Above the Allied Shinobi Forces, seeing Uchiha Madara charge in, Onoki and the others felt a chill.
The eight Tailed Beasts quickly made their move, unleashing Tailed Beast Bombs.
However, Uchiha Madara simply swung his tin staff and easily knocked these Tailed Beast Bombs away.
RUMBLE!
One energy sphere after another bloomed across the land, shaking the earth.
Dust Release: Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!
Onoki grit his teeth and unleashed it, a barrier enveloping Uchiha Madara.
"Tricks like this are useless against me."
Uchiha Madara casually absorbed the Dust Release.
Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately followed up with Sage Art: Five Elements Consecutive Colliding Great Wave, but it was blocked by Uchiha Madara's Truth-Seeking Ball. Although the Truth-Seeking Ball showed cracks, it ultimately held.
"Interesting, but I don't have time to play with you all!"
Uchiha Madara immediately used Limbo: Border Jail. The Fourth Raikage and others guarding the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki were all sent flying, and then one Tailed Beast after another was quickly defeated.
Using a Limbo clone to replace his original body, Uchiha Madara appeared before the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki. Cooperating with his three Limbo clones, he instantly extracted the eight Tailed Beasts from the Jinchuriki.
"Little Eight!"
Killer B knelt on the ground. The Eight-Tails' unique ability to sever its tail to survive prevented him from immediately passing out.
Though Nohara Rin was a bit weak, she was not in any danger. She was one of the first to use the Sage Cursed Seal, and her body was close to completing Sage Transformation, possessing incredible vitality.
Yugito Nii, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki Fu, and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki Fū also benefited from Ōtsutsuki Kamishiki planting the Sage Cursed Seal.
Only Rōshi and Han, the Jinchuriki from Iwagakure, collapsed directly.
"Finally, we're all gathered!"
Uchiha Madara smiled. He looked up at the moon in the sky, intending to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi immediately.
However, as he leaped into the air, his expression changed.
Namikaze Minato, Naruto, and Uchiha Sasuke had arrived.
"These two feel different..."
Uchiha Madara frowned, and then saw Uchiha Sasuke's Rinnegan, his heart immediately startled: "How did this guy awaken the Rinnegan?"
"What's going on?"
Uchiha Madara couldn't understand.
Behind him.
Uchiha Itachi and the others, who were still recovering their strength, had been watching. They were all surprised to see Naruto and Sasuke appear.
"Sasuke..."
Uchiha Itachi suddenly froze, because he sensed his brother's Chakra was different!
Uchiha Shisui beside him smiled, "Itachi, you're not mistaken. Sasuke has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan!"
Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Yashiro, and Uchiha Kōta were all overjoyed.
The Uchiha clan had gained another Mangekyo Sharingan user.
This was undoubtedly the strongest era for the Uchiha clan.
However, after the joy, Uchiha Fugaku's expression turned grim: "The Mangekyo is no match for Madara at all. That guy is too powerful!"
"No."
Uchiha Shisui shook his head. "Not just the Mangekyo, Sasuke should have also awakened the Rinnegan!"
"What?"
"Rinnegan?"
Uchiha Fugaku and the other two exclaimed in unison.
Uchiha Itachi was also extremely shocked and quickly asked, "Big brother Shisui, what exactly is going on?"
"Although Sasuke's talent is immense, even with Lord Asuma's Sage Cursed Seal, he could at most achieve the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The Rinnegan is impossible!" Uchiha Shisui smiled, "It's because Sasuke is special!"
"Special?"
Everyone was confused.
"Lord Asuma said so."
Uchiha Shisui explained.
...
At the front lines, Naruto waved. "Everyone, retreat! Leave this to us!"
"Retreat!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, Onoki, the Fourth Raikage, and others all gave the order, leading the Allied Forces to fall back.
This kind of battle was not something they could participate in.
Even the collateral damage alone was devastating.
Summoning Jutsu!
Naruto immediately summoned his summoning beast, the Three-headed Monster Bird.
"Little Three, get on my shoulder!"
Naruto shouted.
"Got it!"
The Three-headed Monster Bird shrunk its mountain-like body and landed on Naruto's left shoulder.
Uchiha Sasuke grabbed the Chakra Blade given to him by Sarutobi Asuma and shouted, "Naruto, attack me directly later!"
"Understood!"
Naruto was annoyed but still nodded. "Let's finish him in one go!"
"His invisible shadow is gone now."
