Konoha: Sage Body

"Your power is still as useful as ever."

Uchiha Madara stood on top of a huge flower, looking down condescendingly at the lake below, which had turned into a sea of plants, and the three masked monsters that had landed in the plant sea like kites with broken strings.

With just one move, Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom Descending, he had successfully dealt a heavy blow to the formidable enemy in front of him, instantly turning the tide of battle.

One of the reasons why Senju Hashirama's Wood Release is so powerful is that the plants created by his Wood Release all have the ability to absorb Chakra.

He could see clearly with his Sharingan that the ability of the unknown enemy in front of him to manipulate the four clones of the Earth Grudge was puppet technique. The threads used by the opponent to manipulate were so thin that the naked eye could hardly detect them, but they still could not escape his Sharingan.

In addition, these chakra lines are incredibly tough, probably because they are made with Sage Chakra. Even his chakra katana from the Suzaku Giant could hardly cut them.

Now, he used Senju Hashirama's Wood Release to instantly break all the chakra lines the opponent used to control the clones, leaving the clones paralyzed.

Take advantage of his weakness to kill him!

Uchiha Madara was certainly not a stubborn person. On the contrary, he was decisive in killing.

He decisively pursued the victory, formed an imprint in his hand, and three huge wooden thorns pierced out of the sea of plants, accurately piercing Kirito's three clones of the Earth Grudge Grudge, destroying the masks on their faces.

The weakness of the Earth Grudge Clones is the heart behind the mask. As soon as the heart shatters, Kirito's Earth Grudge Clones are instantly destroyed.

Wood Release: Cutting Technique!

Almost at the same time, a sound of explosion could be heard.

A huge pale golden fist pierced through the intertwined vines in the lake and struck Uchiha Madara with astonishing momentum. It was the Divine Vacuum Strike unleashed by Kirito's White Zetsu clone.

Uchiha Madara did not dodge or evade, and once again quickly completed the seal.

A wooden shield with a fanged demon face suddenly appeared in front of him, easily blocking the Divine Vacuum Strike from the Kirito White Zetsu clone using Sage Chakra.

Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!

While Uchiha Madara used this technique to block Kirito's attack, Kirito also rushed out of the bottom of the lake and landed on top of a giant flower.

He now looked a little disheveled, with serious damage to his samurai armor and half of his oni mask broken off and hanging limply from his face.

"Uchiha Madara, who has obtained the powers of Indra and Asura, is worthy of the name. Even in old age, he possesses the power of a Super Kage. I haven't been this disheveled in a long time, no, I haven't been this disheveled since I obtained this White Zetsu clone."

Kirito stared at Uchiha Madara with his Byakugan, feeling the excruciating pain radiating from every part of his body as he let out a bitter smile.

The power of this Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom was truly unreasonable. A large number of giant vines grew in an instant, intertwining and crushing everything in their path. Even though he used Revolving Heaven to defend himself as soon as possible, these vines were endless and had the ability to quickly absorb Chakra, even Sage Chakra could not escape their fate.

In the end, he had to disable one of his hands as a price for using a move that exceeded the limits of his body, the Divine Vacuum Strike, to kill his way out, and then ended up like this.

This was the most dismal time since he had entered the ninja world.

It can only be said that Uchiha Madara is truly worthy of the name, and the power of the God of Shinobi that rules the Shinobi world is truly formidable.

His White Zetsu clone possesses the power of Wood Release, and has even been strengthened by the power of Sage Chakra, but it is impossible for him to perform such an astonishingly powerful Wood Release technique as the one Uchiha Madara has just performed, even if he has sufficient Chakra to support it.

Senju Hashirama's Wood Release and the Wood Release obtained by others through his cells are like two different dimensions of Bloodline Limits.

"It seems that if I want to master the true Wood Release, relying solely on the Wood Release power obtained by the White Zetsu clone from Hashirama's cells is not enough. It must be strengthened using other methods."

Kirito secretly compared the difference between his Wood Release and Uchiha Madara's, and shook his head.

Uchiha Madara's Wood Release was obtained by implanting the flesh and blood of Senju Hashirama, which can be said to be no different from implanting Hashirama's cells. However, the Wood Release he used was obviously more powerful.

Kirito guessed that this might be related to the fact that Uchiha Madara had obtained the power of the Gedō Mazō for many years, which allowed his Wood Release Bloodline Limit to continue evolving.

