Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

But to Kirito, who possesses the Byakugan, this speed was nothing out of the ordinary.

Suddenly, lightning flashed across his body, and a highly condensed chakra enveloped his right hand. Then, he struck out with his palm.

A powerful chakra shockwave appeared instantly.

The chakra arm that Madara Uchiha created using Susanoo: Initial Stage was hit by this shockwave and instantly shattered. The entire arm broke into numerous chakra fragments and eventually disappeared.

Gentle Fist - Divine Sky Strike!

This is a Gentle Fist technique that Kirito further developed based on Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Empty Palm after obtaining the high-purity Byakugan. It has immense destructive power and can instantly shatter ninja tools made of chakra metal.

Because this move requires the power of the Byakugan to be unleashed, only White Zetsu clones can use it.

The powerful chakra shockwave generated by the Divine Void Strike shattered the chakra arm, but its power was not weakened much. The attack momentum was still fierce, advancing all the way and quickly hitting Uchiha Madara, who was now slightly surprised.

With a loud "bang!"

A huge splash erupted from the water where Madara Uchiha was, sending a large amount of water into the air, causing countless fish and shrimp in the lake to perish.

Soon, the splash disappeared, and a skull covered in a large amount of blue chakra appeared in front of Kirito.

The skeleton only had an upper body, not a lower body, and inside the skull was Uchiha Madara himself, who was completely unharmed.

However, at this moment, his Sharingan had already been activated, and he was staring intently at Kirito in mid-air.

He said, "It's been a long time since I've seen such a powerful Gentle Fist. I never imagined that the Hyuga clan would still have such a strong member after the Warring States period."

He was absolutely certain that Kirito had just used Gentle Fist, but this was the first time he had ever seen Gentle Fist of this caliber.

But that's not the most terrifying thing. What's terrifying is that the opponent immediately saw through the weakness of the chakra arm he created using Susanoo: Initial Stage and precisely struck that weakness, causing the chakra arm, whose defense was comparable to steel, to shatter upon contact.

A powerful Gentle Fist combined with a keen insight that can penetrate the weaknesses in an enemy's chakra flow.

In that instant, the Byakugan's status as a bloodline limit rapidly rose in Madara Uchiha's mind.

There was a time when he looked down on the Byakugan, believing that the potential of the bloodline limit inherited by the person who claimed to be the Ōtsutsuki Hamura was too low, far inferior to the Sharingan, and could only dominate under Kage-level powerhouses, and could not possibly produce a top-level powerhouse.

But now it seems that he had underestimated the power of the white eye.

"That was Mom's technique. Although it's not nearly as powerful as Mom's, it was definitely a Divine Vacuum Strike. Who is this person? Has the Hyuga clan ever produced such a powerful Byakugan ninja? Did he come down from the sky?"

Black Zetsu, hidden in Madara Uchiha's sleeve, was deeply shocked after witnessing Kirito's Divine Sky Strike and stared blankly at Kirito in the sky.

At that moment, through the gaps in the eyes of the demon mask, both it and Madara Uchiha saw the Byakugan on the White Zetsu clone.

To their surprise, the whites of these eyes were a pale purple, with a deep blue light shining from the center. It was clear that these were extraordinary whites, far superior to the ordinary ones they had ever seen.

Kirito had neither the inclination nor the obligation to answer Madara Uchiha's question. Looking at Madara's Susanoo First Form, he had only one thing on his mind: he wanted to witness the strength of this powerful ninja who had once been able to rival the God of Shinobi.

A burning fighting spirit raged within him.

With a thought, the bird-shaped masked monster with five masks at his feet split into four masked monsters. One of them, wearing a lightning mask, instantly spat out a huge blue and white lightning spear.

Lightning Release: False Darkness!

Kirito's Lightning Release level has reached level five, a level that ninjas commonly refer to as the Mysterious Realm. Naturally, the Lightning Release ninjutsu he uses now is far superior to what it used to be, with both its power and attack speed greatly improved.

Madara Uchiha was a discerning person; he immediately realized that the lightning release ninjutsu Kirito used was quite powerful.

He was confident that he could block the attack with the first stage of Susanoo, but he did not intend to stubbornly take it head-on. He subconsciously wanted to dodge, but then he found that his chakra head was already entangled by a large number of water whips and could not move at his will.

This is precisely the result of Kirito multitasking while controlling the Water Release: Water Whip attack used by the Water Release Masked Monster.

These water whips certainly couldn't completely bind Madara Uchiha's Susanoo, but they were more than enough to entangle it for a moment.

In the blink of an eye, the massive lightning spear struck the chakra half-skull.

