XX-level Hokage

But Madara remained completely unfazed, merely letting out a cold snort. Then, his Susanoo conjured six arms, and with a sudden burst of strength, he broke free from the quicksand's restraints.

But just as Madara was about to launch another attack, a large pool of scorching magma descended from the gate, completely engulfing the entire Susanoo.

The scorching magma, though unable to penetrate Susanoo's defenses, still caused changes in Madara's body due to the resulting heat. "Using heat, huh? That's quite clever," Madara said coldly.

At this time, Madara's Susanoo was a half-body Susanoo, and heat could still be transmitted through the area under Madara's feet.

Under Madara's control, Susanoo tried to break free from the magma, but at that moment, the magma instantly solidified, binding the entire Susanoo tightly.

"Now's the time!" Mei Terumi controlled her hand movements and turned to look at Onoki and Gaara. Onoki placed his hand on Gaara's gourd.

“Go, Kazekage, Earth Release: Light-Heavy Rock Technique. I have reduced the weight of the sand,” Onoki said.

After the previous fierce battle, his body is now finding it difficult to quickly unleash Dust Release. It can be said that, apart from Gaara, the other three of the four Kage are not in good condition.

“The sand is so light, very good. Just as the Mizukage confirmed, the lower part of Susanoo doesn’t seem to be able to withstand attacks like the body, so I can just use the sand under Madara’s feet,” Gaara muttered to himself.

Immediately afterward, an arm materialized beneath Madara's feet, flinging him directly out of Susanoo. At that moment, A also completed his charge.

"Go, Raikage!" "Raikage Level!"

Ai's body instantly transformed into a bolt of lightning, hurtling straight towards Ban.

Madara was floating in mid-air, his Susanoo bound by Terumi Momo, and with A's incredibly fast attack, he had no way to dodge. But just as A's attack was about to hit Madara, Madara's square-shaped eye socket suddenly started spinning and transformed into the Rinnegan.

"Too much." Ban said, blocking Ai's attack with one hand. "It was absorbed." Ai said, his face very ugly.

"Why does he suddenly have the Rinnegan?!" Onoki said in disbelief.

At this moment, the Susanoo bound by Mei Terumi disappeared. Madara kicked A back, then turned and jumped back onto the sand peak. "Just as I guessed, the ultimate Sharingan is the Rinnegan," Orochimaru said.

"I only awakened my Sharingan shortly before I died. Your name is Orochimaru, right? What did you do to my body?" Madara asked. "Didn't I tell you? I made your abilities even greater than at their peak," Orochimaru said calmly.

"You actually obtained the secret of my body! You, a mere wretch who couldn't even decipher the Uchiha Stone Tablet, actually cracked my secret!" Madara said with great dissatisfaction.

"I only attempted to formulate a hypothesis based on my years of experience and some recent observations, and now, you have proven my hypothesis. Sage of Six Paths, I can finally glimpse his divine power," Orochimaru said, but for some reason, there was not much joy in his tone.

“Don’t misunderstand, you didn’t create this power,” Madara said.

After saying that, Madara instantly formed hand seals, and Susanoo appeared. Then, Susanoo transformed into two parts of one, and the two Susanoo began to form hand seals at the same time.

Then, the ground began to darken, and as Miki looked up, a sense of despair welled up within her. The other three figures also looked up.

"How is this possible?!" Onoki exclaimed.

“The power of a god?” Gaara exclaimed. “Such power…” Aimon said with resentment.

Following their gaze, an enormous meteorite was falling from the sky. "Is this really a ninjutsu?" Mei Terumi asked, her face pale.

“There’s no other way, we have to find a way to do what we can.” After saying that, Onoki floated towards the stone. “Are we going to kill them too?” Orochimaru asked, looking at the meteorite in the sky.

"Of course, the Reincarnation Technique was originally used to take down the enemy together, so I'll recover soon," Madara said calmly. "A flying ninja? He must be that kid Ryouganhei from Iwagakure," Madara said with interest, seeing Onoki flying towards the meteorite.

Just then, Onoki reached out and stopped the magma with a "Earth Release: Super Light Heavy Rock Technique".

Onoki used almost all the remaining strength in his body to hold up the meteorite, slowing its descent. "Let's go too," Ai said.

