest devils, Bakorio and Minato turned their sight on the devils attacking the ninja army.

The area was infested with FTG seals so they simply started disappearing and reappearing all over the battlefield, one an orange flash while the other a black flash, and whenever they passed, devil heads would start flying through the air!

…

"Amazing… These two are truly monsters!" Darui thought with admiration clear in his eyes before he used his storm release to decapitate an elite Jonin-level devil…

However, this didn't last long as giant flame Balls the size of trucks suddenly appeared in the sky above the two armies and started falling toward them…

"Hmm? They are still alive?" Minato was truly surprised as he recognized this attack as something Shu would use… But before he could contemplate further… Tens of terrifying Sharp slashes came flying his way…

"Bakorio-kun, if we dodge this, the ninja under us will get annihilated, do you have any plans?" Minato asked urgently as he prepared to go all out if he didn't receive a satisfactory answer.

However, to his surprise, Bakorio raised his hand and said "Don't worry, I can handle this…" Then, he calmly put his hand on the ground and said "Wood release: Multiple hands Jutsu"

Right after he said this, Wood started growing from the ground and transformed into the shape of tens of hands that rose into the air and clashed against the blue flame balls and the Sword slashes causing them to burn and be shopped apart, but they stopped the attacks!

"We underestimated you, you grew much stronger than the last time we met you" Shu spoke coldly, already transformed into his humanoid lion form that reeked of a devilish aura while Hokusai stood beside him and he now transformed into a pitch-black devil with large white eyes and it reminded Bakorio of the second tailed beast transformation slightly, although this one has wings and a devils tail that had an arrow-shaped tip!

However, they were clearly both injured and they didn't seem to have come out of the explosions completely unharmed as they were riddled with cuts...

"I should say the same to the two of you… You are touching at the level of supreme brings… How in the hell did you do that… No, how were you resurrected in the first place considering I absorbed your soul back then?"

Minato was slightly surprised by this and he couldn't help but cast Bakorio a curious look while the ninjas felt a chill as they all had the same thought 'He can absorb souls?'

"The secrets of hell are far beyond your imagination" Shu replied coldly and Bakorio agreed with a nod "I guess I will have to visit it myself if I want to uncover them all"

"Enough talking" Hokusai spoke eerily before he swung a giant pitch-black blade at them… But this time Minato was ready so he closed his eyes slightly and said "Bakorio-kun, let's finish this quickly"

"I agree" Bakorio replied, then before the two devils could say anything, they both entered their six-path sage mode increasing all of their attributes by 3000!

"Sage art: Heavenly Wheel" Minato said coldly causing an eerie pale green wind to appear in front of him in the form of a circle that started rotating at terrifying speed before he launched it at Hokusai's slash and instantly tore it apart and continued toward the devil that was forced to block it with his sword.

"Sage art: Burning Sun" Bakorio spoke calmly before he put his hand over his mouth as if he was releasing a fireball Jutsu, but what came out of his mouth was no fireball… It was a literal sun that was ten meters in diameter! That's because he used Scorch release and powered it up with his six paths sage chakra…

Just the sheer heat it was releasing caused the ground around him to turn barren while everything organic directly evaporated… Thankfully, he manipulated his sand army to make the Ninjas from Kumo retreat, otherwise they would have evaporated just like the devils that didn't follow after them…

Shu stared at this attack that was approaching rapidly and already started feeling his skin burning from the heat it was releasing, but he was still fearless and roared loudly like a lion would before he quickly enlarged his staff and turned it 100 meters big and yelled "HELL'S ICY SMASH!"

A huge amount of black ice covered the staff with terrifying red light hiding in its depth and he smashed it directly at Bakorio's sun causing a terrifying explosion to occur between them that made the area in 1 kilometer around them turn into fog!

However, Shu didn't come out of this unharmed… In fact, his staff was melted, and so were his hands that were holding it…

"What the hell is this power?" he stared in confusion at his dark palms that were almost burned into a crisp before he turned to his friend Hokusai and noticed that his sword was split in half and he had a huge gash on the front of his body… Just what in the hell were they facing…

But Minato and Bakorio didn't give them much time to contemplate as they readied another wave of attack for them to finish them off!

As for those that weren't blocked, they fell gently into the earth, but whatever they touched, it would turn into a 3 meters wide and deep hole filled with magma!

"You are not just copying me, you can actually gather hell's energy! How's this possible?" Shu asked with disbelief clear in his eyes as he can tell that Bakorio didn't go through hell's Baptism… This Baptism transforms people's hearts, and the weaker the person, the more their bodies will transform as well, as for the strong ones, they retain their original features and only gain certain devilish characteristics such as wings or horns.

Bakorio however didn't have any of those which confused Shu, but Bakorio wasn't going to give him an answer anytime soon and simply retaliated by using his Mangekyo Sharingan and using its Yomi no Kuni ability!

4 deadly chains rushed at Shu, but his body suddenly become covered in Red lightning and he said "Hell's lightning Chakra Cloak"

Then, he started moving at unimaginable speeds and dodged the chains before he appeared in front of Bakorio with his staff already going for the latter's head!

'Hmm? He's using it similar to the Raikage… It seems like he developed his fighting style even further…' Bakorio analyzed all of this calmly before he leaned back and dodged the staff before he quickly covered his leg in red lightening as well and used an attack similar attack to Chidori with it before he kicked Shu!

Sensing the Danger behind the kick, Shu frowned slightly and dodged the attack with his incredible speed before he appeared behind Bakorio and prepared to stab him with his lightning-covered staff…

However, to his Shock, Bakorio who was leaning back still twisted with unbelievable dexterity and barely dodged the staff before he covered his hand in red lightning and held it in place, and tried to stab Shu with his other hand.

That's when this devil simply smirked and said "Don't underestimate me!" Before he swung Bakorio with his staff and sent him crashing through multiple trees…

"You are indeed stronger than me physically… It seems like you absorbed even more of hell's energy after I killed you the last time…" Bakorio said calmly but he suddenly smiled and said "But it's not enough"

Shu watched as a terrifying giant Black Rasenshuriken formed on top of Bakorio's hand and he simply said arrogantly "I'm not only stronger than you, I'm also faster"

Hearing this, Bakorio's smile widened before he said "I don't know about that" Before he disappeared from Shu's vision and he only saw the Giant Rasenshuriken appear instantly in front of him and strike him in the face as if a whole planet was falling over him!

"Impossible…"

BOOOOOOOOOOOM

Two explosions echoed at the same time causing the battlefield to come to a standstill…