Uchiha Madara stood with his arms folded across his chest.
His face, covered in Edo Tensei cracks, bore a wild arrogance that looked down upon all things.
At that moment.
Madara's scarlet Sharingan shifted slightly as he glanced at the crimson Flame Formation rising into the sky in the distance.
"That chakra..."
A cruel curve lifted at the corner of Madara's mouth.
Those two brats, Obito and Nagato, had finally caught up with the progress.
Seven Tailed Beasts, plus a substitute.
That was enough to bring about a qualitative transformation in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
As long as the Demonic Statue awakened and Nagato cast Rinne Rebirth.
He, Uchiha Madara, would descend upon this world in the truly perfect form of a living man!
"Getting distracted in battle."
"Madara, you're too arrogant!"
A deep, powerful roar exploded beside Madara's ears like muffled thunder.
Having regained consciousness, Senju Hashirama finally displayed the true terror of the "God of Shinobi"!
When Orochimaru had erased his consciousness earlier, the Wood Golem could only defend mechanically.
But now, this massive Wood Release construct seemed to have been infused with a soul once more!
Hashirama stood atop the Wood Golem's head, his hands forming seals at blinding speed.
"Wood Release!"
The earth trembled.
Rather than retreating, the massive Wood Golem charged headlong into Susanoo's terrifying pressure.
Its thick right leg stomped down on the sand, crushing out a massive crater dozens of meters deep.
Using that terrifying recoil.
The Wood Golem's enormous body shot across the ground like a cannonball, crashing tyrannically toward Susanoo.
"Ha!"
An extremely fervent fighting spirit erupted in Madara's eyes.
Susanoo's four massive arms spread wide.
The two chakra greatswords at its waist, capable of cleaving mountains apart, were drawn with a ringing clang!
"Whoosh!"
Blue sword light