Konoha: Sage Body

Uchiha Homura was flipped to the ground by someone with one hand, which he never expected.

You have to understand that he has now begun the third stage of the Susano'o, which is the maximum extent to which he can currently exert the Susano'o, but even so, he is confident that he can face off against any physical-type Shadow-Level powerhouse in the ninja world.

If only his opponent this time wasn't too tricky, and he didn't want to fight to the death, he was certain that he would definitely have achieved final victory, even if the price was a bit heavy.

The Mangekyo Sharingan was powerful, but the side effects were too great.

These were eyes born from the extreme power of darkness, and if they could not advance further, they would be swallowed up by the darkness.

The power of darkness was a double-edged sword.

However, compared to being flipped to the ground by someone with one hand, he was more surprised by the method his enemy used to flip him to the ground. This huge arm of Chakra in front of him looked so familiar. It was clearly the manifestation of the power of the same Susanoo.

Who was it?

Could it be that there was also a Mangekyo Sharingan ninja from the Uchiha clan among the enemies?

As soon as this thought occurred to him, Uchiha Homura couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

The feeling of surprise only paused in Uchiha Homura's heart for a moment or so. He quickly regained his composure and then used his best efforts to control the third stage Susanoo Giant to counterattack. However, he was shocked to discover that the power of his Susanoo Giant, used with both hands, was unable to break free from the blue Chakra hand in front of him.

"A blue Susanoo? Could it be him!"

Uchiha Homura saw this situation and a person who made him feel fear suddenly flashed through his mind.

In fact, there were only two people he had ever seen with a Susanoo, but the one who had impressed him the most was undoubtedly the one who had used it.

It was also a blue Susanoo.

Could it be the same person?

The next moment, a voice came to his ears that he would never forget for the rest of his life: "Homura, you have become a lot more meticulous since becoming the clan leader."

As soon as the voice fell, Uchiha Madara, who was wearing a long black robe, emerged from the ground. With him appeared a blue chakra giant that was only half his body length.

At this moment, Uchiha Madara had only just opened the second stage of his Susano'o, but the Susano'o giant he formed was already larger than Uchiha Homura's third stage Susano'o, which showed the difference in the development of the Sharingan technique of the two.

"I can't believe you're really not dead, you sinner."

Uchiha Homura saw Uchiha Madara cowering at this moment, and the fear on his face quickly disappeared, leaving only deep hatred.

Although he could clearly see Uchiha Madara's face now, and the chakra fluctuations in his body were also very different from before, he would never forget the sound of this person's voice for the rest of his life.

The Uchiha clan is now suffering in Konoha, and the culprit is this man in front of him. If he had not defected from Konoha and caused the death of Senju Hashirama, the Uchiha clan's position in Konoha would not be as embarrassing as it is now.

If Uchiha Madara had not defected from Konoha, given the Uchiha clan's status, strength and contributions at the time in Konoha, there was a high probability that the second Hokage would have been born from the Uchiha clan.

As it turned out, Uchiha Madara ruined everything. It was this man who led the Uchiha clan to join forces with the Senju clan to establish Konoha in the first place, but in the end, he betrayed Konoha and caused untold calamity, abandoning the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Madara is the sinner of the Uchiha clan!

"Sinner? Hmph!"

Uchiha Madara coldly snorted when he heard Uchiha Homura refer to him as the sinner's son.

He no longer cared about what was right or wrong, but he didn't think he owed the Uchiha clan anything.

He and his younger brother had led the Uchiha clan back to glory during the Sengoku period, and even though they had later lost to the Senju clan, his contributions to the Uchiha clan were not in vain.

As for his later judgment of Konoha and his subsequent battle with Senju Hashirama, that happened a long time after his judgment.

The night he left Konoha, he still remembers clearly the faces of these so-called clan members. It was the Uchiha clan that betrayed him first, and he doesn't think he owes the Uchiha clan anything for anything he did afterwards.

"Since you chose to feign death, why did you appear in front of me again? What do you want?"

Uchiha Homura was even more angry when he saw Uchiha Madara not admit to the crimes he had committed, but he also knew that he was in grave danger this time, so he tentatively asked:

If he knew he was going to die, then before he died, he wanted to extract as much information as possible from Uchiha Madara and then warn his clan.

Why did he appear before Uchiha Homura?

Uchiha Madara only sneered when he heard Uchiha Homura ask this question.

Why?

The answer is simple. He just wants to trade in his eyes for a better pair.

