Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 355 Uchiha Madara is indeed not easy to deal with.

"Tenseigan — Rinnegan, Byakugan — Sharingan —"

Madara Uchiha pondered the names of the four-eyed creatures, finally sighing and saying, "I've always found it strange that the Hyuga clan is on par with my Uchiha clan."

"The Byakugan is clearly limited in function and useless in ability. Apart from X-ray vision and a 360-degree field of view, it is of no use. Even among the Hyuga clan who have awakened the Byakugan, there are plenty of genin."

"So the Byakugan really can be compared to the Sharingan. It's just that the Hyuga clan is trash, no wonder they have the Byakugan."

Xia Zuo nodded and said, "That's right. No one who is treated as a slave can be expected to work hard and actively improve their strength."

"The destruction inflicted on the Hyuga clan by the Caged Bird Seal is appalling."

Upon hearing Xia Zuo's earnest answer, Uchiha Madara fell silent, unsure of what to say, because this was not the answer he wanted.

But Madara Uchiha is Madara Uchiha. After taking a deep breath, he rallied his spirits: "Seriously, why did I say so much? Looks like I've been influenced by Hashirama Senju again, becoming all fussy and indecisive."

"Fifth Hokage, Natsume, if you want to stop me, then come on!"

Xia Zuo laughed heartily: "Great, that suits me perfectly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Zuo disappeared from Madara Uchiha's sight.

Since Xia Zuo mastered the technique of converting chakra into ki, he has begun to integrate the techniques of the three worlds of Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece, with ki as the center.

His first achievement was [Instant Flash], the basic formula of which is: [Blink Technique] plus [Instant Step] plus [Moon Step], which allows him to flash freely within a certain range, with a speed that is in no way inferior to spatial teleportation.

The moment Madara Uchiha lost Sasuke, his Rinnegan revealed a huge weakness.

As a ninja from the Uchiha clan, his techniques and tactics all rely on the Sharingan, and its evolved form, the Rinnegan.

When his eyes can lock onto an enemy, Madara Uchiha can wreak havoc and easily take on thousands of enemies.

However, when his eyes fail to lock onto the enemy, an instinctive panic arises, disrupting Madara Uchiha's judgment and putting him in a completely passive position.

Xia Zuo didn't like this high-speed combat mode either, but it helped him avoid exposing his weakness of not having as much combat experience as Uchiha Madara.

This is a huge weakness.

Or rather, in front of Madara Uchiha, any weakness would be magnified into a huge weakness.

Therefore, Xia Zuo had to exploit Madara Uchiha's weaknesses, constantly forcing him into a passive position, leaving him no time or opportunity to find Xia Zuo's weaknesses in return.

Until he cast [God's Descent from the Tree Realm].

Xia Zuo used [Instant Flash] to arrive at Uchiha Madara's left side, swept his eye with his finger, forcing him to instinctively dodge to the right, and then elbowed him in the protruding ribs.

That's exactly where Might Guy kicked.

This triggered his stress response again, causing him to contort his body into an S-shape in an attempt to avoid being attacked again in this excruciatingly painful location.

[Instant Flash]

Xia Zuo moved to Madara Uchiha's right side and delivered a powerful right hook to his abdomen, nearly causing him to vomit stomach acid.

Then came a left hook, striking Ban's right kidney from an area where there was no bone protection.

Another right hook, delivering a liver-damaging blow.

Another left hook, continuing to target the kidneys.

Then, using [Instant Flash], he appeared behind Madara Uchiha and delivered a powerful knee strike to Madara's lower back and lumbar spine.

This isn't ninja taijutsu from the ninja world, but rather the fighting style of Saiyans who have conquered the entire galaxy, along with some stolen Turtle Hermit style fighting techniques.

For a moment, Madara Uchiha was completely stunned and couldn't find his rhythm at all. He was overwhelmed by Xia Zuo's attacks and could only rely on his body's self-healing ability to withstand the damage.

Madara Uchiha lived up to his title of "Shura of the Ninja World," figuring out a solution in just three seconds. He endured Sasuke's attacks and unleashed [Limbo: Border Jail].

Four invisible shadows emerged from Madara Uchiha's body. One of them collided directly with Xia Zuo, whose head was twisted off and turned into a black shadow.

However, Madara Uchiha had already taken the opportunity to break free from contact with Sasuke and escape the completely passive and disadvantageous situation.

Without hesitation, he unleashed one ninjutsu after another.

Complete Susanoo

A blue chakra giant, 150 meters tall, rose from the ground. Madara Uchiha determined that the enemy was simply fast enough not to enter Susanoo and attack him.

