Uzumaki Menma (Madara Possession) Template Awakens

In the night sky, the four Soul Emperors who had arrived late did not attack immediately. Instead, they hovered in midair, looking down imperiously at the ruins below.

Though they shouted about "avenging their allies" loudly enough to shake the heavens.

Anyone with eyes could see that these people had been watching from afar all along. They had waited until the Iron Blood Sect was wiped out and its high-level combatants were all dead before choosing this exact moment to "arrive in time" and save people.

They could stand on the moral high ground to condemn the murderer while naturally dividing up the territory and resources left behind by the Iron Blood Sect.

This was the traditional specialty of those so-called righteous sects... sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight.

Tang Ya looked at the four powerful auras in the sky. The thrill of revenge that had just filled her instantly cooled, replaced by deep solemnity.

Four Soul Emperors...

And their auras were deep and heavy. They were clearly veteran powerhouses who had cultivated for years, nothing like Tie Li, who had been artificially propped up with medicine.

"Menma..."

Tang Ya clenched her fists and was about to warn Huo Yuhao to be careful.

But she discovered that the Masked Man beside her was not panicking in the slightest. His body was trembling faintly instead.

That was not fear.

That was... excitement?

Huo Yuhao was indeed excited.

But his excitement had nothing to do with the flies in the sky.

Just then, the system notification that had been silent for so long finally exploded in his mind once more.

[Ding]

[Detected that the host used Uzumaki Menma's signature move, *Nine Mask Svāhā*, and successfully defeated a powerful enemy]

[Hidden condition fulfilled]

[Hidden Obito-series template awakened: Uzumaki Menma (Madara Possession)]

[Rewarded skills: Spiraling Ring, Great Spiraling Ring]

Huo Yuhao's brow beneath the mask rose slightly.

Uzumaki Menma... had actually been classified under Obito's template series as well?

But after another thought, he understood the logic behind it.

In the Limited Tsukuyomi world of the Road to Ninja movie, Uzumaki Menma had indeed once been possessed and controlled by Obito.

The so-called "Madara Possession" did not refer to the real Uchiha Madara, but to Uchiha Obito, who was playing the role of Madara at the time.

It was rather amusing.

There was a famous saying in the game he had played in his previous life: if this ninja was Uchiha Madara, then he was most likely a joke character.

Unless he was Madara impersonated by Obito.

Since I've been given Menma's power...

Huo Yuhao raised his head. The single eye behind his Fox Mask gleamed red.

Then I'll use you as a test run.

"Hey! You masked brat!"

In the sky, the elderly man with flaming wings on his back saw Huo Yuhao standing still and assumed he had been frightened stupid. He immediately sneered viciously.

"Scared senseless? Hiding behind that mask and playing deaf and mute, are you?"

"You killed my ally. Pay with your life!"

Boom!

The flaming wings behind the old man beat fiercely, and he instantly turned into a burning meteor. Accompanied by a piercing shriek through the air, he lunged straight at Huo Yuhao.

"Sixth Soul Skill: Blazing Charge!"

He was so fast that he trailed a long tail of fire through the sky.

In the blink of an eye, he had reached Huo Yuhao. His flaming claws shot straight for Huo Yuhao's throat.

"Got him!"

A flash of delighted triumph crossed the old man's eyes.

In his view, this Masked Man was clearly a summoner-type Soul Master who relied on summoned beasts to fight.

Once such a Soul Master was approached, he would be a lamb awaiting slaughter.

Once I capture him, I'll make him reveal the secrets of those miraculous masked beasts!

"Menma, watch out!" Tang Ya cried out in alarm, but it was already too late for her to help.

However.

Faced with this sure-kill strike, Huo Yuhao did not move his feet even half a step.

He merely spat out two cold words.

"South, North!"

Buzz!

The Nandou Immortal and Beidou Immortal floating at his side suddenly raised their staffs and slammed them heavily against the ground.

The two Masked Beasts instantly formed hand seals.

"Restrict!"

A strange purple magic circle appeared without warning beneath the Blazing Wing Elder's feet.

"What?!"

The old man felt an invisible force of rules bind his entire body in an instant.

His unstoppable charging posture froze immediately. He was like a fly sealed in amber, completely unable to move.

Even his Soul Power had been suppressed!

"What kind of Soul Skill is this?! It can forcibly interrupt my Sixth Soul Skill?!"

The old man was horrified and struggled desperately.

But Huo Yuhao had already moved.

"You're courting death, trash."

Huo Yuhao stepped forward, his body flashing like lightning.

With the boost from White Zetsu Possession, his physical abilities had long since reached the level of a Soul Saint.

He stretched out his left hand and seized the old man by the throat, easily lifting this Soul Emperor-level powerhouse as though an eagle were snatching a chick.

"Let... let go..." The old man's face flushed red as he desperately struck Huo Yuhao's arm, only to feel as if he were hitting a steel plate.

"Go down."

Huo Yuhao's gaze was icy as he grabbed the old man and leaped from the towering rooftop.

Boom!

The two crashed down like meteors.

Huo Yuhao viciously slammed the Blazing Wing Elder's body into the ground.

Crack!

The sound of bones shattering rang out clearly.

The hard stone pavement was smashed into a huge crater. The old man let out a miserable scream as blood sprayed wildly from his mouth.

"How... how is this possible..."

The old man felt as though every bone in his body had fallen apart.

How could his strength... be this great?!

Wasn't he a summoner?!

Before he could recover from the searing pain.

Huo Yuhao lifted him again, raising him above his head with one hand.

Huo Yuhao slowly extended his right hand, palm facing upward.

There was no fluctuation of Soul Power, only pure, violent Chakra gathering within it.

Buzz—!

A purple-black sphere the size of a fist instantly formed in his palm.

Several white rings of light revolved rapidly around its surface, giving off a heart-palpitating aura of destruction.

Beautiful, yet deadly.

"Spiraling Ring!"

Huo Yuhao shouted lowly and thrust his right hand forward, viciously pressing the purple-black sphere against the old man's abdomen.

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Then.

"No—!!"

The old man only had time to let out one despairing scream.

Boom—!!!

Purple-black light erupted in an instant.

A terrifying storm of energy swept outward from the two of them.

The old man's body was instantly blasted away by the immense compressed mass of energy, flying backward like a cannonball.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He smashed through countless thick walls in succession and flew several hundred meters away.

At last, the Spiraling Ring completely detonated inside his body.

The old man's body exploded into a cloud of blood mist in midair, leaving not even scraps behind.

Instant kill.

A six-ring Soul Emperor had died just like that.

"W-What?!"

In the sky, the other three Soul Emperors, who had been preparing to swoop down and reap the benefits, forcibly stopped in their tracks.

Their eyes widened as they stared at the Masked Man standing amid the ruins below, purple-black energy still lingering in his hand. A chill shot straight to the crowns of their heads.

"How... how could he be this strong?!"

"He killed Old Huo in one move? He was the strongest assault-type fighter among us!"

Fear instantly overwhelmed greed.

"Retreat! Retreat now!"

One of them shouted in terror, "This one's tough! This is Heaven Dou City. As long as we draw the royal offerings of the Heaven Dou Empire here, he definitely won't get away with this!"

The three exchanged glances and instantly reached an agreement. They turned to flee in different directions.

"Trying to run?"

Huo Yuhao stood on the ground and slowly raised his head.

His Fox Mask reflected the firelight, radiating a mocking cruelty.

"Did you ask me?"

He abruptly spread both hands, his fingers flicking repeatedly.

"You... are all staying behind!"

"Azure, White, Vermilion, Xuan, Void, south, north!"

Roar—!!!