Artifact

"Quite arrogant."

On several other floating rocks, members of the Otsutsuki Clan appeared. There were not many of them. Shin glanced around and counted only six, surrounding him and Madara at the center.

All six were experts, the weakest among them possessing Kage Level strength. They were elders of the Otsutsuki Clan. A major clan like the Otsutsuki had originally possessed ten elders, but around a century ago, during the branch family's rebellion, the Great Elder had been killed by Otsutsuki Kigen, while the Fourth Elder had also fallen in that battle. Adding the Seventh Elder, whom Madara had dealt with on the moon's surface not long ago, and the Second Elder guarding the seal of the Ten-Tails' husk, all six remaining elders were now present.

The Otsutsuki Clan Head looked coldly at the two of them and said nothing more as he swung down his Sage Staff.

With that, the battle had officially begun.

"Yin-Yang Release, Wind Heaven Seal Technique!"

A beam of heavenly light descended, spinning through the air as it formed the pattern of a seal. In an instant, it split into countless copies. A strange disturbance emerged in the air, as though it held some peculiar connection to the barrier, its power continuously increasing with distance.

"Don't hold back. Take them out with everything you've got." Shin's Eternal Mangekyo spun as he spoke coldly, Yin-Yang Release enveloping him as he rose into the air.

"Kagutsuchi, Flame Whip Technique!"

Black flames surged forth and shifted shape in an instant, sweeping out in rings of long whips centered around Shin. They collided with the enemy's ninjutsu in a continuous series of roars. Nearby floating rocks shattered one after another, their fragments still stained with black flames.

Just as the ninjutsu collided, several cold flashes shot out in an