"Everyone is equal in death…"
Uchiha Itachi covered his forehead. He clearly knew that Tao Bai Bai had been bewitching him, and what he said were mostly terrifying and extreme words.
However, combined with his own experiences, his disappointment in his clansmen, and his disappointment in the higher-ups of Konoha, he began to believe Tao Bai Bai's statements more and more.
Beyond good and evil, the other party was indeed "fair."
Tao Bai Bai's cruelty was indiscriminate cruelty towards everyone; good people would not be spared, and evil people would also fear it.
Uchiha Itachi, less than 13 years old, looked at Bai Cangshu, and various thoughts began to emerge as he pondered. If he had initially harbored the thought of assassinating Tao Bai Bai, after witnessing the other party's absolute strength, he slowly began to learn from him, starting to ponder the truth of this world from his words.
Boom!
Crack, crack~
The air seemed to be shot out by an invisible cannon, the excessively condensed air causing space to appear wavy and distorted. Accompanied by the intense friction and whistling of the scorching white airflow around, a terrifying punch, along with the air cannon, slammed through Uchiha Obito's body, plowing through the forest behind him.
"Uchiha Obito, go back. You are no match for me without Kakashi's eye."
Bai Cangshu's punch missed. He waved his hand, signaling Obito to leave.
Beneath the mask, Uchiha Obito's mouth twitched twice. He slightly turned his head, noticing the dozens of meters of fallen trees behind him. The power released and the air impact generated by the opponent's missed punch were surprisingly so destructive.
Even though he had used Kamui to dodge the attack, the other party acted as if he didn't want to fight him.
Tsk, it's really… helpless.
Obito felt that at that instant, the opponent, enveloped in a purple fluctuation, had crossed more than ten meters to appear before him. That speed almost made him recall the scene when he was defeated by Minato-sensei's Flying Thunder God.
Fortunately, he was prepared in advance, and he was not in the middle of an attack, so he wouldn't expose a weakness. Thus, at the critical moment, he activated Kamui again, causing the opponent's punch to miss.
Moreover, from previous intelligence, it was known that Tao Bai Bai's defense was terrifyingly high. His only chance was probably to get close to the opponent and use Kamui to pull him into his Kamui dimension, and then… starve him to death.
However, Kamui's activation speed was not fast. With the reaction ability and speed displayed by Tao Bai Bai, it would be easy for him to escape. Rashly approaching the opponent to attempt control would easily lead to instant death.
Uchiha Obito's thoughts flashed. He knew that Tao Bai Bai was telling the truth. He had planned to retrieve Kakashi's eye in Konoha, but that damned woman knew about it in advance and hid Kakashi.
If he had both eyes…
Uchiha Obito's eyes were cold for a moment. If he had both Mangekyo Sharingan, he would have a significant chance to instantly kill either this Tao Bai Bai or that woman.
Bai Cangshu also felt a bit of regret. Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan, Kamui, was indeed a rare divine technique, with extremely high priority, powerful functionality, and life-saving ability.
Just by relying on his single-eye Kamui's ability to phase through objects, he could render a physical attacker like himself helpless.
As long as Obito could react, he could phase through objects, ignoring all attacks based on real space.
To kill such a person, unless he could fully integrate Gojo Satoru's abilities at this moment, or let Gojo Satoru take over his body, using the powerful control ability of Domain Expansion: Limitless Void, to prevent Uchiha Obito from activating his phasing ability.
But none of this was realistic at the moment. Although Bai Cangshu and Gojo Satoru had a certain tacit understanding as peers, he still could not hand over the control of his body.
Gojo Satoru would also not let down his guard and allow Bai Cangshu to freely use all his abilities.
Bai Cangshu turned his head and sat on the summoned beast. In the distance, he could already see Ran, who was using optical instruments to detect the ground. The location marked on the map was probably here.
He stood with his back completely exposed to Uchiha Obito, hoping that the other party would come to assassinate him. Only at the moment Uchiha Obito attacked him would he have a chance to kill this guy.
But Uchiha Obito pondered for a moment, then floated backward, his figure gradually dissolving into space.
"Tao Bai Bai, wait until I get my eye back…"
Bai Cangshu merely waved his hand, laughing loudly as he said,
"You should thank me. I helped you eliminate a hidden danger."
At this moment, Ran shouted loudly,
"Found it! There's a corpse here!"
Orochimaru instantly appeared beside Ran. He looked at the old, withered corpse and became even more certain of his goal.
Even a ninja like Uchiha Madara, who, along with Senju Hashirama, almost dominated the entire Warring States period, ultimately withered away in this desolate tomb.
Humans, how insignificant.
The limit of short-lived species lies here; no matter how astonishingly brilliant a person is, they cannot withstand the passage of time.
Whoosh.
Bai Cangshu's figure flashed, appearing before Uchiha Madara's corpse. He weighed the corpse of Uchiha Madara with interest.
"This amount of flesh should be enough to perform Impure World Reincarnation, right?"
