It looked as though a chunk of the earth had been gouged out, leaving an enormous canyon several kilometers across.
The canyon was bottomless, with cracks spreading outward in every direction.
"My god, that single attack changed the entire landscape!" the distant onlookers cried out in shock.
The area had originally been flat plains and forest, but now a canyon cut through it, looking utterly out of place.
Only then did everyone see the Nine-Tails standing at the edge of the canyon, with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha atop its head.
Hashirama Senju was panting heavily. The enormous Buddha behind him had vanished. Clearly, that last Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands had consumed an immense amount of energy. The clash alone had burned through so much Senjutsu Chakra that he had dropped out of Sage Mode.
Beside him, Madara stared at it all in shock.
At the other end of the canyon, Uchiha Sora stood atop the Seven-Tails' head. He, too, had dropped out of Sage Mode. Like Hashirama, his last super Rasenshuriken had consumed almost all his Senjutsu Chakra.
However, the mark of his Strength of a Hundred Technique remained. Though his Sage Face Markings had disappeared, the Strength of a Hundred markings still covered his body, and chakra continued pouring from the seal on his forehead, replenishing his reserves.
Since acquiring the Hashirama Sage Body and training in the sacred Shikkotsu Forest, Uchiha Sora's physical capabilities and chakra reserves had grown tremendously.
His chakra reserves in his normal state were already no smaller than Hashirama's. With the Yin Seal, his endurance was even greater.
As his chakra steadily replenished itself, Uchiha Sora gradually returned to peak condition.
Looking at Hashirama and Madara across from him, he shook his head and called out, "Hashirama, Madara might