Chapter 184: Stray Dog, Task Completed

The black dragon's breath tore through the air, a purple-black energy beam plowing a deep trench across the sea surface.

Boom! Amidst violent tremors, seawater surged upward, forming towering waves.

Even though Madara had anticipated it and retreated backward in advance, the shockwave of the explosion still caught up to him.

A massive impact slammed heavily into his chest, sending sharp pain through his already displaced internal organs.

"Cough!"

Another mouthful of fresh blood spurted out, and Madara's body was flung away like a kite with a broken string.

Madara's lone arm struggled to adjust his balance in midair, but his body, missing its right arm, still found it hard to remain stable.

He tumbled continuously in the air, each flip sending tearing pain through his wounds.

"Dragged on too long."

The task in this world should have ended long ago, but he had repeatedly delayed, indulging in battles with strong opponents.

Now it seemed that the world task followed some pattern: the longer it was dragged out, the more troublesome the enemies became.

"Going on like this means certain death; I must leave here as soon as possible."

Madara forced his eyes open, gazing toward the distant continent through a vision stained red with blood.

The top priority now was to save his life and complete the Main Quest.

Without the slightest hesitation, Madara's lone arm slammed down on the sea surface, and the power of Tremor-Tremor spread rapidly through the seawater.

Relying on this recoil, Madara's figure shot toward the continent like a shell from a cannon.

However, in the next instant, a suffocating dragon's might swept over from behind.

Roar! The black dragon streaked across the horizon, its massive wings suddenly unfurled, the hurricane it kicked up tearing gashes across the sea surface, and in the blink of an eye it was about to catch up to Madara's figure.

"Too fast!"

Madara's pupil shrank; his right arm was already gone, and at this moment he could barely maintain even the most basic balance, but the instinct for survival still made him respond.

Madara subconsciously raised his left hand: "Chibaku Tensei!"

A pitch-black gravity sphere began to condense in his palm. But just as it formed, the black ball's surface began to fluctuate unstably.

In the next second, the black ball shattered and dissipated like a soap bubble.

"Has chakra run out?"

Madara gritted his teeth, the Rinnegan flashing again: "Asura Path!"

Crack!

Suddenly, a sound of mechanical operation came from Madara's left shoulder.

Flesh tore apart, mechanical devices unfolded layer by layer, and complex parts quickly recombined.

Steam hissed between pipes and gears, and a menacingly shaped missile slowly protruded from the mechanical arm.

"Boom!"

Then, three missiles whistled out, drawing arcs in the air, and slammed toward the black dragon.

A hint of disdain flashed through the black dragon's blood-red vertical pupils.

An attack of this level, it was too lazy to dodge, allowing the missiles to crash into its body.

However, the expected explosion did not occur.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The missiles crashed into the black dragon's scales in succession, instantly exploding into a cloud of gray-white smoke.

The black dragon's vision was instantly obscured, and even the sense of smell that the dragon race prided itself on was interfered with by the special substance within the smoke.

"Limbo!" Madara's voice suddenly came from within the smoke.

Bang bang bang bang!

Four figures broke through the sky from within the smoke, air currents tearing white streaks behind them. The four clones spread out in a fan shape, moving in perfect unison, rushing toward the same direction.

"Roar!"

The black dragon let out a heaven-shaking roar. Its massive dragon wings suddenly unfurled, the hurricane they kicked up tearing the smoke into fragments.

The black dragon's gaze locked onto Madara on the sea surface, a strange purple light rising in its throat, and in the next instant, a thick energy beam tore through the sky, shooting straight toward Madara Uchiha.

"Right now!" Madara's Rinnegan patterns contracted rapidly, his nerves tensed to the extreme.

Boom! At the moment the beam was about to strike, purple radiance surged in Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan.

Space twisted in that instant, and he instantly swapped positions with a Limbo Clone in the distance.

Boom—!

The purple beam crashed into empty space, and seawater instantly evaporated under this violent energy. A massive shockwave kicked up towering waves, pitch-black seawater rushing into it frantically, forming a huge whirlpool.

"Cough!" Madara Uchiha suddenly felt a sweetness in his throat, a trickle of fresh blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth.

In the instant of the spatial swap, Madara felt as if all the blood in his body was boiling, every cell screaming—the price of forcibly using Limbo while his chakra was on the verge of exhaustion.

But he dared not stop his steps for a moment, continuing to run forward with inertia; under the power of Tremor-Tremor, the sea surface kept cracking, and the splashing water formed a white trail behind him.

"Hmm?"

High in the sky, a hint of strangeness flashed through the black dragon's blood-red vertical pupils; it was certain that its energy beam had hit the target, yet it sensed no disappearance of any life fluctuation.

Even stranger, in its perception far surpassing that of humanity, it had not caught the slightest trace of spatial fluctuation.

The black dragon's massive body coiled among the clouds; its gaze swept over Madara Uchiha ahead, and suddenly it opened its huge mouth—this time, the energy fluctuation was several times stronger than before.

