Chapter 231: Remnants
Nine circular light gates appeared behind Yami. When all the light gates connected, the center shone brightly, and one strange monster after another emerged from it.
After the nine monsters rushed out, they collided with the sea of trees, rolling forward as they exploded with terrifying power.
Powerful Boil Release, Scorch Release that burns everything, and Magnetic Release that exudes a shocking pull.
Each monster possessed its own unique power, and the galloping sea of trees was destroyed with ease.
Boom!
Accompanied by bursts of shrill screams, the nine monsters began to fight Madara and Hashirama.
Madara was struck by a monster's tail. The powerful force sent him sliding a long distance before he finally stopped. He shook his head in dissatisfaction.
"This illusory body has no sense of touch. I really can't enjoy any pleasure from pain at all."
Madara was the most typical madman, craving a fight where fists strike flesh and blood splatters everywhere.
The Impure World Reincarnated body has no sense of pain. For many people, this is a good thing, but for him, it is unpleasant.
Madara looked at Hashirama.
In terms of taijutsu and pure strength, there was no doubt Hashirama was still superior, but since Madara was controlling him, he could not display that advantage.
After a moment of thought, Madara turned and jumped back, avoiding the three monsters pouncing on him, while shouting at Hashirama.
"Hashirama, haven't you figured it out yet? That brat has been wanting to beat you up for a long time. Even if I wasn't controlling you, he wouldn't hold back!"
As he spoke, he loosened his control over Hashirama, causing him to pause for a moment.
Boom!
A Chakra sphere with strong magnetic force flew over and blasted Hashirama hundreds of meters away. Instead of defending, Hashirama shouted to Yami.
"Seal me now!"
But Yami turned a deaf ear and kept moving his hands rhythmically. Two nine-faced beasts chased after Hashirama, while two others gathered energy and fired.
"You really want to beat my grandfather to death." Tsunade couldn't help but complain.
Tobirama also nodded. "Yami, seal big brother quickly, he is your grandfather."
"He's already dead, so why not let me enjoy myself for a while."
Yami calmly ignored their complaints and controlled the nine-faced beasts to continue attacking Hashirama. His dust-like body reassembled dozens of times in a short period.
Madara finally couldn't endure it anymore.
No one could bully Hashirama like this except him!
Just as Madara was about to attack, blue Chakra erupted from Hashirama's body, instantly knocking away two of the nine-faced beasts that were caught off guard.
Even a clay figure has temper. He had already been scolded by Yami and had no intention of resisting. He just didn't want to be an enemy of Konoha and the current Hokage.
But this brat had gone too far. Instead of sealing him, he humiliated him.
This made Hashirama unable to help but fight back.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
The ferocious wooden dragon wrapped around Hashirama, blocked the energy attack, then bit into a nine-faced beast, devouring Chakra.
Yami shook his scepter, and the controlled nine-faced beast quickly became transparent and disappeared. It then reappeared through the light gate, completely restored.
Tobirama's eyes lit up as he drooled over this rare ninjutsu. "What kind of ninjutsu is this? Nine-faced beasts? It corresponds to the nine tailed beasts, doesn't it?"
"That's right."
Yami nodded. "I studied Demonic Sealing and bound several souls into the nine-faced beasts to improve their spirituality. I also have the resurrection power of the Rinnegan, which allows them to revive infinitely."
All these characteristics combined made Tobirama feel a tingling sensation just by listening.
"Wood Release: Wooden Golem Jutsu!"
A massive wooden golem over a hundred meters tall rose from the ground, stomped heavily, and knocked away several nine-faced beasts. Hashirama was truly angry now.
"Don't let big brother take advantage of the terrain. I'll help you tie up Madara."
Tobirama warned, then vanished with a bang of smoke.
A stone near Madara suddenly deformed. Tobirama's real body had moved quietly, and he suddenly threw a kunai at Madara.
Hearing the sound of air splitting behind him, Madara chuckled and slightly tilted his head to dodge.
Swish!
Tobirama flashed with Flying Thunder God and caught up, only to see Madara's mocking smile.
"After so many years, you still only know this."
The Sharingan instantly changed to Rinnegan, and an intense gravitational force pulled in Tobirama's kunai before it could reach him.
But Tobirama did not panic. Instead, he sneered.
A blinding light appeared out of nowhere, making Madara subconsciously narrow his eyes. Then his right side suddenly felt lighter, and he lost his balance.
"Shinra Tensei!"
After blasting everything away, Madara regained his sight, looked down at his right arm that had reformed, and frowned slightly.
Tobirama fell from the sky with a sneer. "If you weren't using an Impure World body, you'd be a cripple right now."
Madara rubbed his wrist that had just recovered. Though his words were harsh, he was still slightly surprised.
It seemed the Second Hokage had developed new ninjutsu.
"Light Release: Yata Mirror!" Tobirama made a strange hand seal.
Madara saw it clearly this time.
Tobirama turned into light!
The Deva Path's ability activated instantly, creating an invisible shield that blocked the attack. The rapidly approaching light beam was broken into particles, dissipated, then reformed back into Tobirama.
Boom!
Susanoo's skeleton arm smashed down, hammering Tobirama into the ground. Madara folded his arms, calm once again.
"Light Release? This kind of power is a Kekkei Genkai, no, a Kekkei Tōta?"
"Kekkei Tōta." Tobirama pulled himself from the ground and patted his armor with some regret.
"Who would have thought you would obtain the Rinnegan, and its ability to absorb Chakra happens to restrain my ninjutsu."
After being released by Impure World Reincarnation, besides helping Yami study Hashirama cells, Tobirama had not forgotten to improve his own strength.
He found that his biggest problem was the lack of absolute attack power, so he focused on combining attributes and created Light Release. Its destructive power was slightly weaker than Dust Release, but much faster.
But the first time he used it, he encountered Madara's Rinnegan. Tobirama thought his speed would surpass Madara's reaction and break through his defense.
But he was still a step too late.
"Hmph, now you will pay me back for everything you did to Izuna."
A fierce light flashed in Madara's eyes, and just as he was about to attack Tobirama, a human-shaped cannonball flew over from a distance, whistling through the air.
Boom!
A huge hole appeared in the ground. After a while, Hashirama crawled out and smiled at Madara.
"Hahaha, that brat Yami is really strong now."
Yami landed beside Tobirama and calmly announced to them.
"Remnants of the old era, there is no place for you in the new world."
(To be continued.)