Seeing their attacks deflected, the group finally exhaled in relief.
"What exactly are those Black Orbs? I feel like their power surpasses even Dust Release!"
"I wonder what would happen if Dust Release clashed with those Black Orbs?"
Tobirama teleported back, his entire left arm gone.
However, everyone knew that the Impure World Reincarnation body could regenerate endlessly, so no one dwelled on his injuries.
Raikage anxiously asked, "Second Hokage, how is Lord B?"
Tobirama replied, "Lord B assured that he will be saved!"
"Good!" Raikage finally felt relieved.
Obito didn't press his advantage but turned his gaze toward Kakashi.
"Kakashi, this world, ruined because of your incompetence, shall finally meet its end!"
Seeing Obito's dramatically changed form, Kakashi could hardly believe his eyes. "Obito, how did you become like this?"
Obito sneered. "What's wrong? Feeling small in the face of god's majesty?"
"God?"
"Exactly, God!" Obito proclaimed, "The Sage of Six Paths used this power to create the world, and I will use this power to reshape it anew!"
"Struggle not, resist not. Simply accept your—"
Before he could finish, Susano'o launched an enormous arrow from the giant under Sasuke's control. "Waste of space! Too much talking!"
The Black Orb hovering behind Obito flew forward and spread into a soft membrane.
The seemingly mighty arrow touched the membrane and melted away like spring snow meeting the sun!
"How impetuous! But fine, this world does hold little worth keeping for me anyway!" Obito waved the immortals' staff. Six of the nine Truth-Seeking Balls behind him flew outward. "Plunge into eternal oblivion! I shall recreate all within my dreams!"
Gaara quickly commanded, "Disperse Formation B, retreat three hundred meters, and counterattack with long-range Ninjutsu!"
"Yes!"
Everyone rapidly withdrew. When they reached a certain distance, the Black Orbs ceased pursuit and instead unleashed their power across the sky!
The Allied Forces watched the black light's boundary with trepidation. Tobirama noticed, "Earlier when I redirected the attack, its power also released when it was still some distance from the crowd! Could it be that this seemingly boundless attack actually has a range of less than one hundred meters?"
At this moment, Obito also realized that although the Truth-Seeking Balls possessed immense power, their strength made them difficult to control. Beyond seventy meters, he couldn't manipulate them effectively!
Meanwhile, over ten thousand simultaneous jutsu surged forth like a torrent of techniques, mightily charging toward Obito.
Yet Obito simply expanded the black membrane into a sphere around himself and ignored the rest.
Inside the sphere, Obito frowned slightly. "Are these only good for defense and close combat? I guess I'll have to move out a bit. Good, I'd like to see just how strong this current body really is!"
Outside, after the torrent had washed over, the Black Orb stood unmoved like an immovable rock.
This realization sent a chill through everyone's hearts.
They weren't unfamiliar with absorption abilities, but there should be limits to how much chakra one could absorb. The sight of these Black Orbs, which had resisted thousands of Ninjutsu techniques without showing any change, was truly terrifying!
"Has its defensive capability really reached such a level?" Tobirama murmured inwardly. Just as he prepared to warn everyone about the orb's attack range, he noticed the Black Orbs suddenly vanish.
In the next instant, Obito appeared right in front of him, almost like teleportation, swinging his staff.
"So fast!" Tobirama's pupils constricted as he instinctively dodged using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Obito persisted relentlessly, sticking to Tobirama like a parasite.
While dodging, Tobirama contemplated, "Choosing me as the first target—is it because you think my Flying Thunder God Technique is too much of a pain? But I'm a reincarnated body through the Impure World Reincarnation. Ordinary attacks are meaningless against me. You must seal me to take me down..."
Seeing Tobirama relentlessly pursued, Hashirama instinctively rushed forward, shouting, [Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!]
"Perfect timing!" Obito immediately abandoned Tobirama and swung his staff at Hashirama.
At this moment, Tobirama suddenly realized something he had previously overlooked: "Something's not right. Why hasn't my left hand regenerated yet?"
Normally, even if his entire body got destroyed, it should've already regenerated by now.
"Could it be that the parts destroyed by those Black Orbs can't be restored even through the Impure World Reincarnation?" Tobirama thought in shock. "Does that mean his real target is actually my older brother—the only one who could possibly defeat him?"
Just like before, the mighty wood dragon was completely powerless against those Black Orbs.
As the Black Orbs were about to touch Hashirama, Tobirama suddenly teleported over and shoved Hashirama aside with his right hand.
Then, his right hand instantly disintegrated!
"Brother, what are you—" Hashirama was momentarily confused.
"Be careful," Tobirama warned. "The parts destroyed by those Black Orbs cannot regenerate even through the Impure World Reincarnation!"
"What?" Everyone who heard this exclaimed in disbelief. Even the Impure World Reincarnation can't fix that?
"Heh, finally figured it out, huh?" Obito laughed loudly. "The Truth-Seeking Balls embody Yin-Yang and the Five Elements. They're my ultimate power that can resist any attack and break through every boundary! Even the Impure World Reincarnation won't grant a second chance once it's struck!"
Hearing this, a heavy sense of dread settled over the group.
No wonder their previous attack combining thousands of Ninjutsu techniques had no effect on Obito at all!
This is hopeless... how can they even fight back?
"Do you understand now?" Obito roared with laughter. "This is the boundary between god and man!" Suddenly, he heard a whistling sound from behind him and instinctively raised his Truth-Seeking Balls. "Still struggling? I told you it's useless, pu—"
Dozens of Wood Release pillars pierced through the Truth-Seeking Balls, pinning the endlessly laughing Obito straight into the ground!
This sudden development left everyone momentarily stunned.
Didn't he just claim to be a god? What happened?
And they'd already tested this before—their combined efforts of thousands had been utterly ineffective!
Everyone looked toward the attack's origin — there stood Mizuki, arms crossed, purple markings rimming his eyes.
"I knew it," Mizuki said. "You previously mentioned that the Truth-Seeking Balls combine the forces of yin and yang with the five elements. It seems a force outside this system indeed cannot be completely defended against!"
"That's right, Sage Art!" Hashirama slapped his hands together. "No wonder he planned to go after me first!"
Even Madara, pinned beneath the torii gate, almost couldn't bear to watch. "What an idiot! Why is he so carelessly revealing his own information? Has he just become too arrogant?"
Suddenly, an immense aura exploded from Obito's body, sending the wooden spears piercing him flying. He shot up, furious and roaring, "Even if you've figured that out, what can you do? Only the few of you can use Sage Art. You still can't beat me!"
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