As Araki had started fighting against the immortal bodies of his grandfather and granduncle while using his sage mode, Orochimaru was drenched with cold sweat.
Currently, he felt as if he was staring at Araki's true power. Even though Hashirama and Tobirama weren't at their true power, with their immortal body and boundless chakra, they could still restrain Araki. Hashirama had also started using his own Sage mode while fighting against Araki.
The markings on his face were familiar to Araki's markings but darker in comparison.
When Araki was hit by their attacks, he felt no intent behind it. It was as if they were simply mindless shinobi at the moment.
Initially, other than anger, Araki was even a little excited at the prospect of fighting against his grandfather and granduncle. After all, they were at the very top of the world during their time.
But this… This was far too disappointing.
He guessed that although the Edo Tensei gave them boundless chakra, it didn't restore their physique. Their bodies were so weak that Araki could crush that body with a single punch.
Only his grandfather after using the Sage Mode could pose some sort of threat to him. Araki even left Tobirama to fight against his Wood Clone.
His sage mode enhanced Wood Clone should be enough to fight against Tobirama for some time.
As Orochimaru witnessed this battle, he couldn't help but back away unconsciously. This was getting far beyond his strength.
Although he understood that Araki was strong from the start. He knew this far even 4 years ago. But to see his strength right now, it was just mind-blowing. And not just his strength, he also understood that Araki had somehow mastered Sage Mode in this time.
It wouldn't be long before Araki could somehow restrain the two of them and attack Orochimaru.
'Do I need to use my final card that quickly?' Orochimaru couldn't help but bit his lips as he didn't want to use his trump card right now.
But seeing as there was no choice, he made the hand seals and then spoke, "Summoning: Impure World Reanimation!"
While Orochimaru had summoned one more person who could fight for him, Keshiro had started fighting against the One-Tailed Jinchuuriki.
Only the One-Tailed Jinchuuriki, after using the tailed beast mode, managed to restrain his Susanoo to some extend and block its attacks by manipulating sand around them and protecting the other Shinobi.
The Red Skeleton Susanoo and started to condense, and nearly half body of the Susanoo was completed. The Blade held by this Susanoo was strong enough to restrain the one tails.
At this moment, quite a lot of Konoha Shinobi had died at the hands of Suna Shinobis and their puppets.
The ones with the least casualty were the Uchiha Clan. It was mostly because Keshiro had spread his Shadow Clones and protected them at the crucial moments. But even he couldn't prevent some casualties.
At the same time, Araki's eyes widened as he stared at the guy Orochimaru had summoned.
"Heh… Now you have really done it." Araki said while staring at Orochimaru.
"I have finally been revived…" Madara Uchiha spoke with a hint of excitement in his voice.
At that moment, Araki decided that it would be foolish to continue the fight against his grandfather and granduncle. Fun time had ended…
Two Wood Clones were created behind Hashirama and Tobirama. They grabbed hold of him rather tightly, and a seal appeared on Araki's hand before he said, "Contract Seal!"
He and his Wood Clone both touched the heads of Hashirama and Torbirama after using this seal. This was a seal which was able to break any contact between the summon and summoner.
When Orochimaru was placing his tag between their bodies, Araki had noticed that it was a weak seal and the contract seal could break off Orochimaru's control.
The lifeless look in their eyes disappeared, and they could finally think for themselves.
"You have been playing around with the dead people far too much, Orochimaru," Araki said while staring at Orochimaru with a cold look in his eyes.
"I do like my life. Without using this jutsu, how would I kill you after all?" Orochimaru retorted to Araki's words.
Madara then stared at Araki for some time before a smile appeared on his face as if remembering something, "You brat… It seems you have gotten quite big. And what's this? Hashirama and Tobirama? Is this a Senju Clan's family reunion?"
Upon hearing Madara's voice, Hashirama turned his head towards him and said with a low voice, "Madara…"
Meanwhile, Tobirama was completely startled to see Madara reanimated as well.
