Madara's Susanoo shattered under Momoshiki's attack.
Fortunately, Madara was no ordinary person. The moment he sensed danger, he immediately disengaged from the Susanoo and flashed to Hashirama's side.
Hashirama grumbled, annoyed, "Madara, I told you to be more careful."
He never believed that Wood Release was invincible, nor did he believe Susanoo was invincible. While a larger size had its advantages, it also lost corresponding agility. For true powerhouses, both Susanoo and Wood Release were nothing more than giant targets. Kazuki had already proven this point earlier. Now Momoshiki also proved it.
"Hahahahahahaha, this is the feeling, the battle I crave."
Madara showed no worry or fear. Instead, his face was filled with a crazed expression as he looked at Momoshiki. He didn't know how long it had been since he had felt such an exhilarating battle.
As for Kazuki before, he was a monster. Madara believed Kazuki could also achieve this, but the sense of threat Momoshiki gave him was incomparable to Kazuki.
But it was precisely this pressure, and the feeling that Momoshiki was only slightly stronger than himself, that made Madara even more passionate, like an old man suddenly acting with youthful vigor.
"Hashirama! Use Wood Golem!" Madara suddenly said to Hashirama beside him.
Hashirama frowned. He didn't think Wood Golem would be effective against Momoshiki but he was willing to trust Madara. In terms of combat intelligence, Madara was in no way inferior to him, and perhaps even superior.
Madara had already suffered a loss once. This time, asking him to use the Wood Golem, he likely had another purpose.
At once, Hashirama formed a hand sign, and a giant Wood Golem rose from the ground. Madara leaped onto the Wood Golem's head, and Susanoo activated, forming armor that enveloped the Wood Golem's body.
"This feeling..."
The moment Susanoo was applied to his body, Hashirama felt a slight difference.
The Wood Golem could actually be enveloped by Susanoo? Just like Nine-Tails back then.
Madara's Susanoo really is all-encompassing. It can accommodate anything. It could accommodate Nine-Tails, it can accommodate the Wood Golem. Hashirama wondered what other strange things it would accommodate next.
However, another matter particularly concerned Hashirama. With the help of Madara's power, the cost of using Wood Golem was significantly reduced, yet its power was increased severalfold. Most importantly, by leveraging Madara's power, he seemed capable of performing even True Several Thousand Hands quite well, without needing to enter Sage Mode at all.
Hashirama had known before that his and Madara's powers were a perfect match, complementary, but he hadn't expected them to be such a perfect match.
Even after the Chakra of Asura and Indra left their bodies, the two still resonated when using their power.
"Round two, let's go, Hashirama!" Madara excitedly called out to Hashirama.
What Hashirama could feel, Madara naturally could also feel. They had never cooperated against a strong enemy during their lives, but they had the opportunity to cooperate after death.
He strongly suspected that he and Hashirama had drawn out power comparable to the Sage of Six Paths. In this way, even an Ōtsutsuki might not be unbeatable.
The aura displayed by Hashirama and Madara made Momoshiki solemn. Previously, he hadn't paid much attention to Madara and Hashirama, but as their powers merged, even he had to admit that at this moment, Hashirama and Madara had the qualifications to challenge him.
What exactly is going on with this planet?
So many combat powers comparable to an Ōtsutsuki have appeared all at once.
This made Momoshiki suspect that both Isshiki and Kaguya had very likely been eliminated by the powerhouses of this world. He also wondered what other strong enemies there were besides these guys.
Hikari watched all this from the side, her eyes flickering slightly. She looked towards the Giant Tenseigan Eye beside her, this eye seemed to possess special power. She had an intuition that if used well, it would play a huge role.
Also, where did Kazuki go?
Hikari's dual Mangekyo Sharingan flickered as she tried to communicate with Kazuki through Yachihoko.
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"Hmm?"
Kazuki, who had been continuously extracting energy from Shibai's body, paused his movements. After a slight perception, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.
"What's wrong?" Kaguya looked nervously at the Chakra Fruit in Kazuki's hand.
Compared to other trivial matters, she was clearly more concerned about this Chakra Fruit. Over the past few days, her gaze had never left this slowly forming Chakra Fruit. If she consumed this Chakra Fruit, she could definitely recover to her former peak state.
Kazuki said with a meaningful smile, "Something might have happened outside. If nothing unexpected happened, an Ōtsutsuki has probably arrived."
He wasn't afraid of anything happening to Mikoto and the others. He had left a contingency on Mikoto's body. If it came to a desperate situation, this power would erupt, which would naturally alert him and also help Mikoto and the others.
Since this power had not yet erupted, and if it was only three Ōtsutsuki, he was very confident in the current combat strength of the Ninja World. Moreover, if it truly came to a desperate situation, he didn't believe Hagoromo and the others would stand by and do nothing.
It should be known that Kushina and the others were crucial to the Ninja World, especially Nine-Tails inside Kushina. Once the Ninja World lost Nine-Tails, the balance between Chakra and Natural Energy could be broken. At that time, it would be even more difficult to restore more vitality to the Ninja World. Hagoromo and Hamura would not allow any problems with the nine Tailed Beasts.
"What?"
Hearing Kazuki say that Ōtsutsuki had arrived, Kaguya began to tremble. Even with Kazuki by her side, she still felt a primal fear of the Ōtsutsuki clan. As she was now, she probably wouldn't have the slightest power to resist those Ōtsutsuki.
Moreover, even if they defeated, or even killed the Ōtsutsuki here this time, new Ōtsutsuki would arrive later, and it wouldn't be a minor skirmish then.
It was no wonder Kazuki wanted to take her away from the Ninja World, and even wanted her to expose herself. Given her current situation, if she didn't expose herself outside, the Ninja World would have to face powerful enemies, even stronger Ōtsutsuki.
"This is yours." Kazuki threw the Chakra Fruit to Kaguya.
"Do you need me to fight those Ōtsutsuki?" Kaguya took the Chakra Fruit but didn't swallow it immediately. Instead, she asked Kazuki.
"No, these Ōtsutsuki don't need you to deal with them. I will only act at the very end. For the Ninja World, this is a trial."
Kazuki's gaze deepened as he looked at Shibai's body, which was close at hand. In fact, he wasn't afraid of the Ōtsutsuki arriving, the universe was vast and boundless.
It took Momoshiki and his group over a thousand years to reach the Ninja World, and even with coordinates, it would still take the Ōtsutsuki at least a few years to arrive.
A year's time was enough for him to extract all the Chakra from Shibai's body. Once he possessed Shibai's power, even if it was just the Chakra from Shibai's current shell, it would be enough for Kazuki to use temporarily. At that time, they would have more confidence when facing the Ōtsutsuki.
"Alright, I hope I won't regret this later." Kaguya gave Kazuki a deep look.
Now, besides clinging to Kazuki's leg, she seemed to have no other option.
Just as Kazuki thought, as long as he could devour Shibai's power, then he would be an absolute standout among the Ōtsutsuki clan.
Kazuki's strength was quite good, and Kaguya was very optimistic about him. Kaguya knew that she might not be good at using power. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been defeated by those two rebellious sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, back then.
But Kazuki was different, he seemed to be good at combat. If he could make Shibai's power his own, and she maintained a good relationship with him, then he could protect her in the future. After all, to Kazuki, she might be an expendable existence, a good lure.
"I don't think you'll regret it." Kazuki smiled confidently.