"I am Madara Uchiha."
His voice remained quiet, yet it sounded as though the laws of heaven and earth themselves were proclaiming their name.
"The new god."
He paused. His scarlet-backed Rinnegan suddenly flared, their concentric rings spinning faster. The dark purple aura and black substance surrounding him surged together, weaving, condensing, and spreading behind his back.
"Madara... Uchiha!"
The instant those words fell, Madara Uchiha pressed his palms together.
BOOM!!!
An endless storm of Chakra surged wildly from his body, like a boundless ocean pouring down from the highest heavens.
The dark purple torrent carried pure primal power, untainted by any elemental nature. It exploded outward from Madara in every direction, sweeping away every trace of black mist, lingering fireballs, and shattered demonic energy weapons in the central airspace!
Then the sky-blue Susanoo behind him took shape once more.
Slowly, ponderously, inch by inch, Susanoo rose from the ground.
The patterns on its armor were more solid and substantial than before, a dark purple primal glow faintly shining through its blue-green Chakra.
Its thousand-meter body once again towered between heaven and earth, but this time, its movements changed.
Susanoo slowly raised its hands and pressed its palms together, mirroring Madara.
The sky-blue Chakra giant formed hand seals alongside him.
Among the tens of thousands of Navy soldiers below, a CP0 agent who had witnessed ninjutsu before suddenly felt his pupils shrink to pinpoints. His lips twitched twice, beyond his control, but no sound emerged.
Among the Five Elders, beside the vacant place belonging to Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, Saint Zambaron V. Nusjuro abruptly stepped forward. His aged hand clenched his cane so tightly that his knuckles turned pale.
"That is..." His throat was dry, his voice as rough as sandpaper. "He's forming hand seals..."
Imu's Demon Wings beat sharply. All