The Winner Decided?

The water blade slashed down from mid-air.

Obito felt a chill run down his spine, and his hair stood on end instantly!

Sakura Haruno's move was no joke. He had just witnessed the power of the Wind Blade Torrent, Danzo was easily cut in two with a single strike. Even with half Sage Body, he clearly couldn't withstand such an attack!

--You'll die.

The gazes of the three cold Mangekyō Sharingan met in mid-air for a fleeting moment.

The murderous aura clashed and intertwined fiercely in the air.

The battles between ninjas are a contest of techniques, but also a contest of wills!

Sakura Haruno's will, in the most brutal and resolute manner, confronted Obito!

Want to kill me?

Then you can trade your life for it!

Fighting with your life on the line... do you dare?

The girl's burning fighting spirit Obito!

Faced with this choice, Obito... Hollowed out.

His pupils contracted sharply as he unleashed his Kamui, causing the water blade to pass through his body. At the same time, his right hand, now only a phantom image, swept across the girl's body without sucking her into the alternate dimension.

Seeing this, Sakura Haruno didn't press the matter further. The moment her water blade missed, she activated her Ice Body Flicker Technique and disappeared from Obito's sight once again.

Swish!

The girl's figure fell from the top of the Giant God Warrior's head, looking down from her toes towards Obito.

In the clash of Ninjutsu, neither side gained the upper hand.

In the battle of wills, Sakura Haruno prevailed!

Therefore, in Obito's eyes, the way she looked at him had a somewhat condescending tone.

Obito's expression, hidden beneath his mask, darkened.

"If I don't become intangible and insist on attacking," he looked up and suddenly asked, "Would you continue attacking, determined to perish together with me, or would you use Body Flicker Technique to escape?"

"Hehehe..." Sakura Haruno sneered.

"Who knows?" she said calmly. "But before you completely absorb my body into this other dimension, I'll probably cut off your head first!"

In that case, she would still have a chance to kill Obito at the cost of serious injury.

So even if her true form were fighting here, she might still take the same approach!

"Is that so..." Obito murmured to himself, "Speaking of which, your Body Flicker Technique can only be performed using ice as a medium, right?"

Sakura Haruno, of course, wouldn't answer such a question—but Obito didn't need her response either.

"Let's get rid of this annoying ice block first!" The Masked Man stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Sakura Haruno frowned slightly.

He discovered the key point...

While the Giant God Warrior's combat power was enough to smash through the Majestic Attire Wood Golem, it was actually ineffective against an enemy like Obito, who possessed an A-rank agility—its massive body was far too sluggish for Obito's space-time Secret Technique.

However, Sakura Haruno kept expending her Chakra without dispelling it, precisely to leave a medium for her Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals Technique to Body Flicker Technique.

With the Ice Body Flicker Technique, she was able to better deal with Obito's Kamui.

It's a real shame that Obito it so quickly.

Boom!

Sakura Haruno, of course, wouldn't stand idly by while the Masked Man acted. She raised her middle and index fingers together, her Chakra surging, and manipulated her Majestic Attire God Warrior to suddenly slap her own shoulder—clearly, she didn't hit anything.

Obito, like a fly, had already flown away before the Giant God Warrior's palm could fall.

It landed in Sakura Haruno's blind spot.

He reached out and pressed his hand against the exposed pink flesh of the Giant God Warrior, his pupil power concentrated to its limit.

"Mangekyō Secret Technique: Kamui!"

Full suction power!

Obito bulged on Obito's face, and his Chakra surged wildly, instantly reaching its peak!

A tear of blood streamed silently down Obito's right eye.

The originally silent and colorless Kamui, when pushed to its limit by Obito, unexpectedly burst forth with a dazzling white light.

Swish!

A burst of white light erupted, Obito's palm suddenly emitted a dazzling Chakra light; under the influence of his immense ocular power, space itself seemed to crumble, and the colossal body of the Giant God Warrior was enveloped by Obito's terrifying suction force, twisting and spinning in an instant before disappearing into a void!

Most of the Giant God Warrior's body was completely destroyed by this attack.

The Majestic Attire God Warrior let out a mournful cry, its form suddenly shrinking back to the blue Susanoo shape.

"Now... you can't use Ice Body Flicker Technique anymore, Sakura Haruno!"

Obito's expression twisted, and a sinister grin spread across his face.

Call out--!

His response was a water jet fired from above.

Sakura Haruno stood atop Susanoo's head, her face cold and aloof. With a flick of her wrist, she sent a white, misty spray flying high into the air!

Obito's smile vanished in an instant.

The moment she sensed Obito's Chakra, the hand seals for the Water Gun Technique were already prepared in the girl's hands.

The Kamui was indeed displayed extremely quickly.

The Hand Seals for the Water Gun Technique were also incredibly fast!

A seemingly thin, yet incredibly powerful white thread fell from the sky, slashing horizontally the instant Obito absorbed the Giant God Warrior!

This time, before Obito could activate his Hollowfication, he twisted his body to avoid it, but his right hand was still touched by the water blade.

The indestructible white thread, the instant it touched Obito's flesh, separated his clothes, skin, muscles, and even bones into two unrelated pieces!

Silently, Obito's arm, along with a few pieces of cloth, broke off.

Before the pain even reached Obito's brain, and before the Masked Man could feel his arm being severed, the water blade continued its horizontal slash!

Next came the arched chest, the ribs severed first, then the lungs—

When the waterline subtly touched his spine, Obito finally activated his Hollowfication ability.

Call out!

The water jet lost its resistance and shot aimlessly toward the ground, carving a long, deep crack in the mud before being put away by Sakura Haruno.

Snap!