"Madara?! What's going on?!" Tobirama spoke out, quite surprised at this all situation. The last thing he remembered was hearing that he and his elder brother were going to fight against their descendant. And now that the control over their minds had been broken, he was looking at Madara…
"Tobirama?!" Upon looking at Tobirama, Madara released a low growl. It wouldn't be wrong to say that he hated Tobirama the most since Tobirama was the one who killed his little brother, Izuna.
"Well, it's rather a strange situation, and I don't think I have the luxury to explain it to you right now, grandfather, granduncle. We can talk about it later." Araki said to the two of them before looking at Orochimaru.
"Alright, I agree." Tobirama nodded his head, still a bit confused about the situation but understood that it would be best to talk about it later.
Meanwhile, Hashirama had a small smile on his face as he stared at Araki, he raised his hand and placed it on top of Araki's head, as if patting him gently, "I saw you when you were so little. It is my regret that I hadn't been able to spoil you, Araki…"
Upon hearing these words, the look in Araki's eyes changed a little. In those words, he felt nothing but a strange unconditional love for him.
"We will catch up later, grandpa." He said to Hashirama with a low voice.
After that, he stared at Madara with a cold look in his eyes.
"As for you Madara… I killed you earlier and frankly speaking, you weren't a challenge at all. Because you had been reanimated, you aren't at the peak of your power. In your current state, you can't pose a challenge to me." Araki said it quite confidently while looking at Madara.
"Hmm… That might be true. Considering that I have been revived in this body, it meant that you destroyed my corpse immediately, huh?" Madara said to Araki while still having that smile on his face.
He slowly walked forwards with his eyes changing from Three Tomoe Sharingan to Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Even Madara was well aware that Araki was using Sage Mode right now. Moreover, this Sage Mode was quite similar yet somehow stronger than Hashirama's sage mode. It would be a bad idea to not fight him using full power.
"So what?" Araki responded to Madara's words while staring at him.
Hashirama and Tobirama stepped in front of Araki as if preparing to fight against Madara.
"Once I knew of your presence, I knew it would affect my plan sooner or later. So, I naturally made some preparations beforehand. Hashirama… I guess I can say that you have a rather talented descendant. He dances as good as you…" Madara seemed to praise Araki while staring at Hashirama.
"What do you mean, Madara?" Hashirama asked, confused at Araki and Madara's conversation.
Not just Hashirama and Tobirama though, even Orochimaru was confused. This wasn't what he had been told by the Black Zetsu.
"Anyway, Senju Araki, was it? There is something you miscalculated though." Madara said while his eyes transformed into Rinnegan at the next step he took.
Those eyes… Araki's eyes widened immediately, and he was sure that the true user of Nagato's Rinnegan was in fact, Madara!
"Do you know, there is a brat with my eyes living at this moment. I was the one who implanted the Rinnegan in his eyes. My plan was going fine, but after I came to know of your presence and your talent, I tweaked it a little. Either the Black Zetsu would force that brat to revive me using Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth. And if my body was completely destroyed by you, Black Zetsu would give some of my flesh to Orochimaru or some other Shinobi and use Edo Tensei Jutsu. After I was revived in this body, I could make use of that seal in that brat's heart and control his body for some moments. Black Zetsu can do the rest. You get what I mean now, right?" Madara was awfully kind as he explained his plan with a smile. It was because he was confident that even if he revealed it to them right now, they could do nothing.
"Shit!" Araki's eyes widened in shock as he used his Sage Mode and encompassed the whole Land of Fire within it.
There he felt it… The presence of Black Zetsu. Moreover, it was on top of Nagato's body.
This was bad!
Orochimaru's eyes widened at the same time as he raised his hand to control Madara and stop him from casting this Jutsu but alas… He was too late for that.
Madara raised a single hand seal before speaking, "Gedo—Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!"