In the Starting Ball space, Obito, Sasuke, and Black Zetsu formed a three-way standoff.
They first needed to confirm which space Naruto was in.
Sasuke said: "Naruto and I both possess the 'Yin and Yang powers' and can sense each other. He's not in this space, but I can't describe which specific dimension he's in..."
Obito placed his hand on Sasuke's head: "I'll share my spatial marker perception with you. Just tell me the order based on distance."
After closing his eyes to sense, Sasuke opened them: "The third one!"
"Oh, the desert space..." Obito noted carefully: "We don't know how the battle's going yet. To be safe, let me protect Sasuke and Black Zetsu first!"
Whoosh!
He absorbed both Sasuke and Black Zetsu into his Kamui dimension.
Then he began transferring himself toward the desert space!
Swoosh! But just then, Yomotsu Hirasaka opened in midair, and an All-Killing Ash Bone shot down!
Obito immediately interrupted his transfer and entered intangibility, dodging the All-Killing Ash Bone!
Looking at Indra appearing in the sky, Obito's brow furrowed: "So my intentions were detected..."
Indra observed the lingering aura around Obito: "You even brought contraband with you—stored in your eye's dimension? Unfortunately, you won't reach the other shore. This place will become your burial ground!"
Hiss! Indra struck with a killing move immediately—a translucent white longsword condensed in his left hand!
"This is a Great Soul Shock Sword ten times more powerful than before. I'll use it to completely erase your soul!"
Boom!
As his words fell, he attacked Obito with the sword!
Having witnessed Indra's terrifying ability to cleverly break through intangibility, Obito retreated at full speed, his mind racing: He can only measure my physical location in spacetime using the Tenseigan at the moment of contact, then coordinate with that Yomotsu Hirasaka technique to attack my physical form. I can use intangibility to ignore all his ranged attacks, but I absolutely must dodge close-range attacks!
Indra said: "Oh, so it's 'once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of rope'? Unfortunately, without ocular techniques, your mobility is just mediocre!"
He accelerated his pursuit, closing in on Obito!
Obito thought: He could previously use Mohagabetsu Raijin coordinated with Body Flicker Technique, but now he's moving directly. It seems after devouring Kaguya, his own eyes haven't awakened for some reason!
However... his pure speed is far faster than mine. Being caught is just a matter of time!
"In that case..."
Hiss!Obito's eyes suddenly focused intensely.
—Yomotsuru: Time Stop!
Swoosh!
A gray zone expanded with Obito as the center, several times larger in scale than during his Eternal Mangekyō period!
"What!?" After Indra reacted, he stopped abruptly and retreated, finally halting at the time-stop zone's perimeter!
Through Kaguya'sTenseigan, he observed from a microscopic level and quickly discovered the blind spot.
"The particle flow in the air at this time-stop zone's boundary is very subtle!"
Wood extending from his right hand probed from outside into the edge of the time-stop barrier, struck the ground with a boom, then withdrew!
"I see..." Indra understood: "If an object spans inside and outside the barrier, it produces a cross-boundary effect and won't stop moving. In other words, as long as the attack range is large enough, I can ignore this barrier and attack you from outside."
At this point, Indra's mouth curved into a dangerous arc: "Also, to maintain this barrier, you yourself must be corporeal, right?"
Whoosh!!!
Indra raised his right palm high, Truth-Seeking Orbs rotating and transforming into a heaven-defying light sword!
Obito's pupils contracted sharply: "This technique is..."
Indra gripped the bottom of the light sword and slashed down violently!
—Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
Swoosh!
The light sword sliced into the barrier, falling completely unaffected!!
Obito hastily canceled the time stop and entered intangibility, shocked: "He saw through the time-stop barrier's limitations in an instant and came up with such a clean countermeasure!!"
Boom! The Starting Ball space's ground was split by one sword strike. Golden light explosions rose from the ravine. Though Obito ignored it with intangibility, it marked that time-stop held little meaning against Indra!
But Indra remained cautious: With Impure World Reincarnation, his chakra and ocular power won't have substantial consumption. If he times the moment I close in and opens the barrier again, there's still risk of being frozen. Better keep a backup plan!
Above his raised right palm again, a giant Truth-Seeking Orb condensed, dispersing into hundreds. Buzz buzz buzz buzz! Then hundreds of Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion light swords took position in midair.
Indra lowered his right hand: "Those swords will fall toward him simultaneously when my time gets stopped. This way, it's foolproof..."
Boom!!
He raised the Great Soul Shock Sword in his left hand and charged toward Obito again!
"This time, let's see what you can do!!!"
Obito's gaze darkened: "Sealing off every factor that could lead to disadvantage? Facing such an enemy is truly despair-inducing, but..."
Swoosh!
An All-Killing Ash Bone covered in cracks fell from Obito's sleeve!
It was the very one that had struck him before—after he severed its karmic connection with himself, it hadn't completely shattered!
Seeing this scene, Indra remained unmoved: "Oh, the All-Killing Ash Bone he blocked before? How boring. Planning to stab me at the moment of mutual destruction? Indeed, if that technique hits, it would cause me some effect, but compared to the benefits, this is completely negligible!"
Obito's eyes gleamed: "Danmetsu Senti—left eye severs causality, right eye strengthens causality. If both eyes activate simultaneously, they can naturally produce unexpected 'excess returns'!"
Hiss!
His eyes suddenly focused on Indra!
—Danmetsu Senti: Karmic Suturing!
Crack! Indra's body suddenly froze in midair: "This feeling..."
Rustle rustle...!
The All-Killing Ash Bone in Obito's hand began to dissolve!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Cracks also appeared on Indra's skin surface!
"I see, this is the effect of that guy's Rinnegan dual ocular powers!"
"Sarabada [Farewell]..."
Whoosh!Obito disappeared into a Kamui vortex.
Hiss hiss hiss...!
Accompanied by scorching smoke, the cracks on Indra's skin surface quickly smoothed over.
Hiss! The Great Soul Shock Sword disappeared from his left hand.
His mouth curved into a smile: "Fine, passing this trial counts as your skill..."
Desert space.
"Sorry to keep you waiting..."
Whoosh! With a rotating vortex, Obito appeared before Naruto and Madara. Simultaneously, Sasuke and Black Zetsu were also released from the spacetime dimension!
Swoosh!
Yomotsu Hirasaka opened in the sky, and Indra descended!
—"Now everyone's assembled. Come, the final desperate battle!!"
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