"Meruem? Chimera Ant? Never heard of them." When Meruem descended into the Naruto World, Uchiha Madara had long since died. Moreover, Madara's physical body had only just re-descended a single day ago, so it was completely normal for him not to know the existence of Meruem and the Chimera Ants.
"No matter who you are, only I am the savior of this world! Although I don't know how the two of you managed to evade the genjutsu of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I will give you a choice: submit to me or perish!" Holding the Six Paths Staff, Uchiha Madara looked expressionlessly at Meruem and Wu Mengsheng.
Having obtained the Six Paths power and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Uchiha Madara was theoretically an existence nearly invincible in the Naruto World, second only to Kaguya. Even if Asura and Indra fought him individually, they might not necessarily be able to win.
Not only that, upon gaining the powers of the Six Paths and the Ten-Tails, a profound enlightenment regarding many top-tier ninjutsu had inexplicably welled up in his heart. Perhaps under the influence of that power, they could no longer be called ninjutsu; to be precise, even senjutsu in the ordinary sense might not be stronger.
"I really don't know where you get your confidence from. Submit? Perish? Just based on you, mere Uchiha Madara? I'm afraid you don't have that kind of ability." Before Meruem could speak, Wu Mengsheng, standing off to the side, spoke up first.
However, the two of them were originally one entity, so this was no different from Meruem saying it himself.
Yet Meruem was an exception. Even without acquiring Hagoromo Otsutsuki's power, Six Paths Madara might not have been able to inflict any real damage on him, let alone the current Meruem.
"Courting death! Since you