Yagyu kicked out a cross-shaped golden light bullet, which flew rapidly toward Uchiha Madara.
Madara, battle-hardened as he was, didn't panic in the face of this situation. A light blue Susanoo manifested before him.
Boom!
Yagyu's kick made the Susanoo teeter. Madara was forced to upgrade the Susanoo, manifesting a complete upper-body Susanoo in front of Yagyu.
"Your ability is quite difficult to deal with; you can ignore almost all attacks."
"Your speed is also incredibly fast, able to dodge sealing jutsu that could counter you."
"But you have a fatal flaw: your attack power isn't strong enough."
"Against Susanoo with its absolute defense, you can do absolutely nothing!"
Madara stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Yagyu with cold arrogance.
"Ooh, scary!"
"Aging Dancer of the Battlefield, you're not going to tell me you'll stay young forever, right?"
"How long can you maintain your current state? Half an hour, or an hour?"
Yagyu spoke casually. Madara couldn't outlast him.
"Jiraiya-sensei, what do we do now?"
Yahiko looked at Jiraiya, somewhat at a loss. The sudden turn of events had caught him off guard.
Jiraiya made a prompt decision. "Let's leave here first. This battle is not something we can interfere in."
Yahiko and Konan looked at Nagato with concern.
Yahiko shook his head. "I think we should take this opportunity to rescue Nagato. This is our best chance."
Jiraiya hesitated. "That strange white creature and the black creature aren't easy to deal with, plus there's that Uchiha Madara of unknown background nearby..."
Yahiko said angrily, "Jiraiya-sensei! Even if Nagato doesn't have the Rinnegan, he's still your disciple! Are you just going to watch him fall into danger?"
Yahiko was annoyed. Jiraiya's earlier choice had already displeased him.
Because of Yagyu's "reminder," Yahiko now suspected that Jiraiya's motives for taking them as disciples were impure.
He suspected Jiraiya was only interested in Nagato's Rinnegan and wanted to use it to accomplish something.
He suspected their master-disciple bond was just wishful thinking on their part and didn't exist for Jiraiya.
Jiraiya seemed to notice Yahiko's suspicion and anger. He sighed softly, "Fine! Let's try. If we encounter danger, leave immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three attacked together, rushing toward Nagato, who was possessed by Tobi and Black Zetsu.
Because Tobi and Black Zetsu were attached to Nagato's body, Jiraiya and the others dared not use overly powerful attacks.
They rushed toward Nagato, intending to subdue him in close combat and take him away.
"Tobi, looks like we have opponents too!"
Black Zetsu's hoarse, low voice rang out.
Tobi shouted in a comical tone, "Three against three, we don't seem to be at a disadvantage here!"
"They want to take away this human I'm possessing? That won't do. I haven't fully experienced what pooping feels like yet!"
Wooden stakes emerged from Tobi's body, piercing violently into the ground beneath his feet. Then, tough vines burst out from the earth.
"Is this... Wood Style?"
Jiraiya looked shocked. There were simply too many surprises today.
Not only had the legendary Uchiha Madara appeared before him in his prime form, but even the Wood Style used by the First Hokage to pacify the world was being displayed by this monster in front of him.
"Paper Style: Paper Shuriken!"
"Fire Style: Flame Bullet!"
"Ninja Art: Needle Jizō!"
Dense paper shuriken flew toward the Wood Style vines. Possessing powerful kinetic energy, the paper shuriken sliced through the vines.
"Cut by Konan's paper shuriken?"
"As expected! Even with the same Wood Style, the power unleashed by different people varies."
Jiraiya thought to himself, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Really!"
"Madara-sama, help me out here!"
Tobi shouted shamelessly, asking for Madara's help without hesitation.
Madara looked indifferent. He clapped his hands together, using Wood Style ninjutsu, and massive Wood Style chakra surged from his body.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Thick Wood Style vines extended from the earth, rushing toward Yagyu overwhelmingly.
A small portion of the vines attacked Jiraiya and the others, suppressing them with negligible force.
"No good!"
"This isn't an enemy we can fight. Retreat!"
Jiraiya shouted, dodging left and right amidst the attacks of the vines, constantly retreating.
Although Yahiko and Konan were unwilling, their rational minds told them they had to retreat now.
"Trying to run? Stay and tell me what pooping feels like!"
Tobi shouted happily. The vines extending from his body connected with the vines created by Madara.
The vines seemed to have souls of their own, whipping cracklingly at Jiraiya and the others.
The most formidable aspect of Wood Style lay in fighting many with one. The most representative technique was the True Several Thousand Hands.
Although Deep Forest Emergence wasn't as exaggerated as the True Several Thousand Hands, the actively attacking vines numbered in the hundreds.
Two fists can't fight four hands!
After being surrounded by the Wood Style vines, Jiraiya and the others were quickly defeated, bound, and hung from the trees.
Jiraiya's group, who only bore a portion of the attack, was completely wiped out, while Yagyu, who bore ninety percent of the attack, remained completely unharmed.
Countless light particles coalesced into his radiant figure, and his exquisite facial expressions demonstrated to Uchiha Madara exactly what "wretched" meant.
Yagyu made a wretchedly playful expression and mocked Madara, "The First Hokage's 'Deep Forest Emergence'? Ooh, how scary!"
Madara's eyelid twitched. He hadn't expected that even Wood Style, which suppressed everything, couldn't harm Yagyu.
"Wood Style comes from the God Tree; it is a power belonging to the source of chakra."
"Any ability derived fundamentally from chakra cannot be immune to the suppression of Wood Style."
"That move of yours turning into light actually allows Wood Style vines to pass through you?"
"Unless the foundation of that move isn't chakra!"
"That ability to turn into light wasn't obtained through chakra transformation."
Madara seemed to have realized something and looked at Yagyu in shock.