Chapter 293: The World of Uchiha Madara
Although the abilities displayed by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki were currently very difficult to deal with, they were not to the point of being completely unbeatable. However, Neji, who had awakened the genuine Tenseigan, could feel the pressure from the depths of his bloodline brought by Isshiki more than Nagato and Hashirama.
"Buy me some time. I'll try to seal him directly," at this time, the Deva Path Pain came to Neji's side and said.
"Okay, let's give it a try," Neji nodded.
At the same time, after the Gracious Deity Gates were broken, Senju Hashirama's offensive did not stop.
"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique!"
An incomparably huge and ferocious wood dragon, wreathed in thick Sage Art chakra, let out a heaven-shaking roar and broke through the earth from the flank! Its huge dragon mouth opened and bit fiercely at Isshiki! The powerful sealing force contained in the wood dragon was enough to disrupt the spatial structure and interrupt any potential spatial secret techniques the opponent might have!
Isshiki's brows furrowed slightly. His figure was forced to sway to avoid the wood dragon's bite.
At this time, Neji's attack followed closely behind.
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!" Green energy vortexes transformed into whirlwinds, sweeping towards Ōtsutsuki Isshiki from all directions. This time, Neji used pure Tenseigan dōjutsu, precisely so that he wouldn't be too far behind Isshiki in terms of energy level.
Isshiki, while dodging, showed a momentary opening in his movements. And at this time, Nagato keenly seized the opportunity.
The body of the Deva Path Pain instantly appeared below Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, its hands clasped together.
"Planetary Devastation!"
A jet-black gravitational core was suddenly generated high in the sky above Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's head! A terrifying gravitational force instantly erupted! The earth trembled violently. Countless huge rocks, the remains of burning trees, broken ninja tools, and even the corpses of Iwagakure soldiers were forcefully pulled from the ground, rushing crazily towards that black core like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea! A huge rock sphere rapidly formed and expanded in the air, intending to seal Ōtsutsuki Isshiki completely within!
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki looked up. Watching the rapidly forming small planet, a trace of gravity finally flashed in his eyes, but more so was the anger of being offended.
"Insignificant tricks!" An unprecedented light burst from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's black eyes, "Daikokuten: Spatial Banishment!"
Weng—!
The space in front of him distorted and shattered violently like a mirror! It formed an unstable, pitch-black spatial vortex! That giant Planetary Devastation meteor, which had just formed and carried a terrifying sealing gravity, was forcefully swallowed and transferred by this spatial vortex! It disappeared without a trace! As if it had never appeared!
However, by forcefully activating such a large-scale spatial secret technique, on Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's seemingly perfect body, the originally fine, black-crack-like "Karma" mark in the center of his forehead suddenly became clear and deep! Black energy even faintly escaped from it! He let out a muffled grunt, and his body experienced an extremely brief moment of stiffness. For the first time, a look of surprise appeared on his face!
"His energy is unstable!" Below, Neji, with bloody tears flowing from his eyes, keenly captured this point! The Tenseigan's perception of energy was far beyond that of ordinary people. At this moment, he was the first to discover that something was wrong with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
"Now! Lord Hashirama! Pain!" Neji, disregarding the tearing pain from his eyes, burned, compressed, and condensed the remaining Tenseigan dōjutsu in his palm without reservation!
A golden sword of light, so condensed that it was almost tangible, suddenly formed, emitting a hum that cut through space! Its target was aimed straight at the now clear and deep mark on Isshiki's cheek! This was the final blow that wagered everything!
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
"Understood!" A sharp light shot from Senju Hashirama's eyes! He slammed his hands on the ground, "Sage Art: Wood Release - Hotei Technique!"
Countless giant wooden Buddha hands broke through the burning earth, locking down all of Isshiki's possible escape spaces in layers, forming a huge wooden cage!
Nagato, stationed in the army, spat out a mouthful of blood, his withered body convulsing violently, but the light of the Rinnegan in his eyes burned to its brightest!
"Preta Path: Sealing Technique Absorption Seal!"
The Preta Path opened its large mouth. A chakra storm, wreathed with sealing jutsu formulas, enveloped the invisible yet powerful chakra defensive field around Isshiki! He was going to tear open a gap for Neji's fatal blow!
Facing the attacks of the three, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki felt an unprecedented sense of crisis! The burning pain and tearing sensation from the "Karma" told him that the burden of spatially banishing the Planetary Devastation just now was far beyond his expectations.
