Chapter 312: The Will of Darkness!

Chapter 312: The Will of Darkness!

He really embedded more than ten "revival coins" into his body, just like the Black-pot King [Danzō], didn't he?

Nara Keisuke looked at the notification on the panel and felt an immense headache.

This combat experience was terrible!

An ultimate dōjutsu like "Izanagi" that just cheats—can't it just be banned from battle?

It looked like Nara Keisuke had repeatedly killed Old Man Madara, farming his A-Rank [Secret Ninja Scroll] over and over, maximizing the value of the battle mission.

But in reality, if Old Man Madara had just died on the spot without any revivals, the entire ninjutsu collection in the Mountain Graveyard would have become Nara Keisuke's personal spoils of war.

At that point, why would he care about one or two A-Rank [Secret Ninja Scrolls]?

Wouldn't it be better to just take Old Man Madara's entire collection, amassed over all these years, in one fell swoop?

Nara Keisuke felt very helpless.

But no matter how helpless he felt, the battle had to continue.

Nara Keisuke refused to believe that Old Man Madara had that many Sharingan hidden away to use as "Izanagi" revival coins!

Besides, using "Izanagi" also consumed a lot of chakra.

Never mind Old Man Madara's own chakra; his current decrepit body could barely squeeze out any. His spiritual energy was abundant, but without physical energy to supplement it, he couldn't synthesize conventional chakra.

The previous two uses of "Izanagi" relied on the Gedo Mazō's chakra. Now, he could only rely on White Zetsu Tobi!

As long as White Zetsu Tobi's chakra was exhausted, Old Man Madara would still have to die.

'But in that state just now, do Old Man Madara and White Zetsu Tobi count as one person, or two?'

Nara Keisuke silently changed his position again, simultaneously molding [Dust Release] chakra.

'Izanagi should only work on oneself; it shouldn't be able to extend its revival range to a teammate... But Old Man Madara's methods can't be judged by common sense! And this White Zetsu biological armor... Tsk!'

Nara Keisuke really wished that the [Dust Release: Detachment from the Primitive World Technique] just now had completely taken out White Zetsu Tobi.

Because that would mean that even if Old Man Madara "revived" again, without the "White Zetsu Battle Armor" to supply him with chakra, he wouldn't even need Nara Keisuke to act; he would just die on his own.

But reality quickly poured a basin of cold water on Nara Keisuke.

When Old Man Madara's figure, still wearing the "White Zetsu Battle Armor," reappeared in the Mountain Graveyard, Nara Keisuke knew that the "biological armor" had revived along with him.

The only good news was... Old Man Madara's left eye was finally closed?

'Three Izanagi, three Sharingan... You really are cautious!'

Nara Keisuke grit his teeth slightly, silently approaching Old Man Madara's revival spot, planning to once again unleash [Dust Release: Detachment from the Primitive World Technique].

[Dust Release] was the trump card Nara Keisuke had prepared for this raid.

He possessed a wide variety of attacks, but in terms of pure destructive power, nothing he had could currently compare to [Dust Release], which could disintegrate matter into molecules.

When dealing with an old monster like Old Man Madara, who had lived for who-knows-how-long and mastered countless jutsu, Nara Keisuke didn't trust other techniques. [Dust Release] was the most reliable.

Although he had mastered the wider-range [Boundary Detachment Technique], its chakra consumption was far greater than [Detachment from the Primitive World Technique], and secondly, it required a certain amount of "travel time."

When fighting a monster like Old Man Madara, it was best to reduce the probability of failure to the absolute minimum.

To be honest, Nara Keisuke was extremely satisfied with the combination of the imperceptible [Shadow Invisibility Technique] and the one-hit-kill [Dust Release].

Old Man Madara, trapped in the darkness, also knew the severity of the situation.

His number of "revival coins" was not as high as Nara Keisuke imagined.

As a legendary Uchiha who had developed his ordinary tomoe Sharingan all the way to an Eternal Mangekyo, and even awakened the true "Sage Eyes" (Rinnegan), Old Man Madara looked down on common Sharingan.

Only Mangekyo Sharingan were barely worthy of his attention.

Unfortunately, one of Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyo Sharingan was destroyed, and the remaining one had been "sent" back to the Uchiha Clan by Madara as part of a plan to dispel Konoha's suspicions.

Although Old Man Madara still didn't know how the enemy had found the Mountain Graveyard...

What made him even more helpless was that he still hadn't figured out the attacker's identity.

If the initial [Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon] had allowed him to lock onto Nara Keisuke...

...then the [Dust Release] just now had left him completely baffled.

Having personally beaten the master-disciple duo, Second Tsuchikage Mū and Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki (kid version), Old Man Madara was certain that [Dust Release] was the exclusive ability of Iwagakure's Tsuchikage.

In the entire shinobi world, it was unique to them, no one else had it.

But just now, someone had used [Dust Release] right under his nose!

Old Man Madara even wondered if Iwagakure had found its way to the Land of Iron.

And that invisibility technique also matched the characteristics of Iwagakure's transparency jutsu.

But to get back on topic.

Old Man Madara's "revival coins," or Sharingan that could be used for "Izanagi," numbered only four.

To be precise, there were only four Sharingan that had been pre-set with a "Transcription Seal" (Tensha Fūin) containing the power of "Izanagi."

Using Izanagi did indeed require hand seals.

But by using the "Transcription Seal," one could skip the hand seals and activate it with a thought.

Of Old Man Madara's four Sharingan, two came from Uchiha Setsuna's personal collection. The other two...

...came from Uchiha Setsuna himself.

This radical Uchiha hawk elder, after running himself ragged for Old Man Madara, was finished off by him, and his eyes were gouged out.

A three-tomoe Jonin?

Old Man Madara found him an eyesore.

Of the four Sharingan, three had already been "consumed" in the battle.

Old Man Madara closed his left eye now only to hide the fact that he still had one Sharingan left.

'White Zetsu! Get ready!'

Old Man Madara formed hand seals, injecting his own will into White Zetsu Tobi's body.

'The next time I revive, ignore everything else and escape into the ground!'

'My will... I entrust it to you to inherit!'