"Finally finished!" Madara watched the barrier take shape, and the weight in his heart finally lifted.
He turned to Kinshiki, a ruthless glint flashing through his eyes.
"I've disliked this Ōtsutsuki for a long time!"
Whoosh!
With a piercing tear through the air, Madara stomped hard, launching himself at Kinshiki like a cannonball.
While still in midair, Sage Markings suddenly appeared on Madara's face—the sign that he had entered Sage Mode!
After entering Sage Mode, Madara's strength rose tremendously. The long blade in his hand gleamed coldly as it slashed straight at Kinshiki with fierce momentum.
Faced with Madara's ferocious attack, Kinshiki remained unusually calm.
He lightly swung the fishing rod in his hand, colliding with Madara's blade with a crisp clang.
The tremendous force of the clash sent Madara flying back several meters, but he did not pause. Instead, he swiftly formed a hand seal in midair, his chest swelling as he shouted:
"Sage Art, Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
As Madara's voice fell, four enormous flaming dragon heads erupted from his mouth.
The flaming dragon heads bared their fangs and claws, roaring with blazing fire as they hurtled toward Kinshiki like a pack of savage fire dragons.
A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Kinshiki's mouth as he raised his fish basket. "Oh? Bringing me food?"
The red fish basket glimmered faintly, as though gathering some kind of power.
Suddenly, a powerful whirlwind formed above the basket, spinning with a deafening howl.
Yet surprisingly, the whirlwind had no effect whatsoever on the Fire Release techniques!
With four deafening booms, four blazing fireballs streaked forward like meteors and crashed directly into Kinshiki.
Madara clearly had not expected this fool Kinshiki to be so careless that he would not even dodge the attack.
In an instant, the flames slammed