The giant Wood Release human served as a pivot, and the Thousand-Hand Buddha statue rose from the ground.
The blue armor of Susanoo quickly covered the outer layer of the Buddha statue.
After the nearly one-kilometer-tall Buddha statue was enveloped by the Susanoo armor, its height actually exceeded one kilometer, reaching a height of one thousand two hundred meters.
Each hand of the Buddha statue glowed with a light blue, scale-like luster.
The originally somewhat monotonous Thousand-Hand Buddha statue now appeared even more magnificent.
"Hoo—hoo!"
Uchiha Madara's face showed fatigue, his aged appearance and graying hair, yet he could not hide his surging battle intent.
"Take this!"
His slightly hoarse voice roared loudly.
"Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha."
The Wood Release human began to move, carrying the giant Buddha statue beneath its feet.
The entire earth vibrated, and the ground shook violently.
The distance to Beryl grew shorter and shorter.
"Susanoo covering a Wood Release human, it certainly looks good and is quite intimidating." Beryl rarely expressed such admiration.
"Then, let's play with that." Beryl said, slowly closing her open eyes, as wisps of ethereal profundity emerged.
Inside the Susanoo's visor, Uchiha Madara noticed Beryl's actions.
"Facing the combined power of me and Hashirama, to dare close her eyes—what arrogance! Cough, cough…"
Uchiha Madara's wild laughter was mixed with sky-high anger. Having lost most of his life force, he nearly choked and passed out, coughing repeatedly before clearing his throat.
"Hmph, if that's the case, I'll take the Group Leader's position."
The over-thousand-meter-tall Buddha statue erupted with a terrifying burst of chakra.
The thousand arms encircling the Buddha statue were armed with Susanoo, appearing blue and highly intimidating.
One, two, three…
At the end of each arm, the palm transformed into a fist, striking out one after another.
Countless fists rained down like bullets.
All attacks were directed towards one spot.
The position where Beryl stood.
The first fists to reach the ground created resounding impacts on the surface.
Boom
Boom
Boom, boom, boom
The arms of Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands continuously swung and punched, forcefully pounding the ground.
Uchiha Madara used his Rinnegan to control Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, attempting to track Beryl's movements.
Gradually, a few beads of sweat appeared on Uchiha Madara's aged face.
"This…is this something a human can do?"
His Rinnegan pupils almost contracted to a single point.
Even so, he could only barely catch faint afterimages of Beryl as she dodged.
A fist struck towards Beryl's head.
Beryl subtly shifted her body, dodging by letting the fist graze past her.
Immediately after, a second fist attacked from the side.
Beryl merely leaped nimbly, avoiding the whistling attack.
Even when fists came from behind, Beryl seemed to have eyes in the back of her head, effortlessly evading them.
Even with Susanoo reinforcement, the dense fists continuously bombarded the ground. Sometimes, one fist would land, and a second would hit the exact same spot, causing two arms to collide and damage each other—such occurrences were common.
Within the attack range covered by Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, countless shattered Wood Release arms and splinters flew everywhere.
However, the dense, heart-stopping, blade-like sharp wooden spikes still couldn't do anything to Beryl.
Beryl, with her eyes closed, dodged each attack in a seemingly impossible, grazing manner, as if she could predict where the attacks would land.
"Could the Sage of Six Paths perform the same level of operation?"
Uchiha Madara expressed doubt.
If Beryl had destroyed Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands with absolute power, he wouldn't have been too surprised.
However, Beryl didn't even counterattack. Every dodge, every landing spot, was within Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands' attack range. No matter how dense the attacks, or even the residual shockwaves, not a single bit could affect her.
Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands continued for nearly twenty minutes.
The arms couldn't withstand the load of the attacks, constantly shattering and breaking…
Uchiha Madara still maintained the appearance of the Wood Release human covered by Susanoo. The arms of the giant Buddha statue behind him were completely destroyed, leaving only bare, broken stumps.
The ground for tens of kilometers around was a chaotic mess due to the explosive devastation of Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
Uchiha Madara's face was extremely grim, and he gasped for breath:
"Not a single bit of damage."
The Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, which put immense pressure on him, and was even enhanced by Perfect Susanoo—a power far exceeding the strength of the Great Buddha that crushed the Nine-Tails at the Valley of the End—hadn't even harmed a single hair on her.
"Mr. Madara, please don't say that. You still hurt me."
A calm voice reached Uchiha Madara's ears.
"What?" Uchiha Madara was puzzled.
With fatigue, he looked at Beryl's raised right palm.
"You…"
"No need to make a fuss. In terms of strength, you're already very good." Beryl interrupted Uchiha Madara before he could say more.
Looking at the two snow-white strands of hair resting quietly in Beryl's palm, the expression on Uchiha Madara's face turned as black as a pot bottom, and he was speechless for a long time.
"Are you insulting me?"
Uchiha Madara gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words.
Damn it, she said I hurt her.
My Susanoo combined with a Wood Release human, such an expansive technique, was it meant for cutting hair?
"I'm merely stating a fact, and I have no intention of humiliating Mr. Madara." Beryl looked up at Uchiha Madara, "You seem very angry?"
Deliberately removing two strands of hair was already giving Uchiha Madara a lot of face; after all, he was one of the initial group members, so he couldn't look too bad, right?
However, someone doesn't seem to appreciate it!
"Then…how about I show the difference between us in a different, more concrete way?"
Uchiha Madara frowned tightly: "What do you mean?"
"It means defeating you head-on, in a way you would acknowledge."
Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan pupils contracted, then he said coldly: "If you can do it, try!"
Even if defeat was inevitable, his pride would not allow him to show any weakness.
"Don't worry, it will be over soon."
In her palm, the two white hairs drifted away with the gentle breeze.
Beryl slowly lowered her raised right hand.
She took a deep breath.
"Speaking of which, I haven't used this form in a long time. Perhaps I'm a bit rusty."
Her cascading white hair subtly floated upwards.
A faint pressure spread outwards from Beryl, extending in all directions.
"Th-this is…"
Even inside Susanoo, Uchiha Madara clearly felt the terrifying energy emanating from Beryl.
Powerful waves of air surged, transforming into a raging storm that continuously spread outwards.
The Buddha statue encased by Susanoo was suppressed by the aura Beryl released, and even the chakra maintaining Susanoo began to become unstable.
Under the erosion of the air currents, the Buddha statue retreated repeatedly, only stopping after tens of meters.
Golden flames rose around Beryl.
The scarred ground also formed circles of brilliant golden ripples due to the energy escaping from the flames.
Beryl's waterfall-like, snow-white hair, which cascaded to her waist, slowly began to turn brilliant golden from the tips.
Her beautiful face, paired with her cold purple eyes.
A terrifying energy suddenly burst forth, centered on Beryl.