In the shadows at the edge of the battlefield, Obito Uchiha watched the world-shattering scene. His face was as pale as paper, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, his eyes filled with utter terror.
He whipped around, glaring furiously at Black Zetsu beside him. "What the hell did you do?! How did you create a monster like this?! This was never part of our plan!"
"I don't know either! I didn't do anything!" Black Zetsu jumped at Obito's roar and protested, his voice tinged with guilt.
His own mind was in turmoil. He had indeed kept a close eye on Genki in secret, and after learning that Genki knew his secret, he had planned to kill him outright.
But he had never imagined that this Uchiha would possess such terrifying potential—enough to grow into someone even the Sage of Six Paths could barely handle!
"Obito, what should we do?" A special White Zetsu tilted his head as he watched the world-shattering battle in the distance, asking with a bewildered expression.
It couldn't understand what was happening before its eyes. It only knew that the two gigantic figures looked terrifying.
At that, Obito shot Black Zetsu a furious glare, suppressed his anger and panic, and spoke hurriedly. "Retreat! Now! Do you want to stay here and die?! You saw the legendary Sage of Six Paths show up, didn't you?! If even he can't handle that monster, staying here is suicide!"
With that, Obito didn't dare linger another moment. He immediately activated Kamui. Space rippled and warped around him as he prepared to open the Kamui Dimension and escape.
But just as the Kamui Dimension was about to open, Obito's pupils contracted, and the blood in his veins seemed to freeze.
A black slash that cleaved through heaven and earth descended without warning beside their hiding place, crashing into the ground.
"BOOM—!!!"
The earth split apart with a deafening roar, forming a vast ravine hundreds of meters deep and thousands of meters long. Countless rocks shot into the sky as clouds of dust billowed everywhere.
Obito, Black Zetsu, and the White Zetsu were hurled away by the shock wave. They hit the ground and gasped for breath, their faces full of lingering terror.
They hadn't even seen where the slash came from. Had that monster noticed them all along?!
The dust had yet to settle, and Obito and the others hadn't recovered from their fright when an even more terrifying presence suddenly locked onto them.
The Black Susanoo Armor, which had been battling Hagoromo Otsutsuki, abruptly turned around. It abandoned the Sage of Six Paths before it and charged toward the three in the shadows like a beast that had locked onto its prey!
"BOOM—BOOM—"
The five-thousand-meter-tall giant strode forward, each step shaking the earth. Cracks spread in every direction like a web, and its enormous feet crushed the surging magma, scattering sparks across the sky.
Genki's scarlet Nine Tomoe Mangekyo locked onto Obito. There was not a trace of hesitation in his eyes, only a madness and resolve that would consume everything.
"H-He's coming for us?!" The special White Zetsu trembled with fear, its voice breaking.
It couldn't understand why a monster who didn't even take the Sage of Six Paths seriously had suddenly set his sights on them.
Black Zetsu's face turned deathly pale, alarm bells ringing in his mind as he instinctively tried to back away. But before he could move, the Black Susanoo Armor's hand swept toward them with a gale. Its palm wind cut like blades, instantly sending the surrounding ruins flying.
"Get out of the way!" Obito roared. He endured the pain from the shock wave, grabbed Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu, and rolled aside.
The giant hand slammed into the spot where they had been. With a deafening boom, it smashed a crater hundreds of meters deep into the ground, sending rocks and dust flying into the sky.
Having narrowly avoided the strike, Obito was about to catch his breath when he saw several black blades of energy already raining down toward him.
His pupils contracted. He immediately tried to activate Kamui and open a space-time passage to escape, but the moment a ripple of space formed at his fingertips, a much thicker blade of energy struck the ground in front of him. The terrifying impact sent him flying and interrupted Kamui.
"Damn it!" Obito spat out a mouthful of blood, overwhelmed by a despair unlike anything he had ever felt.
He realized that Genki's attacks were frighteningly precise. Every strike landed exactly when Obito was about to activate Kamui, leaving him no chance to escape.
Countless blades of energy pursued him from every direction, completely sealing off all his escape routes.
"Why me?!" Obito roared, his eyes filled with terror and confusion.
He didn't understand. He had been hiding in the shadows and had never directly provoked Genki. Why had he suddenly become the monster's top target?
Hagoromo Otsutsuki watched the scene and froze for a moment. Then his gaze fell on the scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan in Obito's eyes, and his pupils contracted as he instantly understood Genki's plan!
"Not good! He's going to devour your Mangekyo's power!" Hagoromo cried out in alarm, his face turning grave.
Genki had already devoured the Mangekyo of Shisui, Itachi, and Kakashi. His power had now surpassed Six Paths Level. If he devoured Obito's Kamui Mangekyo as well, the consequences would be unimaginable!
If that happened, he wouldn't just be able to invade the Pure Land. He would overturn the entire Shinobi World and the very order of life and death!
Realizing this, Hagoromo no longer held back. He controlled the sky-blue Susanoo Armor and charged at Genki with all his might.
The Six Paths Power in his body erupted without restraint. His hands formed seals at lightning speed, and one sealing technique and attack after another, imbued with Yin-Yang Release, battered the Black Susanoo Armor. "Six Paths: Great Ball Rasengan!"
"Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei!"
"Yin-Yang Release: Sealing Wall!"
Countless attacks surged toward the Black Susanoo like a tidal wave, attempting to stop Genki from going after Obito.
But Genki ignored the attacks from behind and focused solely on controlling the Susanoo Armor to unleash a ferocious assault on Obito.
As the Eight-Handled Sword swung, countless black blades of energy shattered Hagoromo's attacks. The sky-blue Susanoo Armor's blows struck the black armor, but still failed to inflict any real damage.
"Stop right there, Uchiha Genki!" Hagoromo roared. He controlled the sky-blue Susanoo's enormous hand, seized the Black Susanoo's arm, and tried to forcibly stop him.
The two immense forces collided with a deafening rumble. The surrounding space warped violently, as if it could collapse at any moment.
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