Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

"call"

Hearing Sasuke's energetic shouts from afar, Madara Uchiha, who was clashing blades with Jigen, relaxed his expression beneath his mask.
"Crack!"

At this moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox's energy finally ran out, and it voluntarily withdrew from the card slot.

The white fox god armor dissipated into particles of light, returning to its original magenta color. At the same time, a suffocating weakness instantly overwhelmed Madara Uchiha's heart.
Feeling the pressure suddenly decrease, Jigen immediately channeled his power into his arms, and with a sudden thrust of the black rods crossed in his hands, he sent Uchiha Madara flying.

"Heh, borrowed power will always be lost one day. Are you ready to accept the wrath of the gods?"

Seeing Uchiha Madara's unsteady steps after landing, Jigen sneered twice, and the various wounds on his body began to heal at an extremely fast speed, returning him to normal in a short while.

"I'm sorry, I never like dancing solo."

Madara Uchiha steadied himself, his gaze falling on several figures rushing towards him in the distance, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"despair!"

"Big brother! Are you alright?"

Izuna was very worried about Madara Uchiha's health. He was already so old; how could he be so impulsive, using so many Tailed Beast Cards at once?
"We can still hold on."

Madara Uchiha gently shook his head, knowing he couldn't afford to fall. Otherwise, with only Izuna and the others, it would be difficult for them to escape alive from Jigen.

"How is Erzhuzi doing?"

"I just took the medication, and my condition has improved."

Yizhuzi answered, but his eyes never dared to leave his former master, fearing a sudden attack.
"A failed work, yet it dares to appear before me."

Ci Xian coldly stared at the few members of the Pillar Legion, his eyes flashing with a chilling light. This time, he was determined to destroy these traitors.
If any real killing intent were to emanate from the pillars, the entire army of pillars would instantly raise their hands in a uniform transformation pose.
"Big brother, you take a rest first, let's spar with him."

Knowing that Madara Uchiha was putting on a brave face, Izuna stepped forward to block him, tossing him a bottle of dark green potion at the same time.
"My cousin's medicine works very well. Erzhuzi was full of energy and fully recovered after using half a bottle."

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Uchiha Dazzle nodded. He couldn't really be of much help right now; he could join the battle after resting and recovering some strength.
"Glug~ Glug~"

Having said that, he tilted his head back and gulped down half a bottle of medicine. He felt a hot, warm current flow down his throat and into his body, instantly making his tired body feel hot.

Within Madara Uchiha's consciousness, as golden raindrops suddenly fell from the sky, Indra, who was fertilizing the tree shaped like his younger brother, was pleasantly surprised to find that his brother's aura had become extremely active. A deep sense of joy immediately welled up in his crimson eyes.
Is it finally time for you to wake up, Ashura?

Madara Uchiha, completely unaware of what was happening inside his body, smacked his lips, savoring the faint minty taste in his mouth, and made a fair assessment.

"The taste is not bad~"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Izuna, who was pondering tactics, turned around in surprise, looking at his older brother's empty medicine bottle with a strange expression in his eyes.
"What, you've never had it before?"

"I didn't have a chance to drink it."

My cousin didn't seem to specify whether it should be applied externally or taken internally, right?

"Yizhu, what's your plan?"

Finding that his older brother, who was meditating cross-legged, was no longer paying attention to him, Izuna turned around and stared at Jigen, whose aura was dangerous. He then asked the serious-looking Tomosho Ichiju beside him in a stern tone, "..."
"He's not easy to deal with; so far, he hasn't revealed any weaknesses."

Yizhu had followed Cixian for a period of time and was familiar with some of his abilities, knowing full well his strength.
"Stop babbling! Let's fight first!"

Compared to the cautious two, Jiuzhuzi's eyes were filled with burning fighting spirit; nothing could excite him more than defeating his former superior.
"Eat the Nine Lamas!"

