With the sound of the voice, frost spread to every corner of the space, about to pull Kaguya into frozen space-time again.
Black Zetsu, inside her sleeve, who had been plotting for her, gritted his teeth. "Mother, we can't go on like this. We need to separate Haruno Sakura from Indra and Asura!"
"But that will consume a lot of Chakra!" Kaguya, holding Naruto and Sasuke, was like a cat that had fallen into a can of cat food, desperately clinging to the food in her paws, refusing to let go.
Black Zetsu inside her sleeve was choked by Kaguya's attitude, nearly going crazy.
'Had Mother been sealed for so long that she developed a pathological craving for food? This was no time to be thinking about saving Chakra!'
'After we seized this nursery, couldn't we grow as much Chakra as we wanted? Why be so concerned about this little bit?'
'After being sealed by those two unfilial descendants again and thrown back to the moon, let's see how you collect Chakra then!'
"Mother, this is not the time to be concerned about such trivial gains and losses of Chakra!" Black Zetsu called out anxiously.
Perhaps influenced by Black Zetsu, the reluctant Kaguya activated the technique Amenominaka through her Kekkei Mora Rinne Sharingan just as Sakura's attack reached her.
Thump!
The surrounding space, which had been gradually solidifying like concrete, along with the magma that had been frozen into obsidian in the cold wave, silently transformed.
In that fleeting instant, the sky became dark and heavy. The earth turned into a desert. Gray sand, kicked up by the wind, plastered Sakura's face.
"Tch, such a dirty move!" Seeing that her space-freezing method was ineffective against Kaguya, Sakura immediately changed her attack strategy.
She turned her head to look at Minato behind her. "On the next strike, I'll scatter them. Fourth Hokage, you take the opportunity to save Naruto and Sasuke!"
"Alright!"
Minato formed hand seals, spreading his space-time perception within the space created by Kaguya, locating the Flying Thunder God's mark he had left on Naruto earlier.
The Natural Energy, converted by the Senjutsu Evolution technique and erupting, mixed with Chakra, allowed Sakura to enter Sage Mode. Silver-white horns grew from her temples. A bone mask and pure white haori simultaneously draped over her body. In her hand, she condensed a cross-shaped wooden spear burning with emerald flames.
"Finally, you can't hide it anymore, killer of the main family!" Kaguya's delicate face showed a stern and cold expression as she furrowed her brows and snorted coldly.
She knew that those haters from the main family couldn't hide their flaws. Now this girl's shown them!
"Sigh, Otsutsuki..."
Sakura rolled her eyes. The long spear in her hand was wreathed in powerful two-color Haki. Dark thunder and emerald flames danced at its tip.
Then, she raised the long spear toward Naruto and Sasuke, who were caught by Black Zetsu. The muscles gripping the spear shaft bulged. A ferocious power was poised to strike!
—Spear of Decay: Ikoku Sovereignty!
The long spear raced against the sandstorm, disregarding the rapid consumption of Chakra and Haki, rolling up Kaguya, along with Naruto and Sasuke, inside.
The rapidly expanding fierce light swallowed everything. The terrifying, spinning impact forcibly crushed the exposed Black Zetsu.
Of course, Naruto and Sasuke's condition was not much better. Struck by the legendary spear connecting heaven and earth, they were sent flying, plummeting into the barren desert below and smashing a huge crater.
"Sakura-chan, please be a little gentler with my son!"
The illusory light of the Flying Thunder God again brought Minato, along with Naruto and Sasuke, together beside Sakura. The Fourth Hokage's face was now full of resentment.
"Heh heh, I trained the two of them for so long so that they could withstand my attacks!" Sakura showed an arrogant smile, giving a thumbs-up, pointing at herself.
In the future, she planned to rely on these two to keep her company in fighting. When she trained them, she had completely followed the standards of the strong in the pirate world. A mere Ikoku Sovereignty wouldn't be enough to kill them so easily!
"So cruel, even attacking your own comrades!" Black Zetsu, regenerating his form through the Chakra in the air, crawled back into Kaguya's sleeve. "Mother, it seems we cannot let that terrifying woman live!"
"Yes, the person sent by the main family must be killed here!" The Rinne Sharingan in the center of Kaguya's forehead spun. "But we also need to deal with the seal left by Hagoromo!"
As she spoke, her arm slowly raised to the right. Relying on her Kekkei Mora, she activated Yomotsu Hirasaka, opening a pitch-black portal out of thin air!
Although the dizzy Naruto sensed Kaguya's outstretched hand, his body couldn't react in time to escape. So, along with Minato, who tried to protect him, he was pulled into the portal, and the door closed.
"Damn it, she deliberately separated me from Naruto!"
Sasuke, as a Mythical Zoan user, recovered faster than Naruto. Coming to his senses, he witnessed Naruto's disappearance, and his expression changed drastically.
"Hehehe, after Mother and I finish dealing with Asura, you will no longer be able to oppose Mother!" Black Zetsu in her sleeve emitted a hoarse laugh.
Kaguya also opened a portal according to his plan, her entire body fusing into it like a fish, about to head to the space where Naruto and Minato were.
"Don't even think about leaving!" Sakura raised the wooden long spear, burning with emerald flames, assumed a throwing posture, and then hurled it with force.
Swish!
The long spear, wrapped in lightning, shot like an arrow released from a bow, howling as it tore through layers of air, carving ripples like waves, piercing Kaguya's arm containing Black Zetsu.
"Mother!"
Losing its support, Black Zetsu fell downward, crying out.
"Don't worry. Let your mother deal with Asura first, then I'll come back for you!"
As she spoke, Kaguya merged into space without looking back and disappeared.
"That guy got away. This is troublesome!" Sasuke walked forward, picked up Kaguya's severed arm, and shook Black Zetsu inside it angrily. "What do we do now?"
"Of course, we go find them!" Sakura licked her dry lips and grabbed Black Zetsu from Sasuke's hand.
"Hey, wait, Haruno Sakura, what are you going to do?"
Amidst Black Zetsu's screams, Sakura's arm split into wooden roots, piercing Black Zetsu's body, searching for Kaguya's location through the Chakra Connection.
The world seemed inverted. The four directions seemed disordered. The strange reflections had already turned the entire Amenominaka Space into a maze. Under the rotation of the Chakra Connection through the four directions, Sakura finally saw it… that crimson eye.
"Found it!" Sakura opened her eyes and turned her head to Sasuke. "Use Haki to protect yourself, or you'll be burned away."
"Um, I think..." Sasuke's expression changed, and he wanted to refuse.
"No time. If you have any objections, take them up with my ability!"
Sakura laughed, placing her hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "Remember not to struggle, or you might lose some parts of your body when you're reassembled."
"Reassemble?"
Sasuke's eyelids twitched violently.
"Here we go!"
Sakura held her breath. Her ability was released without reservation.
—Odo Odo no Mi Awakening - High-Temperature Mode: Flame Painting Warrior Form!
An extremely blazing flame light rose from the dim space. The heat she had long been plundering was released within a ten-thousandth of a second, accelerating the particle motion within matter to its extreme.
Carrying Sasuke and Black Zetsu along, she turned into light!