Naruto: Forced to activate Infinite Tsukuyomi in order to return home

"What?!"

Upon hearing Madara Uchiha's words, Fugaku's pupils constricted sharply, his face filled with disbelief and confusion.

But just as he was about to ask a question, a sharp pain suddenly struck him, piercing his eyes!

Fugaku gripped the Kusanagi sword tightly with both hands. The sword emitted a deep yet powerful hum as he suddenly increased his strength, as if it were trembling with his pain.

His eyes felt as if they were being burned by raging fire, the pain as unbearable as if being cut by a knife.

But this sudden pain was like a fire, igniting the fighting spirit and indomitable will deep within him.

He clenched his teeth, his lips turning white from the effort.

"Ban, what exactly did you do to me?!"

Fugaku endured the stinging pain in his eyes with all his might, his eyes wide with rage as he stared intently at Uchiha Madara in front of him, his voice hoarse with anger and pain.

His vision had become blurred by the intense stinging sensation, and everything in front of him began to appear unreal, as if he were about to be plunged into darkness at any moment!

"Me?" Madara Uchiha raised an eyebrow slightly, a cold smile playing on his lips. "I didn't do anything..."

"You were just overestimating yourself. Did you think that with the power of spacetime, you could use the Perfect Susanoo without restraint? How naive..."

As he spoke, Madara Uchiha's robes fluttered in the howling wind, and the Rinnegan in his scarlet pupils slowly rotated, exuding a chilling aura.

He looked down at Fugaku, who was kneeling on the ground, struggling in pain, and a cruel smile curled at the corner of his mouth:

"It seems you still don't understand that the [Power of Time and Space] has never been a gift from heaven."

Fugaku dug his fingers deep into the ground, his knuckles turning white from the effort, and bright red blood slowly seeped from under his fingernails, dripping onto the soil.

"Ugh!!"

Another unbearable pain suddenly burst from his eyeballs. Fugaku's right eye twitched violently, and then a stream of black blood gushed out of his eye socket, a truly shocking sight.

In Fugaku's blurred vision, Madara Uchiha's figure suddenly and strangely split into three, each of them rapidly forming hand seals with different gestures, their movements swift and powerful.

The ribs of the crimson Susanoo giant emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound, as if it might collapse at any moment. On the surface of its massive armor, spacetime vortexes appeared and disappeared, like distorted illusions.

Just then, Madara Uchiha suddenly disappeared from his spot and reappeared ten steps away.

He slammed his scepter on the ground with a loud bang.

Immediately afterwards, the ground seemed to be lifted up by an invisible force, and countless sharp earth spikes instantly rose up. One of them, like a sharp arrow, pierced through the knee of the Susanoo giant, bringing with it a spray of flying gravel and dust.

"Every time you use the power of spacetime, your chakra pathways will twist by one inch."

Madara Uchiha said coldly, with a hint of mockery in his tone.

"Guess what interesting and terrifying things will happen when your meridians are completely knotted up... Haha."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fugaku's left hand suddenly began to twitch violently and uncontrollably, and the [Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi] he was gripping also emitted a sharp whistling sound, as if it were also wailing for his pain.

Fugaku suddenly looked up, his eyes blazing, and saw that Madara Uchiha's right little finger was bent in a strange way, forming the Tiger Hand Seal—the starting stance of the Uchiha Flowing Fire Release!

"[Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation]!"

Madara Uchiha roared, and instantly, towering flames, like a raging dragon, surged toward Fugaku.

At that critical moment of life and death, Fugaku's Mangekyou Sharingan pattern suddenly began to rotate counterclockwise at an astonishing speed, as if trying to find a glimmer of hope in this desperate situation.

The figure that should have been engulfed by flames suddenly appeared behind Madara, and the [Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi] slashed down with a dark light from a spacetime rift.

"It's truly hideous..."

Madara Uchiha's lips curled into a cold smile. His body, under the almost abnormal regenerative ability of the Six Paths Power, had reached an unprecedented peak!