At this moment, Neji's golden sword of light that locked onto his "Karma," Hashirama's Wood Release cage that sealed off space, and Nagato's Rinnegan suction that attempted to strip away his defense... the three forces cooperated seamlessly!
"Ants! How dare you—!" Ōtsutsuki Isshiki let out an angry roar, attempting to activate his spatial ability again to escape. However, the violent fluctuation of the "Karma" caused an extremely brief delay in his control over space!
It was this thousandth of a second delay!
Swish—!!!
The "Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion," which Neji had swung with all his dōjutsu and by burning his life force, in the tiny gap torn open by Nagato's "Preta Path," within the absolute confinement domain created by Hashirama's "Hotei Technique," transformed into a dazzling golden thread that pierced through the void, accurately stabbing into the deep black "Karma" mark on Isshiki's face!
There was no earth-shattering explosion.
Only a chilling "crack" sound, as if glass was being pierced by the sharpest object and was about to completely shatter!
"Ugh, Aaaaaahhhhh—!!!"
Isshiki let out an unprecedented scream, filled with pain and disbelief! The "Karma" on his forehead, like broken porcelain, was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks! Violent and chaotic black energy, like an out-of-control flood, frantically gushed out from it! His entire body trembled and twisted violently, his eyes filled with chaos and fury!
Space around him distorted and collapsed violently and unstably! He swept a venomous gaze over the figures below: Neji, with his eyes tightly closed, bloody tears streaming down, falling with a faint breath; Nagato, far away in the allied forces' command post, bleeding from his seven orifices and completely passed out; and Hashirama, who, although tired, his gaze was still like a torch, controlling the giant wooden hands to close in.
"Damn you ants, and this damn, lowly world..." Isshiki's voice was distorted by pain and anger. "I... will remember this!"
Before his voice had even finished, the chaotic and rampaging black energy around him suddenly erupted! Space, like a broken mirror, completely collapsed, forming a pitch-black vortex that swallowed everything! Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's twisted figure was instantly sucked into it and disappeared without a trace!
Disappearing along with him were the two reincarnated bodies suppressed by the Gracious Deity Gates—Gengetsu Hōzuki and Mū. With the caster Isshiki's defeat and escape, the maintenance of the Impure World Reincarnation was also forcibly cut off.
Poof! Poof!
The two reincarnated husks, having lost their soul support, the moment the spatial vortex completely closed, turned into two puffs of scattered dust, rustling down, and completely fell silent.
Rumble...
The wooden Buddha hands summoned by Senju Hashirama closed heavily, but only slapped on empty space, stirring up a sky full of smoke and dust.
The battlefield fell into a deathly silence.
Sunlight struggled to pierce through the pervading smoke and dust, illuminating the completely collapsed remains of Kannabi Bridge, illuminating the devastated, corpse-strewn land, and also illuminating the three figures who had almost changed the course of the war, yet had all paid a heavy price at this moment.
Senju Hashirama took a deep breath and surveyed this tragic victory ground. This former God of Shinobi, even in his infinite-chakra Impure World Reincarnation state, showed a trace of deep fatigue and gravity in his eyes.
The appearance of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, like a dark cloud, hung over this land that had just been baptized by blood and fire.
After the defensive line of Kannabi Bridge was broken, the remaining remnants of the Iwagakure army also retreated several hundred kilometers, and with great difficulty, re-established a defense based on the natural barriers in the rear. However, after seeing the scale of the destruction caused by Neji and the others on the battlefield, Onoki couldn't help but shake his head. In front of these few, could this so-called natural barrier really be considered a natural barrier?
Fortunately, after breaking through Kannabi Bridge, Konoha also temporarily slowed down its advance. Before continuing to advance, appeasing the ordinary people in the occupied territory was also a very important matter.
Unlike the Land of Lightning, where after the Cloud's army was repelled, the common people along the way welcomed the king's army with food and drink, the common people on the Land of Earth's side still had feelings for Iwagakure and the Land of Earth. Therefore, the Konoha side also needed to pay a certain price to appease this part of the common people.
At the same time, Neji and Nagato, who had been seriously injured in this battle, also needed a period of rest.
Uchiha Douhuan in Konoha also received the news of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's appearance on the battlefield. After pondering for a moment, Uchiha Douhuan found Tobi and had him take him to the mountain cave where Uchiha Madara had hidden.
