Watching Ashura looking so smug, Uchiha Tensei's lips curled into a slight smile.
Blue Chakra erupted from his body, and in an instant, a half-body Susanoo several dozen meters tall appeared. The Susanoo's four arms formed hand seals simultaneously alongside Uchiha Tensei.
After destroying the last few stone spheres, Ashura looked at Uchiha Tensei and frowned in confusion.
"That hand seal… what exactly is this guy trying to do?"
Just as Ashura was wondering what Uchiha Tensei was planning, the sky suddenly darkened. The clouds were blown away, and a meteorite nearly thirty kilometers wide appeared overhead, slowly descending toward the earth.
"This… this… this is…!"
Ashura stared at the enormous meteorite in shock, his mouth hanging open.
What did thirty kilometers mean?
Even a small city was only about that size. If such a meteorite were allowed to fall unchecked, it could easily sink an entire continent.
Dozens of kilometers away, Mandala and Garuda also noticed the meteorite.
There was no way they could miss it—they were within its attack range as well.
"What is that thing?"
Mandala looked up with wide eyes. Even he was stunned by the colossal mass blotting out the sky.
"Such a massive meteorite… Uchiha Tensei actually pulled it down. Has he gone mad?"
Garuda was equally shocked. Ashura didn't possess an ability like this. The only possible culprit was Uchiha Tensei, the mysterious powerhouse outside the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
An attack on this scale was practically world-ending.
"Brother, let's hurry over!"
Without another word, Garuda rushed toward the battlefield.
"Oh! Right!"
After hesitating for two seconds, Mandala quickly followed after her.
Meanwhile, far away, Indra also sensed the massive energy fluctuations.
Turning around, he saw the gigantic meteorite hanging in the sky.
"A meteorite of that size… so Uchiha Tensei has finally started getting serious? Heh, interesting."
Indra was briefly surprised before letting out a chuckle.
With a powerhouse like Uchiha Tensei present, stopping Ashura wouldn't be a problem.
He had been somewhat concerned before, but after seeing a meteorite of this magnitude, all his worries disappeared.
If even this couldn't delay Ashura, then this trip to the mausoleum would have been meaningless.
"Everyone, pick up the pace! Don't waste the time Uchiha Tensei is buying for us!"
After shouting to the army behind him, Indra accelerated once more.
Meanwhile, at the center of the battlefield, Ashura clenched his fists and shouted at Uchiha Tensei.
"Uchiha Tensei, have you gone insane? Do you know what will happen if something that large falls? Entire regions will sink beneath the sea! Countless people will die! Are you trying to destroy the world?"
"Hmph! What does that have to do with me?"
Uchiha Tensei scoffed dismissively.
"Don't you people enjoy making me take the blame? If that's the case, then I'll show you the consequences of framing me."
"What blame?"
Ashura couldn't understand what Uchiha Tensei meant.
"Disregarding the lives of countless people… you're absolutely insane!"
At that moment, Ashura had completely classified Uchiha Tensei as a madman—an even crazier one than Indra.
Ignoring him, Uchiha Tensei increased the output of his Yin Release.
The meteorite accelerated slightly, and its underside glowed red from friction with the atmosphere.
"You lunatic! Haaaaah!"
Seeing the meteorite speed up, Ashura cursed and unleashed his enormous Chakra.
The ground beneath his feet compressed under the pressure, sinking and cracking outward in rings.
"Rise!"
Massive tree trunks dozens of meters thick erupted from the earth.
They intertwined and merged together, forming a gigantic palm-shaped tree over a kilometer tall.
When the meteorite collided with the massive wooden palm, the entire structure was pushed downward.
Ashura's feet slowly sank into the ground.
Through sheer determination, he continued resisting.
Finally, when the meteorite was only a hundred meters above the ground, its descent came to a halt.
Seeing the meteorite stopped, Uchiha Tensei nodded slightly.
As expected, someone with Six Paths-level power could indeed stop a thirty-kilometer meteorite.
Once someone stepped into the Six Paths realm, they had already entered the domain of gods.
Unlike Uchiha Tensei's calm demeanor, Ashura was drenched in sweat.
Clearly, stopping a meteorite of this size was far from easy.
"Uchiha Tensei, stop!"
At that moment, Garuda finally arrived on the battlefield.
Seeing Ashura struggling beneath the immense weight, she immediately shouted.
Mandala arrived right behind her.
However, unlike before, he no longer displayed hostility toward Uchiha Tensei.
Without saying a word, he summoned a massive lava giant to help support the meteorite.
With Mandala sharing the burden, the pressure on Ashura eased considerably, and he finally managed to pull his feet free from the ground.
The reason Mandala remained silent was simple.
Earlier, Garuda had explained the circumstances surrounding Shōkai's death.
On the night of the incident, Garuda, Uchiha Tensei, Lei, and the others had been together eating and drinking the entire time.
Uchiha Tensei had never left.
Because of Garuda's testimony, Mandala had begun to realize that they might have been mistaken.
Someone was likely manipulating events behind the scenes.
That was why Mandala no longer viewed Uchiha Tensei as an enemy.
"Stop, Uchiha Tensei! I know you didn't kill Uncle Shōkai. There must be some misunderstanding. Stop first, and let's talk this through!"
Garuda shouted anxiously.
"Mandala, what's going on? Why is Garuda defending Uchiha Tensei? Shōkai was practically her teacher!"
Ashura frowned in confusion while continuing to support the meteorite.
"Sigh… Second Brother, we may have been wrong this time."
Mandala let out a long sigh.
"Uchiha Tensei didn't kill Uncle Shōkai. Someone else is responsible for all of this."
Although he hated admitting it, that seemed to be the truth.
"Meddlesome."
Uchiha Tensei's expression darkened.
Of course he knew he hadn't killed Shōkai.
But now wasn't the time to discuss that.
Today, he had to fight Ashura.
Ashura, strengthened by the power of the Tailed Beasts, was no longer someone Indra could defeat.
Ashura had already been slightly stronger before, and now he possessed the additional power of the Tailed Beasts.
Indra no longer had any chance of victory.
Although Uchiha Tensei couldn't directly join forces with Indra, he still intended to use this battle to weaken Ashura through special means.
Since he couldn't help openly, he would create favorable conditions for Indra from the sidelines.
Therefore, no one could stop Uchiha Tensei from fighting this battle.