The crackling sounds continued for a long time on the battlefield.
As the sound faded, a figure shot out like a cannonball and crashed straight into the yellow sand.
"Whoosh!"
Uchiha Kei landed on the ground, coldly staring into the depths of the yellow sand.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey."
Uchiha Madara struggled to emerge from the yellow sand, his head and face covered in sand, looking quite disheveled.
"Ban, I've said it before, neither violence nor appeasement can be called wrong."
Uchiha Kei watched him quietly.
Uchiha Madara slumped on the yellow sand, his head bowed low.
"There's no right or wrong method, as long as you have a clear conscience. But what about you? What have you done?"
He was blocking my way.
Uchiha Madara's voice was very deep.
"You can kill anyone who gets in your way, I have no problem with that, but not Tobirama."
A savage glint appeared in Uchiha Kei's eyes, and a violent aura reappeared.
"I don't have any grand ambitions, nor do I want to possess invincible strength. All I want is for my friends and family to be safe and sound."
Uchiha Kei raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky.
"Life is already tiring enough, why have so many pursuits and ambitions?"
"If we can't even protect our own friends and family, what good will peace really be?"
With each sentence spoken by Uchiha Kei, Uchiha Madara's body trembled.
Her eyes, hidden beneath her long hair, were now gradually turning bloodshot.
"I remember when you were little, Hashirama was a bit slow-witted, Uchiha Izuna had no interest in anything except swords. Only you and Tobirama seemed like normal teenagers."
"You two used to have a really good relationship, didn't you?"
"How did it turn out like this?"
Uchiha Kei's eyes were also a little moist.
Putting aside his previous understanding from anime, the Hashirama, Tobirama, Uchiha Izuna, and Madara he knew were all flesh-and-blood, living people.
As human beings, shouldn't we have feelings?
He had anticipated that the group would have a major conflict during the Fourth Shinobi World War, which is why he was so eager to revive Uchiha Izuna, hoping that Uchiha Izuna could act as a buffer and prevent their battle from turning into a life-or-death struggle.
But man proposes, God disposes; Madara's determination was so strong that he completely disregarded their years of friendship.
"Teacher..."
Uchiha Madara slowly raised his head, his voice becoming somewhat hoarse.
"Do you know what I sacrificed for this operation?"
Tears streamed down Uchiha Madara unconsciously. "Back then, I listened to Hashirama's advice and founded Konoha with him. I thought it would be the beginning of peace."
But what is the reality?
Uchiha Madara angrily stretched out his hand, pointing a trembling Hashirama at the bewildered Hashirama.
"Indecisive! Too soft-hearted! Giving up such a good opportunity back then, what's with all this trying to maintain a balance?"
"I'll balance your grandpa!"
Uchiha Madara frustration he had accumulated over the years.
"To hand over such a good victory to someone else is a betrayal! A betrayal of our original dream!"
Uchiha Kei listened quietly without interrupting.
In his heart, Hashirama wasn't right either.
A policy of appeasement will only harm the future of the Shinobi World.
In this respect, Madara did the right thing.
"Ban, I..."
Hashirama panicked and tried to explain.
"Shut up!" Uchiha Madara roared roughly. "If you had listened to me back then and brought the entire Shinobi World under Konoha's control, would we be in this mess now?"
"I..."
"Do I need to take action against Tobirama?"
Uchiha Madara a bitter laugh, stretching out his pale hands. "Do I really need to make myself look like neither human nor ghost..."
"What is this thing? It's so ugly!"
At this point, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but cover his face and weep bitterly.
Naruto Sasuke secretly glanced at the mysterious figure floating cross-legged, a slight smile playing on their lips.
Uchiha Madara wasn't wrong.
Indeed...
It's pretty ugly.
The Sage of Six Paths' lips twitched, barely suppressing the urge to shove the two boys into the rocks.
Ugly?
What does ugliness have to do with me!
I didn't want this to happen either; it just formed on its own after I cultivated myself to this point.
It has absolutely nothing to do with me!
The Sage of Six Paths cursed inwardly, while also secretly glancing at his own clothes.
Um...
It doesn't look very good...
Uchiha Madara vented his anger for a long time before calming down.
"Teacher, there's no going back."
Uchiha Madara uttered these words with difficulty.
Uchiha Kei raised an eyebrow. "So, you intend to continue being my enemy?"
Uchiha Madara remained silent.
Success was within reach.
It's the culmination of most of his life's work!
Even if it's wrong, he'll grit his teeth and keep going!
Uchiha Kei shook his head in disappointment. "In that case, let's continue."
As soon as he finished speaking, the green Truth-Seeking Orb reappeared in his palm.
Uchiha Madara a deep breath and slowly rose into the air.
A fiery red glow slowly seeped out from his body.
"Teacher, this is the first time I've used this technique; it only exists in theory."
A fiery red light began to spread above his head, rapidly enveloping the entire sky.
Uchiha Kei's lips pursed slightly; he could feel the intense heat of the fiery red light, boiling like the sky and sea.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion."
Uchiha Kei slightly parted his lips and uttered a soft shout.
The green Truth-Seeking Orb in his hand instantly transformed into the shape of a golden longsword.
Uchiha Madara was completely focused and devoted himself entirely to the new Ninjutsu.
Uchiha Kei was in no hurry, standing quietly on the ground, waiting for his Ninjutsu to condense.
A moment later.