Since Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was no longer planning to hide, then it was also time to let old man Madara come out and move around. If the situation became more chaotic, Uchiha Douhuan would have a chance to try and complete the Eye of the Moon Plan, become the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, and thus strive for a higher level.
The current Uchiha Douhuan could already feel that his own strength had faintly touched a ceiling. The human-exclusive Sage Mode had been broken through to a higher realm by Uchiha Douhuan in countless choices and simulations. The path that the Uchiha clan's genius in sage techniques, Uchiha Asahi, had failed to complete, he had already walked through. However, Uchiha Douhuan also had to face a realistic problem, and that was, his bloodline did not support him to go a step further through the normal way.
Uchiha Douhuan was not the chakra reincarnate of Indra. The way of advancement by combining the powers of the Senju and Uchiha to form the power of all creation was completely unworkable for him. And in the process of cultivating the human-exclusive sage techniques, Uchiha Douhuan could also feel that there was a possibility of further advancement on this path.
However, what kind of existence was the Sage of Six Paths level? Uchiha Douhuan knew nothing about it.
Therefore, the reason why Uchiha Douhuan was so eager to activate the Eye of the Moon Plan was precisely to become the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, to see what the level of the Sage of Six Paths was like, and thus find the possibility of advancing on his own.
After Tobi brought Uchiha Douhuan to the rock cave where Uchiha Madara had previously hidden, a large number of White Zetsu had already gathered here. Upon seeing Uchiha Douhuan appear, a White Zetsu stepped forward, saluted, and shouted loudly:
"Salute to Lord Douhuan! Loyalty! Sincerity!"
"Loyalty! Sincerity!" The sound of the White Zetsus' salute echoed in the rock cave.
"Loyalty," Uchiha Douhuan nodded with satisfaction. This group of White Zetsu could be said to be the best workhorses. As long as Uchiha Douhuan was willing to play this kind of role-playing game with them, the loyalty of the White Zetsu was truly loyal.
"Tobi, have you explained everything?" After returning the salute, Uchiha Douhuan looked at Tobi and asked.
"Reporting to Lord Douhuan, the 1,500 White Zetsu present have all been prepared. They have all memorized the scripts for various identities and are ready to begin the 'World of Uchiha Madara' plan at any time!"
"Very good, then let's begin," Uchiha Douhuan nodded, gestured with his hand, and a White Zetsu with a fanatical look on its face came to a platform in the center of the rock cave and lay down. The rest of the White Zetsu each sank into the ground, and a layer of black substance appeared on the surface of Tobi's body beside him, disguising himself as Black Zetsu.
Uchiha Douhuan came before the White Zetsu, took out a sealed portion of Uchiha Madara's flesh, placed it on the White Zetsu, and then formed the seals for the Impure World Reincarnation Technique.
In no time, the body of the White Zetsu in front of him began to transform into the appearance of a long-haired man wearing old-style chainmail.
A few minutes later, the Impure World Reincarnation body of Uchiha Madara, lying on the platform, suddenly opened its eyes.
After Uchiha Madara opened his eyes, he sat up, first looked at his own body, and then expressed his doubts.
"It's not the Rinne Rebirth Technique, but the Impure World Reincarnation? Did something happen on Nagato's side?" Uchiha Madara frowned slightly. At this time, he also sensed a strange chakra beside him.
"Who are you?" Uchiha Madara's gaze was as sharp as a hawk's as he looked fiercely at Uchiha Douhuan.
"Ancestor Madara, welcome back," Uchiha Douhuan bowed slightly and said with a smile.
"Ancestor?" Uchiha Madara at this time also noticed the fan-shaped clan crest embroidered on Uchiha Douhuan's clothes. "A junior of the Uchiha clan?"
"And... your chakra fluctuation..." After sensing Uchiha Douhuan's chakra fluctuation, Uchiha Madara also remembered. The clan member in front of him was the Uchiha Douhuan who had slaughtered the Mist on the battlefield of the Third Great Ninja War back then. At that time, it wasn't that he hadn't thought of letting Uchiha Douhuan be his agent in the ninja world, but Uchiha Douhuan, whose parents had died young and whose only concerned relative had died early in the war, made Uchiha Madara feel that there was no way to start.
So, in the end, Uchiha Madara chose Obito as his pawn. But now, he had been reincarnated by the Impure World Reincarnation, but Obito was not here. At the same time, Uchiha Madara also sensed that the fluctuation of the curse seal he had left in Obito's heart had also disappeared.
(End of chapter)
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