"You're the bald one!" Veins bulged on Saitama's forehead as he clenched his right fist and threw a punch in a burst of fury.
"Calm down, Sensei!" Genos shouted. Only he knew how forbidden the word "bald" was to his teacher.
But it was clearly too late. In an instant, a terrifying red phantom of a fist appeared in the sky, and the entire space was filled with the intent of that punch.
Before the fist wind even arrived, the whole sky became a vacuum. Everything seemed incomparably tiny—unstoppable and utterly unmatched.
The expressions of everyone and every faction standing in the air changed dramatically at once. There was only one reason: this was an area-of-effect attack, and they were all within its range.
"Fuck..." Shin's expression changed as he reacted at once. Enormous chakra surged from his body, and layers upon layers of spatial barriers appeared before him. Yet the moment they formed, the terrifying fist intent shattered them and swept forward.
However, Shin's Yin-Yang Release chakra erupted rapidly, creating new spatial barriers that continuously wore down the force of the punch.
"God: Rashomon!"
Senju Hashirama abruptly brought his hands together, and a gate bearing the visage of Yama burst forth. Under Yin-Yang Release, all the power of Rashomon condensed within it. In terms of defense alone, it was even sturdier than the previous Twelvefold Rashomon.
At the same time, Uchiha Madara gave a low shout. His chakra erupted almost simultaneously as Susanoo spread its wings, deep-blue armor appearing and enveloping everyone within.
The fist intent was terrifyingly fast. The spatial barriers Shin had set up lasted for roughly three seconds before shattering completely. Then came Senju Hashirama's Rashomon. It held for about two seconds before dense cracks spread across it, and it burst apart into fragments with a