Wood Style: Wood Golem Technique

Madara streaked down from the sky as a fiery red shadow.

Jiraiya and Tsunade braced themselves.

"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Madara unleashed a straight-line dragon flame.

Madara's Dragon Fire was nothing like Sasuke's—it was faster, zipping to Jiraiya and Tsunade in an instant.

Its range was narrower, like a beam of flame.

A normal Dragon Fire Technique shot fire in a straight line, but fire was still fire; it couldn't outrun the wind.

Madara's Dragon Fire condensed into a beam form—smaller in range, but faster and more piercing.

With a single strike, Tsunade's shoulder was pierced through.

Madara controlled the Dragon Fire, trying to slice Tsunade in half.

But Tsunade gritted her teeth and rolled aside.

"Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon!"

While Madara attacked Tsunade, Jiraiya didn't stand idle—he unleashed his Sage Mode.

Instantly, his white hair grew rapidly, reaching down to his waist, then hardened, firing off like countless senbon toward Madara.

A barrage of Hair Needle Senbon shot forth—fast, wide-ranging, and highly piercing.

Even Madara was hit by several needles.

The sting of pain only made Madara more fired up: "Interesting. Interesting."

Madara landed on a rock, looked at Jiraiya, and flashed a slightly amused smile: "You're Jiraiya, right?"

Madara clearly knew who Jiraiya was.

During the Second Ninja World War, Jiraiya had taken Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan as his disciples.

Madara's Rinnegan was on Nagato, so he'd surely sent White Zetsu to watch him—of course he knew about the bond between Jiraiya and Nagato.

A Leaf Ninja teaching ninjutsu to refugees of a Small Nation? Didn't he know who turned the people of the Land of Rain into refugees?

Jiraiya knew, and he understood clearly, yet he still taught them.

If he'd gone after the Rinnegan from the start, that would be one thing—but no, Jiraiya had taken them in out of guilt alone.

"A bleeding heart just like Hashirama, but you don't have his strength. One day, you'll pay for your Actions."

Jiraiya had no idea what Madara was talking about.

"What the hell are you rambling about? Take this—Sage Art: Fire Style: Great Fireball!"

Jiraiya's Fire Style always used Toad Oil, making it no ordinary fire—it was fire with a Kekkei Genkai nature.

With Sage Mode enhancement, it became a Kekkei Tōta technique.

The Great Fireball could cover a house, and with Sage Mode boosting it, its power increased at least tenfold.

Madara couldn't dodge such a wide-range Fire Style in time, so he simply didn't bother.

He clapped his hands together, and his words became reality: "Wood Style: Wood Golem Technique!"

In an instant, a massive wooden golem rose from the ground beneath Madara's feet, its face like a Ghost-Faced Arhat, its right arm a Wood Dragon.

Its size rivaled a Tailed Beast.

Jiraiya's Oil Fire sprayed over, and the Wood Golem easily blocked his Great Fireball.

The Wood Golem Arhat was a Forbidden Technique-level Wood Style, on par with the Perfect Susanoo.

Tsunade stared at the Wood Golem Arhat, which loomed like a Small Mountain, her pupils contracting sharply.

"Even Grandfather's Wood Golem Technique? Damn it, Madara Uchiha, what have you done? You stole Grandfather's power."

"Hahaha..."

Madara laughed heartily: "Never thought the power that should belong to Leaf would turn against you, did you?"

"Cough, cough..."

Orochimaru emerged from the Ruins. His Eight Branches Technique had been worn down by the Wood Dragon, but it had traded one for one and exhausted it.

Orochimaru looked at the massive Wood Golem beneath Madara's feet—just its size alone brought an overwhelming pressure.

Even now, Orochimaru had underestimated Wood Style.

No wonder Danzo was so obsessed with it, always telling him to replicate Wood Style.

Too bad Hashirama Cell's power wasn't something just anyone could handle.

After that disastrous experiment with heavy losses, Orochimaru never dared to research Wood Style again, and Danzo stopped asking.

