No matter how powerful the Great Buddha is, in the end, it cannot match the true ferocity of the Six Paths.
The Buddha was destroyed far quicker than the ability to recreate it.
The true identities of Hashirama and Madara, hidden beneath the Buddha, were also very clear.
"It won't last long. He has already destroyed half of the Buddha's body."
"A monster like this... Is this the true power of the Otsutsuki? Hashirama, I was still careless!"
Madara was clearly a bit disappointed. The shame of being crushed by Isshiki's physical abilities was not the "heated dance and fierce battle" he had longed for.
At this moment, Madara had shed all his pride and arrogance.
"Sir said this is a formidable enemy, so it's definitely not a simple matter. We should have cooperated from the beginning."
"How long until three minutes?"
"Is there still more than a minute left?"
"Can you hold on?"
"I don't think I can..."
"I didn't expect that you and I couldn't last three minutes together. How embarrassing! Fortunately, that bastard Tobirama isn't here..."
"Madara, you're not going to admit defeat, are you?"
"What are you talking about? Even if I die, I'll take that guy with me to be buried together!"
"Got any other ideas?"
"Yes. But you might die!"
"Alright! So what are we waiting for? Just do it!"
Hashirama grinned, completely unfazed by the risk of death mentioned by Madara. Both of them had survived the blood-soaked battlefields of the Warring States Period, so why would they care about the risk of death now?
In fact, dying in battle alongside Madara would be one of the best endings!
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Very quickly, in less than half a minute.
Isshiki destroyed the entire Great Buddha with his bare hands, becoming like a superhumanoid.
Unsurprisingly, all of Hashirama's clones hidden within the giant Buddha were also destroyed.
Hashirama's true form was revealed.
Hashirama quickly created dozens of wooden clones, scattering them around.
"You're still using this trick?"
"It's useless!"
Isshiki shouted loudly and immediately released his eye technique. Hundreds of black rods that had long been shrunk by him and scattered around suddenly recovered and grew larger.
He directly impaled all of Hashirama's fleeing wooden clones to death.
Even Hashirama himself was pierced by two black rods.
After locking down Hashirama's body, Isshiki immediately attacked, crossing in front of him in an instant, not giving Hashirama a chance to form hand seals, and directly punched him.
*BAM!*
The punch went straight through Hashirama's chest!
"Cough--!"
Hashirama spat out a mouthful of blood, looking utterly miserable.
"It's time to end this! You're just a lowly cockroach!"
Isshiki sneered grimly, grabbing Hashirama with one hand, and prepared to punch his head again.
No matter how strong the Sage Body's healing abilities are, it's impossible to survive with a head shattered into pieces.
Honestly, these two have already done well to fight against Isshiki at full strength for so long.
If Minato hadn't had the Flying Thunder God Technique earlier, he wouldn't have lasted even two rounds!
Facing Isshiki's threat of death, Hashirama wasn't afraid at all. Instead, his eyes shone.
He firmly grabbed Isshiki and formed a hand seal with one hand.
"Sage Art: Gate of the Great God!"
Ten large red torii gates fell from the sky, pressing Hashirama and Isshiki to the ground simultaneously, sealing both of their chakra for a brief moment and preventing Isshiki from using his eye technique.
"Is that all?"
Isshiki sneered. Even without using his eye technique, he could easily destroy these torii with his physical strength, and they wouldn't be able to trap him at all.
But Isshiki didn't know that Hashirama and the Gate of the Great God weren't meant to trap him.
Their purpose was to freeze him in place for a moment and slow down his terrifying speed.
Because as soon as the Gate of the Great God collapsed, the Bijuu Susano'o, which was outside of visual range, instantly crossed ten thousand meters, flying to where the two of them were, and accurately struck both Isshiki and Hashirama!
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Rewind one minute.
When he realized the enemy's overwhelming strength and the difficulty of defeating them through conventional means, Madara had already started thinking of various countermeasures.
After all, he was the villain throughout Shippuden. Although he became a bit of a clown at the end, he also lost due to a lack of intelligence. In terms of strategy and calculation, he was far superior to Kaguya.
On one hand, Madara's real body rushed to join Hashirama in fighting the enemy.
On the other hand, a shadow clone was created and quietly slipped ten thousand meters away to begin preparing a backup plan.
"Summoning Technique!"
Madara's clone performed the summoning technique, and a large burst of white smoke exploded into a massive ball, from which a huge figure emerged.
Kyuubi had arrived!
Clearly, Madara used the summoning technique to call Kyuubi directly from Earth to the Moon.
For a moment, Kyuubi was utterly confused.
Kyuubi: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ
However, upon seeing Madara in front of him and sensing the familiar chakra, he immediately understood.
"Uchiha Madara! You bastard..."
Kyuubi was furious and bared his fangs.
He had been living comfortably on Earth, enjoying the attentive service of the other Bijuu!
Suddenly, he was summoned without any preparation.
And what was the point of this?
Was this still the Ninja World?
Madara didn't have time to listen to Kyuubi's complaints and protests, nor did he have time to waste.
He glared directly at Kyuubi, and the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan activated an illusion, instantly controlling Kyuubi.
Then he immediately took control of Kyuubi and began creating a Bijudama.
Isshiki's physical strength was too great. Madara suspected that even if his opponent was directly hit by his Susano'o sword, he might not die.
The only way to defeat or kill the enemy was to use an even stronger Bijuu Susano'o.
However, the Bijudama required a long charging time and was slow to activate.
Although it was possible to attack from beyond visual range, it was extremely difficult to accurately hit Isshiki, who was incredibly fast. If it couldn't be detonated at close range, it might not be able to kill Isshiki!
So Madara needed Hashirama's cooperation.
Hashirama needed to use himself as bait to force Isshiki to stay in place.
Create an opportunity for him!
Fortunately, Hashirama did just that.
Madara also pushed himself to the limit and directly drained most of Kyuubi's chakra, allowing Kyuubi to charge up the largest Bijudama ever!
And in coordination with the main force arriving later, all the remaining power of Susano'o was transformed into six Susano'o swords and magatama, all integrated into the Bijudama!
This Super Susano'o Bijudama nearly condensed all of Kyuubi and Madara's power.
If it hit, even Hashirama's Thousand-Armed Buddha wouldn't be able to withstand it!
No matter how strong Isshiki is, there's no way he could survive this attack, right?
"Hashirama, please don't die!"
Madara timed it perfectly and launched his attack with full force. The sword-wielding Bijudama crossed ten thousand meters and accurately struck both Isshiki and Hashirama with incredible precision!