Chapter 505: No one can defeat me in my BGM

At the same time,

On the other side of the battlefield, the battle of Senju Tobirama and the others had entered a white-hot stage. The towering Wood Statue Buddha had exhausted almost all the arms behind it, but still hadn't wiped out the red giant in mid-air.

*Beep~ Beep~ Beep~*

Nimbly dodging the Buddha's attacks, the red giant transformed by Uchiha Kagami lowered his head and looked at the red light flashing on the timer on his chest, roughly calculating that the remaining time was running out.

He must do something before the transformation is dispelled.

*Clang! *

*Snap! *

Lifting his head, two figures were colliding fiercely on top of the Wood Statue's head. Senju Tobirama, with high combat literacy, had already been able to skillfully use the knight system's abilities after a few rounds of fighting with the clone.

Plus the Nine-Tails' all-out assistance, his development degree of the knight power was already higher than the previous owner, Uchiha Madara. For a time, the clone was actually at a disadvantage, and after several exchanges, its sturdy body was covered with wounds of all sizes.

However, this also had a lot to do with the clone using one mind for two purposes. On one hand, it had to be distracted to manipulate the Wood Statue, and on the other hand, it had to deal with Senju Tobirama's harassment. Its not-so-advanced CPU almost turned and started smoking.

*Boom! *

After waving his fist to repel the golden fox knight in front of him again, the clone decided to solve the red giant flying around like a fly first.

"Wood Clone Technique."

Hands clasped together, another self grew out of the clone's body. After the Wood Clone landed, it didn't say much and rushed straight toward Senju Tobirama, who was holding the spear-blade, its fists wrapped in terrifying dark blue light.

*Clang! *

Senju Tobirama raised his blade to block, but the "Sage Art: Monster Strength Fist" was not just a name. He was instantly knocked back repeatedly.

Seeing the Wood Clone dragging Senju Tobirama, the clone began to manipulate the Buddha under its feet with all its heart.

Uchiha Kagami, who was looking for the Buddha's flaws, was completely unaware of this. Seeing the arms carried by the Buddha extend again, he was just slightly stunned and didn't take it to heart.

"Hoo!"

Facing the fist suddenly smashing toward him, he skillfully retreated to open the distance to dodge, but another fist that didn't know where it came from smashed heavily onto his back.

*Boom! *

The red giant, who couldn't control his figure, rolled repeatedly in the air. Seeing this, the Buddha immediately started to pursue the victory, and all the remaining arms were sent out.

Each fist of the Thousand-Armed True Buddha contained terrifying power capable of destroying mountain ranges. Even the Susanoo-Kurama once piloted by Uchiha Madara was beaten into a "drowned dog" by this move.

"Bad!"

Seeing the red giant transformed by Uchiha Kagami shrouded by countless fists, Senju Tobirama, who was fighting the Wood Clone, felt his heart tighten. He couldn't guarantee whether Kagami could withstand his older brother's finishing move.

"Get lost!"

Senju Tobirama roared, and the Nine-Tails in the driver on his waist felt his emotions, instantly pouring Tailed Beast chakra into the driver without caring about the cost.

Dazzling golden light shone brightly. The nine golden fox tail capes behind the golden fox knight instantly expanded, turning into nine golden tentacles, instantly binding the Wood Clone.

*Crack! ~*

The next moment, the Wood Clone, which didn't have time to struggle, was snapped into several pieces by the tentacles condensed from Tailed Beast chakra, turning into withered wood and falling to the ground.

After successfully killing the Wood Clone in seconds, Senju Tobirama didn't decrease his momentum. Leaping up, the nine tentacle-like arms behind him grabbed toward the clone manipulating the Wood Statue.

"Thousand-Armed Buddha."

But it was still a step late. The clone had already cast Senju Hashirama's finishing move. Countless fists smashed straight toward the red giant, who was like a duckweed in the rain in mid-air.

At the same time, the clone, which had withdrawn its attention, cast Wood Style, summoning several thick wooden branches to entangle with Senju Tobirama's chakra tentacles.

Seeing himself surrounded by wooden giant hands, Uchiha Kagami knew he couldn't dodge, so he hardened his heart and decided to fight for it.

Steadying his figure in mid-air, he quickly opened his arms, a dazzling red light shining on his pointed head. He assumed a horse-stance squatting posture, opened his hands, and clenched his fists, moving them to both sides of his head.

Red energy particles condensed rapidly, finally turning into a giant red light blade, and on this light blade, there was actually black fire attached.

Feeling that all the power of his whole body had gathered at one point, Uchiha Kagami rose and leaned back, his pointed head slamming heavily toward the countless wooden giant hands in front of him, while his arms spread out to guide the direction of the light beam.

The red energy light beam wrapped in black flames poured out, colliding with the giant hands of the Thousand-Armed Buddha with unstoppable momentum, like destroying dry weeds and rotten wood, instantly annihilating one giant hand after another.

