Boom!
With a thunderous roar, Hikari's terrifying monstrous strength made Madara's pupils contract. The blue Susanoo skeleton that had just appeared in front of him immediately shattered, and even Madara himself was sent flying.
"This girl has inherited Tsunade's monstrous strength!"
From a distance, Hashirama couldn't help but exclaim in shock. Just this one punch could shatter Madara's Susanoo—something the average Senju couldn't even dream of.
With that punch, Madara was sent crashing into a rock face. As the dust slowly settled, Madara's Edo Tensei body inside was already rapidly regenerating.
"Interesting, youngster. Looks like I'll need to get serious now."
Madara looked at the cracks in his chest armor, a smile of excitement curling his lips—the stronger his opponent, the more thrilled he became.
"Who did you say you were going to discipline?!"
In a flash, Hikari appeared right in front of him, holding an enormous blue chakra sphere.
Ultra Big Ball Rasengan!
Faced with the terrifying chakra orb, Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan spun rapidly, instantly transforming into mysterious ripples.
The next moment, the giant chakra ball visibly began to disintegrate, shocking Hashirama and the others watching from afar.
"How is that possible?!"
"Madara's eyes!"
"Those are Rinnegan!? How could it be? How could Madara have the Rinnegan?!"
A commotion broke out among the Allied Shinobi Forces. Countless people stared in disbelief, while those who knew of the Mangekyō's evolution were secretly alarmed—people like Itachi, Shisui, and Kakashi.
"Youngster, you've earned the recognition of Uchiha Madara!"
After absorbing the Rasengan with his newly awakened Rinnegan, Madara's palm was still smoking as he spoke boldly as if fully acknowledging Hikari's strength.
"Rinnegan!"
Upon seeing Madara seriously activate the Rinnegan, Hikari frowned, quickly retreated and coldly retorted to the domineering Madara:
"So arrogant! Who are you calling a youngster?! If we're talking about Uchiha generations, as the ultimate weapon of the Uchiha clan from the Warring States period, you should be calling me an ancestor!"
With Hikari's bold declaration, her terrifying chakra surged out. Her Mangekyō spun wildly, and an immense Susanoo instantly appeared.
Likewise, Madara's blue Susanoo loomed around him.
But Hikari's self-revelation left many stunned.
"From the Warring States period?!"
"How is that possible?!"
Even Hashirama stared wide-eyed in shock. Wasn't she Tsunade's daughter?
"Hey, hey, Tsuna, is this girl not your daughter?"
The ever-clueless Hashirama shouted, making Tsunade facepalm in embarrassment.
"Idiot!"
Tsunade glared furiously. Turns out her grandfather mistook Hikari for her daughter this whole time.
Even Shirou standing nearby couldn't help but smile—these old folks had wild imaginations.
Thinking about it, with Hikari always looking like a young girl, it's no wonder people misunderstood.
"A Uchiha from the Warring States period!"
Within the Allied Shinobi Forces, the elite Uchiha all stared in shock. Many had thought this girl was Shirou's illegitimate daughter.
No one expected her background to be this explosive!
Even Itachi and Shisui exchanged looks—what a surprise!
On the battlefield, Madara was also stunned by what he heard. Yet as both sides' Susanoo rose, Madara frowned and shouted:
"Whatever your origins, eyes above the Mangekyō are Rinnegan, and now we have a difference in quality! You won't win! Let Uchiha Shirou fight me!"
With the Rinnegan revealed, Madara was ready to go all out. Even among Susanoo users, there were differences in quality—between ordinary Mangekyō, Eternal Mangekyō, and the Rinnegan which further enhanced Susanoo.
Hikari sneered, and as red markings slowly appeared on her cheeks, her eyes grew determined.
Visibly, red markings spread across her immense Susanoo.
"That's… Sage Mode!"
The sudden transformation made Madara frown. He quickly realized this energy was the same as Hashirama's—Sage Mode.
But Madara just smiled calmly, glancing at Shirou still watching from afar.
"So I've been underestimated. But no matter—let's see how you handle this next jutsu!"
Madara's blue Susanoo leaped back onto a rocky peak and began weaving hand seals, shocking Hashirama and the others even more.
"Careful!"
As Madara's old rival, Hashirama instantly realized something was wrong and urgently warned everyone.
Meanwhile, Obito grinned as he witnessed this.
"Heh heh, finally getting serious? This farce is about to end."
But the Allied Shinobi's Fourth Raikage A roared in anger:
"Damn it! Madman! You'll kill us all! Bastard!"
After Madara's Susanoo finished forming seals, his calm gaze betrayed nothing unusual.
But as panic set in, the Allied Shinobi realized something was off and looked up—only to see the most shocking scene of their lives.
"This… this is Madara's ninjutsu?!"
The commotion in the sky drew countless ninja's attention.
Tens of thousands of Allied Shinobi gazed up, disbelief on their faces.
Some even dropped their ninja swords in shock.
"This… this must be genjutsu!"
"This isn't even the same dimension of battle."
"A god… is this the power of the God of Shinobi?!"
Even Hashirama's expression grew grave as he stared at the sky.
"Madara's power has reached this level?!"
Inside Susanoo, Madara's calm eyes watched Shirou with curiosity—how would he respond?
"This can't be!"
Despair filled countless eyes, and the fighting spirit vanished from both sides, leaving only hopeless gazes turned skyward.
