"Boom!"
Amidst a roar even louder than thunder, the earth shaking and mountains quivering, this battle grandly commenced.
However, its overall duration was much shorter than everyone had imagined!
A thousand hands descended simultaneously, the disturbance alone was comparable to a magnitude ten earthquake; moreover, everyone felt as if the ground wasn't just shaking, but moving.
An attack that caused continental plates to shift…
At this point, the hatred everyone felt for the Ten-Tails wasn't as intense anymore.
Smoke and dust billowed from the ground, and the giant Buddha had ceased its attack.
And within that smoke and dust, it seemed there was no longer any movement.
"Wind Style, Great Breakthrough!"
Lin Nan, standing atop the giant Buddha, directly exhaled a gust of wind.
"Whoosh!"
The smoke and dust accumulated on the ground were so deep that even though Lin Nan almost exhausted his breath, it took a long time to disperse.
However, they could already see the tragic scene beneath the dust.
The Ten-Tails lay on the ground like a puddle of mud, its entire body covered in fist marks, as if it were a ball of play-doh smashed by a human fist, a shocking sight.
The Susanoo covering the Ten-Tails' body had vanished completely, not a single trace of it could be seen.
Looking again at the Ten-Tails' peculiar head with one eye and one ear, it appeared stunned, gazing blankly at the sky, as if blaming the entire world.
As for Uchiha Madara, he had already disappeared without a trace.
"Don't let your guard down, the Ten-Tails can regenerate!" Lin Nan shouted.
Exchanging a look with Hashirama, both of them roared in unison: "Sage Art, Myriad Floating Temple!"
From the sky, countless massive wooden pillars descended, firmly pinning the already tattered Ten-Tails.
Compared to the previous Myriad Floating Temple, these were even larger, capable of firmly suppressing the Ten-Tails' entire body.
Following this, Hashirama deactivated the Sage Art.
During the entire duration of the Sage Art, Karin's complexion only turned slightly pale, her aura merely weakened a little.
It's worth noting that Tsunade had grown countless white hairs during that time.
"This young girl might be able to recreate the glory of the Uzumaki clan!"
Recreating it for what, it would still be wiped out, Lin Nan sneered.
Perhaps understanding Lin Nan's thoughts, Hashirama sighed, "Perhaps in the future, it can be achieved!"
Uchiha Madara had disappeared, and they didn't know where he had gone.
Lin Nan felt speechless about this, this guy always found ways to escape as soon as the situation turned unfavorable.
It was the same when he fought Hashirama back then, and it was the same now.
The battlefield here was almost over. Uchiha Madara had disappeared, likely intending to target Obito.
Lin Nan glanced at the distant battlefield between Obito and Naruto, then said, "I'll go help Naruto. I'll leave a clone here, and you all can guard against Uchiha Madara!"
Since Lin Nan had mentioned before that Obito's Truth-Seeking Balls dealt immense damage to Edo Tensei, meaning a direct hit would essentially result in a "game over," they had no objections to his words.
The next second, Lin Nan's figure vanished.
Little Obito, big brother is here…
However, in reality, Obito was vastly different from the original plot where he rampaged with Truth-Seeking Balls, eventually submitting to Naruto's talk-no-jutsu.
Because Lin Nan had preemptively informed them of the weakness, and Obito didn't possess the Ten-Tails' complete power as in the original work, coupled with his lack of Uchiha Madara's peculiar "Limbo," he was not having an easy time.
He faced Naruto's Nine-Tails in direct confrontation, and from behind, he had to guard against Kabuto and Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was manageable, but the key was that Kabuto's attacks were almost all Sage Art, requiring Obito to be on high alert.
Initially, with Obito's intangibility, everything would have been fine, but without it, he could only rely on the Truth-Seeking Orbs for defense.
Obito was utterly frustrated fighting this battle.
Of course, the most crucial factor was Naruto's incessant chatter, which drove Obito mad.
With Obito's own persuasion skills, he could have held his ground against Naruto for a couple of exchanges.
But after becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchuriki, Obito had become noticeably silent, as if the Ten-Tails' chakra had suppressed his ability to speak.
Over time, Obito even began to be swayed by Naruto.
From the beginning until now, Obito had always been a warrior charging forward for love.
He wanted to create a world where only Rin existed, so he was willing to be a pawn for Uchiha Madara to achieve the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
However, Naruto had started from Obito's childhood dream of becoming Hokage as an entry point.
In truth, Obito's childhood was also quite tragic. For instance, he lost his parents at a young age and was raised by his grandmother.
And during his painful childhood, someone entered Obito's vision, and that was Rin.
Similar to Naruto, but Naruto had no memory of Hinata. Their circumstances dictated that the two couldn't be childhood playmates like Obito and Rin.
But Naruto also had childhood friends.
Shikamaru and Choji.
At that time, the adults of all the children, due to the Nine-Tails sealed within Naruto and the whisker-like markings on his face, ostracized Naruto.
However, Shikamaru's father was evidently very tolerant, and Choji's father was probably similar to Choji.
So, truthfully, Naruto's childhood was also accompanied by friends.
Later, after Obito grew up, his dream was to become Hokage.
Men, in their entire lives, are ultimately concerned with their wives and children, and the work that sustains them.
However, some men prioritize their careers over their families, while some believe their families are more important.
Here, family naturally also refers to love.
Obito was naturally the latter.
For Rin, he was willing to abandon his dream.
But now, Naruto's talk-no-jutsu allowed him to see his long-cherished goal once again.
It was just a pity that although Naruto wished to awaken Obito's conscience, the time he had to communicate with Obito was extremely limited.
Obito naturally also understood Naruto's intentions, so he simply chose to evade.
And just as Naruto was feeling helpless, a figure appeared before him.
Lin Nan had come to help.
"Mr. Lin?"
Lin Nan smiled and said, "I've seen everything. Leave the rest to me. You can boldly proceed with your talk—persuasion!"
With that said, Lin Nan rushed directly towards Obito.
"Lin Nan!" Upon seeing Lin Nan, the dead gaze in Obito's eyes finally showed a flicker of emotion. "You are the variable in all of this. If you can die once more, then everything can return to how it was!"
At this, Obito's hand transformed his Truth-Seeking Orb into the Spear of DNA, also known as the Swamp Spear, and gripped it.
At this crucial juncture, he was still thinking of killing himself?
Then, I'll play along.
Lin Nan smiled kindly, remained silent, and charged directly at Obito.
Obito unleashed the Swamp Spear. This divine weapon, said to be capable of cleaving the heavens and earth, passed directly through Lin Nan's body.
"Your opponent is behind you!" Lin Nan chuckled as he approached Obito.
Obito froze, looked back, and saw that Naruto's shadow clone had appeared there.