“Hoo—hoo—” Dust swirled up, mixing with sand and rising into the sky.
A hurricane raged behind the stone pillars, forcing the allied forces to brace themselves with their hands in front of them to keep their balance.
Yellow sand filled the sky.
Even with very low visibility, the sun still managed to shine through the dense sand onto the hard earth and stone ground.
The flowing wind caused by Susanoo’s rapid punches created mini sandstorms, completely blocking everyone’s view.
Madara’s Susanoo was also shattering under Ishikawa’s fast and fierce attacks, gradually falling towards the base of the stone pillars.
Madara hadn’t tried to restore his Susanoo just now; he knew it would be a pointless waste of his eye power.
He just needed to wait for the next moment to transform into his Perfect Form and finish off this bothersome guy.
So, concealed by the yellow sand and mist, Madara quickly formed three hand signs inside his shattering Susanoo mid-air, preparing to use the power of his Rinnegan to directly pull down meteors from space.
“Hoo—” Yellow sand danced and spread.
Ishikawa controlled his white Susanoo to lift its head from the endless dust.
The airflow it kicked up stirred the dust, and he realized that the Perfect Form Susanoo he had created with his Mangekyō seemed a bit small.
“This shouldn’t be.
How can a Perfect Form Susanoo be so small?” Ishikawa rubbed his chin.
His blood-red Mangekyō peered through the dense yellow sand.
The Perfect Form Susanoo was actually much larger than the meteor summoned by Heavenly Tribulation Descending Star.
But at this moment, Ishikawa’s Susanoo was only about forty to fifty meters tall, looking like the full body of Madara’s second form, his human Susanoo—the fourth form.
Ishikawa moved his limbs, churning up countless clouds of smoke and dust.
He felt the excitement and sense of security that came with his immense power, and he carefully examined his Susanoo: Milky white chakra covered it.
The red-eyed Tengu head, two giant plated wings on its back, even the hands at the ends of the wings and the white armor and cloth were materialized by chakra.
Suddenly, Ishikawa understood.
His Susanoo seemed to have started in its perfect form, unlike other Susanoo that had various evolutionary stages.
So, when Ishikawa’s chakra output reached what could be considered “perfect form,” he subconsciously stopped injecting more chakra.
Therefore, his current Susanoo was equivalent to the fourth form of Susanoo, with defense and attack power higher than the fourth form but lower than the perfect form.
Yes, that’s it.
So, to become a true perfect form, he needed to continue outputting chakra.
Immediately after, Ishikawa found himself in a dilemma.
Madara could definitely beat him.
He had only gained the upper hand just now by ambushing and using a semi-perfect Susanoo.
Once Madara reacted, he would definitely blast him.
So, he needed to think of a line for Madara…
A line…
Line…
..
He couldn’t think of one.
Damn it, it’s over.
He choked at the critical moment.
“Hoo…” Suddenly, the dust swirling beneath Ishikawa’s Susanoo began to churn, forming a whirlpool shape, as if something was moving within it.
The allied ninjas had already retreated from the range of his fight with Madara, watching from afar.
Only Naruto, Gaara, Temari, and the Tsuchikage, a few recognizable names, were standing by, ready.
“Bang!” A transparent blue arm bone suddenly burst out of the smoke.
With a rapid charging motion, the bare arm bone grew screw-like joints as blue chakra burned, finally forming a massive fist that headed towards Ishikawa.
Ishikawa, who was highly focused, naturally reacted.
Just as he was about to easily block Madara’s fist, the sunlight on him was blocked by a huge shadow.
No, the entire area for hundreds of meters around was blocked out.
“Bang!” Ishikawa instinctively grabbed that skeletal fist, pinching it with one hand, and then looked up.
A giant meteor made contact with the clouds.
The immense impact instantly blew away the thick cumulonimbus clouds around it, making a “pop” sound and revealing the entire meteor.
The air refracted the light, seemingly taking on shape.
A thin stream clung to the bottom of the meteor, constantly flowing, informing the people on the ground of its incredible speed.
The allied ninjas looked up, their kunai, shuriken, and ninja tools dropping powerlessly into the yellow sand.
