Rumble!
Dark clouds loomed overhead, thunder rumbled, and torrential rain followed, washing over the ravaged battlefield in the Land of Rice Fields.
"Aoooo...!"
The Demonic Statue's roars sounded even more mournful in the rain!
Obito's eyes nearly split with rage. The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the foundation of his Eye of the Moon Plan! He could not allow anything to happen to it!
But Sasuke's arrow had been too powerful. Not only had it pierced the statue, it had left a twenty-meter-wide Wind Hole, from which white slurry poured without end!
That was the statue's vital essence, containing its life substance and the tailed beasts' chakra. Every drop was precious!
Even if the statue would not die, Obito could not stand by and watch its power drain away for nothing!
So... as Sasuke bore down on him from beyond the curtain of rain, Obito did something reckless. He leaped onto the statue's chest and tried to fill the Wind Hole with Wood Release!
That meant he could not enter his "Phasing mode." It also meant he had become a sitting duck!
"You really never learn..."
Seeing this, Sasuke charged with his sword!
Obito roared, "White Zetsu, stop him at any cost!"
The White Zetsu army surged forward in response. Their power was linked to the statue, and with it severely injured, they could no longer use their Wood Release power. Now, they could only take up kunai and launch suicidal attacks with their own flesh and blood!
Sasuke drove his Susanoo's mighty fists into the ground!
Boom...!
Every punch reduced White Zetsu to pulp, while sending even more flying through the air!
Even so, the White Zetsu kept swarming forward without fear of death!
By this point in the battle, Sasuke had little chakra left. He could