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Finally, with a loud "boom," it crashed heavily to the ground, splashing up large amounts of dirt and gravel.
It was Uchiha Madara.
At this moment, he had long lost the godlike majesty and composure he once possessed.
The pristine white robes of the Six Paths Immortals had turned charred and tattered, resembling the attire of a beggar.
His exposed skin was covered with burns and cracks, and blood mixed with pieces of internal organs kept spilling from the corner of his mouth.
He struggled, trying to climb out of the crater he had created, his movements slow and stiff.
The arrogance that once fueled their dominance was no longer burning in those eyes, but rather a utterly frenzied, wounded beast-like resentment and rage.
"Unforgivable...Unforgivable!!!"
Ban's voice was hoarse and distorted, filled with hysteria.
He couldn't accept that after obtaining the power of the Six Paths and planning for decades, he would be forced into such a desperate situation by two juniors!
Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke slowly descended from the sky, deactivating their armor forms.
Both of them were breathing heavily, their chests heaving violently, and their foreheads were covered in sweat.
The all-out, high-level clash just now almost drained most of their chakra, and their bodies also endured a tremendous burden.
Seeing Madara rise from the pit like a demon, Naruto and Sasuke did not hesitate at all, and once again gathered their chakra and launched an attack!
At this stage, all three had exhausted their chakra, making it difficult to continue large-scale ninjutsu exchanges.
The battle has returned to the most primitive close-quarters melee combat!
Madara wielded the black staff that symbolized the power of the Six Paths, and the sound of wind and thunder accompanied its movement.
Naruto, on the other hand, conjured a Truth-Seeking Ball staff in each hand. His staff techniques appeared to be wide and sweeping, but they combined strength and gentleness.
Sasuke gripped his Kusanagi sword tightly, his sword movements light, agile, cunning, and ruthless.
Three figures moved like ghosts, crisscrossing and colliding at high speed in the arena!
The tin staff, short stick, and Kusanagi sword transformed into countless afterimages, each clash erupting with a piercing metallic clang and sparks flying everywhere!
Their speed, strength, and reaction time still far exceed those of ordinary Kage-level characters.
The aftershocks of the battle easily carved deep furrows into the ground.
Naruto seized an opening and suddenly hurled the Truth-Seeking Ball short stick he was holding in his right hand like a javelin, aiming straight for Madara's face!
The spotted creature reacted extremely quickly, swinging its staff to precisely deflect the attack.
But in the instant he parried, Sasuke was already poised to strike, wielding the Kusanagi sword, transforming into a blue bolt of lightning, and piercing straight for Madara's throat!
Fast! Ruthless! Accurate!
Madara's pupils contracted, and in his haste, he could only barely deploy the ribcage of Susanoo for defense!
However, this hastily formed defense appeared so fragile in the face of Sasuke's full-force thrust of the Kusanagi sword!
The sword tip easily pierced through the blue ribs, its momentum undiminished, and plunged fiercely towards Madara's true form!
Ban was forced to retreat rapidly, using his staff to parry the sword's edge.
The force of the impact propelled him backward for over a hundred meters, his feet carving two deep tracks in the ground!
"Annoying brat!"
Madara roared, and the few Truth-Seeking Balls remaining behind him instantly transformed into sharp black rods, attacking Sasuke from all angles!
Sasuke's eyes were cold, and his Rinnegan with tomoe precisely tracked the trajectory of each black rod.
To dodge it by the slightest margin, or to parry it with the Kusanagi sword.
Just as Madara's attention was drawn to Sasuke, Naruto had already teleported close in again!
He unleashed both sticks simultaneously, raining down on Ban like a storm!
“Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding…!”
The tin staff and the short stick collided dozens of times in a very short period of time!
Each collision produced a dull thud and a terrifying shockwave!
Naruto combined taijutsu with the power of the Six Paths, unleashing a relentless barrage of attacks like ocean waves.
Madara, on the other hand, managed to hold his own thanks to his rich experience and strong foundation, but was clearly at a disadvantage.
Finally, after taking a heavy blow from Naruto, Madara staggered backward.
Just as he lost his footing, Sasuke had been preparing for a long time!
He formed a hand seal with one hand and slammed it onto a scroll that had already been unfurled on the ground!
In an instant, a blinding light burst forth from the scroll!
Countless shuriken and kunai surged out like a fountain, hovering in mid-air!
