Uchiha orphan, so what if I'm ruthless?

At this very moment, neither of them possessed their complete power.

Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan had been forcefully awakened in his reanimated state. A living person's Rinnegan required immense vitality and chakra to sustain. Although a reanimated body possessed infinite chakra, it was ultimately an amalgamation of dust and soul, incapable of unleashing the Rinnegan's full might.

Aspects like visual prowess output, jutsu range, and even casting speed were all compromised compared to when he was alive.

This was an inherent limitation of the Reanimation Jutsu, an unchangeable fact.

The same applied to Uchiha Taiga's Tenseigan.

Those eyes couldn't be considered a true Tenseigan; they were merely an incomplete version forcefully catalyzed from the Byakugan state.

A true Tenseigan required the ultimate evolution of the Byakugan. Although he possessed the Sage Body and the Byakugan, he was still a step away from that level.

The three pale golden chakra spheres floating behind him were not Truth-Seeking Orbs, but manifestations of his Tenseigan's visual prowess. They were similar in form but fundamentally different in nature.

With both of them clashing in their current states, they were actually quite evenly matched.

One had an incomplete Rinnegan, the other an incomplete Tenseigan. One was a reanimated corpse with infinite chakra, the other a living youth with a terrifying volume of chakra.

Neither held a distinct advantage over the other.

Furthermore, the color of the Rinnegan varied from person to person. Some members of the Otsutsuki clan had red, yellow, or blue Rinnegan.

The same was true for the Tenseigan.

Toneri Otsutsuki's Tenseigan was blue, while Uchiha Taiga's was pale gold.

The color corresponded to an individual's chakra nature. For instance, Uchiha Madara's pale purple indicated his mastery over Yin Style.

Conversely, Uchiha Taiga's pale gold signified his surging Yang Style.

As for the three pale golden chakra spheres behind him, they were not Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Truth-Seeking Orbs were a product of the Six Paths Sage Mode, formed from Yin-Yang Style and encompassing all nature transformations.

These three spheres of light, however, were condensed purely from the Tenseigan's visual prowess, containing only the power of the Tenseigan itself.

Yet, they possessed their own unique functions.

Just like now, Uchiha Taiga reached out, and one of the pale golden chakra spheres behind him fell into his palm.

The moment the sphere of light touched his palm, golden light bloomed, rising like a miniature sun in his hand. Rays of light slipped through his fingers, casting a brilliant golden glow over his face.

He closed his fingers, grasping the cluster of light as if gripping an invisible sword.

The light extended upward from his fist, growing longer and brighter, ultimately forming a perfectly straight, golden line.

The long line stretched from the ground high into the sky, exceeding a thousand meters in length but no wider than a finger. Yet, its brilliance was so blinding that one dared not look directly at it.

The next moment, gripping that long golden line, Uchiha Taiga swung it upward at the falling meteorite in the sky.

"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

The golden line swept upward with his motion, slicing into the bottom of the massive meteorite and carving straight through to the top.

There was no sound of collision, no sound of explosion, as if it had happened in absolute silence. Wherever the golden line passed, a thin, bright line appeared on the meteorite's surface. The rock on either side of the bright line remained completely unchanged—neither melting nor shattering.

The wind stopped.

Space seemed to freeze in this instant. The swirling dust hung suspended in midair, no longer falling.

The trees blown over by the shockwave maintained their toppling posture, no longer rolling.

Even Tsunade's wind-blown hair in the distance froze in the air, like a painting with the pause button pressed.

Time itself seemed to halt at this moment.

Uchiha Madara's eyes widened, staring fixedly at Uchiha Taiga's movements.

His Rinnegan captured the trajectory of that long golden line, but his body didn't move because he knew it was too late.

His Tengai Shinsei had already descended. The meteorite was less than a thousand meters from the ground; any defense or evasion was impossible. He could only watch as that golden line sliced from the bottom of the meteorite to the top, then pierced out the other side and vanished into the night sky.

*Hum...*

An extremely high-frequency hum emanated from within the meteorite.

The sound wasn't loud, but its penetrating power was immense. In the distance, Tsunade and the others felt as if their hearts were about to leap out of their chests under this hum. Their blood surged in their veins, their eardrums swelled, and their stomachs churned violently.

Shizune bent over, covering her mouth, nearly throwing up.

Tsunade gritted her teeth and covered her ears with her hands, but the sound seemed to drill directly into her brain, impossible to block.

Only Yugito Nii fared slightly better, though she too was clenching her jaw tightly.

Looking closely, the massive meteorite falling from the sky split open at this very moment.

It didn't explode or shatter; instead, it neatly divided into two halves along the trajectory carved by the golden line.

The two halves of the bisected meteorite gradually separated as they plummeted, the gap between them growing larger and wider.

