Black Remnant

"Shatter it?" Madara and Obito looked intrigued.

Six Paths Chibaku Tensei.

Its reference point was the moon.

A genuine celestial-scale object.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Toneri had split the moon with the Tenseigan's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. Splitting it had merely created a "cross-section."

To shatter it meant smashing it apart, inside and out, completely.

The destructive output required was on an entirely different level.

Without exaggeration, even if the three Uchiha destruction maniacs present joined forces, it would still be a massive undertaking they could not finish anytime soon.

"Sounds interesting..." Madara smiled, rubbing his hands together.

Although he had held the upper hand while protecting the Demonic Statue during the previous battle, he had ultimately failed to settle things with Momoshiki. He was still itching for a fight.

This giant punching bag in the sky should let him have some fun, right?

"Indeed." Obito felt much the same. Though he had spent the entire time guarding Chen in the space-time dimension, he had not actually done much himself, and his hands were itching too.

Boom! Boom! The two tacitly pulled apart. Two Perfect Susanoo rose like pillars supporting the heavens, about to spread their wings and soar into the sky... when they suddenly felt something was missing beside them.

Turning back, they saw Chen sitting cross-legged atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's head. He had thawed a boxed meal from the Otsutsuki Time Zone, spread out a cloth, and was preparing to eat on the spot.

"You're not joining us?"

Chen opened the lunchbox, and piping-hot fragrance wafted into the air. "Can't help it. I'm a living human being—eating is a basic necessity. You guys get started. I'll join once I'm full."

With that, he snapped apart his chopsticks, pressed his palms together, and performed his pre-meal ritual.

"Thank you for the meal."

Under their gazes, he lowered his head and began happily devouring his food.

"Forget it. He seems to have been up all night and has already gone through two tough battles. Let him eat his fill first."

The two looked away, and their Susanoo shot into the sky!

In truth, counting the fierce battle with Hikari, Chen had genuinely gone through three fights.

Madara's Susanoo formed two blades and swung them in alternating flurries, carving crack after crack across the bottom of the celestial body!

That barrage of slashes would have been enough to shatter Tengai Shinsei.

But against Six Paths Chibaku Tensei, it was only slightly better than scratching an itch!

Obito began exerting himself. Kamui Shuriken howled through the air, colliding with the celestial body and erupting into a powerful Kamui vortex. Once it subsided, it left behind a bowl-shaped scar.

"This really is a huge project."

With the spirit of the Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains, the two tirelessly bombarded it...

Twenty minutes later.

Chen stood up with a satisfied burp.

Everyone had natural urges, ninjas included.

He took out a portable toilet and pitched a tent, setting up a temporary makeshift bathroom atop the Demonic Statue's head before walking inside.

Lifting the outer flap slightly, Chen admired the rain of rocks streaking across the sky while enjoying the refreshing relief below.

How pleasant.

During a lull in their attacks, Madara and Obito happened to witness the scene.

Madara said, "He really knows how to live."

Obito said, "Too bad we didn't bring Tobi..."

Ten minutes later, the toilet flushed as Chen finished taking care of business.

Then he thought, Hikari was exhausted last night. She probably still couldn't get up at this hour...

Crackle, crackle. The Twin Flower stored within "Toyomiketsunomikoto" was released from its seal, and Chen transformed into "Hikari."

She closed the tent flap, lifted her clothes, and sat back down.

"I'll take care of Hikari's needs while I'm at it..."

Outside the tent, thunderous booms rang out. Inside, a gentle stream trickled.

Another ten minutes passed, and the toilet flushed once more.

He had taken care of Hikari's business too.

Chen released the Twin Flowers and returned to his own body.

After packing away the tent and portable toilet, Chen leaped up from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's head.

Boom!

A mithril-colored Perfect Susanoo towered into the heavens, flying side by side with Madara's deep blue and Obito's cyan ones!

"Uncle Madara, Obito, sorry to keep you waiting!"

Obito sized him up. "You never used this throughout your fight with Naruto and Sasuke. You almost made me think you couldn't use this technique."

Chen smiled. "I just don't like making simple problems complicated."

Buzz! A silver spear appeared in Chen's Susanoo's palm.

"This is my Susanoo's primary weapon, the Piercing Spear!"

Obito asked, "Is the Piercing Spear powerful?"

Boom! Chen smiled as his Susanoo gathered strength in midair. The Piercing Spear transformed into a streak of silver light shooting toward the heavens, plunging entirely into the already-sunken underside of the celestial body amid a deafening roar!

"Oh." Obito calmly praised, "Its penetrating power is impressive. It can probably rival an arrow Sasuke fires at full strength with his Susanoo!"

Rumble! But a moment later, an explosive wave of silver flames burst from the celestial body's underside... followed by hundreds upon hundreds of silver spear fragments, driven outward by the explosion.

Deep within the sunken underside of the celestial body, an absurdly vast honeycomb-shaped breach had been blasted open.

"Oh?" This time, neither Madara nor Obito could remain calm.

It even had an explosive effect and fragment scatter?

This was no joke.

Madara nodded in praise. "The Piercing Spear is not bad."

At that moment, Chen looked toward the massive blade held by Madara's Susanoo and smiled. "Uncle Madara, your greatsword should have a name too, right? From what I've seen, among sword-type weapons, your Susanoo's has the fiercest offensive power."

The Totsuka Blade did not count, since that was a divine artifact.

Though there was some mutual flattery involved, Chen sincerely meant it.

Compared with Sasuke's Susanoo sword, Madara's Susanoo sword was clearly more impressive in terms of sheer display!

"You have a good eye." Madara smiled approvingly and raised his Susanoo's sword. "This greatsword is called Sōbiji. It means sharpness."

Chen smiled. "Just as expected of you."

Obito thought, Before my Kamui Shuriken, it doesn't matter whether it's the Piercing Spear or Sōbiji—they'll all be smashed to pieces!

Madara asked seriously, "Chen, can you use Toyomiketsunomikoto to store energy from the Piercing Spear?"

"I couldn't before, because the volume of an Energy Storage object had a limit. But now, that may no longer be the case."

Chen's Rinnegan shimmered with amethyst-like light as he smiled.

Buzz! Another Piercing Spear condensed in the palm of his Perfect Susanoo.

"But for now, let's get back to work..."

Madara and Obito respectively wielded Sōbiji and Kamui Shuriken, coordinating with Chen's Susanoo—Piercing Spear. The three powerhouses united and began brutally ravaging Six Paths Chibaku Tensei!

Rumble!

The roars shook the heavens as waves of fire surged without end.

Within the smoke, a white sleeve wrapped around a woman's arm fell into a corner of the earth.

"Gurgle, gurgle..." A pitch-black thing poked its head out from the sleeve.

Its dark golden eyes glanced sinisterly toward the sky, and it was about to retreat.

Clang! Suddenly, Black Rods descended from the sky, piercing through the white sleeve and pinning its pitch-black body in place!

"You bastard, trying to slip away right under my nose? Who do you think I am?"

With Chen and Obito beside him.

Uchiha Madara descended forcefully from the sky.

"Black Zetsu."