Because the power of Wood Release itself comes from the Tree of Gods.

"Young man, you can be proud of yourself for being able to make me use this power, but that's all you'll get today. In the past, I wouldn't mind letting you off the hook so that you could continue to grow to a level that made me even more hopeful, but unfortunately, you're not very lucky."

Uchiha Madara looked at the somewhat disheveled Kirito and, without any hurry to attack, lamented in a tone that carried a hint of praise.

He was telling the truth. Kirito's strength was recognized. If this was the Warring States period, Kirito would be ranked among the top five among the opponents he encountered, and his potential was still very high. If he continued to give him time to grow, there might be hope to spar with him at his peak.

Unfortunately, he didn't have time to wait now, and he was unwilling to let someone who had seen too many of his techniques continue to live.

There was no doubt that the person in front of him had already guessed his identity, and he had to get rid of him here.

On the contrary, the fact that he had not yet guessed the identity of this mysterious Shadow-Level powerhouse who had appeared in Konoha made him feel like a thorn in his side.

Judging from the fact that this person would appear here, the other party must also be paying attention to the Rinnegan.

All factors considered, he must eliminate the other party tonight.

"Want to kill me? I admit that your Wood Release is very powerful, but are you being overconfident if you think you can kill me with just that?"

Kirito heard Uchiha Madara say this and laughed derisively.

But the next moment, he felt like he had been hit by a heavy blow and then fell to the ground.

"Young man, I have never been one to like to brag, so let's end this and show me who you really are,"

Uchiha Madara said with a laugh.

He was actually not a person who liked to talk nonsense. The reason he had just chatted with Kirito was actually just waiting for the ability to activate after the Deep Forest Bloom.

The subsequent effect of the Deep Forest Bloom created by Wood Release: Deep Forest Bloom will emit a large amount of pollen with powerful paralyzing properties. If you accidentally inhale some, your body will be paralyzed, just like the person in front of him.

In the past, he didn't know the power of this technique and also fell victim to it, and was then severely beaten by Senju Hashirama.

The enemy in front of him obviously doesn't know the power of the subsequent effect of this jutsu.

It is understandable. Hashirama is a legendary figure. He is the only ninja in the world who has personally witnessed his Wood Release jutsu and survived.

It is impossible for the enemy in front of him to know anything about this Wood Release jutsu.

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Madara used the Wood Release: Great Spear Tree, creating a large number of wooden stakes to wrap around Kirito heavily. Then, using the Shunshin technique, he appeared in front of Kirito and reached out his hand, ready to take off the evil mask on the face of the White Zetsu clone.

He wanted to squeeze every last bit of value out of Kirito before killing him, starting with Kirito's true identity.

He was not afraid that Kirito would not tell him, because he had the Sharingan, and he could use illusion techniques to make Kirito slowly tell him everything he wanted to know.

Suddenly, a familiar sense of crisis arose in his heart.

Uchiha Madara, who had survived many battles, had long since internalized this sudden sense of crisis. Before he could even think about it, his body subconsciously made the best evasive move.

The next moment, a sharp wooden thorn pierced the body of Kirito, which was wrapped in a large number of wooden strips in front of him, and pierced his lower abdomen.

"Oh no!"

Uchiha Madara was shocked and did not hesitate to use his hands as a knife to cut off the wooden thorn in front of him.

The moment the wooden thorn was cut off, a large number of smaller wooden thorns grew wildly from the main trunk of the wooden thorn.

"Cough cough, you actually haven't been affected by the pollen of the Flowering Tree, and you also know Wood Release."

Uchiha Madara hurriedly backed up dozens of meters. He pulled out the thorn in his abdomen and threw it away, coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, and said with a look of disbelief.

The ninjutsu just used by Kirito was none other than the Wood Release: Wood Clone technique he had used before against the several clones of Kirito's Earth Repulsion. Fortunately, he had reacted in time, otherwise when the follow-up attack of this technique erupted, his body would definitely have been pierced by a large number of wood thorns, and he would have had to use Izanagi to change reality.

It can be said that Kirito had almost killed him once.

"No wonder you're an old master, you're really vigilant. I didn't think I could hide it so well, but you still managed to dodge it,"

said Kirito, breaking free from the wooden splints and laughing coldly.

As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the splinter that Uchiha Madara had thrown away and the few mouthfuls of blood he had spat onto the ground.