They didn’t have the energy to pick them up.
Looking at such a massive meteor, they wondered if something like this could even be called Ninjutsu.
“Ha, haha, you bastard…” “How is this possible…” “What is this…” They were filled with despair.
The incomprehensible scope of its coverage made them despair, and the immense pressure made them despair.
The shadow enveloped everyone.
No direct sunlight could be seen in the sky; it was all dim light filtering through the clouds.
Everything was gloomy and dark.
At this moment, Onoki, the most powerful combatant on their side, seeing the allied forces looking dejected and laughing in despair, couldn’t help but shout: “It’s not over yet!
What are you saying such discouraging things for!” Even though cold sweat of shock was streaming down his face, he had to speak up to stabilize morale: “Are you planning to throw away your lives just like that?!
Think of something you can do within your ability!!” Saying this, Onoki flew into the sky.
But this time, he didn’t try to withstand the meteor as he had before.
Instead, due to the fact that Ishikawa’s Susanoo occupied nearly half the space, and unsure if this unknown Uchiha expert was an ally, he decided to push the meteor as far away as possible to minimize casualties.
Gaara looked up blankly at the Tsuchikage who had charged forward, immediately reacted, and waved his hand behind him: “Everyone!
Run as far away as possible!” As he shouted, the sand at his feet began to surge.
Gaara prepared to assist Onoki, working together to push away the giant meteor.
Although this wasn’t the best option.
And what was Ishikawa thinking at this moment?
It’s over.
Hurry and remember.
What’s the line?
Has this guy already activated his Rinnegan?
Ishikawa’s face crumpled.
He didn’t know that Madara was in his Rinnegan state.
He had been too busy trying to control his Susanoo and hadn’t paid attention to what had happened on the battlefield earlier.
He also hadn’t noticed when Madara had formed hand signs.
Perhaps the immense dust had blocked his vision, giving Madara an opportunity.
Now, facing Heavenly Tribulation Descending Star, which was many times larger than his own, Ishikawa could only choose to continue increasing his chakra output to evolve his Susanoo into its 200-meter-tall perfect form!
At this moment, something was pulled up from the smoke rising from the ground!
“Whoosh!” An extremely high speed sliced through the air, making a sonic boom.
Madara, who was holding Ishikawa’s Susanoo’s fist, wasn’t doing nothing.
Instead, he used Ishikawa’s strength to violently swing his other arm up, punching the white Susanoo’s chest!
“Boom!!!!” A deafening roar erupted on the white Susanoo’s chest.
Cracks immediately appeared in the chakra-formed armor.
The giant Susanoo, under the force, lost its balance and was about to fall backward.
Ishikawa was forced to stop outputting chakra.
History always repeated itself in surprising ways.
He looked down, only to see Madara’s Rinnegan staring at him through the dispersing smoke.
Ishikawa could sense that Madara was about to use some kind of ocular technique.
He wanted to stabilize his balance and dodge backward, but it was too late.
Madara had already grabbed him with his own Susanoo, his face showing impatience and his mouth turned down.
The next moment, the perfect form, deep blue Tengu Susanoo stood up from the dust.
The immense pressure generated by its giant body gathered all the dust, clearing the vision.
“Susanoo: Almighty Push!” A colossal repulsive force emanated from the entire Susanoo, mercilessly crushing, repelling, and blowing away everything around it.
“Boom rumble rumble!!!!” The debris that couldn’t be blown away was ground into powder.
The ground was instantly stripped of a layer.
The ninjas retreated in panic, with the Tsuchikage attempting to unleash Dust Release to resist the immensely powerful Almighty Push.
But it was useless.
In the end, he could only retreat at high speed powerlessly.
Under Madara’s perfect form Susanoo, Ishikawa’s semi-perfect form looked somewhat small, and he was instantly sent flying a great distance, high into the sky.
“Bang!!!” Ishikawa’s Susanoo crashed into the base of the descending meteor.
The powerful airflow pinned him in place.
He, about half the size of the meteor, was forcibly embedded into it.
The immense impact of the collision caused the ground to tremble violently.