Madara's fleeing steps suddenly paused, his heart thumping heavily once.

Danger! His intuition was screaming a warning.

Boom! A purple energy flood, like a light pillar spanning the horizon, swept across the sea surface in a horizontal arc.

"Damn it!" Madara's pupils shrank suddenly.

The range of this strike was too wide; all Limbo positions were within its coverage, his brain racing at high speed in this split second.

"I can only gamble once!"

Madara suddenly dove down, his whole body plunging into the sea like an arrow leaving the bow; the icy seawater instantly wrapped around him, but he paid it no mind, the power of the Tremor-Tremor bursting through his legs as he used the recoil to plunge rapidly into the depths.

Boom—

A purple pillar of energy swept horizontally overhead; even through the thick seawater, Madara could still feel that suffocating heat.

The seawater instantly vaporized under the high temperature, and the terrifying shockwave churned the entire sea area into chaos.

Madara felt as if struck by a giant hammer; the violent impact caused the bones in his body to break one after another, and white bone spikes protruded from his arms and legs, stirring up a blood mist in the seawater.

But this pain instead made his consciousness clearer; in the churning seawater, Madara's left hand flew through hand seals: "Transformation Technique!"

Bang! White smoke exploded in the water, and Madara's figure instantly turned into an ordinary piece of rubble, rising and falling with the chaotic currents.

"Shock!"

A faint vibration spread from the surface of the reef, precisely using the surrounding chaotic currents to propel itself.

Every tiny vibration pushed him toward the continent.

"With the black dragon's size, even if it noticed the anomaly, precise pursuit wouldn't be easy in this environment."

Madara silently calculated in his heart. He could feel himself approaching the continent at a steady speed.

"Hold on a little longer. Once within the continent's range" Madara gritted his teeth, focusing all his energy to control this seemingly simple but actually precise action.

Now even this level of chakra consumption had to be carefully budgeted.

Above the sea surface, the black dragon's huge body hovered in the air, its blood-red vertical pupils scanning the chaotic sea below.

Countless pieces of rubble and broken wood floated in the churning seawater; even the mud and sand on the seabed were stirred up, making the entire sea area extremely turbid.

A trace of displeasure flashed through the black dragon's blood-red vertical pupils; it had lost that human's scent, something that had never happened in its long life. Roar! The earth-shaking dragon roar carried undisguised fury.

The black dragon opened its huge mouth, and purple energy balls fell like raindrops, each carrying destructive power.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The seawater boiled and rolled in continuous explosions, forming one huge whirlpool after another.

"This guy" Madara struggled to keep himself from being sucked into the whirlpools.

Boom! Suddenly, an energy ball exploded in the waters where Madara was hiding, and the Transformation Technique was instantly shattered by the shockwave; Madara's body appeared in the explosion, and the huge wave kicked up by the shockwave threw him out of the water.

"Cough!" Madara Uchiha spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which scattered in the seawater; his broken ribs pierced into his lungs, and every breath felt like a knife cut.

Before he could stabilize his figure.

Accompanied by an earth-shaking dragon roar, a huge dragon claw descended from the sky, firmly gripping Madara's body.

"Ugh!" The intense pain almost made Madara faint; the black dragon's sharp claws sank deep into his flesh, white bones protruding from the wounds, fresh blood dripping along the dragon's claws.

The black dragon hovered in midair, its blood-red vertical pupils looking down at the person struggling beneath its claws.

It deliberately slowed its ascent speed, as if enjoying its prey's final struggle.

Then, the black dragon suddenly opened its huge mouth, and purple light rose in its throat.

Madara's pupils suddenly shrank; at this distance, this strike would surely be fatal! However, at this critical moment of life and death, Madara caught sight of a blurry dark shadow—the continent—on the horizon.

A hint of hope appeared in Madara's eyes; this was the moment he had been waiting for! "Crack!" Madara twisted hard, flesh tearing as his left arm broke free, fresh blood flowing down the dragon's claw, drawing a dark red arc in the air.

"Summoning Technique!"

Boom! A huge cloud of smoke exploded in midair.

The void trembled, and a figure even larger than the black dragon suddenly appeared in midair—the Gedo Mazo.

The moment it appeared, the Gedo Mazo's arms shot out like lightning; its right hand firmly gripped the black dragon's neck, and its left hand fiercely pinched the dragon's snout.

The purple light in the black dragon's throat had already condensed, but was forcibly stuck in its throat.

Boom! The energy pent up in its mouth exploded, and purple light sprayed out from the black dragon's nostrils and eyes; the intense pain made the black dragon instinctively loosen its dragon claw.

"Right now!" Madara seized the opportunity instantly, his whole body falling downward.

Boom—

At the same time, the Gedo Mazo's feet stepped heavily on the continental shelf on the seabed.

The huge impact made the seabed tremble, countless cracks spreading outward; it opened its huge mouth, and dense chains shot out.

