Heavenly Condemnation: Star

Yellow sand mixed with rocks blocked everyone's view. All they could hear was the endless sound of fighting and fists colliding. No one could clearly see how far the battle inside had progressed.

Even with his Sharingan activated, Uchiha Qingfeng could not see through the billowing dust.

Hearing the Nine-Tails howling after getting pummeled, Uchiha Qingfeng knew it was nearly over.

With their Reanimation bodies, using that move would essentially decide the victor.

After a gust of wind swept through, they finally saw what was happening inside.

The Nine-Tails lay weakly on the ground as though it had lost all dreams and aspirations. Some shattered Susanoo fragments still clung to its body without falling away. Uchiha Madara, meanwhile, was still standing atop the Nine-Tails' head, refusing to give up.

However, the proud Uchiha Madara had suffered such a beating that he had finally bent over. He definitely had not doubled over laughing.

Hashirama Senju was not in much better shape. Only a few shredded strips remained of his upper clothing. His body appeared unharmed, but that was entirely thanks to the Reanimation Jutsu.

"Madara, even if you learned Wood Style, you still can't accomplish anything today."

That was Hashirama Senju's assessment of Uchiha Madara, referring to Madara wrapping another layer of Wood Golem Technique around his Susanoo.

Uchiha Madara reacted as though he had heard a joke and burst out laughing. Worthy of being one of the Uchiha Four Mad Laughers—whenever the other side spoke, he had to laugh first.

Pretending he had doubled over from laughter.

"Hahaha, Hashirama, you underestimate me too much. Did you know that after you died, I secretly went to pay respects at your grave? Do you know what I did alone all those years?"

Hashirama Senju: ...

"You faked your death back then? You