Chapter 206

"Who is Izuna?" Naruto scratched his head, his gaze shifting back and forth between Sasuke and Madara.

Sasuke's right hand rested on the Kusanagi Sword, his eyes sharp: "Although I don't understand your purpose, the most pressing matter right now is dealing with Kaguya."

He glanced at Madara Uchiha not far away, "Now that you understand Infinite Tsukuyomi is a mistake, cooperation isn't out of the question."

A trace of coldness flashed through Madara's eyes, the corner of his mouth curling up slightly: "Don't misunderstand. I have zero interest in your affairs."

His four eyes rotated, killing intent utterly undisguised, "It's just that being toyed with to this extent by this kind of inferior existence, this debt must be settled by my own hand."

"Bang!" The ground suddenly trembled, fine cracks spreading like a spider web.

"No time for catching up!" Naruto suddenly shouted loudly, pointing into the distance, "She's about to act!"

Kaguya's slender palm slowly rose, five fingers spreading. In an instant, several pale white bone spikes shot out from her palm.

"Kamui!" The Sharingan on Madara's forehead spun rapidly, a space vortex forming before him. The bone spikes had just touched the vortex when they were sucked into another dimension.

"Now!"

Naruto roared, chakra erupting from his entire body, his figure in Nine-Tails Mode turning into a streak of golden light, rushing straight at Kaguya.

At the same time Sasuke's toes tapped the ground, his whole body shooting out like an arrow, the Kusanagi Sword leaving its sheath, the blade already wrapped in lightning slashing at Kaguya.

"Mother!" Black Zetsu's voice suddenly rang out, "Don't tangle with them here, use the power of the other dimension to deal with them!"

"Understood." Kaguya nodded lightly, her Byakugan tracking the movements of the three.

She swung her right hand upward, two giant space rifts tearing open in the sky above, scorching magma pouring down like a waterfall toward the two.

"Susanoo!" Sasuke's eyes moved, Complete Body Susanoo forming instantly, a purple energy shield propping up, blocking the pouring magma.

"Sizzle!"

Magma landing on the armor let out a piercing sound, under the high temperature even Susanoo showed signs of melting.

At this moment, Kaguya's figure suddenly flashed out from a rift, appearing in the high sky, she looked down from above at the sea of magma below, the vertical pupil on her forehead suddenly opening.

"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"

Fist shadows fell like a violent storm, the Susanoo armor below shattering instantly, purple energy crumbling inch by inch under this terrifying impact, turning into specks of light and dissipating.

"Bad!"

Sasuke's face changed drastically, the surroundings already encircled by scorching magma, the air violently distorting from the high heat. In this situation there was simply no way to lock onto a swappable target, Amenotejikara completely unable to be deployed.

"Sasuke!"

Watching as magma was about to engulf Sasuke, a golden figure suddenly flashed into view.

Only to see Naruto's whole body shrouded in Nine-Tails Chakra, he grabbed Sasuke's shoulder, chakra surging to envelop him, leaping back violently, rushing out of the magma.

"That was close." Sweat seeped from Naruto's forehead, if he had been slow by even an instant just now, Sasuke would have been drowned in magma.

Kaguya's slender palm rose, about to launch an attack, when suddenly a white shadow flashed into existence at her side like lightning.

"Mother, careful!" Black Zetsu's voice rang out.

Madara's figure appeared at Kaguya's side like a ghost, the Six Paths Staff wrapped in the power of the Gura Gura no Mi chopping down. Black Armament Haki flowed on the staff's surface, lightning-like black rays shooting out in all directions.

Under the empowerment of Six Paths Power, the might of Haki was strengthened by who knows how many times compared to before.

Kaguya's expression unchanged, her left arm suddenly swelled, pale white bone spikes bursting out of her body, precisely bracing against the staff. "Crack!" A crisp sound, bone spike and staff colliding, sending up a shower of sparks.

Madara exerted force with both arms, Gura Gura no Mi power pouring into the staff, rings of visible shockwave ripples flowing on the staff's surface: "Shatter for me!"

"Crack!"

Cracks appeared on the bone spike's surface, but right then Kaguya's right hand five fingers spread, three pale white bone spikes shooting out from her palm, aiming straight for Madara's vitals.

"Kamui!" Madara's forehead Sharingan spun rapidly, a pitch-black space vortex forming before him. The bone spikes had just touched the vortex's edge when they were sucked inside.

"Mother, pull back distance!" Black Zetsu's voice suddenly rang out.

Kaguya's slender fingertips tapped lightly in the void, space instantly rippling like a water surface. A giant rift tore open before her, countless viscous acid liquids surging out.

"Sizzle!" Acid splashing, a pungent corrosive smell permeating the air, the ground touched by acid instantly melting, puffs of white smoke rising.

