"Gentlemen! Our battle is not over yet!"
The Third Hokage Konoha ninja, Nara Shikaku, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and a group of other Konoha ninjas gathered with a large number of Konoha troops.
"According to the Sensor Ninja's detection just now, there are at least 30,000 White Zetsu lurking underground near us!"
The Third Hokage leader solemnly instructed the Fourth Raikage and Whitestone.
When the parties shared information earlier, Konoha provided these two ninja villages with some information about the White Zetsu.
Before long, more than 30,000 White Zetsu emerged from the hills at the edge of the nearby mountains.
The fighting intensified once again.
"Dark Release, Steel Release, and Dust Release, so that's how it is."
High in the sky, Meikyō looked down at the earth with his Rinnegan.
"After Blaze Release, Swift Release was also mastered a few days ago. The users of Crystal Release and Lava Release were brought back to Konoha by Root in cooperation with Oomuro Castle Flame. I also copied them with the Mirror God Eye before they set off."
"Now, I have mastered all sixteen Kekkei Genkai composed of the five basic Chakra natures."
"However, I still can't use the Kekkei Mōra. Although I have a good chance of cultivating it myself later, it's still a bit troublesome. It seems that I'll have to rely on the Ten-Tails to copy the Kekkei Mōra."
Meikyō sighed softly, glanced at the battlefield, and then took a step forward, arriving at a height of a thousand meters above the Golden Wheel Mountain Range.
He could sense that at the very center of the mountain range below, there was an incredibly powerful Chakra, which was also incredibly strong to him.
At the same time, this Chakra was constantly absorbing and releasing the surrounding Natural Energy, slowly growing stronger.
"If you keep devouring like this, even I will have a hard time dealing with you, Madara."
Meikyō placed one hand on the Ama-no-Ohabari at her waist.
In the next instant, a sword aura a thousand meters long flew out, splitting even space itself, and wrapped in thick black flames, slicing the entire mountain range in front into a plain.
"Uchiha Meikyō!"
Uchiha Madara's furious roar echoed over.
"Still fiddling with your Ten-Tails toy, Madara?"
Meikyō's body hovered high in the air, his sleeves fluttering, a mocking smile on his lips as he looked at Uchiha Madara.
If Madara hadn't wanted to use the Ten-Tails to control the Kekkei Mōra, would he have survived until today?
"Roar!"
A mournful roar came from the Ten-Tails' mouth.
At this moment, the Ten-Tails lay prostrate on the ground, its limbs tucked in, its ten tails like flower petals, enveloping itself, making it easy to associate it with the God Tree.
"Soon, you'll find out whether the Ten-Tails is a toy or not."
Uchiha Madara stood on top of the Ten-Tails' head, forming a hand seal that made the Ten-Tails stand up.
Lacking the Chakra of the Three-Tails and the most powerful Nine-Tails, the Ten-Tails, now standing upright, appears somewhat thin, but it is indeed a Ten-Tails with immense power.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Meikyō chuckled and raised his hand to summon several meteorites that fell from the sky.
"So you've awakened the Rinnegan after all... Unfortunately, that's not enough."
When Uchiha Madara saw the Rinnegan of the Meikyō, he seemed to have expected it. He controlled the Ten-Tails to raise its head and shoot out Tailed Beast Ball, shattering the meteorites in the sky.
"No way, no way, you don't really think you can go toe-to-toe with just one Ten-Tails?"
Meikyō's face still wore a mocking expression.
I need to show some skill and make Madara think that as long as he becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he still has a chance to defeat me.
"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"
"Blaze Release: Azure Luan Technique!"
"Scorch Release: Fire Phoenix Technique!"
"Ice Release: Water Lily Bodhisattva!"
Meikyō clapped his hands, instantly summoning four behemoths, each several sizes larger than the Gundams battling fiercely on the outer edge of the mountain range, which pounced one after another on the Ten-Tails.
Meanwhile, Meikyō himself hovered in the sky, using his Psychic Power in conjunction with Shinra Tensei to crush the Ten-Tails and Madara.
Uchiha Madara also tried to retaliate with Shinra Tensei, but found that he was no match for it.
"His Chakra is above mine, so could Uchiha Meikyō's eye power be even above mine? I've already absorbed Senjutsu Chakra from Hashirama, and even the Ten-Tails couldn't defeat him. Could this guy be the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' illegitimate son?"
