Madara vs. Gold-Devouring Momoshiki (Part 2)

(This chapter has also had its chapter order adjusted, so paragraph comments have been cleared. Looking forward to everyone filling them back in~)

--Tengai Shinsei!

A massive meteor blotting out the sky, its leading edge wreathed in the scorching flames of atmospheric friction, flew in from the edge of the path's Chibaku Tensei high above, crashing toward the clearing enclosed by the tree world—the stage of Otsutsuki Momoshiki, that reckless brat!

"Nothing but big, useless tricks!"

--Inukai Kenmei!

Momoshiki braced his halberd with one hand, slammed his palm against the earth, and used Kōtakamusubi to amplify his own Earth-natured chakra, "BOOM"—conjuring eight canine heads baring their fangs, lunging at the meteor's base!

"BOOM!" As Fire-natured chakra coursed through the canine heads from within, channeled through their fangs into the meteor's interior, "CRACK!"—volcanic flame-like fissures instantly spread across the entire meteor!

"BOOM!" With an explosive roar, the meteor shattered into countless volcanic bombs, piercing through the air with supersonic booms, striking every corner of the ground, kicking up waves of explosive fire!

Momoshiki leaned on his halberd with an arrogant smirk. "See? Told you."

The corner of Madara's mouth lifted. "Then... what about the second one?"

"BOOM!" The second meteor followed close behind, crashing down to crush the canine heads, then grinding toward Momoshiki!

"Damn it!" Momoshiki's expression shifted sharply. Gripping his halberd with both hands, he channeled the strength of a thousand jun and thrust upward!

--Wild Martial Fusion Secret Technique: Murakumo Slash!

"SHING!" The blade light soaring skyward pierced straight through the second meteor from end to end!

The meteor split in two along the cut surface, slamming into the ground three hundred meters apart, standing as two erected stone mountains!

Though that slash had shattered the meteor with sheer force, Momoshiki had used full power, leaving him lacking for follow-up... The tree world surged in from all sides, closing to within ten meters of Momoshiki!

Momoshiki pulled back his crescent-blade halberd, leaping into the air with a hint of disarray!

"SHING!" The tree world converged, transforming into a towering tree of shocking growth, shooting madly toward the sky!

Momoshiki swung his great halberd fiercely in midair, blocking the giant tree's approach from below.

But just then, four Rinbo substitutes closed in to strike... Momoshiki's halberd rhythm instantly fell into chaos!

"THUD! THUD! THUD!"

His chest, back, and abdomen took several heavy blows of taijutsu rivaling Madara's own strength!

"THUD!!" After another crushing strike to his right shoulder... the crescent-blade halberd flew from his grasp!

Seeing his moment, Madara directly swapped positions with one of the Rinbo substitutes!

A single Banshō Ten'in forcibly halted Momoshiki's backward momentum!

A heavy fist, fully charged with 'Wood Style: Adamantine Power,' slammed into Momoshiki's cheek, sending rippling folds across his face, then—"BOOM!"—crashed him into the earth, sinking the ground!

The 'giant tree' that had risen high into the sky, under Madara's hand seal, transformed into a towering Wooden Golem!

The Wooden Golem launched itself into the air, its massive fist descending like Mount Tai, smashing toward the earth where Momoshiki had fallen!

If that punch landed solidly, Momoshiki would be gravely injured if not dead!

"ROOOAR! Rock Ape!"

Momoshiki roared, fusing Earth-nature and Fire-nature chakra, using Kōtakamusubi to create a Lava Giant even larger than the Wooden Golem!

Momoshiki himself merged into this Lava Giant, its stone arms covered in molten lava-like cracks, swinging violently toward the Wooden Golem's fist!

BOOM! With an earth-shaking collision, the Wooden Golem's arm exploded, and its massive body shattered under the Lava Giant's 'Thunder Plow Heat Blade' stance attack, sending wooden debris flying through the sky!

