I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 207 The Power of the Heavenly Swamp Spear: A Power That Breaks Through Exceptions

As the strongest member of the Uchiha clan in a thousand years, Madara Uchiha's talent before obtaining the Rinnegan was second only to Indra Otsutsuki, who developed hand seals and ninjutsu.

Just like Hashirama Senju, no one among the reincarnations of Indra throughout history has been as outstanding as him, not even Sasuke Uchiha.

After obtaining the Rinnegan, Madara Uchiha surpassed Indra Otsutsuki and became the most outstanding being.

After all, even Ashura Otsutsuki and Indra Otsutsuki never achieved the unification of the two poles; their so-called immortal bodies and immortal eyes were merely half-finished products.

Madara Uchiha has now reached the high level of the Six Paths, second only to top-tier beings like Kaguya Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki.

Given enough time, Madara Uchiha, with his talent, could completely become the second Hagoromo Otsutsuki, based on the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki's innate Kekkei Genkai and Yin-Yang Release.

Madara Uchiha knew everything in the entire ninja world except for the ultimate secret of the God Tree and the alien Otsutsuki clan.

Similarly, the Uchiha clan's eye technique transplantation was no secret to him.

Yagyu's Gedomaru reminded him of Obito Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan's exclusive eye technique, Kamui.

It only requires devouring to replicate. Madara Uchiha didn't know when Yagyu devoured his Limbo shadow, but he was certain that this devouring was extremely advanced.

Because of the shadow of the Wheel of Death, there is no death at all, nor will there be death.

This means that Yagyu's unique eye technique can even absorb the shadow of Limbo hidden in another dimension, and he only needs to absorb a little bit, or even just touch it, to replicate it.

If he were to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan, wouldn't he be able to easily complete the eye technique transplant?

Madara Uchiha didn't take Obito Uchiha seriously, treating him merely as a tool.

However, Madara Uchiha had to admit that Obito Uchiha's eyes were very good, even better than his Sharingan.

If it weren't for the cursed seal left in his heart and his overwhelming strength, Madara Uchiha wouldn't have been so confident and in control when facing Obito Uchiha.

After all, no one understood and hated the ability of space-time better than Madara Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju used this very ability to kill his younger brother.

If Yagyu were to obtain the eye technique that allows him to hide his true form in another dimension, he would likely be very difficult to deal with.

Of course, Yagyu had no idea what Madara Uchiha was thinking.

If they knew, they would surely sigh again, truly worthy of being someone even the main characters couldn't defeat, only able to be weakened by a dimensional reduction attack, making him even more like a final boss than Kaguya Otsutsuki.

If it were him, unless he were a transmigrator, he wouldn't be able to recognize the abilities of Limbo: Border Jail at a glance unless he possessed the Rinnegan.

However, Madara Uchiha only glanced at the purple beam of light and not only guessed the approximate ability of Gedomaru, but also instantly thought of Obito Uchiha's corpse and the Uchiha clan's eye technique transplantation.

Seeing Madara Uchiha block the purple beam, Yagyu raised his palm, and a large number of black light spots surged from his palm.

Seeing this, Madara Uchiha, though unsure of Yagyu's intentions, instinctively unleashed a purple beam of light in an attempt to interrupt his spellcasting: "Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang!"

Although both are lasers, this laser far surpasses the purple beam that Yagyu used against him, containing cutting and destructive power many times greater than that of the Water Breaker Wave, and shot towards Yagyu.

Even a single Seeking Dao Jade could be pierced or even severed by this laser.

After all, this move in the original work severed the black rods formed by Naruto's Truth-Seeking Balls.

However, while the laser's speed was fast, Yagyu's casting speed was even faster.

Tens of thousands of black light spots appeared, rapidly forming a pure black longsword as if they were condensing into a Seeking the Dao Jade.

This longsword is not a Truth-Seeking Ball containing seven nature transformations, but rather an upgraded version of Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod, or perhaps another way of using Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod.

The Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod ability is similar to the Hyuga clan's pressure point technique, which can seal the flow of chakra in the human body.

Once the Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod is inserted into the body, it is equivalent to sealing the flow of chakra. This either prevents the use of ninjutsu or increases the difficulty of performing ninjutsu many times over.

Once all the key acupoints are pierced with black rods, the person will be unable to mobilize any chakra, and will only be able to use taijutsu.

