Taming!

As a man who had come through an era of chaos, battle was rooted in Uchiha Madara's instincts.

No matter what angle Kagami Uchiha attacked from, he could always strike at the perfect moment with the most appropriate method.

This was the first time Sukuna had extended his power into the outside world.

In the past, Kagami Uchiha had always drawn on his Cursed Energy before or after battle.

Now.

Simply drawing on it was no longer enough.

He covered Sukuna's Cursed Energy with his own Chakra, forcibly using it as a source of power during battle.

It was a change from a fixed power source to a mobile one.

Before, Sukuna had viewed things as though he were watching through a screen. Now, he was experiencing them firsthand.

His true body was still sealed away, and vast amounts of Cursed Energy were being drained.

In fact, if Sukuna resisted fiercely, he could still cause delays in the energy supply.

But Sukuna was more than happy to see this happen.

Use more...

Use even more!

Sooner or later, you'll become intoxicated by this overwhelming power!

Kagami Uchiha had no qualms about using Sukuna's power.

What master would reject his own mount?

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The twin blades collided with the Scythe Blade, sending waves of sound rippling outward.

Uchiha Madara's body did not allow him to make broad, sweeping movements. His figure shifted like a ghost, and no one could tell when the scythe would swing down.

He really was like...

the Death God!

By comparison, Kagami Uchiha's figure darted and flashed through the air. Every movement was flawless, graceful as a startled swan and nimble as a swimming dragon.

A dazzling fighting style had always been the outsider's filter through which they viewed the Uchiha.

Looking at Kagami Uchiha, Uchiha Madara felt as though he were seeing his former self from long ago.

"I once encountered a ninja clan that manipulated ghostly energy. They raised Evil Entities and carved Curse Marks into their own bodies, borrowing the Evil Entities' power in battle."

"Kagami, as a member of the Uchiha Clan, you're actually borrowing that kind of filthy thing?"

Uchiha Madara could not see Sukuna, but with his experience, he could identify the nature of an energy the moment it came into contact with him.

He could still be certain that something utterly evil was dwelling inside Kagami Uchiha's body.

"Filthy..."

"Brat! Cut him down! Chop that old fool to pieces!!"

"Take as much power as you need!!"

Ignoring Sukuna's furious barking, Kagami Uchiha chuckled.

"I can even control the Sharingan. What's a mere Evil Entity compared to that?"

"That's true." Uchiha Madara naturally agreed with Kagami's words.

At the same time, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eye sockets began to spin wildly.

"Then let me test the power you possess as an Uchiha!"

Boom!!

Terrifying Dojutsu Power poured out!

A blood-soaked battlefield filled with the sounds of slaughter appeared in an instant.

Within the battlefield.

An indescribable palm, with the curtain of time flowing across it, shifted constantly between old, robust, and youthful.

It gripped a jet-black spear, whose tip possessed an edge sharp enough to pierce through space-time!

Screech!!

A violent burst of pain shot straight into Kagami Uchiha's nerves. He felt as if a sharp weapon had pierced through his heart!

A huge hole appeared in his chest.

Genjutsu—the ability the Uchiha Clan was most renowned for.

With Uchiha Madara's mastery of Genjutsu, only Hashirama Senju had ever been immune to it.

A pair of Crimson Eyes stretched across the battlefield, so enormous that their size defied imagination.

Compared to them, Kagami Uchiha was like a grain of sand before the stars.

Amid the vast, oceanic Dojutsu Power, strands of black-and-red threads wove together into a canopy.

Then came a carriage and warhorses.

Kagami Uchiha stood atop the War Chariot, the hole in his chest already filled.

The surging Dojutsu Power descending from the sky was blocked by the War Chariot's canopy.

"You... didn't awaken the Mangekyo?!"

This time, Uchiha Madara was genuinely shocked.

Whether it was his earlier battle through White Zetsu or the recent exchange of physical techniques,

the Dojutsu Power Kagami had displayed had unquestionably surpassed the Three Tomoe!