"Ah, that lava rock golem technique came out... the move that Naruto and Sasuke only defeated with 'Beast Calamity.'"

"Actually, Momoshiki's fighting style is a lot like mine—using overwhelming power for wide-open offense and defense."

"If we'd been born in the same clan, he and I might have gotten along."

"Too bad."

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Madara clasped his hands together before his chest!

"CRACKLE!" Chakra airbursts surged!

--Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands!

As the earth sank flat, a colossal Buddha statue rose, standing tall against the sky. Behind the statue was an oval backboard, and behind that backboard, thousands of upper arms were arranged in neat rows!

What is True Several Thousand Hands? A thousand arms are not its limit! If one were to count precisely, a conservative estimate would be three thousand arms!

Momoshiki was a Person from the Heavens, so naturally he had witnessed the majesty of divine power!

Within the Rock Ape statue, Momoshiki's mind was utterly shaken in that moment.

What astonished him was not the power itself, but the fact that the one wielding it was a lowly creature he inwardly despised!

"How could a mere lowly creature possess power of this magnitude!"

Madara stood atop the Buddha's head, arms crossed over his chest, his Rinnegan looking down upon the 'tiny' figure of Momoshiki on the earth below.

His original intention was to make Momoshiki back down of his own accord.

Because once the ultimate technique of Sage Art Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands—[Enlightenment of the Summit]—was unleashed at full power, it would inevitably affect the Uchiha Flame Formation protecting the statue.

The strength of that Flame Formation was enough to withstand the continuous bombardment of Tailed Beast Bombs from the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, but it could not endure the baptism of the Enlightenment of the Summit.

Inside the Rock Ape statue, Momoshiki's jaw twisted as he ground his teeth audibly!

He knew full well that he was powerless against the colossal being before him.

But Kinshiki had already been sacrificed... To make him give up now, he couldn't accept it!

"Lower life form! Don't think you can take me down like this! I know very well that the humanoid creature on the Ten-Tails shell is the weakness you care about!"

His gaze wrenched away from the Sage Great Buddha before him, shifting to the Flame Barrier standing on the ground behind.

If the Rock Ape struck with full force, that barrier might not be unbreakable.

Momoshiki's face twisted savagely. Under his fusion control, the Lava Giant took earth-shaking steps and charged toward the Uchiha Flame Formation!

"You're asking for death!" Madara's face turned icy cold. The hundred fists on the upper right corner of the Thousand-Armed Buddha gathered power and slammed down all at once!

With just this one barrage of rain-like punches, the Lava Giant's stone back was shattered to the brink of collapse, magma like blood leaking and spilling all over the ground!

But Momoshiki ignored it, driving the remnants of the stone giant to leap into the air, and with all his strength, threw a punch at one side of the Uchiha Flame Formation!

"Boom!" The fist suddenly stopped just before the barrier wall!

It turned out that the shadow of Rinbo had manifested Susanoo, blocking the punch head-on!

Behind him, another hundred giant fists rained down, completely shattering the Lava Giant into rubble!

Momoshiki escaped through the gaps in the rock fragments!

"If I hadn't absorbed this technique earlier, I really would have been helpless!"

The Rinnegan in his left palm aimed at the Flame Barrier wall!

"What was it called? Oh, Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag..."

"Heh, I wonder what kind of spectacle it will be after amplification with Kōtakamusubi!"

"Tch! To be outmaneuvered at a time like this!" Madara decisively abandoned the True Several Thousand Hands, drawing it into himself with Futo Daomei!

"Swoosh!" The next second, he appeared inside the Uchiha Flame Formation, atop the statue, and then unleashed the complete Susanoo!

As soon as he landed, the four Rinbo shadows appeared simultaneously atop the statue, also unleashing their complete Susanoo!

Five Susanoo, all armoring the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path at once!

"Make it in time!"

—Susanoo: Five-Wheel Calamity Crossing!

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