Konoha's Mission Master

Yakumo retorted without hesitation, gesturing to Jiraiya with his eyes. The latter immediately understood, grabbing Tsunade's right hand and dashing backward.

"Yakumo is right, there's no point in us staying here..."

"Don't worry... With Minato here, even if we're no match for him, our lives are absolutely safe."

"Okay, okay, trust me."

The two gradually walked away, and Madara Uchiha did not stop them.

The two faced off again, gathering their strength. Yakumo with a backhand motion retrieved the Fuma and put it back into the Glory Sword Box. The enemy was already piloting a Gundam that was over forty meters tall, and he could no longer use a weapon that was only seventy centimeters long.

"Submit before the strongest power of the Uchiha!"

Madara Uchiha shouted, and the giant skull turned its weapon around, the two huge blue swords crossing and slashing horizontally. This kind of attack did not require any aiming; as long as it touched the enemy, it could completely cut them down.

This was extreme violence. As the sword fell, a terrifying storm was naturally created, and the terrifying wind pressure made Yakumo's clothes cling tightly to his skin.

Yakumo looked up at the blade, a thoughtful expression on his face, clasped his hands together, and spoke in a calm tone.

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"

A wooden dragon soared into the sky, coiling around Yakumo as a green defensive shield, with blue blades clashing against the shield.

The deafening roar echoed around, and the terrifying storm snapped large trees in half and overturned several rocks weighing hundreds of kilograms to the ground.

A few more seconds passed, and the whole world shook and exploded. With a deafening roar, the surrounding ground gradually sank, forming a giant crater nearly 100 meters in diameter.

Minato Namikaze appeared from a distance, and upon witnessing the clash between the two, he deeply realized the weakness of his own attack methods.

The blue blades crossed again and slammed down.

A terrifying roar mixed with a white light spread outwards.

Minato Namikaze once again increased the distance. He could no longer see the figures of the two combatants, but could only sense the incredibly powerful and terrifying pressure radiating outwards from the center of the battle.

From afar, Susanoo and the Wood Release giant appeared to be standing on a barbaric wasteland, engaging in a long-standing battle. Blades and giant fists collided continuously, and the sound spread like thunder rumbling in the sky.

A storm, a terrifying storm, swept across everything around it.

"It's like the end of the world."

Two figures, one blue and one green, were locked in combat. As the two giants moved, two two-colored tornadoes faintly formed, wrapping around the giants' bodies.

In an instant, the two tornadoes collided and intertwined, their fierce attacking pressure suddenly spreading to a radius of a hundred miles, stirring up dust tens of meters high.

Two hours later, the smoke and dust dissipated.

Both of their auras diminished, and the straight wooden dragon was transformed into a wooden sword over forty meters long in the hands of the Wood Release giant.

Yakumo manipulated the wooden doll to slash, like Pangu creating the world, the extremely terrifying sharpness entangling the fully formed Susanoo.

Minato Namikaze knew that the duel between the two had reached a critical moment. Time passed slowly, and the weapons kept colliding, breaking, and rebuilding as they continued to fight.

Two dragon heads sprouted from the shoulders of the wooden man and began to bite at Susanoo.

Until the wooden blade burst into golden flames, and upon closer inspection, one could see that it was constantly surging electricity. The golden giant blade in the wooden figure's hand... was like the divine weapon of the creator god, and the golden light illuminated the surroundings.

With a whoosh, a golden flash... Susanoo's twin swords broke, and Yakumo continued to manipulate the wooden doll to slash the blue giant's chest with the blade.

Susanoo swayed as if it had fallen into a disadvantageous position, and Madara Uchiha looked up and laughed loudly... He said with a sigh, without the slightest bit of tension.

"Hahaha... Ah, so refreshing, so refreshing!"

“But you’re going to lose.” Yakumo’s figure appeared above the wooden doll’s head.

The two stared at each other in mid-air. In this battle, Yakumo did not use any of his hidden cards, or rather, their fight was more of a test of each other's strength.

“Loss? You’re still a bit short!” Madara Uchiha said.

"Congeal."

Blue light emanated from the previously damaged Susanoo.

The damaged area healed rapidly, and the blue light continued to spread until it covered the face of the blue giant with the mask of the Great Tengu, and blue flames flowed in its eyes.

Bump, bump...

The blue giant ran, and the two swords in his hands condensed into a more realistic blue longsword, about seventy meters long. With a simple swing, it left a crack in the ground that was nearly a hundred meters long.

In an instant, the calm air between the two became frenzied, filled with the mournful cries of birds, as if thousands of birds were crying blood, and the temperature between them rose higher and higher.

"Come on, let's fight!" Uchiha roared.

Xingtian wields his axe and shield, his fierce will forever remain.

"This is so annoying."

Yakumo clasped his hands together, raising the wooden figure to a height of 100 meters, and released the wooden sword that was tens of meters long in his hand.

He gestured towards the sky as if borrowing a weapon from heaven.

With a deafening roar, a bolt of purple lightning cleaved down from the churning dark clouds, like a purple pillar of light connecting heaven and earth.

In the palm of Namu's right hand was embedded the Demon-Subduing Longsword. It was because of this that Yakumo was able to draw upon heavenly lightning to create a sword. Golden arcs of electricity, like a hammer, forged the purple lightning into a substantial longsword.

