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Chapter 263 Heavenly Obstacle Star

"Uchiha Madara?"

The moment the voice appeared, Hozuki Shingetsu remembered who the owner of the voice was.

Logically speaking, Madara Uchiha shouldn't be here at this time. However, after finding Obito Uchiha as a perfect tool and finishing all his arrangements for his own death, Madara Uchiha, who originally wanted to sit and wait for death, suddenly thought of the great defeat in the Land of Rain several years ago.

This was the first time in his life that he had been defeated by someone other than Hashirama Senju.

Although there are many reasons, such as the body he was using at the time was not his, he did not get his Rinnegan back, and it was not his prime, etc.

However, none of this was enough for the proud Uchiha Madara to accept his defeat. Therefore, in the final moments of his life, Uchiha Madara suddenly could not suppress his desire to fight Hozuki Shingetsu one last time.

After settling everything and recovering to his prime strength in a short time with the blessing of the divine tree, he left the underground of the Grass Country in his true form for the first time in decades.

Upon arriving at the Konoha battlefield, Madara Uchiha witnessed Nagato Uzumaki's defeat and the impending having his eyes gouged out by Shingetsu Hozuki.

He naturally couldn't bear to watch the Rinnegan, a key item related to the "Eye of the Moon" plan, fall into Hozuki Shingetsu's hands, so he disregarded whether or not to reveal his identity and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

Hearing the faint echo of the words in his ear, Hozuki Shingetsu's expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't heard the words at all. He continued to reach out, trying to pry out the Rinnegan from Nagato's eye socket.

Seeing this, Madara Uchiha's face darkened. He immediately unleashed his Divine Tree Chakra, his arm veins bulging, and grabbed Madara's arm tightly, trying to stop him.

Unfortunately, Hozuki Shingetsu had already activated all of his amplification states at this time. Not only were his usual Water and Lightning Release chakra modes activated, but he had also activated Sage Mode and Tailed Beast Transformation Mode.

With such a terrifying increase in power, even Madara Uchiha, who relied on the God Tree's chakra to recover his strength to that of his prime in a short period of time, was unable to stop Shingetsu Hozuki's actions for the time being.

He could only watch helplessly as Hozuki Shingetsu's arm, despite his obstruction, approached Nagato's eyes centimeter by centimeter.

Looking at the scene before him, Madara Uchiha could no longer accept the possibility that the Rinnegan had been taken away by him, so he secretly activated the sealing technique that he had placed on Nagato Uzumaki years ago.

In an instant, a huge black sealing rune array appeared within a few meters of Nagato Uzumaki, transforming into chains that firmly locked Hozuki Shingetsu and Nagato Uzumaki within the area.

Although with Hozuki Shingetsu's current strength, this level of sealing wouldn't last him long, this delay allowed Uchiha Madara to successfully obtain the Rinnegan.

"Hmm... this feeling... it's been so long!"

Thanks to the "hot-swappable" nature of the ninja eyes, after inserting the Rinnegan into his eye sockets, Madara Uchiha successfully transplanted the Rinnegan in just a few seconds, accompanied by a stream of blood and tears.

At this point, Hozuki Shingetsu had already broken free of his restraints, but it was too late. He could only watch helplessly as the Rinnegan fell into the hands of its original owner, Uchiha Madara.

Looking at Hozuki Shingetsu, who had broken free of his shackles not far away, Uchiha Madara lightly raised his right hand, his palm forming a tiger's mouth shape, aiming at Hozuki Shingetsu.

"Universal Guidance!"

hum!

The overwhelming gravity reappeared, and thanks to its original characteristics and the quality of the Divine Tree Chakra, Madara Uchiha's "Universal Pull" exhibited a gravity far greater than that of Nagato Uzumaki.

Even so, it was still no match for Hozuki Shingetsu, who was firing at full power.

However, Hozuki Shingetsu did not resist. Instead, she followed the gravitational pull and arrived in front of Uchiha Madara at a ghostly speed. She lowered her body and struck him hard in the chest.

"Shinra Tensei!"

"Universal Guidance!"

Just as Hozuki Shingetsu's fist was about to reach Uchiha Madara's heart, two powerful forces suddenly appeared, one inside and one outside, causing him to pause in surprise.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

Taking this opportunity, Madara Uchiha clapped his hands together and shouted.

