July 5, 2024
In the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two figures collided again and again, each impact sending them flying apart.
Truth-Seeking Orbs circled around them, then shot forward and slammed together once more.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Danzo kept coughing up blood. Wounds covered his body, blood stained his lips, and the bleeding would not stop.
Becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki had strengthened his body and increased his ability to recover. But against an enemy on Xia Le's level, he could barely cope.
Suddenly, Xia Le shot toward him.
Danzo saw a flash of black light, and Xia Le was already in front of him. Then a fist smashed into his head.
Boom!
The punch raised a pillar of light that blasted through Danzo's head.
Danzo's eyes rolled white. He plummeted into the ground, gouged a trench through it, and tumbled a full thousand meters across the desert.
Xia Le looked down. When he saw what was happening below, he froze.
Danzo came out of his daze and slowly opened his eyes. A huge foot filled his vision.
Thud!
It planted itself on his face. The force drove him straight into the ground.
"Who?!"
Danzo roared.
Madara ground his right foot into Danzo's face, his expression cold.
"What a waste of such immense power, Danzo!"
"You're a disgrace to the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Danzo's eyes widened. Through the blur, he made out the man's face and felt a jolt of shock. "Madara!!"
"You're Madara!"
Madara gave a cold smile. "Still, a rat like you will make the perfect sacrifice to bring me back to life."
Danzo stared at him in shock.
He sensed the power of the Ten-Tails inside Madara. Then he realized Madara had somehow broken free of the Impure World Reincarnation's control.
"How is that possible?!"
"How