On the battlefield.
Rumble
Amidst the massive rumble, the earth shattered inch by inch, and the canyon that originally served as the battlefield had long since changed appearance, leaving only a mess of rubble.
In the ruins, Sasuke panted heavily, but his face was full of triumph.
Shibai Otsutsuki was indeed incredibly powerful; in terms of raw strength, he completely surpassed Orochimaru from just now, but perhaps because of this, the opponent was clearly somewhat careless and underestimated the enemy, ignoring the sealing techniques of Shion, the Perfect Priestess.
Consequently, the scene before them occurred.
"Everyone, do not let go!"
"Add a bit more strength!"
"Keep going!"
Naruto in Six Paths Mode created hundreds of Shadow Clones, pulling on golden sealing formulas that were like chains, shouting slogans while competing in strength against Shibai Otsutsuki, who was entangled by the golden sealing formulas.
Although Shibai Otsutsuki mastered the Shinjutsu Great Strength, Naruto's strength in Six Paths Mode was also not small; hundreds of Shadow Clones added together were enough to stall and pull against Shibai Otsutsuki.
And this sealing technique of Shion was a brand-new sealing technique, Forbidden Magic Sealing, developed after referencing Karin's sealing technique Adamantine Sealing Chains and adding Priestess power and magic power; although it still could not seal Shinjutsu, it could weaken the effects of Shinjutsu and perform a comprehensive suppression on the target's chakra!
While striving to maintain the Forbidden Magic Sealing, Shion shouted: "Toneri, is it not ready on your end yet?"
Undoubtedly.
If they relied only on Shion and Naruto, there was no way to restrict Shibai Otsutsuki, so after they succeeded, Toneri Otsutsuki bullied his way in front of Shibai Otsutsuki with a Body Flicker, subsequently resonating with the Giant Tenseigan on the moon, and using the power of the Giant Tenseigan to launch a chakra absorption against Shibai Otsutsuki.
In the original timeline, Toneri used this move to instantly drain the chakra of Naruto, who was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki; if not for Sakura's timely treatment, Naruto the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki might have died from chakra depletion.
However, such an overbearing technique failed to take effect when facing Shibai Otsutsuki, only barely being able to pull Shibai Otsutsuki's chakra away from his body, but after pulling it about dozens of centimeters from the body, it could no longer be pulled.
Nonetheless, although Toneri's chakra absorption failed to achieve immediate success, it also pinned down a large amount of Shibai Otsutsuki's chakra, causing this chakra to leave the body and making Shibai Otsutsuki unable to use it freely; only then did Shibai Otsutsuki fall into a contest of strength with Shion and Naruto.
Seemingly not expecting that he would be in such a wretched state, Shibai Otsutsuki said angrily: "Damn it, you cursed ants!"
Swoosh swoosh swoosh
At this time, accompanied by a series of sounds of breaking air, several Black Receivers shot out, piercing through Shibai Otsutsuki's body.
Sasuke walked over slowly: "Regardless of whether you are the so-called Shibai Otsutsuki or not, you are doomed today!"
Being hit by Sasuke's Black Receivers, Shibai Otsutsuki's resistance weakened a few more notches.
Shion secretly let out a sigh of relief: "Finally took down this monster! Naruto, Toneri, thank you both for just now!"
Toneri, who was still pulling at Shibai Otsutsuki's chakra, shook his head: "We should thank Naruto!"
The hundreds of Narutos in the surroundings answered together: "Why thank me? Clearly everyone worked together to defeat this guy!"
Menma, floating in the air, crossed his arms over his chest: "This time the credit should indeed be counted on us!"
...
The fact that they could join forces to suppress Shibai Otsutsuki this time relied entirely on Shion's sealing technique, and the reason Shion's sealing technique could succeed was that Naruto utilized the Shadow Clone Jutsu to confuse Shibai Otsutsuki's judgment, covering for Menma to fiercely blast out an Almighty Rasen Ring!
The Almighty Rasen Ring is a fatal finishing move when facing ordinary shinobi, but it was nothing against Shibai Otsutsuki, so his Shinjutsu Premonition did not issue a very strong warning. Coupled with him underestimating the enemy too much, it resulted in him taking almost the full damage of the Almighty Rasen Ring, thereby triggering a series of chain reactions.
The injured Shibai Otsutsuki instinctively operated the Shinjutsu Conversion with full power, and Shibai Otsutsuki's strength clearly had not recovered to its peak, so when he operated Conversion with full power, the other Shinjutsu were suppressed, further weakening the capability of Premonition.
Sasuke noticed this and feigned activating Chidori to lunge toward Shibai Otsutsuki.
The threat of Chidori to Shibai Otsutsuki was even more negligible, so Premonition still did not have much reaction. When Sasuke lunged close, he did not stab with Chidori, but instead activated Amenotejikara without any omen to swap positions with Shion in the distance.
Shion, swapped over by Amenotejikara, instantly activated the Demon Extermination Sealing; her Priestess power already had a certain interference on Premonition, and combined with such a close distance and short reaction time, it ultimately caused Shibai Otsutsuki to be caught squarely by Shion's Demon Extermination Sealing even though he received the warning from Premonition, as he was too late to react; thus, the subsequent events occurred.
...
On an airship in the distance.
Amado watched the war situation on the battlefield through monitoring equipment. Seeing that Shion and the other three had completely suppressed Shibai Otsutsuki, only then did he let out a long sigh of relief, murmuring: "The one manipulating Orochimaru behind the scenes would actually be him!"
Daemon had a face full of lingering fear.
At the thought that such a monster was hidden inside Orochimaru's body before, he could not help but feel his skin crawl.
Eida, however, was frowning, seemingly thinking about something.
Noticing Eida's expression, Amado asked: "What are you thinking about?"
Eida pointed at Shibai Otsutsuki on the screen: "Is he truly Shibai Otsutsuki? What I mean is, is he truly the source of the Shinjutsu on our bodies?"
Amado stared at the screen: "Judging from his appearance, he is very similar to that corpse. Considering he can block your Senrigan, there should be no problem with his identity."
Eida shook her head and did not agree with Amado's judgment.
Amado asked: "You think he is not Shibai Otsutsuki? What is the reason?"
Eida said: "You are very smart and also understand Shinjutsu very well, but you have never truly experienced Shinjutsu, so there are some feelings you are incapable of understanding."
Amado did not interrupt Eida, listening quietly.
Eida thought for a moment and continued: "I cannot master Omnipotence, you should be clear on this point. Then do you know why I cannot master Omnipotence?"
Amado asked: "Chakra?"
Eida nodded slightly: "Yes! I suspect that to completely master Omnipotence, stronger chakra is required!"
Amado reacted: "You mean the true Shibai Otsutsuki is impossible to be suppressed by Shion and the others who are at the Six Paths level?"
Eida said with certainty: "Right. This has nothing to do with things like tactics or techniques. The true Shibai Otsutsuki is an existence unattainable by the Six Paths level. Perhaps only he might be able to defeat the true Shibai Otsutsuki, rather than Shion and those few!"