A ball of intensely burning, high-pressure flame erupted from Madara Uchiha's mouth, striking Hozuki Shingetsu at close range. The flame clashed violently with the water-mine armor covering his body, producing a series of buzzing sounds.

Judging from the current situation, it would only take a few more seconds for Hozuki Shingetsu's surface defenses to be breached by Uchiha Madara. However, Hozuki Shingetsu had regained control of his body and leaped away from Uchiha Madara.

"This Rinnegan is indeed different in the hands of its original owner!"

Hozuki Shingetsu sensed the force of the gravitational and repulsive forces just now and sighed inwardly.

Don't be fooled by Hozuki Shingetsu's apparent disadvantage in the previous battle; it was simply because he hadn't yet adapted to the Rinnegan's power in Madara Uchiha's hands.

Moreover, he knew that Madara Uchiha's age and physical condition were vastly different from the strength he was displaying at the time. Therefore, as long as he could withstand Madara's first few rounds of attacks, Madara Uchiha would be defeated.

Therefore, Hozuki Shingetsu's current focus is more on preventing Uchiha Madara from resorting to desperate measures and destroying the Rinnegan before his death.

If Hozuki Shingetsu could figure it out, Uchiha Madara naturally could too.

Although the power of the divine tree restored him to his prime, it only lasted for a short hour.

An hour later, his body would be unable to withstand the enormous pressure and would collapse.

After deducting the time spent traveling and other trivial matters, he now only has twenty minutes left.

He had to find a way to deal with Hozuki Shingetsu within those twenty minutes, so he simply clapped his hands together again and began to summon the meteorite.

Snapped!

"The Heavenly Obstruction Star!"

Meanwhile, on the other main battlefield, the Konoha ninjas were locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle with the allied forces of the Four Ninja Villages.

With Konoha as the center, battle zones of all sizes were spread out within a radius of several kilometers.

Various ninjutsu, explosive tags, and ninja tools emerged one after another. Ninjutsu symbols such as electricity, fire, rocks, and water could be seen everywhere on the battlefield, and there were craters everywhere created by ninjutsu bombardment and the explosion of explosive tags.

It was at this moment that all the ninjas present, including powerful ninjas such as Onoki, Danzo Shimura, the Sannin, and the Fourth Raikage, felt a heavy pressure weighing on their hearts.

The feeling was inexplicable, as if a huge object was about to press down on my head, bringing an unbearable disaster to my life.

Thus, harboring this thought, some ninjas couldn't help but feel a nameless panic and began to look around, trying to find the source of their unease.

"Huh? Yamahiko, what are you looking at?"

A Cloud Ninja had just defeated his opponent and was about to catch his breath when he saw his comrade standing next to him, looking up at the sky with his mouth wide open in disbelief, not responding to his question at all.

Seeing that the other party did not respond, Yunren, out of curiosity, also looked up at the sky like him, while complaining about his comrade-in-arms.

"...Honestly, why are you being so mysterious on the battlefield? Instead of hurry up and kill more enemies, you're just standing here staring at the sky. What could possibly be up there? Are you expecting a meteorite to fall from the sky...?"

Upon seeing the enormous sphere that suddenly appeared overhead, obscuring half the sky, the Cloud Ninja stopped speaking abruptly.

"...What is that?!"

At this very moment, the meteorite, which was getting closer and closer to the ground, was also attracting more and more people's attention.

The people who were fighting on this vast battlefield were all shocked by this earth-shattering scene.

Now is not the time for fighting. Judging from the size of this meteorite and its landing point, once a meteorite of this size hits the ground, it will not distinguish between friend and foe. At least 60% or 70% of the ninja army present would be wiped out.

Under the pressure of life and death, everyone involuntarily stopped what they were doing, looked up at the sky, and wondered if a miracle would happen.

"Who caused this? Hozuki Shingetsu? Or that Rinnegan?"

As the meteorite drew closer, even Onoki, Shimura Danzo, and the others stopped what they were doing and looked up at the enormous meteorite that seemed so close.

As Danzo Shimura looked at the meteorite in the sky, his fear of Shingetsu Hozuki and Nagato Uzumaki deepened once again.

Faced with this devastating power, he suddenly felt that the Wood Release + Mangekyou Sharingan he had painstakingly obtained was a joke.

"...No, we can't let this meteorite continue!"

When Onoki saw that the entire area within his field of vision was the range of the meteorite, he knew that he could not wait any longer.

