Mastery!

As a man who came from a time of chaos, fighting was already rooted in Uchiha Madara's instincts.

No matter from what angle Kagami Uchiha attacked, he could, at the best timing, employ the most appropriate means.

This was Sukuna's first time extending his power to the outside world.

In the past, it was always Kagami Uchiha who absorbed his Cursed Energy before or after battles.

Now.

Mere absorption was no longer enough.

He covered Sukuna's Cursed Energy with his own Chakra, forcefully using it as wartime power.

This was a transition from a fixed power source to a mobile one.

If Sukuna's perspective was previously like watching through a screen, now it was as if he was experiencing it firsthand.

His main body was still sealed, and a large amount of his Cursed Energy was being absorbed.

In fact, if Sukuna had strongly resisted, he could have caused delays in the energy supply.

But Sukuna was happy to oblige.

Use more...

Use even more!

Sooner or later, you will be intoxicated by this immense power!

Kagami Uchiha did not reject using Sukuna's power.

What master would reject their own mount?

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The clash of twin blades and the Scythe Blade sent waves of sound rippling outwards.

Uchiha Madara's body did not allow him to make grand, sweeping movements. His figure flickered and shifted like a phantom, and at any moment, the scythe might descend.

He truly looked like...

The Death God!

In contrast, Kagami Uchiha's figure leaped and flashed, every movement flawless, as graceful as a startled swan and as fluid as a swimming dragon.

The dazzling battles have always been the filter through which outsiders view the Uchiha Clan.

Looking at Kagami Uchiha, Uchiha Madara felt as if he were seeing his younger self from a long time ago.

"I once encountered a ninja clan that controlled ghostly auras. They would raise evil entities and engrave curse marks onto themselves, borrowing the power of these entities during battle."

"Kagami, as a member of the Uchiha Clan, you're actually borrowing such a defiled thing?"

Uchiha Madara couldn't see Sukuna, but with his experience, he could tell the attribute of any energy upon contact.

He was certain that something extremely evil was residing within Kagami Uchiha's body.

"Defiled..."

"Brat! Kill him! Chop this old man to pieces!!"

"Take as much power as you want!!"

Kagami Uchiha ignored Sukuna's incessant barking and said with a light laugh.

"I can even control the Sharingan, let alone some mere evil entity."

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

At the same time, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes spun wildly.

"Then let me test your strength as an Uchiha!"

BOOM!!

Terrifying dojutsu power poured out!

The bloody battlefield, filled with the sounds of slaughter, instantly appeared.

Within the battlefield.

An unnamable hand, upon which flowed the curtain of time, continuously shifted between aged, robust, and tender.

It gripped a pure black spear, its tip possessing a sharpness that could pierce space-time!

SWISH!!

An intense pain shot through Kagami Uchiha's nerves, feeling as if his heart had been pierced by a sharp weapon!

A massive void appeared in his chest.

Genjutsu, the Uchiha Clan's most renowned ability.

Even with Uchiha Madara's mastery of genjutsu, it was only ineffective against Hashirama Senju.

A pair of Crimson Eyes spanned the battlefield, their scale impossibly vast.

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

Within the boundless, sea-like Dojutsu Power, strands of Black and Red Threads wove themselves into a Canopy.

Next came the Chariot, and the Warhorse.

Kagami Uchiha stood atop the War Chariot, the void in his chest now filled.

The rolling Dojutsu Power descending from the sky was resisted by the Canopy of the Chariot.

"You... haven't even awakened the Mangekyo?!"

This time, Uchiha Madara was truly somewhat shocked.

Whether it was through White Zetsu earlier, or the taijutsu exchange just now.

The Dojutsu Power displayed was, without a doubt, far beyond Three Tomoe!

Uchiha Madara even felt that when he first awakened his Mangekyo, he didn't possess such Dojutsu Power.

But now, with a true genjutsu clash, Dojutsu Power intertwining...

This brat actually hadn't awakened the Mangekyo!

He was still only Three Tomoe!

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

Kagami Uchiha looked up at the Bloody Eyes above the battlefield.

"I want to directly obtain inexhaustible Dojutsu Power! This is also one of the reasons I came to find you."

"Very good."

"Very good!"

"Amazing! Kagami!"

Blood-red eyes like the moon.

The young Uchiha Madara.

He stepped out, crushing the blood moon.

His crimson plate armor was stained with an extremely dense battle intent.

Uchiha Madara charged towards the war chariot with frenzied laughter, utterly exhilarated.

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

Both were users of ocular techniques. In a clash of genjutsu consciousness, if one side revealed any emotion such as fear, dread, or reverence, it would lead to swift defeat.

Spiritual Energy was currently Uchiha Madara's most formidable power.

And this was precisely Kagami Uchiha's most proficient domain!

Kagami Uchiha extended his hands forward, fingers crossed like a pair of wings, his smile growing more ferocious.

Darkness surged above the war chariot, as if birthing something extremely fierce and malevolent.

With an inauspicious eagle's cry, the first monster charged out from the darkness.

A monkey's face, a raccoon's body, a tiger's limbs, and a snake's tail, along with a pair of massive eagle wings.

This was how the Nue Beast was described in legends.

One Nue Beast after another charged out, the endless darkness like a tide, engulfing the bloody battlefield!

"Yin Release - Nue Slaughter!"

Swish!!!

The azure blade sliced the nearest Nue Beasts into black water.

A colossal Susanoo Blade spanned hundreds of meters, illuminating the dark space!

A simple skeleton enveloped Uchiha Madara.

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

"This is the ultimate ocular technique residing within the Mangekyo, a perfect means of both offense and defense."

"Possessing power comparable to a Tailed Beast!"

"Susanoo!"

Kagami Uchiha's hand seals remained unchanged. The endless Nue Beasts flew like moths to a flame, perishing beneath the Susanoo Blade.

"May I ask, when you said comparable to a Tailed Beast, you meant the Nine-Tails, right?"

Uchiha Madara, with his youthful appearance, showed a slight change in expression.

He frowned and said, "Of course, do any other beasts qualify to be mentioned alongside Susanoo?"

"You are correct."

Kagami Uchiha's lips curved slightly. The black water that Uchiha Madara had shattered gradually coalesced into a mass.

The black markings on his body became clearer, increasing the power extracted from Sukuna.

Sukuna watched with cold eyes, even actively assisting Kagami Uchiha.

He was waiting.

This might be an opportunity...

If Kagami Uchiha were to lose, that moment of using Space Slash might be enough to break this damned seal!

"Nue Annihilation - Modified"

"Calamity of the Nine Beasts!"

The scattered black water rapidly converged, even engulfing the illusions fighting on the battlefield!

ROAR!!!

A world-shattering roar made the entire Illusionary Space tremble!

An incomparably massive Fierce Beast let out a sky-rending roar!

Nine tails, flickering like flames, were an extreme black.

"Nine-Tails..."

"You've seen it too, huh."

Crunch, crunch...

A Skeleton gradually appeared, then tendons were woven, and flesh was covered.

The deep blue Susanoo stood on the battlefield, its size a few points taller than the colossal Fierce Beast.

"Kagami, how laughable to use livestock to deal with its master."

The Black and Red War Chariot had appeared above the giant beast's head at some unknown time. The giant beast, with its Nine-Tails, opened its eyes, revealing a scarlet hue.

"Whether it's laughable or not, we'll only know after trying."