The words thrown by the Sage White Snake in Uchiha Yue's face have now turned against him. Truly, the irony of fate was merciless.
Countless chains dug into his body, and the Sage's strength began to rapidly drain away. Realizing this, he struggled in rage, trying to break the bonds. For an ordinary ninja, these chains would be indestructible, but for a creature of his level, it was just a nuisance.
However, after breaking the Chains of the Cursed God, the Sage realized with horror that everything was in vain. The broken chains in his body instantly regenerated and merged back into the outer links. Only a moment had passed, and the circulation of his power had slowed down almost to a standstill.
In desperation, he tried to cut off the affected flesh, but the Chains of the Cursed God were growing too fast. The speed at which he was getting rid of his own body couldn't keep up with the speed at which he was being entangled.
"But... Why? Why didn't he use this force from the very beginning? If he had shown such power right away, it wouldn't have taken me two minutes — I would have run without looking back! I wouldn't be trapped here, exhausted, giving him a huge portion of my energy and making him even stronger!"
"So that's it..."
He understood everything. This was the insidious plan of the despicable Uchiha Yue. He was deliberately playing at weakness, waiting for the perfect moment.
"What a bastard you are, Uchiha Yue!
Meanwhile, while the battle between Uchiha Yue and Sage White Snake was unfolding, life was in full swing outside. Ninjas from various hidden villages watched the battle, frantically taking notes.
— That's the power... True power!
— It's unbelievable that such monsters still exist in the Shinobi world...
— Remember everything, it will go down in history!
"What is this?" Sphere... She's moving! Run away! Ah-ah-ah!!! No!!!
The sphere of Deathly Silence, which had been motionless until then, suddenly rolled across the ground and, like an avalanche, covered the ninja watching from afar. Before they could react, the Sphere completely absorbed their powers, ending their lives.
The ground around them was pitted, the mountains split open, as if this place had been bombarded by meteorites thousands of times. However, contrary to all logic, such a fierce battle did not cause strong tremors. Only a dull rumble could be heard — this was the part of the gigantic body of the Sage, which remained outside the Sphere, beating against the ground in agony.
In the distance, on a hilltop, Orochimaru and Senju Tobirama watched the battle of the Titans.
— And this, in your opinion, is the Sage White Snake? Tobirama asked incredulously, looking at Orochimaru.
— Yes, the Second Hokage-sama. I don't know why he suddenly gained such power, but his voice and all the changes in the Ryuchi Cave... I'm sure it's him," Orochimaru nodded, deeply shocked by the power of the cave ruler.
"Can he win?" Orochimaru thought.
It's been more than two minutes. His opponent is a monster who has become a real disaster for the Shinobi world, someone whom even Nagato and his Rinnegan could not resist. Is Sage White Snake really capable of defeating him?
If so, then, hehe… That would be nice. At least they wouldn't have to find a way to defend against Uchiha Yue's abilities anymore.
— I got it! I've got it all figured out...
Tobirama, who was standing nearby, froze, watching the battle. His gaze was fixed on the giant body of the Sage, which did not fit into the Sphere of Deathly Silence, and on the dense natural energy that could be felt even at such a distance. And then it dawned on him.
He understood how to block Uchiha Yue's power. And it wasn't the complicated mechanics of natural energy.
It's about energy as such. In its colossal volume.
He got too caught up in finding an elegant fuinjutsu for direct blocking, completely losing sight of the simplest principle. No, he didn't miss it, he just got hung up on an idea in a hurry. Give him a few more days to think about it, and he would surely come to this conclusion.
When fuinjutsu was activated, it was possible to pour a huge amount of energy into it, creating a protective layer of highly concentrated chakra around the person. His method, in fact, boiled down to brute force: using a huge reserve of energy, one could resist the absorption of Uchiha Yue, get close to this brat and fight him.
"Why didn't I think of it right away? Ingenious in its simplicity."
Tobirama came to this thought with cold satisfaction. Uchiha Yue's abilities have never been invincible. Chakra absorption techniques already existed in the Shinobi world. What was truly invincible was his growth potential—the ability to expand his Realm endlessly. That was the really unsolvable problem.
The only problem was that Uchiha Yue didn't have enough time to develop yet. Give him a little more, and Tobirama, even if he came up with this method, probably wouldn't be able to use it.
"Come on, Orochimaru!" I figured out how…
Tobirama was about to take Orochimaru away to return and refine fuinjutsu to destroy this monster.
However, before he could move…
"Second Hokage—sama, this is bad!" Let's run!
The Sphere of Deathly Silence in the distance suddenly moved, rushing straight towards them. At the sight of this, Orochimaru turned cold with horror, grabbed Tobirama by the hand and ran away.
After running some distance, Tobirama abruptly pushed Orochimaru away from him.
— The second Hokage-sama!!! He turned around.
"Run, Orochimaru!" I'm holding you up! You are Konoha's hope! Run! Tobirama shouted, desperately trying to keep up.
But right now, he was just a faint shadow of himself, summoned by an imperfect version of Edo Tensei. He couldn't keep up with his former student, and many jutsu classes were beyond his reach. After all, he created this technique as a way to turn the dead into live bombs, not as a tool for full-fledged combat.
A dark shadow silently covered Senju Tobirama. His body jerked a few times and collapsed lifelessly to the ground.
In the distance, Orochimaru, who miraculously appeared on the very edge of the Sphere, collapsed to the ground and, like a crazed beast, crawled away, desperately clinging to life. It was truly a pitiful sight.