Chapter 265: Uchiha Madara Enters the Body (3k, Second Update)

"All people are equal in death..."

Uchiha Itachi clutched his forehead; he knew clearly that this Tao Baibai had been constantly bewitching him, and the things the other party said were, for the most part, extremely terrifying and extreme.

But combining his own experiences, his disappointment in his clansmen, and his disappointment in the Konoha higher-ups, he began to believe in Tao Baibai's rhetoric more and more.

Beyond good and evil, the other party was indeed "fair."

Tao Baibai's cruelty was a cruelty without discrimination toward everyone; good people would not be spared because of it, and evil people were equally terrified by it.

Not yet 13 years old, Uchiha Itachi looked at Bai Cangshu, and amidst his constant thinking, various thoughts began to emerge; if he had initially harbored the intention to assassinate Tao Baibai, after witnessing the other party's absolute strength, he slowly began to turn toward learning from the other party, starting from the other party's rhetoric to contemplate the reality of this world.

Boom!

Crackle, crackle~

The air seemed as if it had been fired by an invisible cannon; the overly condensed air made the space appear to be twisting in a wave-like distortion, and accompanied by the scorching white airflow whistling and rubbing violently against the surroundings, a terrifying fist Force, along with an air cannon, crashed through Uchiha Obito's body and plowed open the forest behind him all the way.

"Uchiha Obito, go back; you, who have not retrieved that eye of Kakashi's, are not my opponent."

Bai Cangshu threw a punch into empty air and waved his hand, signaling that Obito could leave.

Under his mask, Uchiha Obito's mouth twitched twice; he tilted his head slightly and noticed the dozens of meters of collapsed trees behind him—the Force emitted by the other party's missed punch and the air shockwave it rolled up actually had such great destructive power.

It was clearly he who had used Voidification to dodge the attack, yet the other party acted as if they did not want to fight him.

Tsk, it really is... helpless.

Obito felt that in that instant just now, the other party was wrapped in purple Waves, and in a flash, they had crossed a distance of over ten meters to appear before his eyes; that kind of speed almost made him recall the scene when he was defeated by Teacher Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God.

Fortunately, he had been prepared in his heart beforehand, and he was not in the middle of an attack, so he would not reveal any openings; thus, at the critical moment, he activated Voidification again, causing the other party's punch to hit empty air.

Moreover, from previous Intelligence, it was known that Tao Baibai's defensive power was terrifyingly high; his only chance was probably to get close to the other party and then use Kamui to drag the other party into his Shenwei Kongjian, and then... starve the other party to death.

But the speed at which Kamui was activated was not fast; given the reaction ability and speed Tao Baibai had displayed, it would be easy for them to escape, and rashly approaching the other party to attempt control would easily lead to being killed instantly by the other party.

Uchiha Obito's thoughts flashed like lightning; he knew that what Tao Baibai said was the truth. He had originally prepared to take back that eye of Kakashi's in Konoha, but that damned woman had known about all of this in advance and had hidden Kakashi away.

If he had both eyes...

Uchiha Obito's gaze turned cold for an instant; if he had both Kamui, whether it was this Tao Baibai or that woman, he would have a not-insignificant chance of killing them instantly.

Bai Cangshu also felt some regret; Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan 【Kamui】 was indeed a rare divine technique, possessing an extremely high priority while simultaneously having powerful functionality and life-saving capabilities.

Merely by relying on the single-eye Kamui ability to Voidify himself, he could make a physical-type attacker like himself feel helpless.

As long as Obito could react in time, he could Voidify himself and ignore all attacks based on physical space.

To kill a guy like this, unless he could fully accommodate Gojo Satoru's abilities at this moment, or let Gojo Satoru take over his body and use the powerful control ability of 【Domain Expansion: Infinite Void】 to make Uchiha Obito unable to activate Voidification.

But this was currently unrealistic; although Bai Cangshu had some tacit understanding between his own kind with Gojo Satoru, it was still impossible for him to hand over the control of his own body.

Gojo Satoru would also not let down his guard and allow Bai Cangshu to freely use all of his abilities.

Bai Cangshu turned his head and sat on the Summoning Beast; in the distance, he could already see 【Kakushi】, who was taking out optical instruments to probe the ground—the place marked on the map was likely right here.

He turned his back to Uchiha Obito with absolutely no defenses, expecting the other party to come and assassinate him; only the moment Uchiha Obito attacked him would he have the chance to kill this guy.

But Uchiha Obito thought for a moment, drifted backward, and his figure gradually dissolved into space.

"Tao Baibai, wait until I take back the eye..."

Bai Cangshu just waved his hand and laughed aloud, saying

"You should thank me; I helped you eliminate a hidden danger."

At this moment, Kakushi happened to say loudly

"Found it, there is a corpse here!"

Orochimaru appeared instantly by Kakushi's side; he looked at that old, withered corpse, and his heart became even more certain of his goal.

A ninja like Uchiha Madara, who, along with Senju Hashirama, had almost suppressed the entire Zhan Guo era, had ultimately only died in this withered tomb.

Humans, how insignificant.

The limit of a Short-lived Species lies here; no matter how stunning and peerless a person is, they cannot ultimately withstand the passage of time.

Swoosh.

Bai Cangshu's figure flashed, and he arrived before Uchiha Madara's corpse; he weighed the weight of Uchiha Madara's corpse with great interest.