The Three-Tomoe Sharingan he has are ultimately limited in their potential. Even though his eye power is no worse than the average Mangekyo Sharingan, there is still a significant gap when compared to the real Mangekyo Sharingan. This gap is reflected in the exclusive pupil arts, the consumption of eye power, and the difficulty of activating the Susano'o.

Last night's battle with the mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse made him deeply aware of the inadequacy of his Three-Tomoe Sharingan. After finishing healing his wounds today, he heard from Black Zetsu that the old tortoise Uchiha Homura had actually been willing to come out of Konoha, and he realized that his new eyes were here.

Although he and Uchiha Homura are not biological brothers, they are actually cousins by blood, and the transplanted Sharingan should be relatively easy to use.

Uchiha Homura's strength is a bit lacking, but he is still a Kage-Level powerhouse, and a rare Jutsu-type Kage-Level powerhouse at that. His own Sharingan is not weak, and with a little training, it will be very useful. It may very well be a Mangekyo Sharingan.

If he could obtain Uchiha Homura's Sharingan, his strength would definitely improve. If he encountered last night's enemy again, he definitely wouldn't be as suppressed as last night.

So, he quickly brought A Fei and Black Zetsu here and observed them in secret.

Uchiha Homura really didn't disappoint him. He had indeed opened his Mangekyo Sharingan, and had also developed these eyes quite well. Moreover, one of the exclusive pupil arts suited his appetite very well.

He had planned to wait until Uchiha Homura and the Undead Puppets controlled by the Root had fought to the death and then simply clean up the mess. Who would have thought that Uchiha Homura would be so gutless, retreating after just a short while of fighting the undead puppets sent by the Root.

There was nothing he could do but personally take Uchiha Homura down.

Uchiha Homura saw that Uchiha Madara was not answering his questions, and finally decided not to waste any more words. He chose to fight desperately, quickly completing the seal with both hands, and a large stream of high-temperature flames was released from his mouth, which then shot out of the mouth of the Susanoo giant towards Uchiha Madara.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

At the same time, his left eye's exclusive pupil skill, the addition of the earth element, was activated.

The huge black fire dragon's head appeared once again.

"Your Fire Release is as poor as ever. Even with the help of the Mangekyo Sharingan, it's no better than that."

Uchiha Madara sneered as he watched the approaching black fire dragon's head.

As he spoke, he completed the same hand seal as Uchiha Homura, and a stream of high-temperature flames also spurted from his mouth.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!

Compared to Uchiha Homura's Great Fire Annihilation, which had been strengthened by the addition of the earth element, Uchiha Madara's Great Fire Annihilation was actually no less powerful. It turned into a huge wave of fire and held the black fire dragon's head in its hands, creating a stalemate for a time.

Uchiha Homura saw this and his face turned ashen. Once again, he gained a new understanding of Uchiha Madara's current strength.

In terms of age, this person in front of him should be older than him, and his strength naturally slipped long ago from its peak. However, he had never expected his strength to remain so powerful. The opponent gave him the impression of being even further along than he had ever seen him at his peak.

And the same was true of his Fire Release abilities.

How was this possible?

Unfortunately, facts speak louder than words.

It was clearly the same jutsu, but his Great Fire Annihilation, which had been strengthened by the addition of the earth element, was unable to suppress Uchiha Madara's Great Fire Annihilation.

This is truly a great shame.

Just as Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Homura were competing in Fire Release, a young boy in a kimono who had become very fat suddenly fell from the sky and swung his large sword at Uchiha Homura.

The power of this blow was extraordinary, and a deep cut appeared on Uchiha Homura's Susano'o Giant.

Uchiha Homura was fighting such a powerful opponent as Uchiha Madara, and at this time, he dared not be distracted, so he could only temporarily ignore the threat from the kimono-clad teenager.

The dirty earth puppet secretly controlling the kimono-clad teenager decisively took advantage of the situation to attack.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The kimono-clad teenager's large sword kept slashing down, seemingly determined to split the defenses of Uchiha Homura's Susanoo giant.

"Hmph, what a jumped-up little clown, stay out of the way,"

Uchiha Madara saw the kimono-clad teenager sneak up on Uchiha Homura and was displeased, even annoyed. He coldly said,

"Next moment, he used the second stage of the Susano'o to create a four-armed chakra giant with a half-body and swung the two huge chakra katana in his hands, slashing at the kimono-clad teenager and another place.

Two huge flashes of light appeared.

The kimono-clad teenager was instantly cut in half.

The middle-aged man in a kimono standing not far away on top of a large clam was also split in half.

