chapter 83 part 5
He pulled out all the stops, summoned the Nine-Tails, and Hashirama brought out the Wood Dragon; he summoned Susanoo, and Hashirama brought out the Wood Golem; he activated Armored Susanoo, and Hashirama instantly entered Sage Mode and unleashed the Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands—Madara still couldn't figure out how Hashirama had prepared so many Jutsu?
How could every powerful Jutsu Formula perfectly counter his ultimate moves, and always seem to get the upper hand at the most crucial moment? Although the battle was sixty-forty, when he used Ninjutsu, Hashirama used Ninjutsu, and when he used Taijutsu, Hashirama used Taijutsu. This gave Madara a strange feeling that Hashirama still had moves left but just wouldn't use them, specifically saving them to counter him.
This sense of frustration gnawed at Madara. In the dead of night, he once suspected that even if he had captured all the Tailed Beasts and challenged Hashirama with the successfully revived Ten-Tails, Hashirama would still instantly pull out an ultimate move to deal with the Ten-Tails? But that was all in the past. Hashirama was dead, and he was still alive.
Mito Uzumaki said coldly, "If I had met you a few years ago, I would have questioned your purpose in reviving the Ten-Tails. It shouldn't be as simple as destroying the ninja world, perhaps related to the Rinnegan? But now none of that matters. I'm going to deal with you and completely resolve the hidden danger Hashirama left behind."
"Very well. It's best if only one of us two from the old era survives, otherwise things will become very troublesome. And I won't let you take Nagato; he is very important to me."
Madara spoke slowly, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan spinning once. To ordinary ninja, this eye was an insurmountable mountain, but to Mito Uzumaki, it was pitifully weak.
Madara also knew that without his fully awakened eyes, he normally couldn't defeat the current Mito Uzumaki.
Even though Mito Uzumaki also had little time left, she could still firmly suppress the Nine-Tails! "Uchiha Madara, that damned fellow! I'm going to kill him, I definitely will!"
Mito Uzumaki slightly loosened her suppression on the Nine-Tails, allowing it to sense the outside situation, and the Nine-Tails indeed became frantic.
In the Valley of the End battle, the one most utterly broken wasn't Madara or Hashirama, but the Nine-Tails, who had been hard-controlled and beaten the entire time.
Those two fought to the death, and neither cared about the Nine-Tails' feelings.
"One Uchiha Madara, and one Mito Uzumaki. The two humans I detest most are gathered! Wahahahahaha, this is truly interesting! One of you two must die today, right? Better if both of you die! I'm going to kill you both!" the Nine-Tails roared.
Then it hesitantly shut up, because usually when it did that, a large number of chains would immediately bind it, but this time there were none.
"Nine-Tails, I need to use your power. Give me all your Chakra," Mito Uzumaki said.
"Haven't you already stolen a massive amount of my Chakra? And you can even enter a special Chakra Mode..."
"Not enough," Mito Uzumaki said.
Madara sensed something and shifted his gaze, "It's the Nine-Tails, isn't it? It seems you've kept that beast well-fed. I must do something as well."
He had no choice. He hadn't expected Mito Uzumaki to suddenly appear in the Land of Rain. He had to personally intervene to stop her, and many backup plans he had prepared had to be used now.
*Whoosh!* Tobi emerged from the ground, gradually engulfing Madara from behind. A continuous stream of Wood Release power surged into Madara's body.
This was Tobi's ability, greatly enhancing the physical strength of the target individual.
Tobi said, "Lord Madara, if you intend to use *that* Jutsu, it might be a bit strenuous. With just our two powers, I can't guarantee success."
Madara said, "I have my own plans. If it really comes to that, I'll tell you what to do."
"Understood. So you already had a battle plan. As expected of Lord Madara. I hope you don't die at the hands of that old woman."
"Hmph, Hashirama couldn't kill me; his wife certainly won't," Madara snorted coldly.
"That may be so, but no matter how you look at it, your condition is much worse than that old woman's, and you only have one Three-Tomoe Sharingan," Tobi said.
Madara ignored him, seeing Mito Uzumaki performing a Jutsu on her abdomen, her hands rotating counter-clockwise and clockwise, as if twisting something on her stomach.
Eight Trigrams Sealing: Release! Immediately, numerous Chakra Chains burst out from her abdomen, and a colossal beast, completely wrapped in chains, roared and surged forth from her small belly, sprawling onto the ground.
Nine enormous tails, capable of tearing mountains and oceans, swung wildly. Each casual flick created terrifying Chakra blasts in the air, and each strike against the ground carved deep ravines and fissures.
The Strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails, reappeared.
"Ugh ugh ugh ugh, Uchiha Madara! I'll kill you!" the Nine-Tails glared and roared.
Enemies meeting again, eyes burning with fury.
"So you've been tamed by Mito after all," Madara said.
"Nonsense! I'm just going to kill you first, then her!"
"There's no difference. You'd better be careful. Bound by the Adamantine Chains, you might fall under my Genjutsu the next second. A beast is a beast, merely wagging its tail to different masters," Madara said indifferently.
Tailed Beasts? The Ten-Tails might have some potential, but even it would ultimately be enslaved. As for these nine fragmented Tailed Beasts, they were no different from stray dogs on the side of the road; a few kicks would suffice.
*Boom!* The Nine-Tails immediately condensed a Tailed Beast Bomb. Its volume quickly surpassed the one the Four-Tails created in the Land of Hot Water, compressing an immeasurable amount of Chakra within. Even without erupting, it caused the nearby air to tremble and distort.
Endless hurricanes rose out of nowhere, squeezed by this mass of Chakra, surging in all directions.
"It has finally begun. This should be considered a twilight battle between the elders, a unique kind of peak showdown."
Tsukasa Kaede had been constantly monitoring Mito Uzumaki's movements, using the numerous zombies he had scattered throughout the Land of Rain to diligently track her direction.
Sure enough, just as he expected, Madara would absolutely not tolerate Mito Uzumaki, such a powerful entity, taking Nagato away. If the Rinnegan fell into the Hidden Leaf Village's hands, he would be too passive.
"Mito Uzumaki controls the Nine-Tails, but Madara has nothing. He's in big trouble... What will he do? Will he immediately come to me and ask me to use a bunch of zombies to activate the Living Corpse Reincarnation Jutsu for him? Or will he..."
Tsukasa Kaede stood on a mountain, gazing remotely at the center of the storm, "Is he planning to retrieve the Rinnegan from Nagato?"
(end of chapter)