Even countless birds and beasts in the distant forest were startled and fled in all directions.
In the distance, at the Allied Forces’ Headquarters for the Great Ninja War, Tsunade and the Fourth Raikage, sat together, receiving battlefield reports through Yamanaka clan abilities.
At the same time, the intense vibrations caused by Almighty Push and Heavenly Tribulation Descending Star reached them, causing the entire headquarters to shake violently before gradually subsiding.
Nara Shikaku, shocked, held onto the table.
As the mastermind of tactical deployment, he naturally had to stay informed about the battlefield situation at all times.
When the tremors stopped, he loudly called out to the person next to him, who was forming hand seals with their head placed in a sensory enhancement device: “What happened?!” The person with their head in an instrument made of several tubes joined together was none other than Yamanaka Inoichi, Yamanaka Ino’s father!
He formed hand seals, and his half-exposed face was covered in cold sweat.
He then loudly relayed the battle report to Shikaku: “Message received from the intermediate intelligence department!
A meteor that almost obscured the sky has fallen over the battlefield of the Fourth Division!
Two Susanoo seem to have engaged in combat.
This vibration originated from these two points!” The water sphere floating in the center of the headquarters, used to detect chakra, was boiling and vibrating, indicating how powerful the cause of this earthquake was.
The Fourth Raikage, Ay, his white and yellow mustache twitching with urgency, anxiously asked Yamanaka Inoichi in his unique gravelly voice: “Are there any follow-up reports from the Fourth Division?” ———— A moment ago, while Inoichi was relaying the information.
Ishikawa was being squeezed onto the meteor.
His Susanoo even showed signs of dissipating.
Having just learned to use it, he wasn’t very proficient.
“Line, line!
Line, you damn it!” Ishikawa desperately held up Susanoo, his eye power depleting at the maximum rate to maintain its state, trying to expand its size to shatter Heavenly Tribulation Descending Star.
Although he was an Edo Tensei, Madara had already activated his Rinnegan.
If he were to counter with a Truth-Seeking Ball black rod, he wouldn’t even have a place to cry.
Ishikawa’s mind raced, frantically recalling the things Madara had said, trying to find a line he could snatch…
No!
He couldn’t remember a single word!
What did Madara say!!
Ishikawa cried out in his heart, looking at the ground getting closer and closer and the perfect form Susanoo standing outside Heavenly Tribulation Descending Star.
Madara, standing inside a pentagonal gem, was staring at him.
Seeing him like this, Ishikawa suddenly had an idea and thought of something that wasn’t exactly a line.
A glimmer of hope seemed to appear in his eyes.
Ishikawa didn’t know if this could count as a line to exchange for a skill, but at this point, he had to try anything, even a desperate measure!
Therefore, overcoming the powerful air currents and even ceasing to maintain his Susanoo, Ishikawa struggled to lift his head and shouted with all his might towards Madara in the distance: “Hashirama!!!!” At the same time, a voice that now sounded incredibly pleasant to his ears sounded in Ishikawa’s mind: “Ding, the host has snatched Uchiha Madara’s most commonly used line from Edo Tensei, triggering a hidden reward.
Doubling the extraction of character traits is in progress…” On the other side, hearing Ishikawa’s shout, Madara’s face showed a strange expression.
He frowned, standing with his arms crossed, looking at Ishikawa, who was stuck to the meteor and grinning like an idiot, with the eyes of a fool.
“Heh, has he been scared silly already…” Uchiha Madara contemptuously mocked him, unable to even recognize who he was.
How laughable…
Madara’s smile paused for a moment.
He seemed to have figured something out and then glared fiercely at Ishikawa with his Rinnegan, and powerful chakra spread out.
The speed of Heavenly Tribulation Descending Star increased significantly.
His gaze at Ishikawa no longer held any pity: “This guy is definitely mocking me…” Several “well” shaped marks appeared on Madara’s face.
He grinned maliciously.
Danger, Ishikawa, danger.
Susanoo: Almighty Push was something Madara used in the story mode of Storm.
I’ve incorporated it here to add complexity to his skills, since it’s just him.