The seal of the Gate of the Great God shattered with a thunderous crash. Obito rose to his feet and looked up toward Naruto and the others.
Behind him, vermilion chakra flames ignited at the tips of five thornlike protrusions, like five burning candles.
"What an overwhelming presence!"
Hashirama frowned as he felt the aura emanating from Obito.
"Be careful, everyone. This guy looks a lot stronger than even me now."
"Right, got it!" everyone answered.
As they spoke, Obito took a step forward.
Minato shouted.
"Obito! Stop! All this fighting and destruction is meaningless!"
"Obito?"
Now the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Obito tilted his head as he looked at them.
The next instant, he charged straight at them.
"Watch out!"
"Leave this to me!"
The Third rapidly formed hand seals.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"
He spat out a burst of flames, which instantly became a fearsome fire dragon and hurtled toward Obito.
Watching the fire dragon fly toward him, Obito raised a hand and formed a black sphere.
The sphere flew in front of him and transformed into a round shield.
Boom!
The fire dragon struck, triggering a tremendous explosion.
As the smoke gradually cleared, they saw Obito standing there completely unharmed, a round black shield still in front of him.
The shield changed shape, turning back into a black sphere and returning to Obito's hand.
"He blocked it?"
"Don't hold back, everyone! Attack together!"
The Third roared, then created several clones. Together, they unleashed ninjutsu at Obito, launching an all-out bombardment.
To everyone's astonishment, however, the center of the explosions was moving-and steadily drawing closer to them.
Whoosh!
A figure burst out of the explosions and charged straight at them.
"What?!"
"Everyone, scatter!"
Hashirama shouted.
Everyone quickly scattered.
The next instant, Hiruzen Sarutobi's clones were destroyed.
"Fire Release..."