He deftly tucked the fiery red nine-tailed fox into his waistband, instantly switching to a battle stance.
In a flash, the red fox, dragging its longsword, charged towards Cixian. The fiery blade slashed down, the force of the blow causing Cixian's already sparse hair to sway wildly.
"Bah!"

"What?!"

Seeing Jigen block his powerful two-handed attack with just one hand while wielding a staff, Jiuzhuzi looked on in disbelief.
"Without the power of the wedge, you are nothing more than a bunch of slightly stronger ants."

Cixian glanced at the seal on Jiuzhuzi's hand, a mocking smile appearing on his expressionless face.
The clones' greatest advantage is the power of the Wedge he bestows upon them. While sealing the Wedge can make them immune to his control, the price is turning them into roadside creatures.

"Tsk! This muscle-bound idiot!"

Seeing this, Yizhuzi slapped his forehead in annoyance, then pulled out a yellow Yiwei Baozang. He exchanged a glance with the taciturn Sizhuzi beside him, and the two of them simultaneously stuffed the Baozang into their stomachs.

"Eat Shukaku!"

"Eat Sun Wukong!"

"boom!"

The next second, two figures, one green and one red, tore through the special effects light particles generated during their transformation. Forget about uttering any fancy announcements; they didn't even have time to strike a pose before joining the battle.

Holding a longbow, Yizhu leaped into the air, drawing the bowstring taut in mid-air, and a rain of azure wind-attribute arrows fell like rain.

With his body bulging with molten lava muscles, Four Pillars charged at Cixian, who was suppressing Nine Pillars with one hand, like a mad bull, his blazing fists raised.

"Humph!"

Seeing the two's seamless teamwork, Cixian snorted coldly, raised her foot and kicked the struggling Jiuzhuzi in the chest, sending him flying towards the menacing Sizhuzi.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Without even glancing at the two rolling figures on the ground, he crossed his arms and swung them forcefully. A cross-shaped energy wave instantly shot out, engulfing all the arrows falling from mid-air and kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Boom!"

"Whoosh!"

Taking advantage of the smoke and dust from the explosion, Cixian instantly appeared where a pillar had fallen, assuming a throwing stance, the tip of the black rod in his hand gleaming coldly.

"not good."

Just as Yizhuzi was about to land, he spotted Cixian lying in wait. His expression changed drastically, and in an instant, he drew back the bowstring, instantly forming a huge cyan energy arrow.

"blow!"

"Shh!"

The two fired simultaneously. The blue arrows were extremely fast, and the sound of them cutting through the air was deafening. Despite knowing the difference in strength between them, the solemnity on Yizhuzi's face did not diminish at all.

"puff!"

As expected, the cyan arrow shattered into energy particles the moment it collided with the thrown black rod, while the black rod remained unstoppable. Seeing this, Yizhuzi could only hold his longbow to his chest, praying that his companion weapon was of better quality.
"Boom!"

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The black rod easily pierced the exquisite bow, and the green longbow that had accompanied the pillar for many years met its end.
"puff!"

Immediately afterwards, the black rod, its power undiminished, pierced through another rather thin breastplate, threatening to string him together like a gourd.
"Bah!"

At this critical moment, a blue energy beam shot out from the flank and accurately struck the black rod.
"Pfft!"

The black rod deviated from its course due to the intervention of external force. Originally intended to pierce through the chest, it grazed past the armpit of a pillar, only stirring up a few dark, curly hairs.

"Whoo~"

The mastermind behind all this, Uchiha Izuna, blew away the smoke rising from the muzzle of his gun and made a provocative gesture towards Jigen.

Do you know who they're hanging out with now?

"Second Prisoner!"

Having narrowly escaped death, Ichiro looked at Izuna with eyes full of gratitude, secretly vowing never to tamper with the dance class's accounts again.
"Call me Second Master!"

