A flash of white light swept past, and Yakushi Kabuto could clearly feel the connection break.
He froze in place, his fingers still poised in a hand seal.
"How is this possible..."
He took a step back, the light in his serpentine eyes flickering wildly, first with shock, then bewilderment, and finally a disbelief that bordered on a breakdown.
First Itachi, then Orochimaru, and now Madara Uchiha.
Why? Why could they all break free of the Impure World Reincarnation's restraints so easily?
His technique, the Impure World Reincarnation he had poured countless hours of painstaking effort into perfecting, was as fragile as a sheet of thin paper before these people.
Seeing Yakushi Kabuto looking as though he was questioning his entire life, Madara Uchiha offered no comfort and merely spoke calmly.
"Disgusting as you look, making it this far already puts you well above that bunch of useless fools across from us."
As he spoke, he looked Yakushi Kabuto in the eye for the first time.
"You know about the Infinite Tsukuyomi by now, don't you? Before long, all of you will enter that new world, and you won't need to worry about this rotten world anymore."
"There, every wish you have will come true... so this setback amounts to nothing."
Yakushi Kabuto's hollow eyes slowly regained their focus.
He stood there in silence for a long time before his lips moved, murmuring softly.
"Every wish will come true..."
Madara Uchiha paid him no further attention. Instead, he looked ahead at the two figures standing ready across from him, the faintest smile curving his lips.
"Advance."
Across from them, Ning Xue took a deep breath and jumped inside Naruto's Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
"The chakra I have right now isn't enough to form a complete Ice Giant."
As he spoke, the