In contrast, Fugaku in front of him was suffering from a severe backlash from his eye power due to overuse of the Perfect Susanoo. He was extremely weak and looked as if a gust of wind could blow him over.

Even the [Kusanagi Sword] he held tightly in his hand had lost its former sharpness and power, becoming dull and lifeless.

Madara Uchiha simply shifted his body slightly, dodging Fugaku's all-out sword strike as easily as a feather.

Immediately afterward, he flashed to the side and kicked out with a whistling sound, aiming straight for Fugaku's chest! The kick was so powerful that it seemed to pierce through Fugaku's entire body.

Fugaku felt an irresistible force coming from his legs, and his whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing hard into the distant mountain wall, scattering rocks everywhere.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and his chest heaved violently, clearly indicating that the blow had caused him considerable damage.

"Cough...cough..."

Fugaku lay on the ground, panting heavily. The stinging in his eyes had not lessened; instead, it had intensified.

His vision was already blurred, and he could only vaguely see the figure of Madara Uchiha slowly walking towards him.

"You...you think you can defeat me like this?"

Fugaku gritted his teeth and tried to stand up again, but his legs felt as heavy as lead.

Madara Uchiha stopped a short distance in front of Fugaku, a contemptuous smile on his lips.

"Defeat you? That's a piece of cake for me..."

"I'm just enjoying the process, watching you, who was once so high and mighty, gradually fall from your pedestal."

Fugaku's eyes suddenly blazed with a fierce light, his last remaining stubbornness and defiance.

"Ban, you're wrong..."

"No matter the outcome, I will not give up the fight..."

"As long as I have a breath left, I will never let you succeed!"

Madara Uchiha's smile gradually faded, and his eyes became cold and deep.

"What a tenacious fellow..."

"However, this suits me just the way I want. Only an opponent like this is worth my all-out effort."

As he spoke, Madara Uchiha rapidly formed hand seals, and a massive surge of chakra coursed around him, making even the air feel heavy.

"Then let me see how long you can hold out!"

Madara Uchiha roared and vanished from his spot in an instant. When he reappeared, he was already above Fugaku's head. A huge black hand descended from the sky with a world-destroying force, directly striking Fugaku.

Just then, a golden shield containing the power of time and space firmly protected Fugaku!

The giant black hand slammed down on the shield. The two collided, unleashing a deafening roar. Under the immense pressure of the black hand, the surface of the golden shield rippled, as if it were about to shatter at any moment.

Cheng Yun's face showed anger, and she finally couldn't help but use [Stop the War] to protect Fu Yue.

Madara Uchiha watched this scene unfold, a cold, mocking smile creeping onto his lips.

"Hmph, it's nothing but a death throes... You think you can withstand my attack with your meager strength? What wishful thinking."

"The power of the Six Paths—that is a supreme existence, surpassing all things!"

His words were filled with an undeniable air of dominance.

As he spoke, Madara Uchiha exerted force with both hands again, and the power on his black giant hands instantly increased, as if he wanted to crush everything into dust.

Under this immense pressure, the golden shield that Cheng Yun had set up made a "crackling" sound, and cracks spread rapidly like a spider web.

"Hold on!"

Cheng Yun gritted her teeth, her face as pale as paper. She tried her best to strengthen the defense of [Zhi Ge], and the veins in her hands bulged from the excessive force.

Unfortunately, Madara Uchiha's Six Paths Power was far too powerful for her to withstand.

Finally, the golden shield shattered with a deafening roar, turning into specks of light that dissipated into the air.

Fugaku felt a powerful force throw him away, his body tumbling through the air like a kite with a broken string.

He fell heavily to the ground, dust flying everywhere, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

He is completely blind and can only rely on his hearing and sense of perception to judge his surroundings.

Madara Uchiha slowly walked up to Fugaku and looked down at him:

"So? Anything else you want to say?"

"Now…."

The roles of offense and defense have shifted!