Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32676759-20170725042729/@comment-734582-20171012085311

Natrix Spiritual Cloak Gleam wrote: I dont think the weapons are chakra since zetsu told it was supernatural. If he really was completely invincible as zetsu said, then I think he'll defeat TTJ madara if the hype is true , not to mention it came from zetsu who knows kaguya and madara. Yea no. Black Zetsu was absolutely right though, when he said that Itachi was invincible. I mean, we know Jiraiya was comparable in strength to him, and Nagato was comparable to Jiraiya. So with that sword and shield, sure i get that Black Zetsu thought it gave enough of an edge to have Itachi win.

At that point in time however, Hashirama was dead and his Edo sealed. Madara was dead and the plan to resurrect him far from completion. The Juubi wasn't resurrected. People we know would kick his ass were dead and unable to fight, or not yet in existence (e.g. SPSM Naruto or Rinnegan Sasuke). And i mean, if you're dead or not yet in existence, how are you going to fight?

So yes, look at the context.