Madara Uchiha sensed something was wrong, but it was already too late!
That was how battles went. The slightest misstep could send you plunging into the abyss!
Even Ninja at the Six Paths level, like Shihōin Naraku and Madara, were no exception.
Winning was difficult, but losing a battle might take only an instant!
Madara's Rinnegan abruptly contracted, and Naraku's physical form vanished entirely from his sight.
Only a thin black line that tore through space remained, like a sudden fissure in the night, shooting straight toward the point between his eyebrows!
Before the blade even touched his real body, Madara felt a lethal threat!
It was as though Shihōin Naraku's blade had already cleaved him in two in that instant.
That indescribable sensation even made Madara begin trembling uncontrollably.
Even during his first battle with Naraku, he had never felt such a threat, one that filled his soul with trembling and terror.
What ability was this?
Was this Shihōin Naraku's trump card?!
How should I respond?
Thoughts raced through Madara Uchiha's mind.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Madara activated his Dōjutsu within a thousandth of a second, and a terrifying repulsive field erupted around him.
The Rinnegan had belonged to Madara in the first place, and the Shinra Tensei he unleashed far surpassed Nagato's. The power the two produced was simply incomparable.
Yet this absolute defense, powerful enough to repel a Tailed Beast Bomb, was now like a tsunami crashing into an invisible reef.
Without even the slightest pause, the thin black line formed by Kurikara's edge easily sliced the repulsive layer open!
The leading end of the black line had already closed in on the skin of Madara's forehead.
"Aah-!"
Madara's mouth tightened, and his Rinnegan shone purple. The instant the repulsive force was breached, he finally brought his four shadows