Uchiha Madara felt uneasy looking at Asana's appearance, because he remembered the description Takegami Ōtsutsuki had given of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's appearance.
The more he looked at this woman, the more she resembled Takegami Ōtsutsuki's description.
Uchiha Madara hesitated, giving up on directly attacking Asana. Instead, he took the opportunity to run next to the Ten-Tails and perform a strange hand sign.
As Uchiha Madara completed the hand sign, the gigantic Ten-Tails instantly disappeared, along with all its clones.
"En, aren't you going to stop him?" Nijo, who witnessed this scene from the Space-Time Ninjutsu dimension near the battlefield, asked strangely.
"If Uchiha Madara doesn't devour the Ten-Tails, how am I supposed to bring out Kaguya?"
"Won't that be a bit risky?"
"Don't worry, I won't do anything without being certain."
Seeing Uchiha En so confident, Nijo nodded and said nothing more.
On the other side, after the Allied Forces realized the Ten-Tails had vanished, they immediately began searching everywhere for its whereabouts.
"Crack~ crack crack~," A few minutes later, a sound similar to shattering glass suddenly appeared in the air.
"Look quickly, what is that!" a Ninja from the Allied Forces pointed to the sky and shouted. Everyone immediately turned their attention to the source of the sound.
"Shisui, that should be a person, right?" Kushina, lacking the Sharingan, could only vaguely see a figure.
"It is indeed a person, and it is Uchiha Madara, but he seems to have undergone some special transformation and is encased in a layer of crystal," Shisui replied.
"Uchiha Madara? I remember he ran next to the Ten-Tails and performed a hand sign just now. Could it be that he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?" Jiraiya muttered to himself.
"Ten-Tails Jinchuriki! Master Jiraiya, can the Ten-Tails be sealed like the Nine-Tailed Beasts?" Minato Namikaze pressed.
"Kushina, switch places with me. I'll explain to them."
"Okay." Kushina nodded, handing control of her body over to Kurama.
Kushina's eyes instantly turned into scarlet beast eyes, and a few whiskers appeared on her face: "The Ten-Tails can be sealed just like us. Strictly speaking, the Six Paths Sage was the first Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Uchiha Madara's hand sign just now was very likely intended for him to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. What does Uchiha Madara look like now?"
"He has horns growing on his head, and his skin has become paler. The rest of his body is still wrapped in a layer of crystal, making it hard to see clearly."
Crack crack crack crack. Just as Shisui finished speaking, another part of the crystal surrounding Uchiha Madara's body shattered and fell off. Then, with a loud bang, Uchiha Madara broke free from the crystal's constraint and appeared before the Allied Forces.
"As expected, Uchiha Madara has become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Having merged with the Ten-Tails' power, he has become very similar to the old man."
"The old man, Kurama, are you referring to the Six Paths Sage?"
Kurama nodded: "Aside from the old man, Uchiha Madara is the first person I know of to enter this state. You must be careful. The current Uchiha Madara is no longer on the same level as you."
After speaking, Kurama returned inside Kushina's body, sat down cross-legged, and began restoring Chakra.
This was the first time Kushina had seen Kurama act like this, and she felt a little nervous.
Uchiha Madara scanned the Ninja Allied Forces below and slowly descended from the air. The Allied Forces looked at each other, none daring to make a move.
He walked up to Kushina and the others, controlling one of the Truth-Seeking Orbs behind him to transform into a Black Staff: "Come on, you ants! The second round of the game can begin!"
The current Uchiha Madara had white hair, eight black Truth-Seeking Orbs floating behind him, held the Black Staff, and wore a white robe. The collar and cuffs of the robe were adorned with black tomoe.
Everyone looked extremely serious. Having just learned from Kurama that Madara had become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, it meant Madara had condensed the power of the Ten-Tails into himself. The current Uchiha Madara's power was unfathomable.
"I'll test him first." After saying this, Shisui activated his Complete Body Susanoo and hurled two green tomoe towards Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara glanced at Shisui's tomoe and smiled contemptuously. He controlled a Truth-Seeking Orb behind him to form a black barrier, blocking Shisui's attack.
Kushina frowned and shot a Tailed Beast Ball at Uchiha Madara. However, the Tailed Beast Ball was blocked by the black barrier, just like Shisui's tomoe.
"What exactly is this black sphere? How can it have such strong defense?" asked Rasa, who had never seen a Truth-Seeking Orb before.
"This sphere is called a Truth-Seeking Orb. It is the power of the Six Paths Sage. A single small orb contains the power of all creation and can easily destroy a Village the size of Konoha. Furthermore, those without Six Paths power should not touch it casually, or they will instantly disappear into nothingness. Therefore, ordinary Ninjutsu has no effect on this sphere," Asana explained.
"Then, the one behind you, Lady Asana..."
"Mine is also a Truth-Seeking Orb."
"Lady Asana also has a Truth-Seeking Orb? Then can you deal with Uchiha Madara?"
Asana shook her head.
Everyone's expressions turned grim upon seeing this.
Seeing the low morale, Minato Namikaze suddenly said, "Everyone, if Ninjutsu attacks are ineffective against the Truth-Seeking Orb, how about trying Senjutsu?
Moreover, since Madara merged with the Ten-Tails, he must have also merged with some of the Ten-Tails' characteristics. Attacking him with Senjutsu should be more effective!"
"That's the only option now. However, Shisui and Kushina here don't know Senjutsu, so you two should stay on the sidelines and support us for now!" Jiraiya said to the two.
Kushina and Shisui nodded, withdrawing from the center of the battlefield and moving to the left and right flanks.
Minato Namikaze threw his flying thunder god kunai at Uchiha Madara.
Asana transformed her Truth-Seeking Orb into a bow and arrow and shot it at Uchiha Madara.
Jiraiya also launched a long-range attack using Senjutsu.
Uchiha Madara, who had been mostly motionless, finally reacted upon sensing the attacks infused with Natural Energy. He withdrew the Truth-Seeking Orb barrier and sidestepped Asana's arrow.
Minato Namikaze immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to teleport to the location of the Kunai, slammed the Rasengan in his right hand onto Uchiha Madara's shoulder, and left a Flying Thunder God Mark in the process.
Uchiha Madara coldly snorted, tapped his Black Staff to lock the space, and reached out to grab Minato Namikaze's neck.
Minato Namikaze smiled, ducked under Uchiha Madara's attack, and then used the Body Flicker Technique to return to Kushina and the others.
"To be so fast even without using Space-Time Ninjutsu? That title, Konoha's Yellow Flash, suits you well." Uchiha Madara praised.
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