Chapter 288: Death of Madara |
Madara's words and the scene that unfolded made Minato's heart tremble.
If Yeruashi dies, the whole world will fall into Madara's hands and become a false world of illusion.
Minato raised his hand with the intention of throwing a kunai with the Hiraishin seal to try to save Yeruashi.
But.
At that moment.
From the writhing mass of bloody flesh, a hand suddenly reached out and blocked Madara's Truth Search Ball.
After that, the flesh began to twist and distort, almost instantly adopting Yeruashi's normal form.
The Fifth Hokage, enveloped in a golden glow, floated gently in the sky in front of Madara as if nothing had happened.
"This..."
Even Uchiha Madara was stunned. His expression changed instantly, and his eyes widened sharply, showing the utmost surprise and disbelief.
From the Rinnegan's point of view, it was very clear to Madara that Yeruashi had completely recovered not only his body, but also his chakra reserve!
Moreover, this method of recovery was extremely strange.
During the recovery process, no energy was absorbed or expended at all.
The restoration came out of nowhere, as if Yeruashi had returned to his original state!
"You're also the strongest ninja I've encountered so far!"
"But this is the end, Uchiha Madara."
Yeruashi, bathed in the golden light, calmly looked at Madara and slowly flew in his direction.
As he watched Yeruashi approaching, Madara felt fear, which he hadn't felt in many years.
At this point, due to excessive chakra consumption and Rinnegan power, he had no more than a third of his power left .
It was difficult to support even Limbo: Hangoku.
Madara gritted his teeth, barely activating Limbo: Hangoku once more, and sent the created clones towards Yeruashi while swinging his black staff.
But.
Yeruashi continued to advance without doing anything at all.
He charged straight towards Madara, without trying to dodge or even block the clones' attacks with his sword.
Upon making contact with Yeruashi's body, Madara's invisible clone abruptly froze in mid-air and instantly dissipated, turning into an illusory white blur.
"How is this possible!"
Uchiha Madara exclaimed in disbelief.
All the invisible clones that stood in Yeruashi's way collapsed one by one, and then Madara's black staff quickly took the shape of a ball and turned into nothing at the moment of contact with Yeruashi's body.
Whoosh!
Yeruashi pressed his palm against Madara's chest and gave him a slight push forward.
He didn't use the power of the Six Paths or the power of Tenseigan....
Only one ability was used: Divine Eclipse.
After obtaining the ability to affect external objects, the ability to reverse time became an extremely powerful attack skill.
But.
For adult shinobi, a reversal of a few years will make almost no difference. The time energy stored in the illusory clock allows him to rewind time by a maximum of thirty years.
If he uses this ability on Hiruzen, not only will it not weaken him, but it will even return him to the peak of his power. In addition, if he rewinds time to the limit at the same time, the time energy of the illusory clock will run out and Yeruashi will lose the ability to use other abilities for a while.
Therefore, he had never used the time reversal ability to attack before.
But this time, he decided to resort to the time reversal ability, because it is the most powerful deterrent to the current Madara.
"What's going on..."
At the moment of contact with Yeruashi's palm, Madara immediately felt that the Six Paths chakra, which had been severely depleted during the battle, was rapidly returning to its peak.
It quickly returned to its full power, even the Rinnegan's strength had fully recovered.
But...
Madara felt no joy, because this process continued.
His body quickly returned to its previous state, and cracks soon appeared on it.
This is the state of Edo Tensei!
Can he still be the Jinchuriki of the Jubi in this state?
Of course he couldn't!
The Jubi was like a newborn chicken that had broken the shell of its egg.
Auge!!!
He quickly left Madara's body and collapsed on the ground.
With Jubi's separation, Madara immediately became very weak.
Crack!!!
Yeruashi grabbed Madara by the neck and slowly lifted him up in front of him.
Yeruashi's Six Paths power poured into Madara's body and completely suppressed him.
"You... what did you do.... What kind of power is this.."
Madara looked at Yeruashi in a daze.
But in fact, he already vaguely understood what kind of power it was.
At first, he returned to his perfect state, even chakra and Rinnegan power were fully recovered, and then he returned to the state of Edo Tensei.
Time was reversed!
"Haven't you guessed it already?"
Yeruashi looked at Madara casually and brought his left hand to his eyes, then straightened his fingers and plucked the Rinnegan.
As soon as Yeruashi took the real Rinnegan, an imaginary Rinnegan quickly formed in Madara's empty eye sockets, because he was currently in the Edo Tensei state.
But.
A ball of truth-seeking formed in front of Yeruashi's palm and pierced Madara's head, then quickly destroyed his entire body.
"I've... lost..."
At the last moment, before Madara's consciousness plunged into darkness, he was plunged into bewilderment and incomprehension.
He did not think he would lose... especially after successfully becoming the Jinchuriki of the Jubi and gaining the power of the Sage of the Six Paths.
With these thoughts, his mind plunged into darkness.
Yeruashi opened his right hand.
The leftover dust from Edo Tensei Madara's body spilled out and gently dispersed in the wind.
Yeruashi looked at the pair of Rinnegans in his left palm, feeling the immense power contained within.
He reached up and pressed them into his Tenseigan.
At the moment of contact, the Rinnegan began to dry rapidly.
When the Rinnegan's power flowed completely into the Tenseigan, Madara's eyes turned to dust and scattered in the wind.
Below.
A silence ensued.
Minato, the First Raikage and the others watched the scene in disbelief, unable to understand what had happened.
The heads of the Kumogakure ninja were empty and there was strong surprise and incomprehension in their eyes.
What...
What just happened!