P.S. This chapter makes up for the missed update on the 6th. As for the pacing issues, Xiao Ye has seen your comments and will do her best to adjust. However, since Xiao Ye has to work during the day and can only squeeze in time to write at lunch and in the evening, a lot of the time writing a book really is—as some readers have said—"writing without thinking things through." It's easy to write whatever comes to mind, and hard to say whether it's been thoroughly researched or thought through. Checking everything several times before posting is even harder, so I hope you'll bear with me!
The only thing to worry about was Uchiha Madara's arrival.
In another area, Uchiha Obito, who had also activated Susanoo, charged straight toward Utakata and Karin. At the same time, a figure resembling the Tobi Obito had played before appeared on the battlefield. Dressed in an Akatsuki uniform and wearing a white Spiral Mask, he danced about as he controlled a gigantic Wood Release humanoid—much like the "Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands" Senju Hashirama had used earlier. It appeared abruptly on the battlefield and, without distinguishing friend from foe, trampled all the Konoha Ninja and Snow Ninja in its path as it headed straight for Utakata and Karin.
A three-sided battle.
Obito and "Tobi" advanced together.
They put tremendous pressure on Neji, Utakata, Karin, and the others on the front lines. The gigantic Wood Release humanoid was especially dangerous. Without a doubt, just like the First's Wood Release, it could powerfully restrain and suppress Tailed Beasts. From what Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others had heard their First Generation say earlier, they knew exactly which side these two belonged to. Even Jiraiya wanted to capture Obito on the spot, but