Seeing this Madara immediately withdrew his move and retreated, nine Truth-Seeking Balls arranging before him, forming a defensive barrier. Acid landing on the Truth-Seeking Balls let out a piercing "sizzle" sound.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kaguya's figure had already flashed to the high sky, vast chakra fluctuations sweeping across heaven and earth.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Countless fist shadows suddenly emerged in the air, dense and numerous, blotting out the sky. Every fist shadow wrapped in terrifying chakra, whistling as they bombarded Madara.

Madara quickly condensed the nine Truth-Seeking Balls above his head, forming a shield. "Bang bang bang" fist shadows continuously bombarded the Truth-Seeking Balls, every hit making the shield tremble non-stop.

"Crack!"

Suddenly a fine crack suddenly spread across the Truth-Seeking Ball's surface, Madara's pupil shrank: "How is this possible?"

Right then, several more fist shadows broke through the defense line.

"Pfft!"

Blood sprayed, Madara's chest instantly caved in, his whole person falling downward like a kite with its string cut.

Kaguya seized the timing, pale white bone spikes slowly protruding in her slender palm. Her figure turned into a white shadow, diving straight down.

"That's..." Naruto abruptly looked up, pupils sharply contracting as he looked at Sasuke to the side, "Sasuke, can't let her succeed!"

Sasuke's hand pressed on the Kusanagi Sword: "Don't panic, prepare to attack!"

And at the moment Kaguya was about to reach Madara, Madara Uchiha's hands rapidly formed hand seals, the Truth-Seeking Balls behind him suddenly erupting with dazzling lightning.

"Great Thunderclap!"

The nine Truth-Seeking Balls instantly surged, transforming into thunder of ten thousand jun striking at Kaguya. A pungent ozone smell filled the air, electric light illuminating the entire space.

"Hmph."

Kaguya let out a light snort, the bone spike in her hand breaking through the air, actually piercing straight through a Truth-Seeking Ball's attack before her, her body nimbly sidestepping, dodging most of the lightning strikes, stabbing at Madara Uchiha once more.

"Mother's power exceeds your imagination!" Black Zetsu's complacent laughter rang out.

"Is that so?" The corner of Madara's mouth hooked into a cold smile, his eyes narrowing slightly, "Chibaku Tensei!"

In an instant, an irresistible gravity erupted, Kaguya's body violently stagnated, the surrounding space all twisted by this force.

The Truth-Seeking Balls behind him instantly melted, forming a pitch-black core suspended in midair. A terrifying gravitational fluctuation erupted from the core, and the surrounding space seemed to be twisted.

"What?!" Kaguya's figure suddenly stalled, that irresistible gravity forcibly halting her body for an instant.

"Right now!"

Madara gripped the Six Paths Staff with both hands; the power of the Gura Gura no Mi flowed across the staff's surface, forming ring after ring of visible ripples. His whole being shot out like a shell, the staff cleaving downward.

"Boom!"

The staff slammed heavily into Kaguya's face, and the Gura Gura no Mi's power exploded at the moment of contact. Air waves surged, the air shaken into ring after ring of visible ripples.

"Pfft!"

Kaguya's face deformed heavily, her whole person sent flying like a meteor, tumbling in midair before crashing heavily into a distant wall. "Mother!" Black Zetsu's voice was full of disbelief.

Kaguya steadied herself in midair, slender fingers wiping away the blood at the corner of her mouth, a flicker of surprise flashing in her eyes. This was the first time she had been injured.

"Worthy of Uchiha Madara," Black Zetsu gritted his teeth, "in combat experience, Mother is indeed lacking a bit. Mother, don't engage them in close combat anymore!"

Madara gave them no chance to catch their breath, pointing his right hand to the sky. Ice Meteors formed from the merged Truth-Seeking Balls descended from the heavens, each wrapped in terrifying gravity.

"Great Meteor Strike!"

Meteors blotted out the sky and sun, hurtling toward Kaguya with sharp whistling. Each meteor carried world-destroying power; the air was torn apart, emitting piercing sonic booms.

"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"

Kaguya gave a delicate shout, countless fist shadows condensing in midair, bombarding the sky's meteors like a violent storm.

"Boom boom boom!"

Fist shadows collided with meteors, stone fragments scattering in all directions. The air trembled violently under this terrifying impact, countless ice crystals blooming in midair.

At the very moment Kaguya was fully focused on countering the meteors, Sasuke's figure suddenly appeared at Kaguya's right side. Using Amenotejikara's instant shift, the Kusanagi Sword in his hand wreathed in dazzling Lightning Release Armor, striking straight for Kaguya's throat.

Kaguya sensed the danger and flashed her figure, but was still half a beat slow. With a "shh" sound, a strand of snow-white hair was severed, drifting down in midair.

Sasuke followed through with a turn, borrowing the previous slash's momentum to strike again, the sword momentum even fiercer, aiming straight for Kaguya's face.

"Right now!" Black Zetsu suddenly shouted low: "Use space to shift him away!"

Kaguya's slender finger tapped the void, a Space Rift suddenly tearing open before Sasuke. Sasuke's attack just now had been too fierce; he could not check his momentum in time.

"Damn it!" Sasuke's pupils shrank, his whole person charging straight into the rift.