He had finally managed to injure Uchiha Madara, which was no easy feat.

After all, he had taken advantage of Uchiha Madara's arrogance to successfully ambush the other party. He had gambled that Uchiha Madara would think that he was unaware of the subsequent pollen effects of the Deep Forest Bloom, and ultimately used his outstanding acting skills to successfully deceive Uchiha Madara and successfully ambush him.

In fact, it is true that he inhaled the pollen released by the Flower Tree, but this body is a White Zetsu. A White Zetsu is essentially a plant, and its body circulation is completely different from that of a human, so naturally it will not be affected by pollen.

"Lord Madara, the situation is not good. Let's retreat for now,"

the Black Zetsu, who was hiding in Uchiha Madara's sleeve, said worriedly, his voice full of anxiety.

He was really worried now, because he noticed that Uchiha Madara's body was rapidly deteriorating after taking the previous blow. Even though Uchiha Madara already had the same amazing self-healing ability as Senju Hashirama, it was still unavoidable.

After all, Senju Hashirama's powerful self-healing ability was obtained by burning his own lifespan.

Uchiha Madara's lifespan was long gone, and if it weren't for the Gedō Mazō's life-prolonging powers, he would have died long ago. Kirito's sneak attack earlier could be said to have hit Uchiha Madara's Achilles' heel. If Uchiha Madara doesn't hurry back to the Gedō Mazō to continue healing his wounds, he might not need to continue attacking, Uchiha Madara himself will just die.

"Shut up, do you want me to escape?"

Uchiha Madara heard Black Zetsu telling him to retreat at this time and said coldly, "Shut up!

He had been successfully ambushed once before, and now he had been ambushed again, this time by a ninja weaker than him. How could he let this great humiliation go so lightly?

He was now filled with rage, and he wanted to unleash his power immediately to tear the shameless guy in front of him to pieces.

As he spoke, a seal within his body was broken, and a wave of chakra that made Kirito's face change instantly exploded from within him.

Then, a giant blue chakra giant wearing battle armor quickly appeared.

Susanoo, Stage 4!

"Lord Madara, calm down. You are a man with great ideals. Your life is far more precious than this man's. The Moon Eye Project still needs you to continue. If you lose your life, the Moon Eye Project will surely fail. With your strength, taking this man's life is naturally not a problem, but your body can no longer withstand your power. Why not let the other person live for the time being? The Rinnegan is yours. As long as this person dares to continue to covet the Rinnegan, you will definitely be able to meet him again. By then, it will not be too late for you to take his life. You cannot lose the big picture for the small now."

Black Zetsu saw that Uchiha Madara seemed to be losing his mind and hurriedly advised him tactfully.

He was now truly afraid that Uchiha Madara would lose his mind and use his full strength to kill his current enemy, because once Uchiha Madara did so, he himself would definitely die for sure. If Uchiha Madara died like this, then there would be a major problem with his plan.

In order to reach the current stage of the plan, he had already worked hard for thousands of years. Although it would not be a problem for him to continue living for thousands of years, he really didn't want to wait any longer.

He missed his mother so much that it was driving him crazy.

Uchiha Madara heard Black Zetsu say that the Moon Eye plan would fail without him, and his reason finally began to gradually take the upper hand. Slowly, he withdrew the Susano'o, the power within him that was making Kirito's scalp tingle at the moment.

Black Zetsu was right. He still had great ideals that had yet to be realized, and trading one for the other with the person in front of him was not worth it.

Since he can kill this person at any time, he will wait until his health improves before killing him.

A true strong person should not compete for temporary victory; the true victor is the one who laughs last.

"Kid, well done. You win this time, but don't be too happy. I will get back at you for this today, and that day will not be too far away."

Uchiha Madara stared at Kirito with murderous intent and said coldly.

Kirito saw that Uchiha Madara intended to run away, and immediately sneered, "Hmph, anyone can talk big. If you've got the guts, don't run."

Then, a huge pale golden fist was sent flying by him.

Immortal Technique: Gentle Fist: Divine Vacuum Strike!

This time, the pale golden fist successfully hit Uchiha Madara's body, shattering his entire body, but in the blink of an eye, all that was left on the ground was a pile of splinters.

Apparently, Uchiha Madara had already used Wood Release: Wood Clone to escape while he was talking to him.

From then on, his battle with Uchiha Madara here tonight came to an end.