Chapter 583: Susanoo vs. Wood Golem

Although Susanoo is an ability only available with the Mangekyo Sharingan, unlike other abilities, once you master Susanoo, even with just three tomoe or even without the Sharingan, it might be usable.

Shua!!

Uchiha Madara controlled Susanoo to swing the blue light sword, and instantly four blue slashes shot toward Mu Yue at extreme speed.

Mu Yue initially wanted to dodge, but noticed the Leaf ninja unit behind him.

Zizi!!

Dazzling yellow lightning covered the blade of Enma, and Mu Yue slashed out a lightning cut at incredible speed.

Boom!!

With a huge roar, the yellow and blue slashes collided fiercely in midair, erupting with a destructive force.

The ground at that moment endured an unprecedented impact. At the point where the slashes clashed, the ground rapidly split open, and dust and rubble were lifted by the powerful residual shockwaves, shooting outward.

The trees that had survived the previous battle snapped one after another under the force of this impact, branches and wood chips flying everywhere.

"What kind of ninjutsu is this?" Obito looked at the blue giant in confusion.

He had seen enlargement techniques before, but this technique that created a small giant made of energy was something he had never encountered.

Regardless, even though he was an enemy, this technique was indeed cool.

"If I remember correctly, this ninjutsu is called Susanoo, a power unique to the Uchiha clan," Shisui said, clenching his fist.

He had read many documents of the Uchiha clan and had a certain understanding of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Once this Susanoo appeared, in the eyes of knowledgeable people, it confirmed the identity of an Uchiha.

Shisui did not know who the black-robed Uchiha was, but right now Shisui hated him, hated him very much.

With this move by the black-robed Uchiha, no matter the final outcome of the battle, the Uchiha would definitely be investigated and subjected to suspicion.

"Huh? A power unique to the Uchiha clan? I've never seen Uchiha ninja use it before," Obito said, somewhat confused, not expecting this cool technique to be exclusive to the Uchiha clan.

Kakashi, who was beside Obito, heard their conversation and wore a thoughtful expression.

"With such strength and being a member of the Uchiha clan, could he be the successor that Uchiha Madara secretly trained when he left Konoha?" Kakashi thought.

It wasn't that Kakashi's imagination was lacking, but in the perception of ninjas in Konoha and even the entire ninja world, Uchiha Madara had long been killed by Hashirama Senju himself.

Compared to Uchiha Madara rising from the dead, the possibility of a successor was more likely.

Mu Yue flickered and rushed toward the direction of the Iwa unit.

"Yasaka Magatama!"

The light swords on both arms of Susanoo disappeared, and then a string of blue magatama appeared between Susanoo's two hands.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!!

Uchiha Madara controlled Susanoo to casually fling, and the blue magatama turned into high-speed flying energy bullets hurtling toward Mu Yue.

With the Byakugan's 360-degree vision, Mu Yue didn't even turn his head and easily dodged the incoming energy bullets, but the Iwa ninjas did not have Mu Yue's observation skills or speed.

"Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"

An Iwa ninja used Earth Style to try to block the attack.

Boom!!

The thick earth wall was smashed to pieces by the blue magatama, and then, without losing momentum, it struck the unfortunate Iwa ninjas, directly blowing some of them into a mist of blood.

Huang Tu's eyelids twitched violently, not expecting that even spectating could be so dangerous.

This one Yasaka Magatama from Uchiha Madara didn't even touch the hem of Mu Yue's clothes, but it took out dozens of ninjas in one go.

"Create distance, retreat!" Huang Tu quickly ordered.

He had originally wanted to see if he could take advantage of the situation, using the opportunity to kill both Mu Yue and his subordinates.

After all, it was a mission assigned by the village; even if the behavior was somewhat shameful, it still had to be completed.

But with the current posture, Huang Tu was afraid that after Mu Yue and Uchiha Madara fought for half an hour, the two themselves would not be hurt, but the Iwa ninja force would be nearly half dead.

Seeing Huang Tu wisely retreat with his unit, Mu Yue did not stop them.

He drew Uchiha Madara's fire because he didn't want to face too many enemies.

Because of Uchiha Madara's transcendent strength, Muyue's subordinates didn't act rashly, afraid of inadvertently hindering Muyue.

On the battlefield, only Uchiha Madara, who had activated the second-stage Susano'o, and Muyue were engaged in combat.

Uchiha Madara once again controlled Susano'o to hurl magatama.

