This scene was enough to leave Lin Nan dumbfounded.
The Ten-Tails had actually split into two.
The great sword, imbued with the power of three Nine-Tails and an extremely powerful Susano'o, capable of severing all creation, had cleaved the Ten-Tails into two halves in a single blow.
However, Lin Nan's words were correct; the Ten-Tails could not be killed, only sealed.
Therefore, after being split in half, each half of the Ten-Tails' body regrew the missing half.
Two Ten-Tails now stood before everyone's eyes.
"Holy cow!" Lin Nan was so shocked he couldn't speak.
If he had known he could unleash two Ten-Tails with a single strike, he never would have used the "One-Sword Slash."
In the original storyline, the Ten-Tails rarely sustained physical damage, let alone the exaggeration of being split in two.
Lin Nan would never have imagined that splitting it in half would result in the creation of two Ten-Tails.
Fortunately, the chakra of the two Ten-Tails was not identical to the original Ten-Tails; otherwise, dealing with two Ten-Tails Jinchuriki would be impossible.
The two Ten-Tails at this moment were no longer the weak forms from before. Their limbs were thick as they sprawled on the ground.
They were incredibly grotesque, their appearance alone enough to induce nausea.
Naruto swallowed and said, "Two Ten-Tails, how are we supposed to deal with this!"
"Although it has split into two individuals, the total amount of chakra has not changed. It's equivalent to dividing it in half, so the outcome is still the same, but..." Minato looked at Lin Nan, "Is this the complete form already?"
Lin Nan nodded, "It's the complete form, alright, but it's split into two? How can it be absorbed by a Jinchuriki?"
"What do you mean?" Minato asked.
Before Lin Nan could answer, the Ten-Tails, which had achieved its second stage of complete form, began to rampage.
The Ten-Tails' self-awareness had intensified. Combined with the lack of control from Obito or Madara, it directly entered its berserk state.
The two Ten-Tails opened their massive mouths and began indiscriminately unleashing Tailed Beast Bombs.
Simultaneously, the sky once again darkened with clouds, the air in the entire space grew scorching, fierce winds raged, and even the volcano Lin Nan had created earlier erupted once more.
Lin Nan, Minato, and the other two combined their strength, extending countless arms of Nine-Tails' chakra to intercept the Tailed Beast Bombs in mid-air.
However, they couldn't withstand the Ten-Tails' furious, machine-gun-like barrage. Although each Tailed Beast Bomb was smaller, any that managed to fly out was capable of annihilating dozens of lives.
Thus, the Nine-Tails could only allocate most of its chakra to create tentacles for defense against the aerial Tailed Beast Bombs.
This directly led to the Nine-Tails being forced into a passive defensive role, completely unable to participate in offensive actions.
Lin Nan wanted to reduce some of the defensive efforts and allocate more chakra to offense. After all, although the Ten-Tails had split into two, its total chakra had not changed. If it had been cut into ten pieces, perhaps the Ten-Tails' chakra would not have manifested at all.
However, as Lin Nan was about to do so, he found that the chakra could not be extracted.
Although Lin Nan had most of the control time for the upgraded Nine-Tails, the primary control was actually shared equally with Naruto.
This illusory Nine-Tails body was primarily led by the true Nine-Tails within Naruto's body, while Lin Nan's and Minato's Nine-Tails only provided chakra.
Lin Nan's control was mainly gained through the armored Susano'o.
It was akin to Naruto and Sasuke.
But now, a divergence had occurred.
Naruto wanted to protect the Allied Shinobi Forces from the Tailed Beast Bombs, as they were devastating attacks for them.
Lin Nan, however, preferred to directly land a heavy blow on the Ten-Tails.
This was a difference in their approach.
Lin Nan clearly favored using offense as a form of defense.
"Defense alone won't hold forever. The Ten-Tails is already in its complete form. We should press the attack. As long as we split the Ten-Tails into countless pieces, the emergence of a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki should be preventable!"
When Lin Nan sensed the divergence between Naruto and himself, he immediately shouted.
Naruto clearly couldn't bear to see the Allied Shinobi Forces harmed, and replied, "No, these are all living beings!"
Lin Nan was momentarily speechless. He suddenly felt that it wouldn't be a bad thing for Obito to teach Naruto a lesson.
When one has sufficient power and time, saving lives is the right thing to do.
But this was a critical moment. If the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki successfully emerged, it wouldn't just be a small number of people dying.
Minato clearly supported Naruto's approach. Even if he didn't approve, as a father, he wouldn't stop him.
Disunity among leaders is a major taboo in warfare!
Lin Nan had a headache, wishing he could transfer the task of dealing a heavy blow to the Ten-Tails to Naruto.
"If you stop the Ten-Tails' attacks, wouldn't that be equivalent to saving people too?" Lin Nan couldn't understand why they had to play defense passively.
If it were before, Lin Nan might have acquiesced, because he needed the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki to appear, needed Obito to be persuaded by Naruto's talk, and needed Obito's subsequent "Reanimation" after his redemption!
But after the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Lin Nan found that his revival held little significance.
In fact, Lin Nan's mindset had undergone a significant shift.
Perhaps initially, he was blinded by hatred after Obito had betrayed him.
Later, after calming down, he still felt that his own revival was the most important thing.
But now, revival was no longer Lin Nan's primary objective. He wanted to end this war as soon as possible and then establish his own mercenary group.
He wanted to shape his life into his dream.
So, Edo Tensei was quite good. Whether he revived or not made no difference.
In fact, for Lin Nan, death clearly made him stronger.
What is the sign of a person's maturity?
It is letting go.
If a person no longer wishes to live, can that be considered letting go or not letting go...
"Yoho, quite lively, brother!"
"My gosh, this is more apocalyptic than the doomsday I saw in my dreams!"
Just as Lin Nan and Naruto reached a point of extreme disagreement, a loud shout suddenly echoed across the battlefield.
The Allied Shinobi Forces were currently fighting hordes of Ten-Tails' clones. Upon hearing this, they all looked up.
They saw a large white bird flying in the sky, with several figures in black cloaks adorned with red clouds above it.
"What the hell, the Akatsuki? Weren't these guys sealed away? How are they back?"
"Senior brother?" Kurotsuchi's expression was complex as she looked at the familiar figure on the familiar bird.
"Does this count as one problem after another?" Shikamaru, the overall commander of the battle against the Ten-Tails' clones, sighed, "So troublesome!"
"The Akatsuki?" Naruto was also taken aback by the sight.
Lin Nan, however, said, "Don't worry, they are on our side."
"What do you mean?" Naruto was confused.
Lin Nan said irritably, "Can we first manage our own situation?"