Suddenly, Madara Uchiha's voice rang out.
Everyone's gaze quickly turned towards the source of the sound.
All eyes fell upon Madara, who stood atop the Gedo Statue.
At the same time, the fallen Gedo Statue was slowly rising.
Madara opened his right eye, revealing the Rinnegan.
He stared down at the crowd below.
In that instant, Hashirama was stunned.
Because something was different.
He felt that Madara was completely different from before. Not only did Madara have chakra fluctuations, but he was also breathing!
A person reanimated by the Impure World Reincarnation should not have breath.
Yet, Madara was indeed breathing.
This meant that Madara was alive!
A living person!
How was this possible?
Madara had died long ago. How could he...
"Hashirama!"
"What? Surprised?"
"But now is not the time for you to be shocked!"
Madara raised his hand, his gaze fixed on the tailed beasts sealed in the sky by the Planetary Devastation.
For Madara, who possessed the Rinnegan, this was much simpler.
In a way, Sasuke had done him a great favor by directly using the power of the Rinnegan to inject all the tailed beasts' chakra into the Gedo Statue.
In that moment, the Gedo Statue seemed to suddenly regain its own chakra.
Its body began to expand once again.
Madara lowered his head and looked at Naruto, a grin spreading across his face as he formed hand seals.
Instantly, a chakra chain erupted from the Gedo Statue's mouth, piercing into Naruto's body.
It seized the Nine-Tails' chakra.
In the next second, the Nine-Tails was forcibly extracted.
Naruto felt as if his soul was being torn apart.
At that moment, Hashirama, Tobirama, Hiruzen, and Tsunade all acted simultaneously.
"Madara, stop! What are you trying to do?"
Wood Release vines surged forward.
Madara's eyes widened, and his Susanoo erupted, its curved blades slashing wildly, cutting down the wood vines in a single strike.
At the same time, Tobirama, who had flashed forward, was also blocked by Madara's Susanoo.
The kunai and curved blade clashed, sending sparks flying.
Tobirama was sent flying back.
Hiruzen's ninjutsu attacks struck the Susanoo but had no effect.
The Susanoo didn't even budge.
Finally, Tsunade closed in, attempting to strike Madara with her monstrous strength.
But unfortunately!
Madara's Susanoo pierced through her body with a single slash.
Then, with a punch, she was sent flying.
Thud!
Tsunade got up from the ground, pulling the curved blade out of her body.
Her wound healed rapidly.
Seeing this, Madara nodded. "As expected of Hashirama's granddaughter. But this healing speed is still too slow!"
"Madara Uchiha! I won't let you succeed!"
Amaterasu!
Black flames erupted on the Susanoo.
But in the next second, the black flames were absorbed by Madara.
The red Susanoo clashed head-on with Madara's Susanoo.
"Itachi Uchiha! You're quite impressive. As a member of the Uchiha clan, you are truly outstanding!"
"But it's a pity that you chose to stand on their side!"
"Your younger brother seems not only more outstanding than you but also has better judgment!"
Now that Sasuke was gone, Madara felt an immense relief.
These people posed no threat to him.
Even with just one eye, he could easily handle them.
This feeling was truly satisfying.
"By the way, I should thank you!"
"Itachi Uchiha, if it weren't for you, I might not have dared to appear so openly!"
"All of you combined are no match for the threat that Uchiha Sasuke alone posed to me!"
"Even with just one Rinnegan, I can easily deal with all of you!"
Boom!
In an instant, Madara exerted force, sending Itachi flying back. Then, a White Zetsu appeared beside Madara, handing him an eye.
This eye was clearly the other Rinnegan, taken from Obito!
Madara placed the other eye into his socket, and with the regenerative power of Wood Release, the implantation was quickly completed.
Madara smiled. "Now! My eyes are back!"
"Dealing with you... will be even easier!"
With Madara's laughter, the power of the Rinnegan erupted, and the Gedo Statue's power became even more terrifying.
In an instant, the Nine-Tails was completely extracted from Naruto's body.
The Gedo Statue instantly devoured the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Naruto collapsed to the ground.
At this moment, the expressions on Hashirama and the others' faces were extremely grim.
The consequences of a jinchūriki losing their tailed beast were self-evident.
This meant that Naruto... was going to die!
Although, due to his Uzumaki heritage, Naruto's life force was more tenacious, similar to Nagato's.
He wouldn't die immediately, but if too much time passed,
he would still inevitably meet his end.
"Madara! Return the Nine-Tails' chakra!"
Hashirama charged straight towards Madara.
But dealing with Hashirama now was too easy for Madara.
Madara leaped into the air, coldly watching Hashirama as he activated the Rinnegan's ability: Limbo: Border Jail.
Using the shadow clones, he restrained Hashirama.
Hashirama couldn't understand why his body was suddenly immobilized.
Madara grabbed his neck and began absorbing his chakra.
The familiar Sage chakra appeared on Hashirama's face.
Madara's power was once again enhanced.
"Madara... you..."
Before Hashirama could finish, Madara casually tossed him aside.
Madara floated back to the top of the Gedo Statue, which had now gathered the chakra of eight tailed beasts.
Only one remained.
Kimimaro!
And Kimimaro was no concern for Madara.
He had another capable subordinate, Black Zetsu, to handle that.
Black Zetsu also had a useful toy: the half-dead Nagato.
It had to be said that Nagato, restored to his peak, had a tenacious life force that even Madara admired.
He wasn't completely dead yet.
The task of capturing the Three-Tails naturally fell to Black Zetsu.
At this moment, Black Zetsu appeared. Although he didn't have the Rinnegan, Nagato now possessed Obito's Sharingan.
Using this Sharingan and Nagato's terrifying power, they successfully captured the Three-Tails.
Black Zetsu threw the lifeless Kimimaro in front of Madara.
"The Three-Tails jinchūriki is here."
Madara nodded.
At that moment, it was already too late for the others to stop Madara.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of chains echoed.
Madara looked at everyone.
"Obito demonstrated it once for you, but that was a flawed example!"
"Now, I'll show you the true power of the Sage of Six Paths!"
With a smile on his face, Madara spoke.
In an instant, the Three-Tails' chakra was extracted, and the Gedo Statue devoured it.
At that moment.
Tsunade and the others felt their hearts sink.
The Ten-Tails that Obito had controlled was incomplete, but Madara was different. He now possessed the complete Ten-Tails!
Moreover, Madara's power far surpassed Obito's. What came next would likely be... even worse!
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