The wooden figure gripped its sword firmly, resisting the slash from Susanoo.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The two giants clashed desperately, with each side gaining an advantage and losing an advantage. In the blue flames, Susanoo's damaged weapon was restored, and the wooden golem once again raised its right hand to borrow purple lightning from the sky.

Yakumo was using tricks, while Madara Uchiha was truly at a disadvantage.

Although the two were clashing using Susanoo and Wood Release, the impact of the shockwaves was still present even after being weakened through layers of attacks.

A faint smell of blood emanated from them, indicating that they were all wounded.

Susanoo was repelled, but quickly pressed forward again...

On that roaring blue blade, a tangible flame suddenly appeared, and the surrounding air became scorching hot, with lightning and fire fighting each other.

Three hours later, heavy rain fell from the sky, flowing down the surface of Susanoo and the wooden golem. However, with the movement of the two giants, the rain suddenly became fine and splashing.

The sudden downpour weakened the fire and amplified the power of the lightning on Yakumo's blade. Madara Uchiha seemed to be at a disadvantage, but his fighting spirit remained high.

However… Yakumo’s chakra was already mostly depleted.

This battle has lasted for six hours, consuming a massive amount of chakra every second. If this continues... Yakumo will likely run out of chakra first, ultimately leading to defeat.

As night deepened, dark clouds gathered overhead, and a torrential downpour began.

Madara Uchiha is very strong, with combat experience and timing far surpassing Yakumo's current abilities. However, his weakness is also obvious: his eyes are not the Rinnegan, resulting in a significant difference in the amplification of his eye power.

In this situation, the power of his Susanoo or genjutsu will be partially reduced.

"Give it a try."

Yakumo thought to himself that the long battle had also made him a little angry. If he could kill Uchiha Madara directly, it would be a one-time solution.

Since that's the case... then let's keep one trick up our sleeve!

Yakumo clasped his hands together, his true form detached from the wooden doll, and the wooden doll, wielding lightning, roared as it charged toward Susanoo.

"Bang, bang...!"

Lacking Yakumo's support, the wooden puppet was dismembered by Madara Uchiha after fighting Susanoo for several dozen moves.

At this moment, Yakumo had completed charging up his power.

"Snapped."

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Top Transformation Buddha: True Several Thousand Hands!"

Thousands of vines spread and grew from the ground, soaring into the sky, intertwining, twisting and gathering in mid-air to form a blurry image of Buddha. With the infusion of more chakra, the vines converged into countless arms on his back.

Blue flames erupted from Susanoo's body, illuminating the night... In the flames, the blue giant's radiance became even more dazzling, and the long sword he wielded was tinged with a hint of purple.

Madara Uchiha was defeated by this move back then; his proud Susanoo was crushed by countless iron fists.

Today... he vowed to avenge his previous humiliation.

"It's a pity... you're not Hashirama."

The events of that war were actually somewhat exaggerated.

If Madara Uchiha had used Izanagi to launch a sneak attack, he might have been able to kill the nearly exhausted Hashirama Senju, but he chose to feign death to escape...

This is love.

I will dedicate myself to the darkness, so that you may achieve the title of the strongest ninja in the world.

The Buddha stood tall, and his thousand arms began to move.

Madara Uchiha let out a long roar, and Susanoo swung its sword, forming a deep blue blade. This blade was extremely long, carrying a blue glow and a deadly cold light, blocking the Thousand-Armed Buddha's escape space.

"drink."

The fist shadows exploded like mountains, densely layered like a storm sweeping in, and in the dim sky, the blue blades collided with the fist shadows.

With each strike faster than the last, Madara Uchiha manipulated Susanoo to continuously increase the speed of his slashes, causing countless wooden fists to explode and wooden splinters as thick as arms to fly out.

In a daze, all that remained in the sky was the deafening collision.

Susanoo's sword has no fancy moves, only a continuous increase in speed, until it surpasses the wind and outpaces the lightning... Faced with such explosive slashes, there is no possibility of dodging... The only option is to confront it head-on.

The vines spread and grew, giving birth to even more fists.

The same sword strike, the same trajectory, the same brutal slash—only the dazzling blue blade shadow and the mountain-like fist shadow collided in the world.

The entire process, the clash between the two, was so intense and violent that there was absolutely no chance to catch one's breath. In such a fierce exchange, Minato Namikaze had no chance of intervening.

No matter how fast a sparrow is, it cannot change the course of a battle between tigers.

Susanoo continued to swing its sword, but its speed decreased slightly.

In a split second, Yakumo seized the opportunity, unleashing a barrage of punches that struck the same point, each one stronger than the last.

These attacks came from different sources and from different angles, yet they all landed on the same point with incredible precision.

Water dripping wears away stone, and a thousand punches can break a mountain.

With a loud crack, Susanoo's sharp blue blade was shattered by a barrage of punches, bringing the continuous slashing attacks to an abrupt halt.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye; the sword broke, and the impenetrable defense was breached.

By the time Madara Uchiha reacted, the dense fist shadows had already bypassed the defense and slammed into Susanoo's hard armor.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom...!"