From Quantitative Change to Qualitative Change

Madara's identity was special.

The training ground had also been specially arranged by Konoha.

Aside from Orochimaru and the others, no one else was present.

After Shamu transferred all the energy replicated from Six Paths Mode into Madara,

Madara's sheer pressure immediately forced everyone else to retreat again and again.

Tsunade, Kakashi, and the others were somewhat worried as well.

However, Naruto and Sasuke did not share that concern.

Naruto's daughter-in-law, Uchiha Hikari, was Madara's student. Having spent more time around Madara, Naruto had gained a certain understanding of him.

He was not overly worried about Madara.

On the other hand, his father, Minato Namikaze, was no pushover either.

With the Nine-Tails inside him, Naruto could directly sense Minato's strength.

Since they had both inherited their power from Shamu, their total energy reserves had been measured against Shamu's.

Although Minato was somewhat weaker than Madara, he was not so weak that he lacked any ability to fight back.

Minato excelled at space-time ninjutsu.

As for Sasuke, for one thing, he trusted the clan head's judgment.

For another, he felt that Madara was actually a very safe person.

At this stage, Madara would not attack the weak.

After all, the greatest humiliation Madara had suffered had come from the Otsutsuki Clan.

If another Otsutsuki attacked, there was no need to say it—Madara would definitely be the first to rush forward and beat them to death.

Furthermore, Sasuke naturally knew all about Uchiha Madara.

His greatest weakness was Uchiha Izuna.

If Izuna could be resurrected, Madara would be even less likely to act recklessly.

After Shamu finished transferring the Chakra, Madara could not help feeling stirred up.

Having once stood at the peak, how could he endure being a rookie?

Madara stared at Shamu with blazing eyes.

Shamu laughed. "Don't tell me you want to fight me."

Madara's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. "Why not!?"

Shamu rolled his neck.

"I know you definitely won't be satisfied unless we fight, but the truth is, you might not be able to break through my defenses."

Madara focused slightly. "That Susanoo of yours?"

Shamu smiled faintly as Sage Art War God Armor instantly emerged from his body.

"Come on. Give it a try."

"Good!" Madara's battle intent soared.

His ocular power erupted, and eight vague Limbo Clones appeared around him.

Among those present, only Sasuke could see them apart from Shamu.

Sasuke was shocked at the sight of so many Limbo Clones. How had Madara become so much stronger?

Even Madara himself was somewhat surprised.

The Chakra and ocular power within him even made him feel as if he had not yet fully mastered them.

Buzz...

The Moon Eye emitted a faint glow.

All eight Limbo Clones clapped their hands together.

Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang!

Eight beams of aurora sliced toward Shamu.

The people around them were startled. Although they could not see the Limbo Clones, the appearance of the light made it clear.

There were eight attacks in total.

"Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz..."

The eight rays flashed past in an instant, cutting across Shamu's body.

Yet after striking the Sage Art War God Armor, the attacks did not even raise a ripple.

Still, the eight attacks depleted quite a bit of Shamu's Sage Art Chakra.

After all, Madara's total energy now matched Shamu's.

If Shamu did not put in some effort, he would embarrass himself.

Shamu thought briefly. He could try out the Shikotsumyaku he had only just enhanced.

The skin over his body split apart, and bone armor automatically emerged.

Kimimaro's bone armor had originally been Shamu's idea, and Shamu had guided him throughout the development of the technique.

Although it was Shamu's first time using it, he had now reached a level where he could see the bigger picture.

After the gray bone armor appeared, it continuously folded and compressed. Through Hyper-Compression, it became close-fitting bone armor.

In the end, it turned into a thin layer and perfectly fused with the Sage Art War God Armor.

The gray-white bone armor, golden Susanoo armor, and black Sage Art markings made Shamu appear even more imposing.

"Come on, continue."

It took Shamu only two breaths to form the bone armor.

Naturally, Madara had not been idle during that time. The earlier Storm Release Light Fang had merely been a probing attack.

At this moment, all eight Truth-Seeking Orbs around him flew out.

They were grasped by the Limbo Clones in eight separate dimensions.

With a thought from Madara,

everyone other than Sasuke saw the eight Truth-Seeking Orbs transform into weapons in midair.

Then all those weapons aimed at Shamu.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... Amid fierce gusts of wind, several shadows flashed past.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A dense series of impacts rang out, sending countless ripples exploding through the air.

All kinds of sounds continuously rang from Shamu's new War God Armor.

Yet he was carefully observing it. With the bone armor incorporated into this new type of War God Armor,

the Sage Art Chakra continuously shifted the locations it adhered to.

When an attack became too powerful, the bone armor and Susanoo armor would take turns rushing forward to withstand it.

Although Madara's attacks came at an extremely rapid pace, Shamu remained completely unshakable.

"These quantitative changes still aren't enough to produce a qualitative change."

Shamu had not attacked even once so far, allowing Madara to strike as he pleased.

Madara's Moon Eye did not excel at offense. Its strength lay in being absurdly hard to kill.

Given Madara's current condition, with endless body-swapping, he simply could not be killed.

In the end, it would merely become a tedious battle of whoever possessed more Chakra and ocular power.

That was why Shamu spoke up to remind him.

He also wanted to see whether Madara in this form possessed a more powerful attack.

After all, whenever his own ocular power and energy increased,

he could quickly develop new techniques.

Madara had already mentally prepared himself for the current result.

After all, Jigen in Karma State II had likewise been unable to break Shamu's defenses.

Although Truth-Seeking Orbs were powerful, they did not restrain Shamu.

While controlling the eight Limbo Clones, Madara had also been continuously comprehending his own power.

After Shamu spoke, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Madara.

Under his control, the eight Limbo Clones shifted left and right as though they were changing places.

Then, the instant they emerged from the gaps between dimensions and vanished again,

Madara's ocular power erupted, causing the entire space to tremble.

All eight Limbo Clones overlapped.

The instant the Limbo Clones merged, a fist slammed into the front of Shamu's War God Armor.

Boom!

The enormous force caused Shamu's War God Armor to cave in...

Before the War God Armor could shatter, all the Limbo Clones were suddenly frozen in place!

Like a paused image.

Madara had only just created this technique. It was his first time making Limbo Clones merge across dimensions.

The cost to him was considerable.

But the shock in his heart was even greater.

Shamu drifted lightly backward. As his ocular power erupted, the entire space began to shake.

Void Return!

Starting from the folds at the edges, the space twisted toward the center.

The Limbo Clones' forms distorted and spun continuously, eventually becoming a sphere.

"Let's stop here," Shamu said calmly.

Madara said nothing, but when he closed the Moon Eye and his Six Paths robes faded away, it was clear that he no longer wished to fight.

Shamu inwardly let out a slight sigh of relief.

After all, Madara possessed an equal amount of energy. He could not be underestimated.

He had nearly embarrassed himself.