Destroying Heaven and Earth! Meteor Sword Rain Clashes Head-On with Top Transformed Buddha!

"It certainly will."

Black Zetsu answered with absolute certainty.

"He doesn't have the Eternal Mangekyō."

"As long as it is still an ordinary Mangekyo, every use of ocular techniques will consume the life force of his eyes. The larger the scale of the technique, the heavier the damage to his ocular power."

"After this battle, his vision will definitely be severely impaired."

White Zetsu said quietly, "But if he defeats Hashirama, who would dare attack him while he's weakened?"

"That's why we wait."

Obito stared at Lumen, his voice growing colder and colder.

"Let him keep fighting Hashirama."

"Hashirama has an Impure World body and can continuously restore his chakra, but Lumen cannot."

"Every additional wave of sword rain he fires now will cost him more chakra and ocular power."

"Once he defeats Hashirama, or Hashirama pushes him to his limit, that will be the best time for us to strike."

Black Zetsu nodded.

"We cannot miss this opportunity."

"If he defeats Hashirama head-on today, no one in the Shinobi World will ever question his status again."

"The Uchiha will also gain unimaginable prestige because of this battle."

"At that point, he will not merely be our variable. He will become a top-tier powerhouse capable of overwhelming the entire Shinobi World."

Obito slowly clenched his fist.

"So, he cannot leave the Valley of the End alive."

Black Zetsu said nothing more.

The three figures remained hidden deep within the rock strata, waiting for Lumen and Hashirama to determine the victor.

On the outskirts of the battlefield, the situation was growing worse and worse.

Top Transformed Buddha and Meteor Sword Rain continued to collide, violent aftershocks spreading outward wave after wave.

Hozuki Gengetsu had only just reconstituted his body when a Spiral Sword knocked aside by a wooden fist swept over