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Facing the incoming Wood Style and Amaterasu, the Otsutsuki Clan Head's expression turned solemn. He released the staff in his grip, yet it remained standing upright without the slightest sway. His hands flashed through seals.

"Yin-Yang Release, Godless Barrier! Reinforce!"

A chakra gale erupted from his body, making his robes flap wildly. Before the castle, the originally transparent barrier instantly gleamed with a hazy light.

Boom~

Wood Style and the pitch-black divine dragon crashed into the barrier. The tremendous force made a third of the moon seem to tremble, yet the barrier did not budge, no matter how violently the outside raged.

"Otsutsuki clansmen, return!" At that moment, the Otsutsuki Clan Head shouted. Strengthened by chakra, his voice carried an immense distance and rang in everyone's ears.

At once, many clansmen racing through the forest retreated. Some nearby experts directly entered the barrier, which posed no obstruction to them at all.

"Trying to run?" Uchiha Madara's gaze shifted, and his Wood Style grew even more frenzied. Countless sprouting trees transformed—some into giant hands, some into wooden spikes, some into vine nets—seeking to capture all these Otsutsuki clansmen in one sweep.

Shin also turned part of his attention back. Under Kagutsuchi, the black Amaterasu flames took on all manner of forms and lunged at the Otsutsuki clansmen.

However, these clansmen were no rookies. The jonin had already been killed by the Wood Style at the outset. Those remaining were all experts at the level of Elite Jonin or above.

The Otsutsuki clan also cultivated Yin Release or Yang Release. Even among Elite Jonin, they were a notch stronger than those of the Main World.

The castle was not far away. With the Body Flicker Technique, countless black shadows darted inside. The pursuing Wood Style shattered into splinters upon striking the barrier,