Chapter 230: The Rats of the Hidden Sand Village, Barely Usable for a Little Diversion…
Orochimaru was a person with extremely heavy curiosity.
He was very interested in why Madara Uchiha was able to survive the Battle of the Valley of the End. This ninja world seemed to hold many more secrets waiting for him to explore.
For example, who on earth created the species known as Zetsu…
For example, why Obito Uchiha was able to escape his shell during the Great Ninja War…
Those secrets, to a man devoted to science and ninjutsu, were like a delicious cake laced with poison—tasty, yet deadly.
"Orochimaru… now is not the time to be investigating why Madara was able to survive the Battle of the Valley of the End, is it?" Black Zetsu's body suddenly shot up, faintly looking as if it was about to detach. Its eyes were fixed deadly on the curious scientist before it.
The moment Orochimaru attempted to go back on his word, it would immediately possess him and force him to use the Edo Tensei to revive the old man before them.
"My teacher once warned me, never to try and touch those forbidden existences of the ninja world…" Orochimaru sighed. He looked at the Fourth Kazekage speeding towards them in the distance and said with seeming helplessness, "But I have already opened that forbidden door!"
As his words fell, his hands suddenly clapped together, rapidly forming a hand seal for a jutsu which he then slammed onto the ground. "Edo Tensei!"
A string of curse marks spread outwards from his palm…
The curse marks gradually enveloped the piece of the Gedo Statue's husk. Dust and paper scraps flew up to cover it, then quickly fell away…
In just a brief moment, the sacrificial material used for the Edo Tensei had transformed into a figure wearing red plate armor, revealing his true face…
A surging wave of chakra, gathered with killing intent, erupted, kicking up a hurricane. The sand and dust swirling around him were instantly cleared!
A pair of scarlet eyes lit up…
A cold voice fell upon Orochimaru's ears…
"Did the plan succeed?"
"No… this is the Edo Tensei…"
"To think you could revive me in my prime…"
"It's just… you've got some real nerve!" The figure in red plate armor almost instantly vanished from his spot. His hand tightly locked around Orochimaru's throat as he looked down at him with contempt. "Little insect, did no one ever tell you not to try and control people you cannot even touch!"
"Or is it that…"
"You wish to dance as well!"
Madara Uchiha, the other man who had ended the Warring States Period, was overflowing with torrential killing intent the moment he appeared!
Even Orochimaru, who had been through two Great Ninja Wars, could not compare to the terror of his killing intent. This was a true powerhouse who had carved his own path out of blood and fire!
"Lord Madara, it was I who chose to have Orochimaru revive you. There is a problem with our plan. I will report these matters to you later. The situation now is urgent…"
Black Zetsu quickly stood by Orochimaru's side and said, "Behind you is the Fourth Kazekage of the Hidden Sand… He is our enemy."
Madara Uchiha raised an eyebrow. "Oh, the rats of the Hidden Sand Village?"
Black Zetsu said in a raspy voice, "The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, possesses the Magnet Release Gold Dust secret art. This is a gold dust mine in the desert, which gives him a great advantage here. Even when we used the reanimated bodies of the Third Raikage and the Second Tsuchikage, we could not defeat him…"
"Zetsu…"
Madara Uchiha released Orochimaru's neck and tilted his head. "Are you trying to compare those clown-like juniors to me?"
A red afterimage flashed!
Madara Uchiha, clad in red plate armor, suddenly appeared in front of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and struck Rasa's chest with a single punch!
The Fourth Kazekage frantically gathered the heavy gold dust to block his chest. He didn't know how strong the person before him was, but with that speed of taijutsu, his strength definitely couldn't be weak!
BOOM!
Rasa's body went tumbling across the desert!
"A little interesting…"
Madara Uchiha sent the Fourth Kazekage flying with one punch, snatched the Kazekage hat that fell from his head, and looked up at Rasa not far away. "Then let's start with the little Kazekage brat of the Hidden Sand. Let me have a small diversion!"
"Don't look down on me!"
The gold dust around Rasa slowly gathered around him, forming into iron spears…
Perhaps because he often refined gold dust for the village's funds, Rasa had become more and more proficient in manipulating it.
At the very least, to control the shape of the gold dust so finely was something that even the Third Kazekage, who had taught him Magnet Release, could not do to this extent…
What met Rasa's attack, however, was the rapidly charging figure of Madara Uchiha!
One by one, golden iron spears shot towards the red plate armor!
However, the red figure flipped its body, easily dodging the dense attack, and leaped into the air above Rasa's head. "Hmph! What a disgusting head of red hair!"
Madara Uchiha's movements were so fast!
So much so that it looked as if Rasa had only attacked an empty space after he had already left his original position, like some kind of strange tacit understanding…
It was too bizarre!
This hardly looked like a battle, but more like a dance!
That was a combat art that had been tempered and honed through countless wars!
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust World Method!"
Countless blades made of gold dust suddenly shot up from under the Fourth Kazekage's feet, stabbing like lightning towards the figure in the sky!
This was a mission improved from the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method. No matter who it was, once they stepped into the range of the Gold Dust World Method, there was no escape, whether in the sky or on the ground!
"Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!"
A small ball of flame was spewed from Madara Uchiha's mouth, but it quickly burned into a massive sea of fire! The gold dust in the sky and on the ground was continuously baked by the sea of fire…
The temperature of the flames continued to rise under the support of his chakra…
The chakra within the gold dust was slowly burned away, and then the expensive gold dust began to melt in the sea of fire…
Droplets of liquid gold fell onto the desert, then quickly cooled down, forming into gleaming golden beads…
Black Zetsu looked at the slightly nervous Orochimaru and chuckled softly. "It was just a B-rank Fire Style jutsu, but it was enough to break Rasa's technique…"
"Just now… was that a B-rank jutsu?"
Even Orochimaru, who had seen the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi use many Fire Style techniques, couldn't help but have sweat bead on his forehead.
That Fire Style jutsu, just by its range and power alone, could be completely categorized as a forbidden technique! It was just a B-rank Fire Style jutsu, yet in Madara's hands, its presence was even more powerful than Jiraiya's Sage Art: Goemon!
"Believe me, Orochimaru…" Black Zetsu laughed sinisterly and approached Orochimaru, standing behind him and whispering, "The Lord Madara now is in his prime, even stronger than he was at the Valley of the End, stronger than anyone you have ever seen."
Orochimaru was not a pure idealist; he was now a scientist who sought facts and evidence. "Does that include that crow?"
"It should… include it, I guess."
Black Zetsu thought for a moment, the confidence in his voice wavering slightly.
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