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The vines, which even a Tailed Beast Bomb struggled to destroy, were ignited, writhing in the flames. A raging sea of fire replaced the obscuring sea of trees.
But... both Gojo Kaigetsu and Uchiha Madara sensed, in that moment, the emotions of the Wood Release itself—
It wasn't resisting; it was reveling in the flames.
"Is it Hashirama?"
Seeing this, Uchiha Madara's brow furrowed. He was displeased. Even his Fire Release couldn't ignite Hashirama's forest.
So, controlling for variables, was his Wood Release inferior to Hashirama's, or was his Fire Release inferior to Gojo Kaigetsu's?
Admitting either—was infuriating.
"Ultimate Art: Divine Purple Hollow!"
Having broken through the forest barrier, Gojo Kaigetsu didn't pause. He formed hand seals again, combining the properties of the Sword of Extermination, the space-time power of Blue and Red, and the slashing power of the Malevolent Shrine.
The Sword of Extermination—a divine weapon specifically targeting chakra aggregates.
Susanoo, Tailed Beasts, Mōryō, the Zero-Tails—any chakra aggregate struck by it would suffer unimaginable damage. But against normal Shinobi, the Sword of Extermination's effectiveness was greatly diminished, reduced to merely an indestructible longsword-shaped Shinobi tool.
The Malevolent Shrine's slashing power—a wide-area ninjutsu targeting Shinobi, capable of both clearing hordes and single-target annihilation. But against chakra aggregates, it had no additional properties.
Its advantage—was its sheer volume!
And Blue and Red, combining the attraction and repulsion of space-time, created a teleporting chakra, a space-cleaving energy wave—its power comparable to Dust Release.
But its casting speed, range, and diameter all surpassed Dust Release.
And in this moment, Gojo Kaigetsu combined all his most powerful offensive ninjutsu. What shot forth from the phantom of the Malevolent Shrine—was a Blue/Red Hollow imbued with the properties of the Sword of Extermination.
Obscuring the sky, endless...
Countless energy waves brewed within the Malevolent Shrine, ready to be unleashed upon the Perfect Susanoo.
Uchiha Madara had intended to trap Gojo Kaigetsu with Wood Release while he dealt with the Demonic Statue and the remaining five Tailed Beasts.
He hadn't expected Gojo Kaigetsu to destroy the forest with Fire Release...
Sensing the terrifying chakra brewing within the Malevolent Shrine, even Uchiha Madara, with all his pride, didn't want to face this attack head-on with his Susanoo.
The previous slashes from the Malevolent Shrine had already cracked its armor.
The Perfect Susanoo was strong, but he'd been resurrected hastily, without time to retrieve the Uchiha clan's divine artifacts—the Yata Mirror, the Totsuka Blade, the Gunbai...
Unfortunate, but not a major problem. The situation—was still under control.
Since he had no divine artifacts, he would borrow the power of nature!
Uchiha Madara clapped his hands together, roaring at the sky:
"Haaaaa—"
"Tengai Shinsei!!!"
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Meteors—fell from the sky.
If Chibaku Tensei used ultimate gravity to create an inescapable sealing celestial body, then Tengai Shinsei did the opposite, using ultimate gravity to pull meteors from beyond the Shinobi World.
Crushing the enemy with the sheer mass of the meteors.
In an instant, the world trembled.
Gojo Kaigetsu looked up, seeing dense clusters of massive meteors falling from the sky. Nine in a row, each comparable in size to the Chibaku Tensei Nagato had created at the cost of his life.
If struck by such a meteor...
Even the Limitless technique wouldn't hold.
He would die.
Undeniably, Uchiha Madara's tactic was successful. Hashirama Senju possessed the Five-Fold Rashōmon, capable of blocking most offensive ninjutsu in the Shinobi World. And Tengai Shinsei—was Uchiha Madara's own Rashōmon!
A wide-area, horde-clearing AOE, combined with the meteor's own defensive properties.
