Within the higher-dimensional space.
Dark gold patterns began flowing across Light of Creation God's body. Nine golden wheels fused into an enormous wheel of light that blotted out the sky, while the spread of the god's wings was enough to cover half the Shinobi World!
The holy light grew hot enough to melt metal, even warping space with its heat.
"Light Domain-activate!"
The divine voice rang throughout the cosmos. A fissure opened in the sky and swallowed all six black spheres...
BOOM!!!
The instant the Light Domain closed, space shuddered again and again.
Light of Creation God doubled over and swayed. Golden holy fluid suddenly sprayed from the god's entire body, and more than half that imposing aura vanished.
"Admittedly, I fell for your trick, but I still have methods I haven't used. If you leave this place and return to the World of the Living, we can stay out of each other's way from now on. How does that sound?"
Hearing the proposal, Tetsuhiro hesitated. If we push the god into self-destructing, won't all this have been for nothing?
"'Hashirama,' what are you hesitating for? Falling into your old habits again? We're the ones who battered this god into such a state. Do you think the god will just let it go? How foolish!"
Before Madara could finish, Light of Creation God gathered enough power to raise a hand and fire ten thousand needles of holy light from the fingertips, instantly knocking him to the ground.
"Despicable!" When Madara flickered back into view, a little blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. "Playing dirty with me? An attack like that still isn't enough to break me, Madara Uchiha!" Without the protection of the Truth-Seeking Orbs, his situation was growing precarious.
Had he not activated Susanoo in time, he