The chakra half-skull was not shattered by the giant lightning spear, but the powerful penetrating force of the lightning ninjutsu was demonstrated at this moment. The terrifying high-voltage current passed through the chakra half-skull's defense and struck Uchiha Madara hard, numbing his entire body.

Black Zetsu was also affected at this time. It had not been attacked for many years and was suddenly electrocuted and howled.

Taking advantage of Madara Uchiha's paralysis from the Lightning Release ninjutsu, Kirito decisively combined Sage Chakra to unleash another Divine Void Strike.

Immortal Technique: Gentle Fist: Divine Sky Strike!

A pale golden fist, radiating the energy of Sage Chakra, shot towards Madara Uchiha like a rocket, carrying the overwhelming force of Mount Tai.

"Hahaha~, it's been so long since I've felt pain."

Madara Uchiha watched as Kirito unleashed an even more powerful Divine Sky Strike to greet him, and suddenly burst into manic laughter.

At the same time, the half-skull grew a large amount of flesh and blood formed from chakra, and also grew two hands, with a huge chakra samurai sword appearing in each of the four hands.

Two of his hands crossed two enormous chakra katana to block the incoming pale gold fist, while his other two hands swung the chakra katana at Kirito in the sky.

Before the blade even arrived, its terrifying aura was already upon them.

This Uchiha ninja who reached the pinnacle of the ninja world was clearly also a master swordsman. His sword strikes seemed slow, even slower in Kirito's Byakugan, but the force of his sword strikes was incredible. It was a powerful pressure that directly affected the enemy, making it difficult for them to move for a moment.

"Is this the power of Uchiha Madara? This is only the second stage of Susanoo, and he's an old Madara at that."

Kirito felt his body being suppressed by an unknown, immense force, making his limbs clumsy and the flow of chakra within him slightly sluggish. He couldn't instantly unleash ninjutsu as he usually could, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Clearly, all of this is due to the power of the Sharingan within Madara Uchiha.

He now guesses that Madara Uchiha's Yin Release level must be at least level five, and that he has given birth to some kind of incredible Yin Release power. This power can not only suppress the enemy's body silently, but also suppress the enemy's chakra.

Without a doubt, this power is terrifying to ninjas.

After all, in a critical moment, the speed at which a ninja releases their ninjutsu is their lifeline; if they are even slightly slow, they will die.

Fortunately, this strange Yin Release power can only affect ordinary chakra, and has little effect on Sage Chakra.

This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Kirito immediately mobilized his Sage Chakra to use Water Release: Water Instantaneous Body Technique.

In an instant, two enormous streaks of light flashed across the sky.

Kirito's masked monster was cut in half, and Kirito appeared behind Madara Uchiha. But Madara Uchiha seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and two huge chakra katana once again slashed at him with unparalleled momentum.

That eerie Yin-based power struck again.

Faced with this, Kirito had no choice but to abandon his sneak attack and once again used Sage Chakra to perform the Water Body Flicker Technique to escape.

Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha used his other two hands, which had already blocked Kirito's Divine Vacuum Attack, to slash at the two masked monsters in the sky formed by the Earth Grudge Fear technique.

For a moment, the two masked monsters were also affected by the strange Yin Release power from Madara Uchiha. Their bodies and the chakra within them were affected, and they were unable to react in time.

But at the critical moment, the Earth Release masked monster, which had not been attacked, made its move. An astonishing chakra fluctuation instantly erupted from its body, and a simple sage mask appeared on its mask. Then, it suddenly punched the two chakra samurai swords.

Two enormous rock fists suddenly appeared from the Earth Release masked monster's hands, striking the two chakra samurai swords heavily and breaking them in two.

Sage Art: Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!

The crisis involving the Lightning Release Masked Monster and the Wind Release Masked Monster has been resolved.

"Sage Mode, huh? That's impressive. I never imagined you could use it on a mere Earth Grudge Puppet. It seems your Sage Arts are incredibly powerful, almost as strong as someone I know."

Seeing this, Madara Uchiha turned to look at Kirito behind him and praised him, his voice revealing excitement.

"Compared to your Susanoo, senior, my Sage Mode is nothing. To be able to use a Destruction God-level ability with a three-tomoe Sharingan, which can only be used by the Mangekyou Sharingan, your strength is truly unfathomable. Can you tell me how much of your power you have used?"

Kirito responded modestly upon hearing Madara Uchiha's praise.

The next moment, a flash of light, and Kirito was cut in half by a chakra katana from Madara Uchiha's second-stage Susanoo.

