Chapter 276: Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals
Facing the two who once again launched attacks at him, Uchiha Madara no longer bothered asking questions. He tilted his head lightly, dodging every strike, then directly unleashed a massive Fire Release jutsu at Killer Bee.
The overwhelming surge of flames instantly swallowed Killer Bee whole.
But just then, his arm was suddenly bound by Kushina's chakra chains.
Madara lowered his gaze to the chains on his arm and sneered. "I already said, this kind of thing can't hurt me in the slightest."
The moment his words fell, he gave his arm the slightest shake, and the chakra chains—strong enough to restrain the Nine Tails—shattered completely.
In the next instant, Madara flickered forward, appearing before Kushina in the blink of an eye.
He seized her by the throat with one hand. The fact that she was a woman—a stunningly beautiful woman at that—didn't stir a shred of mercy in him.
Still, Madara didn't kill her. Two chakra black rods appeared in his hand, and he drove them straight through Kushina's body, cutting her off from using chakra or escaping.
Just as he subdued Kushina, a figure suddenly lunged at him from behind—swift as lightning. With a leap, the attacker slashed down toward Madara's back.
Of course, such an attack had no effect.
Madara's body regenerated at once, and he turned with composure. In a flash, he stepped forward, thrusting a black rod through his assailant's chest before the man could react.
Killer Bee crashed heavily to the ground.
He still tried to struggle, but at that moment more black rods appeared, pinning through his limbs and nailing him firmly to the earth.
In this way, everyone had been subdued.
Madara gazed coldly at the Tailed Beasts and their jinchūriki lying before him, his thoughts drifting to the promise he had made with Hashirama.
"Forgive me, Hashirama… This time, I'll have to go back on my word."
He murmured to himself.
He had once promised Hashirama that he would use his eyes to resurrect these jinchūriki.
But now, Madara had changed his mind.
He didn't want his plan to suffer any more unexpected variables. He wouldn't risk complications.
After restraining the nine Tailed Beasts, he immediately began summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
With a thunderous boom, the earth shook violently.
Then, before their eyes, the colossal statue emerged. Its massive, root-like form was overwhelming, plunging the jinchūriki into despair.
"Damn it, what is he planning to do to us?"
"He actually pulled it off!"
"Naruto… Naruto…"
What weighed most heavily on Kushina's heart was her infant son, Naruto.
Her gaze searched around until it found little Naruto lying beside an injured Konan. Seeing that Naruto was unharmed, she finally let out a breath of relief.
As long as her child lived, the sky could never truly fall.
"Too bad… Mom won't be able to watch you grow up…"
Kushina thought in despair.
At that moment, several sharp "bang, bang" sounds echoed. As ninja, everyone instantly recognized the sound.
They looked up instinctively—and saw Madara splitting off multiple shadow clones.
Counting carefully, including the original, there were nine in total.
"Let's start with the One-Tail."
Madara's gaze fell on Bunpuku.
Already aged and frail, Bunpuku had suffered severe injuries in the battle just now, leaving him on the verge of death.
Madara didn't waste words. With his body and eight shadow clones each taking position, he began to cast the Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals upon Bunpuku, the jinchūriki of Shukaku.
By sealing the Tailed Beasts in order from One-Tail through Nine-Tails into the Demonic Statue, he would completely revive the Ten Tails.
Then, the Ten Tails would drain the world's chakra and condense it into a chakra fruit.
The remaining jinchūriki were powerless to stop him, forced to watch as Madara drew Shukaku's chakra out of Bunpuku's body, endlessly funneling it into the grotesque statue.
They cursed furiously, but Madara remained unmoved.
"Lord Fourth Hokage will never let you get away with this, Madara!"
Killer Bee ground his teeth in fury.
Hearing the mention of Uchiha Dali, Madara finally showed a flicker of response. His cold eyes turned toward Killer Bee.
"I'll admit… that boy's talent is second only to mine in the entire Uchiha clan."
"It's a pity he was too blind to see the truth—refusing to join me in becoming the ultimate."
He spoke calmly, but deep inside, he thought to himself:
"By now, that fellow should still be trapped inside, unable to get out."
After all, Isshiki Ōtsutsuki's power was far too great.
To seal away a person was child's play for him.
But Madara was different from ordinary ninja.
Because the Tailed Beasts held immense reserves of chakra, sealing them required an extraordinary amount of time.
The Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals was an S-rank sealing jutsu, normally requiring multiple users working together over several days to complete.
Yet Madara and his eight shadow clones managed it in less than an hour.
Once Shukaku was extracted, Bunpuku's life was snuffed out entirely. His body collapsed to the ground as if simply falling asleep.
Expressionless, Madara wasted no words and turned his gaze upon the Two-Tails' jinchūriki, beginning the next sealing.
After another long, grueling process of nearly an hour, the Two-Tails was also sealed. Next came the Three-Tails.
At this point, Killer Bee, Kushina, and the others noticed something. With each beast sealed, another eye of the statue opened.
And they realized something else: the higher the number of tails, the greater the chakra reserves.
Which meant the time Madara needed to seal them grew longer.
This could be their chance.
As Madara busied himself sealing the wild Three-Tails, Killer Bee spoke to the Eight-Tails inside him. "Hachibi, you see what's happening, don't you? Then lend me your strength! Otherwise, we'll all die here—including you!"
Similarly, Kushina appealed to the Nine-Tails sealed within her, hoping it would share its chakra.
The two strongest Tailed Beasts naturally understood the situation clearly.
Hearing their hosts' pleas, both the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails snorted coldly.
But their replies could not have been more different.
The Eight-Tails growled to Killer Bee: "I've seen enough. That Madara bastard plans to sacrifice us all to the statue to revive the Ten Tails. No way!"
"Don't get the wrong idea though! I'm doing this for myself—not for you humans!"
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