A massive shadow covered hundreds of thousands of ninjas below.
A gargantuan meteor, trailing blazing fire, plummeted from the heavens, piercing the clouds with a massive hole.
An apocalyptic meteor fell from the sky—this was on another level entirely.
But as Shirou saw this, he simply smiled.
"So this is your way of forcing my hand?"
Shirou's gaze met Madara's from afar—across the ages, they faced off atop the mountain once more.
Rumble—!
The colossal meteor fell.
From Iwagakure, Third Tsuchikage Onoki gritted his teeth and shouted, "Don't give up, everyone!"
"It's just a meteor—if we work together, we can stop him!"
But as Onoki rallied the troops, Madara seemed to notice something, smiling faintly.
"Are you going to act now? Uchiha Shirou, let this old man see how much you've grown!"
With everyone watching, just as countless strong ninja prepared their ultimate moves, Uchiha Shirou—the man now known as the world's strongest—floated calmly upward.
In the next moment, under the crowd's stunned gaze, Shirouo's Mangekyō spun, the six tomoe of the Rinnegan appeared, and blue light shimmered around him.
"This is—!"
Under countless shocked eyes, Shirou, exuding terrifying power, raised his hand, and a gigantic golden chakra blade appeared.
Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
A thunderous boom echoed as tens of thousands of ninjas stared in shock at the sky.
A golden light sliced through the heavens, instantly cleaving the massive meteor—and even another meteor trailing behind it was cut in half.
Crack!
The two gigantic meteors split, the sound echoing as countless people stared in awe.
"He… he cut it in half!"
"What kind of power is that?!"
Even Madara in the distance looked stunned.
"What jutsu is this?"
Yet the split meteors were still massive—half falling toward the enemy, half toward their side. But as the golden light faded, Shirou calmly kept his hand raised to the sky and softly spoke:
"Shinra Tensei!"
With a boom, an invisible repulsive force washed over the sky. The shattered meteors seemed to freeze, and in the next instant, under countless shocked gazes, the shadow over their heads rapidly vanished.
"Look! The meteor is falling toward the other side!"
"That's Lord Shirou's jutsu!"
"Is this a god?!"
As everyone stared in awe, Madara suddenly laughed in admiration.
Madara laughed with excitement—he'd expected Shirou to grow strong, but not to this extent.
Back then, when he secretly exposed Shirou to Mokuton cells, he never feared Shirou would grow too quickly. Even if he awakened the Rinnegan, it would only excite him more.
"Damn you, Uchiha!"
Fourth Raikage A watched the falling meteor fragments, roaring in fury, while the surrounding ninja turned pale with fear.
They had no chance to escape—even at the last moment, all A could do was scream his resentment at the Uchiha.
But then, a figure sprang forward.
Sage Art: Secret Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees!
Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!
Hashirama clapped his hands and shouted, the earth cracking open as countless massive trees rose. Sage Mode markings already adorned his face.
He summoned a colossal Buddha statue with countless arms, shocking all the ninjas.
"So this is the power of the ancients!"
Hashirama stood atop the Buddha's head, roaring at the falling meteor, "Turn Buddha into the peak!"
Next moment, thousands of Wood Release arms launched the most powerful attack at the meteor, shattering it amidst thunderous explosions.
"We're saved!"
Countless Cloud ninjas cheered as the meteor was destroyed, though there were still fragments, it was no longer hopeless.
In the distance, Obito sneered coldly, his eyes indifferent.
"These cannon fodder were hard enough to gather. I can't let them go to waste so easily."
With Obito weaving seals, the other Edo Tensei Kage-levels also acted, unleashing their signature jutsu.
After all, Edo Tensei chakra was infinite.
Earth Release: Super Light-Weight Rock Technique!
Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!
Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite!
Lightning Release: Liger Bomb!
Water Release: Severing Wave!
Second Hokage Tobirama's Water Release, Third Raikage's Lightning Release, Second Tsuchikage's Dust Release—Kage-levels unleashed their power and the rest of the meteor fragments were pulverized.
The remaining falling stones were handled by chunin using explosive tags.
In just an instant, the apocalyptic meteors were gone from the sky.
"Hikari, good job. You can rest now."
Hikari squinted her eyes, enjoying Shirou's hand patting her hair, then nodded and silently retreated from the center of the battlefield.
As the dust settled in the center, two figures stood atop the rocky peak, gazing at each other.
"Uchiha Shirou!"
"Uchiha Madara!"
They looked at each other and smiled.
Madara nodded with pride and admiration:
"To think that little kid back then has grown to this level—even awakened the Rinnegan, and mastered powers I've never seen."
Shirou smiled lightly at the praise.
"I should thank you. If you hadn't deliberately left Mokuton cells in the Land of Rain, I might not have made it this far."
Madara burst out laughing.
"Haha! So you noticed. Well, after all these years, you ought to have figured things out. Back then, I was just bored.
Leaving those Mokuton cells was just to give you a chance, but you've exceeded my expectations."
Madara gazed at Shirou before him, especially the eyes merging Mangekyō and Rinnegan, and couldn't help but nod secretly.
Truly outstanding.
Back then, the White Zetsu cells were just a chance for Shirou. If he dared to try, he might keep his Mangekyō from going blind.
He never expected Shirou would come this far.