The entire sequence, from Uchiha Hikari's appearance to Ryōta's death, took only a second.
The White Snake Sage had just driven back two Paths of Pain when she saw a bone spike pierce Ryōta. Her aged pupils contracted sharply.
"What?!"
She had not sensed how that Uchiha girl had appeared at all!
And Ryōta had actually been killed in a single blow without even using Time-Reversal Trace?
How was that possible?!
In the distance, an illusory figure hidden at the edge of the battlefield was also shaken to the core.
It was Lin Ze's soul clone.
Uchiha Hikari? She actually exists, and Black Zetsu has even controlled her with Kotoamatsukami...
A trace of coldness flashed through the eyes of Lin Ze's soul.
He had shared Ryota Uchiha's assessment: Black Zetsu undoubtedly still had hidden trump cards.
Thus, after Black Zetsu revealed All-Killing Ash Bones, Shadow Clone Group Assault, and Yomotsu Hirasaka in succession, he had not acted immediately.
But he had never imagined that the final trump card would be this Uchiha "weapon" who existed only in a game's setting. Yachihoko plus Kotoamatsukami-two layers of control, leaving no chance to use Time-Reversal Trace.
He had miscalculated.
At that moment, Black Zetsu swiftly withdrew the bone spike. At the same time, he curled his left hand into a claw and viciously gouged at Ryōta's eyes!
Squelch!
He forcibly plucked out both Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and placed them in a specially made container.
Got them!
Black Zetsu was thrilled, but he never stopped moving. He immediately retreated, shouting, "Hikari, cover me!"
Expressionless, Uchiha Hikari's Mangekyō spun-
"Susanoo: Complete Body!"
Boom!
White chakra surged into the sky. A three-hundred-meter-tall white Perfect Susanoo rose from the ground, each of its four arms holding a longsword of light, and stood in front of Black Zetsu.