The power of Otsutsuki Shibai far exceeded everyone's expectations. He was like a god, unleashing storms of lightning with a mere flick of his wrist, as if he controlled the very forces of nature.
This was not something ninjutsu could contend with; it was divine power!
Within the alien dimension, vast amounts of dust were churned up by the explosive tornadoes. Though there was no ocean, seawater poured into the sky and earth. Despite the clear weather, lightning roared across the pale purple heavens, with white arcs intermittently striking the ground, leaving behind charred craters.
The thunderous roars continued, hurricanes swept across the land, and Otsutsuki Shibai created this apocalyptic scene with a wave of his hand.
Otsutsuki Shibai was like a deity residing in the highest heavens, looking down at the ninjas scrambling below like ants. His expression was indifferent, as if he had shed all emotion, for a god's heart could not harbor fluctuations of feeling.
"Halt!"
A transparent barrier silently enveloped heaven and earth. As the word "Halt" was uttered, the hurricanes, lightning, seawater, and sandstorms within the barrier eerily stopped, as if time itself had been frozen.
Otsutsuki Shibai's head, seemingly stiff, turned slightly. His blue eyes gazed at the red-haired youth floating in the air nearby and he indifferently uttered two words.
"Time."
Lin Yu's complexion was slightly pale. The range of the Time Barrier he had deployed this time was too vast, consuming an unimaginable amount of pupil power and chakra. However, if he hadn't done so, let alone defeating Shibai, even touching him would have been impossible.
The Time Barrier could not erase existing things; it could only freeze the time within the space they occupied, rendering them in a "frozen" state. But this consumed a significant amount of pupil power and chakra.
"Attack!"
Seeing Lin Yu "catch" Otsutsuki Shibai's divine power, everyone else immediately adjusted their states and charged towards the Otsutsuki clan. Their goal was singular: to forge a path directly to Otsutsuki Shibai for Lin Yu!
"Get out of the way!"
Senju Hashirama roared, and countless branches erupted from the ground, striking directly at the floating ancient Otsutsuki!
That's right, he had vowed to stop the strongest enemy, and he would never break his promise!
He was no match for Otsutsuki Shibai, so he had to hold back this current strongest Otsutsuki to give the others more room to fight!
"Foolishness!"
Seeing Senju Hashirama dare to charge at him alone, the ancient Otsutsuki's face grew increasingly grim. Being caught off guard by Lin Yu earlier was already a humiliation; now even a native could provoke him?
The ancient Otsutsuki snorted, and the entwining trees below shattered in response. Then, a flash of light flickered in his pupils, and he instantly appeared behind Senju Hashirama, a pale hand reaching straight for Hashirama's heart.
*Squelch!*
It was not the sound of a heart being pierced, but the sound of Susanoo's bones being penetrated.
A purple Susanoo appeared where Hashirama had been, and Hashirama's figure had already moved dozens of meters away.
Amenotejikara!
"Don't underestimate us Uchiha, you half-human, half-ghost old man!"
Four blue slashes precisely struck the ancient Otsutsuki's back. Sasuke retreated in this opening, and then Hashirama, not far away, clasped his hands together. The surging trees below quickly engulfed the falling ancient Otsutsuki.
All three floated in the air. Senju Hashirama said with a grave expression, "Leave this place to me. You quickly go support the others."
"I'll go." Sasuke cast a meaningful glance at Uchiha Madara, then controlled Susanoo to support elsewhere. With Amenotejikara, he was best suited for mobile support, as were Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju, who were proficient in Flying Thunder God.
"Madara, you..."
Uchiha Madara snorted and said, "Don't play the hero, you can't stop him alone."
In truth, Uchiha Madara's heart had already foreseen the outcome. Even if they won this battle in the end, it would only be a pyrrhic victory, and a very difficult one at that.
In the past, he was blinded, and had no choice.
Now, if he was going to die, he wanted to die by Hashirama's side.
Senju Hashirama opened his mouth. He saw the resolute look in Madara's eyes and understood that his words could not be taken back.
Just as others said, Madara, he was just that domineering!
The two looked towards the direction below that seemed to have been shattered into nothingness. The ancient Otsutsuki floated on the ground with a dark expression, naked killing intent in his eyes.
"Then, bring it on!"
The two raised their auras to their peak, their fighting spirit boiling. With a great roar, they plunged down...
...
More than a dozen Otsutsuki members were held back, and even Kaguya fought two Otsutsuki members alone, reducing the pressure on others, allowing Lin Yu to focus on dealing with Otsutsuki Shibai.
Even though the strength displayed by Otsutsuki Shibai far surpassed their comprehension, they believed in Lin Yu, believing he could create a miracle.