Mr. Ban was puzzled.
But in terms of bloodline and genes, Meikyō is probably more like the son of Hagoromo Otsutsuki than Indra and Asura.
"Although the situation can remain deadlocked, continuing like this could lead to unforeseen changes. If something goes wrong with Bhiruho and Sasori, even with the Ten-Tails joining forces, we might not be able to win against such a large-scale attack. The best course of action now is..."
Uchiha Madara formed another hand seal.
With a roar, the Ten-Tails beneath his feet unleashed streams of purple Chakra, temporarily repelling Meikyō's attacks. Then, the Ten-Tails' body softened, flowing like liquid into Uchiha Madara's back.
"Is it finally coming? The Ten-Tails Jinchuriki..."
With anticipation in his eyes, Meikyō activated his Mirror God Eye, watching all the changes taking place on Ban's body.
Ban's originally spiky hair became as smooth as if it had been treated with Pantene, fluttering in the air and gradually fading from black to white.
Not only his hair, but he also wore a white robe with six Tomoe patterns on the collar, which matched the six Truth-Seeking Orbs that appeared behind him. His arms and legs turned black, and he also had a Six Paths Staff in his hand.
"Although it came a little earlier than I expected, now, with the Rinnegan Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Senjutsu Chakra I stole from Hashirama, I am now the second Sage of Six Paths."
At this moment, Ban's tone was full of confidence.
"You've finally arrived..."
Meikyō nodded with satisfaction.
"Immortal Technique: Yin Release: Lightning Dispatch!"
A large amount of blue-purple Lightning shot out from Ban's mouth and struck towards Meikyō.
Meikyō made the same move as Ban.
"Yin Release: Lightning Dispatch!"
Another burst of blue-purple Lightning appeared.
Uchiha Madara sensed that something was wrong.
"Sage Art: Storm Release: Laser Circus!"
Two blue-violet laser beams shot out, canceling each other out and annihilating each other in the air.
"So... your Rinnegan's ability is to copy other people's abilities!"
Ban's expression finally changed.
He recalled the various Kekkei Genkai that Meikyō had previously demonstrated.
In other words...
"You wanted to learn the Kekkei Mōra from the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, so you turned the tables on me!"
Uchiha Madara gritted his teeth and said.
He's always been the one using others as pawns; who would have thought he'd become someone else's pawn today?
In fact, there was another person who used Uchiha Madara as a pawn.
However, that person is currently in a rather bad state.
A man with half-bald hair, a long braid at the back of his head, and dressed in a white robe, was holding a pool of black liquid in his hand.
"Interesting. A Yin-Yang Release life form created by Kaguya? You can be considered a type of Karma."
Black Zetsu looked at the person in front of him with a sense of despair.
As the embodiment of Otsutsuki Kaguya's consciousness, it possesses some of Kaguya's memories.
So even though their appearances are different, it can clearly guess the identity of the person in front of it.
A thousand years ago, Kaguya descended upon the Ninja World, and the person who came with her was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
According to the procedure, after the two plant the God Tree, Kaguya will serve as a sacrifice to allow the fruit of the God Tree to ripen. The fruit will be consumed by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, and then Isshiki will find a suitable vessel to revive him using Kaguya's Karma.
However, this was probably Kaguya's first time doing this job—you could tell from her lack of combat experience.
If she had planted God Tree in other places before, she certainly wouldn't only have this much combat experience.
Whether out of fear of death or for other reasons, Kaguya attacked Isshiki, severely injuring him and sacrificing him to the God Tree before consuming the Chakra Fruit herself.
When he was seriously injured, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki found a man named Jigen and carved a wedge into his body, making him his vessel.
"Otsutsuki... Isshiki! Weren't you killed by your mother? How could this be..."
Black Zetsu exclaimed in shock.
"You've recognized me, haven't you? But I wasn't exactly killed by Kaguya back then. Otsutsuki aren't that easy to kill. Oh well, there's no need for me to waste my breath on a tool."
"Tool?"
"Ah, I have to thank you. You personally created the Uchiha Madara we know today. He is the most perfect vessel for the Otsutsuki. Actually, Uchiha Meikyō was originally more suitable. I have secretly observed that his bloodline is already very close to that of a pure Otsutsuki. However, now that the Ten-Tails is in Uchiha Madara's body, he will be more suitable."
