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Boom!
A fire dragon suddenly rushed out from the ground in front of Ishigami Hara, its mouth opened wide, biting down on Ishigami Hara's head.
The dragon head had a diameter of more than ten meters, which was truly huge. The pressure coming from it caused the air around it to distort violently, showing how hot it was.
Ishigami Hara was not afraid at all. He put the short blade back into the scabbard with one hand and completed the seal with the other hand.
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
He opened his mouth and spit out huge waves, like thousands of troops, roaring and galloping, crashing into the massive dragon head.
Boom!
Amid the violent explosion, countless water vapors turned into shock waves and rushed around, almost swallowing up Uchiha Madara and Ishigami Hara in an instant.
Crash!
The waves kept surging. In just a short moment, the battlefield was turned into a swamp, and even the valley was submerged, including half of the mountain. It was enough to see how wide the scope of this technique was.
Ishigami Hara and Uchiha Madara stepped on the water, and their bodies fluctuated with the waves. The two looked at each other from a distance, but their sight was not affected by the fog at all.
The next moment, the two rushed towards each other again.
This time it was no longer a swordsmanship competition, but a pure taijutsu contest.
Uchiha Madara possessed a taijutsu style that stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world.
It was a powerful technique forged through growing up and experiencing countless battles during the Warring states era.
Every move was full of unparalleled murderous intent.
The swiftness of his movements and the fierceness of his intent made him invincible!
Ishigami Hara was naturally not lacking. He had accumulated a wealth of experience and integrated the taijutsu of the three clans: Senju, Uzumaki, and even Uchiha, to create his own taijutsu framework. His moves were naturally powerful.
Every time the two collided, their energy overflowed, and the splashes of water and waves were endless.
If Ishigami Hara could suppress Uchiha Madara, a skilled swordsman, with his unique rhythm, then he was at a disadvantage in this taijutsu clash.
The reason was nothing but the height difference between the two. After all, Ishigami Hara was still young and shorter than Uchiha Madara. Even if he was no weaker in strength, this difference would give Uchiha Madara a slight advantage in every exchange.
This advantage might be insignificant to others, but for Uchiha Madara, he could seize any opportunity and gradually magnify this edge until he finally overwhelmed him.
This is the ability of the Ghost of the Uchiha!
Ishigami Hara naturally noticed this, so after being suppressed by Uchiha Madara again due to their height difference, he retreated and withdrew from the battle.
"What's wrong, kid? Don't want to continue?"
Uchiha Madara was full of smiles. The battle had clearly exhilarated him, and he wasn't eager for it to end.
Ishigami Hara stared at him for a moment before speaking: "Don't waste time, let's begin."
Uchiha Madara's smile faded upon hearing this. He regarded Ishigami Hara for a moment, then nodded.
"Alright, let's go!"
Both of them knew that whether it was swordsmanship or taijutsu, it had all been a test. For them, the real battle had just begun.
They put their hands together at the same time and softly shouted:
"Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees!"
Coincidentally, both intended to use Wood Release to overwhelm the other, and it just so happened that both were adept at Wood Release and other ninjutsu.
Snap, snap, snap!
Countless saplings grew from the water, swelled in the wind, and in just a few breaths, they grew into towering trees, entwined with each other like countless vines.
The two stood on a thick tree, their bodies rising as the trees grew, facing each other from a distance.
The area within a radius of four or five kilometers had now turned into a dense forest. There were massive trees everywhere, and the trees overlapped and twisted into strange shapes.
If you looked closely, it wasn't difficult to find that the Wood Release trees belonging to Uchiha Madara were slightly darker in color.
The Wood Release trees belonging to Ishigami Hara resembled tree species that already existed in nature.
There was a distinct difference between the two in this respect, making it easy to distinguish.
In other aspects, however, there was no difference. The Wood Release of both sides intertwined, forming this twisted forest.
In fact, it was more than that.
The trees born from their Wood Release were still devouring each other's chakra.
In this, Ishigami Hara held a certain advantage.
If nothing else, it was because his Wood Release was purer, derived from the inheritance of Senju Hashirama, and his own awakening of Wood Release was also due to Hashirama's chakra.
As for Uchiha Madara's Wood Release, it was a result of Hashirama cells, which meant it was merely mastered, and its essence was naturally different from Ishigami Hara's.
To be precise, the reason Uchiha Madara's Wood Release had reached this level was more due to the immense chakra that Uchiha Madara possessed.
"Heh."
Uchiha Madara saw this scene, and his mind stirred. Four Tails, who had been standing still in the distance, suddenly opened its mouth.
A huge amount of chakra rapidly gathered, simultaneously drawing in natural energy, and quickly condensed into a massive sphere with an eight-to-two structure. The Tailed Beast Ball had already taken shape, and its speed was much faster than usual on the battlefield.
The next moment.
Buzz!
The air seemed to stagnate for a moment, and then the Tailed Beast Ball was launched like a cannonball, shooting toward Ishigami Hara's position.
Wherever it passed, the ground was plowed into deep gullies, and all the trees were reduced to dust, leaving behind a scar more than ten meters wide.
Even so, this was because the Tailed Beast Ball had not touched the ground.
Feeling the immense pressure, Ishigami Hara's face turned serious. He glanced at Uchiha Madara, and then his mind moved, the Mangekyō pattern in his eyes suddenly rotating.
The next moment, Ishigami Hara's body was enveloped in light red chakra, which formed into a skeleton, muscle, and skin.
Then, over the skin, armor began to form: cloud shoulders, neck cape, chest guard, waist guard, skirt armor, and a helmet with red tassels.
A massive armored giant appeared on the battlefield.
Seeing this, Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Susanoo in full form? Can a child wield it to this extent…"
The next moment, the massive armored giant held a long sword in its hands. It braced its feet and charged at the Tailed Beast Ball.
Whoosh!
A red blade of light appeared as Ishigami Hara's Susanoo crashed into the Tailed Beast Ball. As they met, the giant sword came crashing down.
"Ha!"
Ishigami Hara shouted, and the blade glowed blood-red.
The Tailed Beast Ball split down the middle, cleaved into two halves, which flew past Susanoo on either side, landing further behind, where they exploded in two blinding bursts of light.
Boom!
Boom!
A violent sound, like the sky and earth collapsing, followed, accompanied by a fierce gust of wind.
After finishing, Susanoo turned, raised its hand, and pointed the long sword directly at Uchiha Madara.
"Hahaha!"
Uchiha Madara laughed heartily. Without any apparent movement, light blue chakra began to gather around him. Just like Ishigami Hara, a skeleton formed, followed by flesh and armor.
In less than two breaths, a giant as tall as Ishigami Hara's Susanoo stood not far away. The two giants faced each other from a distance, the atmosphere tense.
"Come on, kid, fight to your heart's content!"
The next moment, the two Susanoos collided with a thunderous roar.
The earth shook, the ground heaved, and a terrifying wind swept in all directions like a storm.