Obito's arm fell limply to the ground, blood splattering out and drawing a cruel black flower on the earth.

Swish!

Obito's true form staggered and fell from a short distance away.

"You've lost..." Sakura Haruno said coldly.

"Madara Uchiha."

She withdrew her Susanoo, and the duration of Sage Mode had long since ended, but against the Masked Man was missing his right hand and whose aura was in disarray, the threat was greatly reduced.

Both sides' momentum and Chakra had already declined after multiple rounds of high-intensity bursts, less than half of their peak strength; however, the injured Obito was clearly in a more disadvantageous position.

Although he can still use the Mangekyō Secret Technique to travel through time and space at will, and launch unexpected and difficult-to-defend attacks using Kamui, the Masked Man still appears very threatening to outsiders. However, in a battle between experts of this caliber, minor issues caused by his physical disability, such as decreased balance or reduced Chakra, can easily become reasons for defeat!

Obito, however, laughed.

Surprisingly, he laughed with ease!

"I..." Obito coughed up blood, his laughter subsiding as he slowly said, "It's too early to say whether I've failed!"

Suddenly, a pale, humanoid monster emerged from the ground.

"It's that again...?"

Sakura Haruno was taken aback.

Although she didn't understand the significance of the White Zetsu's appearance, the girl still subconsciously used Ninjutsu, and the silver thread chased after her and slashed again!

Call out!

The water blade cleanly and efficiently sliced White Zetsu into several pieces, but ultimately failed to touch Obito's body.

The latter landed from another spot, holding a severed White Zetsu arm in its hand.

Although his breathing was still weak from his serious injuries, the flesh and blood of the wound on his chest were moving automatically and began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He pressed White Zetsu's arm onto the smooth wound on his right hand, and the severed limb was reattached. Using someone else's arm, it grew back in the blink of an eye!

The self-healing speed of the Sage Body is terrifyingly fast!

For a moment, Sakura Haruno was completely dumbfounded.

While the speed of her recovery isn't as fast as when she uses Medical Ninjutsu, it's still incredibly impressive for a self-healing ability...

"It's almost healed..." Obito said calmly, stroking the horrific scar on his chest.

He moved his right hand: fingers, wrist, elbow.

His hands were so nimble, it was as if they had never been broken.

This is unscientific... Pshaw, this isn't Ninjutsu!

Even if the vegetative patient's arm had no rejection, and even if the Masked Man's self-healing ability was so strong that his muscles, fascia, nerves, and blood vessels could automatically align, the newly reattached arm could not possibly be so agile and free!

Because the meridians don't align.

Unless... this arm originates from the same source of power.

Sakura Haruno's clear red eyes narrowed slightly.

However, on the battlefield, she couldn't afford to be distracted by anything else.

Sakura Haruno kept it to herself, her Sharingan coldly gazing at the Masked Man not far away.

"The annoying ice block that could be used as a medium for Body Flicker Technique is gone..." Obito cracked his knuckles, looked at Sakura Haruno, and said unhurriedly, "Well then, it's time to start the third round!"

Sakura Haruno turned her head slightly and gave a cold laugh.

"Hmph... who told you the ice had disappeared?"

A detached voice escaped from the girl's crimson lips.

She was slightly out of breath as she stepped onto the muddy riverbed left after the battle.

The terrain here has been permanently altered by the battle between the two. What was originally a riverbed has now been widened into a lake, surrounded by countless scattered puddles.

The murky lake water gradually calmed and cleared after the battle transformed from a fierce melee between imposing giants into a delicate and deadly fight of Body Flicker Technique. On the tranquil lake surface, the shimmering waves near the shore turned into clear, gentle ripples, flowing gracefully beneath the delicate black sandals; the waves, laden with white Utakata, lapped against the insteps, and the clear water gently caressed the girl's rounded toes, leaving not a single grain of sand behind.

It has the perfect clarity for freezing.

Sakura Haruno slightly lifted her foot, and the shallow lake beneath her, which was waist-deep, suddenly froze into ice. The crystalline color instantly spread across the entire lake surface, and the surrounding puddles were also tinged with cold, turning into ice pools!

The girl's chest heaved as she gasped for breath, glancing defiantly at the Masked Man.

"This is really troublesome..." Obito frowned.

Where there is water, ice can form... and where there is ice, she can use the Body Flicker Technique.

"However, your stamina has also decreased significantly. Sage Mode and Susanoo gone. This freezing Ninjutsu, which had further offensive variations when dealing with Danzo, is now just a simple freezing effect," Obito coldly.

"Our remaining strength is dwindling... therefore, the battle is nearing its end..."

That's fine.

He swiftly Hand Seals and slammed his hands onto the ground, unleashing a torrent of Chakra!

"Wood Release: Hell on Earth!"

Countless thick thorns suddenly sprouted from the ground, twisting and forming a dense thicket of thorns that pierced and shattered all the ice that had frozen the lake's surface!

"This time, you can't escape. Round three... begin!"

As they were talking, Obito's figure suddenly vanished into thin air.

His Space-Time Ninjutsu was incredibly fast. As both sides began to tire, Sakura Haruno was finally unable to react to his super-fast Body Flicker Technique.

When Obito reappeared, the sharp blade in his hand had already pierced through the girl's left chest!

Blood dripped down the long sword. Sakura Haruno lowered her head with difficulty, gripped the sword, and froze on her face.

"It's over."

Obito's cold tunnel.

No... you were too hasty.

Sakura Haruno turned her head with difficulty, a strange smile appearing on her lips.

Crack.

[Second update.]

[I updated about 6500 words today... I originally finished writing this chapter at 11 PM, but I felt the plot wasn't complete and I didn't want to end it prematurely, so I added some more scenes.]