Chapter 464: Madara Uchiha: I Just Like Defense

"No wonder Uchiha Nawaki's 【Wood Release Susanoo】 is several times more powerful than mine."

Madara Uchiha quickly digested the shock brought by the orbs.

Even the weakest Earth Flow Wall, if embedded with a few more orbs, could probably reach the strength of a Susanoo.

The corners of Madara Uchiha's mouth curled up, smiling, but the smile was very bitter.

The more he saw,

the more he discovered the horror and power of the Samsara Game, as if an invisible giant hand was easily crushing his pride and self-confidence.

Madara Uchiha asked: "U... Nawaki, is your Susanoo also embedded with orbs?"

Nawaki nodded, then shook his head and said: "That's right, compared to other skills, Susanoo has a higher initial attribute, making it very suitable for embedding orbs for focused cultivation."

"So, I embedded a Life Force Orb into my Susanoo and reinforced it to the Purple grade."

Orb reinforcement,

refers to the situation of fusing several low-quality orbs into one high-quality orb.

With five White Orbs, one can attempt to pour the energy from the other four orbs into one of them; that counts as completing a reinforcement.

A White Orb fused with five streams of energy will be reinforced into Green.

Of course, it is the usual trick of the Samsara Game: if the reinforcement fails, the four orbs used as materials will be destroyed simultaneously, resulting in a total loss.

Nawaki's Purple Life Force Orb was reinforced all the way up from a Green Orb.

"Life force?"

Madara Uchiha asked in confusion: "Susanoo shouldn't have attributes in that regard, right?"

Susanoo's defensive and offensive power are both very strong, but he had never heard of a need to reinforce life force.

Nawaki smiled mysteriously and said: "It's my personal habit..."

"During battle, if I am surrounded, I don't want my skills to be guessed by the enemy."

A Susanoo embedded with a Life Force Orb is more like a Wood Release Giant; the moment it receives damage, it is repaired by the powerful life force.

Madara Uchiha was speechless.

He could tell that Uchiha Nawaki was spouting nonsense; the reason for embedding the Life Force Orb was actually because the two Vine Whip weapons in Susanoo's hands could apply Wood Release effects.

"It seems Uchiha Nawaki doesn't fully trust me yet."

"As one of the few members of my clan in the ninja world, this won't do. If there's a chance, I need to take Uchiha Nawaki to the Naka River to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan."

If Nawaki heard Madara Uchiha's inner thoughts, he would definitely find it very presumptuous.

I am the sole descendant of the Senju family; you want me to acknowledge the Uchiha lineage? How presumptuous!

But in Madara Uchiha's eyes, it was absolutely reasonable; after all, you, Nawaki, have the Sharingan, and it's even the highest-grade Mangekyo.

You have the Sharingan, and you still say you aren't of the Uchiha Clan? "Let's continue."

Madara Uchiha couldn't wait; he controlled his Susanoo and began to sweep through the Axe Exterminators in the Dark Corridor.

Nawaki and Tanjiro were also hunting continuously.

Soon,

the three's hunting operation attracted a troop of Exterminators.

Fifteen Axe Exterminators, nine Sword Exterminators, and at the lead, a Flame Exterminator whose entire body was erupting with raging flames.

Every time it swung the red blade in its hand, it could summon violent pillars of fire like a volcanic eruption.

Boom! The Flame Exterminator swung its red blade rapidly and continuously; four pillars of fire shot into the sky and collided.

Fine, fragmented streams of fire rained down from the sky. Two Susanoos rose up, and when the fire streams landed on the armor condensed from chakra, they only made a faint sizzling sound.

They failed to burn or penetrate the armor.

Tanjiro formed seals with both hands, and a brilliant blue light emerged behind him, converging into a fluttering blue Daoist robe.

He lowered his head and bent his waist, his right arm raised high,

and as if gripping the large, fluttering sleeves of the robe, he swung it toward the army of Exterminators.

Boom.

The blue Daoist robe flew out, rapidly growing in size during its flight until it was large enough to cover all the Pollution Monsters, including the Flame Exterminator.

