Everyone's understanding of the moon was that its interior should be solid. Yet now they were being told that it was hollow, and not only hollow, but a vast world inside.
From that fleeting glimpse, the interior of the moon was not merely empty. It contained an enormous world.
Of course, compared to the Shinobi World, the moon was nothing special in size. But if compared to a single country, it was still much larger.
Only now did everyone finally understand where the Otsutsuki on the moon actually lived. Clearly, they did not float around in outer space all the time, nor did they live on the moon's surface.
The Shinobi World actually had extremely powerful astronomical telescopes, so naturally, they knew there were no people on the moon and no traces of human habitation.
Everyone had always been confused by Kaede Kitahara's mention of the Otsutsuki on the moon. They had thought perhaps they lived on the side of the moon they could not see.
Both sides fell straight through the breach and landed on the moon's surface.
Otsutsuki Toneri also flew over on a bird and immediately activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode. In an instant, his entire body was completely wrapped in Chakra.
That feeling was not unfamiliar to everyone at all, because Uzumaki Naruto often activated a similar mode. His whole body would also become covered in Chakra.
The only difference was that Uzumaki Naruto's was Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, while Otsutsuki Toneri had entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
Logically, they were similar types of power, but the essence of that power was completely different.
And there were not many people in the entire Shinobi World who could make such a thing work, because it required one's own Chakra to be abundant to an unimaginable degree. Even the Chakra of a Kage Level expert would not be enough to enter this kind of mode.
After all, the Chakra inside their bodies was limited. It could not be increased without limit.
Even Super Kage Level experts were no exception. Someone like Senju Hashirama also could not use a mode like this, because his Chakra reserves were not enough, and he could not waste Chakra in this manner. His recovery speed was simply unbelievably fast. In terms of total Chakra, he could not possibly compare to the Nine-Tails.
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
Otsutsuki Toneri instantly unleashed a hurricane powerful enough to destroy everything. The terrifying storm formed a disaster-level destructive force, blasting a massive fragment straight out of the moon's surface.
That terrifying power left everyone shocked.
The power of Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion absolutely surpassed the so-called S-Rank Ninjutsu. It was like the destructive force of a Tailed Beast Ball, perhaps even beyond that.
Everyone froze where they stood. An attack of that level would be enough to destroy all of Konoha in one move. It was like the power of the Rinnegan's Massive Shinra Tensei. The difference was that Massive Shinra Tensei consumed Nagato's lifespan, while Otsutsuki Toneri, in Tenseigan Chakra Mode, could unleash such power with a casual strike.
"So this is the potential of the Byakugan?"
At that moment, Hyuga Neji gripped his pants tightly. All along, what he had seen had been the dazzling display of the Sharingan's evolution into the Mangekyo Sharingan, each one possessing strange and unfathomable abilities.
By comparison, the Byakugan could practically be described as mediocre in performance.
Now, he finally saw hope.
The Mangekyo Sharingan was the evolved form of the Sharingan, and the Tenseigan was also the evolved form of the Byakugan.
Their Byakugan was not mediocre at all. On the contrary, it hid unimaginable power.
In the scene, the ancestral stone statue controlled by Otsutsuki Toneri was like a terrifying beast as it clashed with the Nine-Tails on the moon's surface.
Their violent battle made the entire surface of the moon tremble faintly.
Amid the chaos, Otsutsuki Toneri directly snatched Hyuga Hinata from Uzumaki Naruto's grasp.
"Give Hinata back to me."
Under Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Otsutsuki Toneri had lost all of his previous manners and gentleness. He was filled entirely with arrogance and reckless confidence.
"You can watch from there as that thing dies."
Then Otsutsuki Toneri threw Hyuga Hinata directly into the cage that had just formed.
After doing that, Otsutsuki Toneri controlled the meteors floating in midair and sent them crashing toward Uzumaki Naruto.
Uzumaki Naruto responded with Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, meeting the attack head-on.
One of them was golden, the other green. They were like two deadly rays of light colliding again and again across the moon.
This was the confidence of Super Kage Level experts. Their Chakra modes allowed them to survive even in such a chaotic environment. The fragile life force of ordinary ninja no longer applied to them.
In posture alone, the two of them were no different from so-called gods. The terrifying pressure brought by their overflowing Chakra shook even the top-level experts watching the diary.
It was different from the intimidation caused by Zabuza's pure killing intent. Right now, neither of these two could really be said to have strong killing intent. The pressure brought by the sheer difference in life level alone was already enough to crush everything.
It was as if a mountain had been pressed down on their souls.
"How can they be this strong?"
Hyuga Neji gritted his teeth. He felt as if that pressure was forcing his entire body to bend. It was not any kind of physical force, merely a manifestation of spiritual power.
When he thought that the future Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke could both reach this level, while he, who was a year older than them, might not…
Was he truly unable to do it?
He was unwilling. He refused to accept it just like that.
"The world created by the Sage of Six Paths was a failure. Earth, and all of you, will come to an end."
Otsutsuki Toneri coldly gathered the Truth-Seeking Balls.
"Earth will not be destroyed by you."
Uzumaki Naruto charged forward with a roar and clashed with him.
Otsutsuki Toneri's combat experience was clearly inferior to Uzumaki Naruto's. Even in this state, he could not gain the upper hand over Naruto. So he simply unleashed his ultimate move. In an instant, terrifying golden Chakra surged around him and condensed into a golden sword. Rather than a blade, it was more like a fine line, carrying unimaginable offensive power.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
As Otsutsuki Toneri's attack fell, the entire Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion cut through everything like a sharp sword. Even the whole moon was split in half.
Everyone was dumbfounded. Seen from the universe, a massive crack appeared across the moon, splitting it down the middle. Faintly, they could even hear the rumbling vibration of the explosion.
A single sword had split the moon apart.
The thing Kaede Kitahara had just mentioned had finally appeared.
It had already been shocking enough to read the words alone. But that was nothing compared to the terror of seeing the moon split into two halves with their own eyes.
Everyone could feel that if they were struck by that sword, the consequences would be unimaginable.