Then, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki pointed to Black Zetsu's face.
"And you, your essence is something that Kaguya created by fusing the power of the God Tree with her own will. You are a decent tool to me. Of course, more importantly, I can cover Kaguya with my Kaguya. When that happens, what you revive on Madara will not be Kaguya, but me, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who will possess the Ten-Tails."
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki chuckled and placed his palm on Black Zetsu's body, infusing it with countless mysterious runes.
"Next, we should let those two descendants of Kaguya fight each other to the death, and then take over the body of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki to revive."
The outer perimeter of the Golden Wheel Mountain Range.
The intensity of the war is escalating.
"Young people of the village, you must seal me away as soon as possible. Madara absorbed the Senjutsu Chakra gathered in my body, so I cannot use Senjutsu for a short time. But if this drags on for too long, it will be troublesome!"
Standing atop the Wood Human Technique Hashirama Senju, Uchiha Fugaku.
With Bhiruho diverted most of his energy to Shisui, Hashirama was able to temporarily regain some consciousness, though his body was still fighting instinctively.
I'll try my best!
"Uchiha Fugaku replied in a deep voice."
Meanwhile, the battles of others continued around the two.
Shisui, wary of Uchiha Hikari's abilities, dared not easily use the Water World, but with his masterful Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, he was barely able to hold off Bhiruho.
Minato Namikaze and Kushina's combined Sage Fox form suppressed Uchiha Hikari, but they couldn't defeat him for the time being. So they joined forces with Shisui to fight Bhiruho and Uchiha Hikari together.
Both of them can use the Flying Thunder God Technique, which allows them to use combinations such as the Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.
Orochimaru was the one who first broke the deadlock.
"Hehe, it seems your artwork is not as perfect as mine. Mine can repair itself when it breaks, but yours cannot."
Orochimaru chuckled as he formed Hand Seals, controlling the summoning incantation near the severed arm of Unit-01, and summoned the mechanical arm that Sasori had smashed off.
At this moment, three of the nine tails of the giant scorpion controlled by the scorpion had broken off.
"It's okay, it should be ready in a few more minutes."
Scorpion replied indifferently.
At that moment, Hashirama Senju shouted again:
"In two more minutes, my Chakra will be fully restored! When I use Sage Mode, you'll definitely have a hard time stopping me!"
Upon seeing this, Orochimaru remained silent and quickened his pace of attack.
"Teacher Tobirama, did you hear that?"
A few kilometers away, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was smashing the head of a White Zetsu with his Adamantine Staff, suddenly spoke to Tobirama Senju him.
They had a signal connection with Yamanaka Inoichi, and they could hear what was happening on another battlefield from Inoichi.
"Have you made up your mind, monkey?"
"Teacher Tobirama, when I set off, I wondered if this would be the last battle of my life. Considering my age, it probably is. So, I want to do as much as possible for the village in this battle, even if it costs me my life."
"Monkey."
"Um?"
"I am very pleased that, forty years later, at least some things in your heart have not changed."
"Teacher Tobirama, time is running out, I need your help to get me a ride."
Tobirama Senju placed his hand on Hiruzen Sarutobi's shoulder.
The next second, the Flying Thunder God Technique was activated.
On the distant battlefield, Shisui suddenly received a message from Yamanaka Inoichi. He then used the extraordinary vision of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to throw a kunai bearing Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God Mark Kunai the distance.
The next second, Tobirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared not far from the battlefield between Uchiha Fugaku and Hashirama Senju.
"There's less than a minute left! Do you have any ideas to speed things up?"
Hashirama Senju Uchiha Fugaku, who was struggling against him.
"Teacher Tobirama, I would like to trouble you to deliver the Enma Contract Seal Scroll to Asuma later. The scroll is kept at the Sarutobi Ancestral Residence. As for now, I would appreciate it if you could help me create an opportunity."
The Third Hokage gave his last words to Tobirama Senju.
Tobirama Senju didn't speak, but simply used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport behind Hashirama Senju.
Tobirama?
Hashirama Senju bewilderment, and with a punch imbued with Super Strength, he shattered half of Tobirama Senju's body.