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With the corner of his eye, Kizaru caught a glimpse of the sea being cleaved open, a bottomless trench stretching far and deep. His pupils shrank as he was shocked by the terrifying power of the enemy before him.
In the next instant, his figure twisted and transformed into light. In a blink, he appeared in front of the Susanoo, and his right leg lashed out viciously.
"Bang!"
The Susanoo, shimmering with blue energy waves, had its eyes shine even brighter and its expression turn more ferocious. Ripples appeared in the area where Kizaru's kick landed, and visible cracks began to form.
"Whoosh!"
A fierce wind blasted toward his face, and Kizaru's eye twitched as he saw the massive longsword tearing through the air, slashing toward him.
In that split second, he crossed his arms in front of him.
"Boom!"
In an instant, Kizaru's body was sent flying backward. That longsword, brimming with immense energy, had actually managed to knock his elementalized body away.
"A pure energy-based attack?"
Kizaru was shaken inside. Though he hadn't suffered any real injuries, being made of energy himself, the force of impact had indeed struck him. As two forms of energy collided, they canceled each other out in essence, but could still interact. It couldn't cause him substantial harm.
Since he had become fully elemental, essentially light itself, unless it was Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), it was fundamentally impossible to hurt him.
Unless, just like before, this opponent could once again capture that fleeting moment between his elemental and physical states.
"Fully transformed into a mass of energy… this element is light!"
With arms crossed, Madara narrowed his eyes.
As the battle progressed, he gradually gained more understanding of this world's power system. This power structure was completely different from the Naruto World's Ninjutsu, appearing more mystical and elusive.
When it came to dealing with elementalization, Madara had yet to find an effective countermeasure. For now, he could only use the clumsy method of targeting that split second when his opponent reverted to a physical state.
"In that case… let's try this!"
Suddenly, his form surged upward. The massive Susanoo let out a roar, and its four long swords slashed fiercely at Kizaru.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Kizaru turned into golden light, warping and refracting as he rapidly dodged under the onslaught of four massive blades.
At the same time, he closed in swiftly toward Madara's real body beneath the towering energy avatar. If he could just land a hit on the true body, he believed this enormous energy armor would vanish on its own.
However, just as he weaved through the blades and reached Madara, locking eyes with him, Kizaru's entire body suddenly froze.
"Tsukuyomi!"
Madara's lips parted, and he coldly uttered two words.
"Buzz!"
In the middle of his high-speed charge, Kizaru's mind instantly shuddered. A gigantic crimson moon filled his consciousness, and immediately after, three spinning Tomoe swirled rapidly, making his head spin and his vision blur.
"Not good!"
At once, Kizaru realized something was terribly wrong.
Sure enough, in the very next moment, Madara, who had been standing with arms crossed and a cold expression the whole time, suddenly leapt into the air.
He threw out a thunderous punch, which a second later smashed precisely into Kizaru's other, previously undamaged cheek.
"Boom!"
A dull thud reverberated as Kizaru, unable to even react, was blasted backward by the overwhelming force. Spiraling through the air, he flew over a kilometer before crashing onto a nearby island, carving a long trench into the ground before finally coming to a stop.
"Cough, Cough!"
His vision was now a mess of colors, everything seemed to blur together. Kizaru felt as if his brain had been smashed to pulp by that punch. He instinctively tried to get up, but to his dismay, found he simply couldn't.
The intense pain instantly told him that the other side of his face had now also caved in. His trademark sunglasses had long since shattered.
Both sides of his face had been struck, almost disfigured!
This made Kizaru furious, yet also filled him with fear. Even without using Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), the opponent's combat intuition and techniques still made his heart tremble.
Staggering, Kizaru dropped to one knee and looked up. For a moment, he couldn't summon the will to continue fighting.
"Who the hell is this guy?!"
He was too powerful! Even though Kizaru was an Admiral, standing before this opponent, he couldn't help but feel small. It had been a long time since he felt this kind of dread.
"Is this the end for you, you sneaky old man?" Madara looked down at him coldly as he spoke.
"Sneaky old… man?" Kizaru repeated the words, only then realizing they were meant for him, and his whole body trembled with rage.
Too much. This is too much!
He tried to stand up to attack again, but dizziness overcame him, and he froze once more.
"Devil Fruits are fascinating… but after fighting you people, I've gradually figured out the trick to dealing with you."
"One, I can raise you to become moons in the sky."
As he spoke, Madara paused slightly, his gaze flickering subtly toward the moon above.
"Two, I can strike in the instant you shift from elemental to physical form, ending it in one blow!"
"It's similar to Space-Time Ninjutsu. But I must say, your Body Techniques (Taijutsu)… are still lacking compared to ours!"
Madara's words made Kizaru's heart tremble. He sharply picked up on something odd in what had just been said.
"Our world?!"
"What does he mean by that?"
"It seems… I don't even need that boy to act. I alone can conquer this world and complete my country's mission of domination here!"
Madara's gaze turned icy and proud.
He was a proud man. If he could conquer a world on his own, it would be a source of immense pride for him.
After all, this world was rated as being on par with his own in terms of civilization!
"Bastard, you're way too arrogant!"
Suddenly, a harsh voice barked out.
Madara's eyes shifted at once and saw squads of Marines rushing over. At the front, two figures radiated overwhelming presence, so much so that Madara narrowed his eyes.
"Finally… some stronger ones arrive?"
Sensing the incoming energy, he realized these were indeed formidable foes.
More and more Marines poured in, Vice-Admirals, senior officers, forming a wide circle, surrounding him.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! Vice-Admiral Garp!"
The dazed and battered Kizaru, in a wretched state, finally relaxed upon seeing the two.
"If you'd arrived any later, I wouldn't even know whether I'd live or die…"
Facing Madara, Kizaru truly had no confidence.
"Garp!"
Sengoku strode forward. When his eyes lifted and landed on the moon hanging in the sky, his face darkened.
"Well, this really is… surprising, even for me."
Garp's expression also grew serious. Then, he took a single step forward.
"Buzz!"
Even the void trembled for a moment. Madara's pupils shrank, he saw the old man disappear.
No, he hadn't vanished! He had simply moved so fast that he was now beneath the floating moon.
"Iron Fist!!"
With a loud shout, Garp clenched his right fist and swung it with full force.
"BOOM!!"
The punch slammed into the moon, causing it to shake. Cracks spiderwebbed across its surface.
Three seconds later, with a thunderous crash, the moon shattered, its fragments raining down from the sky.
"This old man…!"
Madara's pupils contracted, his expression turning solemn.
"Uchiha Madara! You'd better give up. Otherwise… The Marines won't hesitate to cut you down right here and now!" Sengoku's tone was grim and cold as he spoke.
(End of Chapter)