Chapter 182: Reshaping Continental Plates

"Attack!" Madara stood atop the central Buddha statue's head, his right hand slashing down violently.

The five giant Buddhas raised their hands simultaneously, thousands of giant palms pressing toward the center; the sky was instantly obscured, as if a wall built from enormous hands squeezed in from all directions.

These palms overlapped layer upon layer, so densely packed that not a single ray of sunlight could penetrate, leaving only the eerie blue light of Partial Susanoo flashing on the palms.

Hum! The power of the Gura Gura no Mi surged within every palm; before the palms even touched the two, space could no longer withstand this force.

Crack!

Countless fine cracks spread through the void, like a giant spider web, torn by the Gura Gura power into visible ripples.

"Hiss!"

A bloodstain suddenly appeared on Oujiyasi·Aosite's cheek.

He raised his hand to touch the wound on his face, looking at the fresh blood on his fingertip, a flicker of surprise crossing his eyes—he could no longer remember when he had last been injured:

"This level of power is no longer inferior to mine."

At this moment, Ailin's dragon incarnation spread its enormous dragon wings: "Limit-Addition Magic · Harden!"

Brilliant golden light burst from her body, instantly forming a huge magic circle around her; dense dragon-shaped patterns appeared on the magic circle's surface.

Oujiyasi·Aosite acted almost subconsciously.

He tapped his fingertip in the void, his figure instantly appearing above Ailin's head; his magic staff swept horizontally: "All Phenomena Barrier!"

Pale light erupted from the top of the staff, quickly weaving into a giant net in the air.

Strange runes flashed between the grids, forming a solid protective barrier.

"Useless!" Madara's eyes widened, purple radiance blazing in his Rinnegan.

He stood atop the giant Buddha; the formation woven from five thousand arms had completely locked down everything.

Hum! Thousands of giant palms struck down simultaneously, terrifying shockwaves erupting from the center of the palms.

"Crack!"

Cracks appeared on the surface of the wooden giant palms; Susanoo's blue chakra armor trembled violently, emitting a strained cry.

The next instant, the giant palms shattered inch by inch into wood dust filling the sky; under the power of the Gura Gura no Mi, the wood dust turned into countless blades, slicing toward the center, pushing destructive force to the extreme.

Boom! The ocean within several thousand li was instantly parted by this force, revealing the pitch-black seabed; seawater on both sides stood like thousand-zhang-high walls, but before they could pour back, they were shattered into countless water droplets the next second.

Continental plates began to twist under this force; distant mountains were forcibly raised, rocks splitting, giant boulders tumbling into the sea.

The seabed near the battlefield sank sharply, instantly forming a bottomless trench; in the pitch-black abyss, dark red magma light flickered.

Under this blow, half the planet's terrain was completely changed—some places rose from the ground to become new mountain ranges; others sank instantly into ten-thousand-zhang abysses.

Terrifying destructive power continued to spread outward; everywhere it passed, all terrain was torn apart and reorganized.

"Hahahaha!" Madara's wild laughter exploded across the horizon, "Did you see? This is the perfect combination of Senju Clan power and Uchiha power!"

However, this strike's consumption was not small; at this moment Madara's chest heaved violently, and the Tailed Beast Chakra surging within him was no longer so abundant.

Boom—! At this moment, a heaven-shaking Dragon Chant suddenly came from the center filled with dust and smoke: "Sage Dragon Secret Art · Star Breath!"

Dazzling golden light burst from countless giant hands, forming a hundred-meter-diameter light pillar; everywhere it passed, space was scorched and twisted.

The light pillar swept across; thousands of giant hands, along with the Susanoo armor on them, instantly evaporated; wood dust turned to ash under high temperature, and Susanoo's chakra armor was torn apart.

"What?!" Madara's pupils contracted sharply.

The next instant, a huge dragon shadow burst through the dust and smoke, soaring into the sky.

Ailin's giant dragon body shed blood like rain; her dragon scales fell off in large patches, revealing mangled wounds beneath. But there was not a hint of retreat in her golden vertical pupils.

Ailin's huge dragon head turned toward Madara; sharp dragon claws tore the air: "Don't think you can defeat us just like this."

At the same time, Oujiyasi·Aosite floated in midair, his gray robe already stained red with blood. At this moment, veins bulged on his forehead, his white hair floated upward in the violent magic power, and his entire being exuded a mad and dangerous aura.

"Evil Thought Possession!"

His body suddenly turned blood-red; eerie white stripes appeared on his skin; vast magic power erupted from within him, forming visible ripples in the air.

