Great Paulownia's All-Out Effort

The black-and-white sword qi shot forth, instantly slashing into the stone statue and brutally cleaving it downward.

The sword qi swept across it, leaving a huge gash on the statue's body. Shattered stones flew everywhere before crashing down below with a thunderous roar.

Yet moments later, the statue rose again from the smoke and dust. Its fragments rapidly gathered together, restoring it at an astonishing speed.

This was not Shin's first time seeing such a stone statue. Back when he had fought Otsutsuki Hamura, the latter had used the Tenseigan to summon similar stone figures, which Senju Hashirama had blocked with his Wood Human.

Therefore, Shin knew that the statue could not be destroyed at all. So long as it had enough chakra, even if it were ground into powder, it would still regenerate.

Everything happened in an instant. The stone statue did not charge upward again, but the Otsutsuki Clan's other ninjutsu had already arrived before him.

They were densely packed—some Yin Release, some Yang Release—vast and terrifying.

Shin's gaze narrowed slightly. With so many attacks, using defensive ninjutsu to block them was no longer realistic. Even the Complete Body Susanoo might be breached under such a barrage, let alone other ninjutsu. Not to mention that they were still being suppressed by the barrier.

Shin did not move. He merely extended his left hand flatly, his crimson pupils spinning before turning white in the blink of an eye. Patterns like tree rings emerged within them.

Countless ninjutsu flew toward his hand without causing even the slightest ripple, vanishing into thin air. In an instant, every ninjutsu attacking from this direction had been absorbed.

A figure shrouded in light shot upward and halted before the Otsutsuki, his beard and hair billowing as his right hand tightly gripped a staff.

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