In the night sky, the enormous Rinnegan Sharingan had already completely formed, emitting an eerie glow.
"It's over."
Uchiha Madara's voice was like the final judgment, echoing in everyone's hearts.
He was about to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi. When that happened, peace could finally be achieved!
At that moment, in two inconspicuous corners at the edge of the battlefield, tremendous changes occurred.
One was the place where Uzumaki Naruto had fallen.
His body was gently lifted by golden light. The injuries on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and two small horn-like protrusions appeared on his forehead.
Behind him, several Truth-Seeking Orbs appeared.
In his hand, a black Six Paths staff condensed as well!
Warm yet powerful life force, like that of the sun, radiated from his entire body.
The other place was where Uchiha Sasuke had lost consciousness.
Powerful Yin Release chakra erupted from within his body, and the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan in his left eye underwent a fundamental transformation.
It evolved from a Mangekyō into a six-tomoe Rinnegan!
The Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, had truly made his move.
Within the spiritual world, he bestowed his final power upon these two reincarnations who inherited the chakra of Asura and Indra!
Not only did the two of them not die, they instead received a cheat-like power-up!
"I knew things wouldn't end that easily."
Looking at the two who had obtained their power-ups, Renya spoke in a tone that clearly said he had expected this.
If the protagonist group were defeated so easily, they wouldn't be the protagonist group.
"You seem to know something?"
Uchiha Madara noticed Renya's expression and could not help but frown.
This kid always gave him the feeling that he seemed to know everything...
"Madara-sama, Naruto and Sasuke received the Sage of Six Paths' gift and obtained the Six Paths Yang Power and Six Paths Yin Power respectively."
Renya did not choose to hide it.
In fact, even if the two of them got their cheat power-ups, they were still not a match for Six Paths Madara.
Even if they could win through protagonist aura, the process would not be that easy.
Unfortunately, Madara did not lose to the two of them. Instead, he would lose to Black Zetsu.
"The Sage of Six Paths..."
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara's frown deepened.
The contents on the stone tablet were originally left behind by the Sage of Six Paths. Logically speaking, by casting Infinite Tsukuyomi he was helping realize the perfect world described there. So why would the Sage grant the power of Yin and Yang to those two?
Wasn't the Sage of Six Paths' action essentially stopping him from completing his plan?
Unless there was some unknown secret behind it!
Shimura Danzō felt a bit expectant, wondering whether the two could stop Six Paths Madara.
If they couldn't, wouldn't he end up hanging on the tree?
"Renya, if Madara casts Infinite Tsukuyomi, what will happen to us?"
In the end, he decided to ask his good friend. If he really ended up hanging on the tree, at least he could prepare himself mentally in advance.
Uchiha Madara stared at the battle below, but secretly pricked up his ears.
He wanted to hear how this kid would evaluate the "Eye of the Moon" plan he pursued...
"Our bodies will be hung on the Divine Tree, while our consciousness enters the illusory world our hearts desire."
Facing his good friend's question, Renya explained truthfully.
"There, we will live our lives happily and joyfully. Of course, a small portion of people can realize they are inside an illusion, but they cannot wake up on their own."
"It's just that as time passes, the bodies of those hung on the tree will eventually turn into White Zetsu."
Shimura Danzō nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.
If that was the case, then it didn't seem like too big of a problem.
The passage of time in the illusion world was different from the real world. Normally, before the body turned into White Zetsu, a whole lifetime had already passed in the illusion world.
In other words, Madara's plan was originally well-intentioned.
"Hmph. What's wrong with an illusion world?" Uchiha Madara snorted coldly. "There is no war there, no pain. There is only the life people long for most in their hearts."
He did not understand why this kid, even though he knew the benefits of Infinite Tsukuyomi, kept trying to stop him again and again.
Not everyone could live a happy life.
The vast majority of people in the ninja world could only spend their lives in suffering!
Rather than that, it was better to gladly accept Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Take the ninjas who died in the Fourth Great Ninja War, for example.
They would rather die in war than enter Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Such behavior was somewhat incomprehensible.
Uchiha Madara ultimately attributed it to the ideological indoctrination that the major ninja villages instilled in ninjas from a young age.
What a bunch of fools.
They actually regarded him, the savior, as a villain trying to destroy the world!
Faced with Madara-sama's words, Renya could only scratch his head awkwardly, with no intention of arguing.
Although Infinite Tsukuyomi looked good on the surface, in reality it was merely Black Zetsu's conspiracy to resurrect his mother.
When Madara-sama saw it with his own eyes later, he would understand how foolish his current thoughts were.
"You are preventing everyone from becoming happy."
Six Paths Madara looked indifferently at the two people who kept trying to stop him and spoke in a cold voice.
He no longer wanted to be entangled with them. The most urgent matter was to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi!
Four invisible Limbo shadows separated from his body, but this time their purpose was not to attack.
Instead, they would stop the two at all costs.
Just as Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke were briefly held back by the Limbo shadows—
Six Paths Madara ignored them and soared straight into the sky, casting Infinite Tsukuyomi toward the moon.
"Shine upon the world, Infinite Tsukuyomi!"
Madara's voice resounded across the heavens like that of a divine realm.
The moon in the sky suddenly became incomparably bright, radiating a dazzling white glow.
Throughout the entire ninja world, no matter where they were, everyone involuntarily raised their heads and looked toward the moon in the sky.
Those illuminated by the light instantly lost the vitality in their eyes. Their pupils transformed into the purple Rinnegan pattern.
Their bodies froze, hollow expressions appearing on their faces as their consciousness was completely dragged into the dream woven by Infinite Tsukuyomi.
As the genjutsu fully took effect, the bodies of those who entered the dream were tightly wrapped and bound, hanging from the tree like cocoons as their chakra was continuously extracted.
"Bastard!"
Uchiha Sasuke dispelled Susanoo and realized that aside from himself and Naruto, every other living person in the ninja world had fallen under the genjutsu.
No, that wasn't right—there were still three people over there who hadn't entered the illusion!
But they seemed to be on Madara's side!
They were none other than Renya and the other two, who had also activated Susanoo in advance to block the light and thus were not illuminated.
If it weren't for worrying that their arrival might alter the storyline—
Causing Naruto and Sasuke to lose against Six Paths Madara, preventing Black Zetsu from finding the opportunity to control Madara and resurrect Ōtsutsuki Kaguya—
Renya would have already entered the illusion world.
He really wanted to see what Infinite Tsukuyomi was actually like.
Unfortunately, there was no opportunity now.
At this moment, aside from the few who had been revived through Edo Tensei—
The only people in the entire ninja world who had not entered the illusion world were the six of them!
From Naruto and Sasuke's perspective, their enemies were not just Six Paths Madara—
But also the other three who had been watching the battle!