"What... what was that?"
"A golden sword!?"
"How could there be a golden sword that huge?"
Whether they were nearby or far away, everyone's gaze was fixed on the dazzling golden light that had suddenly appeared.
Their faces were filled with shock, amazement, and confusion.
The golden light that had instantly erased Black Zetsu turned out to be a dazzling golden sword, nearly a hundred meters long!
If Toneri or Karin had been here, they would have recognized it at a glance. It was the Tenseigan's most powerful offensive ocular technique, the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, which Toneri had unleashed earlier by drawing on an immense amount of Chakra and using up all nine of his Truth-Seeking Orbs!
No one understood the power of this technique better than Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who had been caught off guard by the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
That was why he had used Sukuna Hiko to shrink Toneri's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, then secretly activated Daikokuten and transferred the reduced attack into the time-stopped alternate dimension connected to Daikokuten.
Because time stood still in that alternate dimension, Toneri's Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion did not dissipate after losing the support of Toneri's Chakra. It remained at full power.
This was a carefully prepared contingency by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. He had always wanted Shinji to experience the pain of being caught off guard by the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
But Shinji was far more cautious than Isshiki had expected, and the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion stored in Daikokuten's alternate dimension could only be unleashed once. So, until now, Isshiki had never found a suitable opportunity to ambush Shinji.
Still, he wasn't in a hurry. He believed he'd find an opportunity to strike eventually!
But Black Zetsu had suddenly attacked at that moment, catching him off guard. If he