Uchiha Sasuke didn't speak, raising his hand as a black Chidori appeared.
Naruto, meanwhile, used the Rasengan but then said, "Little Three, use your Magnet Release!"
"Understood!"
The Three-headed Monster Bird injected its Storm Style chakra into Naruto, instantly turning the Rasengan into Sage Art: Magnet Release Rasengan.
"Two brats with big mouths, hmph..."
Uchiha Madara snorted but didn't intend to make another move.
Those annoying clones had caught up again.
However, just as he flew a short distance, his body suddenly appeared between Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, being hit by their pincer attack.
"How is this possible?"
Uchiha Madara's expression changed drastically. "What's going on?"
Such a sudden attack left him no time to use any defenses or Rinnegan abilities.
"Excellent, let's take back Kurama and the others now!"
Naruto rejoiced, reaching out to insert his hand into Uchiha Madara's body.
However, Uchiha Madara's body suddenly broke free from their attack, and he shot up into the sky.
"Hmm?"
Uchiha Sasuke's gaze sharpened, and he saw a shadow appear in Uchiha Madara's original position, quickly shouting, "He replaced himself with his shadow clone!"
He looked up and warned, "There are three more!"
At this very moment, Uka and the other two attacked, intercepting the Limbo clones.
"Sasuke, leave this guy to me!"
Naruto shouted.
Uchiha Sasuke nodded and then charged towards Uchiha Madara.
Naruto grabbed with his left hand, and the Truth-Seeking Ball transformed into a Black Rod, while more Truth-Seeking Balls appeared behind him.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Black Rods, formed from Truth-Seeking Balls, were inserted into the Limbo clones, pinning them to the ground.
Naruto nodded in satisfaction after using four Truth-Seeking Balls in quick succession. "This way, he can't escape!"
A Six-Tails Mangekyo Sharingan, someone who mastered Six Paths power, plus Uka and the others – Uchiha Madara was stunned once again.
Moreover, he felt that the strength of Uka and these clones had increased.
"Damn it, Six Paths power, Rinnegan, how did they get them?"
Uchiha Madara couldn't figure it out.
One Limbo clone was suppressed and could no longer be retrieved.
The other three were entangled by two clones of that guy Sarutobi Asuma.
"However, I've already figured out that little guy's abilities."
Uchiha Madara decisively abandoned a Truth-Seeking Ball, blocking the attacks from Uchiha Sasuke and Naruto, and also retrieved the Limbo clone, his body soaring into the sky at high speed.
As long as he created distance, he wouldn't have to worry about Uchiha Sasuke's troublesome eye techniques.
However, Mido decisively activated his Rinnegan ability, Soul Seize!
"Hmm?"
Uchiha Madara's body suddenly froze as he felt his soul being pulled outwards, rendering him unable to control his own movements.
"That guy's Rinnegan's ocular jutsu, the one that controlled the Ten-Tails earlier..."
Uchiha Madara looked at Clone Mido.
Since this was Mido's second time using his ocular jutsu, Uchiha Madara hadn't been on guard at all.
Mido appeared before Uchiha Madara and, with a flick of his hand, plunged it into Uchiha Madara's body and pulled, extracting the Tailed Beast Chakra.
"You wish!"
Uchiha Madara endured Mido's ocular jutsu and swung his Ruyi Staff, but it missed.
Mido appeared next to Uka.
At this moment, Naruto had already arrived in the sky, holding up Sage Art: Scorch Release Rasenshuriken and throwing it at Uchiha Madara below.
"So fast!"
Uchiha Madara was surprised and quickly swung his Ruyi Staff, turning it into a massive shield to block Naruto's attack.
But Naruto wasn't disappointed; instead, he smiled and shouted, "Explode!"
The Scorch Release Rasenshuriken rapidly expanded, directly slicing into the trunk of the nearby God Tree.
"The target is the God Tree..."
Uchiha Madara's expression darkened.
Just then, Uchiha Sasuke flew in with his Susanoo activated, unleashing a giant arrow.
Uchiha Madara quickly dodged and retreated.
The God Tree, however, was cut down by Naruto's Scorch Release Rasenshuriken.
"Yosh!"
Naruto shouted in delight.
...
"The God Tree fell!"
"Incredible!"
"It's Naruto!"
"That's great, it finally fell. With this, Uchiha Madara won't be able to use Infinite Tsukuyomi anymore, right!"
...
Watching the massive God Tree slowly fall, the ninjas of the Allied Shinobi Forces erupted in cheers.
