Boom… Boom…
Explosion echoes through the battlefield.
After sealing Madara's limbo, Naruto's clones deal with his Rinnegan summons.
Meanwhile, Sasuke also destroys the raining meteors with his most powerful lightning jutsu. The giant lightning wolf fires a powerful beam of black and white lightning at them.
Shoom…
Suddenly, the clouds created by Sasuke's technique are torn apart by a massive meteor that covers a radius of almost a kilometer.
Sasuke's expression turns ugly. If this meteor lands on the ground, then a massive catastrophe will ensue on the continent. The continent might even break further into several small islands.
"This is bad!"
Even Minato and others who are witnessing the battle from a very faraway place are scared of the meteor. Minato even prepares to teleport the group at any moment.
At this moment, a transparent blue barrier covers the group.
"Don't worry!" Izuna's calm voice dispels their fear.
HAAH…
Sasuke claps his palm. Black markings cover his body and a huge amount of nature energy redirects from him to the lightning wolf.
AWOO…
The lightning wolf releases a howl and rushes straight toward the incoming meteor.
BOOM…
A powerful collision occurs in the sky, releasing a powerful pulse of purple energy that spans a massive radius of several kilometers.
BOOM… BOOM… Rumble… Rumble…
The massive meteor explodes into multiple fragments. Several chunks of the meteor rain down on the ground as fire streaks, filling the entire battlefield with potholes.
Naruto shields himself with giant chakra arms while Sasuke coats his body with Susanoo ribs.
"I am not done yet!"
Madara finishes infusing chakra into his palm. He releases a massive black orb towards the sky.
The black orbs split into multiple small orbs and float in the sky.
WHAM…
A powerful gravitational pull acts upon the ground, pulling Naruto and Sasuke towards the sky.
"Damn it! It's that technique again."
Naruto grits his teeth.
Rumble… rumble…
The surrounding rocks and debris fly towards the Chibaku Tensei orbs.
"Naruto, destroy those gravitational cores before they get covered with debris. They are the weakness of this technique."
"Alright!"
'Kurama, lend me your chakra!'
"Here, you go!'
Naruto raises his hand and generates several chakra arms. Each chakra arm creates its own Giant Tailed beast Rasenshuriken infused with sage energy.
Shua… Shua…
The barrages of Rasenshuriken blast the Chibaku Tensei cores, dispersing Madara's technique.
"Hmm… as expected, it's not enough to take them down. But it bought me enough time."
Crack…
Madara grabs the horn-like protrusion on his forehead.
Riip… Crack…
He rips it apart to reveal an eye-like tissue in the center of his forehead.
Humm…
Suddenly, a large amount of nature energy funnels into Madara's body from the surroundings.
The eye-like tissue squirms and slowly morphs into an eye.
SHUA…
"According to the Uchiha stone tablet, when the one who possesses the power of the Rinne in both eyes draws closer to the moon, the eye that reveals the Truth of reality shall manifest and grant the eternal vision."
A horizontal red eye with a scarlet iris, a ripple pattern pupil, and nine tomoes opens in the center of Madara's forehead.
WHAM…
The instant Madara awakens the Rinnegan, a powerful chakra wave emits from his body; freezing everything in his vicinity. Even time and space seem to have frozen. Madara gazes at the world with his Rinne-Sharingan.
"This power!"
"He seems to have grown even stronger than before."
Even Naruto and Sasuke are temporarily immobilized by the prowess of the Rinne-Sharingan.
"So, this is what true divine power is!"
Shiing…
Suddenly, a purple spiral appears in the white iris of Madara's right eye. Madara's right Rinnegan, which he sacrificed to cast Izanagi, recovers to its former state, restoring vision in both of his eyes.
"My right eye!"
Madara places a hand on his right eye.
"So, this is what it meant to be eternal! Looks like my speculation was true." A menacing smile appears on Madara's face.
"Now then, time to deal with these pests!"
Madara turns towards Naruto and Sasuke. The third eye on his forehead sends a shiver down their spine.
HAAH…
Madara extends his palm and clenches it.
"Jikūjutsu Shiki: Tengoku Tenshin!"
