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Chapter 417 The Sage of Six Paths! (Seeking monthly votes)
boom! boom! boom!
On the desolate ruins spanning several thousand meters, fine stone dust covered the entire ground.

These are the traces left by the explosion of the Colossus, from the two kilometer-tall meteorites summoned by the 'Heavenly Obstruction Star'.

Mu Sheng and Uchiha Madara's figures appeared and disappeared intermittently on this land covered with stone dust.

The aftershocks generated by the two's high-speed battle stirred up dust storms and left behind afterimages!
It was as if the world itself was recording the scene of their battle in this way.

"Is that the legendary Uchiha Madara?"

"This person was able to fight Lord Kanbara for hundreds of rounds. He truly deserves to be called the strongest ninja of the Uchiha clan in a hundred years!"

On the edge of the battlefield, Uchiha Shisui stared intently at the battle unfolding before him.

His face was filled with undisguised horror!

Before this, he had already imagined Uchiha Madara's strength to be even greater than he could have imagined.

He even regarded Uchiha Madara as a powerful figure comparable to himself.

This wasn't because Uchiha Shisui was too arrogant, but because his strength had undergone a tremendous change after years of accumulation.

With Maki's help, he forcibly broke through to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

The buffs from being a member of the family, the enhancement from dozens of Tailed Beast Chakra, and more than a dozen powerful forbidden techniques!

Uchiha Shisui felt that his strength was roughly equal to that of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara.

However, the battle scene before him completely shattered his self-righteous pride.

The speed and agility displayed by these two alone amazed him, who was known as the "Instantaneous Movement of Still Water"!
It's normal for Lord Kambara to have such strength, but what is Madara Uchiha's status? Does he deserve to have the strength to fight Lord Kambara?

"It really is that old bastard Uchiha Madara!" Tsunade, who had just arrived, recognized the man in the blood-red samurai armor at a glance.

"Wait, this chakra fluctuation, could it be..."

Before she could even observe the battle between Maki and Madara Uchiha, Tsunade's attention was drawn to a familiar chakra fluctuation in the distance.

A layer of black light film appeared in her eyes, and a figure that Tsunade knew all too well appeared clearly in her eyes.

"Grandpa Hashirama!"

Tsunade was initially delighted, but then, as if remembering something, her expression instantly turned ugly.

"To actually toy with the souls of the dead, what an evil Sage of Six Paths!"

Sage of Six Paths: How dare you, an organization that uses Edo Tensei ninjas as suicide bombs, say such a thing?
"Where is that big cow going? Why does she look so angry?"

Mei Terumi, who arrived at the battlefield a step later than Tsunade, looked at Tsunade's departing figure with a puzzled expression.

He was puzzled as to what had happened to his comrade-in-arms, with whom he had fought side by side.

However, her attention was soon drawn to the battle before her.

"As expected of the man I've chosen, he does everything so swiftly and powerfully!"

A hazy light appeared in Mei Terumi's eyes.

It's a good thing Tsunade isn't here right now, otherwise she would be mocking her again.

"Bang!!!"

With a powerful downward slash of his battle axe, Mu Sheng slammed Madara Uchiha into the ground.

Retracting his foot, Mu Sheng looked down at Uchiha Madara in the crater in the ground and revealed a mocking smile.

"Hey, hey, hey! Is this all Madara Uchiha is capable of?"

"Seeing is believing!"

"You brat!" Madara Uchiha pulled his head out of the dirt, his arrogant and cold face now replaced by shame and anger.

Even the proud Madara Uchiha had to admit that he was no match for Maki in taijutsu.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

Kneeling in the pit, Madara Uchiha opened his mouth and spewed a raging sea of ​​fire at Mu Sheng.

The blazing flames instantly engulfed an area of ​​several hundred meters in radius.

"Otama Rasengan!"

Faced with the sudden sea of ​​fire, Mu Sheng seemed unfazed, relying on his extraordinary resistance to chakra to simply stroll across the flames.

He hurled a Wind Release: Rasengan several meters in diameter at Madara Uchiha.

"Sealing Technique Absorbing Seal!"

Faced with the wind-attribute Rasengan that could shatter metal, Madara Uchiha directly used the Rinnegan's abilities to completely absorb Maki's attack bit by bit.

"Shingen-ryu: Dragon Elephant Overlord Fist!"

Roar~

A sound like a dragon's roar resounded, and a dragon's head formed from condensed energy slammed into Madara Uchiha's chest.

Madara Uchiha's body was sent flying backwards instantly.