Namikaze Minato looked at Naruto in the sky, feeling immense pride. "Well done, Naruto!"
Behind him, Uchiha Shisui chuckled, "Itachi, Sasuke is stronger than you now!"
"And, the two of them cooperate so well!"
Uchiha Itachi smiled, "Sasuke has found a great companion!"
His smile was tinged with envy.
Uchiha Fugaku, standing nearby, felt his emotions surging.
His two sons, each more outstanding than the last!
The Uchiha Clan had achieved unparalleled glory under his leadership!
...
Sensing the God Tree slowly toppling, Senju Hashirama also let out a sigh of relief.
Although he had agreed with Sarutobi Asuma's plan to unify the ninja world through this battle, he absolutely did not want everyone in the ninja world to fall under Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Within the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Nara Shikamaru watched the God Tree fall but didn't cheer like the others. Instead, he frowned. "The God Tree has fallen, so Infinite Tsukuyomi can't proceed. This means it's time for the final phase. Why hasn't Lord Asuma appeared yet?"
He didn't believe Sarutobi Asuma would only send a few clone subordinates to fight at such a critical moment.
He had also noticed that the strength of these clone subordinates had been steadily increasing, maintaining a state of suppression against Uchiha Madara.
Instinctively, he felt something was wrong.
"Hasn't the most dangerous moment arrived yet?"
Nara Shikamaru guessed.
Ino, standing beside him, couldn't help but ask, "Shikamaru, why aren't you happy at all?"
"Exactly!"
Choji chimed in, "Naruto and Sasuke destroyed the God Tree. Without the God Tree, Uchiha Madara can't use Infinite Tsukuyomi. Plus, with Asuma-sama's clones, they should be able to deal with Uchiha Madara, right?"
"Don't celebrate too soon!"
Nara Shikamaru shook his head, his gaze suddenly sharpening. "The God Tree is disappearing!"
Ino and Choji immediately turned their heads and saw the fallen God Tree begin to twist and shrink, disappearing bit by bit.
"What's going on?"
Ino couldn't help but exclaim, quickly using Mind Transfer Jutsu to connect with Senju Hashirama and the others: "First Hokage, Fourth Hokage, we see the God Tree is disappearing!"
At this moment, Senju Hashirama and Namikaze Minato naturally saw it as well.
Naruto and Sasuke, who were falling from the sky, saw it even more clearly. Uchiha Madara was currently clinging to the trunk of the God Tree.
"That guy... is he absorbing the God Tree?"
Naruto exclaimed in shock.
Uchiha Sasuke said in a deep voice, "It seems so, but he released the God Tree earlier. Even if he reclaims it now, it's useless, right?"
"Can it be released again?"
"But the God Tree has already been severed by us. Its roots were not absorbed by him, so the God Tree is no longer complete!"
A very calm and sharp analysis!
Secretly praising him, Senju Tobirama said, "Everyone, don't act rashly for now. First, focus on blocking Uchiha Madara's actions. We absolutely cannot let him escape!"
"Understood!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Naruto landed, and Clone Mido came to his side, injecting the Tailed Beasts he had retrieved from Uchiha Madara into him. He smiled, "Although it's only half, it should make things easier for you!"
"Kurama!"
Naruto exclaimed joyfully, then thanked him with a silly smile, "Thank you, Uncle Asuma!"
...
Black Zetsu and White Zetsu emerged from underground. Looking at Uchiha Madara absorbing the God Tree, Black Zetsu was very excited: "We've finally reached this point!"
"Once the Rinne Sharingan appears, the Infinite Tsukuyomi can be cast, and Mother will be completely resurrected then."
Black Zetsu was full of anticipation. However, when he looked at Sarutobi Asuma's clone, he felt a sense of unease: "His main body has never appeared. What is he plotting?"
"Could his target be the Ten-Tails?"
Black Zetsu couldn't figure it out and snorted coldly, "No matter what he's planning, once the Infinite Tsukuyomi is activated, everything will be over!"
"No one can resist the Infinite Tsukuyomi!"
...
Uchiha Madara absorbed the God Tree very quickly. After absorbing it, he immediately understood: "So that's how it is, the God Tree actually..."
"Hahaha!"
Uchiha Madara couldn't help but laugh.
He looked down at Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke below and suddenly attacked.
Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Style!
Branch-like purple lightning rapidly extended towards Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.
