"That's..." Kakashi stared at the sword in the distance, shock showing in his eyes. It had surpassed the realm of ninjutsu. It was more like the manifestation of some kind of law.
Black Zetsu II also sensed the deadly threat. It let out a piercing shriek and did everything it could to break free from Kakashi and Toneri so it could return to Kaguya.
"Your opponent is us!" Toneri sent it flying back with a spinning kick.
"Sasuke! Now!" Shikamaru's voice rang out amid everyone's hopeful anticipation.
Sasuke took a deep breath. Blood tears ran from his Sharingan as he focused beyond its limits. He gripped the long sword in his hand and slashed fiercely at the empty Void.
"Sever!"
There was no sound, no flash of light.
Where the sword passed, space rippled faintly, like a pebble tossed into a calm lake.
Then nothing happened.
"Did it fail?" Choji asked tensely in the Leaf command room.
Shikamaru stared intently at the Light Spot representing Sasuke on the map without saying a word.
On the battlefield.
Black Zetsu II suddenly froze.
It stared at its own hands in disbelief. Its pitch-black body was beginning to crumble from the fingertips, turning bit by bit into black grains of sand that scattered on the wind.
"No... Impossible..." It let out a terrified shriek. "The connection... The connection between me and Mother... has been severed?!"
The Chakra supply between it and Kaguya had been cut off. Without Kaguya as its "anchor," this "living technique" was being undone at its very source.
"We did it!" Naruto exclaimed, pumping his fist.
"Don't celebrate too soon!" Sasuke panted. That single slash had nearly drained all the Chakra and ocular power from his body.
Before it completely vanished, Black Zetsu II used its last remaining strength to