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Blazing currents of wind rolled and swept through everything around them, distant trees were pressed down by the violently roaring wind, tilting and parting to both sides, and the soil beneath their feet trembled as if alive, then swayed into airborne dust amidst the collapses, with an area of several kilometers completely affected by the standoff between the two.
All the Ninja present watched the scene unfolding before them with bated breath, whether it was the Sannin, who were already at the pinnacle of the entire Ninja World, or Sakumo, regarded as Konoha Village's sharpest fangs, or Namikaze Minato, the second-generation Konoha newcomer, second only to Sawara Kiri.
Everyone watched in silence.
They all understood clearly that the outcome between these two would determine the fate of the entire Konoha Village, no, even the entire Ninja World.
The moment Uchiha Madara, the Ninja World's Asura of yesteryear, who longed to conquer the entire Ninja World, appeared here, it was no longer just a problem for Konoha and the Land of Fire, a single village and country.
Apart from Sawara Kiri, no one else could contend with such a terrifying monster.
Just witnessing this world-destroying scene, this impression was branded like a hot iron, deeply etched into the heart of every Konoha Ninja present.
Even young children like Kakashi, who had been urged to hide in the air-raid shelter, quietly waiting for the outcome outside from deep underground protective layers, could feel just how immense this power was.
That power seemed capable of overturning the very earth.
"Om—"
After an unknown period, a faint hum, like a low murmur, reverberated from the scorched area where the two collided, rolling like ripples and stirring up the condensed smoke and dust in the air.
Uchiha Madara and Sawara Kiri, exerting their full power, stared fixedly at each other with resolute gazes, unwilling to retreat even a single step.
If Uchiha Madara's emotions were merely shock at this young man who could contend with a Susanoo Perfect Form, then Sawara Kiri's heart at this moment was surging with extremely turbulent shock.
Originally, his idea was to encompass the entire Susanoo within the range of Unlimited Void, using the characteristics of the Domain to overwhelm this aging opponent with infinite information in one go.
But he had no idea that almost the moment Unlimited Void touched the Susanoo, it could no longer advance.
The power contending with Unlimited Void was neither Chakra nor pure ocular power, but something on a higher level, far exceeding the power these eyes could possess.
Because of this, Unlimited Void was now in a state of erosion, fiercely colliding with the armor formed by Susanoo, mutually corroding each other.
Rather than a contest of Chakra, it was more akin to a Domain clash.
Almost instantly, his mind recalled the original storyline where Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke used Susanoo to block all Mangekyo ocular techniques and the characteristics of Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Clearly, it was the same principle now.
The Third Power had its extraordinary aspects.
However, just as in a Domain versus Domain clash, the stronger party is destined to win.
"Boom!"
Almost at the precise moment this violent stalemate reached a certain point, both their Domains and armor shattered from a conceptual level, like collapsing buildings, exploding into fragments, one after another.
Not just Sawara Kiri and Uchiha Madara.
Everyone present was shaken the instant they witnessed this scene.
And the scorched earth where the two stood seemed to have been smoothly sliced off by some invisible giant hand, exposing large areas of fine, dark soil beneath the scorched layer.
'What was that just now?'
A problem Sawara Kiri could detect, Uchiha Madara, with his vast experience traversing the Ninja World, naturally wouldn't miss a single detail.
Since his battle with Hashirama, no one had ever, until today, shattered his fangs head-on, almost by brute force, without any evasion.
However, this scene did not bring him panic or astonishment; instead, it made him even more curious about the young man before him, and his fighting spirit surged even more fiercely.
He stared intently at Sawara Kiri, a smile of extreme excitement stretching across his lips, the Eternal Mangekyo in his eyes rotating even faster, and he roared:
"Again!"
"Again!!!"
Sawara Kiri precisely controlled the total amount of Chakra in his body and met him without hesitation.
The collision of the Domain and Susanoo once again reverberated in everyone's ears.
Shattering! Collision!
After three consecutive rounds of what could only be described as furious clashes, both Sawara Kiri and Uchiha Madara finally realized that this path was futile.