*Rumble!!! *

The violent explosion sounded through the entire battlefield, and the smoke and dust stirred up were covered with wood chips of all sizes. The smell of burnt wood filled the air.

After the smoke and dust dissipated, only one lonely figure remained in mid-air. The wooden giant hands that had been aggressive just now had all been eliminated.

"Kagami, well done!"

Seeing this scene, Senju Tobirama clenched his fists excitedly, the nine tentacles behind him dancing with fierce momentum, crushing the wooden branches summoned by the clone into slag.

*Beep beep beep beep——*

The red giant suspended in mid-air was panting slightly, the red light on his chest flashing at an increasingly urgent frequency. After a few short seconds, it turned into a flatline sound.

"Teacher, leave it to you next."

Looking at the burning black fire penetrating wound on the Buddha's chest, Uchiha Kagami's consciousness began to blur slowly, his sturdy body began to become illusory, and his body began to fall slowly.

*Plop~*

After landing safely on the ground, the illusory body began to decompose, finally turning into countless light particles and dissipating between heaven and earth. And at the position where the giant disappeared, Uchiha Kagami lay, unconscious from exhaustion.

*Rumble~*

A moment later, a violent rumbling sound rang out. The clone, who was fighting Senju Tobirama, had a tight face. It was only then that it discovered that the Buddha it had summoned had reached the end of its rope.

In Uchiha Kagami's final strike, there was an inextinguishable world-destroying fire seed, which was burning the Buddha's vitality at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

*Crack~*

The unhealable wound spread rapidly. The Buddha's giant body was swaying, its smooth surface began to crack, and one crack after another spread to its whole body.

The clone coldly lowered its hands that were transporting chakra. Under the erosion of the black fire, no matter how much chakra it invested, it couldn't repair the Buddha.

Without chakra supply, the Buddha's collapse speed began to accelerate. The giant body began to tilt.

The clone turned around, preparing to detach from the Buddha, but just as it leaped, it felt its figure pause. Looking down, it saw a chakra tentacle flashing with golden light, tightly gripping its ankle.

"Did I let you go?"

Below, the golden fox knight raised the spear-blade in his hand, and countless golden Tailed Beast Bombs poured out.

*Rumble~*

Caught off guard, the clone, who was held, could only accept these Tailed Beast Bombs. The explosion sounded like firecrackers.

"Hoo..."

After the smoke and dust dissipated, the clone's miserable figure appeared with its arms protecting its face. Covered in dust, it was just about to counterattack, but the golden fox knight had already leaped up with the blade, rushing over.

*Clang! *

The clone, with quick eyes and fast hands, performed a "bare-handed sword snatch," narrowly blocking Senju Tobirama's spear-blade. Before it could breathe a sigh of relief, a piercing pain came from its lower abdomen.

*Boom! *

Senju Tobirama's fox tail turned into a golden giant hand and smashed heavily onto its lower abdomen. The terrifying giant force entered its body. Even though the clone's physical fitness was at the top level of humans, it couldn't withstand this strike.

*Pfft! *

Blood mixed with gastric juice choked out from its mouth. Enduring the pain of internal organ displacement, the clone backhanded the spear-blade away and delivered a "crotch-kicking" leg that could be called a "male nemesis" toward the golden knight in front of it.

However, its abacus beads missed. The golden knight had long prepared a chakra tentacle in its crotch, grabbing the clone's lower leg.

"Huh?"

The clone was dumbfounded. It couldn't understand even if it died why the golden fox knight would set up defenses in the crotch.

"Hmph! This great one hates despicable villains who sneak attack the 'Kun-Kun' (private parts) the most!"

Kurama bared its teeth fiercely. The painful memory of the "Kun-Kun" being broken was still fresh. Since then, it would always clamp a tail in its crotch to commemorate its lost "Kun-Kun."

*Rumble~*

The thousand-meter-high Buddha was still collapsing and tilting. The clone, grabbed by the lower leg, was still struggling. Senju Tobirama saw the opportunity, assumed the Thousand-Hand Sword Technique posture, bent down, and slashed toward the opponent's waist.

*Clang~*

The spear-blade swept past. The clone took this "kidney-stabbing sword" head-on, but successfully broke free from the restraint of the chakra tentacles,

"Whoosh!"

Upholding the principle of beating a dog in the water, Senju Tobirama pursued his advantage. The gun-blade in his hand was wielded so skillfully it was as if he were dancing, his golden figure flickering near and far, forcing the clone to guard against him with a raised-arm stance.

"Bang! Bang! Bang~"

The golden attacks fell like a rainstorm. The clone, who had been handling them with ease from the start, gradually became unable to parry, until he was suppressed by Senju Tobirama.

"Rip~"

A hideous wound appeared on the clone's waist. A few seconds later, Senju Tobirama, in the midst of his attack, narrowed his eyes.