Crack… crack…
Suddenly, numerous spatial rifts appear around Naruto and Sasuke, trapping them in a cage-like structure.
"Collapse!"
Madara closes his fist.
CRACK… CRACK…
The cracks spread into the cage and the space inside it collapses, exposing Naruto and Sasuke to the void.
"SHIMATA!"
Sasuke's expression turns ugly.
"Naruto, stick closer to me!"
Whoosh…
Naruto immediately flickers beside Sasuke while dodging the numerous spatial tears. Despite all precautions, a few spatial tears still manage to leave several lacerations on his body.
Argh…
Naruto grits his teeth in pain. The healing factor kicks in and heals his wounds. Finally, after some struggle, he manages to close the gap with Sasuke. The space around them collapses completely, stranding them in a pitch-black void.
Shiing…
Sasuke's left eye flickers with a purple hue, encasing them both in his Susanoo.
"Banish!"
Back in the shinobi world, Madara claps his hand, sealing the spatial fracture he just created.
Shoom…
The spatial cage quickly closes, sealing the passage to the void.
HAAH…
Sasuke's Susanoo flaps its wings in the void and rushes towards the space passage.
Swish…
However, before he could reach the portal, it closed on them.
"Damn it!"
Sasuke grits his teeth in anger and frustration.
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Back in the shinobi world,
Madara casts a perfunctory gaze at the spatial passage and then raises his head towards the sky.
He makes a Ram hand seal while a red glow flickers in his Rinne-Sharingan. The moon and the horizon turn scarlet.
"Now, it's time for this world to become one!"
The Rinne-Sharingan pattern overlaps the moon's projection in the sky.
SHOOM…
A blinding white light flashes from the moon's projection. The white light envelops the entire shinobi world, reaching every hidden corner. It even shines on the land of Redaku. However, the barrier separating Redaku from the rest of the world reflects off the white light.
For an instance, the intensity of white light even surpasses the shine of sunlight during the daytime.
"What… what's that?"
Minato and the group are the first to notice the bright white light. However, the light blue barrier surrounding them blocks the light.
"It's the light of the Divine technique, 'Infinite Tsukiyomi'. It's a powerful genjutsu that affects the entire world. The light from this jutsu can penetrate and see through every shadow and dark corner of the world. No physical, spiritual object or even chakra barrier can block this light." Izuna gives a detailed explanation of Madara's technique.
"Then this barrier?"
Lee glances at the flimsy barrier around them with doubt.
"Don't worry, there are some techniques that can block this light, including this barrier." Izuna smiles at them.
"Izuna, what happened to the people who aren't protected by those special techniques?"
"Since this technique is a genjutsu, all those who are affected by this technique are caught in a very powerful genjutsu. Even if you slice their neck, they won't wake up since they are living the life they desire the most." Izuna finishes fixing all the cropped-up problems.
On the other side,
After casting the Infinite Tsukiyomi, Madara makes another hand sign.
"Now let the world of eternal dreams begin. A world without the abysmal chakra, the root of all evil!"
"Sage Art: Mokuten: Divine Deep Forest Emergence,"
Rumble… Rumble…
Several massive roots emerge from the ground throughout the entire shinobi world. These roots tangle every shinobis and civilians within their reach, including the ones who are escaping through the ocean.
Black Zetsu glances at this scene with glee. It was worthwhile to spread the remains of the divine tree all across the world.
Soon, the roots begin to draw chakra from their victim's body. The massive chakra flows through the ley lines and gathers in a small sprout in front of Madara. Several shinobis turn into dried husks after losing all of their chakra.
Madara places his palm on the divine tree sprout and absorbs it all in his body. Upon absorbing this chakra, Madara's features change drastically. Two curved horns grow from his forehead. His skin turns paler and his facial features turn soft. Several more markings appear on his Six Paths cloak and he rapidly recovers the Truth-Seeking Orbs he lost earlier.
"My power is getting stronger than ever!"
Madara tightens the grasp on the Six Paths Staff in his hand.
"Now, the entire world shall start anew! To start a new world, a purge is necessary. The corrupt habitants of this world shall become the fertilizer for the new life."
While absorbing the chakra, Madara clasps his hands and prepares to cast another jutsu.