The edge of the black hole expanded silently.
Obito hid deep in the shadows of a spatial rift, his entire body seeming to melt into the darkness. Even his breathing had slowed to a bare minimum.
A figure stepped out of the black hole.
The man was tall and slender, dressed in a dark monk robe, with pale skin and a cold expression.
The markings on his forehead were almost identical to those on the projection of an Otsutsuki that Obito had seen in the ancient device.
Obito's pupils abruptly contracted.
An Otsutsuki!
The projection in that device wasn't a fabricated record.
The Otsutsuki Clan really existed!
The newcomer paid no attention to the spatial fluctuations around him and walked straight ahead.
Obito looked in the direction he was heading, and his heart sank.
At the far end of the space lay a monster of unimaginable size.
Its body resembled a mountain of flesh, its skin covered in rough markings, its ten tails hanging limply. With every breath it took, the chakra in the space trembled.
The Ten-Tails!
Obito had seen the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and heard legends of the Ten-Tails from Madara.
But the monster before him was completely different from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
It was alive.
Within its body lurked chakra that made Obito shudder instinctively. This was no ordinary tailed beast chakra, nor was it power a ninja could control.
This was a creature that had truly reached a transcendent level of existence.
Yet this terrifying Ten-Tails was pinned to the ground by long black rods.
The black rods pierced its limbs, spine, and tails, each wreathed in the power of Yin-Yang Release.
Several times, the Ten-Tails tried to raise its head, but the moment its body tensed, chakra surged