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CRACK!
Beneath the Chibaku Tensei, a skeletal fist punched through the stone… then a second!!
CR-RUNCH!! The two bone hands gripped the edges of the fissure and with raw, terrifying force, tore a gaping hole in the sphere's underbelly!!
"!!"
Obito watched, stunned, as the rigid, skeletal frame of the Susano'o forced its way out from the torn opening!!!
"This… how is this possible??"
Gasps echoed—not just from Obito, but from the watchers on Pale Moon Island as well.
Itachi's eyes narrowed. "Could it be… the Super Weighted Rock Technique?"
Orochimaru chuckled. "Correct. Absolute hardness and mass… allow one to do as they please."
Within the Susano'o, Sasuke formed a hand seal. A gap opened in the skeletal frame, and he extended his hand, pressing it directly against the surface of the floating prison.
—Earth Style: Super Light-Weight Boulder Jutsu!!
HUM…!!!
The core's gravitational pull remained, but the density of the rock composing the sphere shifted. The structure of the Chibaku Tensei collapsed in on itself.
CRASH—!!
Amidst the raining debris, the Susano'o descended like a violet meteor, impacting the earth with a ground-shaking BOOM!
The sound didn't just echo across the land. It hammered against Obito's very soul.
Beneath his black sleeves, a fist clenched. Under the white mask, cold sweat traced a path.
Once again… he felt that bone-deep, chilling threat from Sasuke Uchiha.
"Just what… are you?"
Zzt. Sasuke released the Super Weighted Rock enhancement on his Susano'o, his gaze lifting calmly. "I'm merely a ninja, using ninjutsu. Are your tricks exhausted? With the power of the Senju, the Uchiha, even the Rinnegan… your strength shouldn't stop here. If you have anything else hidden, don't hold back. Bring it all."
"Ha… Hahahahahaha!!"
Obito threw his head back in wild, mocking laughter.
"The audacity. To think a few cheap tricks stolen through Orochimaru's cell technology would let you dare speak to this era's sole Sage of Six Paths in such a manner?"
"Fine… I'll grant your wish!!! SASUKE UCHIHA!!!"
Obito slung the giant fan onto his back. His black-gloved hands formed a majestic series of seals. He crouched, slamming his palms against the earth!!
—Summoning Jutsu: Gedo Statue!!
BOOOOOOM—!!!
The earth trembled. A mountainous, blindfolded titan descended upon the Land of Rice Fields, its chakra presence utterly blasphemous against the sky.
SNAP-CLANG!!
The chains binding its wrists shattered. The statue opened its maw and roared—a sound that seemed to shake the foundations of the ancient world.
WHOOSH—!!
A storm of pure force exploded outward, battering the distant ruins of the Chibaku Tensei.
Before the rubble, Sasuke shielded his face, his white robes whipping violently. Between his fingers, his pale eyes held a grave intensity.
"It's here… It's finally here!!!"
…
The moment the Gedo Statue manifested, thousands of miles away in the Land of Rain, over the Fushigawa River, Madara-Naruto's closed eyes snapped open.
Izuna started. "Brother, that chakra…!!"
Madara-Naruto rose slowly. "You felt it too, then. Yes. The Gedo Statue. One step removed from the Ten-Tails itself. That man… has begun to move."
His gaze swept the horizon like a hunting eagle's. "I'm growing restless. Tired of this tedious place."
SKREEE—!
A sharp-beaked, monstrous bird pierced the cloud layer, entering his line of sight.
"Heh." A smirk touched Madara-Naruto's lips. A Susano'o formed around him instantly. In the next heartbeat, a Yasaka Magatama was hurled.
BOOM!!!
The bird disintegrated into white dust.
A figure backflipped through the air, landing atop a peak opposite Madara-Naruto.
Black robes, red hair, pale skin. It could only be Nagato.
Madara-Naruto grinned. "You're more punctual than Itachi. Lucky for you. Three minutes later, and I'd have considered our appointment void."
