It was not a matter of evasion. Ye Zi had directly defended against the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, and Madara Uchiha praised him for it.
Calmly watching Ye Zi charge toward him, Madara Uchiha stood atop the Ten-Tails without moving. More than fifty small offshoots had split from the Ten-Tails, all of them charging toward Ye Zi.
The Ten-Tails' offshoots looked like miniature versions of the Ten-Tails, but no two looked alike. Their sizes varied as well. The smallest was ten times the size of an ordinary human, while the largest was about thirty times larger.
"There are about five minutes left."
The Tailed Beast Bomb had failed. Madara Uchiha drove the Ten-Tails' offshoots to intercept Ye Zi while he waited for the Ten-Tails to evolve into its next form.
The Ten-Tails did not need to evolve into its final form. He could seal it into his body and become its Jinchuriki, then obtain the power of the Sage of Six Paths. By then, taking Ye Zi's Rinnegan would be child's play.
Ye Zi had no idea what Madara Uchiha was planning. He abandoned Kushina and raced forward, spreading both arms to either side. In each palm, he condensed a product of Yin Yang Release—two black greatswords without hilts.
Zzt!
Symbolic black lightning surged from his body and crawled onto the black greatswords, radiating an ominous glow.
A Ten-Tails offshoot standing five meters tall reached Ye Zi first. It raised a hand and slapped it down toward the crown of his head.
Ye Zi crossed his arms and slashed out an X-shaped blade aura, cutting the Ten-Tails offshoot before him into four pieces. Without slowing down, he passed through its scattered falling body and charged into the mass of offshoots, his blades rising and falling as he cut down one