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When Onoki, the two scales suspended in the sky, saw Madara Uchiha's aged face, the worry in his heart finally died.
"It really is you, Uchiha Madara. You're still alive."
Madara Uchiha still had a strong impression of the short man in front of him. People with distinctive physical features like Onoki are hard to forget once you've seen them.
"Oh, so you're the kid from Iwagakure, Ryou no Riki. It seems you haven't grown any taller over the years."
Madara Uchiha's words made Onoki clench his fists. Height has always been a sore point for all short people.
An Yan interjected, "I've also heard a bit about the feud between the two of you. I've heard that the Third Tsuchikage was bullied by Madara Uchiha when he was young. I don't know if it's true or not. So, is the Tsuchikage here to help me this time?"
An Yan's words caused Onoki's blood pressure to rise instantly. He was clearly an Iwa ninja hero who had fought against Uchiha Madara, but in An Yan's words, he was portrayed as a bullied weakling. This guy really didn't know how to speak, and he didn't know how he had lived to be so old. However, it was a fact that Uchiha Madara had bullied him when he was young. He had bullied the younger one first, so it was reasonable for Onoki to bully the older one now, right?
Various thoughts raced through his mind, but Onoki's words were quite different: "I heard that Madara Uchiha died in the battle at the Valley of the End. Now it seems that he faked his death. I never thought that the usually arrogant Uchiha would resort to such a petty trick as faking his death."
Upon hearing Onoki's words, Madara Uchiha felt challenged. He raised an eyebrow and his gaze turned cold: "It seems that the little kid from back then thinks he's all grown up now. Libra, do you want to dance again?"
An Yan wasn't angry at being ignored by Onoki. Instead, he smiled and watched the two of them talk, wishing they would fight to the death.
Looking at Madara Uchiha's gray hair, Onoki said without fear, "Madara Uchiha, you are old. As a legend of the ninja world and a battlefield demon, I think you need a fierce and glorious battle to send you off. My status as the Third Tsuchikage should be enough. Don't you think about being plagued by illness and dying in bed?"
Madara Uchiha crossed his arms and looked down at Onoki with disdain, saying, "Even though I'm old and frail, I can still easily deal with you."
When did it become your Iwa ninja's place to decide my life, Madara Uchiha? How ridiculous.
"Then let's try it!"
Onoki clasped his hands together, assuming a stance to use Dust Release. However, before he could gather his strength, a massive cleaver, hundreds of meters long, slashed down. Onoki could only dodge awkwardly. Behind him, a small mountain had its top chopped off, causing a minor landslide.
The fully formed Susanoo is enormous, and even a simple slash is comparable to a powerful S-rank ninjutsu. Its attack range and area of effect are too great, and Onoki had no chance to make a move before being overwhelmed by various attacks.
Although Dust Release was extremely powerful, Onoki's strength was limited. The complete Susanoo was simply too large. After several attempts, Onoki was unable to bring Uchiha Madara within the range of his Dust Release attacks and could not get close at all.
Simply put, it was because he didn't have enough chakra. In the original timeline, Onoki only had the opportunity to unleash a massive Dust Release attack by gathering the chakra from Tsunade's Yin Seal, which wiped out Madara Uchiha's twenty-five second-stage Susanoo giants in one fell swoop. However, even so, when he saw the complete Susanoo, he gave up using Dust Release to attack, simply because he didn't have enough chakra.
What was impossible for Onoki back then, even with the combined efforts of many, is naturally still impossible for him now, even though he is in his prime and alone.
If one person can't do something, of course they need to ask someone for help. Onoki's gaze fell directly on An Yan, who was sitting leisurely on Nezha's head watching the battle.
"Hey, you from Konoha, Madara Uchiha is a rogue ninja from Konoha. Aren't you going to help him?"
After swinging through the air in an S-shaped arc once again, Onoki, having barely dodged the attack from Susanoo, immediately called for help from Yasuie.
An Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Lord Tsuchikage, weren't you just boasting that you would send Uchiha Madara on his way? How come you couldn't hold on for even a minute?"
Onoki was a little embarrassed, so he put on a stern face and said, "Are you going to help me or not? If not, I'm leaving."
Madara Uchiha sneered, "Is this a place you can come and go as you please?"
An Yan chimed in, "We can try coordinating a burst of damage together."
With a single press of his hand, An Yan activated the Super Transformation Form. The originally three-headed, six-armed Nezha suddenly transformed into an eight-legged octopus, which was another form of An Yan's wooden figure: the Squidward form.
Madara Uchiha was stunned when he saw Squidward. He also knew Wood Release, but he had never used it like this before. Just how many forms does this An Yan Wood Golem have?
Under An Yan's control, Squidward's eight tentacles wrapped around Susanoo, immobilizing it in a "strongman lock" position. An Yan nodded to Onoki, signaling him to act quickly.
Onoki stood in mid-air, rapidly gathering his strength. The light of Dust Release appeared, and the massive attack enveloped An Yan as well.
