Decisive Battle with Uchiha Madara!

Uchiha Madara was old, after all!

Although he had clung to life until now because his Rinnegan remained, his body's functions had long since declined drastically. He was nowhere near as strong as he had been in his youth.

So Ye Liang was not especially afraid of this weakened, elderly Madara!

"Sage Mode activated!"

Ye Liang roared inwardly!

His eyes developed slitted, serpentine pupils. Then his body turned pale, two horns grew from his head, and his physique gradually became extraordinarily supple. This was Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode!

By slowly gathering natural Chakra throughout his body, he could strengthen his own Ninjutsu while also using techniques that ordinary Chakra could not support!

However, this transformation required slowly building up power, so it usually could not be activated instantly. But Ye Liang was different. He had borrowed the trick Naruto had used in his previous life.

He had stationed a number of Shadow Clones in Ryūchi Cave. Whenever he needed to build up power, he only had to dispel one of them to gain one chance to enter Sage Mode.

He still had three chances left!

"You even learned Sage Mode?"

Uchiha Madara gave Ye Liang a surprised look. When they had met before, this kid only knew the Body Flicker Technique and Shinra Tensei. Yet after such a long time apart, he had actually become this powerful.

Madara had actually been keeping an eye on Ye Liang all along. Since Ye Liang had disrupted his resurrection plan, Madara had originally intended to use him as a replacement for Obito Uchiha. But just as he was about to make his move, Ye Liang suddenly vanished from where he stood!

Disguised as the Masked Man, he searched for Ye Liang for a long time, but found no trace of him!

Naturally, Ye Liang knew nothing of this. The instant he entered Sage Mode, he launched an attack on Uchiha Madara.

"Senjutsu! White Rage Technique!"

Enormous serpentine energy rapidly coiled around Madara, and deafening sound waves spread across the battlefield.

"Snake Senjutsu?"

Uchiha Madara's heart jolted, but with Susanoo protecting him, this Senjutsu could only temporarily restrain his body. He swung at Ye Liang again, though his speed had become exceedingly slow.

"It can't even seal him!"

Ye Liang was stunned. He found it unbelievable that even Senjutsu could not bind Uchiha Madara.

"He truly is Uchiha Madara. Even after aging, he still possesses such terrifying strength."

Ye Liang rose again. Facing the enormous sword hurtling toward him, he used the Body Flicker Technique and charged straight at it. The sword could still move, but at that sluggish speed, it could not possibly hit Ye Liang!

He ran along Susanoo's body and quickly approached Uchiha Madara within its torso.

"You're strong! But that was in the past!" Ye Liang shouted as he unleashed a Shinra Tensei!

"Bang!"

Its power had already surpassed the Deva Path's from back then!

Thanks to Senjutsu, Ye Liang's Shinra Tensei was now driven by the natural power of Sage Mode. This was fundamentally different from driving it with Chakra.

Put simply, its power had increased by more than tenfold!

Even its ordinary power alone was enough to threaten a jonin, let alone after being amplified tenfold!

"Crack!"

A fissure appeared in Susanoo's shell, but it did not shatter.

"If once isn't enough, then ten times! A hundred times! A thousand times!"

"Senjutsu—Shinra Tensei!"

Ye Liang activated it repeatedly. His Shinra Tensei had no cooldown; as long as he had enough Chakra, he could keep using it until Uchiha Madara died!

"Boom! Boom!"

The tremendous blasts rang out without end. Uchiha Madara's Susanoo finally cracked apart, and he stared incredulously at the approaching Ye Liang as the massive Susanoo toppled backward.

"Kid, if I were in my complete form, you would already be dead!"

"Hmph! I know. That's why I'm going to kill you now!"

Ye Liang cursed angrily and raised his palm slightly.

A massive black sphere appeared in his hand!

"Senjutsu—Tailed Beast Bomb!"

This was Ye Liang's move to end everything. The Tailed Beast Bomb enhanced by Senjutsu had fully reached the level of a Tailed Beast's all-out strike!

Even a Kage-level powerhouse could not possibly withstand such an attack, much less Madara in his aged, frail body!

"Bang!"

The black Tailed Beast Bomb pierced through Madara's body at high speed. Even the ground beneath him exploded under the blow, leaving a crater roughly a hundred meters wide!

"Whew."

Ye Liang let out a deep breath and returned to his original appearance.

Though he had grown stronger, he was only approaching Kage-level strength. If Uchiha Madara had not been old and frail, and if Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others had not depleted more than half of his Chakra, he might not have won this battle today!

"Kid, you're strong!"

Uchiha Madara slowly descended toward the ground. A huge hole had been blasted through his chest; he clearly would not survive.

"But kid, today is only the beginning of the plan! In the future, I will come to see you in my complete form, hahaha!"

"I'll be waiting!"

Ye Liang watched Uchiha Madara close his eyes and fall to the ground.

There was no way Uchiha Madara would die just like this. That was only natural. How could a schemer, one who had plotted for nearly a hundred years, die so easily when he was at his weakest?

Ye Liang believed that one day in the future, Uchiha Madara would surely descend upon Konoha once more with the strength of his complete form. But before that day came, Ye Liang himself would certainly become an invincible powerhouse capable of standing on his own!

At that moment, Ye Liang's mind suddenly rumbled.

He knew his reward had arrived!

Congratulations, Host, for completing the SSS-rank Mission—Tailed Beast Attack on the Village.

Because the Host exposed the true identity of the mastermind, the reward has received an additional upgrade!

Reward: S-rank Ninjutsu, Creation Rebirth—Strength of a Hundred Technique.

Because the Host exceeded the mission requirements, the Strength of a Hundred Technique will not consume life energy as a price!

"Strength of a Hundred Technique?"

Hearing this, Ye Liang was instantly overjoyed.

The Strength of a Hundred Technique was the exclusive Ninjutsu of Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage. Once activated, it could rapidly heal all injuries at the cost of one's lifespan. Even if someone were cut in half at the waist, they could recover!

And what delighted Ye Liang most was not actually the Strength of a Hundred Technique's healing ability, but the function he had dreamed of having in his previous life!

Eternal youth!

That's right. Although those who cultivated the Strength of a Hundred Technique would not gain a longer lifespan, their appearance could remain forever in the state it had been when they began cultivating it.

In other words, Ye Liang's current appearance of around twenty years old would be the face he showed to the world forever!

"Damn! I can finally make it to the later stages of Boruto!" Ye Liang rejoiced.

His original concern had been that he would survive until the later stages, when the protagonists had all risen, only to withdraw from the stage of history because of old age. But now he no longer needed to worry. With the Strength of a Hundred Technique, in ten years he could date those famous girls!

It had to be a sweet romance!

Haha!

Just then, another low hum sounded in Ye Liang's mind.

Congratulations, Host, for completing all newbie missions!

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