Madara vs. Kinshiki, Momoshiki

Madara stared down at the two, his thoughts meticulous as silk.

"Appearing as if on cue, with the air of a predator toying with prey—clearly this is no coincidence."

"Likely hidden in one of the spaces we passed through earlier, they sensed our Space-Time opening and followed."

"Seven or eight chances it's the Ice and Snow Space, because in Chen's illusion, the place where they fought Sasuke was a palace covered in drifting white snow."

Momoshiki's Byakugan, veiled beneath his headdress, scrutinized Madara in turn.

"Oh? Rinnegan, and quite formidable Chakra at that. Kaguya's Ten-Tails vessel is being manipulated by his Rinnegan."

"Kinshiki, go and take him down."

"With pleasure, Lord Momoshiki."

"Boom!" A massive red light ring manifested on Kinshiki's back—his weapon, the Wave God.

He spoke respectfully: "However, it may dirty your headdress with the filthy blood of a lower being. Please step down from my shoulder for now, Lord Momoshiki!"

Momoshiki rose from his seated position, floating upright into the air, showing no intention of joining the fight.

Madara raised an eyebrow, thinking: "Oh? Claiming to be a god, too proud to gang up... Good, suits me fine."

Because more than a thirst for battle, Chen's safety was the top priority.

Chen had already entered shock due to cardiac arrest.

Hashirama Cells would delay the process of death to a considerable extent—this was now a race against the Shinigami.

Would he awaken first, or fade first? Madara had no way of knowing.

The only thing he was certain of was that Chen could absolutely not suffer any form of secondary damage!

Madara's gaze turned to the chest of the 'Demonic Statue'—the Hashirama Clone that was establishing a Life Link with Chen through Twin Flowers!

Absolutely... absolutely must not let this statue be caught in the crossfire!

One-on-one was relatively safer!

When engaging, I need to stay as far from the statue as possible, but not so far that Momoshiki can ambush it.

"Lower being, now is not the time for you to be looking around!"

Kinshiki descended with overwhelming pressure, his giant hand gripping a red light blade forged by the Wave God, sweeping downward!

--Wild Martial Fusion!

Madara swiftly dodged ten meters away, formed Hand Seals at lightning speed, then pressed his palms together!

"Boom!" The light blade split the earth, its red sword aura sweeping forward, closing in on Madara—only to be forcefully deflected by the blazing golden flames erupting from his clasped hands!

"Shing!" He slowly parted his palms, the vertical column of golden fire stretched horizontally into the shape of a sword!

"This is a fusion of Hashirama's Sage Art power and Uchiha swordsmanship..."

--Sage Art: Sword of Blazing Divine Radiance!

"A paltry trick, and you dare show off before a god!"

Kinshiki charged in, dual blades swinging in unison, his burly frame moving with the grace of a butterfly and the speed of lightning!

The twin blades, following the flow of his body, wove a trajectory of soul-chasing death, each strike aimed straight at Madara's vitals!

But Madara, clad in his crimson rose God Robe, darted and flashed with ease between the entwined death-blades, the golden flame sword in his hand tracing scorching streams of fire!

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"

With every violent clash of sword and blade, streams of flame were shaken loose from the fire sword—yet they did not extinguish in the air. Instead, they transformed into golden fireballs, floating behind Madara, drifting and swirling as he danced with his blade!

The fireballs accumulated, but the might of the flame sword showed no sign of waning!

"Is this level of Taijutsu and swordsmanship... something a human can achieve!?"

Kinshiki grew restless under the prolonged assault, and the ever-multiplying fireballs stirred an ominous premonition within him!

The shift in his mindset showed in the details of his movements. Madara's eyes sharpened, he accelerated his assault, seized an opening, and with a "Clang!" sent Kinshiki's twin red blades flying into the air!

Kinshiki's lapse displeased Momoshiki, who frowned tightly.

"Kinshiki, what are you doing!"

"Lord Momoshiki! I will subdue him now!"

"Crack!" Kinshiki pulled a massive red battle-axe from the Wave God, his form abruptly transforming into a purple lightning bolt, charging at Madara with godlike speed!

--Divine Pursuit!

This was the very same transcendent Shunshin that had once forced Sasuke to use Amenotejikara!

"!" Madara was caught off guard by the Face-to-Face charge!

--Limbo: Border Jail!

"Whoosh!" But Madara reacted with divine speed—just as his body was sent flying and the giant axe came crashing down, he left a Limbo shadow in place to take the fatal blow, while his real form ghosted behind Kinshiki like a specter!

