

As Naruto enters Sage Mode and creates his attack, Ōnoki lightens Gaara's sand, allowing him to manipulate it easier, which he uses to pull Madara out of Susanoo into the path of Naruto's Sage Mode-enhanced Rasenshuriken. Madara responds by activating his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and blocking the attack with his Susanoo and goes on to continue decimating the division's forces. Moving on to general melee attacks, given free reign by Kabuto, Madara wreaks havoc on the Fourth Division, prompting Ōnoki to raise the ground below him to force him into Naruto's Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan. News of this turn of events reaches the Fourth Division's location with Gaara leading the attack as Madara counters with a widespread fire technique, which is countered by the combined usage of Water Formation Wall by several shinobi. When Madara questions Mū about the user of the technique's identity, Kabuto takes full control of the Tsuchikage to explain to the reincarnated Uchiha that he brought him back and had made enhancements that have gave him greater power then he had in the prime of his life. The Allied Shinobi ForcesĪfter emerging from his coffin, Madara believed he has been brought back by Nagato using Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique until Mū reveals the technique to be Impure World Reincarnation. Also in the anime, the Kakashi's Anbu Arc: The Shinobi That Lives in the Darkness arc was shown in the interim.

This arc is preceded by the Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation and followed by the Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, though in the anime, the two-part Mecha-Naruto stand- alone episodes takes place in between both arcs. It spans through volumes 59 to 67, or more specifically, covers chapters 560 to 639 of the manga and episodes 322 to 348, as well as 362 to 375 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime. This arc sees the Allied Shinobi Forces' fight against Kabuto Yakushi, Tobi, and Madara Uchiha as part of the ongoing Fourth Shinobi World War. The Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax ( 第四次忍界大戦 (急), Daiyoji Ninkai Taisen (Kyū)), known as The Great Ninja War - Assailants From Afar ( 忍界大戦・彼方からの攻撃者, Ninkai Taisen - Kanata kara no Kōgekisha), The Great Ninja War - Sasuke and Itachi ( 忍界大戦・サスケとイタチ, Ninkai Taisen - Sasuke to Itachi) and The Great Ninja War - Team 7 Returns ( 忍界大戦・第七班再び, Ninkai Taisen - Dainanahan Futatabi) in the anime, is an arc from Part II of the series. For other uses, see Fourth Shinobi World War (disambiguation). For the actual war, see Fourth Shinobi World War.