Naruto raised his hand and flung the Black Rod he was holding, blocking the purple lightning.
Uchiha Sasuke beside him instantly disappeared from his original spot, reappearing not far away, avoiding the attack, and simultaneously throwing his Chakra Blade.
Uchiha Madara knocked Uchiha Sasuke's Chakra Blade away with his staff. He already knew the secret of Uchiha Sasuke's Rinnegan's ocular abilities, so he naturally wouldn't let him succeed again.
However, Naruto seized this opportunity to get closer. At the same time, Mido once again used Soul Seize, causing Uchiha Madara's body to stiffen. The Black Rod formed by Naruto's Truth-Seeking Ball immediately struck down.
Boom!
A Limbo clone blocked Naruto's attack. Uchiha Madara broke free from Mido's ocular jutsu attack and raised his staff to smash at Naruto.
But the blow missed. Naruto appeared beside Uchiha Sasuke.
"These annoying clones!"
Naruto couldn't help but complain, then shouted to Uka and the other clones, "Uncle Asuma, can you hold off all of that guy's invisible clones!"
"Of course, no problem!"
Uka smiled.
Mido once again used the ocular jutsu, Soul Seize, and Henmei immediately followed up by cooperating with the ocular jutsu, Space-Time Storm.
Uchiha Madara was prepared for this move and immediately used a Limbo clone to substitute himself.
"Obstacles!"
Uchiha Madara was frustrated by the attacks and knew he couldn't continue to be dragged on like this.
Three pairs and one Rinnegan, plus Naruto, who possessed Six Paths power and half of each of the nine Tailed Beasts, would wear him down.
Therefore, he needed to give these nuisances something to deal with.
Tengai Shinsei!
Chibaku Tensei!
Uchiha Madara seized the opportunity created by his Limbo clone to cast jutsu repeatedly.
This time, the meteors were even larger than before.
One after another, meteors rained down, filling the skies above the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Sensing this, even Hashirama Senju and Minato Namikaze felt several massive meteors appearing over Konohagakure in the Land of Fire.
"Damn it, these meteors again!"
Naruto quickly shared Kurama's chakra, and the Allied Shinobi Forces' ninjas were once again enveloped in scarlet Tailed Beast chakra.
Uchiha Sasuke immediately activated his Susanoo, spread its wings, and soared into the sky. Wielding twin blades, he sliced through a meteor.
His Perfect Susanoo was already enormous, but it still seemed smaller in comparison to these meteors.
Furthermore, the meteors were too numerous, falling one after another.
On the other side, Uchiha Shisui and the others, who had mostly recovered, had originally intended to assist Naruto and the others against Uchiha Madara. Now, however, they were forced to deal with the falling meteors.
Susanoo manifested one after another, soaring into the sky.
"Let's go too!"
Onoki shouted.
The Fourth Raikage quickly replied, "Let me fly into the sky and shatter the meteors with Lightning Style!"
Onoki, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shinya Sarutobi all took action, casting the Super Light-Heavy Rock Jutsu on numerous Lightning Style and Earth Style ninjas, enabling them to fly as well.
Thus, the larger meteors were handled by Naruto and the many Susanoo.
After they were shattered, the smaller fragments were dealt with by the numerous Lightning Style and Earth Style ninjas.
However, with this division of labor, no one was left to intercept Uchiha Madara.
Of course, Uka and the other clones were still secretly holding back.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara's figure continued to rise.
Minato Namikaze sensed something was wrong: "Even Konoha has meteors. He's trying to prevent Asuma from reaching the battlefield!"
"Could it be…"
Minato's expression changed drastically.
Hashirama Senju, atop the wooden golem, also realized this and shouted: "Madara, this is a trap!"
Uchiha Madara heard his voice but paid it no mind.
He reached for the horn on his forehead and broke it off.
The flesh on his brow split open, revealing an eye.
The Rinne Sharingan with nine tomoe!
Below.
Uka smiled: "It's finally starting!"
"In that case, I'll have to clear away these troublesome meteors first!"
The next moment, hundreds of clones appeared and entered Ion Style Chakra Mode.
Streams of super-high-temperature ion dragons coiled around their bodies, their dragon heads raised.
Mito, Henmei, Kagami, Kamui, and Tenjin Himitsu did the same.
In the next instant, dense, massive beams of light shot into the sky, piercing through the falling meteors one by one.
At this moment, Uchiha Madara had already focused the Rinnegan on the moon.
