This time, facing the incoming black blade light, Madara Uchiha did not dodge. Instead, he activated his Rinnegan dōjutsu directly.
"Limbo: Border Jail!"
He did not even move; only the ripples in his Rinnegan shifted slightly.
When the crescent-shaped blade light was only a few meters from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's head, it seemed to strike an invisible wall and shattered completely with a crisp sound like breaking glass.
Naraku watched the scene, but the smile at the corner of his mouth only deepened.
Although he could not see them, he could clearly sense four illusory shadows emerging around Madara.
Just now, one of those shadows had struck, directly shattering the blade light he had unleashed.
That was right. Naraku could sense Limbo: Border Jail!
Earlier, before joining the battle, he had kept his Observation Haki active to watch Madara while pretending to heal.
Madara had obtained the Rinnegan and then unleashed Limbo: Border Jail. Naraku had witnessed all of these actions.
At first, Naraku had thought he would be unable to detect Madara's shadows either.
To his surprise, Observation Haki could fully perceive the movements of the shadows Madara released.
That allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
As for why Shihōin Naraku could sense Madara's shadows, the reason might have been that Observation Haki's method of perception was completely different from that of ninjutsu.
Combined with Naraku's mental attribute, unmatched throughout the Shinobi World, that was what allowed him to pick up on Madara's shadows.
Regardless, being able to do so meant that Limbo: Border Jail could no longer threaten Naraku.
After all, the shadows split off by Limbo: Border Jail could easily deal with Naruto, Sasuke, Jiraiya, and the others precisely because of their stealth and the element of surprise.
Because they could