"If you wish to witness that power," Madara's voice echoed like thunder, "then dance for me with everything you've got!"
As his words fell, Madara charged forward inside his half-bodied Susanoo, its massive frame moving with astonishing agility that defied its size. Wielding dual chakra blades, it swept through the air, leaving behind two brilliant arcs of blue light as it descended upon Mitsuki.
Unfortunately for Madara, chakra-based attacks were the very last thing Mitsuki ever worried about.
He lifted the Mistcutter, holding it horizontally before him, and slashed lightly.
"Full Counter!"
An unseen domain expanded outward. To an onlooker, it might've seemed absurd — a single human standing against a towering god of chakra. But the moment Susanoo's devastating slash met that invisible barrier, reality inverted.
The reversal was instantaneous.
Cracks split across Susanoo's twin arms, spiderwebbing rapidly across its torso.
Madara frowned. He hadn't expected Mitsuki's reflection technique to possess such terrifying power — enough to rebound even a Susanoo's attack.
Sensing imminent collapse, Madara swiftly leapt from within his avatar, retreating just as the spectral warrior's entire frame shattered apart.
A violent explosion followed, caused by the immense chakra compressed within Susanoo being reflected back upon itself. A massive shockwave radiated outward in a widening fan, shredding what little remained of the devastated forest.
The airborne debris — shattered rock, uprooted trees, scorched soil — tore through the air toward Madara's retreating form.
Clicking his tongue, Madara had no choice but to re-summon his Susanoo to shield against the storm of destruction.
Now he understood exactly why Mitsuki had wanted him to use Complete Body Susanoo from the start.
If that gigantic form had been caught in that counter, the consequences would've been catastrophic — even for him.
Hmph. Nearly walked right into his trap.
Madara recalled the reports from Zetsu about Mitsuki's mysterious counter technique — something akin to his own Uchiha Reflection. But he hadn't expected it to be powerful enough to shatter Susanoo itself. That level of power… wasn't a mere ninjutsu. Could it be a Kekkei Genkai?
As Madara pondered, Mitsuki moved first.
Three Rasengan Orbs shot forward like bullets. One transformed mid-flight — lightning bursting outward to form a feral hound that lunged straight for Madara.
"Rasengan Orb: Lightning Hound!"
The other two spun around in a curved trajectory, one burning bright red like a Flaming Rasengan, the other radiating blue light like a Rasenshuriken. As they crossed paths, the two collided — their energies merging.
The combined chakra darkened into a deep violet hue. Flames wrapped the spinning sphere, transmuted into a force of pure annihilation. From its center, two fiery conical spikes extended outward — like twin volcanoes fused together.
"Rasengan Orb: Blazing Wind Annihilation!"
This was the same jutsu once deemed beyond even the S-rank forbidden techniques listed in the Sealing Scroll — and Mitsuki had mastered it completely.
Madara raised Susanoo's skeletal arm and smashed the oncoming lightning hound into dust. Both fighters knew that was merely the appetizer. The real strike was coming next.
Through the haze of smoke, the Blazing Wind Annihilation approached — its speed eclipsing that of any Rasenshuriken.
In mere seconds, it was upon him.
Mitsuki's single-handed seal released the containment within the orb's turbulent chakra core.
"Crack—"
The sound was like a bolt snapping loose.
The sphere began to expand violently, pulling everything toward it with monstrous suction.
Trees were ripped from their roots. Earth and stone flew upward. Even streams were torn apart and drawn in — each object that touched the sphere igniting silently in violet flame.
Madara gritted his teeth, controlling Susanoo's four arms to dig deep into the ground. Yet even that wasn't enough. In the next instant, both Madara and the land beneath Susanoo's feet were dragged skyward.
Madara chuckled coldly. "So, Hashirama's successors do have some bite after all. You've danced well enough… So now, I'll show you Uchiha's ultimate power."
His Mangekyō Sharingan spun wildly.
Susanoo's half-body form surged, expanding at a breathtaking rate as torrents of blue chakra erupted outward. The pressure alone whipped Madara's long hair upward.
Moments later, the ground quaked beneath the sheer presence of it — a colossal Susanoo, hundreds of meters tall, cloaked in rippling chakra armor.
The suction from Mitsuki's Blazing Wind Annihilation faltered instantly. Compared to the gravitational might of Chibaku Tensei, it was nothing.
Madara extended his right hand.
"Restrain."
The chakra flowing across Susanoo's body solidified under his ocular command, crystallizing into layered armor plates.
Finally, the crow tengu helm sealed over its face, and a godlike warrior stood towering — blotting out the sky itself.
Madara floated calmly within the crystal at its forehead, arms crossed, his Gunbai resting behind him.
To be honest, even he hadn't expected a mere boy to push him far enough to use his true strength. Still… where the hell was Zetsu? How was the plan proceeding?
With a thought, Madara directed Susanoo. The giant drew its chakra blade, holding it horizontally — then, in a single motion, performed a lightning-fast iai slash toward the burning purple sun hovering in the air.
The blade flash split Blazing Wind Annihilation clean in half. A blinding violet light erupted outward as the compressed chakra scattered — falling like a meteor shower across the land.
Each fragment struck the ground like a miniature explosion, leaving countless craters and igniting the forest for kilometers around.
And that wasn't all — the blade's residual shockwave continued on, slicing through two distant mountains in one stroke.
The battlefield now resembled the aftermath of an apocalypse.
Madara had deliberately adjusted the attack's angle — the main slash avoided Mitsuki directly. Instead, the pressure wave it generated, along with the debris it carried — boulders, shattered trees, and splinters — all came crashing toward Mitsuki like a storm meant to erase him from existence.