Chapter 231: Dancing with Madara (Part Two)

Kirito's face contorted in terror as his body was suddenly slashed, but the next moment, another blade flashed, splitting his face in two, and his terrified expression froze.

"Your clone technique is quite ingenious, but when you're talking to me, it would be best to use your true self."

Madara Uchiha didn't even glance at Kirito, whom he had already killed. Instead, he moved his eyes to the left and looked at a body of water not far away.

As soon as he finished speaking, four masked monsters in the sky launched their attacks one after another under Kirito's control.

The Earth Release masked monster, now in Sage Mode, launched the first attack, firing a rock projectile from its mouth. The projectile rapidly grew larger during its flight, becoming the size of a three-story house and emitting an incredibly heavy aura, before crashing down on Uchiha Madara's Susanoo, second stage, chakra half-giant.

Sage Art: Earth Escape: Rock Iron Cannon Technique!

The Lightning Release Masked Monster and the Water Release Masked Monster merged together, transforming into a two-headed masked monster. A lightning dragon and a water dragon suddenly appeared, then merged together, eventually transforming into a lifelike black lightning dragon that emitted a brand new chakra wave.

Storm Release: Wrath of the Hell Dragon!

This is a Storm Release ninjutsu developed by Kirito by combining the advantages of Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Bullet Technique and Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique. This is the first time he has used it against an enemy. Today is the moment to witness its power.

The Thunder Dragon charged toward Madara Uchiha before the rock cannonball could reach it.

The enormous black lightning dragon unleashed its ultimate attack, biting at the chakra half-giant, but was blocked midway by four enormous chakra samurai swords. Four massive sword beams slashed at the lightning dragon, but the lightning dragon dodged them all with a divine dragon tail sweep, perfectly demonstrating the advantages of the combination of storm release, lightning release, and water release: speed and agility.

In an instant, the black lightning dragon bit into the chakra half-giant. The chakra half-giant's body, which was even stronger than ordinary chakra metal, was immediately covered with cracks from the bite, and a large amount of black electricity raged through it like a bone-deep infection.

"It seems that the Earth Grudge Fear technique of Takigakure has great potential. The fusion of two clones with different attributes can actually give birth to a bloodline limit like Storm Release. It's a pity that its stability is still a bit lacking. You will need to hone your Water Release more when you go back."

Madara Uchiha showed no sign of the tension of being in deep crisis and even had time to make comments.

Although his Sharingan doesn't have the same level of detail in observing chakra as the Byakugan, he can still tell that the Storm Release ninjutsu his opponent is using is not his own Storm Release bloodline limit, but rather a Storm Release technique born from the Earth Grudge Fear Secret Technique.

However, because the opponent's Water Release was much weaker than Lightning Release, the fusion was not perfect and still had weaknesses.

As he spoke, a chakra katana slammed down on the black lightning dragon's head, precisely where the ninjutsu's weakness lay.

The next moment, the black lightning dragon exploded, splitting back into lightning dragons and water dragons.

Thunder Dragon and Water Dragon were cleaved out by Madara Uchiha's Susanoo Giant with a single slash. They tried to continue their attack, but the Susanoo Giant's other hand, holding a chakra katana, was cleaved in two. They let out a weak wail and dissipated into the air.

At the same time, the Immortal Earth-Escape Masked Monster has already launched an attack using the Immortal Technique: Earth Escape: Rock Iron Cannon.

Thanks to the Storm Release ninjutsu unleashed by the combined Water and Lightning masked monsters, Madara Uchiha no longer had enough time to dodge the ninjutsu.

Madara Uchiha did not intend to dodge. He wanted to use the same trick again to control the second stage of the Susanoo Giant and use the chakra katana in his hand to split the incoming giant rock. However, when the four swords hit the rock cannonball formed by Sage Art: Earth Release: Rock Cannon Technique, his expression changed.

Instead of being cut apart, the rock projectile smashed the four chakra samurai swords.

The house-sized rock projectile finally struck the already cracked Susanoo head-on, instantly shattering its head, followed by its body, which was completely destroyed.

Finally, the rock projectile exploded, triggering a massive blast.

Amidst the smoke and fire, a dark figure shot out from the white steam and landed on the water's surface; it was Uchiha Madara.

At this moment, he looked rather disheveled, because his once intact black robe was now tattered, revealing the body of Tobi, the White Zetsu, who was wrapped around him. The white spiral-shaped one-eyed mask on his face also came into Kirito's view.

"Young man, you are very..."

Madara Uchiha, looking at his current situation, was about to praise Kirito, but the wind-style masked monster that appeared last in the sky forced him to swallow his words.