Seeing that Shanks's Divine Punishment lightning wasn't able to penetrate the barrier, Guy instantly snapped his fingers and said, "Nuclear Magic."
As soon as those words left his mouth, the space behind him seemed to tremble. A giant magic circle began forming in the air, rapidly expanding until it towered behind Guy. The intricate patterns within the circle lit up one after another, and in the next instant, a massive beam was fired from its center.
The beam directly struck the army.
Boom!
A massive explosion erupted among the densely gathered forces. The beam tore through the curtain-like barrier with ridiculous ease. The barrier that had managed to withstand Shanks's lightning wasn't even able to put up any kind of resistance against Guy's Nuclear Magic. It was instantly pierced through, and the beam continued forward, swallowing everything in its path.
But Guy didn't stop after firing just one beam.
The giant magic circle behind him continued to shine.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Beams continued to fire one after another, raining down upon the enormous army. With each attack, tens of thousands were caught within the destructive blasts. Entire sections of the army vanished beneath the explosions before they could even react.
In an instant, Guy had already killed more than 100,000 of them.
From the other side, Antares was doing something equally terrifying.
Still in his enormous dragon form, Antares opened his mouth as destructive energy gathered within it. The purplish-red light condensed rapidly before he released his Breath of Destruction.
The breath swept across the army.
Tens of thousands were killed in a single attack.
Antares moved his enormous head slightly before once again gathering the destructive energy within his mouth. Another Breath of Destruction was fired, cutting through a different part of the army. He continued firing his attacks one after another, each breath wiping out enormous numbers of enemies.
Within mere moments, Antares had also killed around 100,000.
Together with Shanks's earlier attack, just three of them had slaughtered almost half of the massive army brought by the Otsutsuki clan.
It had happened far too quickly.
Among the dead were many of those strange winged aliens. Their bodies had either been burned, torn apart, or completely erased beneath the overwhelming attacks of the three Uzumaki siblings. The enormous army that had previously covered the sky was rapidly thinning at a visible rate.
Momoshiki, who was standing to the side of Masashiki, watched the ongoing slaughter. His expression darkened slightly as another beam from Guy tore through thousands of soldiers.
"It can't go on like this."
If this continued, those three would simply slaughter the entire army before the true battle could even properly begin.
After saying this, Momoshiki disappeared from his location. He vanished from beside Masashiki, and at almost the exact same moment, Kinshiki also disappeared.
Their target was Antares.
Antares immediately noticed the two Otsutsuki clan members approaching him. His enormous dragon body rapidly changed. The giant form shrank as Antares returned to his human form, but he didn't stop there.
His body transformed once again.
Dragon-like characteristics appeared across him as Antares entered his hybrid form—a half-dragon, half-human form. His powerful body remained humanoid, but the terrifying characteristics of a dragon were clearly visible upon him.
Momoshiki and Kinshiki rushed directly towards him.
At the same time, another duo from the Otsutsuki clan targeted Guy, clearly intending to stop his Nuclear Magic from continuing its massacre.
Shanks instantly shifted his attention towards the other Otsutsuki clan members who were still floating beside Masashiki.
"Astral Imprint."
Suddenly, without any of them even realizing what had happened, strange imprints appeared on random parts of their bodies.
Some had an Astral Imprint appear on their neck.
Some had it appear on their hands.
Others had the imprint appear elsewhere on their bodies.
Before they could even understand what those imprints meant, Shanks disappeared.
A Truth-Seeking Orb appeared in his hand.
The black orb rapidly changed its shape, stretching and transforming into a sword. Red lightning instantly covered the black blade, violently crackling across its surface.
Shanks skimmed through the group of Otsutsuki clan members.
One.
Two.
Three.
Before any of them could properly react, Shanks had already passed through several of them. The black sword covered in red lightning cut through their bodies, and the moment the Truth-Seeking Orb sword touched them, their bodies began disintegrating.
They turned into dust.
Shanks continued moving from one Astral Imprint to another.
Four.
Five.
Six.
The Otsutsuki clan members finally began reacting, but Shanks's movements were simply too fast. The Astral Imprints had already given him the locations he needed, allowing him to move between his targets almost instantly.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine.
Ten.
In an instant, almost ten Otsutsuki clan members had been killed.
Their bodies disintegrated into dust after being struck by Shanks's black sword. Not even corpses were left behind.
Shanks immediately targeted the eleventh one.
However, just as his sword was about to reach his target, another figure suddenly appeared between them.
Masashiki.
Masashiki raised his staff.
Shanks's black sword collided directly with it.
Boom!
A massive shockwave erupted from their collision. The air around them violently trembled as red lightning scattered from Shanks's sword. The force of their clash spread outward, causing the nearby Otsutsuki clan members to immediately retreat.
After the collision, both Masashiki and Shanks were pushed several meters away from each other in the air.
Shanks calmly stabilized himself.
Masashiki also stopped his retreat before turning his head towards the remaining Otsutsuki clan members who were still floating nearby.
Around fifty of them remained.
At this moment, those Otsutsuki clan members couldn't help but feel fortunate.
They hadn't been targeted by Shanks.
If even one of those Astral Imprints had appeared on them, they might have already died just like the ten Otsutsuki clan members before them. Shanks had killed all ten so quickly that they barely had any opportunity to help.
Masashiki looked towards them and ordered, "Send the Ten tails."
The remaining Otsutsuki clan members immediately nodded.
One of them quickly acknowledged, "Yes, Elder."
Without wasting even a moment, they immediately moved away from the area, leaving Shanks and Masashiki behind to fight.
They clearly understood that they couldn't remain between these two.
