On the battlefield, Uchiha Madara moved as if he were in a land of no opposition.
Countless Allied Shinobi Forces ninjas were powerless against him.
"Is this the strength of a legendary shinobi?"
"He's too strong—we don't stand a chance!"
"We can only hold out until all the Kage arrive. Otherwise, we have no hope of defeating him."
Fear gripped their hearts. They knew that sheer numbers were meaningless against Uchiha Madara. Only Kage-level shinobi stood a chance.
"Fall back!"
A commanding voice rang out.
The Allied Shinobi Forces turned to see several figures rushing toward the battlefield—Fourth Raikage, Tsunade, and Naruto, among others.
"The Fourth Raikage and the others are here! Let's retreat!"
Seeing reinforcements arrive, the allied ninjas quickly withdrew.
Before long, the Kage stood face-to-face with Uchiha Madara in the heart of the battlefield, their expressions heavy.
After all, this was Uchiha Madara—an individual who had once rivaled Senju Hashirama, the "God of Shinobi."
"If that's Uchiha Madara… then who is the masked man?" Kakashi frowned, sensing something amiss.
"Yeah, how can there be two Uchiha Madaras?" Naruto asked, equally puzzled.
Until now, they had believed the masked man—Obito—to be Madara. But with the real Madara standing before them, their assumptions crumbled.
"Lord Bai Ye, do you know who he is?" Naruto turned to Bai Ye, seeking answers.
Bai Ye remained cryptic. "A man you've all heard of."
"We've heard of him?"
Both Naruto and Kakashi were bewildered.
At that moment—
"What is that?!"
A terrified voice broke the tension.
All eyes turned toward the battlefield, where a massive surge of chakra erupted around Uchiha Madara.
A towering, blue colossus formed behind him—Susanoo.
But it wasn't over.
As Madara formed a hand seal, the chakra giant mirrored his movements.
A deep rumble shook the earth.
Dark shadows loomed overhead, and the ground darkened as if something massive blocked out the light.
"What's happening?"
The shinobi looked skyward, their faces turning pale with shock.
A meteorite—thousands of meters in diameter—was descending from the heavens.
If it struck, the Allied Shinobi Forces would suffer catastrophic losses.
"We cannot let that meteorite hit the ground!" Onoki shouted, immediately deploying his ninjutsu in an attempt to halt its descent.
However, his power alone barely made a dent.
Gaara joined in, commanding an enormous sand hand to rise and brace against the meteorite.
Boom!
The meteorite struck Gaara's sand hand, halting momentarily.
"We stopped it!"
A wave of relief washed over the shinobi—until Gaara's expression twisted.
Crack. Crack. Crack!
A web of fractures spread across the sand construct.
With a deafening shatter, it crumbled in an instant.
"This is bad!"
Cold sweat dripped from Onoki's forehead.
Countless shinobi still hadn't evacuated. If the meteorite fell, it would crush them all.
"Ugh!"
Gaara gritted his teeth and summoned every ounce of chakra he had left.
Another, even larger sand hand materialized, straining to hold up the meteorite.
The weight was immense, but he managed to stop it once more.
However—
BOOM!
A second meteorite appeared above, crashing into the first.
The sand hand collapsed again.
And this meteorite was even bigger.
"It's over…"
Despair filled the faces of many shinobi.
They had struggled to stop one meteorite—now there were two.
"Hmph. Now, shall we dance?" Uchiha Madara smirked, his voice brimming with amusement.
Though he didn't possess his true Rinnegan yet, he could still unleash Tengai Shinsei—and one attack alone was enough to annihilate most of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
This was absolute power.
The Fourth Raikage clenched his fists, recalling Bai Ye's words:
"In the face of absolute strength, numbers are meaningless."
Now, he finally understood.
Indeed, against overwhelming might, even an army was nothing more than ants before a storm.
He turned to look for Bai Ye—
But Bai Ye had vanished.
At the same time, Onoki steeled himself.
If no one else could do it, then he would lift the meteorite himself, even if it cost him his life.
Yet just as he was about to act—
He froze.
Not just him—everyone on the battlefield stopped in their tracks, staring in disbelief.
A lone figure had appeared beside the meteorite.
"That's… Lord Bai Ye!"
Someone recognized him.
"What is he trying to do? Destroy the meteorite? That's impossible!"
"Yeah! Even if Lord Bai Ye defeated Nagato, this is on a whole different level!"
Obito, watching from afar, narrowed his eyes.
"That man…"
For the first time, unease crept into his heart.
It was impossible. No one could stop two meteorites of this scale.
And yet—
His pupils dilated.
A terrifying force erupted from Bai Ye's body.
A crimson aura surged around him, rising into the sky.
A massive, blood-red figure materialized behind him.
It was Susanoo.
But not just any Susanoo—
Double Bone Susanoo!
Bai Ye's calm voice echoed:
"Double Bone!"
His fists clenched—
And Susanoo's fists followed suit.
Then, in a single motion—
BOOM!
Before the stunned eyes of the entire battlefield, the enormous meteorite—
SHATTERED.
The impact sent shockwaves through the sky, reducing the colossal rock to nothing but dust and debris.
The battlefield fell into stunned silence.
"This… this can't be real…"
Countless shinobi stood frozen, mouths agape.
Even Uchiha Madara—who had maintained an air of arrogance throughout—widened his eyes in genuine surprise.