Because he discovered that the wound's recovery speed had slowed down.

Although Senju Hashirama was known for his massive chakra reserves, the refinement and sustainability of Sage Chakra were not simple. The True Several Thousand Hands he had just unleashed had already placed a significant burden on him; the recovery speed of the chakra within his body had begun to slow, and signs of fatigue had appeared.

"Rip!"

The golden blade slashed past, adding another deep, bone-reaching wound to the clone's waist. Deep red blood flowed out slowly, not recovering instantly as it had at the beginning.

"I'm going to win!"

Sensing that the clone's condition was getting worse and worse, Senju Tobirama's eyes lit up. With the support of the Knight System, he didn't feel a shred of fatigue.

Of course, this also had to do with the special condition of his current body.

"Bang~"

Barely deflecting the blade Senju Tobirama had aimed directly at his face, the dark face paint on the clone's face began to dim, and the aura radiating from his entire body slumped.

Senju Tobirama seized the opportunity; his golden figure was as fast as lightning, and the gun-blade in his hand suddenly elongated.

Seeing this, the clone hurriedly held his breath and focused, staring fixedly at Senju Tobirama with his eyes, his hands guarding in front of him, preparing to take this blow.

However, the moment the opponent's ghostly figure landed in front of him, the clone's pupils shrank. Three black tomoe were reflected in his eyes. His tense body stalled, and the defense he had just gathered was instantly dismantled.

"Squelch!"

As the sound of flesh tearing rang out, a spurt of crimson blood shot out. The golden figure was bathed in the scalding blood. The three black tomoe patterns that had emerged on the surface of Senju Tobirama's red compound eyes gradually dissipated.

The clone, with the golden gun-blade thrust through his chest, slowly collapsed to the ground. The black face markings on his cheeks also faded away, and his thick life force ebbed away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Boom~~"

At the same time, the Great Buddha also collapsed to the ground immediately after, its massive body withering rapidly, eventually turning into nourishment for the earth.

"Phew, I didn't expect to have to use it in the end."

With the dust settled, Senju Tobirama looked at the fallen clone and let out a deep sigh. He raised his hand to touch the red compound eyes on his mask, revealing a very complex expression.

He had thought he could defeat the clone by relying on the Knight System, but in the end, the winning blow had actually relied on the power he had always loathed the most.

"Forget it, let's go see how Mirror is doing first."

"Uchiha," Tobirama shook his head, ignoring the clone's pale face, and pulled the gun-blade out of the opponent's heart.

"Squelch!"

Another spurt of blood gushed out. The clone's body trembled violently a few times, and the light in his eyes dimmed accordingly. His death was now only a matter of time.

"Whoosh~"

Without lingering, Senju Tobirama took one last look at his defeated opponent, turned, leaped, and rushed toward the direction of Uchiha Mirror.

However, not long after he left, a pitch-black mass slowly crawled out from the ground, surrounding the dying clone, blinking its small, soybean-like eyes, wondering what it was thinking.

"Mirror! Are you alright?"

Following the guidance of his perception, Senju Tobirama found the unconscious Uchiha Mirror. He hurriedly stepped forward to check, discovering that his disciple was merely unconscious from exhaustion, and immediately revealed a look of relief.

But soon, a look of solemnity appeared on his face again, and his gaze turned toward the distance.

Over there, Uchiha Madara, who was holding the line alone, was in unknown danger. He had used all his strength to defeat just one enemy, yet he had to face seven at once. Senju Tobirama, who had still been harboring a sliver of luck, felt only a desolate sense of sorrow for his fellow man.

If he went over now, he probably wouldn't even make it in time to collect the body, right?

Thinking of this, Senju Tobirama hoisted the unconscious Mirror onto his back, preparing to go and admire Uchiha Madara's remains. But just as he took a step, his feet came to a sudden halt.

"Clack!"

Accompanied by the sound of strange footsteps, an inexplicable, terrifying sense of oppression suddenly rose. Senju Tobirama turned his head somewhat stiffly. What met his eyes was a fox-headed monster whose appearance was somewhat similar to his own current form.

From the opponent's hideous face, he saw deep greed, as if it would swallow him up in the next second.

"Human, he is different from that guy just now. Run quickly."

The Nine-Tails in the card at his waist spoke up in time to warn him. Its anxious voice no longer held its previous arrogance; the Heteromorphic Knight before them was like its natural predator, giving the Nine-Tails a fear that originated from its very soul.

"Run? Can I even run?"

Senju Tobirama pulled at the corners of his mouth bitterly. He glanced at Uchiha Mirror on his back. Knowing he couldn't escape, a look of determination flashed in his eyes.

He retreated a few steps, placed his unconscious disciple on a flat, open space, turned, and walked toward the Heteromorphic Knight. He slowly raised the blood-stained gun-blade in his hand and chanted softly,

"Recalling the past, the tears never dry~"

(End of chapter)