Four invisible shadows, carrying terrifying force powerful enough to crush mountains, sealed off every possible escape route for Naruto and Sasuke from four directions.
They were clones existing in the higher-dimensional space known as Limbo. Ordinary people could neither see nor touch them, and even sensory ninjutsu could not detect them.
Madara floated in midair, a cruel curve tugging at the corners of his mouth. He waited to watch these two ignorant brats be crushed into minced meat in an instant.
"Clang!"
A sharp metallic collision suddenly rang out.
Without even turning his head, Naruto gripped a Black Rod backward in his right hand and swept it behind him with extreme casualness, precisely blocking an invisible heavy punch. The violent recoil plowed a deep trench across the ground.
At the same time, purple light blazed in Sasuke's left eye. He took a step to the side and fiercely swung the long sword wrapped in black flames upward.
"Shhk!"
A string of dark-red blood unexpectedly splashed through the air. An invisible Limbo shadow clutched its chest and staggered backward, forced back by the black flames.
The cold smile at the corners of Madara's mouth instantly froze, and his scarlet Rinnegan suddenly contracted.
"How is that possible?" he blurted out.
"Don't look at people with that superior expression of yours, you old fossil." Naruto turned around, the white sun mark in his palm radiating a gentle yet dazzling light. He shook his wrist, and the Great Evolution Divine Soul Art spun rapidly within his sea of consciousness. In his eyes, the four clones in the alternate space were more conspicuous than lightbulbs in the dark.
"Four shadows as ugly as you, and you think you can evade my senses? How naive." Naruto grinned, revealing two rows of gleaming white teeth.
"I can