Facing the pitch-black chains of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as they shot toward him, Yoru clasped his hands together.
The muddy ground beneath his feet began to heave violently. Amid thunderous rumbles like muffled thunder rolling across the earth, a Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha, several times larger than the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, rose from the ground!
Countless thick roots burst from the abyss, flinging mud and charred rubble everywhere. They twisted together madly like giant pythons, crushing the few remaining icebergs around them into clouds of dust!
"Th-this is... Hashirama Senju's Great Buddha?!"
Standing atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's head, Obito's lone exposed eye widened like a bell, its pupil contracting violently amid the raging snowstorm.
His wooden prosthetic stomped down on the statue's head with a creak under the force of his shock. The string in his mind called "the script" snapped completely and utterly.
"How can an Uchiha use Wood Release at this level?! What the hell did Orochimaru research in Iwagakure?!"
The grotesque half of Black Zetsu's face, like black clay plastered across his mask, trembled violently in the wind and snow. It was so shocked that it kept spitting out icy water.
"Obito... something's wrong here!"
Its yellow eyes were fixed on the hundred-meter-tall Wood Release giant, which nearly pierced the clouds.
"The Yang Release chakra in this kid's body is far too pure. It's even more tyrannical than Hashirama's was back then! We've really hit an iron wall this time!"
Yoru stood atop the massive Buddha's head. He casually tore off his damaged coat, revealing his toned, well-proportioned shoulders, still beaded with sweat.
He wiped the muddy water from his brow with his rough fingertips, then cast a sidelong glance at