Seeing the First Hokage suppressing the Ten-Tails for a time, the morale of the Allied Shinobi Forces soared to an unprecedented height.
"As expected of Lord First!"
"He really is the strongest!"
Ōnoki also let out a sigh of relief.
"Whew… It's fortunate that Hashirama-dono was revived with Impure World Reincarnation. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have had any way to deal with the Ten-Tails."
"Good thing we formed an alliance with Orochimaru back then."
Tsunade and the others nodded in agreement.
At that moment, Madara looked at the giant Buddha statue and said nostalgically,
"As expected of you, Hashirama. But… you've also completely enraged the Ten-Tails."
Obito had just returned to the Ten-Tails' head when he realized something was wrong.
"Tch… it's already completely out of control?"
"Kamui."
Kakashi, who had been closely watching Obito the whole time, suddenly turned around—
Only to see a hand reaching toward him from space itself.
Kakashi stepped back to dodge and stabbed at the hand with a kunai.
However, Obito's arm—reinforced with Hashirama Cells—was incredibly durable. He grabbed Kakashi's wrist tightly.
Obito glared with his right eye.
"Kamui."
Both Kakashi and Obito were instantly sucked into the Kamui dimension.
At the same time—
"ROOOAAAR!!!"
The Ten-Tails released an earth-shaking roar.
"Not good… this chakra…"
Hashirama sensed the danger immediately.
Clapping his hands together, he activated a technique.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Countless trees and vines burst out from beneath the ground around the Allied Shinobi Forces.
The vines wrapped around the shinobi, forming protective layers.
At the same time, the Nine-Tails' chakra cloaks surrounding the alliance suddenly flared to life again.
Before anyone could understand what was happening—
"The heavens and earth are changing!"
The sky suddenly darkened with thick storm clouds.
Thunder roared, lightning flashed, and violent winds and rain swept across the battlefield.
Hurricanes mixed with lightning ravaged the entire area.
Madara activated Susanoo to shield himself.
"The Ten-Tails' power truly is terrifying… and it has successfully entered its next stage."
After a while, the storm gradually subsided.
The battlefield was left in utter ruin.
The allied shinobi slowly raised their heads, looking around at the devastated land.
Only then did they realize that they had just escaped death thanks to Hashirama and Naruto's protection.
At that moment—
The Ten-Tails suddenly grew another arm.
Shockingly, it even mimicked Hashirama by clapping its hands together.
However, its body began to swell and grow more muscular.
Then—
It spat out a gigantic flower bud from its mouth.
"Ten-Tails — Stage Three."
The Nine-Tails, Eight-Tails, and One-Tail were shocked and immediately warned Naruto, Killer B, and Gaara.
The Ten-Tails would soon reach its complete form.
They had to stop it before that happened.
Standing atop the giant Buddha statue, Hashirama stared at the Ten-Tails with a grim expression.
He could feel that its power had increased dramatically.
"This is bad…"
The Ten-Tails glared at the Buddha statue with hatred and suddenly threw a punch.
Hashirama hurriedly controlled the Buddha to block the attack with its arms—
Yet the immense force still pushed it back dozens of steps.
Feeling the terrifying strength, Hashirama muttered,
"What incredible power… it's completely different from before."
The Ten-Tails, venting its rage and frustration, launched a ferocious assault on Hashirama's Buddha.
Hashirama quickly repaired the statue and rushed forward to counterattack.
Soon—
Two thousand-meter-tall giants clashed violently on the battlefield.
Meanwhile, Naruto, Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and the Five Kage bombarded the Ten-Tails with long-range attacks.
On another side of the battlefield—
Sasuke once again confronted Madara, determined to avenge the earlier beating he had suffered.
Clearly, Sasuke had gotten fired up again.
Just then—
"Sasuke."
A familiar voice called out.
Sasuke turned his head in disbelief—
Then froze.
"Father… Shisui… and… Uchiha Itachi."
Kabuto stepped forward with a smile.
"Long time no see, Sasuke."
"Kabuto?"
Sasuke quickly realized what had happened.
"You used Impure World Reincarnation to revive them?"
"Yes, Sasuke-kun. But that's not the important part."
Kabuto stepped closer and whispered something into Sasuke's ear.
After hearing it, Sasuke's eyes widened.
"Sasuke… do not disappoint Lord Nagi's expectations."
Sasuke nodded.
"I understand."
At that moment, Fugaku Uchiha stepped forward.
"Sasuke… regarding the tragedy of the Uchiha Clan… I'm sorry. As your father, I left you and your brother behind alone…"
Sasuke interrupted him.
"Forget about that now. We need to focus on dealing with the Ten-Tails."
"…Understood."
The four Uchiha activated their Susanoo simultaneously.
They began launching volleys of Yasaka Magatama at the Ten-Tails.
The Ten-Tails grew furious under the constant harassment of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
It began gathering an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb in its mouth.
"Not happening!"
Hashirama immediately moved to stop it.
"Senjutsu: Myōjin Gates!"
"Seal the Ten Tails!"
From the sky descended ten massive red torii gates, each pinning one of the Ten-Tails' tails to the ground.
"Seal the head!"
A gigantic torii gate crashed down onto the Ten-Tails' head, forcibly interrupting the Tailed Beast Bomb.
The Ten-Tails struggled desperately—
But it couldn't stand up.
Seeing this, the Allied Shinobi Forces charged forward all at once.
The Ten-Tails responded by splitting its body, creating countless miniature clones to block the shinobi.
After a fierce battle, the Ten-Tails was wounded by the senjutsu attacks of Naruto and Hashirama.
At that moment—
A space vortex suddenly appeared above the Ten-Tails' head.
From it, Obito, his heart pierced through, fell down.
Seeing this, Madara immediately activated the contingency he had placed within Obito, forcing him to use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect him.
Naruto, Sasuke, and the others rushed forward to stop Obito—
But Madara blocked them with chakra black rods.
However—
Madara soon realized something strange.
The hand seal Obito was forming was not the Snake seal.
Instead—
"Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!"
The Ten-Tails began to be absorbed into Obito's body.
"So you moved first… but it doesn't matter."
Madara wasn't angry at all.
After all, the Eye of the Moon Plan had always been a lie.
Why would he bother trying so hard anymore?
The absorbed Ten-Tails condensed into a small white sphere.
Then—
The sphere cracked open.
Obito emerged from within.
Naruto's eyes widened in shock.
"That's… the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki!"
Uchiha Obito — Ten-Tails Jinchūriki — has appeared.
Inside a corner of the Four Red Yang Formation, Aburame Ryōma reacted quickly.
"Inform all units. Execute the next stage of the plan immediately."
"Yes!"
The Root shinobi disappeared at once.
Soon, Sai and Shin arrived beside Sakura, handing her a palm-sized crystal sphere.
"Sakura, Nagi told us to have you inject chakra into this."
"Nagi? Understood."
Since it was Nagi's instruction, Sakura didn't hesitate.
She immediately poured chakra into the sphere.
However…
"…Huh?"
Sakura looked around in confusion.
"It seems like nothing happened?"
Sai and Shin also felt puzzled.
But they trusted that their superior must have a reason for this command.
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