If they tried to interfere in the battle between Shanks and Masashiki, they might simply be killed in the aftermath of their attacks. Even worse, Shanks might target them again the moment he found an opportunity.
None of them wanted to become the eleventh person to disintegrate beneath that black sword.
Therefore, they didn't dare to remain nearby.
The remaining Otsutsuki clan members instantly moved away from the battlefield between Shanks and Masashiki.
They also immediately followed the order given by Masashiki.
Within moments, several more latches on the enormous spaceship began to open. The massive metal doors slowly separated, and almost as soon as they opened, multiple terrifying roars echoed from within the spaceship.
ROAR!
ROAR!
The roaring sounds spread across the battlefield, causing many of the ninjas below to instinctively look towards the sky.
Then, from inside the enormous spaceship, giant beasts began moving out.
These beasts were the Ten-Tails.
One after another, the enormous Ten-Tails emerged from the spaceship. Their gigantic bodies descended onto the battlefield, and the moment they appeared, the surroundings began to change. These beasts were easily able to influence even the weather around them.
Two of the Ten-Tails raised their heads and roared.
Dark clouds rapidly gathered in the sky.
Within moments, two enormous storms formed above the battlefield. Powerful winds swept across the land, carrying dust, broken weapons, and even bodies into the air. The storms showed no distinction between allies and enemies.
They swept through both the Otsutsuki slave army and the Allied Shinobi Army alike.
Countless soldiers were caught within the storms. Many were instantly killed, while many others were severely injured and thrown hundreds of meters away. Entire formations collapsed beneath the violent winds as the battlefield descended into even greater chaos.
Around ten of these Ten-Tails had been deployed by the Otsutsuki clan.
Looking at this scene, the expressions of almost everyone present became solemn.
The Fourth Raikage stared at the enormous beasts with a grim expression. The current Hokage, Kakashi, and the other powerful fighters of Konoha also had solemn looks on their faces.
Ten Ten-Tails.
Just one of these creatures was already a terrifying existence.
Now, ten of them had been released onto the battlefield at the same time.
Before anyone could properly respond, three of the Ten-Tails opened their mouths.
Massive amounts of chakra began gathering.
Three enormous Tailed Beast Bombs rapidly formed above their mouths, their dense chakra causing the surrounding air to tremble. The destructive power contained within them was obvious to everyone present.
Looking at this scene, Minato immediately said, "I will handle it."
In the next instant, he disappeared.
Flying Thunder God Technique.
Flying Thunder God: Stage Two.
Minato's figure flickered across the battlefield almost simultaneously with the firing of the Tailed Beast Bombs. There was only a difference of mere seconds between his movements.
The first Tailed Beast Bomb disappeared.
Then the second.
And finally, the third.
Within moments, Minato had transported all three Tailed Beast Bombs away from the battlefield, sending them directly into the vast ocean.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Three deafening explosions came from the distant sea.
Enormous pillars of seawater rose into the sky. The explosions created massive waves, and within moments, a tsunami of seawater began rushing towards the battlefield.
The enormous waves directly struck the Otsutsuki slave army.
Many of the slaves were swept away by the rushing seawater and dragged towards the sea. Of course, this alone wasn't enough to kill most of them, but killing them hadn't been Minato's main intention.
The sudden tsunami disrupted their formations.
It pushed large numbers of them away from the Allied Shinobi Army and gave many exhausted ninjas a brief moment to recover.
This was exactly what Minato had hoped for.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, Makima was fighting with Angel by her side, along with the other devils under her control.
The devils continued causing destruction across the battlefield. Makima herself calmly moved among the enemies, her expression remaining almost unchanged despite the chaos surrounding her.
Then, her eyes shifted towards the Ten-Tails.
She watched the enormous beasts rampaging across the battlefield.
"These fools have really given us a big edge."
After saying this, Makima immediately ordered Spider to teleport her to their side.
Spider obeyed.
Makima disappeared from her location and instantly appeared near one of the Ten-Tails.
Compared to before, Makima's strength had increased tremendously. She was far more powerful than she had once been, and the Ten-Tails before her, despite their terrifying power, had no master controlling them.
They were simply acting according to their own wills.
According to their beastly nature.
Makima looked at the first Ten-Tails.
Almost immediately, it came under her control.
Then the second.
The third.
One after another, Makima easily took control of all the Ten-Tails.
The enormous beasts that had previously been roaring and attacking everything around them suddenly stopped.
For a brief moment, the battlefield seemed to freeze.
Then Makima gave her order.
The Ten-Tails turned around.
ROAR!
Their enormous bodies moved towards the Otsutsuki slave army.
The beasts immediately began attacking.
Storms swept through the Otsutsuki forces. Massive limbs crushed groups of slaves beneath them, while the Ten-Tails even began targeting the Otsutsuki clan members themselves.
In mere moments, the tables had completely turned.
Masashiki, who was confronting Shanks, also noticed this scene.
For the first time, clear shock appeared on his face.
I didn't expect someone like her to exist.
His gaze immediately focused on Makima.
To be able to control Ten-tails this easily... It seems she has a very powerful Shinjutsu.
The other Otsutsuki clan members were equally confused.
They couldn't understand what had just happened.
The Ten-Tails they had personally released were now attacking them.
"What is happening?!"
"Why are the beasts attacking us?!"
Confusion spread among the Otsutsuki clan members as they were suddenly forced to defend themselves against their own Ten-Tails.
At this time, another figure moved across the battlefield.
Erza.
Wearing her black-winged armor, Erza glided through the sky. The black wings attached to her armor allowed her to move freely through the air as she rapidly crossed the battlefield.
In her hand was a powerful black sword.
A terrifying aura radiated from the blade as Erza flew through the chaotic sky, her gaze fixed firmly on the enemies ahead.