Flames swept across the earth, lighting the sky like day.
[Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame!]
With a thunderous blast, something like a blazing sun erupted from Madara Uchiha's mouth. Searing chakra, compressed to its limit, formed a colossal, destructive fireball that roared down with the power to burn the heavens, engulfing the entire battlefield.
Kakuzu roared, all five faces opening their mouths at once.
"Five Release: Gale Current!"
Chakra of five natures combined into a ninjutsu of wind, lightning, fire, water, and earth. Like five raging dragons converging, it slammed into the flames.
Nearby, Sasori deployed over a hundred puppets. Cold blades flashed like a tide, poison mist spread, and his Performance of a Hundred Puppets unleashed its maximum output, advancing like a densely packed mechanical army.
But the colossal fireball crashed down like divine judgment upon the mortal world.
BOOM!!!
Kakuzu's combined ninjutsu was swallowed instantly. The five chakra natures collapsed on contact, dissolving like melting ice crystals.
The all-encompassing flames bore straight down, engulfing part of his main body. Amid the searing hiss, Kakuzu was still screaming as that part was burned away, and one of the hearts inside him shattered on the spot!
"Aaargh!"
Kakuzu flew backward, half his body charred and rotting as blood gushed from his mouth. "This... Fire Release can do this?!"
"Playing with fire before the Uchiha Clan? You really are a fool."
Madara Uchiha looked down coldly, his gaze utterly merciless.
"Damn it!" Sasori's expression darkened, and his puppet army swarmed forward.
But before they could close in, Madara abruptly formed hand seals, his eyes cold as ice.
"Gana!"
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!!!"
With a rumble, the earth split open and verdant wooden pillars shot into the sky. Vines and timber twisted together into an enormous dragon, its presence as imposing