The white sphere of light struck the black sphere.
BOOM!!!
The sound was loud enough to hurt everyone's ears.
The sphere of light pressed against the bottom of the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb and stopped.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Then the sphere of light began to move.
It wasn't being pushed back. It was pushing forward.
One inch.
Two inches.
That terrifyingly black Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb began retreating under the white sphere's pressure. Back toward Kaguya.
"Holy shit..." someone shouted below.
Ryuto thrust both hands forward, veins bulging all along his arms.
He felt the Ki inside him rushing out like water through an opened floodgate.
But the sphere of light was advancing.
"HAAAH!!!"
Ryuto roared, increasing his Ki output another notch.
With a hum, the sphere of light grew even more blinding.
The Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb retreated faster.
All three of Kaguya's eyes went wide.
"Impossible..." she murmured.
Black Zetsu jumped up and down beside her. "Mother! Hurry! Get the Truth-Seeking Orb under control!"
Kaguya raised a hand and made a grasping motion toward the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb in the sky.
Dark red arcs of electricity flickered wildly across the black sphere's surface.
Its retreat stopped.
The two forces of energy reached a stalemate in midair.
Ryuto gritted his teeth.
He felt his Ki draining rapidly, but the sphere of light still held an enormous amount of energy.
The life energy of the entire Shinobi World was no joke.
"Then let's see who gives out first."
Ryuto took a deep breath and held nothing back, pouring in every bit of Ki he had left.
The sphere of light pushed forward another inch.
A crack appeared on the Expansive Truth-Seeking Orb's surface.
It was tiny.
But everyone saw it.
"It cracked!" someone shouted below.
Kaguya's expression changed.
Black Zetsu's black face