Exhausted, Raikage A braced his arms against his knees and panted heavily, yet a flicker of hope kindled in his eyes.
"That light... is it a sign that Impure World Reincarnation is being released?"
Ōnoki hovered in midair, a complicated look of relief appearing on his wrinkled face.
"It looks like... it's finally over."
Yet just when everyone thought the outcome was settled, something changed again!
Madara Uchiha's soul, which was about to disperse completely, suddenly stopped, forcibly halting its ascent!
A trace of cold mockery flashed in his Rinnegan as his hands rapidly formed hand seals in a sequence none of them could understand!
"Hmph. You think you can send me back to the Pure Land just by releasing Impure World Reincarnation? How naive."
There was a hint of disdain in Madara Uchiha's voice. The white light on his body began to flow backward instead, and the dust that had been about to peel away gathered once more.
"Impure World Reincarnation has one fatal risk..."
"If the person reincarnated knows the seals to release this technique, they can unilaterally cancel their contract with the summoner and escape their control."
"And then..."
His lips curled into a cruel smile.
"They can remain in this world forever in a perfect state, immortal and indestructible, with infinite chakra!"
"Release!"
With his low shout, the Impure World Reincarnation contract binding his soul snapped!
The force dragging him back to the Pure Land vanished with it!
Madara Uchiha had completely broken free of Impure World Reincarnation's restraints!
Though the body formed by Impure World Reincarnation was still covered in cracks, its dust no longer peeled away. Instead, a powerful force stabilized it once more!
He stood firmly on the ground, his Rinnegan sweeping coldly over the dumbstruck Five Kage in the distance before finally