Izuna glared at Ichiju with a black line on his forehead, but his hands didn't dare to slacken in the slightest. Energy bullets poured out from the muzzle of his gun, instantly engulfing the area where Jigen was standing.

"Boom!"

He only stopped firing when the gun became so hot it was overloaded, slightly out of breath.

Call ~
He ejaculated so much in one go that he felt like he could barely straighten his back.

"You idiot, don't you know how to cooperate?"

At this moment, Four Pillars and Nine Pillars appeared in a flash. Looking at the disheveled Nine Pillars, One Pillar couldn't help but angrily rebuke him.
"Next time for sure~ Next time for sure~" Knowing he was in the wrong, Jiuzhuzi nodded, but his perfunctory attitude made Yizhuzi's forehead veins bulge.

"you"

"Stop arguing, the battle isn't over yet."

Suddenly, Uchiha Izuna's serious voice interrupted their usual banter. The group then turned their attention to the area ravaged by artillery fire, and discovered that a smooth, black sphere was floating on the cratered ground.

"This is?"

"Swish"

Before they could voice their questions, the black sphere slowly opened, revealing Cixian inside, her clothes slightly dirty.
Is this all there is to it?

Holding the black rod formed from the black sphere, Jigen stretched his sore neck, a hint of disappointment on his face.
All of these opponents combined couldn't put as much pressure on him as Madara Uchiha alone; they couldn't even break through his defenses.

"Then let's leave."

"careful!"

As Jigen vanished from sight in an instant, alarm bells rang in Uchiha Izuna's mind. His Mangekyou Sharingan couldn't even detect the other's movements.
"Pfft!"

The words had barely left his lips when a scalding stream of blood splattered onto his face, staining the vision in his compound eyes red.

"You and me."

With a look of surprise, Jiuzhuzi looked down at the black rod inserted into his lower abdomen. It all happened so suddenly; he didn't even know when Cixian had appeared in front of him.
"The first one."

A cold voice echoed in their ears. Yizhuzi reacted the fastest, immediately moving towards the fallen Jiuzhuzi and loudly alerting the other teammates.

"Let's all gather together!"

The second victim was him, the quickest thinker. The miniature Cixian silently appeared behind him, aimed a flying kick at his lower back, and sent a pillar reverting to its original form. The pillar rolled a dozen times on the ground, crashing through seven or eight trees before finally coming to a stop.

"The second one."

"what!"

Sensing that he was about to be next, Sizhuzi immediately clenched his fists, his entire body radiating intense heat, and another layer of flowing, high-temperature lava appeared on his heavy armor.

After doing all this, he felt a little relieved. With this layer of defense that had its own counter-damage effect, Cixian would have to pay a price if he tried to get close.

"The Great Box Heaven".

"what?"

Sizhuzi stared blankly at the black cube that suddenly appeared above his head. He instinctively reached out to defend himself, but he clearly underestimated the density of the Great Box Heaven. He was crushed into the muddy ground.

"hateful."

Everything happened in the blink of an eye; in the blink of an eye, the Pillar Legion was completely wiped out.

Nine Pillars lay on the ground clutching his stomach, groaning in pain. One Pillar's lumbar spine dislocated, and he fainted from the pain. Four Pillars were crushed to the ground, their fate unknown.

"You're the only one left. I remember you're his younger brother, right?"

Jigen revealed himself, looking down at the enraged Izuna with a thoughtful expression.
"So what if I am? Don't even think about using me to threaten my elder brother!"

Izuna didn't understand the meaning behind Jigen's words and thought he was referring to Uchiha Madara, so he immediately replied fiercely.

"hehe."

Jigen smiled without saying a word. He had always overlooked the fragile emotions between humans. If he used his two younger brothers as hostages, could he force Kaguya's Karma to become his possession?

"Bah!"

Sensing the sinister glint in Jigen's smile, Izuna immediately drew his gun and fired, but it was easily blocked by Jigen's staff.