"Shinbara Style: Dragon Elephant Stomp!"

Mu Sheng's body flashed above Uchiha Madara, and he stomped down hard with his right foot.

The terrifying physical power shattered the air, condensing into a several-meter-long elephant-like creature of energy.

"Bang!!!"

Madara Uchiha's body was like a bunker-buster missile, instantly blasting a deep crater in the ground.

Susanoo is no match for it, taijutsu is no match for it, and ninjutsu can't break its defenses.

After suffering repeated setbacks, Madara Uchiha used the power of his Rinnegan.

"Earth Explosion Star!!!"

A small, jet-black ball, as black as a black hole, suddenly flew out of the deep pit in the ground and pounced towards Mu Sheng's face.

At the same time, a powerful force of attraction appeared out of nowhere, drawing in all matter within a radius of several kilometers.

Converging towards the location of the black hole!

"Even the Nine-Tails couldn't seal the Planetary Devastation, and you think you can seal me?"

The earth beneath his feet was shattered and sucked into the black hole, leaving Mu Sheng standing in mid-air.

Despite the increasing attraction of the Earth Explosion Star, his body remained completely still.

It was as if they were locked in this space by some kind of force.

Rumble!
Rumble!
As the Earth-Exploding Star grew larger, the space where Mu Sheng was located was gradually filled with the attracted soil.

Mu Sheng simply tapped his toes, and his body floated backward, escaping the area of ​​the Earth Explosion Star.

"Even the Planetary Devastation technique didn't work?"

Madara Uchiha's expression grew increasingly grim. He had painstakingly planned for decades, and although there had been a slight oversight at the end, he had successfully resurrected and regained his full power.

However, even in his Rinnegan state, he was completely helpless against Mu Sheng.

Madara Uchiha suddenly felt like he had aged.

"Damn it! If it weren't for that old bastard Sage of Six Paths stopping me, I would have already sealed the Gedo Mazo and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki!"

Madara Uchiha was very dissatisfied. If he had successfully sealed the Ten-Tails, he wouldn't be helpless against a junior like this.

"Sandal! Do you need help?"

Hashirama Senju flew over from a distance and appeared beside Madara Uchiha.

Just as Madara Uchiha was about to refuse, he saw Maki suddenly raise his hand and wave it, causing a large amount of inky black liquid to appear out of thin air. Drawn by the gravity of the Planetary Devastation, it flew towards the enormous sphere in the sky.

Upon contact with the Earth-Exploding Star, the jet-black liquid instantly transformed into countless sealing runes.

Following the cracks in the soil sphere, it spread towards the black hole sphere at the core of the Earth-Exploding Star.

The two sealing forces reacted violently upon contact, and the attraction of the Earth Explosion Star was instantly weakened by the interference of the dark black sealing runes.

Large chunks of soil and rocks on the celestial body continued to fall due to gravity.

"It seems my sealing technique is still superior!"

Mu Sheng walked proudly beneath the Earth-Exploding Star, with rocks falling from above within five meters of him.

It was pulverized into fine sand by a force and scattered on the ground.

"Warm-up complete, time for lunch!"

Mu Sheng stood ten meters in front of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, and slowly raised his right palm.

"That's enough! Madara Uchiha, your fate ends here!"

"Avici Hell!"

Countless white bone chains, as thick as an arm, emerged from the void surrounding Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.

As the chain swung, the hook at the end firmly locked into the bodies of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.

The power from the Pure Land of the Underworld instantly bound the souls of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.

"Huh? Why can't I move?"

"Grandson-in-law, we're family, don't include me in this, okay?"

Hashirama Senju looked at the bone chains that had suddenly hooked onto him with frustration. He regretted letting Madara Uchiha go alone.

Well, that's it. Before we even had a proper fight, we're going to be sent back again.

"Rinnegan: The Human Path!"

Faced with these white bone chains that ensnared his soul, Madara Uchiha immediately used the Human Path ability.

This ability belongs to the soul realm, making it most suitable for the current situation.

Under the influence of the Human Path's power, the bone chains on Madara Uchiha's body immediately tightened and began to creak.

Even at the joints of the bone chains, tiny cracks appeared.

"That's pretty energetic!"

Mu Sheng chuckled and said, "As expected of Uchiha Madara, in terms of soul-level abilities alone, I would call you second, no, third!"

The second one must be the Sage of Six Paths!
Then hundreds of white bone chains appeared out of thin air and hooked onto Madara Uchiha's soul.

"You've offended the Hokage and you think you can escape? Come on in!"