If this meteorite were to fall, Konoha would certainly suffer heavy losses, but the Allied Shinobi Forces, which outnumbers Konoha by a great deal, would suffer losses several times greater than those of Konoha.

Don't be fooled by the current favorable situation. Once the meteorite falls and all the low- and mid-level ninjas are wiped out, it's hard to say what the situation will be like.

Furthermore, it is currently unknown where this ninja came from. If it was summoned by Hozuki Shingetsu, that would be fine, but if it was summoned by a Konoha ninja, Onoki cannot even imagine how strong that person must be to be able to summon such a meteorite.

Besides, the ninjas of Iwagakure are known for their quantity rather than quality. Faced with such an overwhelming attack, they are foreseeably the most severely depleted force. Therefore, both for the public good and for personal reasons, Onoki would not allow the meteorite to fall.

"Earth Release: Super - Weighted Rock Technique..."

However, just as he was about to take action, he suddenly saw a giant slug, tens of meters tall, suddenly appear on the ground and fire a huge beam of blood-red energy at the approaching meteorite.

To be honest, the quality of the meteorite summoned by this eye of rebirth is really good.

The moment this highly compressed energy beam touched the meteorite, instead of an explosion, the meteorite immediately stopped falling and even showed a faint tendency to rise under the impetus of the energy beam.

Madara Uchiha did not panic when he saw this situation, and immediately put his hands together again.

boom!

Just as the meteorite, under the influence of the blood-red beam of light, showed a faint tendency to rise in the opposite direction, the clouds parted, and a meteorite, no less large than the previous one, streaked across the sky and crashed heavily into the first meteorite.

No, it wasn't just one meteorite that reappeared, but two!

Under this immense pressure, the meteorite, which had been trending upwards, crashed down a considerable distance. The previously dominant crimson energy beam was suddenly and forcefully suppressed, and even the giant tailed beast standing on the ground was forced to lower its body under this immense pressure, its feet sinking deep into the earth.

Three meteorites, arranged in a star-shaped alignment, stood in a stalemate with the blood-red energy beam.

Immediately afterwards, everyone present saw a blood-red lotus flower suddenly light up between the giant tailed beast's eyebrows. Then, the slug's body suddenly lifted up, and the giant beam of light that spewed from its mouth expanded again, directly piercing through three meteorites that were suspended in the air and smashing them into fragments in mid-air.

At the very moment the three meteorites were shattered, Madara Uchiha's expression changed drastically, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

As he coughed up blood, several wrinkles appeared at the corners of Madara Uchiha's eyes.

"Is there not enough time... Damn it, both times we met, I couldn't do my best because of various reasons..."

Madara Uchiha looked at the giant slug standing on the ground, its massive head looking down at him, and pondered how to deal with it.

A blood-red figure appeared from afar, then transformed into a giant fox-tailed beast in mid-air, kicking the slug to the ground.

Immediately afterward, it rushed forward, firmly suppressing the slug below. Its nine fox tails lashed out incessantly, and at the same time, a black light appeared in its mouth as it aimed a Tailed Beast Ball at the slug's head.

Seeing this scene, Hozuki Shingetsu immediately canceled his tailed beast transformation and gradually shrunk back to his normal size.

Seeing this, the fox-tailed beast also immediately canceled its tailed beast transformation and revealed its true form.

It was none other than Michiko Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha.

"Diamond Lockdown!"

Just as both sides reverted to their original forms, Michiko Uzumaki disregarded everything and unleashed several golden chains from her chest and abdomen, heading straight for Hozuki Shingetsu's blockade.

With Hozuki Shingetsu's speed, it was impossible for him to be bound by these chains. But just as he was about to dodge, he suddenly felt several invisible people pressing down on him from all sides, making him unable to move.

At the same time, Madara Uchiha's voice finally arrived.

"Limbo: Border Prison!"

Splash!

In this situation, Michiko Uzumaki's Vajra Chains naturally locked onto Hozuki Shingetsu's vital points, binding him tightly.

Even with Hozuki Shingetsu's power, the four clones of Limbo: Border Jail, along with the Vajra Chains, were unable to break free for a time.

Seeing Hozuki Shingetsu tightly bound, a fleeting look of longing flashed across Michiko Uzumaki's eyes. Then, with a resolute gaze, she looked at Hozuki Shingetsu without any of the usual villainous chatter or opening remarks. She quickly formed hand seals and unleashed her ultimate attack.

"Sealing Technique: Corpse Demon Sealing!"

(End of this chapter)