Amid what seemed like endless, earth-shaking roars.
Time in Sea Star World ticked past 11:59 p.m. on September 5.
Officially arriving at 12:00 a.m. on September 6.
At the same time, within RL1111 Area, every sound and disturbance abruptly ceased.
This left the people in neighboring Duel City feeling inexplicably startled and suspicious.
After all, it had been so noisy these past few days that they could not sleep at night at all.
As a result, most of the tourists who had come to watch the Top 100 Tournament had already left.
Only a group of duelists who had chosen to continue participating in the Multiverse Ranking Tournament remained.
While waiting each day for their duels to begin, these people relied on the mages to learn about the general situation in RL1111 Area.
They had now heard that a Paramount War was actually taking place within the military.
In other words, two unimaginably powerful top-tier experts were fighting, which was why the commotion had become so terrifying.
Unfortunately, the World Government was not broadcasting it publicly. Only military personnel could watch it.
They could only listen to the mages' descriptions.
"Whew—"
At the scene, Hashirama Senju controlled the timing precisely and stopped his offensive in time.
At the same time, the hundred-meter-tall, golden Buddha vanished.
How could the scene before him be described?
The earth had collapsed, and lava flowed everywhere!
Not a trace of any tree remained. It was as though Rengoku had descended upon the mortal world!
It looked as if this stretch of Red Line soil had suffered uninterrupted tactical nuclear missile bombardment over the previous twenty-four hours.
It was as miserable a sight as could be.
In Hashirama Senju's eyes, a massive blue-and-gold beast lay in a distant crater that emitted scorching smoke.
Its blood-soaked appearance