No one knew how long the battle had raged in darkness and chaos.
When Madara Uchiha touched the Purple-Clad Woman again without triggering any repulsion fields or attack traps...
Madara Uchiha knew the time had come!
Before the Purple-Clad Woman could offer any more "kind words," Madara Uchiha suddenly hurled a strange red bottle at point-blank range.
The Purple-Clad Woman knew at a glance that this object did not come from the Shinobi World. She stared at Madara Uchiha in surprise, but before she could voice her question...
An eerie chorus of sobs rang through the heavens.
It was the sound of a group of women weeping, deeply uncanny and capable of inflicting instant death.
As the creator of numerous Virtual Worlds, the Purple-Clad Woman had "seen and learned" far too much. The instant she heard that sound, she cried out, "This is Banshee's Wail-"
This was a special kind of spell.
A spell that did not belong to the Shinobi World.
It was different from "Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant," which originated in Mount Myōboku, one of the Three Great Sage Lands.
"Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant" followed secret syllables passed down at Mount Myōboku. Two or more toads sang in concert to lure listeners into a genjutsu world that bound their minds. Learning this genjutsu required years of persistent training, and only the two great sages could perform it!
The Book of the Ninja hailed this technique as the "strongest genjutsu," and it even possessed the power to distort space.
What Madara Uchiha had now unleashed on the Purple-Clad Woman, however, was the "Time of Ruin," made by Yanbai's mother, Wakatsuki.
Stored within it was a formula with an "instant-death effect."
It could not kill the Purple-Clad Woman outright.
But by catching her off guard, it could temporarily