Rumble.
The tremendous force of Naruto and Sasuke's collision swept up the waves, forming a terrifying shock wave that instantly engulfed the entire coastline!
The cliff beneath Shinji crumbled into rubble under the impact, forcing him to flicker farther out into the air.
Seated in midair, Shinji surveyed the two still locked in combat at the center of the battlefield.
Unlike their battle at the Valley of the End after the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original timeline, neither Naruto nor Sasuke had received a gift from the Sage of Six Paths. They were still clearly a considerable distance from Six Paths level.
But both had surpassed Kage Level, and the battlefield kept expanding, as if the world itself were being turned upside down. Their battle was already no less intense than the one between the First and Madara Uchiha!
"Another cycle of reincarnation."
Shinji curled his lip.
At his level, a battle like the one between Naruto and Sasuke before him held little interest.
Instead, the thought of Ōtsutsuki Ashura and Ōtsutsuki Indra, those two brothers who had reincarnated over and over for hundreds of years, repeatedly reenacting this so-called battle of destiny, filled him with utter weariness.
The Sage of Six Paths had indeed been selfless toward the Shinobi World, but his two sons had also caused it a great deal of trouble.
Putting those thoughts aside, Shinji began carefully assessing Naruto and Sasuke's strength as he watched their battle.
Compared with their final battle at the Valley of the End in the original timeline, Sasuke's current setup was actually stronger. After all, in the original timeline he had only one Six Tomoe Rinnegan, whereas now he had a pair.
But in the original timeline, he had also used Chibaku Tensei to seal and extract the Chakra