"How?"
"What exactly is the so-called Ninja Alliance Technique?"
"Is that all?"
At this moment, Uchiha Izuna stood tall, arms folded across his chest, imitating the posture often taken by his brothers. His expression was cold, arrogant, and unreadable as his eyes locked onto Naruto and Sasuke, the Five Kage, and the vast army of shinobi that formed the Ninja Alliance.
"Ants…" he sneered, Rinnegan glowing with disdain.
His contempt stirred immediate fury among the Allied Shinobi Forces.
"Hateful…!"
"That bastard!"
"Don't be so full of yourself!"
Gaara, Tsunade-hime, Terumi Mei, Raikage A, and many others growled with rage. Raikage was so furious that his body crackled with Lightning Style Chakra, preparing to charge in.
"Uncle Raikage, wait!" a voice called out urgently.
Six Paths Naruto, helped to his feet by Tsunade, intervened just in time.
"Everyone… don't get close to this guy. Otherwise… you'll die!"
The weight in his voice made even the impulsive Raikage stop in his tracks. Naruto's expression was dark with seriousness. He had just experienced firsthand the terror of Uchiha Izuna's power.
That move—Mangekyō Sharingan Technique: Blood Qifei—nearly killed him.
The blood in his body had frozen, time itself seemed to halt… it was like facing death itself. A suffocating, icy stillness that no one who hadn't endured it could begin to comprehend.
"And it's not just that… Izuna's Rinnegan technique, Aoki-ken, is strange and terrifying on an entirely different level."
Uchiha Izuna wasn't just powerful. He was unpredictable and beyond anything they had ever encountered.
After Naruto briefly explained what happened during his brush with death, the magnitude of the danger became clear to everyone.
"Damn it!" Raikage clenched his fists, veins bulging with frustration. Despite the Sage of Six Paths granting them fragments of his power, they were still being forced to stay back, unable to even approach the enemy.
It was a humiliation.
A shame!
"Sir Raikage," said Ōnoki, the aged Tsuchikage, floating nearby. He patted the larger man on the shoulder. "Even if we can't approach, the Ninja Alliance can launch long-range ninjutsu. We still have options."
"For now, distance-based attacks are best," Sasuke agreed, eyes sharp.
"But Sasuke," Naruto interjected, frowning. "Izuna still has those clones of us—if they get close, it'll be chaos."
"It doesn't matter," Tsunade cut in firmly. "We're not afraid of any enemy!"
"Tsunade…" Hashirama, standing nearby, smiled softly at his granddaughter's courage.
Then, without another word, he activated Wood Style to protect his brother, Tobirama, cocooning him in a living shell of trees.
Next, with a clap of his hands—
Hashirama's expression turned serious. "Everyone, clear the area!"
Understanding instantly, the shinobi began retreating. The space around Hashirama cleared as the God of Shinobi prepared to unleash his true power.
"Grandpa…" Tsunade whispered, her voice trembling slightly with awe and pride.
The next moment:
Swish—swish—swish—swish—
Thousands of shinobi jumped back, giving him room.
"So then…"
"Sage Art: Wood Style—True Several Thousand Hands!!"
Harnessing the natural energy of Sage Mode, his own massive reserves of chakra, and the portion of Six Paths power granted by the Sage himself, Hashirama erupted with divine force.
Boom—click—crack—!!
From the earth rose the colossal form of the Senju Buddha, an immense statue of divine wood and chakra, dwarfing all before it.
Its height soared past 1,800 meters.
The ground shook. The skies trembled.
Even the combatants on the far side—Six Paths Madara, the Ōtsutsuki brothers, Indra, and Ashura—paused, turning to witness the spectacle.
"This guy…" Izuna's eyes narrowed, surprise evident on his face. "So this is the true power of the legendary God of Shinobi?"
"Grandpa…" Tsunade watched in stunned silence.
"As expected of Hashirama," muttered Hiruzen, eyes filled with admiration. "His power is overwhelming."
The battlefield held its breath.
Then—
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Thousands of enormous wooden hands came crashing down toward Uchiha Izuna.
Reacting swiftly, Izuna summoned his Aoki-tai Naruto and Sasuke clones and had them intercept the incoming strikes.
The fake Sasuke unleashed Susanoo, and the fake Naruto fired off multiple Rasenshuriken and other destructive jutsu.
But the hands were relentless.
Under the infinite barrage, the Aoki-tai clones couldn't hold on.
Then—poof!—they disappeared, the technique duration having ended.
Now exposed, Izuna was forced to act.
"Super Shinra Tensei!!"
With a thunderous blast, a violent repulsive wave surged outward, smashing dozens of incoming Wood Style hands.
BOOM! BAM! CRASH!
But Hashirama's attack never ceased. One wave was followed by the next, and the next.
Even Super Shinra Tensei couldn't hold them all back.
In desperation, Izuna summoned all nine of his Truth-Seeking Balls, molding them into a massive spherical barrier around himself.
BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—
Still, the assault didn't stop.
Then—reinforcements arrived.
"Dust Release!"
"Storm Style!"
"Rasenshuriken!"
"Lightning Style!"
"Tailed Beast Bomb!!"
Naruto, Sasuke, the Five Kage, and all the tailed beasts unleashed their ultimate long-range techniques.
It was a full-force bombardment!
BOOM! CRACK! BLAST!
The spherical Truth-Seeking Ball barrier began to crack.
Piece by piece, layer by layer…
And then—
Leo, standing far from the clash, watched silently.
"Hashirama… you never fail to amaze me," Leo said, voice calm and analytical. "To think, with only a portion of the Six Paths power, you can still shake the heavens."
"But…"
He tilted his head slightly.
"Izuna hasn't shown us everything yet."
Suddenly—
CRACK! BOOM!
The barrier shattered!
And from within emerged—
Uchiha Izuna, reborn in a divine glow.
He now wore a Six Paths coat, black magatama symbols along his collar and sleeves, a Six Paths staff in hand.
His normal Rinnegan had evolved into the Six Magatama Rinnegan, and in the center of his forehead burned a Nine Magatama Samsara Sharingan.
"What…what is that!?" Naruto gasped.
Sasuke's eyes widened in disbelief. "No way… he's a Ten Tails Jinchūriki now?!"
Before anyone could react—
BANG!!
Ashura was sent flying by Indra's fist, crashing into a distant mountain.
"Ashura… our strengths are no longer equal," Indra said coldly.
He too now wore a Six Paths coat, his eyes identical to Izuna's. Their power radiated in sync.
The Ōtsutsuki brothers looked on in horror.
But before they could act—
WHAM!
They were struck down by the Limbo Clones of not one but two Six Paths Madaras, crashing into boulders.
Now—
Six Paths Madara ①
Six Paths Madara ②
Six Paths Izuna
Six Paths Indra
The four Ten Tails Jinchūriki stood together, a divine squadron of chaos.
Their voices echoed in unison:
"Reverse—Infinite Tsukuyomi!!"
ZHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNN——!!!
A blinding light tore through the battlefield.
The world began to tremble.
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