Orochimaru nodded. This corpse was well-preserved, so it was naturally sufficient.
The so-called Impure World Reincarnation requires a certain amount of the deceased's flesh to perform the jutsu, thereby anchoring their soul, summoning their soul back from the Pure Land, and then placing it into the body of another person as a vessel, covering the vessel with dust to transform it into the appearance of the deceased.
The Chakra power system, in fact, has a vast difference between its upper and lower limits. Ordinary ninjas can only throw shuriken and move quickly, performing low-level ninjutsu, but high-level ninjas can even, to some extent, bring the dead back to life.
Bai Cangshu immediately sat cross-legged to one side, his back to Orochimaru, and said,
"Begin, Orochimaru. Put Uchiha Madara's soul into my body."
Orochimaru looked at Tao Bai Bai, an evil smile appearing on his face.
"Aren't you afraid I'll take the opportunity to do something to you?"
Bai Cangshu merely chuckled softly, not answering.
But Orochimaru clearly saw the swaying purple fluctuation on his body, which flickered.
He no longer provoked this beast and directly began to perform the jutsu on Uchiha Madara's corpse.
Orochimaru instantly completed the hand seals, and as Chakra surged, Uchiha Itachi, along with Pingzhong Hua and the dying Danzo, pulled back a little distance.
In an instant, an extremely cold and desolate aura began to appear.
What Orochimaru couldn't see was the dense black aura beginning to emanate from Uchiha Madara's corpse.
Bai Cangshu felt an immense familiarity with that aura.
He closed his eyes, as if he heard the surging of the Pure Land again, that river of death, soaked with countless Yin Spirits, its calm surface agitated by Orochimaru's Chakra.
Using Uchiha Madara's flesh as a guide, a completely submerged soul floated out from it, rising little by little.
Finally, from the Pure Land, it returned to this world of the living.
Orochimaru sensed the state of his jutsu. He couldn't directly observe the Pure Land and souls, but after many experiments, he could grasp the boundary of whether a jutsu had been successfully performed.
Orochimaru looked at Tao Bai Bai, who had his back to him, pointed with both hands, and directly sent the drawn soul into Bai Cangshu's body.
Normally, this step would directly kill the "vessel." Regardless of strength, the summoned soul was something living beings could not come into contact with.
Puff~
When something invisible entered the body, it actually made a clear sound.
Bai Cangshu felt the cold soul enter his body and instantly sat upright.
[You have come into contact with the spiritual entity: Uchiha Madara]
[You have used the trait: Possession of Yin Spirit]
[Integrating…]
Bai Cangshu closed his eyes. In his Mental space, a man in black combat attire and red layered armor opened his eyes indifferently.
"…Impure World Reincarnation…"
"You really are unlucky. Well, I'll take this body for myself…"
Buzz!
The Mental space vibrated violently. The next moment, a white consciousness space appeared. Uchiha Madara instantly looked down, only to see an endless murky yellow river, from which countless black Yin Spirits raised their heads.
As if sensing a "newcomer" entering, countless Yin Spirits shrieked and began to fight over each other again.
Dense black Yin Spirits piled on top of each other, and in a moment, dozens of pitch-black Yin Spirit towers appeared. They merged as they collided, transforming into terrifying hundreds-of-meter-tall towers, with individual Yin Spirits constantly trying to pull others down and climb to the highest point.
The Yin Spirit tower rapidly approached the Heart Throne, which hung suspended in the center of the pure white consciousness space.
And on the Heart Throne, a muscular, handsome man with an evil and cruel smile looked at Uchiha Madara and spread his arms.
"Welcome to my… Pure Land."
Then, with a thought from Bai Cangshu, Uchiha Madara fell from the air. The towering Yin Spirit tower quickly seized the soul closest to the Heart Throne. Countless Yin Spirits, vengeful spirits, and Cursed Spirits shrieked and clawed at Uchiha Madara's spiritual body.
Uchiha Madara snorted coldly, and a strong repulsive force erupted.
Boom!
The Yin Spirit tower shattered in mid-air. A large number of Yin Spirits were blasted apart and fell into the Pure Land, beginning to revive.
Gojo Satoru, standing below, removed his black blindfold. His eyes, swirling with blue sky and white clouds, met Uchiha Madara's crimson eyes at this moment.
"Tsk, this guy brought another incredible one…"
In another corner, the Shinigami's body expanded, constantly devouring other Yin Spirits, but as it was submerged in the Pure Land, Yin Spirits were continuously extracted from its body.
Even with Uchiha Madara's arrogance, he frowned at this chaotic scene.
"Did the Impure World Reincarnation fail?"
"What exactly is this guy's soul…?"
[You have integrated the spiritual entity: Uchiha Madara]
[Energy +3, current: ?]
"Uchiha Madara, if you want this body, defeat these guys first…"
Bai Cangshu laughed mockingly, then watched as tens of thousands of Yin Spirits below began to riot, causing the Pure Land itself to surge. He withdrew from the Heart Throne.