Urashiki looked at Madara's Rinnegan with surprise and said,
"That's the Rinnegan? How could a human possess such eyes?"
Kinshiki frowned deeply. As an Otsutsuki, he could naturally see Madara's Limbo.
The muscles in his arms bulged, and he exerted force with his fist, shaking off Madara's shadow and returning to Urashiki's side.
Urashiki glanced at Kinshiki and said,
"There's something strange about that man, but he should know a lot about Kaguya. We'll keep him alive later."
Kinshiki nodded slightly and said,
"I'll take care of him before Lord Momoshiki returns."
The two chatted as if no one else was around, seemingly not taking Ban seriously.
Ban squinted and walked straight towards Kinshiki without turning his head, saying...
"Itachi, you guys retreat further away. These two are no match for you."
Itachi was aware of this as well. He waved to the Anbu behind him and then used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.
Ban walked up to Kinshiki and looked up to meet his gaze.
Although Madara's figure appeared somewhat petite compared to Kinshiki, his aura was in no way inferior.
Neither of them liked to waste words. Kinshiki's eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand to smash down hard on Ban.
Ban dodged the attack with a quick movement, Kinshiki's punch slammed into the ground, creating several winding cracks.
Urashiki had already floated up. Looking at the billowing dust below, he said helplessly,
"The scenery here is beautiful; it would be such a waste to ruin it."
Amidst the dust and mist, a red light flickered in and out, and Kinshiki emerged from it. He drew a giant axe from the red ring on his back, gripped it in his hand, and slashed at the air beside him.
With a muffled thud, Ban's shadow was once again slashed away.
Just then, Susanoo appeared above Kinshiki with Susanoo activated, and a huge skeletal hand slammed down on Kinshiki.
Kinshiki, however, neither dodged nor avoided, but instead released a spatial vortex from his Byakugan, sucking him in.
Ban's attack missed completely and landed on the ground.
Ban raised an eyebrow and said in a low voice,
"This is... Kamui?"
After saying that, Madara's eyes sharpened, and Kinshiki emerged from behind him, Susanoo with an axe.
His weapon was far superior to Danzo's Kunai; the first form of Susanoo was riddled with cracks under this attack.
Madara quickly increased the output of his Pupil Power, and azure Chakra flames erupted from Susanoo, instantly covering its armor and sending Kinshiki flying.
The half-body Susanoo enveloped Madara's body, Urashiki, watching from above, immediately became interested.
"What is this? It's quite interesting!"
This was also the first time that Kinshiki had seen Susanoo, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Facing an enemy far larger than himself, the giant axe in his hand transformed once more, turning into a red guan dao (a type of halberd).
He gripped the Susanoo.
Susanoo caught the energy blade with its hand, then opened its other hand, revealing a string of blue Tomoe, which it then tossed all of them toward Kinshiki.
"The Yasakani no Magatama!"
A red light flashed behind Kinshiki, and a shield flew out, blocking Kinshiki's path.
Boom boom boom!
A series of explosions rang out, and Susanoo's attacks were all blocked. Immediately afterwards, purple lightning crackled from Kinshiki's body as he charged toward Susanoo at incredible speed.
Kinshiki's impact was extremely powerful, Susanoo, while Madara was sent flying out of Susanoo ahead of time.
This time, Madara didn't rush to attack. He looked at the utterly destroyed environment below and thought to himself,
"No, I have to lure these two away!"
Thinking of this, Ban turned around and flew towards the Valley of the End.
Urashiki, who had been watching the game, paused for a moment, then shouted,
"Hey! Why did it run away?"
Kinshiki appeared beside him and said in a deep voice,
"He was afraid the incident would spread here, so he wanted to lure us away."
"Uh, actually I know..."
Kinshiki glanced in the direction Madara had left and said,
"That man is quite valuable; if we capture him, we'll definitely be able to extract a lot of information about Kaguya!"
Urashiki nodded and said,
"Then let's play along with him!"
After saying that, the two of them followed.
Shortly after the two left, Minato arrived with Itachi and Obito.
Looking at the traces of battle left around him, Minato gasped and sighed.
"Such severe damage in such a short time, is this the Otsutsuki?"
Obito frowned, looked around, and asked,
Where are they?
Itachi responded,
"Madara must have lured them away, because if the fighting continued like this, Konoha would be in danger."
A look of doubt appeared on Obito's face; he found it hard to believe that Madara would care about such a thing.
Itachi saw through Obito's thoughts and shook his head.
"Madara has changed a lot during this time; he seems to really like Konoha now."
Obito snorted coldly and said nothing more.
Minato patted him on the shoulder and said to Itachi,
"Itachi, where do you think Madara will take them? Those two are very strong, we can't let Madara face them alone."
Itachi thought for a moment, then said hesitantly,
"If it were Madara, he would most likely choose the Valley of the End as the location for the battle!"
Minato nodded. At present, the Valley of the End was indeed the best location for the battle. He looked at Obito and said,
"Obito, use your Kamui to take Itachi and me there. Everyone else, stay here. We don't know where Senga is now. We'll have to rely on ourselves to protect Konoha!"
"Teacher, I understand."
Although Obito still harbored hatred for Madara, he still chose to fight alongside Madara at this critical moment.
Valley of the End
Madara was locked in combat with Kinshiki. Although Madara's Taijutsu were somewhat weaker than Kinshiki's, with Limbo activated, Kinshiki was essentially fighting five Madaras at once, so it was he who was at a disadvantage.
When he finally broke free from the shadows and rushed in front of Madara, Madara slightly opened his eyes and unleashed a Shinra Tensei, sending the Kinshiki flying back.
Moreover, whether it was Madara's intention or not, Kinshiki was thrown in the direction that was right at the mouth of the Hashirama statue, directly creating a hole in "Hashirama's" mouth.
After a while, Kinshiki flew out of Hashirama's mouth, surrounded by several red weapons.
Madara immediately summoned his shadows to his front, blocking Kinshiki from the outside.
However, the weapons summoned by Kinshiki took the opportunity to scatter in all directions and then attacked Madara all at once.
Madara spread his arms and unleashed Shinra Tensei once more, deflecting the weapons.
Just as Shinra Tensei disappeared, several red origami cranes suddenly appeared to Madara's side.