"Kamui!"
Before the bald elder could react, he suddenly felt a powerful force pulling at him.
He immediately activated his intangibility, yet found he still couldn't resist the pulling force. The next moment, he felt himself being dragged into some unknown place!
Soon, both the bald elder and Uchiha Obito's figures vanished simultaneously.
Witnessing this, the members of the Ninja Association weren't particularly fazed, as most of them had seen Uchiha Obito use Kamui before.
However, everyone else present was astonished.
Especially on the Marine side, when Sengoku saw the bald elder disappear, his eyes widened, his heart growing even more tense and uneasy.
At the same time, the other two elders, Golden Beard and Handlebar Mustache, also noticed the situation, revealing looks of surprise.
It had to be said, as the ruling powers of the World Government, the strength of the Five Elders was undeniable.
Previously, even with the Susanoo and his Rinnegan, Madara Uchiha, without having activated his Six Paths Mode, had been unable to defeat Handlebar Mustache.
The abilities Handlebar Mustache had displayed so far allowed him to control four different elemental powers: wind, lightning, water, and fire. The combination of these powers produced a fearsome and unpredictable counterforce.
Furthermore, he possessed top-tier Armament Haki, granting him formidable defense and attack power, which had caused significant trouble for Madara Uchiha.
If not for his Edo Tensei state, Madara might have actually been injured by now.
One could say this was the strongest enemy Madara had faced since arriving in this world!
The situation on Hashirama Senju's side was similar. Even using Wood Human Technique in Sage Mode, he was likewise unable to defeat Golden Beard.
Golden Beard, in particular, possessed top-tier Observation Haki, allowing him to evade attacks preemptively. Combined with his unique Devil Fruit ability related to mental attacks, he made it difficult for Hashirama to defend effectively.
Now, seeing that his opponent was momentarily distracted by the bald elder's sudden disappearance, Madara Uchiha snorted coldly. "Hmph, daring to lose focus while fighting me? It seems you have a death wish!"
As his words fell, a surge of immense power began to emanate from him, and he directly entered Six Paths Mode!
The reason was simple: since Obito had drawn the bald elder into the Kamui dimension, the outcome of that fight probably wouldn't take long. As a founding figure of the Uchiha clan, how could he let a junior like Obito steal the spotlight?
Thus, Madara decided to go all out, unwilling to drag the fight with Handlebar Mustache any longer.
After all, he'd had his fun already!
"Limbo: Border Jail!"
He immediately activated a unique ability of his Rinnegan, splitting off four shadowy duplicates of himself around his body.
However, these four shadows were invisible unless one possessed the Rinnegan or had activated Six Paths Mode to perceive them.
In this world, unless one had top-tier Observation Haki, it was impossible to sense their presence.
Coincidentally, while Handlebar Mustache possessed Observation Haki, it wasn't top-tier!
Therefore—
Shoop!
He didn't even have time to mobilize his Armament Haki before suddenly feeling four sharp weapons pierce his body from all sides, causing excruciating pain!
Pfft!
He spat out a mouthful of blood, but to his horror, he found there was absolutely nothing around him.
"What... what did you do?!" Handlebar Mustache gasped in shock and fury, his voice heavy with pain as he demanded an answer from Madara.
He specialized in long-range attacks and had maintained his distance from Madara throughout the fight. How could he have known Madara possessed such a bizarre technique?
Madara Uchiha smirked mockingly, suddenly mimicking Lin Xuan's infuriating tone, "Care to take a guess?"
Before his words fully faded, the four shadows launched another fierce assault!
This time, Handlebar Mustache was prepared, immediately activating his Armament Haki to defend his entire body!
BOOM!
A loud explosion echoed as Madara's four shadows were momentarily halted.
The attack was blocked!
"Top-tier Armament Haki is indeed impressive!" Madara praised, but then followed with a cold laugh. "Unfortunately, you still underestimate my methods!"
"What?!"
Handlebar Mustache's face changed drastically. He spun around to see several Truth-Seeking Orbs hovering behind him, having appeared without his notice.
The moment he realized it—
BOOM!
The Truth-Seeking Orbs detonated instantly, the terrifying explosive energy swallowing him whole!
On the other side, seeing Madara enter Six Paths Mode, Hashirama Senju also activated his own Six Paths Mode.
As he entered this state, his power surged dramatically, shifting the balance of his battle as well.
"Your abilities lie mainly in perception and mental attacks. They're somewhat different from my old rival Madara's," Hashirama said to Golden Beard, sounding almost apologetic. "But unfortunately for you, once I activate Six Paths Mode, such abilities become completely ineffective against me!"
Naturally, Golden Beard didn't believe him.
After all, his mental attacks had significantly affected Hashirama earlier. If not for Hashirama's bizarre, unkillable Edo Tensei body, he might have already defeated him.
"Hmm... It seems you don't believe me?"
Hashirama read his thoughts and then unexpectedly said, "Then why don't you try? I'll stand right here and let you attack me!"
Golden Beard was taken aback, then fury flashed across his face: This Hashirama Senju was looking down on him!
So, he actually launched a direct mental attack against Hashirama.
The result? His previously foolproof mental attack genuinely failed this time!
Seeing Golden Beard's stunned expression, Hashirama couldn't help but laugh. "My apologies. This Sage Body naturally has strong resistance to genjutsu-like effects. Once I activate Six Paths Mode, the power of Yin and Yang can directly block soul and mental-based attacks. So, you truly cannot harm me with that anymore."
Golden Beard suddenly felt the pressure intensify immensely.
However, he wasn't completely cowed. He just sneered and said, "So what if my attacks are ineffective? With my top-tier Observation Haki, your attacks are equally useless against me!"
"Ah, seems that's true!"
Hashirama rubbed his chin thoughtfully for a moment, then suddenly had an idea. "But what about this?"
The next instant, he formed hand signs, and five Wood Clones emerged from his body, each identical to him in appearance and aura!
"Six Paths — Wood Style: Wood Clones!"
Immediately, Golden Beard was utterly dumbfounded.
He discovered that his top-tier Observation Haki couldn't distinguish which of the six identical Hashirama Senjus was the real one!
This was bad. Terrible!
Even worse, Hashirama wasn't finished. His six figures swiftly surrounded Golden Beard, and then—
"Six Paths — Wood Style: Sage Art — True Several Thousand Hands!"
Six colossal, thousand-armed buddhas materialized before Golden Beard, so immense they nearly scared him into fainting on the spot!
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