After saying that, a burst of intense lightning erupted from Ai's body. He unleashed all the remaining power in his body and shot out from the ground, crashing straight into the meteorite. He then dismembered the meteorite from within.

Gaara also manipulated the sand with all his might, and a pair of huge sand palms rose from the ground, barely holding up the meteorite.

Meiyo Terumi spewed out two columns of magma, eroding the meteorite from both sides inwards. In no time, the meteorite came to a stop, riddled with holes.

"That kid, Tian Tianping, has gotten quite capable," Ban said calmly, looking at the stopped meteorite.

Just as the four shadows breathed a sigh of relief at stopping the meteor shower, a whooshing sound rang out.

“Alright, so what can you do about the second one, Onoki?” Madara said coldly.

A "crack" sound rang out. The second stone had arrived.

The immense weight caused Onoki to collapse instantly.

Gaara and Terumi's support also instantly became ineffective.

The meteorite finally crashed, the violent impact so loud that it could be heard even at the allied headquarters in Yunhu Village. When the dust settled, the site was littered with broken boulders.

Gaara protected himself and Mei Terumi within his sand barrier, though he himself was riddled with holes.

As for Onoki, he was completely unconscious and was being carried out by the Raikage. On the sand dune, Madara and Mu's Earth-Transforming bodies had recovered.

Looking at the scene before him, Orochimaru muttered to himself, "Is this the power of a Sage? It's astonishing."

"What a breathtaking sight. Orochimaru, how much do you really know about me?" Madara turned to look at "Mu" and said.

"This is just my guess. Back then, in your battle with the First Hokage, you didn't die at the Valley of the End. Although you were indeed defeated by the First Hokage, you also obtained a portion of his power, right?" Orochimaru said.

"No wonder you're so good at planning. Did you know all our plans?" Ban asked.

"I know a little, but I'm on your side. I just don't know if that fake Madara intends to follow the plan," Orochimaru said meaningfully. Madara looked at "Nothingness" and remained silent.

"Speaking of which, all four Kage are still alive. What should we do?" Orochimaru asked, looking at the battlefield.

"There are some things I want to confirm first, the summoning jutsu." Madara instantly cast the summoning jutsu, but there was no response.

While Mashiro was in Naruto's mental space, she severed Madara's summoning contract with Kurama. "You haven't captured Kurama yet," Madara said calmly.

"This battle is for this very reason. The Nine-Tails is still inside the Jinchuriki. Why are we going to capture him?" Orochimaru said.

"Wait, let me try out this new ninjutsu first," Madara said. Then he formed hand seals.

"Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees"

Numerous enormous tree roots appeared on the ground and instantly attacked the four shadows.

Upon seeing this, Terumi instantly unleashed Boil Release. "Boil Release: Skillful Mist Technique"

It seemed that Ban hadn't used his full power, or perhaps he wasn't yet proficient in using it. The attacking tree roots were all dissolved by the boiling mist.

At this moment, Onoki woke up, struggled to get up, and said, "Leave the rest to me, I'll deal with him." "Old man, your injury..." Terumi Mo was about to stop him when Madara arrived not far away.

Madara looked at Onoki and said, "I still want to experiment with other ninjutsu, but you're too weak to dance anymore, Onoki." Onoki responded with a resentful expression.

"What kind of expression is that? After what happened before, you should know how big the gap is between us," Madara said with a smile. Hearing this, Onoki recalled the past.

Meanwhile, in a cave near Akatsuki headquarters, Orochimaru was observing everything with great interest. "No matter who Madara is, you're ultimately just a pawn," Anko mocked from the side.

Orochimaru didn't care and said, "Pawns? Who isn't a pawn? Even the invincible Madara could become someone else's pawn. Whether you are a pawn or not is not important. The key is whether you are useful."

"What do you mean by that?" Hongdou asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Now I have two Sage powers before me. Which one do you think I should choose?" Orochimaru said, seemingly to himself. Whether it was the power that Mashiro displayed back then, or the power that Madara is showing now, both are Sage powers to Orochimaru.

At this point, he could stand firm on either side, because he was an important piece, even a piece with the power to choose and decide.

"Let's wait and see the final result before making a decision. The main character will be here soon," Orochimaru said softly.