The intense consumption of Chakra and ocular power made them pant heavily, but their gazes remained fixed on each other, like a fierce tiger and bear encountering each other deep in the forest.
"Hahahahaha...hahahahaha!!!"
However, despite facing such a situation, Uchiha Madara's laughter grew even more unrestrained, his entire being seemingly invigorated by the surging blood within him.
"This is how a battle should be!"
If before, Uchiha Madara had merely arrogantly regarded the young man before him as a small stone that had accidentally blocked his path, then now, Uchiha Madara, laughing wildly as he had in yesteryear, had completely regarded his opponent as someone who could stand alongside him—or even alongside Hashirama!
At the same time, he was also the greatest enemy on his path of resurrection and salvation, as per his plan.
But the more this was the case, the more he rejoiced!
"Sawara Kiri!"
"You are truly a surprise beyond my imagination!"
"Besides Hashirama, no one else can compare to you!"
The more fervent his smile, the more surging his killing intent, his entire aura seemed to burn, erupting in turbulent air currents.
Uchiha Madara extended his hand, pointing his thumb at himself:
"But, it's a pity."
"Only the strong can survive in this world."
The moment his words fell, he had already shot forward recklessly, nourished by Yang Release Chakra and his desperate exertion on his body. He didn't even realize that his body was gradually approaching its peak state from his youth, even his appearance returning to its former self.
Naturally, his speed and strength were also more than double what they were at the beginning.
Uchiha Madara had already staked everything on this battle!
However, Sawara Kiri, panting softly, couldn't help but show a mocking smile when he looked at him.
His movements showed no hesitation; the intuition brought by Mind's Eye (Fake) made him suddenly step sideways, avoiding the war fan swinging down from above, and amidst the suddenly splashing dust, he thrust a blade towards the opponent's body.
The clanging metallic sound as it struck the battle armor was accompanied by a harsh scraping noise as the blade cut through, and the splashing sparks illuminated the faint afterimage within the dust.
A heavy punch suddenly swung out, breaking through the dust, and as Sawara Kiri caught it with a "snap," the blade and fan also collided simultaneously.
The sharp, tearing clang flashed by, and both figures retreated almost in sync.
To conserve some Chakra, Sawara Kiri even withdrew his Limitless, charging towards Uchiha Madara in the most primitive, essential, almost beast-like crimson stance.
Fists, feet, knees, legs, blade, fan.
The high-speed collisions once again blurred the two figures, extreme violence presented as the purest visual feast before everyone. The soil beneath their feet exploded in bursts of dust as they dashed, and countless flying stones shot like bullets into the surrounding trees.
No one dared to approach a step closer.
Uchiha Madara fought with increasing valor and excitement.
How long has it been?
How long has it been since he encountered such a powerful enemy in the empty era after Hashirama's death?
Why couldn't you have been born twenty years earlier, so I could defeat you at my peak?
All these regrets transformed into the purest motivation, and he suddenly chopped the war fan down like a giant axe.
"Clang!"
The dark blade blocked the gourd-shaped middle of the war fan in mid-air, and under the immense friction of both parties, it suddenly rotated half a circle, then plunged into the soil with a "thud."
Uchiha Madara and Sawara Kiri's gazes never left each other's eyes, staring at each other mercilessly, and merely the friction of their arm wrestling caused the suppressed soil to crack into fine, spiderweb-like fissures.
Suddenly, a smile spread across Uchiha Madara's face.
Sawara Kiri's heart stirred.
Immediately after, he saw Uchiha Madara suddenly release his grip on the war fan, and using the fan as an axis, his entire body spun up like a windmill in mid-air, rotating and kicking directly at Sawara Kiri's face.
Sawara Kiri's body folded backward, bending like a fluttering piece of paper.
Paper Arts!
But in the Six Eyes' vision, he immediately caught sight of countless shuriken flying out from the opponent in mid-air.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
The dense, rain-like tearing sounds pierced the quiet air.
Sawara Kiri's body couldn't dodge the massive range in time; after a roll, he instinctively tensed his muscles.
Iron Body!
A crisp metallic clang sounded from the surface of his body.
However, Uchiha Madara, who had also rolled once, suddenly revealed a ferocious grin, and immediately pulled his hands back.
