"Hmm!" Hearing the voice coming from the branch, Madara froze for a moment. Of course, he recognized it as Uchiha Shin's voice. He was simply puzzled—shouldn't Shin be in another world right now? How could he be contacting him?
"Three-Point Return to Origin Qi!"
The powerful force had already reached Madara's chest, and Xiong Ba's lips curled into a cold smile. What a fool. To get distracted by something strange during a battle with him—at this distance, no one in the world could possibly escape unscathed.
Yet... Bang!
With a muffled impact, the force of the Three-Point Return to Origin Qi dissipated. Blue Skeleton Ribs appeared, like a solid shield enveloping Madara within.
Susanoo!
"How is this possible?" Xiong Ba cried out in shock, staring uncertainly at Susanoo's skeletal frame. What kind of martial art was this? He had never heard of or seen it before.
"Junior Brother Feng, something seems wrong. Is Xiong Ba fighting someone we don't recognize?" Bu Jingyun asked quietly as he fled into the distance.
Nie Feng nodded beside him. "It seems so, but the situation is unclear. We'd better not act rashly."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of thunderous impacts rang out as Xiong Ba repeatedly struck with his palms, unleashing Three-Point Return to Origin Qi in a relentless torrent. Yet every attack collapsed the instant it touched Susanoo, unable to harm Madara in the slightest.
"What's going on? It sounds pretty noisy over there." Shin's voice continued to come from the branch.
Madara glanced at Xiong Ba. Seeing that the man was still attacking him, he frowned slightly. "Nothing. I had a conflict with some weakling. Speaking of which, have you already gathered the world origin and returned?"
Holding the branch in one hand, Madara's eyes sharpened at the same time. His blood-red