Madara Uchiha really was hard to deal with

"Tenseigan ---- Rinnegan, Byakugan ---- Sharingan ----"

Madara Uchiha pondered the names of the four-eyed creatures, finally sighing and saying, "I've always found it strange that the Hyuga Clan is considered on par with my Uchiha Clan."

"The Byakugan's function is limited and its abilities are useless. Apart from X-ray vision and a 360-degree field of view, it's completely worthless. Even within the Hyuga Clan, there are plenty of Genin who Awakening the Byakugan."

"So the Byakugan really can be compared to the Sharingan. It's just that the Hyuga Clan is trash, no wonder they Byakugan."

Shazo nodded and said, "That's right. No one who is treated as a slave can be expected to work hard and actively improve their strength."

"The destruction Hyuga Clan by the [Caged Bird Seal] is appalling."

Upon hearing Shazo's earnest answer, Madara Uchiha fell silent, unsure of what to say, because this wasn't the answer he wanted.

But Madara Uchiha is Madara Uchiha. After taking a deep breath, he rallied his spirits. "Honestly, why am I saying so much? Looks like I've been influenced by Hashirama Senju again, becoming all long-winded."

"Fifth Hokage Shazo, if you want to stop me, then come on!"

Shazo laughed heartily, "Great, that suits me just fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shazo disappeared from Madara Uchiha's sight.

Since Shazo mastered the technique of converting Chakra into ki, he has begun to integrate the techniques of the three worlds of the Death Fire Sea, and One Piece, with ki as the center.

His first achievement was [Instant Flash], the basic formula of which is: [Body Flicker Technique] plus [Shunpo] plus [Geppo], which allows him to flash freely within a certain range, with a speed that is in no way inferior to spatial teleportation.

The moment Madara Uchiha lost Shazo, his Rinnegan revealed a huge weakness.

As Ninja from the Uchiha Clan, his techniques and tactics all rely on the Sharingan, and its evolved form, the Rinnegan.

When his eyes can lock onto an enemy, Madara Uchiha can wreak havoc and easily take on Sifang of enemies single-handedly.

However, when his eyes fail to lock onto the enemy, an instinctive panic arises, disrupting Madara Uchiha's judgment and putting him in a completely passive position.

Shazo didn't like this ultra-high-speed combat mode either, but it allowed him to avoid exposing his weakness of having less combat experience than Madara Uchiha.

This is a huge weakness.

Or rather, in the face of Madara Uchiha, any weakness would be magnified into a huge weakness.

Therefore, Shazo had to exploit Madara Uchiha's weaknesses, constantly forcing him into a passive position, leaving him no time or opportunity to find Shazo's weaknesses in return.

Until he cast [Divine Deep Forest Emergence].

Shazo used [Instant Flash] to appear to Madara Uchiha's left side, swept his eye with his finger, forcing him to instinctively dodge to the right, and then elbowed him in the protruding ribs.

It hit the spot that Might Guy kicked.

This triggered his stress response again, causing him to contort his body into an S-shape in an attempt to avoid being attacked again in this excruciatingly painful location.

[Instant Flash]

Shazo moved to Madara Uchiha's Right Side and delivered a powerful right hook to his abdomen, nearly causing him to vomit stomach acid.

Then came a left hook, striking Madara's Right Side kidney from the unprotected area.

Another right hook, delivering a liver-damaging blow.

Another left hook, continuing to target the kidneys.

Then, using [Instant Flash], he appeared behind Madara Uchiha and delivered a powerful knee strike to Madara's lower back and lumbar spine.

This isn't Ninja Taijutsu from the Ninja World, but rather the Saiyan's fighting style that swept across the galaxy, along with some stolen Turtle School fighting techniques.

For a moment, Madara Uchiha was completely stunned, unable to find his rhythm at all. He was overwhelmed by Shazo's attacks and could only rely on his body's Self-Healing ability to withstand the damage.

Madara Uchiha, true to his title of "Asura of the Ninja World," devised a solution in just three seconds. Enduring Shazo's attacks, he unleashed [Limbo: Border Jail: Border Jail].

Four invisible shadows emerged from Madara Uchiha's body. One of them collided directly with Shazo Shazo, whose head was twisted off and turned into a black shadow.

However, Madara Uchiha had already taken the opportunity to break free from contact with Shazo and escape the completely passive and disadvantageous situation.

Without hesitation, he unleashed one Ninjutsu after another.

[Perfect Susanoo]

A blue Chakra giant, 150 meters tall, rose from the ground. Madara Uchiha determined that the enemy was only fast enough to not be Susanoo and attack him.