Following closely, Sawara Kiri's body tensed as if pulled by an immense force, with steel wires, too fine to be seen by the naked eye, wrapped around him, dragging grooves in the soil beneath his feet, pulling him forcefully towards Uchiha Madara.
Even with steel wires still wrapped around his fingers, Uchiha Madara's hand seals were not disturbed in the slightest.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
The Dragon Fire surged and burned, bursting forth in a straight line with a roaring sound.
However, before the opponent's flames could reach Sawara Kiri, the figure bound by the steel wires had already transformed into a tree trunk amidst a puff of smoke.
Substitution Jutsu!
Uchiha Madara's expression seemed to falter for a moment.
The next moment, his feet were pulled into the ground by a pair of hands that burst forth from the soil.
Without the slightest hesitation, his body was instantly enveloped by Susanoo, then dissipated, and he leaped, rolled, and flew into the air.
But before he could land, a figure was already treading on countless air currents in the sky, folding in on itself as it swung a blade towards him, striking hard against the armor on his chest and abdomen, leaving a trace of crimson flowing fire.
"Hinokami Kagura: Blazing Heaven!"
With a thunderous crash, Uchiha Madara's figure shot into the ground like a meteor, producing a violent tremor.
The Konoha Ninja in the distance, who thought they were standing far enough away, still felt the ground beneath their feet abruptly lift as if they were stepping on air.
However, at this point, everyone was somewhat numb to the scene before them.
That was simply a realm they could not interfere with.
This was truly a battle between gods!
"Sa! Wa! Ra! Ki! Ri!—"
Yet, such minor injuries, under the enhancement of the Senju Immortal Body, healed almost instantaneously.
Uchiha Madara, who had fallen into the pit, roared his name, his previously flowing long hair now largely charred, and his armor shattered and fallen off during the recent battle, leaving him looking incredibly disheveled.
But he still clasped his hands together with extreme fervor and excitement:
"Wood Release: Wood Golem Jutsu!"
With a grinding, teeth-aching sound, a giant wooden humanoid grew and constructed itself with extreme speed from beneath his feet, finally forming a colossal statue tens of meters tall, with a ferocious dragon coiled around its body.
His voice was so arrogant and confident, his eyes fixed on the tiny figure:
"I am the strongest in this world!"
"Hmph—"
Sawara Kiri landed on the ground, slowly straightened his body, and looked up at the figure standing atop the giant, scoffing:
"What strongest?"
"Just a mortal from an era before I was born."
That contemptuous and mocking tone, like fire, burned Uchiha Madara's soul with anger and excitement, yet it also made him crave—crave the moment he would defeat him with his own hands!
He offered no further reply, but the Wood Golem beneath him charged, running wildly towards Sawara Kiri.
The charred ground beneath its feet was completely crushed, and every step the towering humanoid took amidst the colossal wood seemed to cause everything around it to collapse entirely, its raised fist like the Sword of Damocles, capable of severing anyone's head.
However, the instant it charged in front of Sawara Kiri.
The young man suddenly raised his hand.
"Technique Lapse: Blue"
The suddenly illuminated gravitational sphere flew into the air at an uncatchable speed.
Just a horizontal sweep caused the giant, which weighed who knows how many tons, to suddenly twist half of its body, almost instinctively tilting to the other side.
A violent creaking sound instantly crushed a large volume of its mass, exploding into countless fine particles, and its body seemed to have lost half its substance in an instant.
Before the enormous figure could be completely distorted and deformed by this gravitational sphere, Uchiha Madara had already controlled the dragon coiled around the giant's body to charge towards Sawara Kiri.
The young man still stood there, one hand pointing to the sky, the other shaped like a gun.
"Technique Reversal: Red"
A crimson speck of light, tiny as an ant, suddenly shot out from his direction, colliding with the giant dragon, whose volume was countless times larger than itself.
"Rumble—!"
Infinite repulsive force burst forth from the surface of the seemingly tiny crimson speck of light, directly shattering this wooden dragon.
The wooden dragon, seemingly imbued with immense power, shattered with a bang under the effect of this boundless repulsive force, like a Prince Rupert's Drop struck at its tail, turning into countless spreading dust particles in the air.
