Absorbing the God Tree

Chapter 753: Absorbing the God Tree

Yasuo... no, Shimiya Aoba... was dead?

How could this be?

Kakashi and the others, who had unknowingly become mere spectators, all wore looks of disbelief.

Although they had no idea what Madara had done at the end or why Aoba had suddenly dropped dead, causing his final attack to veer slightly off target, the victor was king. Whoever laughed last was the true winner.

Even if Aoba had really been just a hair's breadth away from killing Madara, the one who had died now was him—not Madara.

Madara had endured that sword strike, which had been like the terrifying might of heaven, yet not only had he failed to die, he was rapidly healing and regenerating.

What a pity. He had been so close!

But just then, everyone began to look puzzled. They quieted down and listened carefully, as if there were some sound. Who was beating a drum?

"Thump, thump!"

"Thump, thump!"

Kakashi suddenly widened his eyes and pointed in a direction, exclaiming, "The sound is coming from over there!"

Everyone turned their eyes in that direction. They saw nothing else, only a corpse.

Shimiya Aoba's corpse!

And then...

"Thump, thump!"

This time, they all heard it clearly!

The sound was even louder than before!

"That's not the sound of a drum. It's the sound of a heartbeat!" someone cried out.

Everyone took a careful look and discovered that it was indeed so!

Shimiya Aoba, who had completely lost all signs of life, now had a chest that was rising and falling.

Just how powerful was the heart inside him?

The sound alone was like a war drum being beaten!

Madara immediately looked shocked. "That's impossible. His heart had clearly already..."

He suddenly found himself unable to continue.

Because when White Zetsu had