The surface of each ninja tool is wrapped with highly concentrated lightning chakra that hisses!
The next moment, these thousands upon thousands of ninja tools, crackling with lightning, transformed into a destructive torrent of metal and lightning.
The attack rained down on Madara Uchiha, who had just regained his footing!
The coverage area was so vast that it almost blocked all his possible escape routes!
Madara's Rinnegan spun wildly, observing the trajectory of each ninja tool.
If it were ninjutsu, he could absorb it using the Preta Path.
However, he dared not take these purely physical attacks head-on because they were accompanied by the paralyzing properties of lightning.
With his exceptional reflexes and speed, he skillfully maneuvered through a dense rain of ninja tools, facing numerous perilous situations.
However, while he could dodge the ninja tools, he couldn't dodge Naruto's almost precognitive battle instincts, which stemmed from his familiarity with "another self"!
Naruto had already predicted Madara's most likely dodge point amidst the rain of ninja tools!
He darted forward, his right fist clenched, dark golden Six Paths Chakra gathering on it.
He unleashed a powerful, unadorned punch right in the direction where Madara was about to appear!
"boom!!!"
Madara had just dodged the last wave of ninja tools and hadn't had time to react before taking a solid punch!
The sound of his sternum shattering was clearly audible. He arched up like a shrimp and was sent flying backward!
Sasuke had already appeared at the end of Madara's backward flight path!
He lowered his body slightly, then suddenly leaped upwards, delivering a fierce upper kick that landed precisely on Ban's jaw!
A teeth-grinding sound of bones cracking was heard!
Ban's jaw deformed instantly, and he flew uncontrollably vertically into the sky, his consciousness going blank for a moment!
"Final blow!"
Naruto and Sasuke exchanged glances. Without a word, they both unleashed their last burst of speed, catching up with Madara even faster than he was flying backward!
Catching up with Madara in mid-air, the two tacitly twisted their bodies at the same time, one to the left and one to the right, and unleashed a half-moon kick infused with their full strength!
The two men's insteps, like battle axes, simultaneously slammed into Madara's back and abdomen!
"Wow--!!!"
Ban let out an extremely shrill scream, and blood gushed out of his mouth and nose like a fountain!
It crashed down onto the ground at a speed far exceeding its previous speed, like a meteorite!
"Heaven's Hand Power!"
Naruto and Sasuke's figures in the air blurred instantly. Through Sasuke's eye technique, the two directly swapped positions with Madara's crash site below!
They need to land first and deliver the final, decisive blow to the falling Ban!
However, just as their attack was about to land and end everything—
"Limbo: Border Prison! Switch Positions!"
On the verge of death, Madara Uchiha squeezed out the last bit of chakra from the depths of his soul and activated the life-saving ability of Limbo!
He quickly created a clone from the Limbo and instantly swapped positions!
Naruto and Sasuke's devastating attacks slammed into empty air, creating a bottomless crater in the ground, but failed to hit Madara's main body.
And the clone of Limbo that was switched places.
Although almost transparent and with very little power, it appeared in an instant.
Using the last of his strength, he clung tightly to Naruto and Sasuke's legs, making a final attempt to delay them!
Madara's true form appeared not far away. Although he had dodged the fatal blow, he was already at his limit and even had difficulty standing.
He looked at the two people who were temporarily trapped by the clone of the Corpse Tomb, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.
He raised his hand, gathering a faint trace of Truth-Seeking Ball, preparing to launch a final sneak attack.
In that decisive moment—
A silver lightning bolt, like a venomous snake that had been lying in wait for a long time, suddenly shot out from the shadows of the battlefield!
With unwavering resolve, they launched a desperate charge toward Madara Uchiha's back!
It's Kakashi Hatake!
The Raichi in his hand was no longer the usual blue, but had turned into a blackish-red that seemed to devour light!
That was his ultimate attack, a perfect fusion of Kamui's spacetime distortion power and Raikiri's piercing properties!
"sucker Punch!"
Ban sensed the attack from behind, snorted disdainfully, and without even turning around, casually swung the Seeking Truth Jade Staff in the back.
They attempted to deflect this “trivial” attack as they had done before.
However, this time, he miscalculated!
The staff swept across, but it passed through Kakashi's body without any hindrance, as if it were just a phantom!
“Kamiu Raikiri!”