A flash of white light, and two huge headless Gundams slowly collapsed to the ground, the rumbling sound resounding through the heavens and earth. Onoki observed carefully but could not see the two figures appear. He was overjoyed. Could it be that he had eliminated the two of them so easily?
It's understandable that young An Yan is so easily trusting, but what's wrong with Uchiha Madara? Has he become senile?
Chapter 79 Onoki's plane crashed
After his initial elation, Onoki quickly calmed down. He realized that Madara Uchiha wouldn't die so easily. As his vigilance heightened, he secretly regretted attacking An Yan too early. He should have killed Madara Uchiha first before making his move.
In the ninja world, there are very few ninjas who can fly in the sky. Onoki remained floating in the sky and did not come down. Madara Uchiha watched for a long time but could not find a suitable opportunity. After such a long battle, he felt that his body could not take it anymore and he had to end the battle as soon as possible and then retreat.
Actually, the best time for Madara Uchiha to sneak away is now, but if he does that, he won't be Madara Uchiha anymore.
Madara Uchiha slammed his hand on the ground, and a wooden dragon carrying him soared into the air, charging directly towards Onoki.
"Sure enough, it showed up."
Seeing that Madara Uchiha was still alive, Onoki couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Madara Uchiha had been killed so easily, wouldn't his childhood trauma, which had haunted him to this day, have become a joke?
"Dust Release - Particle Style Detachment Technique"
A massive white light struck the wooden dragon, turning most of its body into molecules and dissipating. However, in just an instant, a giant wooden figure split off from the wooden dragon, rapidly expanding and rising back to its former height.
Before the wooden figure was fully formed, it threw a punch at Onoki. The punch was fast and urgent. Madara Uchiha had already roughly understood Onoki's aerial movement speed in the previous battle. With this punch, Onoki had no way to avoid it.
"Earth Escape - Technique of the Steel Servant"
A giant rock golem instantly appeared, enveloping Ōnoki. The next moment, the golem's fist slammed down, and the Ōnoki crashed.
Only then was the transformation of the wooden figure complete. Inspired by An Yan's creation of a Nezha model, the appearance of the wooden figure technique performed by Uchiha Madara also changed slightly.
"Hashirama Senju? No way, what kind of fetish is that?"
An Yan squatted at the crash site of Onoki's plane, looking at the figure of Senju Hashirama that Uchiha Madara had just sculpted, and felt an urge to vent his frustration.
He simply couldn't understand why Madara Uchiha insisted on creating a model of Hashirama Senju. Was it really because of his deep love for him? What was his psychology? He couldn't comprehend it at all.
Could it be that he was suppressed by Hashirama Senju his whole life, and now he's riding on his head? Does this feel good?
If we're talking about it from the perspective of the desire to conquer, well, tsk tsk tsk.
Well, if that's the case, Danzo also knows Wood Release now. What if one day during a battle he summons a wooden puppet and its model turns out to be Hiruzen Sarutobi? That would be truly an eyesore.
How will Danzo explain this then? Because he idolized the Third Hokage too much?
An Yan was lost in thought when Onoki, who was sitting down, pushed aside the rubble and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva. He reached down and touched his ribs and felt that he had broken three.
Onoki glanced at An Yan warily and with displeasure, then looked up at Uchiha Madara high above and sighed.
"Madara Uchiha's strength is truly terrifying. He's old and nearing death, yet he's still ridiculously strong. We really need to unite, otherwise, we'll probably all die here."
An Yan rolled his eyes. Who wants to die in a place like this with you? I can leave whenever I want. Besides, I didn't see you, Onoki, holding back when we were working together before.
Surprisingly, Madara Uchiha, standing atop the massive Hashirama Senju, did not seize the opportunity to attack and eliminate the two while they were talking.
An Yan observed carefully and found that Uchiha Madara's body was swaying slightly, and the wooden figure under his feet was gradually losing its balance and beginning to disintegrate.
Oh, after fighting like this for so long, is the old man finally giving up?
What An Yan discovered, Onoki also discovered. This was the perfect opportunity to kill Uchiha Madara and eliminate his childhood trauma, so Onoki seized the opportunity without hesitation.
Even if there might be a trap, as the Third Tsuchikage, the strongest and most powerful ninja in Iwagakure, Onoki had absolute confidence in his own strength.
Onoki went in, and Onoki was instantly defeated.
Madara Uchiha's body was indeed starting to give out after so many battles, but even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse. In the instant that Onoki charged forward, Madara Uchiha switched back to the Rinnegan and unleashed a powerful Shinra Tensei, causing the Onoki to crash for the second time.
Onoki had been on guard against the wooden man's attack, but he never expected that the attack would be by an invisible and intangible repulsive force, which instantly killed him upon first sight.
"Oh dear, oh dear, Tsuchikage, I never imagined that you were bullied by Madara Uchiha in your childhood, and now that you're this old, you're still being bullied by Madara Uchiha. Haven't you wasted all those years?"
An Yan squatted at the crash site, sighing deeply at Onoki.