But just as Muyue dodged, Uchiha Madara abruptly leaped out from Susano'o and launched an attack on Muyue from above.

"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique!"

A massive amount of chakra erupted from Uchiha Madara's body, and four fire dragons with sharp fangs spewed from his mouth, attacking Muyue from four directions.

Wherever the fire dragons passed, the air seemed to ignite, becoming scorching hot and distorting.

This technique of his was fast and could attack from four directions simultaneously; it had basically never been dodged. If you could withstand it, you lived; if not, you died.

Unfortunately for Uchiha Madara, this time he was up against Muyue.

Muyue's chakra truly couldn't compare to Uchiha Madara's, but he possessed several perfect-level skills and many master-level skills. Faced with this situation, he had too many countermeasures.

Muyue silently switched his breathing technique to Water Breathing, then instantly concentrated it to the utmost, entering Water Breathing Chakra Mode.

"Water Release: Water Rush Wave!"

Muyue pressed his palms together, and a large amount of chakra in his body instantly transformed into water-nature chakra.

Splash! Splash!

A vast amount of water current appeared out of thin air around Muyue, then rapidly spun and rose, instantly forming a large water tornado fifteen meters in diameter, protecting Muyue inside.

Hiss! Hiss!

Under the impact of the massive water currents, the fire dragons vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.

But this was not the end; Muyue once again activated his chakra and changed his technique.

"Water Release: Ten Dragon Bite Blast!"

Rumble! Rumble!

The huge water tornado that had been spinning and rising suddenly stopped spinning and rising, transforming into a tidal wave that crashed toward Uchiha Madara.

Faced with a wave over sixty meters high, Uchiha Madara remained expressionless.

If he used the Complete Body Susano'o, this level of water release wouldn't even budge him an inch.

Just as the giant wave was about to crash down, the water currents underwent another shape change, rapidly forming thick, long, ferocious-looking giant water dragons that shot toward Uchiha Madara from all directions.

Only then did a hint of change appear on Uchiha Madara's expression.

"No wonder the intelligence said this water release is the Water Release version of Dragon Flame Release Song." Uchiha Madara showed an approving look.

Information on paper and witnessing it firsthand were two different things. Muyue's water release was indeed skillful.

"However, an attack of this level cannot break my defense."

"Susano'o!"

Uchiha Madara gathered a massive amount of chakra, and a dense blue light burst out around his body, like the dawn of daybreak, yet carrying boundless chill.

This time, it was no longer the second stage with only half a body.

The dazzling blue light dissipated, and a tall giant formed from pure chakra appeared on the ground where Uchiha Madara had just stood.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Susano'o swung four blue lightsabers, instantly slashing four water dragons to pieces, while the remaining water dragons crashed into Susano'o's body.

It was over twenty meters tall, its entire body composed of materialized blue chakra; even the thick water dragons appeared slender before it.

Boom! Boom!

The water dragons' power was stronger than Uchiha Madara had imagined; even the third-stage Susano'o was swayed left and right under the impact of the water dragons, with its body slightly damaged, though it failed to injure Uchiha Madara, who was located at Susano'o's head.

"Wood Release: Wood Clone Technique!"

Uchiha Madara thought for a moment and did not use his own proficient Fire Release; instead, he used the Wood Release obtained from transplanting Hashirama's cells.

Mu Yue's Water Release even surpasses Tobirama Senju's; using Fire Release would be hard to be effective.

Although Uchiha Madara has a lot of chakra, he doesn't want to waste it meaninglessly.

Four Wood Clones separated from Uchiha Madara's body.

"Susanoo!"

After the Wood Clones distanced themselves from the main body, they directly burst chakra and also used Susanoo, summoning chakra giants over twenty meters tall one after another onto the battlefield.

"Hayate Mu Yue, how will you deal with this technique?" Uchiha Madara laughed as he looked at Mu Yue.

If Mu Yue already struggled to handle a single third-stage Susanoo, then could he withstand five third-stage Susanoo attacking together?

Boom! Boom!

Four Susanoo rushed toward Mu Yue simultaneously, their massive bodies stomping the ground, causing continuous rumbling.

"This is too much of a cheat!" Obito stared at the five blue giants standing on the battlefield, completely dumbfounded.

His Shadow Clone couldn't even use the Azure Flame, yet this black-robed Uchiha's Shadow Clone could actually use Susanoo.

Is this even the same type of ninjutsu?

"So strong... they are simply not in the same dimension as us." Shisui's pupils shook as he realized the gap between them that was like a chasm.

