There was little need to say much about Hyuga Tamamo and Uzumaki Naruto's battle. No matter how anxious Naruto was, facing Tamamo, who intended to stall for time, he found it difficult to secure victory anytime soon.
What was more, Naruto was restless and conflicted deep down. Sasuke's death had dealt him an immense blow, enough to make him lose his mind. Yet somewhere in his heart, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong, as though things should not have unfolded this way.
On the other side, Shin's confrontation with the Sage of Six Paths had also reached a critical point. Until then, each had occupied a separate world, leaving neither able to do anything to the other. But in the time that followed, things began to change.
Through relentless experimentation with ninjutsu, the Sage of Six Paths had already gained a rough grasp of the changes in the new world Shin had established, and he began considering strategies he could employ. Naturally, his attacks did not stop. One powerful ninjutsu after another was hurled at the entire new world, while he drew upon the natural energy within a thousand kilometers, giving Shin no chance to catch his breath.
"Sage Art: Power of Heaven!"
Another Sage Staff condensed from the Truth-Seeking Orbs behind him. Pointing it at the sky, he used immense Yin-Yang Release chakra to draw upon the laws themselves. With a thunderous roar, dozens of gigantic meteors smashed down from the void, each nearly ten kilometers across. In other words, any single one of them would have been enough to fill the new world as it now stood.
"Trying to force me out this way? Should I call you naive?" Shin sneered. He did not even draw upon the power of the world. Holding the black sword