After calming her heart, Tsunade asked: "What exactly happened at the Core Node? Was Shinji actually defeated?"
Shizune hurriedly explained: "The Communication Unit over there is very anxious. According to them, Otsutsuki Shibai's strength is extremely exaggerated. After obtaining the power of the Hegemon of Terror, his strength even reached the peak of Kekkei Mora. The instruments we issued that can test chakra at the Kekkei Mora level have all failed!"
Amado's expression was gloomy.
Having researched Shinjutsu for so many years, he knew very well that as the source of Shinjutsu, Otsutsuki Shibai was definitely a powerhouse at the Kekkei Mora level, or even stronger!
And the Otsutsuki Shibai currently attacking the Core Node might not be the real Otsutsuki Shibai, but after obtaining the power of the Hegemon of Terror, his strength was likely not much different from the real Otsutsuki Shibai.
In other words, what Shinji was facing now could already be equated to the real Otsutsuki Shibai.
Sasori was somewhat irritable: "Is the Core Node still there?"
Shizune nodded: "The Leader currently still holds the upper hand for now, but the Sensory Unit's analysis at the Core Node is that the Leader's chakra consumption rate is very fast. If it continues like this, the situation might... so they are requesting assistance from our side!"
Sasori had a face full of wordlessness: "Assistance?! Even a Kage-level shinobi, if they get even slightly close to the battlefield, they would be burned to ashes like moths to a flame! Even if a Six Paths level experimental subject went, they would most likely be cannon fodder playing a supporting role. What do we have to offer as assistance?"
Tsunade shook her head and sighed lightly: "They must be turning to anyone in desperation!"
Shizune asked tentatively: "Do we really have no way at all now?"
Sasori and Tsunade looked at Amado.
If one absolutely had to say, the Research Institute still had one last card in hand, which was the siblings Ada and Damon who mastered Shinjutsu!
However, the enemy attacking the Core Node was Otsutsuki Shibai, who could absorb Shinjutsu. Sending Ada and Damon out would be no different from providing the enemy with resources, so Amado shook his head: "If Ada and Damon go, it will just be to die; it has no meaning at all!"
Silence fell within the command center.
Soon, a dense sound of footsteps came, and immediately after, several Communication Unit shinobi arrived at the command center one after another.
"The underground base of Node 8 has sent an inquiry; they want to know what happened at the Core Node and why the chakra transmission suddenly stopped?"
"Node 6 is the same..."
"Node 7 is also the same..."
Clearly, the chain reaction had begun.
The shattering of the moon caused the Infinite Tsukuyomi to be interrupted, and the God Tree could no longer further extract the chakra of the living beings in the shinobi world.
At the Core Node, the white-hot battle between Shinji and Otsutsuki Shibai caused Shinji's chakra consumption to increase significantly, leaving him unable to transmit the chakra collected at the Core Node to the other eight key nodes.
Thus, when the chakra transmission from the Core Node was interrupted, several key nodes immediately felt the strain.
The few people in the command center looked at each other.
They had predicted that the situation would develop like this, but they didn't expect all this to come so suddenly and so urgently!
Without waiting for everyone to react, another Communication Unit shinobi stumbled into the command center: "Report, the reinforcement nail of Node 8 was affected by the battle and has been severely damaged. Their Engineering Unit is helpless and has sent a request for support to us!"
Amado hurried to the map and found the location of Node 8.
...
Key Node 8 belonged to the nodes relatively close to the Research Institute, but even so, there was a distance of several thousand kilometers between them.
Tsunade leaned over: "No, the distance is too far. Only with the help of space-time ninjutsu is there hope of arriving. I have a squad under me that masters the Flying Thunder Formation Technique which can teleport personnel over."
Sasori said: "If the Engineering Unit at Node 8 cannot repair it, it means the damage to the reinforcement nail is very severe. It's not something that can be handled by teleporting one or two people over. Your Hidden Leaf's Flying Thunder Formation Technique is useless!"
Amado said: "Sasori, you go and allocate the support personnel first! As for the matter of teleportation, leave it to me to handle!"
"Alright!"
Time was pressing, and Sasori didn't waste words; he turned to assemble the Engineering Unit.
Tsunade asked: "What method do you have?"
Amado walked out, saying: "Currently, the only one who can teleport a large number of personnel and material equipment is Ada!"
Ada's Shinjutsu Omnipotence was an almost universal Shinjutsu, and naturally, it possessed space-time capabilities. It was just that Amado was also currently unsure if Ada could accurately teleport the Engineering Unit and the accompanying equipment to Key Node 8.
...
Key Node 8.
The originally huge underground cavity had now collapsed by more than half. However, in the apocalypse-like outside world, the light was no brighter than inside the cavity, so the entire cavity remained dim.
And Ryuzetsu and Chino, who were stationed here, were now in a precarious situation.
The strength of the two of them was originally the weakest among the nine groups of guarding personnel, and the one attacking here was the Fourth Raikage controlled by the Hegemon.
The Fourth Raikage might not be the strongest among the five Kage, but he was definitely the one with the highest attainment in taijutsu among the five Kage. Before obtaining the Hegemon's power, everyone was made of flesh and blood; no matter how high the taijutsu attainment was, limited by physical limits, there was an upper limit to his power.
However, after obtaining the power of the Hegemon of Terror, the restrictions were lifted. The Fourth Raikage's upper limit was infinitely raised, and his strength instantly rose to an incomparably terrifying state.
Previously, with the chakra sent from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Ryuzetsu and Chino could still barely hold on. Now that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was interrupted and the chakra transmitted by the Core Node was also cut off, Ryuzetsu and Chino immediately fell into a predicament.
Boom
Accompanied by a loud noise, the barrier formula of Node 8 was smashed to pieces by a punch from the Fourth Raikage!
Soon, the defensive barrier protecting the shinobi world was missing a corner from the side of Node 8. However, not long after, the other key nodes increased their output, compensating for the impact brought by the damage to Node 8 and completing the defensive barrier.
Seeing the barrier formula of the node they were guarding destroyed, Ryuzetsu and Chino's faces instantly became ashen.
"Leader, large-scale cracks have appeared in the main area of the reinforcement nail. This place can no longer be affected by the battle; otherwise, the reinforcement nail will be completely destroyed..."
Suddenly, the anxious voice of the Node 8 Engineering Unit came from Ryuzetsu and Chino's headsets.
Ryuzetsu and Chino looked at each other.
Now that the barrier formula had been destroyed, if the reinforcement nail buried deep underground was also destroyed, then Node 8 would be equivalent to falling completely.
The Engineering Unit continued: "Please find a way to lead the enemy away; otherwise, we have no way to repair it at all!"
The two of them, Ryuzetsu and Chino, no longer hesitated and immediately shifted the battlefield, leading the aggressive Fourth Raikage out of the underground cavity.