On the vast wilderness, the wind howled with killing intent.
To prevent the battle from damaging the village buildings,
Renya and the others brought the Nine-Tails away from Konoha and set the battlefield in the outskirts.
There was no need to worry about causing damage to village property.
Uchiha Madara stood with arms crossed, his black hair wildly dancing in the air.
He had already learned all the information about the soon-to-arrive Ōtsutsuki Urashiki from Renya.
With that intelligence in hand, he was confident he could defeat him.
There was not the slightest hint of vigilance in Madara's eyes, only overwhelming confidence!
A mere Ōtsutsuki clan was nothing to fear before him.
The sky split open as Yomotsu Hirasaka activated.
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki stepped out gracefully, blue hair and white robes, holding a chakra fishing rod, a habitual mocking smile on his face.
He was just about to begin with some arrogant opening remarks.
But then he saw a pair of Rinnegan!
"I've been waiting for you, chakra-thieving rat."
Uchiha Madara looked at Urashiki in the sky and cut off his prepared opening speech.
Before his words even finished, four invisible shadows appeared around Urashiki.
Because of the prior knowledge, the shadows' purpose was not attack, but containment!
They were used to prevent Urashiki from instantly escaping using the paper crane teleportation or Yomotsu Hirasaka!
At the same time, Uchiha Madara clapped his hands together, giving Urashiki no chance to react.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom!"
Countless massive trees and vines burst from the ground, forming a vast forest of pollen.
The pollen interfered with perception and vision, while the trees blocked straight-line attacks and the fishing rod.
Just as Ōtsutsuki Urashiki in the air was about to cast his fishing rod, he realized he seemed to be surrounded by something invisible.
Immediately after, the ground below was covered by the rapidly growing forest, and the target disappeared within the dense canopy and pollen mist.
His fishing rod lost its optimal timing and target!
"Damn it!"
Urashiki was both shocked and furious. His blue Rinnegan spun rapidly, trying to see through the forest.
Instinctively, he wanted to use space-time rewind to adjust his condition.
But… what could he rewind?
The opponent hadn't attacked him at all!
It was all control and defense, with no direct attack, rendering his time rewind completely useless!
"That guy really has no combat experience," Senju Hashirama said in a low voice. "In this situation, he's still flying in the sky."
Madara was hidden in the shadows, while he flew in the air—what else was he if not a live target?
"He has powerful strength but doesn't know how to use it," Uchiha Izuna scoffed. "At this level, he's not even a match for my brother."
As long as they had the intelligence, the outcome would be decided quickly.
Renya looked at Urashiki anxiously searching for Madara's figure in the sky and shook his head helplessly.
It seemed there was no need for him to act.
The Ōtsutsuki clan didn't seem as strong as he had imagined.
It could be said they had virtually no combat experience.
He also didn't know why this guy appeared in this time period.
Shouldn't he have appeared during the time when Naruto went to train under Jiraiya?
Forget it, they could just capture him later and ask.
Wait, it seemed Boruto and Sasuke would also return to the past with Urashiki.
Maybe they were hiding somewhere in the dark observing the situation right now.
"Kid, what are you looking at?"
Senju Tobirama noticed Renya looking around and asked curiously.
In his view, Renya's unusual behavior meant he must have discovered something.
"Nothing, I just slept wrong and got a stiff neck."
There was currently no sign of Boruto and Sasuke, so the situation seemed slightly different from his expectations.
Better not say anything yet.
Wait until Madara defeats Urashiki, then extract information from him.
Within the forest, Uchiha Madara's voice echoed from all directions.
"I already know all your tricks."
Before his words finished, a massive arm of the Perfect Susanoo suddenly emerged from the forest, grabbing toward Urashiki in the sky!
Urashiki hurriedly tried to disperse into paper cranes, but the four previously still shadows moved.
"What?"
Although Urashiki couldn't see them, his combat instincts sensed danger, and time rewind activated.
His body slightly leaned forward as time reversed, barely avoiding the vital point, then immediately retreated to dodge the Susanoo's arm.
"Damn it, what is this?!"
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki had a ghostly expression. Why did this guy know his abilities?!
Troublesome—this was truly troublesome.
The forest exploded open!
The Perfect Susanoo fully manifested, with Uchiha Madara standing at its forehead, his Rinnegan locking onto the horrified Urashiki.
The Susanoo drew the blade at its waist and slashed toward him at extreme speed.
Facing such a world-destroying attack, Urashiki had nowhere to escape.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka, open!"
At the brink of life and death, Urashiki unleashed his final potential. Ignoring the frenzied attacks of the four shadows, he forcibly tore open an unstable spatial rift in front of him, attempting to enter it to evade the Susanoo's strike.
However, the terrifying chakra at the tip of the Susanoo's blade arrived half a step earlier, its devastating power landing on him.
Although he wasn't completely bisected due to Yomotsu Hirasaka, that destructive chakra still struck his body.
Afterward, Urashiki's broken body was sucked into the rift, and the spatial crack twisted shut.
Only a sky full of scattered blood and a few torn white garments remained.
The sky returned to calm, with only lingering chakra and the scent of blood proving the brutality of the battle.
Uchiha Madara dismissed the Susanoo, his Rinnegan gazing at the place where Urashiki disappeared, his brows slightly furrowed.
"The vitality of the Ōtsutsuki… is that strong?"
He could feel that strike had definitely severely injured Urashiki, but whether he could survive was unknown.
If it were anyone else, they would have died on the spot.
Yet Urashiki managed to escape using Yomotsu Hirasaka—his vitality had to be acknowledged.
"I accidentally let him escape."
Uchiha Madara walked over to the group and said expressionlessly.
"Next time, he won't be so lucky."
Everyone: …
You already beat him to that state—whether he's alive or not, he wouldn't dare come back!
The supposedly extremely powerful Ōtsutsuki clan was completely suppressed by Madara the entire time.
It seemed their earlier worries were completely unnecessary.
"Brother, you're amazing!"
Uchiha Izuna said excitedly.
His guess was right—mere Ōtsutsuki were not even worth a single move from his brother!
With his brother around, there was nothing to worry about.
"Nine-Tails, Urashiki might not be dead. Stay in the village for now."
Renya didn't want the Nine-Tails to be absorbed by Urashiki.
The Nine-Tails naturally had no objections and obediently followed the group back to the village.
...
On the other side,
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki fell from the sky in a miserable state, the left half of his body severed at the waist, only the right side barely connected by flesh.
"What kind of joke is this?!"
The people he encountered in this timeline were even more outrageous.
If he hadn't escaped quickly, he would've died there.
Black Zetsu, who had been forced to guide him, saw this scene.
He almost couldn't hold back from bursting into laughter.