Onoki was already seriously injured, and when he heard An Yan's sarcastic remarks, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
An Yan actually had a good impression of Onoki, the short guy. He was strong, had high defense, and a very strong will. His Dust Release technique was incredibly cool.
However, since he is a Konoha resident in this life, he naturally has to sit properly. If Onoki hadn't taken the opportunity to attack An Yan at the same time, he could have shown mercy. But since Onoki did that, An Yan can now take advantage of the situation.
Taking advantage of Onoki's serious injury, An Yan slapped him and placed several sealing spells on him. He also parasitized two White Zetsu spores as insurance, packed them up, and stuffed them into his domain space. A shadow clone also went in with him. Onoki's injury was quite serious, so he needed to be treated to prevent him from dying.
With Onoki in hand, not to mention how many secret ninjutsu could be extracted from him, the scrutiny from various ninja villages brought about by the exposure of Wood Release would be alleviated because An'an captured Onoki, especially since his target was Uchiha Madara.
The second Hashirama Senju still wielded some influence in this era, after all, not all the old guys were dead yet, and they knew how formidable he was.
Madara Uchiha witnessed the entire process of An'an sealing Onoki, and he revealed a cold smile.
"As expected, the younger generation of Konoha has become despicable and shameless under the tutelage of Tobirama Senju. They are quite adept at taking advantage of others in distress."
An Yan heard Ban's sarcasm and gave him a bright smile.
"Not at all, compared to you, who faked your death by some unknown means and stole the first generation's secret techniques, we juniors are far from being able to do it."
Madara Uchiha snorted coldly, but did not explain the origin of his Wood Release. He simply looked at An Yan with icy eyes.
"Kid, I'll remember you. The next time we meet will be your death day."
Madara Uchiha formed a hand seal and used a reverse summoning technique, disappearing completely. The Gedo Mazo also vanished from the ground.
An Yan sensed that the mark of the Flying Thunder God was very far away, and judging from its location, it seemed to be in the direction of the Land of Fire or the Land of Water.
Chapter 80 Xiaonan
First, let's rule out the Land of Fire. According to the original timeline, the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure died for some unknown reason, and the Fourth Mizukage was controlled by Obito for a long time, creating the Bloody Mist Village and causing a lot of trouble for Kirigakure. Given Obito's intelligence, even if he were ten times stronger after turning evil, An Yan would find it hard to believe that he could control a village's Kage with genjutsu. However, if Madara Uchiha were to take action personally, then it's hard to say.
So, it seems that the Land of Water is now probably Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu's stronghold?
Will Madara Uchiha interfere in this Fourth Shinobi World War? For example, will he manipulate the Kirigakure ninja to intentionally weaken Konoha's strength?
After much deliberation, An Yan felt that given Ban's personality, it was hard to say; if he felt it necessary, he would probably do anything.
However, it's hard to say how many more years Madara Uchiha will live after this battle. Although the Gedo Mazo is keeping him alive, it's not omnipotent. Madara might not even be able to live until the Third Shinobi World War.
As An Yan was trying to figure out what Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu might do, a little boy with orange hair suddenly bumped into him and reached for An Yan's wallet with his dirty little hand.
An Yan instinctively grabbed the boy's arm, only to realize when she came to her senses that she was in an unknown village in the Land of Rain.
He had been on edge throughout the battle with Madara Uchiha. Although his physical condition remained at its peak due to breathing and blood replenishment, he was inevitably mentally exhausted. He had intended to find a place to rest before continuing his journey, but unexpectedly, he attracted the attention of a thief.
An Yan picked up the kid in front of him. Judging from his clothes, the kid seemed to be a war orphan, so it was normal for him to do petty theft in order to survive.
The child was lifted up by An Yan. He didn't struggle, but just covered his head with his hands, seemingly waiting for An Yan to beat him. Judging from this, he was probably often beaten for stealing money.
Seeing that the atmosphere had gotten this far, it seemed like it wouldn't be right not to give him a good beating. An Yan raised his hand, pretending to hit him, but actually he was thinking that after scaring the kid, it would be better to take him to eat something.
Seeing An Yan raise his hand, the boy immediately trembled in fright. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
Just then, a little girl with light blue hair ran over, held up a paper flower, handed it to An Yan, and whispered, "I'm giving you this paper flower, please don't hurt Ya Yan."
The orange-haired guy is Yahiko, so the blue-haired guy must be Konan?
An Yan raised an eyebrow. He had struck gold again. Regardless of Yahiko's strength, the unfortunate kid was only fifteen or sixteen when he died. He couldn't see any potential, but he was at least a Jonin. However, Konan definitely had the potential to be a Kage.
Konan loved origami since she was a child. After being taught by Jiraiya, she chose to use chakra to fight by injecting it into paper. After systematic learning, she independently developed the Paper Release technique. What kind of talent is that?
The disguise of the Paper Release technique was so subtle that even the Mangekyou Sharingan couldn't detect it. How high must the practical value of this secret technique be? Six hundred billion explosive tags almost killed Obito. The level of its value goes without saying.