The target was directly Uchiha Madara at the very back.
"Too slow!"
However, before the crimson light arrived, Uchiha Madara had already leaped up, his hand seals becoming increasingly complex, and his expression growing more and more insane.
Even the White Zetsu armor covering him could feel the remaining Chakra being consumed like a surging tide, as if the last drop of moisture was being squeezed out.
That immense Chakra, just by forming the hand seals, caused a strong sense of unease in everyone's hearts.
Sawara Kiri, who was maintaining a high-speed "Shave" towards the opponent, seemed to sense something, his speed several times faster than the previous second.
However, almost the instant his palm was about to touch the opponent.
Uchiha Madara's body was once again covered by the indestructible Susanoo.
At the same time, this Susanoo was also covering the figure beneath it without restraint, continuously, as if it wanted to cover the entire earth.
But, the next moment.
Everyone present finally realized.
The target he wanted to cover was not this earth, but what was beneath it—
"Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz—!!!"
The instant they saw that terrifying creation, everyone present seemed to lose their voices, staring dumbfounded at the scene unfolding before them.
Hair bun, Buddha head, shoulders, torso, and then further down—
The Konoha Ninja standing in the distance seemed to be frozen, quietly watching the dreamlike scene unfolding before their eyes.
From looking straight ahead at first, then looking up, then tilting their heads back, looking at this wooden creation that completely covered everything their vision could reach.
Its height alone was at least over a thousand meters, perhaps even taller.
Even the Tailed Beasts, which they considered the most terrifying beings, seemed fragile as toys before this creation.
At the same time, the already indestructible Susanoo, like a layer of bluish-green outer garment, completely covered its exterior.
Only at this moment did Uchiha Madara, breathing heavily, finally shout its name.
"Armored Wood Golem: True Thousand Hands: Veritable 1000-Armed Kan'on!!!"
He stood at the highest point of this world, his long hair, which had only recently turned black again, now turned white, his body shrinking from muscular to gaunt, and even the White Zetsu armor draped over him hung limply, having completely exhausted all his Chakra, he opened his arms towards the young man below like a Lunatic, his eyes wide, shouting with extreme excitement:
"Sawara Kiri!"
"Throughout history, not even that Hashirama guy could achieve anything stronger than this!"
"In this era, only you are worthy of witnessing this technique!"
"Now, die!"
The instant they saw this scene, not only the Konoha Ninja behind him, but even Sawara Kiri himself couldn't help but be stunned.
He had imagined countless times what it would be like to face the True Several Thousand Hands, but he never expected it to start on such a grand scale.
The combination of Susanoo and Veritable 1000-Armed Kan'on—
At this moment, he had no time to think further.
Almost instinctively, his hands were already clasped in front of him, the remaining Chakra in his body barely able to maintain even the most basic body enhancements, exerting all his strength forward.
"Nine Ropes."
"Polarized Light."
"Crow and Declaration."
"The gap within and without."
If, when he first used this technique, he could only barely achieve a level beyond ordinary through talent and ritual, then now, having completely mastered "Unlimited Void," he was already qualified to touch the pinnacle of this technique.
A faint, purplish-red light suddenly illuminated before him.
With the young man's soft call, this faint light suddenly began to float and expand, from a point initially like a fingernail, constantly infused with Chakra, until it almost covered Sawara Kiri's entire body.
The ultra-high precision Chakra control made his Six Eyes feel as if they were burning with pain.
Most of the power within his body was infused into this one technique.
Yet it was not released, only remaining there, constantly distorting everything around it.
"200% Hollow Technique: Purple"
Almost the instant he uttered that name.
Like a starting gun.
In an instant, countless overwhelming giant hands, like meteors, or as if the entire sky was collapsing with this shadow, suddenly smashed down towards him with extreme force.
The purplish-red spatial glow illuminated the sky, and Unlimited Void mass solidified, colliding with the collapsing sky.
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom—!"
Suddenly, just the aftershock of the collision seemed to solidify the air, sweeping outwards like a tide for countless kilometers.
Destroying everything around it.
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