The Flame Exterminator swung its sword, but the flames could not burn the robe.

This was Tanjiro's strongest skill, 【Sleeve Universe Lv. 37】. Let alone Elite Level monsters like the Flame Exterminator, even for a Commander Level, tearing through the blue light robe would be extremely difficult.

"Take this chance."

Nawaki moved in with great tacit understanding; two Vine Whips fell like a rainstorm, shattering the restrained Exterminators.

Madara Uchiha was half a beat slower, but he also killed several Axe Exterminators.

By the time Tanjiro's crowd-control skill ended, the Flame Exterminator hadn't even lost its helmet; it still gripped its red blade tightly and charged toward the three of them.

Fire Slash.

The red blade sliced through the air, and the swaying flame sword energy shot out like a ring.

Madara Uchiha's Susanoo had already been embedded with an orb to enhance defense, but it was still cut open with a huge gash by the flame sword energy.

"Uncle Madara, watch out, the Flame Exterminator's fire is an energy attack."

Seeing Madara Uchiha take the Flame Exterminator's slash head-on, Nawaki hurriedly called out to warn him.

Energy attack?

Madara Uchiha quickly understood; it was the difference between Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. He twisted his body, nimbly dodging the Flame Exterminator's chain of thrusts, and then slashed his dual blades into its neck.

Gurgle.

The helmet fell off, exposing the empty, headless armor.

Nawaki's green Vine Whip thrust forward like a spear, shattering the Flame Exterminator's red leg armor and causing it to sway and fall to the ground.

Madara Uchiha pressed his advantage, and with two more slashes, he completely killed this Flame Exterminator.

A purple light shone.

This Flame Exterminator dropped a rare Purple Treasure Chest.

Loot!

Nawaki's eyes lit up, and Tanjiro hurried over as well.

According to the contribution in this battle, Tanjiro had priority in choosing the spoils.

After opening the Purple Treasure Chest, there was unexpectedly another orb inside.

"My luck is really good today."

The orb was entirely red, just like burning amber; it was definitely a top-grade fire attribute.

Tanjiro excitedly gripped the orb.

He cultivated Fire Sword Skill and Fire Dao Arts; whether inlaid into a skill or equipment, it would be like adding wings to a tiger for him.

However, after observing the orb's attributes, Tanjiro's expression stiffened.

It was indeed a fire attribute, but it was not an attack-type orb; rather, it was a defense type, just like the orb Madara had opened earlier.

The one Madara had was a pure Physical Defense Orb, while this one, which glowed red all over, was a Fire Resistance Orb.

It could increase fire resistance by 400 points.

For a Dao Warrior like Tanjiro, it was of very little use.

Madara Uchiha suddenly spoke up: "Can you give it to me? I am willing to give up a portion of the rewards later."

"Uncle Madara, a skill or a piece of equipment has at most three orb slots."

Nawaki patiently explained: "In other words, you can only inlay three orbs of different attributes."

"Not many players cultivate the Susanoo skill, but a general conclusion has been reached: the inlaying of orbs is best kept to 【Attack】, 【Defense】, and 【Speed】 so that the power of the Susanoo skill can be brought to its limit."

"If you inlay orbs indiscriminately, it is very easy to cause the skill to become useless."

He was rather afraid that Madara would act recklessly and ruin the skill.

Unless one is willing to purchase a Forgotten River Droplet to reset the skill to Lv. 1 and re-cultivate it, there is no way to remedy the consequences of an incorrect inlay.

But the time, energy, and assets consumed by re-cultivating are an astronomical figure.

"My Susanoo doesn't need to be strong in other areas; it just needs to have its defense maxed out."

Madara Uchiha did not know why he was so fond of 【Defense Orb】s.

Ever since he was resurrected, he had always felt a chill in his back and chest, and he always felt a lack of security.

Therefore, he would instinctively want to make his Susanoo's defense even stronger.

Not only must the Physical Defense be strong, but energy resistance and attribute resistance must also be raised to the maximum! (End of chapter)