A trace of rekindled excitement colored Black Zetsu's voice.
"A Ten-Tails Jinchūriki-even an Incomplete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki will do."
He lifted his gaze toward the hundred-meter-tall Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the distance. The chakra of several Tailed Beasts had already been sealed inside it-
Though the collection was incomplete, that power had already begun to take shape.
As long as Madara absorbed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and became an Incomplete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, that power, which transcended conventional ninjutsu and ocular techniques, would be enough to suppress the tenseigan.
As Black Zetsu's thoughts raced-
The sky suddenly lit up.
A dazzling light appeared at the far edge of the sky, plunging like a falling star at tremendous speed, a blazing white trail streaking across the heavens behind it.
The light grew larger and brighter. A massive meteor hundreds of meters in diameter hurtled straight toward the battlefield below, bearing the cold rock of outer space and a searing tail of flames from atmospheric friction.
Uchiha Madara and Tianyi looked up at the same time, surprise flashing in their eyes. A third party was intervening in their battle? It was the people on the moon!
The meteor roared downward, compressing the air into an incandescent shock wave, its thunder sounding as though the entire sky were being torn apart.
Uchiha Madara reacted faster than anyone else.
Standing atop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's head, he abruptly clenched his right hand. The enormous chakra blade in the statue's hand rose instantly, its deep blue radiance condensing to the utmost before sweeping upward-
A single slash.
The blade's radiance swept across the sky with the power of Susanoo, cutting precisely through the center of the meteor.
The meteor was cleaved neatly in two, its cut surfaces smooth