He then activated 18 Wood Clone, including the Susanoo had been completely useless earlier, to launch attacks on Shazo and other Ninja.

This method distracted Shazo, while Madara Uchiha, inside Susanoo, searched for Shazo from above, continuously accumulating the power of the Rinnegan.

Those were merely the Third Stage of Susanoo, which were a complete waste for Shazo, who appeared on the battlefield like a ghost.

In a mere instant, he unleashed four Ninjutsu, each Ninjutsu destroying a Susanoo and its Wood Clone along with it.

Shazo discovered that the effects varied depending on the number of people.

[Ice Style: Frozen Arrow] has a poor damaging effect on Susanoo. It requires ten times more Chakra to freeze the entire Susanoo and turn everything into ice powder.

[Storm Release: Hundred Forms: Light Fang] appeared to be insufficient in power and could not effectively break through the Susanoo's defense. It completely wore down the Wood Clone 'Chakra Chakra nearly 50 times its own power.

[Dark Style: Cold Silence] is the other extreme. It only exerted a small amount of power, yet it drained Wood Clone Clone's Chakra, which was an absolute waste.

However, Shazo was also delighted to discover that [Dust Release: Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique] was the most suitable technique to deal with Susanoo.

In Shazo's hands, this Dust Release Secret Technique didn't have such a long wind-up; the Garganta was instantaneous, and the effect of matter decomposition was also instantaneous.

Therefore, Shazo's [Dust Release Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique] does not need to create a huge target area. It only needs to cover the Wood Clone inside Susanoo, and the clones will be completely turned into nothingness in the next instant.

Having found the right method, Shazo destroyed the other 12 Wood Clone of Madara Uchiha in just ten seconds, leaving the last two for the other Kage-level Ninja to practice on.

He had already sensed Madara Uchiha's burning gaze. He possessed a Dōjutsu known as the "strongest Genjutsu" and wanted to test its power on Madara Uchiha.

When Madara Uchiha, from a sufficient distance, completely locked onto Shazo with his Rinnegan, Shazo happened to be looking up at him from afar.

--

The two locked eyes and simultaneously activated their long-prepared Dōjutsu.

[Genjutsu: Rinnegan]

[Mangekyō Sharingan: Kotoamatsukami]

Both Genjutsu successfully entered the other's eyes while the other was casting their Dōjutsu.

Madara Uchiha's Genjutsu is actually very simple; it's just the Rinnegan version of the Sharingan's Binding Technique. The effect is extremely simple, without any fancy tricks; it's purely a contest of eye power between him and Shazo.

However, Madara Uchiha's Genjutsu failed immediately upon entering Shazo's body, because Shazo not only possessed the Tenseigan and Rinnegan, but his soul strength was also more than ten times that of an ordinary person, which could not be shaken by Genjutsu that relied on brute force.

The [Kotoamatsukami] used by Shazo came from Shisui Uchiha and was imprinted in his Tenseigan through the [Dōjutsu Transcription Seal].

It is said that [Kotoamatsukami] is the strongest Genjutsu in the Ninja World, capable of forcibly invading the opponent's brain, permanently and thoroughly altering their cognition, and changing the enemy's will.

It is said that this most powerful Genjutsu can affect all enemies, because once [Kotoamatsukami] is successfully activated, the enemy is completely unaware that something is wrong with them, so how can it be dispelled?

However, Shazo couldn't be sure, because the effect of this Dōjutsu was too overpowered; even Shisui Uchiha next door never used it until his death.

On the contrary, Uchiha Itachi, who obtained Shisui's eyes, used them on his younger brother.

But Uchiha Sasuke was not a pure person to begin with. His sudden 180-degree turn is hard to say whether it was due to the effect of Kotoamatsukami.

After all, Indra's Chakra influence should not be underestimated, and the Sage of Six Paths' direct brainwashing through conversation was even more outrageous.

Thanks to Shazo's efforts, Shisui Uchiha of this world never used [Kotoamatsukami], making the effect of this "strongest Genjutsu" a mystery.

But today, Shazo obtained the most authentic first-hand evidence through actual combat.

Is [Kotoamatsukami] truly so powerful that it doesn't exist?

Looking at the furious Madara Uchiha, Shazo could conclude with absolute certainty: it was useless against someone like Madara Uchiha who possessed his own Rinnegan!

This is actually quite reasonable.

