A massive gathering of chakra soon manifested into a gigantic horse-like creature.
Black Zetsu, while thrilled, didn't forget to have White Zetsu keep watch around the area. The closer to the climax, the more crucial it was not to abandon vigilance.
Several hours later, the powerful chakra finally finished gathering, forming a colossal creature that was a combination of a horse and a dolphin, appearing before Uchiha Madara.
The Five-tailed Kokuo, one of the two remaining Tailed Beasts in the Gedo Statue.
"Finally, I've been waiting for you, the last Tailed Beast!"
Seeing the Five-tails, Uchiha Madara's mood improved significantly. He spread his arms and immediately performed Sealing, then pressed down on the ground: "Summoning Jutsu: Gedo Statue!"
Bang!
The massive Gedo Statue was summoned by Uchiha Madara, and on its head, seven eyes were already open.
The Five-tails was utterly shocked upon seeing the Gedo Statue, especially since it currently housed seven sealed Tailed Beasts.
Without any hesitation, the Five-tails turned to flee. It wasn't a brainless fool; with so many Tailed Beasts sealed within the Gedo Statue, it stood no chance against this opponent.
"Don't even think about running!"
Uchiha Madara's eyes suddenly transformed into the Rinnegan, and in an instant, he used the Dojutsu: Limbo. An invisible Limbo Clone swiftly approached the Five-tails and delivered an unseen blow, knocking Kokuo heavily to the ground.
The Limbo Clone was unbeatable against anything below the Six Paths Level, undetectable and unblockable.
After knocking down the Five-tails, Uchiha Madara made a hand seal, and the Gedo Statue began to change.
The Gedo Statue's mouth slowly opened, and then quickly spat out a purple Chakra Chain Lock, wrapping around the neck of the Five-tails.
Once a Tailed Beast was entangled by this purple Chakra Chain Lock, it could never break free. This was a restraint from their origin, and no matter how long they had been separated, these Tailed Beasts could not resist the control of the Ten-tails.
"Return, Tailed Beast!"
With a cold laugh, Uchiha Madara exerted a bit of force, and the Five-tails was involuntarily dragged by the purple Chakra Chain Lock towards the Gedo Statue. Within seconds, the entire Tailed Beast was pulled into the Gedo Statue's mouth.
"Now only the Nine-tails is left..."
"The Nine-tails is here, Lord Madara!"
Black Zetsu eagerly had the White Zetsu Clone emerge from the ground, then threw out the sealed Kinkaku and Ginkaku's Reanimation Body from within the White Zetsu Clone. It contained a significant amount of Nine-tailed Chakra, enough for the resurrection of the Ten-tails.
Uchiha Madara didn't act immediately. Instead, he frowned slightly and said, "Using this Nine-tailed Chakra, I feel it's somewhat imperfect..."
If possible, he still wanted to use the entire Tailed Beast Chakra, rather than just a part of it.
However, upon hearing this, Black Zetsu was almost driven to curse, urgently thinking it over before advising, "Lord Madara, it's wise to become the Ten-tailed Jinchuriki first. Otherwise, if the enemy we encountered last time somehow seizes the Ten-tails, that would be disastrous..."
"You must remember, he also has the Rinnegan..."
After hearing Black Zetsu's words, Uchiha Madara somewhat agreed, suppressing his perfectionist tendencies as he said, "Fine, I'll become the Ten-tailed Jinchuriki first, then I'll go to the Konoha Village to gather the Nine-tails and Two-tails, Seal!"
He performed Sealing to control it, and the Gedo Statue once again opened its mouth, extending two purple Chakra Chain Locks. After binding Kinkaku and Ginkaku, he directly extracted the Nine-tails' Chakra from their bodies.
However, this was too little, totaling roughly just a quarter of the Nine-tails' Chakra.
"This will have to suffice. It seems the Ten-tails will require some time to transform."
After witnessing the Gedo Statue devour the Nine-tails' Chakra, which then began to transform, Uchiha Madara stood aside, waiting to seal the Ten-tails within himself once it had fully transformed.
At this moment, White Zetsu spoke, "Lord Madara, although some of the Hidden Cloud and Hidden Rock Ninjas have retreated, there are still some monitoring the area nearby..."
"Ignore them; whatever they do now is meaningless."
Uchiha Madara cared not what Onoki was planning, as regardless of their efforts, their fate would soon be the same.
Black Zetsu also felt indifferent towards Onoki's group, for all it anticipated was the resurrection of its mother.
Meanwhile...
Those in Hidden Cloud and Hidden Rock, after five assaults by Uchiha Madara's Complete Form of Susanoo, had lost even the desire to flee. It was only thanks to Onoki barely maintaining consciousness and organizing a rescue that they began organizing their ninja village for evacuation.
"Raikage, my boy, I underestimated Uchiha Madara's strength this time. It's likely he has already acquired the Five-tails... With just our two ninja villages alone, we can no longer stop Uchiha Madara."
Onoki spoke to the Fourth Generation Raikage while receiving treatment. The Raikage's injuries were no less severe, with one leg missing.
"I'll stay here. You take the remaining ninjas and retreat. Although Uchiha Madara probably won't pursue us, if he does, I will use my final Dust Release to hold him off!"
Moved, the Fourth Generation Raikage responded, "Onoki, you..."
"I'll recover some chakra. Staying behind is the best choice; Kitsuchi, once you're back, you'll be the Fourth Generation Tsuchikage. And Raikage, my boy, once you're back, you should first form an alliance, then join forces with the Konoha Ninja Village to deal with Uchiha Madara. He's captured the Five-tails already..."
Onoki, as though handing over responsibility, explained everything that needed to be done, then slowly stood up.