Uchiha Madara even felt that when he had first awakened the Mangekyo, his Dojutsu Power had not been this strong.

Yet now, in this true clash of Genjutsu, as their Dojutsu Power intertwined...

This brat still had not awakened the Mangekyo!

He only had the Three Tomoe!

"Because I don't want to hurt my brother."

Kagami Uchiha looked up at the blood-soaked eyes above the battlefield.

"I want to obtain an inexhaustible supply of Dojutsu Power directly! That's one of the reasons I came looking for you."

"Very good."

"Very good!"

"Remarkable, Kagami!"

The bloody eyes hung like a moon.

Young Uchiha Madara.

He strode out through the Blood Moon.

His scarlet plate armor was drenched in an overwhelming battle lust.

Uchiha Madara charged toward the War Chariot with a wild laugh, brimming with excitement.

"Then I, Uchiha Madara, will be your opponent!!"

As fellow users of ocular techniques, in a clash of consciousness through Genjutsu, the instant either side revealed emotions such as fear, apprehension, or reverence, they would quickly be defeated.

Spiritual Energy was the most formidable power Uchiha Madara possessed at present.

And this happened to be the field in which Kagami Uchiha excelled most!

Kagami Uchiha extended both hands, crossing his fingers like a pair of wings. His smile grew more vicious.

Darkness surged atop the War Chariot, as if it were nurturing something supremely vicious and evil.

With an ominous eagle cry, the first monster burst from the darkness.

It had the face of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the limbs of a tiger, the tail of a snake, and a pair of enormous eagle wings.

That was exactly how the Nue of legend was described.

One Nue Beast after another charged out. Endless darkness surged like a tide, covering the blood-soaked battlefield!

Yin Release—Nue Massacre

Slash!!!

The Azure Blade cut the nearest Nue Beasts into black water.

The enormous Susanoo Blade stretched across hundreds of meters, illuminating the gloomy space!

A simple skeletal frame covered Uchiha Madara.

"You don't have the Mangekyo, so let me tell you."

"This is the ultimate ocular technique dwelling within the Mangekyo—a perfect method combining offense and defense."

"It possesses power comparable to that of a tailed beast!"

"Susanoo!"

Kagami Uchiha's hand sign did not change. Countless Nue Beasts threw themselves into the Susanoo Blade like moths into a flame, perishing beneath it.

"May I ask—when you say 'comparable to a tailed beast,' you mean the Nine-Tails, right?"

Young-looking Uchiha Madara's expression shifted noticeably.

He furrowed his brows.

"Of course. Do any of those other beasts deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Susanoo?"

"You're right."

The corners of Kagami Uchiha's lips lifted slightly. The black water scattered by Uchiha Madara gradually gathered into a mass.

The black markings on his body grew clearer and clearer as he increased the rate at which he drained Sukuna.

Sukuna watched coldly from the sidelines, even taking the initiative to assist Kagami Uchiha.

He was waiting.

This might be an opportunity...

If Kagami Uchiha lost, Sukuna might be able to use Space Slash in that instant and cut through this damned seal!

Nue Massacre—Enhanced

Calamity of the Nine Beasts!

The scattered black water rapidly converged. Even the phantoms fighting across the battlefield were swept into it!

Roar!!!

A heaven-shaking roar made the entire Illusionary Space tremble!

An incomparably enormous Fierce Beast threw back its head and howled at the sky!

Nine tails swayed like flames, displaying an absolute, pitch-black darkness.

"The Nine-Tails..."

"So you've seen it too."

Crack, crack...

The skeletal frame gradually took shape. Then tendons were woven together, followed by flesh and blood.

A deep-blue Susanoo stood upon the battlefield, several times taller than the enormous Fierce Beast.

"Kagami, who uses livestock to fight its master? How laughable."

The Black and Red War Chariot had somehow reached the top of the giant beast. Its eyes opened, revealing the nine-tailed giant beast's scarlet gaze.

"Whether it's laughable or not, we'll have to try it and see."