Uchiha Madara used the orthodox Green Leaf Wood Release, while Yōkō, conversely, seemed like a heretical villain using Red Maple Wood Release.
Uchiha Madara grew even more excited.
The power of the Red Maple Wood Release was actually stronger than his own Wood Release. The tree trunks were thicker and more resilient.
The Green Tree Wood Release was pushed aside by the Red Maple Wood Release, abruptly clearing a path over twenty meters wide in front of Uchiha Madara.
Beneath the path were the crowded, squirming Red Maple Wood Release.
Beneath the Red Maple Wood Release was the Green Tree Wood Release trying to break through.
Yōkō clapped his hands together, and a Wood Dragon grew from the large tree beneath his feet.
The Wood Dragon carried Yōkō, slowly advancing forward, closing in gradually without haste.
The Red Maple tree trunks beneath the Wood Dragon intertwined, occasionally emitting groans of being overburdened.
The Green Tree Wood Release snapped some of the Red Maple trunks but could not break through.
Uchiha Madara glanced down at his left chest.
This Wood Release I obtained by transplanting Hashirama's cells is still inferior to the real thing.
"Susano'o!"
A blue, skeletal, half-body Susano'o emerged from the tree fissure.
No longer needing to hide, the large tree where Uchiha Madara was concealed was torn apart by the Susano'o's own hands.
Uchiha Madara glanced in Nagato's direction, his eyes shifting slightly.
He was too old.
If he remained motionless, relying on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he could live a few more years.
But the operation that severely damaged Konoha had consumed the limited vitality Uchiha Madara had left.
At this moment, Uchiha Madara was already resolved to die.
Death was not the end.
At the opportunity moment, he would be revived by the Rinnegan.
Hadn't he laid plans for many years precisely for his future resurrection?
Before this death, he must eliminate potential future troubles.
Uchiha Madara hovered within the chest of the Susano'o, staring at Fox, and said:
"Fox, you have some skill. If you keep living, you will affect my plans. Fox, you are a minor nuisance. It's time for you to die."
Yōkō smiled and said, "Some skill? A minor nuisance?
Uchiha Madara, this doesn't match your style. Why does it seem like you're acknowledging my strength in your words?
Get hype, Uchiha Madara!
This is your final dance before death!"
Uchiha Madara laughed heartily:
"I never thought Konoha would produce a madman like you! I almost suspect you are from the Uchiha clan!
Since you are so arrogant, then let me show you the peak battle I once had with Senju Hashirama!
Do not disappoint me! Fox! Let me see just how much of Senju Hashirama's shadow rests upon you!"
"Feeling nostalgic?" Yōkō summoned a large scroll: "Then let me help you reminisce properly."
Seeing Fox pressing his hand on the large scroll, a momentary daze appeared in Uchiha Madara's eyes.
Hashirama...
Poof! After a puff of white smoke, four weapons appeared on the Wood Dragon's head.
The Senju Broadsword, the Giant Fūma Shuriken, a Chakra Ninjato, and the Assassination Black Blade.
Uchiha Madara's expression changed, and he asked, "Where is the Nine-Sectioned Staff?"
Yōkō said, "The Nine-Sectioned Staff? Your subordinate Tobi destroyed that ninja tool when he killed Lord Mitokado Homura."
"My subordinate? Tobi?"
Uchiha Madara's heart sank.
Sarutobi Kanenosuke, and the fake Tobi who killed Mitokado Homura... There is another, deeply hidden force in the shinobi world.
That force used his own hands to suppress Konoha.
They are even more sinister, harboring a deep-seated hatred for Konoha.
Uchiha Madara said, "That generation of Sarutobi Hiruzen, clinging to life under Senju Hashirama's lingering prestige, couldn't even protect Senju Hashirama's ninja tools. A bunch of trash flushed out from the sewers."
Yōkō very much wanted to say, Lord Madara, this protectiveness you have for Senju Hashirama is a bit too full of... affection.
Mention Senju Hashirama again, and you'll start getting all fluttery...
He clamped his hands together, and two thick wooden vines shot out from behind him.
One coiled around the Senju Broadsword, the other around the Giant Fūma Shuriken.
