An even greater surge of Chakra erupted from Yongye, forming golden armor that covered the giant ape layer by layer.
Breastplate, pauldrons, bracers, greaves—every piece fit perfectly over the ape's golden fur, its patterns gleaming dark gold in the sunlight.
The Great Sage Equal to Heaven stood clad in golden armor, the Adamantine Staff in hand!
He looked down at the Susanoo-Clad Kurama below. Reflected in his golden pupils were Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, standing side by side.
Then he raised the Adamantine Staff. It carved a dazzling golden arc through the air before crashing down.
Boom!
The instant the staff struck, one of the Susanoo-Clad Kurama's massive wooden arms exploded from the center. Splintered wood and fragments of sky-blue Chakra sprayed in every direction like a downpour of timber and light.
The blow knocked the enormous armored construct sideways from the shoulder. Its feet plowed two deep furrows through the ground before it toppled backward and slammed down, sending stone and dust soaring.
The Great Sage Equal to Heaven did not stop.
The Adamantine Staff rose and fell, rose and fell.
Staff strikes poured down like rain, a golden waterfall crashing from the heavens. Every blow landed squarely on the Susanoo-Clad Kurama's head, shoulders, elbows, or waist.
Wooden armor shattered beneath the barrage, vines snapped in the golden light, and the sky-blue Chakra Armor broke apart piece by piece under the relentless assault.
The shock waves threw Hashirama Senju backward. Flakes of his Impure World Reincarnation body peeled from his cheek, then re-formed as Senjutsu Chakra flowed through him.
Madara Uchiha staggered half a step inside Susanoo's head. A gaping crack split its sky-blue armor at the shoulder, golden fragments flickering along the edge. For the first time, shock broke through his composure.
The Great Sage Equal to