When Ninja are still at the Kage-level Ninja, their vulnerability makes intelligence and experience Ninja primary fighting strength; even Genin can kill a careless Jonin.

However, once Ninja surpassed the Kage Level and entered the Sage of Six Paths Level level, they were forced into a pure numerical battle of Chakra and ocular power because they had made up for all their weaknesses.

Simply put, even the weakest Ninjutsu at the Sage of Six Paths Level can unleash the power of an S-rank Ninjutsu, so having a large amount of Chakra means being strong.

With Mangekyō Sharingan- level Dōjutsu, [Kotoamatsukami] simply could not possibly alter Madara Uchiha's perception and consciousness.

The probability is not just virtually zero, but absolutely zero.

Madara Uchiha is furious because he analyzed the content of [Kotoamatsukami] that wanted to change his perception.

Shazo wanted to see if Madara Uchiha could become a loyal dog, not in the adjective sense, but in the literal sense.

Looking back now, it was indeed a bit excessive.

It's fortunate that it didn't succeed so far, otherwise Madara Uchiha would definitely not care about peace and a beautiful world. He would abandon everything and kill Shazo first.

Suddenly, Shazo felt a warm stream slide down his cheek, and when he reached down to touch it, he saw his hand was covered in black blood.

Then he felt his head become heavy, as if it had been filled with lead, and he felt like he couldn't turn it.

"Damn it, I can't use this kind of transcribing Dōjutsu next time. At least I can't use too much eye power to activate it; it's too harmful to my body."

Suppressing his headache, Shazo clenched his fists, each grabbing a ball of [Wind Release: Rasengan], and swiftly obliterated the two Limbo: Border Jail shadows.

Then, he combined the two slightly weakened [Wind Release: Rasengan] attacks and hurled them at the last shadow, shattering it on the spot.

After two breaths, Shazo's headache completely disappeared, and Madara Uchiha opposite him also completely eliminated the power of [Kotoamatsukami].

The two faced each other, neither daring to make a move, until the roar of Susanoo destroyed came from the other side of the battlefield.

Madara Uchiha instantly unleashed [Shinra Tensei] again, while he himself manipulated Susanoo to flap its wings and fly into the sky.

Shazo sneered, "What do you mean? You actually flew into the air. Do you think having wings will give you an advantage in aerial combat?"

"That shouldn't be the case. I flew here just now, and Madara Uchiha should have seen my speed. How could he dare to put the battlefield in the air?"

"Hmm, do you think that because I fly fast, I must have problems with agility?"

Shazo muttered to himself, his legs slightly bent, preparing to give Madara Uchiha a little aerial shock.

But just then, Shazo saw the moon hidden under the azure sky.

Madara Uchiha is approaching the moon!

Shazo quietly stopped his flight preparations.

He had already fought Madara Uchiha and found it very exciting, but it was also incredibly stressful, like walking a tightrope, with the possibility of Madara Uchiha turning the tables on him at any moment.

Rather than fighting the strong, tough, and not very lucrative Madara Uchiha, it would be better to let him complete the "Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan" and let the Kaguya Otsutsuki come out to fight instead.

But Madara Uchiha was clearly thinking about things more deeply.

After flying to a certain altitude, he suddenly stopped, turned and looked down at Shazo, and suddenly formed hand Hand Seals quickly.

Madara Uchiha's Hand Seals were no slower than Uchiha Itachi's. In less than a second, he clapped his hands together, and a small black sphere appeared in his palms, which then suddenly enlarged.

Madara Uchiha Rinnegan suddenly widened, and the ripples in his eyes rapidly contracted inward as he injected a terrifying power into the black sphere.

He then dropped the black sphere and continued to soar high into the sky.

The black sphere, brimming with terrifying killing intent, plummeted rapidly towards the ground. At approximately 150 meters above the ground, it suddenly slowed to zero without warning, hovering in mid-air and unleashing an unprecedented suction force.

Chibaku Tensei

Rumble--!

The powerful suction force reached the ground, tearing the earth apart and shaking the mountains.

Under this terrifying suction force, horrifying cracks appeared in the earth, and large chunks of land flew up.

The mountains surrounding the battlefield also showed signs of collapse amidst the tremors, with rocks and broken trees flying into the air like streams flowing into lakes.

As countless stones flew into the sky, they were drawn to the black sphere and adhered to its exterior, forming an ever-growing stone sphere.

As the stone sphere grows larger, the gravitational pull it generates also increases, and the impacts it suffers from the ground Rock become more and more violent.

Under the intense impact, the stone sphere grew larger and its position rose rapidly.