The wooden vines whipped out over a hundred meters, whistling through the air with terrifying kinetic energy, slamming the Senju Broadsword against the skeletal half-body Susano'o, producing a metallic clang.
"The indestructible Senju Broadsword. You've actually found the correct way to use it," Uchiha Madara said:
"However, it's not your weapon, so you don't feel the slightest bit of heartache using it like this.
But even the Senju Broadsword, how could it shatter my Susano'o?"
On the other side, the wooden vine carrying the Giant Fūma Shuriken also whistled as it smashed towards the Susano'o.
This time, the Susano'o actually retreated.
"Brat!" Uchiha Madara said:
"The Giant Fūma Shuriken doesn't have the indestructible property. Do you intend to destroy this weapon?"
Uchiha Madara's aged body no longer supported using taijutsu against enemies.
If he were young, he would definitely use the Sharingan to teach Fox what real taijutsu was.
His Wood Release was inferior to Fox's; he could only rely on the all-around offensive and defensive Susano'o.
The half-body skeletal Susano'o rapidly transformed, growing into a Full-Body Susano'o.
Uchiha Madara's Full-Body Susano'o had four arms, holding Serpentine Longswords, and slashed at Yōkō.
Seeing Uchiha Madara using the Full-Body Susano'o, Yōkō joined his hands, and a Wood Dragon charged out from each side.
Seeing the Wood Dragons, the wrinkles on Uchiha Madara's forehead deepened.
"Damn Wood Dragon Technique! This is the technique I hate the most, bar none!"
The two Wood Dragons, one left and one right, coiled towards the Susano'o.
A Serpentine Longsword cut one Wood Dragon, but the other Wood Dragon managed to entangle the Susano'o.
The Susano'o, as a chakra energy construct, rapidly weakened.
Uchiha Madara had extensive experience dealing with the Wood Dragon Technique.
He needed to use more chakra now, to instantly shatter the Wood Dragon; otherwise, it would absorb chakra, growing stronger the more it absorbed.
A massive amount of chakra erupted from Uchiha Madara. The mere shockwave from the chakra activation created a hurricane around him.
Complete Body Susano'o!
Outside the Susano'o, Tengu-like armor appeared like a cloak.
The Complete Body Susano'o tore the Wood Dragon Technique apart with its powerful hands.
The Susano'o was now nearly a hundred meters tall.
Yōkō frowned. Uchiha Madara's Susano'o is really difficult to deal with. The Wood Dragons aren't enough.
"Wood Release: Three Worlds Wood Human!"
The Three Worlds Wood Human burst forth from the ground.
Uchiha Madara looked at the three-headed, six-armed Wood Human Technique and commented:
"Ferocious-faced, grotesquely shaped. Whether in strength or aesthetics, it's far inferior to Hashirama's Wood Human Technique."
The Complete Body Susano'o transformed again, growing wings on its back, holding twin swords, transforming into the Perfect Susano'o.
The Three Worlds Wood Human and the Perfect Susano'o collided.
The two hundred-meter-tall giants caused the nearby earth to shake and mountains to tremble.
In the distance, Antelope and the others hastily retreated.
This level of battle was no longer something ordinary shinobi could participate in.
Antelope trained hard daily with the help of the Cross Seal and considered herself quite strong among jōnin.
However, the aftershocks of Lord Fox's battle were like wind release techniques launched by a jōnin, making it impossible to approach.
The Susano'o swung its sword, flattening hundreds of meters of rainforest.
The Perfect Susano'o and the Three Worlds Wood Human engaged in intense physical combat.
The Wood Human's fists were incredibly hard, each punch causing the Susano'o to sway.
The Susano'o's giant swords, however, forced the Three Worlds Wood Human to avoid taking direct hits.
The large trees beneath their feet were kicked flying, and the rain was blown back into the high sky.
After stalemating for over a minute, Yōkō changed tactics for the first time.
"Wood Release: Top Transformation: Buddha!
Uchiha Madara! Didn't you want to see the Top Transformation: Buddha? The Top Transformation: Buddha you've been longing for is here!"
Inside the Perfect Susano'o, Uchiha Madara clapped his hands together.
"After Senju Hashirama's death, I have been constantly thinking about how to break the Top Transformation: Buddha!
Brat! It is an honor for you to die by this technique!"
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