Uchiha Madara sensed a trace of dangerous aura, and couldn't help but comment, "You brat, you've grown a lot. Even I would be considerably hurt if I were hit by that move."
As he spoke, Madara leapt backward.
Onoki's Dust Release hit the position Madara had just vacated, disintegrating everything including the land into a cube-shaped deep pit.
Madara suddenly felt that not having the Rinnegan was a bit inconvenient. If he still had the Rinnegan, he wouldn't even need to move just now; simply raising his palm would have been enough to absorb Onoki's ninjutsu.
He couldn't help but glance at Nagato and the others watching from the side.
Nagato and the others saw Madara looking over and thought the leader was summoning them, so they all simultaneously moved toward Madara's location and arrived before him shortly after.
Onoki's face darkened when his Dust Release didn't hit Madara. Just now, Madara had given him the feeling of a single man blocking thousands of troops, and he had forgotten that Madara also had companions.
And among them, one even had the title of demigod, Hanzo of the Salamander, also not someone to be underestimated.
Onoki looked at Hanzo and asked, "Hanzo of the Salamander, are you going to associate with Madara and become enemies with the entire ninja world?"
Hanzo couldn't help but grow angry, "You Great Ninja Villages are so good at putting on high hats. Clearly it was you who invaded my country, and I'm merely resisting and driving out foreign enemies. Yet in your mouth, it turns into me being enemies with the entire ninja world?"
"This time, I was peacefully staying in the Land of Rain and didn't declare any war externally. It was you who took the initiative to attack."
Onoki snorted. He didn't know whether what Hanzo said was true.
He did know, but Madara was too dangerous. If Madara continued to be active in the ninja world, he wouldn't sleep well at night.
So he immediately changed his tune and said, "Hanzo, as long as you help us deal with Madara and eliminate the Akatsuki, we can promise to never infringe upon the Land of Rain again and never cause trouble on your land."
Hanzo looked at Onoki with a look like he was looking at an idiot, "Hey, Onoki, are you senile?"
"Can any of your Great Nations' promises be trusted?"
"Rather than believe you despicable people, Leader Madara is much more trustworthy."
There was one thing Hanzo didn't say aloud. Even if the Great Nations' promise was genuine, did he dare betray Madara?
Didn't you see how powerful Madara was? If he betrayed, he would be the first to die.
Onoki, seeing this, also knew that now with Uchiha Madara backing Hanzo, he was full of confidence and couldn't be persuaded.
He could only snort and say, "Even if you join forces with Madara, we still hold an absolute advantage in numbers."
Hanzo, however, mocked, "Oh? Is that so?"
"Then why don't you just have all your ten thousand subordinates charge together?"
"Let them try going up one by one."
Onoki was instantly choked and speechless.
Did he not want to send them?
He didn't dare.
Didn't you see Madara's ninjutsu earlier, with wide range and powerful effect?
Most of his ten thousand people were average in strength, simply incapable of withstanding that kind of attack.
If they rushed up, would they be grilled by fire or used as fertilizer?
Although Iwagakure had a large population, they couldn't be sacrificed meaninglessly, could they?
Moreover, Hanzo of the Salamander was also famous for his prowess in group battles. If he released his poison, no matter how many people there were, it would be meaningless.
At this moment, the Third Raikage, who had previously been buried by Madara's Wood Release, finally broke free from the tree's bindings, dusty and disheveled, and flashed to Onoki's side.
He clenched his fists and said to Onoki, "Numbers indeed mean nothing to Madara, so let's take action ourselves."
After speaking, A looked toward the two top commanders of the remaining Four Great Ninja Villages who had not yet moved.
Rasa and Orochimaru, seeing this, exchanged glances.
To be honest, they were still hesitating whether to get involved in this muddy water.
But now, it seemed like a matter of mutual survival. If Onoki and A lost, who knew if Madara would slaughter them too?
Thus, they also stepped forward and came to stand beside Onoki and A.
Onoki couldn't help but sigh, "In my lifetime, I've actually witnessed the Four Great Ninja Villages united. Living long really does have its benefits."
Then, he looked toward Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, and Hanzo beside Madara.
"In terms of numbers, we still outnumber you by one. Don't say we're ganging up on you."
Madara frowned slightly and looked somewhat displeased at the Akatsuki members beside him.
He had just glanced at Nagato, reminiscing about the Rinnegan, and didn't mean for them to come over.
They had simply misunderstood.
Madara said indifferently, "You all back off. I'll handle it alone, so they can't say we're bullying them with numbers."
The Akatsuki members were stunned, but after spending some time with him, they now understood their leader's personality well.
Madara was absolute in his words and always had to be more domineering than anyone. He really couldn't bear this kind of grievance.
So Konan, Yahiko, and Hanzo nodded and were about to step back and find a good spot to spectate.
But at this time, Nagato came beside Madara and whispered, "Leader Madara, I just noticed that during your battle with the Four Great Villages, two people slipped into the Land of Rain amidst the chaos."
"Among those two, one looked very much like Obito, but his chakra was even colder than Obito's. The other one also had cold-type chakra, probably one of your clan members too."
Madara became interested, "You're saying two Uchiha infiltrated the Land of Rain? And one of them is related to Obito?"
Nagato thought for a moment and said, "That's exactly it."
Madara immediately said, "Then let Obito handle it. He's always so mysterious, I don't even know what tricks he's playing."
After saying that, Madara looked toward Onoki and the others and said calmly, "Now, I have more important matters to attend to…"
Seeing this, Nagato said no more and retreated along with the rest of Akatsuki.
On the battlefield, half of which had been turned into a forest by Madara's Wood Release, an unexpected wind suddenly began to blow.
It made Madara's Akatsuki robe rustle loudly.
A, seeing that in the end it was still Madara alone facing all of them, couldn't help but mock, "Madara, aren't you being overly confident? You should know, even I alone could force out various of your moves. What if we all attack together?"
"Do you intend to do the same as when you fought me, split into three Wood Clones?"
Madara, however, glanced at A, "That's not a bad idea. In that case, let's give it a try."
After speaking, he formed hand seals, and instantly, ten Wood Clones split off around him.
Each four Wood Clones faced off against one of the four village commanders.
Madara said, "Now it's four-on-one. Don't say I'm bullying with numbers."
After speaking, he simply jumped back and stood atop a giant tree he had just created with Wood Release, and said loftily, "Now, let the show begin."
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