He then activated 18 wooden clones, including the Susanoo which had been completely useless earlier, to launch attacks on Xia Zuo and other ninjas.

This method distracted Xia Zuo, while Madara Uchiha, inside Susanoo, looked down and searched for Xia Zuo's figure, while continuously accumulating the power of the Rinnegan.

Those were merely the third stage of Susanoo, which were a complete waste for Xia Zuo, who appeared on the battlefield like a ghost.

In a mere instant, he unleashed four ninjutsu, each of which destroyed a Susanoo and its wood clones.

Xia Zuo discovered that the effects of these different numbers of people were different.

The Ice Release: Frozen Arrow technique is not very effective at damaging Susanoo. It requires ten times the amount of chakra to freeze the entire Susanoo and turn everything into ice powder.

The [Storm Release: Hundred Style: Light Fang] technique appeared to lack power and was unable to effectively break through the Susanoo's defenses. It essentially used nearly 50 times the chakra to wear down the Wood Clone's chakra.

【Nether Release: Cold Silence】 is another extreme. It only exerted a small amount of power, yet it drained all of the Wood Clone's chakra, which was an absolute waste.

However, Xia Zuo was also delighted to discover that [Dust Release: Particle Style] was the most suitable technique to deal with Susanoo.

In Xia Zuo's hands, this Dust Release technique didn't have such a long wind-up; the spatial decomposition was instantaneous, and the effect of material decomposition was also instantaneous.

Therefore, Xia Zuo's [Dust Release: Particle Style] does not need to create a huge target area. It only needs to cover the wood clones in Susanoo, and the clones will be completely turned into nothingness in the next instant.

Having found the right method, Xia Zuo destroyed the other 12 wood clones of Uchiha Madara in just ten seconds, leaving the last two for the other Kage-level ninjas to practice on.

He had already sensed Madara Uchiha's burning gaze. He possessed a dojutsu known as the "strongest genjutsu" and wanted to test its power on Madara Uchiha.

When Madara Uchiha, relying on a sufficient distance, completely locked onto Xia Zuo with his Rinnegan, Xia Zuo happened to be looking up at him from a distance.

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The two locked eyes and simultaneously activated their long-prepared pupil techniques.

[Genjutsu: Rinnegan]

Kaleidoscope: Farewell to the Gods

Both illusions were successfully injected into the other's eyes while the other was using their eye techniques.

Madara Uchiha's genjutsu is actually very simple; it's just the Rinnegan version of the Sharingan's "Golden Binding Technique." The effect is extremely simple, without any fancy tricks; it's purely a contest of eye power between him and Sasuke.

However, Madara Uchiha's genjutsu failed immediately upon entering Xia Zuo's body, because Xia Zuo not only possessed the Tenseigan and Rinnegan, but his soul strength was also more than ten times that of an ordinary person, which could not be shaken by genjutsu that relied on brute force.

The [Kotoamatsukami] used by Xia Zuo came from Uchiha Shisui and was imprinted in his reincarnation eye through the [Doppelganger Transfer Seal].

It is said that Kotoamatsukami is the strongest genjutsu in the ninja world, capable of forcibly invading the opponent's brain, permanently and thoroughly altering their cognition, and changing the enemy's will.

It is said that this most powerful illusion can affect all enemies, because once [Kotoamatsukami] is successful, the enemy is completely unaware that something is wrong with them, so how can it be dispelled?

However, Xia Zuo couldn't be sure about this, because the effect of this eye technique was too overpowered; even Uchiha Shisui next door never used it until his death.

On the contrary, Itachi Uchiha, who obtained Shisui's eyes, used them on his younger brother.

But Sasuke Uchiha was not a pure person to begin with. His sudden 180-degree turn is hard to say whether it was due to the effect of Kotoamatsukami.

After all, Indra's chakra influence is not to be underestimated, and the Sage of Six Paths' direct brainwashing through conversation is even more outrageous.

Thanks to Xia Zuo's efforts, Uchiha Shisui of this world never used [Kotoamatsukami], making the effect of this "strongest genjutsu" a mystery.

But today, Xia Zuo obtained the most authentic first-hand evidence through actual combat.

Is Kotoamatsukami truly so powerful that it doesn't exist?

Looking at the furious Uchiha Madara, Xia Zuo could draw one conclusion with absolute certainty: it was useless against someone like Uchiha Madara who possessed his own Rinnegan!

This is actually quite reasonable.