The matter of a Shadow Clone using Susanoo wasn't even recorded in the Uchiha clan's archives.

The five of them working together probably couldn't even defeat one Shadow Clone of the black-robed Uchiha.

All the Konoha ninja were shocked; some even pinched themselves, thinking they were dreaming.

The enemy's Shadow Clone could also summon chakra giants over twenty meters tall—how could such a nightmare happen?

But reality was reality; whether it was the pain on their cheeks or the rumbling of Susanoo stomping the ground, it all declared to them—this was reality.

"The worst case scenario." Kakashi's hand holding the White Fang kept secreting sweat.

Because Mu Yue had displayed such overwhelming power, Kakashi had made two speculations: one was that their thinking was wrong and Mu Yue was not in a life-or-death crisis, and the other was that Mu Yue's opponent was even stronger beyond common sense.

Clearly, the real truth was the latter—Mu Yue was indeed strong, but his opponent was stronger!

After thinking for a while, Kakashi made a bold decision. He activated Lightning Breathing and sprinted backward, looking as if he was about to flee the battlefield.

Four dazzling blue slashes swiftly cut toward Kakashi's escape path, forcing him back.

Kakashi's expression was very grim. Although they hadn't joined the fight, their presence on the battlefield had already made them a burden to Mu Yue.

If Mu Yue dared to use Flying Thunder God to leave, then perhaps only Mu Yue could get out alive from here, maybe bringing a few disciples.

"So this is the reason why Master Mu Yue could still die in battle despite having Flying Thunder God Technique..." Kakashi felt he had understood everything.

At this moment, Kakashi was in great torment.

Was he supposed to say, "Master Mu Yue, if you keep fighting you'll die, just abandon these Konoha ninja and run away with all your strength"?

Kakashi felt that even if he actually said it, Mu Yue would never do that.

But he also couldn't just watch Mu Yue march toward a death in battle.

"Then, it's time for me, the Konoha Wild Beast, to make my entrance."

Might Gai prepared to open the Eight Gates at any cost to help Mu Yue.

Even if he couldn't defeat the black-robed Uchiha's main body, defeating one Shadow Clone could relieve some pressure on Mu Yue.

All around were blue chakra giants over twenty meters tall; the 1.8-meter-tall Mu Yue appeared especially tiny in comparison to the giants.

"Wood Human Technique!"

Facing the four approaching giants, Mu Yue silently used the strongest Wood Release he could execute.

The moment Mu Yue burst his chakra, the ground began to tremble violently; countless vines and branches surged wildly from all directions, interweaving and twisting in the air, finally forming a gigantic wooden arhat.

The towering wooden man stood on the battlefield like a mountain; its size was so immense that a third-stage Susanoo standing beside it looked like a frail child.

With the appearance of the wooden man, an oppressive aura stronger than a third-stage Susanoo instantly enveloped the entire battlefield; the air seemed to freeze, and even breathing became extremely difficult.

The Konoha ninja looked at the towering wooden giant, first in disbelief, and then in ecstasy.

Compared to the Wood Release that Mu Yue is currently using, Susanoo of the Black-Robed Uchiha seems to be nothing more than this.

That was indeed the case.

The giant wooden figure merely threw a punch, and that blue chakra giant over twenty meters tall instantly shattered, turning into specks of light that dissipated into the air.

Then another Susanoo circled behind the wooden figure and swung its sword, not knowing that all its actions had already been exposed to Mu Yue's perception.

Crack!

The wooden figure caught the blue light sword with one hand, and with a squeeze, directly crushed the blue light sword.

Another punch, with incredibly powerful force, once again blew up a Susanoo.

Bang! Bang!

Under the crushing force of pure power, Mu Yue controlled the wooden figure to smash four Susanoo with irresistible force, leaving only the Susanoo of Uchiha Madara's main body on the field, and the situation reversed.

"Is this still that Blazing Sun Mu Yue?" Kitsuchi, who hadn't gone far, stared at the extremely conspicuous giant wooden figure, rooted to the spot.

At this moment, he was glad that the Black-Robed Uchiha had appeared to disrupt things; otherwise, he and his subordinates would probably have all been finished here.

"Mu Yue the Immortal is indeed invincible!" Obito watched as Mu Yue punched and blew up one Susanoo after another, feeling relieved inside.

However, Obito, who had good eyesight, suddenly noticed a strange thing: Uchiha Madara, who was at a disadvantage, was actually laughing, and even laughing wildly.