"Tsk."

Seeing this, Izuna clicked his tongue inwardly. If his older brother hadn't exhausted all the Tailed Beast Cards' energy, he would definitely have launched a righteous brawl.

"Crack!"

After pondering for a few seconds with a gloomy expression, Izuna suddenly took off his belt, a strange action that left Jigen completely puzzled.
"You're going to surrender?"

"Surrender? I just wanted to show you the power of the Sharingan."

Without the support of the Tailed Beast Cards, Izuna's Rider System cannot unleash its true power. In that case, it's better to use his own abilities.
"A mere inferior variant dares to spout such nonsense?"

This remark made Jigen laugh out loud. How dare he use his eye techniques in front of the Otsutsuki? He really wasn't afraid of making a fool of himself.

But he seems to have forgotten his dark history of being locked in the Tsukuyomi dark room by Uchiha Hikaru.

"Amatiras!"

Without a word, Izuna instantly activated Amaterasu, and a black fire lotus ignited on Jigen's body, engulfing him in the blink of an eye.
"boring."

Before Izuna could even show a victorious smile, Jigen's cold voice rang out from within the black flames. He then slowly stepped forward, hands raised high, black flames surging into his palms before finally vanishing into nothingness.
"how is this possible?"

"No matter what kind of chakra-based escape technique it is, it cannot harm me in the slightest."

Cixian shook his hand and explained in a calm tone,
"Damn it, Susanoo!"

How could Izuna possibly believe such nonsense? A bright yellow Susanoo giant rose from the ground with his roar, its hideous skull resembling a demon.

"Boom!"

However, the next second, before the flesh and blood on Susanoo's skull could grow back, a crisp sound was heard.
"How...how is this possible?"

Izuna raised his head in a daze, staring at Jigen who had torn his Susanoo apart with his bare hands. The patterns in his kaleidoscope even stopped spinning.

"Is it similar to Povey's technique? But its strength is rather disappointing."

Jigen shook his head in disappointment as he critiqued Izuna's fragile Susanoo. Compared to the ancestral divine technique of that chubby little guy Kinshiki, this eye technique called Susanoo was utterly pathetic.

Don't underestimate me!

In fact, Izuna had already done his best. Asking a sixty-year-old man like him to fight the Otsutsuki alone was really asking too much of him.

"I don't mean to underestimate you."

Seeing Izuna barking in vain, Jigen lightly raised a finger, and several miniaturized black rods silently attached themselves to the other's body.
"Pfft!"

"It's not that you were initially not good enough for me."

As Izuna, covered in black rods, collapsed, Jigen's expression returned to its previous indifference. He was getting a little tired of playing house with these humans for a while.

On the other side of the battlefield,
After drinking "The Glimmer Potion 3.0: I Have a Friend Who Needs It Very Much," Madara Uchiha entered a deep meditation, completely severing his consciousness from contact with the outside world.

He was completely unaware of either the destruction of the Pillar Legion or his brother being riddled with thorns.

"Labor spots? Labor spots!"

Having finally recovered, Sasuke somehow found himself next to Madara Uchiha, only to find that he couldn't wake him no matter what he did. He then turned to look at Izuna and the others who had been wiped out in the distance, his eyes filled with struggle.
Black Zetsu was confident that his Ephemeral Technique would allow him to escape with Madara Uchiha, but this would mean sacrificing the lives of the others.

"My goal is the Rinnegan. Those insignificant humans, once they die, they die."

Just as he was rambling on and about to grab Uchiha Madara and run away, his movements suddenly froze as memories of his time with the other people over the years flashed through his mind.

Is it unimportant?
To die means to never see each other again.

Looking down at his slightly trembling hands, Black Zetsu clenched his fists tightly, slowly straightened up, and grimaced with a headache.

"Nine Pillars still owes me five hundred taels of silver. I absolutely cannot let that brat get away with it!" (End of Chapter)