"Damn it, you almost made me forget that hand seals are needed for Ninjutsu!" Hashirama gritted his teeth.
Tobirama felt a little insulted, but under the circumstances, he held his tongue. "We'll have to ask Lord Seiki for help!"
With that, Tobirama instantly vanished. When he came to his senses again, two figures had already appeared before him.
"That's insane speed!" Hashirama exclaimed in shock.
Tobirama didn't have time to acknowledge him. "Lord Seiki, thank you for coming!"
"There's no need to be so formal, The Second." Seiki replied with slight helplessness in his voice. Originally, he had planned to make his entrance after Guy demonstrated the Eight Gates against Madara, but Madara's sudden appearance forced him to come out earlier than intended!
[Sage Art: Water Release - Great Lake Technique!]
After forming a symbolic hand seal, Seiki summoned a river that poured down from the sky, extinguishing the flames entirely!
Moreover, this lake was incredibly nimble, lifting the water-soaked ninjas onto its surface so they wouldn't drown.
"Phew, we're saved!"
"There seems to be a life force within this lake water—it's healing my burns!"
"Wow, it's true!"
"I understand now, it must be the same lord who defeated Pain! He saved us with rainfall back then too!"
Amidst these voices of joy and relief, Madara's aggressively invasive gaze shot over. "So you finally couldn't hold back any longer?"
A slight upward curve appeared on Seiki's lips. "You're the new god who replaced Obito?"
"Haha, I—when..." Madara's voice suddenly froze.
During his post-battle analysis with Black Zetsu, he and Obito believed the turning point for Obito's madness might have been that careless quip.
Now, his opponent suddenly bringing it up further confirmed his suspicions.
Realizing this, Madara quickly distanced himself. "I...of course am not a god!"
"Hmph!"
To Madara, Seiki's scoff was filled with mockery, causing him to become furious. "Hmph! Go ahead and laugh—you won't be laughing much longer!"
[Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch!]
Forked lightning resembling branches shot toward Seiki, making even space subtly tremble.
"Finally, I can properly fight back!" Seiki sighed. "Speed is power. Ever been struck by light?"
"What did you say?" Madara asked in confusion, and then saw his opponent suddenly disappear from sight, followed by an incredibly powerful force slamming into his chest.
Madara's chest instantly caved in as he flew backward like a cannonball, crashing heavily onto the ground.
This sudden turn of events left everyone speechless.
Even with teleportation, there's usually some reaction time involved. Yet this lord's speed surpassed even instantaneous movement—it was so fast that even Madara, possessing both the Six Paths body and the Rinnegan, didn't see it coming!
Madara flew out from the massive crater he had created in the ground, his chest wound already completely healed. Yet his eyes were filled with disbelief. "What power is this?"
Seiki concisely replied, "[Light Release!]"
"Light Release? Another Kekkei Tota, huh? Heh, truly worthy of being my esteemed opponent!"
"Madara twisted his neck. 'Don't think this is my limit yet, Shinsei...'
Madara almost slipped into his usual dramatic monologue, but caught himself at the last second. He channeled all that frustration into raw power.
[Sage Art - Lightning Release Chakra Mode!]
Activating body cells came at the cost of increased physical strain, but with the mighty Six Paths body, even direct hits from the Eight Gates could be rapidly repaired.
With that kind of regenerative power, he could ramp up his activation without holding back!
"My reaction speed and movement have more than doubled!" Madara let out a manic laugh. "Come on, try kicking me again!"
"This is truly the first time I've heard such a request!" Seiki waved his right hand. The calm river below suddenly transformed into a dragon of water, surging toward the sky.
"Water Release? Such attacks are just too boring!" Madara casually swiped at the air, and a shockwave shattered the water dragon!
As the rain from the shattered water dragon poured down, Seiki swiftly formed a hand seal.
[Sage Art - Ice Release: Makyo Hyotantsugi!]
The raindrops froze, not falling due to gravity but instead adorning the sky like crystal decorations!
They served as space-time nodes, simultaneously freezing space-time itself!
Madara's heart pounded, "Time has slowed!"
Within this frozen space-time, Seiki rushed in like an arrow, delivering a powerful kick to Madara's chest!
In an instant, the frozen battlefield shattered like broken glass, and Madara crashed down once again into the crater he had made earlier.
"Indeed, this Madara is weaker than I expected!" Seiki floated high in the air, silently evaluating.
Under normal circumstances, with just one of his clones, he wouldn't stand a chance against an enemy who had entered the Six Paths domain—not even a clone constructed with the Truth-Seeking Balls of the Sage of Six Paths.
However, neither Obito nor Madara had fully mastered Six Paths-level power. Especially Obito—seemingly mighty, yet his techniques revolved solely around Truth-Seeking Balls, unable to use the powers he once commanded!
Madara was slightly better, but having absorbed the God Tree, he needed to control several times more chakra than Obito did. Worse yet, the crucial Rinnegan wasn't even his own!
In Seiki's view, Madara was already a corpse in the grave. Even without Black Zetsu's ambush, Kaguya could slowly complete the assimilation!
"In the original timeline, Madara barely controlled the God Tree's power with the Rinnegan, which is why Black Zetsu ambushed him, creating an opportunity for Kaguya!"
"Right now, Madara cannot properly control the God Tree's power, and with me applying external pressure, Kaguya should emerge soon. To prevent this situation, Isshiki will probably intervene!"
Although Seiki didn't consider defeating a weakened Six Paths Madara particularly impressive, to the Allied Forces below, this scene was nothing short of a miracle!
"Transforming into light, freezing space-time..." Even Itachi, with his usual composure, couldn't help but gape at the spectacle. "What the hell happened while I was dead? Has Heaven itself descended?"
"This is unreal!"
Nagato was so stunned he forgot to breathe, 'Back then when he attacked me, he definitely didn't even use one-tenth of his strength!'
Tsunade recalled how Mizuki used to brag every day, 'So it's true that Seiki was hundreds of times stronger than him!'
Jiraiya's mouth hung open, inwardly regretting, 'With such a powerhouse around, what was I thinking risking my life back then? What a fool I was!'
Seeing them all worked up beyond control, Mizuki felt a sense of pride, 'If they knew it was only a clone of Leader who defeated Madara, they'd probably faint from shock!'
At this moment, Madara, the undead cockroach of a ninja, flew out from a significantly enlarged crater, desperately trying to maintain his dignity.
'You are truly my acknowledged rival. Among all I've fought, none surpass you. I, Madara, hereby proclaim you the strongest!'
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