To some extent, Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod is also a very powerful technique, since as long as one has chakra, one can create such a physical weapon.

Nagato and Pain especially liked to use Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods in battle.

However, while Yin Yang Release: Black Rod is good, its toughness is also quite average.

Sharp weapons can cut through the black rods, and if one masters Sage Mode, one can completely ignore the Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod attack.

Even Madara Uchiha only used Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod during his Edo Tensei period and when he retrieved one of his eyes.

After becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, possessing the Six Paths Staff and Truth-Seeking Balls, which were many times more advanced than Yin-Yang Release: Black Rods, he completely looked down on the Black Rods, which were only the most basic application of Yin-Yang Release.

So when Madara Uchiha saw this black longsword with the same properties as Yin-Yang Release: Black Rod, and saw him spewing lasers, his eyes showed a hint of confusion.

What is this kid doing?

The next second, Madara Uchiha's expression changed slightly.

Yagyu, wielding a black sword capable of slicing through even sharp weapons, clashed with a laser that could sever the Truth-Seeking Ball's black rod.

Then an incredible scene unfolded!

Something was severed, but it wasn't a fragile black longsword; instead, it was a tiny yet incredibly powerful laser.

An invisible force split the small yet all-severing laser in two and then rapidly moved it toward Madara Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha, whose strength had reached the high level of the Six Paths, actually felt a threat and instinctively stopped casting Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang, and flew to the side.

The threatening aura only disappeared after they had created a distance of several meters.

Madara Uchiha turned to look at Yagyu, incredulously asking, "What did you just do? What is that sword of yours?!"

Madara Uchiha's opening question was two questions in a row, showing just how surprised he was.

Madara Uchiha was absolutely certain that if he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been injured even with his immunity to ninjutsu.

Even though he is immortal, he will recover from any injury.

But his fighting instincts honed over the years still made Madara Uchiha instinctively dodge.

This is also why Obito Uchiha and Kaguya Otsutsuki were far inferior to Madara Uchiha.

When one becomes dependent on immortality, it becomes easy to be ambushed if the enemy's attack contains hidden tricks.

Kaguya Otsutsuki is the best example.

First, he was sealed away by his rebellious sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, and then he was sealed away by the reincarnations of his two grandsons.

The ancestor of chakra suffered such a humiliating defeat twice.

Yagyu didn't answer Uchiha Madara, as if he hadn't heard him. His gaze was fixed on the black longsword in his hand, his eyes filled with surprise and contemplation. He muttered to himself, "Is this the power of will and mind? Truly... an indescribable power!"

Indeed, the black longsword in Yagyu's hand is none other than the Sage of Six Paths' divine sword—the Ama-no-Numa Spear.

The appearance of the Ama-no-Nama spear in Yagyu's hand is different from that of the Ama-no-Nama spear used by Obito Uchiha in the original work.

Because the Heavenly Swamp Spear is both a weapon and a profound application of Yin-Yang Escape Technique; more precisely, it is a secret technique developed using Yin-Yang Escape Technique—the Heavenly Swamp Spear.

Since it is a technique, and it uses Yin-Yang Release to create a form, then Yagyu can make the Amazu Spear take whatever shape he wants.

Furthermore, Yagyu can even transform the Ama-numa Spear into a sword or an axe, and the Shinto Tenken into a Shinto Tenka or Shinto Tenuki.

Upon using the Tenma Spear for the first time, Yagyu discovered that the technique's level was somewhat low.

If colored light clusters truly exist beyond three colors, then the three-color level is utterly unworthy of the Heavenly Swamp Spear.

The Heavenly Spear, like Obito Uchiha's Kamui, is a groundbreaking creation.

There's no other reason than that this technique can utilize the power of the ninth attribute!

As is well known, chakra has seven attributes, namely Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

The eighth attribute is the space-time attribute, which is outside of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements and can only be comprehended by a few exceptionally talented individuals.

Spacetime is the strongest power that Yagyu knows, since space distortion and space tearing are both capable of cutting through anything.

And spatial movement is the fastest speed in the world.

Aside from time, Yagyu couldn't imagine any ability that could be compared to space.

But now, it seems that Yagyu has discovered a power that can rival spacetime.

That is the ninth attribute, which is probably only mastered by one person in the ninja world to this day—the Mind.

