Uchiha Jin was watching all the arenas.
Given his strength, watching every arena across all ten battle zones at once
was no difficult task.
As Jin watched, with no more newcomers taking the stage, darkness rippled before him.
The message was instantly relayed to everyone.
"The first round has ended."
"The first round has ended."
The Land of Shadow personnel maintaining order began shouting across the various arenas.
Light also lit up across each arena.
The losers were expelled from the stages.
Land of Shadow referees appeared on every arena.
Some rejoiced, some worried, while others grew solemn.
At that moment, the referees' expressions changed as well.
They had received some kind of message.
"The competition format has changed."
Aizen, Madara Uchiha, Minato Namikaze, and the other victors all frowned.
The originally planned format
had suddenly been changed.
While everyone was still confused, dense runes appeared across the arenas.
Minato Namikaze, who had been watching the referee, lowered his gaze to the runes beneath his feet.
"Teleportation runes?"
Minato Namikaze immediately recognized their purpose. They possessed the power to transport people.
The next moment, his body turned into white light and vanished from where he stood.
When the scene before Minato Namikaze changed, he did not panic. He merely frowned at the color of the sky.
It was unlike the usual blue sky and white clouds.
The entire sky was black and white: a white sky beneath pitch-black clouds.
Even the trees in the distance were black.
It was completely a world within an ink-wash painting.
Streaks of white light flashed, and figures appeared one after another in this ink-painting world.
Minato Namikaze looked at those figures.
Madara Uchiha, Aizen, Orochimaru, and the others had all appeared here.
"Is this the new venue?" Madara Uchiha said coldly.
Minato Namikaze suddenly