Boom!
Madara Uchiha's slash collided with Naruto's repulsive force.
Two terrifying energies violently clashed in midair.
Great sound was silent. The entire world fell still, a soundless yet earthshaking confrontation. Space seemed to tear apart, twisting into an indescribable shape.
The impact came with heart-pounding ripples, as though the entire city were trembling. This was no ordinary clash of ninjutsu; the shockwaves produced by the collision had already surpassed most large-scale ninjutsu.
The air was compressed to its limit, then spread outward at astonishing speed, forming visible shockwaves that swept through the surrounding buildings and left devastation in their wake.
Amid those terrifying ripples, even the sky seemed to have been stained a murky shade.
Yet no matter how immense the force of the explosion was, it could not touch Nagato and Konan behind Naruto. Every impact was blocked before it reached them.
Even Madara Uchiha, brimming with confidence, could not help showing a trace of surprise at the sight.
He had not expected his strike, powerful enough to cleave mountains apart, to be blocked.
As the impact subsided and the smoke dispersed—
Madara Uchiha's eyes widened further in surprise. The three of them were completely unharmed, and even the building beneath their feet remained intact.
What surprised him even more was that the newcomer possessed the same Rinnegan as him.
"I never expected someone like you to appear in the Ninja World."
Looking at those Rinnegan, even Madara Uchiha could not help sighing.
When his own eyes had fully evolved into the Rinnegan, he had already been an old man with one foot in the grave. Otherwise, he would not have implanted his eyes into someone else and sought a chance at resurrection. He would have collected the Tailed Beasts himself and carried out the Eye of the Moon