Oujiyasi·Aosite's magic power surged throughout his body; he raised his right hand, fingers spread, and magic power in the air instantly condensed into substance: "Those who can make me use this form are few."

"Sage Dragon's Breath!"

Ailin's huge dragon head raised high; golden light shimmered on her throat scales; a scorching airflow rapidly condensed in her opened giant mouth.

Boom! A golden energy torrent shot into the sky, like a sharp sword tearing the heavens.

Madara narrowed his eyes slightly; with a flick of his finger, several huge wooden palms instantly wove into a shield before him. Susanoo's chakra flowed on the palm surfaces, forming a thick protection.

Dragon breath slammed heavily onto the palm shield. Amidst the roar, the wooden palm surfaces instantly blackened, cracks spreading like spider webs.

Scorching wooden fragments flew everywhere, burning the surrounding air into a sea of fire.

"Not enough!" A flicker of ruthlessness crossed Ailin's golden vertical pupils; her dragon body suddenly swelled, and the energy flow became thicker.

Crack! Crack! Cracks on the palm shield multiplied; Susanoo's chakra armor began to disintegrate.

The Thousand-Hand Buddha statue no longer had its initial might; the countless giant hands behind it had been exhausted in previous attacks, and the remaining palms were covered in cracks.

"Since that's the case."

Madara snorted coldly; the giant Buddha's prayer hands suddenly parted, and dazzling blue light burst from the palms. A giant sword condensed from pure chakra formed between the palms, its blade wrapped in visible Gura Gura ripples.

"Slash!"

The giant Buddha held the sword with both hands and thrust upward; dazzling sword light and golden dragon breath carved five hundred-meter-long vacuum rifts in the air, straight at Ailin's dragon body.

"Evil Thought · Break!" Oujiyasi·Aosite brought his hands together before his chest; blood-red magic power erupted from his palms.

Countless runes flashed in the air; sword qi struck the runes; amid deafening explosions, both sides' power was exhausted together.

Just then, the giant Buddha slowly lowered its body, one hand propping on the sea surface; seawater sank rapidly under this pressure but did not fully disperse.

The giant Buddha's palm just stood steadily on the water surface, as if the surging seawater had become solid ground.

"Rise!" Uchiha uttered a low shout. Boom! Five muffled booms rang out almost simultaneously as the five giant Buddhas exerted force; borrowing the solidified seawater beneath their feet, their huge bodies slowly rose.

Seawater flowed down along the patterns on the Buddha statues, making a splashing sound.

Susanoo's chakra flowed across the Buddha statues' surfaces like magma.

In the blink of an eye, a suit of deep blue samurai armor had already covered his entire body, the ferocious Karasu Tengu mask bearing the compassionate visage of a Buddha.

This extreme contrast not only did not appear jarring, but instead exuded a soul-shaking majesty.

"Kill!" Madara shouted violently.

The moment his voice fell, five majestic armed Buddhas wielding swords stepped across the waves, each step treading a giant whirlpool on the sea surface, crushing toward Ailin and Oujiyasi·Aosite.

Next second, the five armed Buddhas simultaneously swung the giant blades in their hands. The blade edges cleaved the long sky, slashing toward the two.

Golden light flourished in Ailin's eyes, her massive dragon body circling once in the air: "Sage Dragon's Hook Claw!"

Clang! Clang! Two dragon claws fiercely caught the giant blades hacking down at them. Dragon scales and blade edges collided, sparks scattering in all directions.

The power of shock transmitted through the dragon claws to Ailin's whole body, but her dragon claws still clamped the blade bodies dead tight, not allowing them to advance an inch.

On the other side, Oujiyasi·Aosite faced three giant swords slashing at him, letting out a cold snort.

Then the blood-colored lines on Oujiyasi·Aosite's forehead suddenly lit up, then he swung his magic staff, blood-red magic power condensing into three shields before him, forcibly blocking the remaining three sword lights.

"Roar!"

Ailin's thick dragon neck tilted back slightly. Scorching energy condensed in her throat, emitting an even more dazzling radiance than before.

Madara coldly laughed, two giant Buddhas tacitly sliding to the sides. The dragon breath boomed out, passing between the giant Buddhas, plowing a kilometers-long deep trench on the distant sea surface.

Ailin's golden dragon pupils contracted slightly; this was the first time she had seen an opponent with such a massive physique yet such agility.

"Your speed is too slow!" Madara's voice carried a trace of mockery.

At this moment on the other side, another two giant Buddhas simultaneously swung their long swords, the blade tips drawing two perfect arcs in the air. Where the vibration ripples passed, the air was torn into cracks, aiming straight for Oujiyasi·Aosite's vitals.

