The night sky was torn apart.
The dark-gold Susanoo raised its right arm high. Above its palm, that thousand-meter-long chakra greatsword was burning madly.
The blade was formed from condensed, materialized Yin Release chakra, pitch-black from end to end, as if forged from a black hole. Unquenchable black flames of Amaterasu coiled around the edge, while three enormous tomoe were embedded in the hilt, representing the Mangekyo ocular power of Xuan Shi, Fugaku, and Shisui.
"Bzz—"
The pressure radiating from the greatsword made the air throughout Konoha turn viscous.
The ninja on the ground felt as if a boulder were pressing down on their chests, making even breathing difficult. Some of the weaker chunin went soft in the knees, unable to stop themselves from wanting to kneel.
This was power beyond the scope of ninjutsu.
This was divine punishment.
"Roar—!!!"
The Nine-Tails Fox let out a roar of unprecedented terror.
As a mass of chakra, its perception of danger far exceeded that of humans. It could clearly sense that the power contained in that sword was not merely destruction on the physical level, but also carried a cutting force aimed at the soul and the very source of chakra.
If it were struck by this sword, even as a tailed beast, it would suffer an irreparable heavy blow.
The Nine-Tails' red pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints.
It gave up attacking the "insects" around it, and all nine of its enormous tails stood upright, aimed at the Susanoo in the air.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Nine small Tailed Beast Bombs several meters in diameter shot from its mouth like a volley of cannon fire.
It was trying to use a dense web of firepower to destroy the greatsword before it fell.
"Useless."
Xuan Shi stood inside the crystal on Susanoo's forehead, his