The middle-aged man in a kimono had a mask with the character for water on his face. After he was cut in half, his body instantly disintegrated into a large amount of confetti like a paper doll, and then quickly came back together again.

The kimono-clad teenager, who had turned into a fat man, turned into a puddle of water mixed with a large amount of oil because the kimono middle-aged man was cut.

"Damn it!"

Uchiha Homura did not feel the slightest gratitude towards Uchiha Madara for helping him deal with his formidable enemy. He was only filled with anger and powerlessness.

The opponent was competing with him in Fire Release Jutsu while still having the energy to eliminate an opponent that would have cost him a heavy price to resolve. This gap in strength was really too embarrassing for him.

"Boom!"

In the end, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Homura's Great Fire Annihilation competition exploded after a stalemate of several seconds, forming a terrifying fire explosion.

Because of this fire explosion, the two of them finally separated their Susano'o.

On the other side, the middle-aged man in the kimono, whose body had been cut in half, had been perfectly rejoined. The pair of lifeless eyes under his mask then fixed on Uchiha Madara.

As the controller of the kimono middle-aged man's undead puppet, Rabbit was now very angry with Uchiha Madara, the troublemaker.

In fact, he had no intention of making Uchiha Madara his enemy, because the strength Uchiha Madara had shown made him wary.

Therefore, he planned to join forces with Uchiha Madara to kill Uchiha Homura.

His mission was originally to kill Uchiha Homura, and as long as he could kill Uchiha Homura, he could use any means, and it was not impossible to cooperate with an unknown strong person.

As for whether he could bring back Uchiha Homura's unique Sharingan, he didn't have any illusions about it.

It was true that the Uchiha clan of ninja didn't want to plant curse marks on their clan members like the Hyuga clan did, and anyone who killed a Uchiha ninja who had opened their Sharingan would have the opportunity to obtain it, but in reality, it was extremely difficult to obtain the Sharingan from a Uchiha ninja.

Not to mention that every Uchiha ninja who has opened his Sharingan is an elite ninja, and it is inherently difficult to kill. Once a Uchiha ninja realizes that he will die, he will definitely not leave his Sharingan to his enemy due to his pride. They will decisively choose to destroy themselves.

For a Uchiha ninja of Uchiha Homura's level, it is already extremely difficult for him to kill someone with this Second Mizukage Undead Puppet, and it is almost an impossible mission to obtain the Sharingan from the opponent.

Therefore, he was really intent on killing Uchiha Homura and had no intention of sharing the spoils with Uchiha Madara. However, he didn't expect Uchiha Madara not only to not appreciate his kindness, but to turn against him instead.

In that case, don't blame him.

This new and unknown powerful person can also control a giant chakra warrior to fight, just like Uchiha Homura, and is obviously also a Uchiha ninja. Then killing the other person will definitely earn the praise of his superiors.

The Uchiha clan deserves to die.

With this thought in mind, Rabbit decisively manipulated the Second Mizukage to attack Uchiha Madara, once again using the Water Release: Water Cannon technique and Steaming Danger Explosion.

The penetrating high-pressure water gun immediately hit Uchiha Madara's Susanoo Giant, leaving a shallow dent on it.

"Dirty little creeping thing, can't you just stay on the ground?"

Uchiha Madara frowned as he was attacked, then turned his head to look at the Second Mizukage.

For a moment, the Second Mizukage's eyes and Uchiha Madara's eyes locked.

The reason why Usagi was able to control the Second Mizukage was partly due to the binding spell of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and partly due to the Yin Release Technique, which the Root had developed based on the Mind Body Switch Technique of the Yamanaka clan, which could temporarily take over the mind of another person.

It was precisely because of this that Usagi could manipulate the Second Mizukage from a distance.

But because of this, Rabbit is now suffering from Uchiha Madara's Sharingan illusion attack.

The moment their eyes met, Rabbit found himself in a world full of flames, with a giant Sharingan in front of him.

Then he noticed that his body was on fire, and an unforgettable pain instantly struck.

In reality, the Rabbit in the artificial cave let out a heart-wrenching scream, and then bled to death from all seven orifices.

After the caster, Rabbit, died, the Impure World Reincarnation technique on the Second Mizukage also seemed to have been undone, turning into a pile of ash, which then revealed the corpse of the sacrifice inside.

"So this is how you enhance the strength of a undead puppet. It's interesting."

Uchiha Madara was slightly stunned when he saw the appearance of the sacrificial corpse and praised it.

The sacrificial corpse was a strange stitched-together corpse that had fused multiple human ninjas and summoned beasts.