Chapter 198: The Five Kage vs. Madara (Part 2)

Coming back to his senses from his past memories, Onoki looked at Madara and said, "We ninjas have always been constantly fighting among ourselves, fighting endlessly for the interests of our country and village, disregarding other countries and villages, only knowing how to plunder and be plundered. If something is taken away, we take it back. Hatred has thus continued to grow, and for this reason, we even fought three Shinobi World Wars."

"This is what it means to live. We ninjas were born for this purpose. You've lived to this age, yet you haven't learned from the pain of the past."

"So much so that they don't even understand this principle," Ban said calmly.

“I’ve lived longer than you and learned more. It’s because I understand the pain of the past that I can think about how to achieve the best outcome in the future…” Onoki said firmly, but Orochimaru interrupted him.

"And then the Fourth Shinobi World War happened. Is that the best outcome you're talking about?" Orochimaru said with a hint of sarcasm.

"This war is different. What everyone wants to fight for in this war is different from the goals of the previous struggles. Just as the Hokage said, this war will be an opportunity, and the world will slowly but steadily grow towards peace as the world is built up!" Onoki said firmly.

"The world has no need to continue growing; it only needs to slumber within the illusion of the Infinite Tsukuyomi." Madara scoffed at Onoki's words. "Once, you made me abandon myself; now, I will defeat you, reclaim myself, and it is you who should slumber!" Onoki rose, looked at Madara, and smiled.

Just then, Gaara's sand blocked Ōnoki's path, forming a sand barrier that stopped him. "Kazekage!"

Onoki said, quite puzzled.

Terumi and Ai got up and went to the front of Amanoki.

Gaara said, "Then let's rediscover ourselves together."

“No matter what, we can’t let an old man like you be at the forefront,” Ai said. “Young people can’t stand listening to the words of old people,” Terumi Mei said with a smile.

"Hmph, it's rare to see someone so passionate. Looks like I've been meddling." Onoki looked at the three of them and said softly. "Looks like you still have the energy to dance." Madara looked at the four of them who had stood up again and said calmly.

"For ourselves." "For the future." "For the ninja world." "For peace."

“We will defeat you!” ×4 The four shadows said firmly.

Seeing this, Madara stood up and instantly rushed towards the four of them.

Suddenly, Madara seemed to sense something and dodged away. "Fusion: Burial"

Flames rose from the ground, water dragons came from all directions, lightning struck from the sky, and fierce winds swept everything up, lifting up boulders and compressing them into a huge stone coffin.

The range was so vast that even Madara couldn't completely dodge it and was sealed inside the stone coffin.

But only for a moment, the stone coffin was shattered by the green vines, and Madara jumped out, standing on the stone coffin. He dodged in time and absorbed the damage with his Rinnegan. The fierce attack had no effect on Madara.

"Just as I said before, it's flashy, but its power still can't compare to Wood Release." A clear female voice rang out. "The Hokage has arrived too," A said.

Mashiro appeared out of thin air beside the four Kage, then stretched out her hand, and green chakra threads spread across their bodies.

"Everyone's still alive, looks like I'm not too late," Mashiro said softly. "Just in time," Terumi said helplessly.

"Longevity is indeed a good thing. The Five Kage can actually fight side by side one day." Onoki suddenly laughed as he looked at Mashiro who had appeared.

The Fifth Hokage, Hyuga Mashiro. The Fifth Mizukage, Terumi Mei. The Fifth Kazekage, Gaara. The Fourth Raikage, A.

The third Tsuchikage, Onoki.

The current Five Kage are now all present!

Madara, now atop the stone coffin, calmly gazed at the five people not far below. His eyes paused briefly on Mashiro's body, then he said with a hint of mockery, "This is..."

"Is he the current Hokage? The Hidden Leaf Clan, humph."

"This new Hokage is the youngest Hokage in Konoha's history, and he enjoys considerable prestige throughout the Land of Fire," Orochimaru added fuel to the fire.

But Ban didn't care at all and said, "Perfect, I'll give this lineup a try."

"You all stay here and heal your wounds. I'll go buy some time." After saying this, Mashiro took out a scroll, formed a hand seal, and four scrolls appeared, landing on the four Kage.

This is why Mashiro arrived so slowly. First, she took Naruto to Kushina, then had the two of them fight the reanimated Jinchuriki. Next, she went to appease the medical team, and incidentally asked Tsunade for a few more. Finally, she arrived at the battlefield.

"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave"

Mashiro launched the first attack.