A Bizarre and Dazzling Three Thousand Worlds

At the critical moment, Black Zetsu turned into a puddle of black liquid again and escaped from beneath the tiger's claws. The azure tiger ultimately returned to Uchiha Mai's body, merging with the Mountain-Descending Tiger "tattoo" on his chest.

"What a pity."

Uchiha Mai curled his lips. He had failed to seal Black Zetsu?

The strange and varied Sealing Jutsu could be considered one of the most threatening types of techniques in the Ninja World. At the highest level, they could seal Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Tailed Beasts; at the lowest, they could seal a bridge or a pair of hands.

Enemies who were usually extremely difficult to deal with could have the situation instantly reversed as long as the appropriate Sealing Jutsu was brought out.

Such a powerful ability naturally came with limitations. Every different Sealing Jutsu had its own flaws.

The drawback of Tiger Glares Menacingly was that its windup was somewhat long. The target could relatively easily break free during the sealing process, so the enemy's mobility needed to be restricted to greatly increase the success rate.

However, even though he had failed to seal Black Zetsu, Uchiha Mai had achieved his tactical objective.

Black Zetsu, now transformed into black mud, wrapped itself around Tobi again and merged with White Zetsu, restoring the Black-and-White Zetsu form that ate mud together.

"Well, Black Zetsu-san, what are you doing? I was just getting into the fight," Tobi muttered in complaint.

Tobi's combat strength was not weak. He had exchanged more than a dozen rounds with Fugaku just now and was fighting to his heart's content, so naturally he did not want Black Zetsu interrupting him.

"The plan has changed. Retreat immediately," Black Zetsu explained briefly, offering no further details.

Though Tobi was utterly unwilling, he could only obey Black Zetsu's