When ninjas are still at the Kage level, their vulnerability makes intelligence and experience their primary fighting strength; even a Genin can kill a careless Jonin.

However, once the ninjas surpassed the Kage level and entered the Six Paths level, they were forced into a pure numerical battle of chakra and eye power because they had made up for all their weaknesses.

Simply put, even the weakest ninjutsu at the Six Paths level can unleash the power of an S-rank ninjutsu, so having a large amount of chakra means being strong.

With a Mangekyou Sharingan-level eye technique, Kotoamatsukami simply could not possibly alter Madara Uchiha's perception and consciousness.

The probability is not just virtually zero, but absolutely zero.

Madara Uchiha is furious because he analyzed the content of [Kotoamatsukami] that it wanted to change his perception.

Xia Zuo wanted to see if Uchiha Madara could become a loyal dog, not in the adjective sense, but in the literal sense.

Looking back now, it was indeed a bit excessive.

It's fortunate that it didn't succeed so far, otherwise Madara Uchiha would definitely not care about peace and a beautiful world. He would abandon everything and kill Xia Zuo first.

Suddenly, Xia Zuo felt a warm stream slide down his cheek, and when he reached down to touch it, he saw that his hand was covered in black blood.

Then he felt his head become heavy, as if it had been filled with lead, and he felt like he couldn't turn it.

"Damn it, I can't use this kind of transcribing eye technique next time. At least I can't use too much eye power to activate it, it's too harmful to my body."

Suppressing his headache, Xia Zuo clenched his fists, each grabbing a ball of [Wind Release: Rasengan], and swiftly obliterated the two Limbo shadows.

Then, he combined the two slightly weakened Wind Release: Rasengans and threw them at the last shadow, shattering it on the spot.

After two breaths, Xia Zuo's headache completely disappeared, and Uchiha Madara opposite him also completely eliminated the power of the [Kotoamatsukami] eye.

The two faced each other, neither daring to make a move, until the roar of Susanoo being destroyed came from the other side of the battlefield.

Madara Uchiha once again instantly unleashed Shinra Tensei, while he himself manipulated Susanoo to flap its wings and fly into the sky.

Xia Zuo sneered, "What do you mean, 'just'? You actually flew into the air. Do you think having wings will give you an advantage in aerial combat?"

"That shouldn't be the case. I flew here just now, and Madara Uchiha should have seen my speed. How could he dare to put the battlefield in the air?"

"Hmm, do you think that because I fly fast, I must have problems with maneuverability?"

Xia Zuo muttered to himself, his legs slightly bent, preparing to give Uchiha Madara a little flying shock.

But just then, Xia Zuo saw the moon hidden under the azure sky.

Madara Uchiha is approaching the moon!

Xia Zuo quietly stopped his flight preparations.

He had already fought Madara Uchiha and found it very exciting, but it was also incredibly stressful, like walking a tightrope, with the possibility of Madara Uchiha turning the tables on him at any moment.

Rather than fighting the strong, tough, and not very lucrative Uchiha Madara, it would be better to let him complete the "Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan" and let the fair, soft, plump, and juicy Otsutsuki Kaguya come out to fight instead.

But Madara Uchiha was clearly thinking about things more deeply.

After flying to a certain altitude, he suddenly stopped, turned and looked down at Xia Zuo, and suddenly quickly formed hand seals.

Madara Uchiha's hand seals were no slower than Itachi Uchiha's. In less than a second, he clapped his hands together, and a black sphere appeared in his palms, which then suddenly enlarged.

Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan suddenly widened, and the ripples in his eyes rapidly receded inward, injecting a terrifying power of ocular energy into the black sphere.

He then dropped the black sphere and continued to flap his wings and fly high.

The black sphere, brimming with terrifying killing intent, plummeted rapidly towards the ground. At approximately 150 meters above the ground, it suddenly slowed to zero without warning, hovering in mid-air and unleashing an unprecedented suction force.

【Planetary Devastation】

Rumble—!

The powerful suction force reached the ground, tearing the earth apart and shaking the mountains.

Under this terrifying suction force, horrifying cracks appeared in the earth, and large chunks of land flew up.

The mountains surrounding the battlefield also showed signs of collapse amidst the tremors, with rocks and broken trees flying into the air like streams flowing into lakes.

As countless stones flew into the sky, they were attracted to the black sphere and adhered to its outer surface, forming an ever-growing stone sphere.

As the stone sphere grows larger, the gravitational pull it generates also increases, and the impacts it suffers from the ground rocks become more and more violent.

Under the intense impact, the stone ball grew larger and its position rose rapidly.