"Although I don't mind playing with you for a while, there was an accident in the plan… and I'm a little concerned about that guy's situation."
The moment Uchiha Madara's voice fell, the Eternal Mangekyō in his eyes rippled and instantly turned into the concentric circles of the Rinnegan.
Jiraiya's eyes widened.
"Wh-what?! Why did that guy's eyes become Rinnegan!?"
Madara didn't care how shocked Jiraiya was. His face was calm, almost bored.
A layer of flame-like energy burned around Madara's body, and the second form of Susanoo soon formed.
The four-armed giant raised its hands, weaving seals, while Madara inside overlapped his own hands in unison.
The sun above suddenly dimmed.
Hanabi, her Byakugan fully active, looked up and her pupils shrank in horror.
"Th-that… what is that!?"
It wasn't dark clouds.
It was a meteorite.
A meteorite so massive it made Nagato's Planetary Devastation from yesterday look like a pebble.
"This… what the hell…?"
"Damn it, damn it!"
"Is this even ninjutsu!?"
"How the hell are we supposed to survive this?!"
The shinobi alliance trembled. Weapons slipped from hands. Some just stared up, paralyzed in despair.
Madara's lips curled as his gaze locked on Hinata, still on one knee, her Tenseigan dimming.
"Well, little girl with the special Byakugan… tell me. How will you stop this?"
Hinata clutched her chest, trembling.
"I… I don't have any Chakra left…"
Even with her Tenseigan, this was only her first awakening. She could barely stand. She could only watch as the meteorite fell closer and closer.
Then...
"Hmm?"
Madara's Rinnegan caught it first. Someone was rushing straight toward the meteorite. No time-space ninjutsu. No tricks. Just… pure speed.
Even Hanabi's Byakugan couldn't fully track him. Only Hinata and Madara saw clearly.
"Sensei!" Hinata gasped.
To everyone else, he was just a streak of light.
And then, midair, the streak turned into a bright red star, pivoting sharply and shooting directly at the descending meteorite.
"That guy… is he gonna punch it?!"
Madara's eyes widened for the first time since being summoned.
High above, Guts raised his right fist, Haki crackling around it, and roared in silence as he struck:
"Galaxy Impact!!!"
BOOOOM!!!!
A deafening shockwave ripped the sky apart. Cracks spiderwebbed across the meteorite, and in the next instant
KRAKOOOM!!!
The meteorite exploded into a billion shards, raining down like fiery fireworks across the battlefield. For a heartbeat, the horror turned… beautiful.
The alliance froze, stunned.
After a brief moment of surprise, Madara's lips curved into a smirk. He quietly surged his Chakra output and thought to himself
"So… what about the second one?"
BOOM!
Another meteorite, even larger, tore through the clouds.
Guts slammed his left fist forward again, crimson lightning crackling around it, his expression perfectly calm... completely unfazed.
Even more exaggerated than before
"Galaxy Impact!"
The second meteorite shattered into glittering dust, scattering through the sky alongside the fragments of the first.
Down below, the ninja didn't even need to defend themselves, the debris fell like dazzling fireworks around them.
Their hearts pounded in their chests as they stood frozen in awe. In mere moments, they had gone from the brink of death… to wonder… to despair… and finally to breathless awe, screaming in worship.
"OOOOOOOH!!!!"
"Lord Guts!!!"
"He's invincible!!!"
"Madara or not if Lord Guts is here, we fear NOTHING!!!"
"Kill him, Lord Guts!!! Show him HELL!!!"
Madara lowered his hands, letting out a deep laugh.
"Interesting. I never imagined you'd reach this level with Taijutsu alone. It's almost… regretful I didn't eliminate you back then... But the way you are right now… still excites me."
Guts landed gracefully, turning his back to Hanabi, Konan, and the others.
"Everyone... go help with the masked man. The others can't handle him alone. Hinata, use this time to recover your Chakra."
"Yes!"
Konan created a paper avatar and lifted Hinata onto her back.
Kurotsuchi waved the rest of the alliance back.
"Retreat! Retreat now!"
They knew staying here would only drag Guts down. They withdrew, hearts pounding, leaving the battlefield to two monsters.
Madara chose not to attack... not out of mercy, but from sheer, arrogant disdain.
"If you had even a drop of Uchiha, Senju, or Uzumaki blood, I wouldn't have needed Nagato at all…" Madara watched Guts with genuine excitement and said to himself.
"You're already dead… yet you cling to your dream like a stubborn child, disturbing the world. You should've moved on...spent your twilight years on hobbies fit for a normal old man."
Guts tilted his head, a sincere smile tugging at his lips.
"I can't rest… not when this world is so rotten to the core."
Madara's eyes narrowed, his deep voice rumbling as he replied, utterly unfazed by Guts calling him a stubborn old man.
"…Then I'll put you to rest myself."
Guts only kept smiling, unfazed, and said.
"…Awfully confident, arrogant brat… Then by all means, try."
Madara's lips curved into a faint smile, clearly not taking the threat seriously.
Then suddenly his hands blurred through seals.
"Wood Dragon Technique!!!"
From the forest below, a massive dragon of wood erupted, roaring as it lunged. Its binding strength could even restrain the Nine-Tails.
Guts leapt forward, his fist slamming into its head
WHAM!!!
The Wood Dragon crumpled like a cockroach under a sledgehammer, crashing back into the trees.
"It still amazes me… how you can actually do it with just Taijutsu."
Seeing the Wooden Golem topple so unexpectedly, Madara realized he could no longer hold back.
In the next instant, violent Chakra erupted from his body in an endless torrent, the sheer pressure whipping his long hair into the air.
Then, in a blur, a colossal Chakra giant rose up behind him.
"Very well… then I, Uchiha Madara, will fight at my fullest! Bear witness...this is my Perfect Susanoo!"
The towering construct, a hundred meters tall, wore a fearsome tengu mask. Twin titanic swords hung at its sides, and its overwhelming aura radiated terror across the entire Ninja World.
Before that overwhelming presence, Guts looked almost insignificant... like a speck standing before a god.
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