Lin Yu arrived in front of Otsutsuki Shibai. They were not on the same scale in terms of physique. Otsutsuki Shibai had abandoned his physical body, appearing as an all-encompassing "spiritual form," containing the universe within. This was what set him apart from everyone else.
The Rinnegan on Otsutsuki Shibai's forehead opened, scanning Lin Yu as if seeing through all his trump cards at a glance.
"Sharingan, Senjutsu, Wood Style, Sage Art, Six Paths power. Are these all your abilities?"
The Rinnegan possessed the ability to observe the present or choose to view a specific scene from the past. In the blink of an eye, Otsutsuki Shibai had seen through Lin Yu's past. Of course, he couldn't see everything; even Shibai didn't have that ability. He filtered certain scenes.
The images in his eyes flickered continuously, finally freezing on Lin Yu at the age of ten. The period before the age of ten was a complete blank, unviewable.
"How is this possible!"
Otsutsuki Shibai showed a look of shock for the first time. His Rinnegan could view any scene from the past, only the period before birth was invisible. Why were the scenes before the age of ten of this person named Uzumaki Lin Yu blurry?
Otsutsuki Shibai asked, "What happened to you before the age of ten?"
Ten years old?
Lin Yu didn't know why Otsutsuki Shibai was asking this question, nor did he intend to answer.
Lin Yu took a deep breath. The Time-Space Eye reappeared, and a jet-black demonic blade wrapped in black flames materialized in his palm. A glint of gold flashed in his pupils as Lin Yu foresaw his own death.
Seeing Lin Yu ignore his question, Otsutsuki Shibai extended a giant hand towards him. He didn't need to use any abilities; every move he made was the strongest attack. No matter how powerful ninjutsu or dōjutsu was, it was as fragile as foam before him.
Lin Yu dodged continuously in the air, but the giant hand seemed to have eyes. No matter how Lin Yu evaded, it would appear behind him the next second. Even when Lin Yu traversed space, the giant hand pierced through space to reach for him.
Lin Yu seemed to be annoyed by the pursuit of the giant hand and cursed, "Enough! Who do you think you are, the Great Sage Equalling Heaven?!"
Otsutsuki Shibai froze for a moment. He didn't know who the Great Sage Equalling Heaven was that Lin Yu mentioned, but this did not change his intention to suppress Lin Yu. He wanted to uncover the secret that the Rinnegan couldn't see through from Lin Yu.
"Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken!"
A ninjutsu far surpassing ordinary Sage Art was easily unleashed by Lin Yu, smashing towards the giant hand pursuing him from behind.
Otsutsuki Shibai's expression remained unchanged. The glowing pupils on his face brightened slightly, and the giant hand instantly became as deep as the starry sky. The ninjutsu was impossible to affect him.
"Detonate!"
However, before the Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken could collide with the giant hand, Lin Yu detonated it in mid-air. A violent explosion echoed through the sky, and a wave of dust instantly surged, engulfing the sky and Otsutsuki Shibai.
*Buzz!*
A surging hurricane blew away the smoke. Otsutsuki Shibai looked ahead and found that Lin Yu had disappeared.
At that moment, a massive suction force suddenly appeared below Otsutsuki Shibai.
Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Izuna Uchiha stood in a triangular formation, with a large red summoning array in the center.
"Space-Time Rift!"
The Space-Time Rift, modified by Tobirama Senju, was more powerful and had stronger suction. It required three Kage-level powerhouses to barely set it up.
The ancient summoning array was activated, and the abyssal black Space-Time Rift was summoned. Anything and any life that fell into it would disappear forever.
Otsutsuki Shibai frowned for the first time. He extended a palm towards the bottomless black vortex, but before he could act, a sense of dread came from above.
*Pop!*
The space rippled like the surface of water. Figures with red hair appeared as if they had traveled from the past, each exuding an immense aura, each holding a jet-black demonic blade, and each possessing the Time-Space Eye!
Each one was Uzumaki Lin Yu!
They had traveled briefly from the past using the Time-Space Eye to assist the current Lin Yu!
"Die!"
Without wasting any time, without giving Otsutsuki Shibai any chance to react, the smoke dissipated, the Space-Time Rift appeared, and nine jet-black blade lights, capable of burning souls and dealing fatal damage to spiritual bodies, simultaneously slashed onto Otsutsuki Shibai from above.
Black flames erupted. Even Otsutsuki Shibai, who had already transcended dimensional existence, was forced back by the nine black flame blade lights. His body fell from the sky, plunging into the bottomless Space-Time Rift.
"Close it quickly!"
The three around the summoning array did not hesitate. The moment Otsutsuki Shibai fell, they closed the Space-Time Rift.
Just as everyone's attention followed the slowly healing Space-Time Rift and they began to relax, an all-encompassing hand reached out from the remaining crack. Then, with a fierce tear, the Space-Time Rift, which was about to disappear, was forcefully reopened...