Orochimaru suddenly felt that immortality wasn't so appealing anymore.

Because immortality without power was meaningless—only true strength deserved to enjoy it.

Besides, Orochimaru sought immortality just to have enough time to learn every jutsu in the ninja world. Like Liao Wu, he too was chasing power.

Orochimaru moved in an instant, using Body Flicker to appear beside Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Madara's power was far too overwhelming; his fight with the Sannin clearly showed he was just toying with them.

Sage Fukasaku said gravely, "Little Jiraiya, it looks like we'll have to use a Sealing Technique against him now."

Orochimaru snorted coldly, "Then we still need to get close to him and restrain him?"

Sage Shima said, "Use that move from before—the Toad Song!"

Sage Fukasaku nodded, "Right, use that move! I don't believe Madara Uchiha can break Mount Myōboku's strongest Illusion Technique."

"Little Orochimaru, Little Tsunade, you two hold off Madara's Wood Golem. We'll get close to Madara with Little Jiraiya."

Orochimaru stared at the Wood Golem Arhat, which radiated immense pressure. Even just the Wood Dragon coiled around its neck had given him a terrible time.

Let alone the full Wood Golem itself?

But now, there was no other choice!

To be honest, If It Weren't For Jiraiya and Tsunade refusing to flee, Orochimaru would have escaped long ago.

"Summoning Technique!"

Orochimaru summoned over a dozen giant snakes from Ryūchi Cave, while Tsunade recalled the Slug she had split earlier.

The Summoning Beasts charged forward, locking into battle with Madara's Wood Golem.

The Wood Golem was like a Heavenly Demon Descending Lord, truly an Earthly Tai Sui God.

With one punch, it sent a Ryūchi Cave giant snake flying in a puff of smoke.

The Wood Dragon on its right arm let out a roar, then extended from the Wood Golem's body, sparking a dragon-snake brawl.

The Ryūchi Cave snakes were drained of their Chakra in just a few moves by the Wood Dragon, shriveled into dried husks.

"Slug Tooth Sticky Acid!"

Tsunade stood atop the Slug's head as it spat out sticky acid. The Slug's acid was incredibly potent, corroding one of the Wood Golem's arms.

But In a blink of an eye, the Wood Golem regenerated using the Chakra absorbed by the Wood Dragon.

"Damn it!"

Tsunade gritted her teeth as she watched. They were now fighting against the Leaf Village Founder—the First Hokage.

Jiraiya seized the chance to leap onto the Wood Golem's head, aiming straight for Madara Uchiha.

Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima clasped their hands in Hand Seals.

"Sage Art Illusion—"

Before the Two Toad Sages could finish their seals, Madara struck first.

"That move again? Do you think I'd fall for it twice?"

A black rod materialized in Madara's hand, shooting out and piercing Sage Fukasaku.

Sage Fukasaku was instantly trapped by the Six Paths Black Rod, just like being hit by the Gentle Fist of the Byakugan—his Whole Body's Chakra was completely locked down.

Not just Chakra, even his movements were sealed.

"Th-This... what is this?"

"Child's Father!"

Sage Shima looked at Sage Fukasaku with worry.

Whoosh—Sage Shima was also pinned by Madara's Six Paths Black Rod.

The black rod was formed from the Six Paths Power within Madara's body, falling under the category of Yin Yang Release.

This kind of rod had functions for Puppet control, Chakra sealing, and positioning tracking.

Its sealing ability was so potent that even the Reanimated Sage Hashirama couldn't break free—once struck, one would be hard-controlled forever.

After instantly taking down Mount Myōboku's Two Great Sages, Madara kicked Jiraiya square in the chest.

Jiraiya had once had six ribs shattered from peeping on Tsunade bathing, nearly beaten to death. Now, in Sage Mode, his body's resistance was dozens of times greater than before.

But even so, being kicked by Madara felt just like when Tsunade had hit him back then.

A heavy spray of blood burst from his mouth as Jiraiya was sent flying dozens of meters away.