"What the hell is that thing?"
On the ground, the Fourth Raikage stared blankly at the sky, his eyes unfocused.
Behind him, countless soldiers of the Ninja World Allied Forces had faces pale as death, their bodies trembling like sieves.
The Buddha, reaching into the clouds, looked down. Fists and a long sword, like mountain ranges, were poised to strike.
"So this is the strongest Ninja of the Warring States Period?" Rasa and Gaara, who had been throwing sand at each other, spoke in low, grave voices, looking at the giant Buddha in the distance, larger than a mountain range.
Beside them, the Fourth Raikage, also engaged in a father-son battle, was being beaten like a son by the Third Raikage. Sasuke, using armament plus Senjutsu, had burned the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, to ashes. And the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, who had split into two halves, barely escaped from Naruto's Phosphorus Erosion World.
"Jiraiya, where are you going?" Tsunade, assisting the various Sealing Squad Ninjas with their seals, turned her head and stared at Jiraiya, who was sprinting toward the direction of the allied forces.
"Quickly, tell them to withdraw to the ships and get away from here! Don't you think that after Sakura and Uchiha Madara fight, this island will still be standing?" Jiraiya, without looking back, charged into the midst of the allied Ninjas, loudly commanding the others to retreat.
At the edge of the battlefield between Sakura and Madara, Orochimaru, having transformed into a small white snake, quietly slithered there. He climbed beside Tobirama, who had been broken in half and was struggling to recover, and opened his sharp, gleaming fangs.
Click!
The moment he was bitten by Orochimaru, Tobirama felt the binding technique on his body stagnate for an instant. As a master of forbidden techniques, he quickly seized this gap, setting up several seals within his body to seal off that control technique and expel it from his body.
"Not bad. You're called... Orochimaru, right?" Tobirama's dead, ashen eyes turned sideways to the small white snake, generously forgiving him for manipulating him earlier.
He appeared broad-minded and not at all vengeful!
"Hehehe, now is not the time to discuss this, Second Hokage-sama!" The small snake writhed, raising its body and emitting Orochimaru's hoarse voice. "You need to come up with a way to find my disciple, Yakushi Kabuto, with me. He is the user of the Edo Tensei, and only he can undo this technique!"
Orochimaru's suggestion made Tobirama think. When he had first developed the Edo Tensei, it was for war purposes. He certainly knew that this unorthodox technique would not stop until the user ceased.
But when the technique was first created, the summoned puppets had weak intellect and power, and were used by him as fearless transporters of explosive tags.
But who knew that later generations would be so successful, improving the strength of the dead twice based on his technique, to the point where the Edo Tensei puppets now had nearly the same strength as in life.
"Alright, I have a search technique. Come here, and I'll teach you."
With this in mind, Tobirama set aside the fact that Orochimaru had been an enemy of Konoha. In the face of a greater enemy, he could distinguish priorities.
He placed a hand on Orochimaru, using his own Chakra to drive the other's technique. Tobirama and Orochimaru then entered transmission through Space-Time Ninjutsu and vanished from the battlefield.
At the very center of the island, facing the thousands of Wood Release giant fists raised by Madara, Sakura hoisted her cross-shaped great spear.
The flame burning at her spear tip grew even more intense. At the same time, the girl's gaze shifted to the long-unseen system.
[Notification: "When you need me, I'm sweetie... when you don't, I'm the old cow."]
'Hmph, you bastard, you must have cheated me out of my achievement points to do maintenance last time. Your intelligence has improved!'
[No!]
'Tsk, tsk, you're not even pretending anymore!'
[Ding, intelligence enhanced. The Strongest War God System is at your service. Newbie Gift Pack has been issued: From now on, all achievement point expenditures by the host will be discounted by 20%!]
'Well, that's... wait, what the hell? No!'
[Heh!]
'Alright, let's get down to business. Activate for me—Demon's Blood!'
Her gaze fell on the achievement points column, which showed over 2,700 points. Sakura did not hesitate and chose to activate it.
The next moment, the sound of shattering came from the earth.
Countless Ninjas witnessed an even more massive shadow emerging from the heavens, beyond the hazy dark clouds...
The island-carrying giant, the demon, a colossal being from another world, had suddenly appeared in the Ninja World, about to display its unrivaled power to the world.
"What? There is actually such a technique in the world!"
Madara's eyes were full of shock, staring at the giant before him, unable to look away.
Then, as if thinking of something, he burst into wild laughter.
"Hahahahahaha!!!"
He manipulated the giant Buddha to straighten its body. This time, Madara no longer faced Sakura from a condescending posture, because the enemy's strength had already forced him to look levelly at this younger generation, admitting that she possessed power comparable to... no, far surpassing him and Hashirama.
"Haruno Sakura! I will remember you! Of all the Ninjutsu I have ever seen!"
"I, Madara, declare you the strongest!"
Madara could not feel any fluctuation of Chakra at all, only his soul instinctively feeling a trembling, invisible pressure.
The spirit within Madara condensed, actually beginning to advance toward the nature of Conqueror's Haki. After just a few dozen minutes of fighting with Sakura, he had already touched the edge of the threshold of Haki.
"You too, Uchiha Madara. There aren't many people who can make me reveal my trump card!"
Sakura narrowed her eyes. The power to control the weather caused the impending heavy rain to cease.
In the sky, a giant seven-colored rainbow rose, like a bridge spanning the heavens. The entire sky was bright as day, emitting dazzling white light. The surrounding edges were blurred, profound blue light.
A bright white bolt of lightning, twisting, stabbed out from the clouds and struck the wooden spear Sakura had raised, vanishing in an instant.
Then, at the spear tip, Haki, Senjutsu, and Devil Fruit power were mixed, under the mediation of Sakura's will, perfectly fused together, causing the emerald flames to surge across the entire length of the spear.
"I don't have much time to waste with you. Make your move, Uchiha Madara!" Sakura raised her spear, accumulating some kind of force invisible to the naked eye.
"Heh, such an impatient junior. But..." Uchiha Madara stopped smiling, forming hand seals.
The Chakra fists burning on the giant Buddha slowly moved. Accelerating with oppressive force, they traced brilliant trajectories through the air, equally bringing destruction upon all things in the world.
—Sage Art: Armament - Summit Buddha!!!
Sakura swept her giant spear. The air vibrated. The ferocious power stirred up violent air waves. The nearly distorted space could not withstand the force carried by the spear tip, causing patches of white mist to deform along with disc-shaped Mach rings.
—Elbaf Spear: The Strongest Spear!
The legendary spear connecting heaven and earth met the Armament's Thousand True Hands head-on, point to point!
Senjutsu Chakra carried Madara's violent mood, pouring out endlessly. Haki swept forth, carrying Sakura's unbeatable will, roaring and bursting forth.
Giant spear and giant fists!
The two overlapped, at the very center colliding to create a burning sun, white tinged with gold, implying a hint of cruel crimson. After a fluctuation, it then shattered.
Light burst forth, rapidly expanding, submerging the entire world!