Takemi's words made Madara and Obito's expressions turn sour.
Especially for Madara, such words had seemingly always been spoken by him to others. He never expected that his awakening this time would be met with such disdain.
"This brat is more annoying than usual." Madara, controlling his Susanoo, lightly shook his head and sighed.
"However, your courage is commendable. To speak so arrogantly even in this state, then..."
Madara's gaze sharpened, and the Susanoo he controlled moved at that instant.
The giant Susanoo's blade was instantly drawn, and its vast power immediately caused the surrounding air currents to swirl wildly.
Even before his attack was launched, the ground beneath him had already collapsed.
"I'd like to see if you truly have the strength to back up your big talk."
The over two-hundred-meter-tall azure Chakra giant, wielding its massive blade, swung a devastating blow towards Takemi.
In an instant, the earth surged, sand and stones flew, and even the distant, yet-to-collapse mountains were shattered into two halves by the blade's aura.
"What kind of power is this?"
Everyone watching from afar felt their minds collapse at this moment.
One Susanoo was already like a god, making them shiver with dread. It had already forced Deidara and Ōnoki to deploy all their forces, and all personnel in the entire village had to evacuate, yet the village was still destroyed to this extent.
Now, two Susanoo appeared simultaneously, with one even larger, causing an even greater sense of fear.
Such pressure, such despair, was indescribable!
"Damn it, we're finished..."
Ōnoki's face was the worst. He no longer dared to float in the sky and instead gathered with Deidara, Kurotsuchi, Jiraiya, and the others. Looking at such behemoths, his heart felt cold.
Madara's appearance was already suffocating, and Madara with Wood Release was even more despair-inducing, and he wasn't alone.
"Let's move further away. This kind of battle is simply beyond our capabilities."
Jiraiya reminded them, his expression now exceptionally complex.
"Takemi should be fine. Even if he can't win, he has Flying Thunder God to retreat..."
"Hey, are you guys not having enough faith in him? You haven't seen him go all out, have you?"
Before Jiraiya could finish, Deidara looked over with a strange expression, and his words made Sasuke and Naruto look sideways.
Seeing their expressions, Deidara's expression became even stranger.
"Looks like you really haven't seen it, then why not take a good look now!"
Takemi's...
Going all out?
These words sounded a bit strange, hadn't they seen Takemi go all out?
But in the next instant, their eyes widened.
Facing Susanoo's continuous attacks, Takemi was incredibly agile, it was difficult for anyone to hit him.
"This guy is like an eel." Obito snorted coldly.
He originally didn't want to team up with Madara. But Takemi's attacks had already swept him, so he couldn't possibly not respond.
Since he was seeking death, he would certainly fulfill it. However, he found that neither he nor Madara seemed to have any way of dealing with him.
The earth was constantly collapsing, cracks spreading like ravines one after another, but Takemi always perfectly avoided all their attacks.
"It seems you're even better at hiding than I imagined, Takemi!"
Obito watched Takemi leap up again, avoiding Madara's Susanoo's long blade. He seized the opportunity and prepared to swing his blade again.
'That's enough. I've figured out the speed of these two Susanoo.'
In mid-air, Takemi saw Obito's movement, and this time, he had no intention of dodging.
Before this, he was confirming some things, but now everything had been answered.
Looking at the incoming blade, Takemi's body suddenly paused in mid-air, and in the next moment, his body rapidly descended, perfectly avoiding it.
"Tch!"
Seeing this, Obito unhesitatingly controlled his Susanoo to swing another blade backhand.
The roaring energy seemed to shatter space itself. However, to Obito's disbelief, Takemi's agility was simply suffocating.
Though the massive Susanoo was terrifying, it seemed somewhat clumsy in front of Takemi.
He was seen stepping onto Susanoo's body, then quickly rushing upwards, seemingly intent on reaching the top of his Susanoo.
"Damn ant..."
Obito cursed under his breath. He immediately controlled Susanoo to leap up, simultaneously shaking it's arm heavily.
Under these two inertial forces, Takemi didn't force himself to continue upwards, but instead simply jumped, allowing himself to become airborne.
"Hmph!" Madara snorted coldly. He was already disdainful of teaming up with Obito, but he wanted to see Takemi's limits.
So arrogant, perhaps he had a bit of Hashirama's demeanor. Especially since he heard that Takemi's Wood Release was very strong.
Buzz—
His Susanoo moved in an instant, and his Susanoo was controlled much more deftly than Obito's.
"Where's your Wood Release? Let me see what your Wood Release is truly like!"
Susanoo continuously brandished its blades, the power of each strike spreading outwards.
The rampant power almost completely destroyed Iwagakure. The wild movements made everyone's scalps tingle.
The constant destructive power unleashed made them thoroughly understand why their ancestors were so worried about Hashirama and Madara back then. Such power simply shouldn't exist in the human world.
"Takemi, Deidara said you once performed a Wood Release over a thousand meters tall. Now, we can only rely on you..."
Ōnoki muttered to himself, but in an instant, accompanied by a loud bang, he, Sasuke, and Jiraiya were all stunned simultaneously.
Madara's Susanoo swung another blade, but Takemi suddenly brandished the black short blade in his hand.
Clang!
The sharp, piercing metallic clang echoed throughout Iwagakure, and Madara's brow furrowed at that instant because his Susanoo's massive blade was actually cut off by Takemi with a single strike.
"This is..."
Madara was somewhat incredulous. For Susanoo's blade to break, such power was unbelievable even to him. His gaze fixed on Takemi, and suddenly a terrifying thought arose in his mind.
"Is that Yin-Yang Release?"
Having awakened the Rinnegan, he was quite sensitive to Yin-Yang Release. But he knew full well how difficult Yin-Yang Release was.
Even he had to gather the 'Power of All Creation' and wait for decades, only activating the Rinnegan just before his death.
It was only by relying on the Rinnegan that he gained a certain amount of Yin-Yang Release power.
As for normal people, he had seemingly never seen anyone achieve this step.
'How did this brat do it?'
Madara was extremely wary, but Obito's eyes lit up slightly.
After Takemi shattered Madara's Susanoo blade, his figure paused in place for a moment—this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Die, you damn eel!"