"Something happened on the battlefield over there... It'll take the Second Hokage some time to get here."
Kabuto Yakushi's voice came from Hashirama Senju's mouth.
Far away in the Underground Base, Kabuto Yakushi had fully injected himself with Orochimaru's cells. Having also mastered Sage Mode, he wore an unfathomable expression.
His eyes had now become snake-like slits resembling Orochimaru's, and his complexion was just as pale as Orochimaru's.
Several cracks had also appeared on his face.
"Can't get there too early... The harder you fight, the better..."
Kabuto Yakushi smiled, looking as though everything was under his control.
"Almost there..."
Boom!
Far away on Konoha's battlefield, the sound of Susanoo clashing rang out again!
Meanwhile, the golden samurai's Yata Mirror blocked both the Wooden Human and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"Fire Release... Great Fire Annihilation!"
Over by the Konoha ninja, Madara Uchiha's Shadow Clone unleashed a forbidden Fire Release technique!
The technique's range was so vast that it engulfed over a thousand Konoha ninja who were still fleeing!
"Damn it... When did he form the hand seals for a Shadow Clone?"
Ning Feng caught sight of the fighting on the other side, and his mouth twitched hard.
What he did not know was that while he had been getting Kakashi settled, Madara Uchiha had already used the Wood Clone technique to create several Shadow Clones and sent them to deal with the fleeing Konoha ninja!
"Uchiha Minato... Hand over the remaining tailed beasts now, and this war will stop immediately..."
Standing inside his Susanoo, Madara Uchiha spoke with an indifferent expression.
"Hand over the remaining tailed beasts?"
Ning Feng looked at Madara Uchiha as though he were an idiot.
"So you can become the Sage of Six Paths, then turn around and kill me?"
"Hmm?"
Madara