The cut was flawlessly smooth, as if sliced by the sharpest blade in existence. Not a speck of dust rose, nor did a single fragment fall.

Seeing this, Uchiha Madara's expression shifted slightly.

Slicing a meteorite apart with a single beam of light—he had never seen such precise control, such mastery over power.

His expression changed for only a fraction of a second before he abruptly regained his composure. With another soft shout, maintaining his hand seal, he poured even more chakra into the sky.

"Hah!"

Just as Tsunade and the others thought Uchiha Madara's attack had been neutralized with the bisection of the meteorite, a second meteorite materialized high above.

It was equally massive, over hundreds of meters in diameter, its surface similarly wreathed in flames as it trailed a long fiery tail.

Its trajectory was identical to the first, and its speed was even slightly faster.

After the first meteorite was sliced open, the second followed closely behind, giving the opponent no time to catch their breath.

Seeing this, Uchiha Taiga merely grinned.

It was as if he had known all along there would be a second meteorite, as if this was exactly the moment he had been waiting for.

He didn't retract his outstretched hand. Instead, another pale golden chakra sphere from behind him fell into his other hand.

"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

The next moment, the golden light in his hand transformed into a visible, raging gale.

The gale took shape, spinning rapidly, flying from his hand like an inverted tornado.

The tornado surged from the ground straight into the sky, its volume expanding rapidly as it flew—from the thickness of a barrel to the size of a house, and from the size of a house to the girth of a mountain peak. By the time it fully formed, its width was vast enough to engulf both the falling second meteorite and the two halves of the recently bisected first meteorite.

The wind pressure was like a sharp blade.

At the tornado's outer edge, the air was torn apart by the high-speed rotation, forming visible blades of wind that sliced through the air, leaving white trails in their wake.

Inside the tornado, the air pressure dropped to the absolute extreme, looking as though a massive black hole was spinning within.

The sudden, violent winds slammed upward into the meteorites like a giant fist.

The two halves of the first bisected meteorite stopped falling under the impact of the wind pressure. Instead, they were swept upward by the tornado. Their speed grew faster and faster, until they violently crashed into the second meteorite.

In an instant, the two halves of the bisected meteorite surged upward, carrying the immense kinetic energy accumulated from their fall and the acceleration granted by the tornado, slamming thunderously into the second meteorite.

The three colossal rocks collided in midair, producing a deafening roar so loud it could be heard by towns dozens of miles away.

Countless cracks appeared on the second meteorite upon impact, spreading outward from the point of collision like a spiderweb covering its entire surface.

Then, the meteorite shattered, exploding entirely into tens of thousands of fragments of varying sizes.

The largest were the size of houses, while the smallest were merely the size of fists.

Swept up by the tornado, the debris scattered in all directions like a meteor shower.

The shattered fragments, big and small, rained down, carried by the fierce winds.

Some smashed into mountain peaks, leaving massive craters.

Some crashed into the plains, gouging huge pits into the earth.

Some plunged into rivers, splashing water dozens of meters high.

Others flew far away, crashing into the fields outside towns and leaving massive craters in the farmland.

The area where Tsunade's trio stood was also caught in the crossfire.

A boulder the size of a millstone flew toward them at high speed, accompanied by a howling gust of wind.

Tsunade took a deep breath, leaped into the air, and shattered the boulder with a single punch. The fragments flew past her, but her expression remained unfazed.

Yugito Nii swung her blade, cleaving another piece of debris in half in a shower of sparks.

Shizune hid behind the two, remaining unscathed.

The cloud cover in the sky was completely torn apart by the impact of the tornado and the meteorites, revealing the deep blue night sky and the bright moonlight behind it.

The moonlight spilled over the battlefield once more, illuminating the devastated earth.

After doing all this, Uchiha Taiga looked at Uchiha Madara.

His gaze crossed the distance of hundreds of meters, piercing through the pervasive dust and drifting debris, landing squarely on Madara's face.

The corners of his mouth were still curled up; the smile had just formed on his face.

Immediately after, Uchiha Taiga reached out again, and the final pale golden chakra sphere behind him fell into his hand.

Three spheres of light. One was used for the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, one for the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and the last one...

He looked down at the sphere of light in his palm. It rotated slowly, the golden patterns on its surface glowing brighter than before, as if responding to his call.

Then, he raised his head, looked at Uchiha Madara, and spoke softly.

"Jade Wheel Reincarnation Explosion."

He didn't rush to attack. With his five fingers spread open, the sphere of light hovered above his palm, its rotation speed increasing and its brilliance intensifying.

Uchiha Madara's pupils contracted slightly.

He could feel the power contained within that sphere of light—a power he couldn't quite name, but his instincts screamed that he could not take this attack head-on.

The next moment, a burst of golden light illuminated the night sky, blazing like a scorching sun.