Golden chakra patterns wound across its surface, traces of the Nine-Tails Chakra fusing with Wood Release.
Madara's pupils contracted slightly.
He couldn't help remembering their final battle at the Valley of the End. Hashirama had used this very technique against him.
The Wood Golem stood on the earth like a mountain, just as tall as his own—over two hundred meters.
"The Wood Golem Technique..." Madara's voice dropped, a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.
Mirai's true body turned into a streak of golden light and landed atop the Wood Golem's head.
A golden phantom of the Nine-Tails took shape behind him. Its nine tails spread in the wind, each one like a river of gold.
Standing within the Nine-Tails phantom, Mirai looked down at Madara.
"Madara." His voice carried down from two hundred meters above, heavy with undeniable pressure. "You're going to die here today."
Madara fell silent for two seconds. Then he laughed.
It was a laugh of pure exhilaration, the kind he hadn't felt in a long time.
His Sharingan spun sharply, the Three-Tomoe pattern spreading across his pupils—
"Then show me whether you can entertain me!"
"Susanoo!"
Even without the Mangekyō Sharingan, Madara could still summon Susanoo whenever he wanted!
Susanoo was a divine power hidden within the Mangekyō Sharingan, but once awakened, it could be used again even without eyes.
In the original story, Shisui had even summoned Susanoo with just one eye.
Obito and Kakashi, on the other hand, had never done it, despite each having one eye.
Could it be because Obito's eyes had already been separated when he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan?
Back on the battlefield, azure chakra erupted from Madara's body.
A skeleton, muscles, eyes, arms, armor—layer after layer formed around him.
A blue giant, also two hundred meters tall, rose from