The earth shook violently, as though the entire world trembled beneath Madara Uchiha's fury.
The roars of the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, and the Seven-Tails, Chōmei, echoed through the air. Countless black chakra chains bound their bodies tight, and every struggle only made the chains constrict harder.
Madara Uchiha hovered in midair, his hands flashing through hand seals as his purple Rinnegan shone with an eerie light.
Boom!!!
A terrifying chakra storm erupted from Madara's body. He forcibly devoured the Eight-Tails' and Seven-Tails' chakra like rivers bursting through their banks.
The two tailed beasts howled in agony, their bodies rapidly shriveling as Madara absorbed every last trace of their once-raging power.
"How... how is that possible?!"
Naruto landed as he recoiled backward. Even in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, his body swayed under the pressure of the shock wave.
Spiderweb cracks appeared across his golden Chakra Cloak. Sweat slid down his cheeks, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Madara Uchiha... is actually this terrifying?!"
Naruto Uzumaki had witnessed Yemu suppress the entire Allied Shinobi Forces single-handedly, even striking Madara Uchiha down into the dust.
He had thought that, if he gave it everything he had, he could at least hold his own for a while, even if he couldn't defeat Madara.
But now-
Madara had merely absorbed the chakra of two tailed beasts, yet he had easily blasted Naruto away and even cracked his Nine-Tails mode!
"This is a complete joke..."
Naruto gritted his teeth as an unprecedented sense of helplessness welled up inside him.
Not far away, the soldiers of the Allied Shinobi Forces had already descended into chaos.
"That's... Madara Uchiha?!"
An Iwagakure ninja pointed at the figure in the sky with a trembling hand.
"He's absorbing the tailed beasts..." Shukaku of Sunagakure growled. "If he gathers all of them, the shinobi world