"With this amount of flesh, I should think it's enough to perform Edo Tensei."

Orochimaru nodded; this corpse was well-preserved, so it was naturally enough.

The so-called 【Edo Tensei】 requires using a certain amount of the deceased's flesh to perform the technique, in order to anchor the other party's Soul, summon the other party's Soul back from the Yellow Springs, and then cast it into the body of another person acting as a Vessel, and cover the Vessel with dust to transform the Vessel into the appearance of the deceased.

The Chakra power system actually has a huge gap between its lower and upper limits; ordinary ninjas can only throw Shuriken, allow themselves to move quickly, and perform low-level Ninja Arts, but high-level ninjas can even, to a certain extent, achieve things like the resurrection of the dead.

Bai Cangshu immediately sat cross-legged to one side, with his back to Orochimaru, and said

"Begin, Orochimaru; cast Uchiha Madara's Soul into my body."

Orochimaru looked at Tao Baibai, an evil smile appearing on his face.

"Aren't you afraid that I might take the opportunity to do something to you?"

Bai Cangshu just chuckled and did not answer.

But Orochimaru clearly saw the swaying purple Waves on the other party's body flicker.

He no longer teased this beast and began to perform the technique directly on Uchiha Madara's corpse.

Orochimaru finished forming the seals in an instant; amidst the surging Chakra, Uchiha Itachi pulled a little distance away from Ping Zhonghua and the dying Danzō.

In an instant, an extremely cold and dead aura began to appear.

What Orochimaru could not see was that a dense black aura began to emanate from Uchiha Madara's corpse.

Bai Cangshu felt incredibly familiar with that aura.

He closed his eyes, as if he had heard the surging of the Yellow Springs again; the calm surface of that River of Death, which had soaked countless spirits, was stirred by Orochimaru's Chakra.

Following Uchiha Madara's flesh as a guide, a completely submerged Soul floated out from within and drifted up bit by bit.

Finally, from the Yellow Springs, it returned once again to this world of the living.

Orochimaru felt the state of his technique; he could not directly observe the Yellow Springs and the Soul, but after many experiments, he had already been able to grasp the boundary of whether the technique had been successfully cast or not.

Orochimaru looked at Tao Baibai, who had his back turned, and pointed both hands, directly casting the summoned Soul into the body of Bai Cangshu.

Usually, this step would directly kill the "Vessel," as no matter how strong or weak the summoned Soul is, it is not something the living can touch.

Pfft~

When some kind of invisible thing entered the body, it actually made a clear sound.

Bai Cangshu felt the icy cold Soul enter his body and sat bolt upright in an instant.

【You have come into contact with Spirit Body · Uchiha Madara】

【You have used Tese · Yin Spirit Possession】

【Accommodating...】

Bai Cangshu closed his eyes; in his Spirit space, a man wearing a black combat suit and red layered armor indifferently opened his eyes.

"... Edo Tensei..."

"You are truly unlucky, but so be it; I shall take this body of yours and..."

Hum!

The Spirit space shook violently, and the next moment, a white Consciousness Space appeared; Uchiha Madara instantly looked down, only to see a murky Yellow Springs river with no visible end, where boundless black Resentful Spirits were looking up from within.

As if sensing a "newcomer" had entered, countless Resentful Spirits shrieked and began to fight among themselves once more.

Densely packed black Resentful Spirits piled onto one another, and in a moment, dozens of pitch-black Spirit Towers appeared, merging amidst their collisions into a terrifying High Tower hundreds of meters tall, upon which one Resentful Spirit after another constantly tried to pull others down to climb to the very top themselves.

The Spirit Towers rapidly approached the throne suspended in the center of the entire pure white Consciousness Space.

And on the throne, a man with a sturdy build and a handsome face wore an evil, cruel smile; he looked at Uchiha Madara and spread his arms.

"Welcome to my... Yellow Springs."

Following that, with a thought from Bai Cangshu, Uchiha Madara fell from the air, and the towering Spirit Towers quickly grabbed this Soul that was closest to the throne; countless Resentful Spirits, Resentful Spirits, and Cursed Spirits shrieked as they clawed at Uchiha Madara's Spirit Body.

Uchiha Madara snorted coldly, and a powerful repulsive force erupted.

Boom!

The Spirit Towers shattered in mid-air, and a large number of Resentful Spirits were blown to pieces and fell into the Yellow Springs, beginning to revive once again.

Standing below, Gojo Satoru removed the black blindfold covering his eyes, his eyes swirling with blue sky and white clouds meeting the gaze of Uchiha Madara's current scarlet pupils.

"Tsk, this guy has brought in another incredible fellow again..."

In a corner on the other side, the Grim Reaper's figure expanded, constantly devouring other Resentful Spirits, but as it soaked in the Yellow Springs, Resentful Spirits were constantly being extracted from its body.

Even with Uchiha Madara's arrogance, he frowned as he looked at this chaotic scene.

"Did Edo Tensei fail?"

"What on earth is this guy's Soul..."

【You have accommodated Spirit Body · Uchiha Madara】

【Energy +3, Current:?】

"Uchiha Madara, if you want this body, defeat these guys first..."

Bai Cangshu laughed playfully, then watched as tens of thousands of Resentful Spirits below began to riot, causing the Yellow Springs to surge as well; he withdrew from the Heart Throne.

(End of chapter)