"Raikiri!"
"Leaf Ultra‑Force Whirlwind!"
"Wind Release – Ichi‑ji Flash!"
The three sudden techniques struck together, catching Obito off guard. As he dodged, Killer Bee and Naruto charged toward Obito's Uchiha Flame Formation. When the Eight-Tails' tentacles touched the flame, they recoiled instantly—even the tailed beast chakra couldn't tolerate that heat.
"Sand Rain!" Gaara unleashed Sabaku Teshigure. Instantly, Obito's Flame Formation erupted into blazing infernos, pushing Gaara and the others to fall back.
Rebis, watching this futile assault, murmured in shock, "I finally understand—Tō faced that Flame Formation without fear and just absorbed it! She's unbelievably powerful!"
Kakashi and the others joined Naruto and Bee. Meanwhile, Nagato and the others held Obito, the Hokage reincarnations, and Madara at bay. But Tō, already straining against Madara, the First and Second Hokages, realized she could not reinforce either front.
Madara's taijutsu was overwhelming, and the Second Hokage had already opened the Eight Gates! A single miscalculation could seriously wound Tō.
"You legendary ninjas… to think you could all be controlled by others!" she shouted while parrying Madara's scythe blow with her Wind God Sword, leaping to block the First Hokage's punch. Both Hokages looked ashamed, especially the Second—the creator of the Edo Tensei. Madara, however, remained calm and confident.
"This ninja world… Konoha became great, but it only occupies a part of it. Others relied on Hashirama's protection. Hashirama built the world—made it what it is." Madara's words struck even Tō as truthful.
"Then forgive me, everyone!" she declared, forming seals in an instant, and entered Sage Mode with Wood Release. At that same moment, the First Hokage began sealing in Sage Mode, too—but Madara and the Second Hokage launched at Tō with blinding speed.
Tō's Wood Sage Mode matched tailed beasts for raw power, and her strangest techniques had already kept three half-gods at bay. Sage Mode would double her power.
Orochimaru, seeing this, guided the First Hokage into Sage Mode, too, knowing what was about to happen. As Madara and Tobirama attacked simultaneously, Tō executed a Tō-Step and halted midair. Her Star‑Cloud Chains whirled violently.
Clang clang! Both Madara and Tobirama were ensnared and dropped to the ground. None of them could fight midair like that.
Her discarded clothing also nullified the Edo Tensei tags placed by the Fourth and Second Hokage earlier. Madara formed seals swiftly, preparing a ninjutsu. Tobirama wound up his seals—then shouted, "Water Release – Water Severing Wave!"
"Fire Release – Majestic Flame Song!" Madara roared.
Tō didn't flinch—even swallowed all those fiery heads before her stomach! Madara was stunned. Orochimaru cursed himself silently—he had underestimated Tō's immunity to fire.
Tap! The ground cracked as Tobirama leapt at Tō like a projectile, great strength shaking the earth. He threw a ninja blade, but Tō's Star‑Cloud Chains deflected it. Vines burst from the ground, entangling weapons and striking at her.
Tō, confident, met Tobirama directly, and her Star‑Cloud Chains sliced through the trapped ninja tools. Madara slithered through vines toward her.
Tobirama prepared his next jutsu—and then shouted, "Flying Thunder God Slash Technique!" Kunai rained toward Tō, and she instinctively knew—they were purposely announcing it, signaling her.
With a single palm, she repelled Tobirama's attack, then a pivoted move launched a Cloud-Line from her Paramecia Fruit powers. She stepped onto the line midair, and her Star‑Cloud Chains shot out, intercepting the incoming kunai. She sealed it all with quick hand signs.
Meanwhile, Tobirama flickered between his thrown weapons—so fast he couldn't be tracked unless one could predict his movements—but Tō could.
Tō sensed Madara and the First Hokage combining—Madara unsheathed his fully materialized Perfect Susanoo, sword drawn.
At that moment, the Sage Art – Senju Divine Power erupted! Tō and Hashirama shouted together, and two giant Buddha statues rose above the ocean: Hashirama's larger, Tō's slightly smaller. She glared at the others:
"Leave now! You can't endure what's coming!"
Immediately, Madara's Susanoo expanded as if the wind lifted it—wrapping around the Buddhas—and Tō realized he had used the Beast Power.
Dismayed: "He fights with power equal to the Ten-Tails itself… does he look down on me?!" Tō forced her hands into seals—Black Flame Release raised ghost-like black fire, wrapping the Buddhas.
"Sage Art – Supreme Enlightened Buddha!"
A deafening storm erupted—the sea became a violent vortex, massive waves and winds surged in every direction at once—rising like a twelfth-grade hurricane…