Even though an Edo body wouldn't actually be hard, Madara still dodged. That was Uchiha pride.
Getting tagged by re hidden weapons would be humiliating.
And they were fighting in front of practically the entire shinobi world. No matter what, he couldn't afford to lose face. The Uchiha cared deeply about appearances.
Natsuki, seeing this, smiled faintly. He poured Lightning Release chakra into his grip, and instantly arcs of electricity linked every fragnt together. In the next mont, a lightning net ford, enclosing Madara within it.
"Oh? A new way to play?" Madara raised a brow, then unleashed Katon: Gōka kkyaku (Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation), drowning the Thousand Blades' fragnts in a sea of fla.
Under that blaze, even the lightning seed to be burned away. Many fragnts clattered to the ground, as if they had lost their connection to the hilt.
Natsuki ford a one-handed seal and spat out Suiton: Teppōdama (Water Release: Water Bullet), a high-pressure water jet that pierced through the firestorm and shot straight at Madara—only for Madara to lean aside and avoid it.
But "high-pressure jet" ant it was continuous.
Natsuki tilted his head, and the water lance kept tracking Madara, as if it would not stop until it bored straight through him.
Madara flipped and twisted nonstop to evade. Natsuki's water jet pursued relentlessly. In no ti, the ground was carved into a shredded ss by the cutting stream—yet Madara still wasn't touched even once.
Then, Madara seized an opening and lunged toward Natsuki.
He was in close in the blink of an eye, Uchiha-style punches driving straight for Natsuki's face.
But Natsuki suddenly lifted the hilt. Guided by it, the thousand fragnts flew back, instantly recombining into a long blade. With a backhand slash, he severed Madara's fist cleanly off.
"Nice." Madara actually praised him.
But Madara's severed hand still continued forward and slamd into Natsuki's face, punching him straight back.
Natsuki flipped once and landed, glaring at Madara with clear displeasure.
This old comrade really liked hitting people in the face. Did he not know a man's face was important, too?
Around them, the Allied Shinobi Forces watched in silence, swallowing hard.
They hadn't expected Natsuki to trade blows with Madara in ninjutsu and taijutsu and co out even—maybe even slightly ahead.
If Madara hadn't been an Edo body, he would have genuinely lost an arm. In theory, that ant Natsuki had the edge. But this was not sparring—it was a fight to the death. What mattered most wasn't theory.
Even so, everyone had just witnessed the terrifying power of Konoha's demon blade. Morale surged back.
At the very least, no one believed Madara was invincible anymore, and fear no longer spread as easily.
Madara's hand regenerated. He folded his arms. "So? You plan to kill like this?"
Natsuki didn't bother with chatter. He simply put away the Demon Blade: Thousand Blades, then sprinted straight at Madara at high speed. When he was about to reach him, he suddenly opened his mouth and fired a beam of light.
"Here cos a Coke!"
It was one of Six Paths Madara's techniques—actually called Ranton: Kōga (Storm Release: Light Fang).
A laser fired from the mouth, sweeping wide areas with extre speed and power. Natsuki borrowed it outright.
Sure enough, Madara was caught off guard. He imdiately manifested a basic skeletal Susanoo (Armored Avatar) for protection—but the laser pierced it on the spot.
Natsuki's Storm Release was not sothing a re skeletal form could block.
Bang!
The laser struck Madara's right arm, and it exploded apart. Madara's expression darkened.
As Natsuki closed in, Madara raised his left hand and, unbelievably, completed one-handed seals. Mokuton (Wood Release) erupted, and countless trees surged from the ground, trying to bind Natsuki.
But Natsuki flashed away with Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique). He had long since placed formula markings in multiple locations for convenience in battle.
And the mont he reappeared to the side, he was already in a Kahaha stance. The electromagnetic cannon between his palms condensed instantly, and he thrust it straight at Madara.
"Hahahaha! Fighting you really is enjoyable, Natsuki!" Madara laughed wildly. He didn't dodge. Instead, he raised his left palm into the beam. His eyes had already turned into the Rinnegan (Samsara Eye), and a terrifying repulsive force erupted outward, pushing against the electromagnetic cannon.
All right, let's shift the cara angle.
Okay. Now Madara is on the left side of the fra.
As the saying goes: in beam clashes, the left side loses.
Madara, on the left, underestimated the electromagnetic cannon's force. He increased his ocular output and launched a repulsion projectile into it. The two attacks collided head-on, detonating a violent shockwave.
Bzz—bzz—bzz!
Wave after wave of impact expanded outward, and everyone stared in horror.
At the commanders' orders, the Allied Shinobi Forces retreated at once, widening the battlefield.
The electromagnetic cannon and the repulsion projectile locked in stalemate, neither gaining ground for a mont—but Natsuki decisively increased output. The electromagnetic cannon began forcing the repulsion back toward Madara, and then, at close range in front of him, it detonated.
Rumble!
Louder than thunder.
The two forces exploded not far in front of Madara, and a small mushroom cloud instantly swallowed him whole.
The allied shinobi watched with their mouths hanging open. No one had imagined that a collision between the two of them could produce such terrifying destructive power.
If that mushroom cloud had exploded inside the allied ranks, no one knew how many would have died.
It was truly horrifying.
After a long while, the mushroom cloud finally dispersed, revealing a massive crater. Madara stood at the bottom—ragged, but perfectly upright. His left arm was gone, and his body was torn and ruined.
But as an Edo body, he was already regenerating rapidly.
Madara roared with laughter. "Hahahaha! I almost got killed by you—no, that's not right. You can't kill ! But Natsuki, I, Madara, fully acknowledge you now. You are the strongest of the younger generation. Even that Tenseigan (Reincarnation Eye) can't compare to you!"
Natsuki snorted. "Flatter all you want, it won't change anything. You and I are enemies. Today, I will defeat you!"
"Then let's see what else you've got!"
After his body finished restoring, Madara used the Rinnegan's power to float into the air, looking down at Natsuki.
Natsuki t his gaze without fear. The two sides beca poised and tense once again, the atmosphere turning razor-tight.
Compared to the excitent here, Obito's side was simply brutal.
With his Kamui (Divine Authority) intangibility countered by Kakashi, and his Rinnegan (Samsara Eye) pressured by Neji, and with everyone else attacking relentlessly, Obito had no way to fight back.
That he had managed to hold on this long at all was already impressive.
And he, too, was drawn by the commotion of Madara and Natsuki's battle. When he saw the terrifying mushroom cloud rise, he gulped hard in fear.
He had always known Natsuki and Madara were strong, but he had never imagined they were strong to this extent.
This was no longer within the realm of human beings—ordinary people simply could not comprehend it.
And while the battlefield here raged like wildfire, a group of figures approached in silence.
At the front were two people.
Kabuto.
And Orochimaru.
(End of Chapter)
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