Instantly, the face of the moon visible from Earth displayed the pattern of the Rinne Sharingan.
Uchiha Sasuke understood the situation upon seeing this: "This is bad, the Infinite Tsukuyomi is about to begin!"
He ignored the remaining scattered meteors and quickly headed towards the ground: "Father, Brother, hurry, the Infinite Tsukuyomi is about to begin!"
"What?"
Fugaku Uchiha and the others were stunned. Then, seeing the mark on the moon, they turned pale with shock.
Immediately after, Hashirama Senju's voice echoed in their minds: "Tsuchikage, Raikage, Fugaku… Everyone, return immediately, the Infinite Tsukuyomi is about to begin!"
At the same time.
Uka and the others recalled their clones and vanished.
Tsunade, Shizune, Kurenai Yuhi, and others were gathered together.
Uka and the others cast their Susanoo, enveloping everyone.
"Shisui, Itachi, you have the Sage Cursed Seal; you can also use your Susanoo to protect some people!"
Uka reminded them.
Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi quickly left Sasuke Uchiha's protection, activated their Susanoo, and shielded a portion of the people.
However, their protection was limited.
Meanwhile, outside the planet.
As Uchiha Madara activated it, outside the moon, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's phantom appeared. The moon itself was like the Rinne Sharingan on his forehead, now looking down upon the entire Earth.
Inside the moon.
Ōtsutsuki Toneri and his father, Ōtsutsuki Shinichi, were monitoring Earth with a giant Tenseigan. They also felt the changes in the moon.
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi is about to activate!"
"Ōtsutsuki Kaguya is about to break free!"
Both Ōtsutsuki Toneri and Ōtsutsuki Shinichi were a bit nervous, and then their gazes couldn't help but turn towards Konoha.
Konoha.
Sarutobi Asuma easily dealt with the meteorites and looked towards the moon.
He could even see the phantom of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya that others couldn't.
"It's finally come to this..."
Sarutobi Asuma smiled.
Below, the Sage Tree was growing rapidly, its branches and leaves spreading and overlapping, quickly covering and enveloping the entire Konoha.
It wasn't just this one Sage Tree.
The Sage Trees in other countries of the Ninja World, and the Sage Trees on the South Sage Continent, their roots, vines, and branches were all growing rapidly.
Ninja villages were being covered one by one.
However, even though Sarutobi Asuma planted many trees, the Sage Trees were mostly planted in sparsely populated areas.
The number of people who could be protected was ultimately limited.
But at least, the strongholds of the major ninja villages were covered.
And then.
A powerful light shone down from the moon.
Any place not covered by the Sage Tree, whether it was people or animals, their eyes all turned into Rinnegan.
Following that, the roots of the God Tree emerged from the ground, and people were wrapped by the vines, becoming like large zongzi hanging in the air.
Forbidden Life Zone.
On the battlefield.
The ninjas who did not receive protection had their eyes turn into Rinnegan one by one, and were then captured by the God Tree.
Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, the Second Mizukage, and Uchiha Izuna, who was also covered by Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami's Reanimation Jutsu, were exposed to the light but remained unharmed.
They moved, trying to rescue the ninjas, but were unable to do so.
Also unaffected were White Zetsu and Black Zetsu. However, Black Zetsu was shocked at the sight of the Susanoo.
"Their Susanoo can resist the light of the Infinite Tsukuyomi? How is that possible?"
Black Zetsu found it hard to believe.
It was one thing that Uchiha Sasuke's Rinnegan was a Six-Tails Mangekyo Sharingan, its nature might surpass the Infinite Tsukuyomi itself.
But the others, that clone of Sarutobi Asuma, with three pairs of Rinnegan, were just ordinary Rinnegan.
The other three only had Mangekyo.
"Has Sarutobi Asuma's power surpassed the Infinite Tsukuyomi in its essence?"
Black Zetsu made a surprising deduction, but then wondered, "Why can Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi also resist it?"
"Could it also be because of Sarutobi Asuma? Their Sage Arts all come from that guy..."
...
Above Konoha.
Sarutobi Asuma bathed in the light of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Naturally, he was completely unharmed.
He glanced at Konoha Village below, sheltered by the Sage Tree, and then opened his System.
It was almost time for him to make his appearance, but first, he needed to play it safe.
After all, he would soon have to face Lady Kaguya, who possessed many Kekkei Mōra abilities.
He scanned through his various skills, and finally, Sarutobi Asuma's gaze locked onto the Substitution Technique.
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