In the blink of an eye, the pitch-black chains wrapped the black dragon into a huge cocoon.

The Gedo Mazo exerted force with both arms, dragging this "giant cocoon" in the direction away from the continent.

Madara landed on the sea surface, stumbling under his feet and almost kneeling down. His chest heaved violently, broken ribs piercing into his internal organs, blood continuously overflowing from the corner of his mouth.

But he could no longer care about these things.

The power of the Tremor-Tremor exploded on the sea surface; using this recoil, his figure shot toward the continent like an arrow leaving the bow.

At this time, Madara, every step felt like stepping on the tip of a knife, and every exertion of force drove broken bones into his flesh.

His vision began to blur, and his consciousness kept wandering. The chakra in his body was nearly exhausted; now what supported him was only the instinct to survive.

Suddenly, he sensed that the movement behind him had disappeared.

"Hmm?"

Madara forced himself to look back, and an unexpected scene came into view.

Only to see that the powerful black dragon was wrapped in chains, but did not break free immediately; on the contrary, its huge body was swaying slightly, and a trace of strange disgust flashed in its blood-red vertical pupils.

"This..." A hint of confusion appeared in Madara's eyes.

Although he didn't know why, Madara Uchiha understood that the black dragon's condition wouldn't last long; once it recovered, these chains would be torn apart like toys.

"Must seize this opportunity!"

At this time, every step Madara took caused a huge crater to explode on the sea surface. The splashing water formed a white line behind him, and his speed had reached the extreme.

At the extreme speed, he could feel his vitality rapidly fading, but now, speed was more important than anything!

……………………

Inside the Royal Capital, Oujiyasi·Aosite stood on the remaining buildings, lightly tapping the void with his magic staff.

A golden magic circle expanded in the air, and the shattered buildings began to flow backward and reassemble under the effect of time magic.

"The destruction caused by this battle probably will take ten years to recover"

Boom! A deafening explosion interrupted his words. Oujiyasi·Aosite abruptly raised his head, only to see a blood-drenched figure hurtling toward him from the horizon. That familiar aura made his pupils contract sharply.

"What?!" Oujiyasi·Aosite watched that figure in Disbelief Watch, "He actually escaped from the Black Dragon's subordinates?"

At this moment Madara's figure had already rushed into the sky above the Royal Capital, his condition worse than Oujiyasi·Aosite imagined, his clothes soaked through with blood, broken Bone Spikes piercing through flesh and blood, the whole person looking like a moving corpse.

"This guy" Oujiyasi·Aosite gripped his Magic Staff, the blood-red markings on his forehead lighting up again, "Simply an immortal cockroach!"

However, Madara's figure traced a blood-red arc in the air, flying straight past the sky above Oujiyasi·Aosite's head, not even giving him a glance.

"This kid?" Oujiyasi·Aosite was stunned for a moment, obviously not reacting.

At This Moment, a deafening dragon roar suddenly came from the horizon in the distance!

Boom—

The Gedo Mazo's Chains broke inch by inch, turning into specks of silver light dissipating in the air.

The Black Dragon's huge body trembled violently, violent killing intent flashing in its blood-red vertical pupils.

Next Second, the Gedo Mazo's arms were Torn, instantly turning into a cloud of smoke.

The Black Dragon spread its wings, rushing toward the Royal Capital at a terrifying speed.

"Akirunolujia?!" Oujiyasi·Aosite instantly raised his Magic Staff, the blood-red markings on his forehead lighting up, a golden Magic Circle forming before him.

However, the Black Dragon didn't even look at him, the Air Wave kicked up by its huge body directly sweeping past him.

Oujiyasi·Aosite: "?"

And ahead, at this moment Madara had already seen the last Node Building.

But he could also feel that suffocating dragon might behind him rapidly approaching. The Black Dragon's aura was right at hand.

"Make it in time!"

Madara's pupils contracted to the extreme, every cell in his body screaming, the survival instinct forcing him to squeeze out the last trace of chakra from his Oil Exhausted Lamp Dry body.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Boom! Terrifying repulsive force exploded with him as the Center, the air twisting under this power.

The Node Building instantly Collapsed under this force, turning into countless fragments shooting in all directions.

【Main Mission Completed!】

Just as the Main God's voice fell, the Black Dragon's huge body had already rushed before Madara, purple light flashing in its gaping maw, the breath of death assailing him.

At this moment Madara turned around, staring directly into the Black Dragon's blood-red vertical pupils, a trace of cold killing intent flashing in his Rinnegan: "If we meet again next time, I will surely kill you."

At the instant the Black Dragon's Breath was about to spray out.

"Return!"

As soon as the words fell, Madara's figure dissipated in the air like foam, the purple energy beam tearing through the sky, blasting a huge crater at the Location where Madara had disappeared.

"Damn it!"

The Black Dragon's roar instantly echoed across the horizon.

(Chapter End)