Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 54 He praised Ban's performance

Kaedeji frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed.

A troublesome situation arose when Madara Uchiha appeared. It seems that Madara is not yet at the point where he needs to rely on the Gedo Mazo to sustain his life and still has a certain degree of autonomy.

He also has a Tobi by his side, which he can wear when necessary to enhance his physical abilities to a certain extent—although Kaede Tsukasa thinks that with Uchiha Madara's pride, he would definitely not wear Tobi to improve his combat power.

It's hard to assess what kind of strength Madara Uchiha, who is nearly seventy years old, can unleash. However, comparing him to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who is over seventy, doesn't quite fit.

At this time, Madara Uchiha had finally upgraded his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan to the Rinnegan, a process that might have placed a heavy burden on his body.

Although he transplanted a piece of Hashirama Senju's flesh into his own chest, indirectly gaining a little bit of Hashirama's physique, he was ultimately not an Ashura descendant known for his vitality. The development of the Rinnegan likely required a significant expenditure of his own life force.

Therefore, after nurturing his eyes for decades, Madara finally obtained the Rinnegan when he was old and frail.

At seventy years old, Hiruzen Sarutobi could still rampage and kill indiscriminately, and he could also take down Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, who were summoned by Orochimaru using a modified version of the Impure World Reincarnation, and seal Orochimaru's hands in the process.

The seventy-year-old Madara was already showing signs of approaching death, yet he still had to carry Tobi and White Zetsu with him.

"In the decades I've been out of the mainstream ninja world's view, quite a few geniuses have emerged, developing techniques that have impressed even me. You are one of them."

Ban's expression remained unchanged. He raised his eyelids and examined the zombies up close. Combined with the information provided by White Zetsu, he had already grasped the situation to a fairly good extent.

"You can use numerous corpses to replenish your life force. I can sense the vigorous but somewhat chaotic vitality in your body. This indicates that this technique has the potential for further development. We can start by regulating life force to reduce unnecessary losses."

Madara spoke slowly, his voice filled with certainty, and continued, "And if I'm not mistaken, your technique can at most replenish extra life force, but it cannot restore the lifespan that others have lost in their youth. It is an incomplete resurrection technique."

This is indeed an imperfection of the Self-Reincarnation Technique. It can revive the dead on the spot by transferring life force, but it cannot make an elderly person young again while being revived.

In other words, even if an elderly person is resurrected, they are still an elderly person. Their lifespan is fixed, and they are the same as when they died. At most, because they have more extra life force stored in their bodies, they can prioritize consuming external life force while they are alive, and on this basis, they can live for a very long time. However, they cannot use this technique to go back to their younger years.

If this technique is used as a resurrection technique, then this drawback does exist.

"That's right. This technique is for maintaining a state, not for reversing time. Do you, old man, want to take my technique to extend your life? You can only use it to extend your life."

Kaede Tsukasa did not deny it: "I do not believe that there is a resurrection technique in this world that is more perfect than the Reincarnation Technique. If such a technique really existed, then a person like the First Hokage, who broke the upper limit of ninjas, would not have died so easily."

"Hmph, 'dying easily', it seems the world cannot accept such a hasty death as Hashirama's."

Madara brandished his scythe with one hand, aiming it at Kaede Tsukasa: "I don't care about things like prolonging life. Compared to such trivial matters, I'm more interested in you. A person who plays with corpses, yet lives in a place like Konoha. People like you are only suited to live during times of war. Once peace is restored, your situation will be difficult. People are forgetful and always criticize you in an ugly way, often ignoring the achievements you have made."

Get started first!
Kaedeji made a decisive move. Madara was a difficult old man to deal with, so it was best to seize the opportunity and do everything possible to put pressure on him.

Dozens of zombies surrounded Madara, approaching at the same time. Some rushed in for hand-to-hand combat, while others stood at a distance forming hand seals to prepare to unleash ninjutsu. Compared to this lineup, the elderly Madara seemed to have no chance to fight back.

But he just stood there, like a giant, his enormous shadow stretching into the sky.

As he was surrounded by numerous zombies and they were about to get close, he quickly formed hand seals.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation! The fierce flames instantly scorched more than twenty zombies, but Kaede Tsukasa didn't even blink. He summoned even more zombies in quick succession.

A total of one hundred zombies were scattered across the sky and the ground. In a moment of pause, Kaedeji formed hand seals once more.

"Not bad Fire Release, but you've been tricked. I didn't intend to use ordinary methods to surround you. I'll let you try this technique... Corpse Release: Hundred Bones Narukami!"

Boom boom boom boom!
The moment hundreds of zombies approached Uchiha Madara, they began to self-destruct.

The series of explosions that affected hundreds of people involved meticulously calculated the location of each individual and the timing of the explosions.

At this distance, a huge net was formed, exploding in rings from the inside out, surrounding Madara. Even if Tobi took Madara and escaped underground, it would be too late.

An explosion of this scale can lift a layer of the nearby ground.

The violent impact swept outwards, threatening to pulverize Madara. The scale of the explosion was even felt by people many kilometers away, who showed expressions of surprise and uncertainty, wondering what kind of powerful ninja was fighting.

But when the aftershocks of the explosion dissipated, a deep crater was blasted into the ground, yet Madara, along with White Zetsu and Tobi, were completely unharmed.

Kaede Tsukasa remained expressionless, continuing to summon zombies and relentlessly attack Madara, determined not to give him a chance to catch his breath.

Faced with the new zombie army, Madara closed his single eye, and the moment he opened it again, the three tomoe spun rapidly.

Immediately afterwards, an unusually cold chakra surged from his body, and translucent ribs appeared, enveloping Madara, White Zetsu, and Tobi. In an instant, skeletal arms grew out, wielding ten-meter-long katana and slashing horizontally!

The rainwater on the earth floated up again, splitting into two parts, which then solidified.

The terrifying chakra erupted like a volcano, carrying the momentum to tear the sky apart. With a single strike, the katana, along with the slashing energy, cleaved dozens of zombies in two.

In just a moment, a large number of zombies were dismembered. Many of the zombies were already decaying, and under this terrifying impact, their flesh and blood splattered like raindrops, and their bodies fell piece by piece.

The blade that tore everything apart was pointed directly at Kaedeji Tsukasa himself.

Kaede Tsukasa simply formed a hand seal and activated the Void Realm Technique, instantly disappearing from the scene and swapping positions with a zombie whose hand had been severed the first but which was still intact and capable of forming hand seals with one hand.

The zombie was essentially stabbed twice and was instantly shattered into pieces.

With a single move, without any hand seals, he simply opened his eyes and cleared the area.

The terrifying chakra slowly disappeared, and the translucent ribs, arms, and katana also slowly dissipated. Madara was still Madara, maintaining the same movements, looking slow and deliberate.

"If I'm not mistaken, could this be the legendary... Susanoo? You really surprise me. You can use a technique like Susanoo with just a three-tomoe Sharingan? Then your identity is very suspicious. As far as I know, only one person has this kind of eye power, but that person should have been dead for a long time."

Kaede Tsukasa even clapped, marveling at the opponent's brief but astonishing performance.

(End of this chapter)