Chapter 148: The Fourth Battle with Madara Uchiha
In the dead of night, half of Konoha Village's lights were extinguished, and most people had entered dreamland.
Suddenly, an earth-shattering roar erupted, and the tremors jolted everyone awake from their dreams.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, heard the noise, rolled off his bed, and strode out of his room.
"This is..."
Hiruzen looked towards the northwest of Konoha, his face showing surprise.
"Hiruzen." Two voices called out simultaneously as Danzo and Kagami arrived together.
"Kagami, could this be?"
Kagami Uchiha's expression was complex, and he nodded. "According to the clan records, this should be Madara-sama's Perfect Susanoo."
"Didn't he die at the hands of Lord Hashirama?" Danzo asked urgently.
Kagami shook his head, indicating he didn't know either.
Hiruzen looked around. Many villagers had woken up and come outside, their expressions grim.
"Danzo, Kagami, go arrange for the emergency evacuation of the villagers first. The one fighting Madara Uchiha should be Elder Masahiko. Their battle might affect the village!"
Danzo and Kagami responded affirmatively and went to evacuate the civilians, while Hiruzen also began to get busy.
Kazama Plains Battlefield
Masahiko flew in the air, smiling as he looked at the surrounding terrain. "Will this place end up being renamed back to Kazama Valley?"
Madara had unleashed his Perfect Susanoo directly from underground, changing the terrain once again. The plains collapsing inward had indeed turned it back into a valley.
After shattering the underground palace, Madara's Susanoo slowly retracted.
"Old man, this move is perfect for testing on you!"
Masahiko's expression shifted as Madara formed an extremely familiar seal with both hands.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Intertwined trees grew wildly. In a few seconds, the original valley turned into a forest. Even flying in the air, Masahiko was harassed by the growth.
"Such a familiar jutsu... Let's call it Kazama Forest then!" Masahiko sighed. Channeling wind nature transformation into his feet, he severed the gigantic trees growing towards him. Facing Madara, Masahiko was clearly much more cautious, choosing the method that saved the most chakra.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
Another familiar ninjutsu, but Masahiko felt very annoyed.
"Using Hashirama's jutsu against me... Madara, every time we fight, you underestimate me a little."
Masahiko entered Sage Mode and used a jutsu he hadn't used in a long time.
"Sage Art: Wind Release — Rasenshuriken!"
The spinning shuriken directly shattered the Wood Dragon. The piercing screech dissipated in Madara's palm as Masahiko almost forgot that the Rinnegan had the ability to absorb ninjutsu.
"Old man, it's not that I underestimate you, but your weird ninjutsu are useless before these eyes."
Masahiko smiled helplessly and said, "Madara, we haven't seen each other for so long, you've forgotten that I am a Taijutsu ninja."
Madara was stunned; he had never heard of such a thing. But seeing Masahiko approaching rapidly...
"Hmph, you overestimate yourself!"
Two minutes later, Madara rolled on the ground in a sorry state. After stabilizing himself, he looked at Masahiko, who was posing like Bruce Lee, and his face turned completely black.
"Old man, again!"
With a loud shout, he charged over again.
"You overestimate yourself!" Masahiko threw the phrase back at him.
However, two minutes later, it was Masahiko fleeing in a sorry state.
"Madara, what happened to the Taijutsu duel?"
What was originally a one-on-one fight had turned into Masahiko fighting one against five. And the other four were invisible enemies. Masahiko remembered that in the original story, this jutsu should be unique to Madara's Rinnegan: Limbo: Border Jail, creating four invisible shadows to attack the enemy.
Masahiko hadn't obtained the Six Paths Power yet, so he couldn't see these four shadows. However, with Kagura's Mind Eye fully open, he could sense them slightly. After all, shadows are jutsu, and jutsu have chakra fluctuations.
"Fifth Gate: Gate of Limit — Open!"
Masahiko decisively activated the Eight Gates, turning the situation around again.
It was laughable to think that the two strongest people in the ninja world weren't using earth-shattering ninjutsu, but were instead engaging in a fist-to-flesh brawl.
Until the two separated again, panting heavily. They looked at each other, and both saw amusement in the other's eyes.
Panting a couple of times, Madara straightened up and said seriously, "Old man, don't die!"
Masahiko nodded without speaking.
Astonishing chakra fluctuations radiated from Madara as he activated the Perfect Susanoo again. In the end, he chose to fight the final battle with Masahiko in his most adept form.
"Seventh Gate: Gate of Wonder — Open!"
Blue steam erupted. Masahiko looked at the giant blue war god opposite him, standing as tall as a mountain, then looked at himself, suddenly feeling his battle form wasn't cool enough.
"When I went to the Land of Lightning earlier, I forgot to ask for the Lightning Release Chakra Mode."
"Then, let's try this first."
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Masahiko rarely used Water Release, but he had obtained quite a few jutsu from the battle with the Hidden Mist and decided to use them. Among them, this Great Waterfall Technique was the most noteworthy. Although it was an ordinary A-rank jutsu, with Masahiko's chakra volume, it was much stronger than other techniques.
"Now this is a Great Waterfall!" Masahiko nodded. A waterfall hundreds of meters high and dozens of meters wide crashed toward Madara's Susanoo. But a moment later, Masahiko dodged away. Madara's Susanoo sword not only split Masahiko's waterfall but almost cut him too.
"As expected, it doesn't work?"
"Then how about this?"
"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
Masahiko mobilized a massive amount of chakra, turning the surrounding ten miles into an ocean. Madara's Susanoo was completely submerged. He thought that with his Level 8 Water Release, this would give him an advantage.
However, the ocean formed of condensed chakra was split apart by Madara with a single slash.
"Old man, where are those weird ninjutsu of yours? You've gotten weaker!"
Masahiko dodged continuously, feeling speechless inside. These Water Release techniques were indeed useless, but he stubbornly retorted, "I'm just giving you a head start with some chakra, otherwise I'm afraid I'd beat you in two or three moves. This time, I'm getting serious!"
"Sage Art: Dust Release — Detachment of the Limit World Technique!"
Madara didn't form seals and slashed out with his long sword again. The Kekkei Tota Dust Release surprisingly didn't gain an advantage over the Kekkei Genkai Sharingan's Susanoo. After a stalemate, a massive shockwave erupted where the two collided, wiping out the newly formed forest completely.
Masahiko was blown back hundreds of meters by the impact and frowned at Madara. The Susanoo giant's long sword was completely shattered, but Madara quickly reformed another one, consuming only a bit of chakra.
"After obtaining Hashirama's cells, Madara's chakra should be even greater than mine. Continuing like this isn't good; I need a strategy..."
Meanwhile, Konoha Village had finished evacuating under Hiruzen's organization. Hiruzen gathered a group of elite ninjas, ready to go and assist at the appropriate time.
In their hearts, if Madara Uchiha won this battle, it would be a disaster for Konoha.
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