"Sasuke!"

Naruto's hands had already finished forming Hand Seals: "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Amidst rising white smoke, hundreds of Shadow Clones instantly appeared, surrounding Kaguya in a tight circle.

"Go! One Hundred Thousand Year Death!" Naruto roared.

All Shadow Clones erupted simultaneously, fist shadows like rain, countless orange light shadows intertwining to form a giant attack net.

"This is." Kaguya froze slightly, clearly not expecting to face such a dense assault.

"Mother!" Black Zetsu's voice suddenly rang out, "Go to the Gravity Space! Their Taijutsu can't be unleashed there at all!"

A cold light flashed in Kaguya's eyes, hands joining together: "Tengai Shinsei!"

Space abruptly distorted, everyone's vision suddenly shifting. A strange space composed of countless green squares appeared before their eyes, as if they were inside a giant digital grid.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Over a hundred Shadow Clones instantly turned into white smoke and dissipated under this sudden pressure.

"Ugh ah!"

Naruto groaned dully, legs going soft, his whole person crashing heavily onto the ground.

"Damn it. This gravity." Naruto gritted his teeth trying to stand up, yet discovered even lifting a finger was extraordinarily difficult.

Madara's body likewise sank uncontrollably, finally forced to kneel on one knee, using the Six Paths Staff to support his body.

"How is it?" Black Zetsu's voice carried a few parts complacency, "The gravity here far exceeds the outside. Even Six Paths Power cannot move at will."

"Heh heh heh"

Amidst the sound of bones straining under the burden, Kaguya laboriously raised her arm. Her movements were a few degrees slower than usual; clearly this terrifying gravity affected her too.

Next second, a killing intent flashed in Kaguya's eyes. Two gleaming white Bone Spikes manifested out of thin air, emitting piercing breaking-sky sounds, shooting respectively at Naruto and Madara's vitals.

"Watch out!" Naruto widened his eyes, wanting to dodge but discovering his body simply could not move.

However, just as the Bone Spikes were about to strike, their trajectories suddenly deviated. With a "whoosh," the two Bone Spikes brushed past the two's bodies, nailing deep into the ground.

"Missed..." Kaguya's brows furrowed slightly, her fingers raising again, more Bone Spikes condensing in her palm.

Right at this moment, a suffocating aura suddenly erupted.

"Hm?"

Kaguya looked toward the sound, only to see a layer of pitch-black luster suddenly emerge on Madara's body surface, flowing like ink. Armament Haki covered his whole body.

"This is." Black Zetsu's voice carried a thread of shock and doubt, "What is that black layer?"

"Crack!"

Madara's knees heavily braced against the ground, emitting a sound of unbearable strain. But his body was slowly rising, muscles tightening under gravity, veins bulging.

"Impossible!" Black Zetsu's voice suddenly rose sharply, "Under this kind of gravity, even Six Paths Power cannot move freely, how can he possibly"

Madara drove the Six Paths Staff heavily into the ground, borrowing force to support his body. Fine sweat beaded on his forehead, but his gaze remained sharp as a blade: "Merely this much pressure."

Madara stomped his foot hard, "Crack!" The ground instantly caved in. Armament Haki covering his whole body, his whole person charged toward Kaguya like a cannonball leaving the barrel.

"This Uchiha Madara is actually this troublesome," Black Zetsu let out a cold snort, "Mother, cannot give him any more chance to breathe!"

Kaguya's slender fingers instantly pointed out, several gleaming white Bone Spikes shooting out from her palm.

"Kamui!" Madara's forehead Sharingan spun rapidly, a space vortex expanding before him.

Kaguya's ever-calm face finally showed a ripple. Byakugan flashing a trace of panic: "Tengai Shinsei!"

In an instant space distorted, vision shifted, and everyone was already situated within a steep mountain range.

Kaguya's figure shot up rapidly, rising into midair. Both hands suddenly raised, surging chakra fluctuations swept across heaven and earth: "Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"

Dense fist shadows like a torrential rain surged toward Madara Uchiha.

At This Moment, a flash of brilliance gleamed in Madara's eyes. The Six Paths Staff spun rapidly in his hand, its surface entwined with the black light of Kamui.

"Go!"

Madara let out a fierce shout, and the staff in his hand shot out like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

The staff tore through the sky, and wherever it passed, space twisted. Those dense fist shadows were easily torn apart. The target of this strike was Black Zetsu in her sleeve!

From Battle Start until now, Madara Uchiha had realized that every one of Kaguya's movements seemed clumsy and slow, completely unlike an experienced warrior.

Instead, Black Zetsu had been devising strategies all along, directing Kaguya's actions.

"Damn it!" A hint of panic showed in Black Zetsu's voice, but it was already too late.

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered, Kaguya's right arm was severed at the shoulder by the Six Paths Staff, blood gushing from the severed end. Black Zetsu's figure also fell from her sleeve.

"Mother!" Black Zetsu's voice carried unprecedented panic.

(Chapter End)