"His Rinnegan's ability!?" The Limbo shadow was cleaved and vanished before Kinshiki's eyes, leaving him stunned.

At that moment, the pursuing golden fireballs furiously merged into the flame sword in Madara's hand... transforming it into a giant flame blade rivaling Susanoo itself!

Madara swung both swords, aiming a decapitating strike at Kinshiki!!

—Solar Judgment!

"!!!" Kinshiki recoiled in shock, twisting his head to evade with all his might, dodging the decapitating blade by a hair's breadth!

"Crack!!!" His head was spared, but the horn atop it was cleaved off, soaring a hundred meters into the sky before falling toward the horizon!

The blade's passing erupted with a scorching, sun-like blaze, searing the left half of Kinshiki's exposed head and the Byakugan in his left eye into charred scars!

Disfigured, blinded!

"Ughaaa...!" Kinshiki's harrowing scream echoed beneath the heavens!

The Fire-Brilliant Deity Sword in Madara's hand dissipated, and he said coldly, "Calling yourself a god, and this is all you've got?"

"Roooar! You've thoroughly pissed me off, lower life-form!!"

Kinshiki's five fingers ignited with five crimson torches, slamming them into the earth!

—Kama-tsuchi!

"Boom rumble...!!"

A divine force several times stronger than Tsunade's Hundred-Healing Might shattered the ground!!

Madara was blasted back, activating Susanoo's skeletal frame to steady his footing!

—Amatsubasa!

Over a dozen giant crimson weapons created by Wave God shot toward Madara alongside Kinshiki's charging figure!

Madara clasped his hands together in the 'Snake' seal!

"Boom!" Thick tree roots erupted, twisting to ensnare Kinshiki!

Kinshiki manipulated the chaotic blades from a distance, cleaving through the approaching trees, and slammed into Madara's Susanoo skeleton with overwhelming force!

"Boom!!" The skeleton shattered... Kinshiki gripped his twin axes, swinging them down at Madara, now stripped of Susanoo's protection!

"You've walked right into this..."

Madara's Rinnegan in both eyes trembled with light simultaneously!

—Limbo: Three-Phase Killing Array!

"Shk!" "Shk!" "Shk!"

Three Limbo figures emerged from three directions in an instant, their staff-like weapons piercing into Kinshiki's ribs, back, and flank, pinning him in place, immobile!

Madara formed the 'Rat' seal at his chest!

—Sage Art: Enlightened God Gate!

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"

Three crimson Torii Gates descended from the sky, stacking into a formation that pressed down on his shoulders and locked his head, completely suppressing Kinshiki's massive form!

"One down first." Madara's gaze was icy, leaping backward into the air, his chest seal shifting to 'Horse'!

—Sage Art: Great Fire Destruction!

"Boom!!" A deluge of flames condensed into a single, dense elliptical fireball, like a small meteor, crushing toward Kinshiki!

If it struck, Kinshiki would be reduced to ash on the spot.

"Kinshiki is no match for him..." Momoshiki, stepping in high-heeled wooden clogs, drifted down onto the beam of the Enlightened God Gate atop Kinshiki's head, removing the black glove from his right hand, revealing the crimson Rinnegan in his palm, facing the blazing inferno!

"Truly surprising, that a being of your caliber could be born on Kaguya's earth..."

—Kōtakamusubi!

"Whoosh!" The vast sea of flames instantly poured into the Rinnegan in his palm!

Madara narrowed his eyes: "Ah, so that's Kōtakamusubi. The right eye absorbs, then the left eye releases it back with several times the power. I didn't expect it could even absorb Sage Techniques instantly."

Momoshiki bit off the glove on his left hand, revealing the 'Rinnegan' for release.

"With the power of that Fire Release of mine, if it's amplified several times and sent back, it could break through the defense of a Perfect Susanoo!"

"But no matter, that attack carries no Yin-Yang Release. This Impure World Reincarnation body of mine can instantly..."

Just then, a dangerous smile crept across Momoshiki's lips. "I noticed you kept glancing at the Ten-Tails' husk while fighting Kinshiki. You care about it, don't you?"

Momoshiki sneered, aiming the Rinnegan in his left palm at the Demonic Statue in the distance!

Madara's pupils contracted sharply: "Not good!"

