Izanagi was a Mangekyō Sharingan technique. It recorded the user's state with the Sharingan the instant it was activated. For the duration of the technique—which varied from person to person—it could physically restore the user to that recorded state, no matter what injuries they sustained, even death.
The price of using this technique was that the eye used to cast it would lose its light forever.
It was thanks to this jutsu that Madara Uchiha had survived his battle with the First, Hashirama Senju.
And just moments ago, Madara Uchiha had relied on this jutsu to escape the sealing power of Uzumaki Kuming's Totsuka Blade.
In that fleeting glimpse, Uzumaki Kuming saw Madara Uchiha's pale, lifeless left eye and immediately realized how his opponent had escaped the attack. But the initiative had already changed hands.
Watching Madara Uchiha charge toward him at incredible speed, Uzumaki Kuming's first instinct was to move his feet and dodge. Lightning Armor instantly covered his body as he tensed his legs.
To Uzumaki Kuming's surprise, he couldn't break free of White Zetsu's Wood Release in time. Worse, the vines coiled around his ankles began draining his Chakra.
"How is this possible?"
Uzumaki Kuming's eyes widened slightly, unable to believe the power of his opponent's Wood Release. He had just started to raise his hands to defend himself when he felt a hand clamp around his throat.
"Brat!"
"Die!"
The old man's hand closed around Uzumaki Kuming's neck. A layer of purple Chakra quickly spread over his pallid palm. To break through Uzumaki Kuming's Lightning Armor, Madara Uchiha used the last of his Chakra to manifest Susanoo!
"Damn it!"
"One-Finger Nukite!"
Uzumaki Kuming had missed his best chance to dodge. As soon as he felt his neck being seized, he gathered Chakra in his left hand,