Time seemed to have been paused at that very moment.
The entire world froze.
Towering waves hung suspended in midair.
The massive Wood Release stopped growing.
Hatake Sakumo and Shimura Danzō also froze halfway through their charge, locked in forward-lunging positions.
Kagami Uchiha's newly formed Susanoo also came to a halt.
Even the Shinigami, on the verge of fully materializing, stopped.
The only one still moving was Uchiha Yao.
Or rather, centered around him, the causality of the entire world began to flow in reverse.
The massive waves surged backward even faster than they had arrived, vanishing before Tobirama Senju.
The enormous wooden shield rapidly crumbled apart.
As if yanked backward by an invisible giant hand, Hatake Sakumo and Shimura Danzō instantly returned to where they had stood before launching their attacks.
Kagami Uchiha's Susanoo completely shattered in the air as well.
The Shinigami let out a wail and slowly dispersed, returning to nothingness.
Yet the immense life force Hiruzen Sarutobi had sacrificed did not return.
Kamui: Time Reversal!
It reversed the enemy's attacks, but the Chakra or life force they had expended would not be restored.
The next instant.
Time returned to normal.
"Pfft—"
Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to one knee, unable to control himself.
His body rapidly withered at a visible rate.
His skin became like dried tree bark, while his hair turned snow-white in an instant.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was finished.
"This... this is..."
Tobirama Senju's voice was filled with incomprehensible shock.
"What was that technique just now?"
"Not genjutsu... nor was it Space-Time Ninjutsu..."
"It was time..."
"Uchiha Yao reversed time!"
"My technique... my Reaper Death Seal..."
On the ground, Hiruzen Sarutobi trembled as he touched his horribly aged face with both hands. His mind utterly collapsed.
His greatest trump