Chapter 509: Cut in Half!

Chapter 509: Chapter 509: Cut in Half!

Tsunade’s words were not without reason.

After piercing through the gigantic sphere, that dazzling golden light—which had nearly illuminated the entire night sky—shot straight into the clouds, seemingly stabbing into the very heavens. Its length was at least several thousand meters!

And something of such extraordinary length had clearly gone far beyond what could conventionally be called a ’sword.’

At that moment, the shinobi of the Five Great Shinobi Villages gradually adjusted to the dazzling golden light. Immediately afterward, one by one, they stared dumbfounded at the sky, gazing at the unbelievable scene before their eyes!

"Hiss..."

Sensing the incomparably powerful chakra fluctuations emanating from the dazzling golden light in the sky, Third Tsuchikage Onoki sucked in a cold breath. Almost unconsciously, he slowly floated into the air, seeking a better vantage point from which to observe it.

Even as the Tsuchikage, he had never witnessed such a bizarre sight before!

By comparison, only the Third Hokage among the Five Great Shinobi Villages’ forces remained somewhat composed.

After all, the Third Hokage had personally witnessed the battle between the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara at the Valley of the End. Compared to the younger generation of the shinobi world, the Third Hokage understood far better just how powerful a shinobi could truly become.

The sudden change in the sky also caused both sides fighting over the two jinchuriki, Yagura and Killer B, to stop.

Obito raised his head and looked toward the sky, the expression beneath his spiral mask shifting unpredictably.

He had always known that Yama, the leader of Kamigami, was extraordinarily powerful.

But never in his wildest imagination had he expected the other party to be this powerful!

Black Zetsu’s expression grew even gloomier. It was just that his face was already completely black, so the change wasn’t particularly noticeable. White Zetsu, meanwhile, simply stared blankly, seemingly stunned by the sight before him.

Across from them, traces of worry still lingered on Shisui and Itachi’s faces.

When they had seen Kagami instantly imprisoned by Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei in midair, their hearts had nearly leapt into their throats. Even after seeing the golden light pierce through the gigantic sphere, the worry on their faces had yet to completely fade.

Nagato, meanwhile, stood on the battlefield with his mouth slightly open, his face filled with disbelief.

"Why did this happen?!"

Even a Chibaku Tensei cast through the Deva Path could easily imprison a powerful jinchuriki. Nagato could never have imagined that a Chibaku Tensei unleashed at full power by his true body would actually fail to imprison Yama!

Inside the gigantic sphere—

"Tch, that almost finished me!"

Kagami clicked his tongue without the slightest concern for appearances.

He was genuinely shaken right now. The power of Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei had completely exceeded his expectations. Compared to this one, the Chibaku Tensei the Deva Path had used earlier in the village was practically child’s play.

The instant he had been imprisoned, forget mobilizing his chakra—he had even felt his consciousness beginning to blur, as though time itself had frozen at that moment and even his instinct to think had been stripped away.

If the Tenseigan in his eye sockets hadn’t happened to be resonating with the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei would have marked the end of this entire battle!

Even with the support of the Giant Tenseigan, Kagami had been forced to exert every last ounce of strength before he barely managed to destroy the core of Chibaku Tensei with the terrifying destructive power of the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

At that moment, the dazzling golden light piercing into the heavens slowly began to shift!

Just as Jiraiya had said, that golden light truly resembled an enormous golden sword. It suddenly slashed downward, sweeping through an arc and slicing straight through the middle of the gigantic sphere created by Nagato’s Chibaku Tensei—

Cutting it cleanly in half!

BOOM...

The two hemispheres severed by the golden sword plummeted toward the ground like enormous meteorites. Amid the deafening roar, the earth shook violently as though a massive earthquake had struck.

Faced with power on a scale comparable to a force of nature, Obito and Zetsu on the ground didn’t dare hesitate. Each immediately used their own means to escape.

Seeing the unconscious Yagura and Killer B lying not far in front of them, Shisui and Itachi knew they couldn’t simply flee like Obito and Zetsu.

Shisui hurriedly said to Itachi beside him, "Stay close to me!"

Itachi nodded in perfect understanding.

Immediately, the two rushed toward Yagura and Killer B.

Shisui then used his Susanoo to shield the two unconscious jinchuriki along with Itachi, while raising the divine artifact, the Yata Mirror, above their heads.

After transplanting First Hokage cells, Shisui’s Susanoo had undergone an enormous improvement just like Obito’s, allowing him to manifest it to a state approaching the Complete Body. Combined with the protection of the divine artifact, the Yata Mirror, Shisui was confident that even against falling rocks as enormous as mountains, he could protect the two unconscious jinchuriki.

In the sky—

After cleaving apart the gigantic sphere, Kagami, wielding the dazzling golden sword, finally appeared before everyone’s eyes.

Against the dazzling night sky, Kagami, his entire body enveloped in sky-blue Tenseigan chakra, looked like a heavenly god, wielding a dazzling golden sword that seemed capable of cleaving the very sky apart!

Faced with this almost dreamlike sight, everyone present more or less felt the same thought arise within them—

He couldn’t be opposed!

Even Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, was no exception!

Meanwhile, Kagami hovered in the air, breathing lightly as he thought to himself, "Chibaku Tensei really does live up to its reputation as the technique that sealed Kaguya!"

In the next instant, his gaze locked firmly onto Nagato.

At this point, the confidence he had possessed earlier was completely gone.

The Chibaku Tensei personally unleashed by Nagato had been simply too terrifying. If Nagato used it again, even Kagami couldn’t say for certain whether he would be able to forcibly break free a second time.

Because his current strength was temporary and false, while Nagato’s strength was real.

The moment the Otsutsuki descendants on the moon severed the resonance between him and the Giant Tenseigan, he wouldn’t even have the power to resist.

Therefore, at this moment, nothing else remained in Kagami’s eyes.

All his schemes, all his calculations—none of them mattered before the enormous threat standing right in front of him.

He had to eliminate this threat while his ’invincibility period’ was still active!

Whoosh—

Without any unnecessary pleasantries or exchange of words, Kagami’s figure flashed.

Transforming into a streak of blue light, he charged directly toward Nagato on the ground!

Seeing Kagami descend upon him like a meteor, Nagato froze for an instant. He was still shaken by the sight of Kagami cleaving through Chibaku Tensei moments earlier, leaving his state of mind unsettled.

Kagami’s speed was already extraordinarily fast while in Tenseigan Chakra Mode. And now, with the support of the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, his chakra reserves were practically inexhaustible.

So when he launched himself forward at full power, even Nagato, with his exceptional powers of perception, failed to react in time and momentarily lost focus.

"An opening!"

In that briefest of instants, Kagami appeared directly in front of Nagato.

Nagato’s astonished expression was reflected in Kagami’s eyes, while the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion in Kagami’s hand slashed down without the slightest hesitation...