Uchiha Madara's eyes snapped open, two intensely concentrated red gloom flashing across them in an instant.
"Celestial Technique - Sea of Fire Boiling Technique!"
In an instant, the fiery red that obscured the sky began to boil violently.
A sea of fire, as solid as magma, poured down from the sky, its target Uchiha Kei.
Uchiha Kei frowned slightly.
He could feel the sea of fire pouring down from the sky, it seemed...
It's real lava!
Moreover, it wasn't ordinary magma; it seemed to be mixed with some kind of power of rules!
When Uchiha Kei carefully observed the magma, he finally understood.
That's not lava at all!
It was clearly Amaterasu's fire, concentrated to the extreme!
Amaterasu Fire has become liquid!
Even Uchiha Kei was somewhat surprised by the intensity of Amaterasu's fire.
If you pour this on yourself, I doubt anyone can save you.
Uchiha Kei narrowed his eyes, observing the range of Amaterasu's flames, and tragically discovered that it seemed to cover half of the Shinobi World.
This guy...
He seems much more powerful than in the anime, right?
Uchiha Kei's expression was somewhat complicated. On one hand, he was pleased with Uchiha Madara's progress, but on the other hand, he had a bit of a headache.
The area is too large; can his swordsmanship cover it all?
The Amaterasu Fire poured out so quickly that Uchiha Kei had no time to think before leaping into the air.
"Cut!"
A deafening sound rang out, and the light blade in Uchiha Kei's hand instantly began to grow larger.
The next moment, a beam of light, as tall as a pillar of heaven, roared towards the sky.
"Duang!"
A violent sound spread out like ripples, as the light blade forcefully intercepted the outpouring of Amaterasu's fire.
"Sizzle."
A barely audible sound reached Uchiha Kei's ears.
Uchiha Kei frowned deeply.
The Amaterasu countless times more concentrated, seemed to have undergone some kind of change he didn't understand.
Even the light blade evolved from the Truth-Seeking Orb could not withstand the erosion of the Amaterasu Fire; its length gradually shrank, and the light it contained dimmed.
This can't go on!
Uchiha Kei made a decisive move, throwing away the light blade and letting Amaterasu's flames engulf him.
He himself instantly clasped his hands together, and an aura capable of severing all things rose from his palms.
Uchiha Madara wide-eyed in shock.
His swordsmanship was inferior to Uchiha Izuna's, and even more so to Uchiha Kei's.
But no matter what, he is someone who possesses Blade Intent, so he still has a broad perspective.
At this moment, he sensed an extremely powerful Blade Intent emanating from Uchiha Kei.
Nothing is immune to my attacks!
Nothing is imperishable!
Uchiha Kei...
It is a colossal sword that spans the heavens and the earth!
When the Blade Intent reached its peak, Uchiha Kei slowly moved his hands, clasped together, to his hips.
At that very moment, the intense Blade Intent dissipated.
Vanished without a trace!
"Iaijutsu!"
Uchiha Kei roared and swung his arm forward violently.
"Boom!"
An invisible blade flashed across the sky.
The light blade pierced through the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
Through the red-tinged sky.
Uchiha Madara stared blankly at the sky.
"Snap!"
The entire sky split in two in an instant, and a large amount of Amaterasu Fire poured down, only to evaporate into nothingness the moment it flowed.
Blade Intent...
It's imprinted on the horizon!
In the blink of an eye, the Amaterasu- covering Amaterasu Fire vanished completely.
"I lost."
Uchiha Madara landed on the ground, his face flushed an unnatural red.
We lost.
A complete and utter defeat.
He was no match for his teacher; in fact, he was far inferior.
God?
Perhaps the teacher is the real god, and he is just a false god.
"Snort."
Uchiha Kei snorted lightly, ignoring the distraught Uchiha Madara, and instead mobilized the power of the Omodaru.
Tobirama is indeed dead.
But this doesn't mean that Uchiha Kei is helpless.
It'll just take a little extra effort.
"Omodaru - Time Reversal!"
Uchiha Kei let out a low growl, and a strange wave emanated from him, spreading outwards.
Countless fragmented flying stones miraculously reformed, and the yellow sand that filled the sky and earth also moved strangely.
The restoration was progressing at an increasingly rapid pace, and the surrounding space began to distort violently.
When Uchiha Kei saw a familiar figure, he was overjoyed.
"Stop!"
The strange fluctuations suddenly stopped, and the flying stones and yellow sand also mysteriously stopped in mid-air.
Not far from him, a blurry shadow appeared.
Senju Tobirama...
Soul!
Orochimaru, who had been waiting in the distance, saw Tobirama's soul and his eyes lit up instantly. He grabbed the body and ran over quickly.
"Lay down."
Uchiha Kei dared not be careless and focused intently on observing the changes in Tobirama's soul.
Orochimaru hurriedly placed his body on the sand, took a few steps back, and waited expectantly for what would happen next.
Uchiha Madara and Hashirama didn't dare to breathe, as they had already vaguely guessed their teacher's intentions.
If so, then the teacher is truly terrifying!
Tobirama, come back!
Uchiha Kei restored his energy and spirit to their peak, and with a single Tobirama's soul.
"Whoosh."
Tobirama's soul seemed to receive some kind of guidance and flew back to his body.
When Tobirama's soul and form merged together, Uchiha Kei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This time it went quite smoothly.
But...
Uchiha Kei gently raised his head and looked at a certain spot in the sky.
It seemed like something was watching him.
Who could it be?