The meteors—became a physical shield before the Susanoo.
"Truly reckless..." Gojo Kaigetsu took a deep breath, his five fingers clenching into a fist. "Let everything—return to nothingness!"
Swish, swish, swish—
A dazzling white light illuminated the night.
In that moment, the eastern Shinobi World was as bright as day.
People living in the east instinctively looked up, towards Uzushiogakure. Astonished by this unprecedented celestial phenomenon, they wondered, it's three in the morning, why is it as bright as day?
What was happening there?
Some Rogue Shinobi, unable to contain their curiosity, began to head towards Uzushiogakure. From a distance, they could already see the nine falling meteors.
Witnessing this near-divine spectacle, their mouths fell open in awe...
The moment the Divine Purple Hollow made contact with the meteors, the sky was illuminated as if by daylight.
Then, the meteors, which to common people appeared like divine punishment, shattered like paper. First pierced by countless fine, circular holes, then sliced into countless fragments by the Malevolent Shrine's slashes.
The meteors from outer space—became a sky full of dust.
One, three, five, seven...
Completely unstoppable!
Until the ninth meteor, the momentum of the Divine Purple Hollow finally slowed slightly, but still easily pierced through, arriving before the Perfect Susanoo.
Uchiha Madara, his expression wild, channeled all his chakra, commanding the Perfect Susanoo to draw its blade.
"Yasaka Magatama!"
A slash capable of leveling mountains, combined with the Yasaka Magatama, shot forth.
A piercing shriek echoed through the night sky!
Crack—
For some reason, hearing this crisp sound echoing in the night sky, a sense of unease welled up in Uchiha Madara's heart.
The Yasaka Magatama had indeed blocked some of the white light.
The full-power slash had also deflected a significant portion of the Divine Purple Hollow's light. But a small portion had still pierced through their defenses, striking the Perfect Susanoo.
The white light of the Malevolent Shrine, upon touching the Susanoo's light saber, was like a awl striking glass. The light saber, formed from the fusion of Rinnegan dōjutsu, Mangekyō dōjutsu, and immense chakra, shattered on impact, its Blue fragments falling from the sky.
Then, the Tengu armor also began to show smooth, circular holes. As fragile as paper.
Even in the previous battle, when the Tengu armor had cracked, it was still—Tengu armor!
How could it be this fragile?
The Susanoo's hand, the first to be impacted, began to dissolve like melting snow. The white light seemed to be a natural counter to Susanoo. The moment it made contact, the chakra and dōjutsu could no longer fuse in the proper ratio to form the Susanoo.
"How??" Uchiha Madara's pupils constricted.
His powerful combat instincts told him that if he didn't do something, let this white light continue to strike him—he would be bisected!
Almost instinctively, Uchiha Madara activated another of his Rinnegan's dōjutsu, his final trump card—
"Limbo: Border Jail!"
Swoosh—
The mountain-like figure of the Perfect Susanoo instantly vanished, reappearing on a small mountain peak in the distance. And the "shadow" left in its place—was engulfed by the Divine Purple Hollow's white light, completely obliterated, not even a speck of dust remaining...
Gojo Kaigetsu, seeing this, frowned slightly.
He'd been so close to eliminating Uchiha Madara directly.
But close was not enough.
As expected, Uchiha Madara is not so easily defeated.
Failing to take him down in one go—this has become annoying.
Gojo Kaigetsu understood that Uchiha Madara, in the instant before being bisected, had activated Limbo: Border Jail.
Using "Limbo" to split off his "shadow," he could instantly swap places with it, letting the shadow take the brunt of the opponent's attack. It could also be used for surprise attacks.
With a single Rinnegan, he could only create one "shadow." With both Rinnegan, the number of "shadows" could increase to four.
Four "shadows," almost as powerful as the original body—just thinking about it was enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Somewhat similar to Shadow Clones, yet infinitely more powerful.
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