The power of the mind can also be described as the power of will.

The sheer power of materialized will was evident in Madara Uchiha's evasive maneuver just now.

It's like Limbo: Border Jail, completely invisible yet incredibly powerful, an invisible force that would injure even the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki if touched by it.

In addition to natural energy, physical attacks, Six Paths Sage Techniques, space-time manipulation, and sealing, there is now another power capable of harming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

But this is not the key reason for Yagyu's surprise and contemplation.

This is not the main reason why Yagyu felt that the game system was underestimated by Tenma Spear!

What truly made Yagyu realize that the Tenuma Spear was exceptional was the sudden flash of inspiration he had just experienced.

He seemed to have figured out why the Sage of Six Paths could freely travel between the world of the living and the world of the dead.

Moreover, his Impure World Reincarnation technique can summon the spirits of the dead without offerings, and can summon Team 7, the nine tailed beasts, and even Madara Uchiha, which exist in another dimension, without any medium.

Mental power, no, it should be... Yin-Yang Escape!

What's being underestimated isn't the Tenma Spear, but rather the Yin-Yang Release, which resides within the Rinnegan and is merely one of its basic abilities.

Whether it was Yagyu, Madara Uchiha, or even Kaguya Otsutsuki and the alien Otsutsuki clan, they all greatly underestimated the power of Yin-Yang Release.

This art of creating all things from nothing and giving life to all things may be the truly powerful force.

"Yin Release represents the spirit, Yang Release represents the body, I see... I see..."

Yagyu muttered to himself again.

Yin Release Chakra is a special type of chakra secreted by the brain, containing spiritual power.

Spirit, thought, mind, even soul... all belong to Yin Dun!

Yin-Yang Escape is not only a technique for creating all things, but also a technique for controlling the physical body and soul, developing potential, and harnessing all energy!

This may be why the Sage of Six Paths, even if he wasn't the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, was able to become the world's will and a top being among the Six Paths!

At that moment, it seemed as if Yagyu had realized something.

The Tenma Spear may not be powerful, but it is a key that allowed Yagyu to master Yin Release to the level of will and mind.

So, Yagyu, wielding the Amazu Spear, flew towards Uchiha Madara.

Seeing that Yagyu hadn't answered and was instead flying towards him in a daze, Madara Uchiha, who couldn't understand what ability Yagyu had just used, also wielded the Six Paths Staff and charged forward to meet him.

The dodge just now was just an instinctive reaction.

Now that he had come to his senses, Madara Uchiha realized that he was immortal. No matter how much damage he suffered, as long as he didn't die instantly, he would be fine.

After all, the Ten-Tails, which was taken back from the nine tailed beasts, contained an immense amount of chakra. It was so vast that even "as boundless as the sea" was insufficient to describe it; it could only be described as an existence approaching infinity.

Unless subjected to continuous damage exceeding its limits, the Ten-Tails cannot break free. Madara Uchiha was able to continuously consume the Ten-Tails' chakra to heal his injuries.

Moreover, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki possessed so many abilities that Madara Uchiha did not believe that Yagyu could defeat him with that strange method.

Once Madara Uchiha understands Yagyu's strength level after a battle, he has plenty of ways to defeat him.

As for whether Yagyu is stronger than himself?

Madara Uchiha never even considered such a thing.

After all, the root of all ninjutsu is chakra, and chakra comes from the God Tree, which is the Ten-Tails.

The Ten-Tails has now become his power; his chakra is the sun, while the chakra within Yagyu is merely the light of a firefly.

No matter how bizarre Yagyu's methods are, when his chakra runs out, that's when he'll die.

Yagyu and Madara Uchiha flew towards each other, one on the left and one on the right.

One charged in with a sword, the other swung his staff away.

Both are pure black weapons, but one is merely a creation of Yin Release, while the other contains the power of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. Once it self-destructs, it will be a product of the power to destroy all things in the universe. They are worlds apart, like heaven and earth.

But when the two collided, an incredible scene unfolded.

Snap—rip!

There were no sounds of metal colliding and sparks flying, nor any images of metal vying for power and pressing against each other.

A crisp tearing sound rang out, followed by the sound of fabric ripping.

All that could be seen was that Madara Uchiha's Six Paths Staff and his own body had been cut in half at the waist.