"Now, are you still going to try to stop me?"
Uchiha Madara's gaze passed over the Konoha shinobi who had fallen to the ground and landed on the grave expression of Senju Tobirama.
In the face of absolute power, numbers play no substantive role.
He had plenty of large-scale, mass-destruction ninjutsu. If he wished, he could level Konoha in minutes.
It was only for certain reasons that he had not done so.
Senju Tobirama's eyes narrowed sharply. Without any warning, his figure vanished from where he stood.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
He did not charge in a straight line, but instead used the specially marked kunai previously scattered around the battlefield to move at high speed, teleporting irregularly.
Each flash was so fast it left only an afterimage; ordinary people could hardly perceive his precise position.
At the same time, in the gaps between teleports, his hands formed seals, intending to attack with ninjutsu.
"Water Style: Water Severing Wave!"
A high-pressure line of water, as sharp as steel wire, slashed toward Madara's waist at extreme speed, intending to cut him clean in half.
This powerful Water Style, strong enough to slice through metal and stone, was merely Senju Tobirama's feint.
Almost at the very instant the high-pressure waterline was fired, Tobirama flashed again, appearing at Madara's rear flank blind spot, his hands already completing the seals of another jutsu.
"Genjutsu: Infinite Darkness Illusion!"
Thick darkness instantly spread out centered on him, seeking to deprive Uchiha Madara of his sight.
This ninjutsu had once been a powerful weapon he used to counter the Uchiha clan during the Warring States period.
Uchiha who died under this technique were beyond counting.
However, faced with Senju Tobirama's exquisitely coordinated attacks, Uchiha Madara's expression barely changed, not taking them to heart at all.
He only slightly raised his head, and at the moment the Water Severing Wave was about to reach his body, an invisible shadow instantly appeared in the waterline's path. The high-pressure water struck as though hitting an unseen wall and exploded into a spray of water.
[Limbo: Border Jail]
And the enveloping Infinite Darkness Illusion, when confronting Uchiha Madara's pair of Rinnegan, collapsed without warning, not affecting even a shred of his vision.
"Genjutsu of this level, and you dare show off in front of me?"
Uchiha Madara's indifferent voice rang out, carrying unabashed mockery.
At that same moment, Madara's Rinnegan locked onto the high-speed-moving Senju Tobirama.
"Universal Pull!"
A powerful gravitational field burst forth instantly, enveloping him with absolute precision.
Senju Tobirama felt the air around him suddenly solidify, an irresistible force gripping his throat, dragging him uncontrollably toward Uchiha Madara.
He tried to form seals to resist, but there was no longer time.
Uchiha Madara's withered right hand closed around Senju Tobirama's neck in midair, lifting him off the ground under the control of the gravity.
"You were too slow, Tobirama."
Madara looked at the struggling Tobirama in his grasp. There was no emotion in his Rinnegan, as if stating a simple fact.
With age, Tobirama's speed of forming seals and the power of his ninjutsu had both been greatly diminished.
Even his proud Flying Thunder God Technique was no longer utterly flawless in execution.
"The grudges between us should end."
Before his words finished, a black rod formed from Yin–Yang Release suddenly appeared in his left hand and, without hesitation, stabbed toward Tobirama's abdomen.
If this strike landed, it would not only cause grievous injury, but the Yin–Yang Release within it would completely destroy Tobirama's chakra pathways.
Watching from a distance, Renya naturally could not allow this to happen.
Relying on the Flying Thunder God mark he had placed on Senju Tobirama, he appeared instantly before the two, the katana in his hand slashing hard against the black rod.
The Yin–Yang Release black rod snapped with a crack.
Immediately afterward, the katana mercilessly swept horizontally toward Uchiha Madara.
To evade the attack, Madara was forced to release the gravitational grip on Senju Tobirama's neck, letting him fall freely.
"Tobirama's little tricks—you've learned them all."
Uchiha Madara looked at Renya before him. There was no anger at his plans being disrupted—only the same calm as always.
"Madara-sama, I said I would stop you!"
"Then we shall see whether you have the strength to stop me."
Renya did not waste words; he once again swung his katana, slashing at Uchiha Madara.
But all his attacks were easily neutralized by the latter.
"Boy, my time is limited, so I won't play with you."
Uchiha Madara directly used four shadows to launch attacks at him from different angles.
Renya realized Madara had used [Limbo: Border Jail] and immediately activated Susanoo to try to defend.
Crack!
The supposedly absolute defense of Susanoo's skeletal frame shattered inch by inch like glass under the joint assault of the four shadows.
Clearly, Madara had no intention of holding back.
He had come to Konoha to collect Nine-Tails chakra, not to play children's games with Konoha shinobi.
Renya had no time to react at all; his entire body was struck simultaneously by the four shadows, sent flying uncontrollably, and crashed heavily into ruins dozens of meters away.
In theory he could have dodged, but he had been restrained by Universal Pull.
He struggled to get up, but felt that several of his bones had broken.
Uchiha Madara appeared above him like a specter, Rinnegan looking down indifferently, as though gazing at a worm in its death throes.
"You always think you can change everything, but in reality you can do nothing."
"Though I don't know exactly what you're thinking, I know you're trying to stop everything…"
"Unfortunately, you have not seen reality clearly."
Madara slowly raised his hand, aiming it at Renya below.
"Universal Pull."
Terrifying gravity yanked him brutally from the ruins, dragging him uncontrollably toward Madara.
No matter how he struggled, he could not escape gravity's control.
Uchiha Madara's withered right hand clamped tightly around Renya's neck.
"Have you seen reality clearly now?"
Madara's voice was like final judgment as he stared at Renya's face, twisted by suffocation and pain.
"In the face of true divine power…"
His arm suddenly exerted force, slamming Renya's head hard toward the ground below.
Boom!
Amid the tremendous impact, rubble flew and dust billowed.
As the smoke dispersed, only Uchiha Madara could be seen standing before the ruins, while Renya's head had been driven into the heap of debris.
"You are no different from these creatures struggling to survive on the ground."
Senju Tobirama tried to step forward to stop him but was blasted away by an invisible shadow.
Renya's blood-stained fingers clawed at the ruins, trying to pull his head free.
But a foot stepped on the back of his head, pressing his whole face once again into the pile of shattered stones.
"Just stay here obediently. After I collect part of the Nine-Tails' chakra, I will naturally leave."
Uchiha Madara said this, withdrew his foot, and turned to go.
"Madara-sama, wait a moment…"
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