At the edge of the battlefield, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki lay quietly hidden beneath a pile of rubble, as though he had become one with his surroundings.
He had been observing from here for a long time, his gaze fixed on every movement on the battlefield.
Naturally, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki was intimately familiar with Madara Uchiha.
Yet what he had never expected was that Madara had evolved to such a state.
This forced Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki to reassess Madara's strength.
Before this, Madara and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had jointly unleashed the Infinite Tsukuyomi and God Tree Advent, draining the Chakra of everyone throughout the Shinobi World.
Although Madara now seemed to be fighting the Ōtsutsuki Clan of the cosmos in order to protect the Shinobi World, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki deeply disagreed with what Madara and Kaguya had done.
In his eyes, Madara and Kaguya had treated everyone in the Shinobi World as blood bags that could be drained at will. Their actions were no different in essence from those of the Ōtsutsuki Clan in the cosmos.
At this moment, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki had finally found a body with passable strength.
However, he knew that if he entered the battlefield head-on, he would likely be outmatched.
So, he decided to remain still and wait for both sides to expose an opening amid their fierce battle.
No matter which side ultimately fell into a disadvantage, he could seize the opportunity, strike decisively, and reap the rewards.
Just then, after Aomori signaled to Yanshi, Yanshi rapidly formed hand seals.
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki suddenly felt a flaming crest on his chest light up.
His heart sank, and a sense of foreboding surged through him. Without time to think, he shot out from his hiding place like an arrow loosed from its bow and sprinted madly away.
However, after only a few steps,