From Momoshiki's left palm Rinnegan, Sage Art: Great Fire Destruction was amplified and released, swelling to a scale rivaling Tengai Shinsei, pressing toward the Demonic Statue with overwhelming force!

Kōtakamusubi... the amplification factor was at least four times!

The instant he sensed Momoshiki's intent, the eye of Cloth Blade Life Reversal hidden beneath Madara's crimson God Robe sucked itself into his body!

Before the flame's vanguard could engulf the Demonic Statue, he shifted and appeared, spreading his hands into an umbrella-lizard-shaped barrier!

As the flames touched the barrier, they rapidly collapsed, funneling into it end to end!

Hungry Ghost Path: Seal Technique Absorption Seal—though its absorption efficiency was far inferior to Kōtakamusubi, and it couldn't amplify and send back, its silent nullification effect could protect the Demonic Statue behind him. It was the most suitable counter for the moment!

"Oh? You're quite adept at using the Rinnegan, for a lower lifeform..."

"Swoosh swoosh!" A matrix of Chakra rods pierced through the trail of flames, raining down in a volley.

"And how will you absorb this, then?"

Madara watched coldly as Susanoo instantly condensed into a long-legged form, a string of Yasakani no Magatama hurled forward to intercept the matrix of Chakra rods!

"Clang clang!"

After a flash of sparks and collisions, one Yasakani no Magatama broke through the formation!

It shot past Momoshiki's stunned gaze, grazing by his side...

"Clang!" Whether Madara intended it or not, that magatama was imbued with extreme range, flying over the top of the Bright God Gate suppressing Kinshiki and slamming into a distant mountain wall!

Momoshiki pinched the headscarf torn by the magatama's edge, gritting his teeth as he ripped it apart.

"Don't get cocky, lower lifeform!"

Momoshiki lashed his sleeve violently, and the black Chakra rods rained down once more—this time, he empowered them with Shinra Tensei!

The immense piercing force directly shattered Madara's Susanoo (skeletal form, incomplete)!

"Not good—this time the rods' trajectory... covers Hashirama's artificial body!"

In the nick of time, Madara used Body Flicker to block!

"Slap!" The residual force of the black rods shattered Madara's right half. "The robe Hikari made for me... ruined."

Momoshiki flickered in, gripping Madara's throat with a cold sneer: "So it's not the Ten-Tails shell itself you care about, but this creature of unclear significance embedded in its chest?"

Ignoring Madara's expressionless face, Momoshiki stared at his right half, drifting with dust and debris.

"And this grotesque body of yours, a soul clinging to dust... a living corpse? Looks like a technique unique to Kaguya's land. Lower lifeforms sometimes manage to spark a flicker of wisdom after all!"

"It doesn't matter to me. You'll all become my prey! The unclear lower lifeform behind you, the Ten-Tails shell, and the two hiding—none are exceptions!"

—Sacrifice Refining Core!

Momoshiki's right palm Rinnegan began devouring Madara's Chakra.

Madara remained expressionless, but his left palm shot up like lightning, clamping onto Momoshiki's wrist!

"Lower lifeform, you say?"

"Hm? This grip strength." Momoshiki frowned, trying to pull his wrist free, only to find it wouldn't budge...

Then, roots surged from the gap in Madara's right half, crawling up Momoshiki's body!

Madara released his left hand, reached into the gap of the roots in his right half, and pulled out a scroll densely packed with the character 'Explode' from inside his own body, pasting it onto Momoshiki's chest, shoulder, and flank!

Such a fluid, seamless maneuver!

Could it be... he let me catch him on purpose!

Momoshiki's face showed wariness!

What... what is he trying to do!

Madara's gaze darkened: "It wouldn't do to involve Chen."

Cloth Blade Life Reversal—the mechanism of this Space-Time dojutsu is to teleport a 'marked object' to another 'marked object'; the caster doesn't have to go along.

"Whoosh!" The large vortex released from the eye beneath Madara's chest sucked in the Demonic Statue behind him, following the mark of the Yasakani no Magatama, teleporting it to the mountain wall!

"This is a technique developed by the man I despise most, using what you call 'sparks of wisdom.' It's specifically adapted for this Impure World Reincarnation body—a technique to drag the enemy down with me. My Impure World Reincarnation body will revive instantly. Yours? Not so much."

"Pfft!" Madara blew a breath, pasting the final Explosion Tag talisman onto Momoshiki's startled, uncertain face!

"You keep calling me a lower lifeform—what kind of lifeform are you?"

—Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag!

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