"I keep my word," Nagato said, his voice flat. "And I prefer to handle my own affairs."
"That Impure World Reincarnation body of yours… lacks the satisfying impact of flesh. But being unkillable means you can provide more… sustained entertainment, doesn't it? You won't just crumple and die on me."
Zzt.
As he spoke, Madara-Naruto's eyes swirled into the concentric rings of the Rinnegan.
"COME…!!!"
…
Fwoosh.
Standing atop the Gedo Statue, anchored by a swirling Kamui vortex, Obito looked down upon the ant-like figure on the ground.
"Well, Sasuke? Can you still clean up the mess your big mouth made?"
Sasuke's calm gaze simmered with a hidden fire.
"The Gedo Statue, sealed with eight of the Tailed Beasts. A demon second only to the Ten-Tails. Finally… a worthy opponent. This ninth match… only now does it truly begin."
Obito's eyes darkened. Two fingers formed a seal.
Crackle! Crackle! CRACKLE!
On the statue's back, atop the ten stumps where tails should be, ten spheres of lightning coalesced. Each sphere held power rivaling Sasuke's full-powered Kirin…!!
From these ten orbs, terrifying arcs of lightning linked, then descended in a purifying torrent upon the ground where Sasuke stood.
—Outer Path: Great Heavenly Thunderclap!!
KABOOOOOOOM—!!!
Crunch! CRACK!
Within the lightning bath, the skeletal frame of Sasuke's Shikotsumyaku-enhanced Susano'o groaned and fractured under the overwhelming force.
"This… this oppressive power. It wasn't present in any of the previous eight battles. Yes. This is what I craved…"
CLAP!
Sasuke brought his hands together before his chest.
BOOM—!!!
What shielded him from the annihilating lightning was a massive, inverted wooden mask, tusked and demonic, slammed into the earth.
Obito's gaze sharpened. "Wood Style: Hotei Technique… The legendary strongest defensive wood jutsu of Hashirama Senju. Said to naturally weaken Tailed Beast power. To think it could even block the Gedo Statue's lightning."
Creak.
The wooden mask split open. The Susano'o surrounding Sasuke flickered and died.
Once more, he clasped his hands.
RUMBLE…!!
Using the Hotei mask as a foundation, great trees ripped themselves from the earth, gathering into a crude, embryonic form. A divine visage, revealed through wood, swelled into the towering shape of a Wood Golem. It couldn't match the Gedo Statue in sheer scale, but it no longer needed to crane its neck to look up.
Obito pressed a hand to his own chest, muttering coldly. "I suspected as much… He truly can use this. The Senju's Wood Golem. Even with these Hashirama cells Madara cultivated using the statue… I still can't manifest this technique."
His hand slowly lowered.
"But now… before this, a mere Wood Golem is meaningless."
Atop the wooden titan, Sasuke took a deep breath. His hands formed a seal.
—Earth Style: Earth Roar!
RUMBLE…!!
The earth itself sang, transforming into a churning sea of mud.
Karin gasped. "That's the earth jutsu from the eighth fight, against Mu! It absorbs energy from the land on a massive scale, then releases it through wood-style lotuses…"
Orochimaru's smile was sharp. "Correct. But Sasuke has refined it. The earth energy isn't channeled through lotuses for release… It's absorbed… by the 'Wood Golem' itself!"
Karin's eyes widened. "That means…!"
"Yes," Orochimaru said, pride undisguised. "You could say… the Wood Golem has entered Sage Mode."
CRUNCH-CRACK-CREAK…!!
Infused with the power of the earth itself, the Wood Golem's form rapidly expanded… swelling until its head reached the Gedo Statue's shoulder level.
CRACK-CRACK…! On either side of its mighty torso, eight additional arms—each wreathed with coiling wooden dragons—stretched forth with terrifying majesty.
A vision… truly fit to rival the ages!
—Wood Sage: Eight Heavenly Kings!
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