Beneath a sky roiling with red clouds, over a hundred fission bodies of the mutated Ten-Tails hovered in formation. Every one had Hashirama Senju's face and build, wore close-fitting Susanoo armor, and possessed white Rinnegan without tomoe.
Surrounded by the hundred-strong formation, Sasuke remained unruffled.
"You realized that an oversized body would only weigh you down against me, so you switched to overwhelming me with numbers?"
"But I have to admit, this is a real headache. Any one of these fission bodies could wipe out the entire army of Ten-Tails fission bodies from the Shinobi World War in my previous life."
Just then, ten fission bodies on the inner edge of the encirclement formed a smaller ring around Sasuke.
Flames with the substance of Susanoo ignited in their hands, taking the shapes of all manner of weapons!
Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, forks, hammers, and whips—each carried something different, but every weapon could unleash tremendous power in close combat!
Each assumed an opening stance suited to his weapon!
An amateur saw a spectacle; an expert could tell at a glance whether someone had real skill!
"The Ten-Tails is like a living fossil in the river of time, carrying skills and experience ordinary people could never master in a lifetime. Every one of these fission bodies is a weapons master..."
Sasuke dared not take them lightly. A Truth-Seeking Orb formed into the Kusanagi Sword, and he jolted the blade with his grip, sending black lightning coiling around it.
"You all look like Hashirama Senju, so I'll call you 'Pillar.'"
The ten Pillars charged.
Sasuke's gaze swept across them. Using the Body Flicker Technique, he flashed toward the saber-wielding Pillar, intending to score an Instant Kill with a vicious flickering slash!
To his surprise, his opponent reacted with astonishing speed,