Oujiyasi·Aosite had long since captured the trajectory of this strike from Madara's inner voice, his figure flashing to dodge the blade tips, but just then he suddenly looked toward Ailin: "Watch out!"

Before his voice had even faded, a giant Buddha beside Ailin had already closed in, its right leg entangled with violent shock power, like a blue lightning kick aimed at Ailin's abdomen.

This strike came too fast; even though Oujiyasi·Aosite had predicted it, he was too late to warn.

Bang! The giant leg heavily kicked Ailin's dragon body. Even with scale armor protecting her, the force of this blow still made Ailin let out a pained dragon chant. Her massive body tumbled on the sea surface, raising tsunamis dozens of meters high.

Just at the moment Ailin lost balance, two giant Buddhas struck like lightning, two hands comparable to city walls carrying howling gales grabbing toward Ailin's two wings.

"Damn it!" Ailin wanted to flap her wings to dodge, but the shock power rampaging inside her body made her reaction slow by half a beat.

Crack!

Two giant hands accurately locked onto her dragon wings. The scales on the wing surfaces continuously shattered under this giant force, revealing the blood-and-flesh-mangled tendons and bones beneath.

Ailin suffered pain, yet could not break free; the moment the giant hands grasped, countless wood thorns had already pierced into her flesh.

Two giant Buddhas raised their right hands, the long swords in their hands flashing with heart-palpitating cold light, sword tips aimed at Ailin's heart, wisps of shock power flowing on the sword bodies.

"It's over." Madara's voice was cold.

This moment seemed to return to the ancient legend of humanity slaying dragons; the giant Buddhas were like ancient warriors, while Ailin was that evil dragon about to be subdued.

"Limit Addition · Dragon Scale Holy Armor!" Ailin's roar carried a trace of desperate gamble, brilliant golden light flowing on her body surface, dense runes emerging on the dragon scale surfaces.

But in her heart she knew, the dragon abdomen was the most fragile place on her whole body; even the strongest defensive magic, whether it could block this close-range strike, was also an unknown.

The instant the sword tips neared, a suffocating magic power fluctuation suddenly exploded in the sky!

"Enough!" Oujiyasi·Aosite's violent shout tore the long sky. At this time his pupils had completely turned blood-red, the lines on his forehead pulsing like burning flames.

Blood-red magic power gathered before his chest, forming a bizarre magic circle, a golden eye emerging in the center of the magic circle, emitting a heart-palpitating fluctuation.

"Forbidden Jutsu · Spear of Condemnation!"

Next moment, countless runes condensed, forming a pure white long spear. The spear body was crystal clear, yet inside it seemed to contain a star sea, countless stars rising and falling within.

"Die!" Oujiyasi·Aosite shouted violently.

The white spear turned into a stream of light, the air emitting a piercing shriek under this terrifying speed.

"What?!" Madara's pupils violently contracted; this was the first time he felt such a strong death threat from Oujiyasi·Aosite's attack.

Two giant Buddhas instantly released Ailin's wings, blocking before Madara, but the white spear seemed to ignore physical rules, the Susanoo's chakra armor torn like paper, a giant hole appearing in the Wood Release condensed body.

"Pfft!"

The white spear instantly pierced through Madara's right arm, fresh blood splashing, a heart-piercing intense pain instantly spreading through his whole body, Madara only felt as if boiling magma had been injected into his blood vessels.

Madara lowered his head to look at the wound, pupils violently contracting. Only to see flesh rotting at an astonishing speed, the Tailed Beast Chakra inside his body also unable to stop this erosion.

The next second, he unhesitatingly raised his left palm, shock power coiling upward.

"Swish!"

Madara Uchiha unhesitatingly severed his own entire right arm, the severed arm already completely turning to ash during its fall, not leaving a trace of flesh and blood.

"Missed by a hair." Oujiyasi·Aosite's voice carried a trace of regret, "If this strike had hit your heart, you would be a dead man now."

"You bastard." Madara stared at Oujiyasi·Aosite: "To actually have a trump card of this level?"

Oujiyasi·Aosite looked at Madara with a heavy expression; he could sense the magic power in his body was still enough to unleash another forbidden jutsu of this level.

"Then how about once more?" Oujiyasi·Aosite's blood lines lit up again, magic power surging, another golden magic circle forming before his chest.

"Oujiyasi·Aosite, let me handle him!"

At this time Ailin, who had already broken free of the giant Buddhas' restraint, her golden dragon pupils burning with raging fury, her massive dragon body spiraling upward, straight into the clouds, clouds rolling in her wake, lightning flashing.

"Limit Addition · God's Star Collapse!"

(Chapter End)