Under Mu Sheng's urging, Madara Uchiha's soul trembled and was slowly pulled out of his body.

On the other side, Hashirama Senju was even simpler; he didn't seem to have much intention to resist.

Just as Madara Uchiha's soul was about to be completely pulled out of his body, two dark figures suddenly flew in from a distance.

call out!call out!
Two black Truth-Seeking Balls, each the size of a human head, quickly circled around the bodies of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.

The bone chains binding their souls snapped and shrank back into the void.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh~
In the Pure Land of the Underworld, the Death Tree, standing at the highest point of Soul Island, began to sway wildly.

A vague sense of awareness entered Mu Sheng's mind; it was the Death Tree complaining to Mu Sheng that someone had broken off its branches.

"Alright, alright, I'll definitely avenge you!"

Mu Sheng's consciousness gently stroked and comforted the Death Tree, then looked up in the direction from which the two Truth-Seeking Balls had flown.

A red-haired youth with horns on his head was flying towards them.

"Uzumaki Nagato?"

"No, this soul aura exudes an undeniable air of old age. It's the Sage of Six Paths!"

"I knew it! With that pointy head, he's obviously no good!"

As the red-haired youth drew closer, Mu Sheng became even more certain of his judgment.

Although the person who came had Nagato's body, it was clear that he had been possessed by the Sage of Six Paths.

"Kamihara Katsuki!"

The Sage of Six Paths floated silently in the sky, looking down at Maki on the ground. Six black Truth-Seeking Balls floated behind his head, making him appear like a god looking down upon the mortal world.

This guy brazenly stole the souls of ninjas and even used some means to steal the chakra of the Nine-Tails and the Eight-Tails.

He was forced to personally intervene and clean up this mess.

For a thousand years, even Black Zetsu, who was secretly plotting to break the seal on the progenitor of chakra, had not been able to force him to this point.

Mu Sheng disliked the Sage of Six Paths' arrogant attitude, so he immediately flew up from the ground and arrived in the sky, which was even higher than the Sage of Six Paths.

"Sage of Six Paths, instead of hiding in your pure land, you're trying to possess this poor child's body."

Is it because he can't stand the loneliness and wants to unify the ninja world, collect beauties, and create a crystal palace to indulge in debauchery?

Before the Six Paths Immortal could speak, Mu Sheng preemptively accused him, pinning a label on him.

The Sage of Six Paths caught his breath, disgusted by Mu Sheng's filthy thoughts.

What kind of thing is this that houses beautiful women and creates a crystal palace?
He was, after all, a powerful being at the Six Paths level who had lived for over a thousand years; how could he possibly have such worldly desires?

This guy is definitely trying to annoy him on purpose!
"Kamihara Katsu, or should I call you Otsutsuki Katsu?" The Sage of Six Paths looked at Maki Katsu and said meaningfully.

"For a thousand years, I have been on guard against your arrival, but I never expected that I still couldn't prevent it. Just because I wasn't paying attention, the ninja world was dragged into the quagmire of war by you."

"Your Otsutsuki clan came to this planet for the Chakra Fruit in Kaguya Otsutsuki's possession, right?"

"If I hand over Kaguya Otsutsuki to you, will you leave this planet?"

If possible, the Sage of Six Paths really didn't want to go to war with the Otsutsuki clan.

The arrival of his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, a thousand years ago brought thousands of years of war to this planet.

The Otsutsuki clansman before us, who goes by the alias Katsumi Kambara, has amassed a tremendous power in just a few years, disrupting the landscape of the ninja world.

If a few more members of the Otsutsuki clan were attracted, the Sage of Six Paths feared the entire planet would be destroyed.

"Hey~ you pointy-headed old man, how come you just change other people's names like that?"

"What? Otsutsuki Katsu? That name is awful, it doesn't sound right at all!"

Mu Sheng roughly guessed that the Sage of Six Paths had misunderstood something, but he did not explain, only denying it outright.

"Is that so? I understand!" The Sage of Six Paths nodded thoughtfully.

"It seems your target is this planet. In that case, we have no choice but to take you down!"

Before he could finish speaking, the two Truth-Seeking Balls floating in the Sage of Six Paths' mind hurtled towards Mu Sheng.

"Damn it, you old bastard, you actually launched a sneak attack!"

Facing the two Truth-Seeking Balls hurtling towards him, Mu Sheng suddenly exerted force in his waist and hurled them with great power.

"Take this move, and I'll conquer the world with one kick!"

(End of this chapter)