The black Pillar that spanned heaven and earth shrank into Madara's unassuming body.
Shrouded in black Curse Mist, Madara's eyes had completed their transformation!!
On Blue Moon Island, no one was more astonished than Nagato!!
"The Rinnegan...!!!"
Orochimaru said, "That is state three of the black cursed Seal. Based on our current intelligence, those Rinnegan are essentially equivalent to the Rinnegan produced by Impure World Reincarnation. They possess only the Six Paths abilities and cannot use the original dōjutsu, Rinne Rebirth, or synchronize with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Even so, their immense power remains unchanged..."
On the battlefield.
Izuna could not see the change in Madara's eyes, but the sight of his back, his shoulders hanging low, still filled him with concern!
"Something's wrong with my brother...!"
Black Zetsu thought, Of course there is. Aside from the thirty percent of the black cursed Seal's power that Minato forcibly seized during the tug-of-war with the Nine-Tails and bestowed on Naruto, all of its remaining seventy percent has been unleashed...!!! That enormous power was heaped onto Naruto's battered body all at once, without any buffer. The strain is easy enough to imagine! I find it incredible that Madara can even stay standing in that body!!
Madara glanced at the tears slipping uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes. "It hurts so much you're crying? Hahaha, Naruto, you useless fool. Don't worry. It'll all be over soon!!"
Whoosh!
Beside him, the black Curse Mist surged rapidly. Unlike its drifting form in state two, this time the mist changed in an orderly fashion, responding to Madara's will!
The final product of that transformation was... a pitch-black "Madara"! Yes, Madara—not Madara in Naruto's body!
Black Zetsu laughed. "Black Cursed Art: Cursed Body of Freedom, state three's special ability. It lets him freely