The shinobi charged past Obito, launching themselves at Indra!
Umudoryū rewound time within a designated area—as long as they had run past Obito at some point in the past, no matter where on the battlefield they fell, they could all be revived together!
But some clueless shinobi didn't pay attention to these details!
The First Hokage shouted, "You must run past Obito first! Otherwise, reviving you will be troublesome!"
"Hmph, how annoying—acting like we're definitely going to get killed!"
But with their lives on the line... they still obediently complied.
High in the air, Indra gazed coldly at the advancing formation. "The barking of weaklings is always ugly, no matter when..."
Zzzt!
—Mokuhana Chiryū!
Starting from the front ranks, shinobi died in waves, turning into corpses!
Obito's dōjutsu activated immediately!
—Umudoryū!
Whoosh!
From the swirling white vortex before his eyes, the fallen shinobi reappeared, their faces filled with disbelief!
"We... we really came back to life!?"
"But psychologically, I've already died once..."
"Don't block the way!"
Obito frowned and simply pushed them aside!
Whoosh...!
From that gap, the resurrected shinobi emerged like wind through wheat fields, appearing in endless layers—some even thrown into the sky! Yet this tragic scene was somehow filled with joyous atmosphere!
"Yabai! I think I'm getting addicted to this feeling!"
"I feel like I'm invincible!"
"Hahaha... If we can be revived after death, what's there to fear?!"
Thus, the shinobi launched an even more fearless charge!
Mokuhana Chiryū, after all, was a dōjutsu—after sustained use, it would have a cooldown period!
With such high-frequency usage in such a short time, Indra's ocular power soon entered cooldown!
"Damn..."
The shinobi closed in, hurling all their ninja tools and explosive tags at him!
Boom boom boom boom...!
Fire illuminated the sky!
Indra swung his arms, unleashing various ordinary ninjutsu—but combined with his earth-shattering chakra, they immediately became weapons of mass destruction!
Shinobi were slaughtered in droves!
Whoosh!!
Soon, ten minutes passed. The most frequently killed shinobi had already been revived over a hundred times!
Whoosh! But Obito's Umudoryū continued without pause!
Umudoryū had a ten-minute rewind limit, but the people revived and appearing here also became part of the timeline. This endless cycle created an infinite resurrection zone!
Boom boom boom boom...!
After a stretch of mindless slaughter, Indra noticed the shinobi numbers hadn't decreased at all—they were still charging forward in a frenzy. He grew irritated.
"This is endless..."
He released the Yin-Yang Six Paths Staff from his hands, pressing his palms together at his chest.
—Divine: Earth-Piercing Stakes!
CRACK...!!
From beneath the charging shinobi's feet, chaotic wooden spikes burst through the earth, instantly impaling nearly all of them!
In the rear, Naruto and the others who had been observing and gathering intelligence on Indra all leaped into the sky simultaneously, dodging the wooden spikes surging from below!
"What!? Wood Release attacks from underground!?"
But those spikes extended skyward, pursuing them!
Whoosh!
Naruto entered Six Paths Sage Mode, his spiritual Truth-Seeking Orbs forming a massive barrier that sheltered everyone inside!
Hinata, through her Tenseigan, closely monitored the battlefield outside the Truth-Seeking Orb.
"Those stakes are appearing again under the feet of people revived by Obito!"
"But the Edo Tensei reincarnations aren't being affected!"
Naruto stroked his chin, analyzing. "If it only works on the living, then it's likely Wood Release channeled through the Divine Tree!"
Sasuke frowned. "A battlefield-wide, target-locking attack?"
Naruto lowered his hand from his chin, murmuring, "No... if it's channeled through the Divine Tree, then it's probably not just targeting this battlefield—it's targeting all surviving humans on earth!"
Konan's brows furrowed tightly. "Then what about the villagers in Amegakure!?"
Naruto clenched his fists. "If... Indra intends to kill them, they probably won't survive!"
But whether Naruto's analysis was wrong or Indra acted deliberately, the civilians of Amegakure weren't attacked!
Whoosh! Ōnoki floated a hundred meters in the sky, the extending wooden spikes already reaching him!
Zzzt!
—Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!
Whoosh...!
The Dust Release beam obliquely erased those spikes, but within mere seconds, they sprouted again!
Ōnoki said wearily, "Ugh... If you don't eliminate the target, those wooden spikes will keep reappearing!"
Obito looked at the still-struggling Kage. "Stop being stubborn and get over here!"
"Damn, what I least wanted in this life was to rely on an Uchiha, but I'm old now—can't help it..."
Ōnoki shook his head helplessly. After using Dust Release to flatten the spikes again, he was about to comply, but sharp pain shot through his waist.
"Ah... ow, ow, ow—my back problems are acting up at a time like this!!!"
The wooden spikes pursued again!!
But a flash of lightning—Ōnoki had been rescued by a burly man.
Looking closely, it was the Raikage.
Ōnoki said, "Raikage, what are you trying to be a hero for now..."
The Raikage replied, "Hmph, I just don't want to owe this old man a favor. This makes us even for you removing the Super Weighted Boulder Technique!"
With that, he carried Ōnoki to the safe zone where Obito could easily cast Umudoryū.
Whoosh!
The Truth-Seeking Orb protection disappeared!
Naruto and the other main fighters landed together!
Obito swept his gaze around—all the wooden spikes targeting them froze, then retracted underground!
Obito said, "I used Duanmie Chanti to sever the cause and effect of that jutsu for you. Those wooden spikes won't attack you anymore!"
He turned to look at Indra reigning in the sky.
"With that kind of terrifying Wood Release, numerical warfare has lost its meaning. Time for the Edo Tensei forces to take the stage!"
RUMBLE... Thus, ten thousand Might Guy clones made their grand entrance, their earth-shaking steps thundering across the ground as they ran!
"So many identical people—all supposedly Edo Tensei. But why?"
Indra, being from ancient times, had no concept of cloning technology.
Among Konoha's Edo Tensei ranks, the real Might Guy was also shocked. "What... is going on here!?"
Asuma said, "I only heard about this recently from Shikaku. Kabuto Yakushi apparently used your blood to create this batch of clones. Initially there were about twenty thousand—he used half as living sacrifices to perform Edo Tensei on the other half. Through this back-and-forth process, it became the current scale..."
The other Edo Tensei shinobi were all outraged. "How despicable! Kabuto is simply a demon—what does he take human life for?!"
"Heh... there's no need to rush to condemn me."
With an androgynous laugh, Kabuto Yakushi approached.
Might Guy turned around, his gaze cold—clearly, he had no favorable impression of Kabuto either.
Kabuto pushed up his glasses and dropped his smile. "Mr. Guy, regardless of how you view me, I consider you the highest-quality 'human' in the shinobi world—yes, you are the Human Emperor, truly deserving of the title! So honestly, I'm quite reluctant about returning you to Konoha."
Might Guy said, "At this point, what's the meaning of saying such things?"
Kabuto replied, "No, no, no—it has meaning. After my failed uprising, I've already promised Lady Tsunade that I won't interfere with your power anymore. But in this kind of situation, my contact with you is legitimate. You should know that your Edo Tensei is special—I recreated blood-producing organs for you. As long as there's blood in your body, you can open the Death Gate of the Eight Gates at any time. And because it's an Edo Tensei body, you won't truly die..."
Slurp~! Kabuto licked his tongue and produced a blood-red scroll.
Wind whistled as he knelt on one knee, presenting the scroll with both hands.
"This is your blood that I recreated using hematopoietic technology. Please... let your youth bloom once more!"
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