Chapter 638: The Victor
It's just a little acid. Am I supposed to be afraid of this? What a joke!
The Hsssss! sound was continuous.
Madara Uchiha discovered to his horror that a large chunk of energy on his Susanoo's back had been corroded away. Where did this acid come from? How is it so corrosive?
Obito's left eye was the Rinnegan, which Madara had already stolen. Now, his right eye was also bleeding. When he was pushed away by Madara's repulsive force, he pushed his own dōjutsu to its absolute limit. In the exact spot where he had been standing, another portal opened, aimed directly at Madara Uchiha.
He had been suppressing this portal, keeping it in a state of 'open but not fully open'. The pressure of the acid on the other side had built to its limit. Now, he released it completely. An immeasurable torrent of acid shot out, striking the Susanoo directly on its forehead.
Madara was focusing all his effort on repairing the breach in the Susanoo's back. He never expected a new attack to come from the front.
The blue, Tengu-armored Susanoo didn't even last a second. The azure giant's forehead was instantly corroded, and the acid poured down. Madara himself lost half his torso and one leg to the corrosion.
As Obito continued to widen the portals connecting the Kamui dimension to the acid dimension, the acid poured in like an endless waterfall. Madara's Susanoo, just like his body, was instantly riddled with holes.
"Damn it! What is this acid? Was this all created using Lava Release?" To be able to corrode a Susanoo this quickly, it definitely wasn't natural acid. It had to be a Kekkei Genkai like Lava Release, or a similar ability, to achieve this effect. But that was just theory. In reality, who would use that much chakra to create an entire dimension of acid? Was this person insane? Did they have too much chakra to spend?
The acid's potency far exceeded Madara's expectations. His Perfect Susanoo was completely shattered. Facing the acid surging from all directions, most of his body, including his right arm, was corroded away. In the end, only his head, a third of his torso, and his left arm remained.
Obito used his familiarity with the terrain to dodge as much as possible. But the acid flooding the Kamui dimension wasn't stable; it churned like ocean waves. Even though he had slightly altered the dimension's terrain to create a more favorable environment for himself, he was still being constantly hit by the acid, and his body reached its limit.
He quickly used Izanagi's ability, altering his own state, rewinding himself back five minutes—to the exact moment he had first activated Izanagi.
The Rinnegan that Madara had stolen returned to its original place. Five minutes ago, he had already used repulsive force to fly to the very top of the Kamui dimension.
The cost was his right eye. His own priceless Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan completely lost its light. The dōjutsu power in his right eye was gone, and his vision was reduced to its lowest point; everything he saw was a hazy gray.
He didn't have time to mourn his right eye. He looked down from above at Madara, still submerged in the acid. His body dived like an eagle, grabbing Madara by the neck and pulling the one-third of a man out of the acid. Before Madara could resist, Obito gouged out both of his eyes.
"Hmph. This Rinnegan doesn't seem all that useful. No matter how good someone else's eyes are, they're ultimately not as good as my own. I should have realized that sooner." A smile touched Obito's lips. After a brief hesitation, he chose to dig the Rinnegan out of his left socket and replace it with Kakashi's Mangekyō eye—his own left eye—which he had taken back from Madara.
After sixteen years, he finally had his left eye back. This was connected to him by blood; it was the most suitable eye in the world for him.
His right eye had indeed lost its light forever, but the fact that it had once reached the Mangekyō state would not be erased.
In other words, he had finally assembled a pair of Mangekyō, and he naturally possessed the functions of a normal Mangekyō Sharingan.
In the tone of a victor, Obito asked, "Madara, I remember you said that at the Valley of the End, you fought Hashirama Senju to the death. You used Izanagi to fake your death and escape, at the cost of one of your Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan losing its light forever. Can you tell me how your eye recovered after that? Let me guess... was it the Rinnegan? The Rinnegan restored the light to that eye, didn't it?"
Madara was severely wounded and now blind. Hearing Obito's words, he couldn't help but laugh. "I originally thought you had gotten smarter, but it turns out you're still a fool! You understand nothing. You cannot replicate my experience. You do not have that in you. You cannot merge all things in nature."
Obito fell silent, pondering. He did indeed have a vague premonition. Now that he had a complete pair of Mangekyō, the premonition was clearer: it seemed the Mangekyō Sharingan was the limit. There was no path forward.
He also had Hashirama's cells in his body, but could Hashirama's cells truly merge with the Mangekyō? He saw no signs of this whatsoever.
Madara felt a heart-wrenching pain. He had failed. He had been defeated by a minor character he thought he could easily control. This filled him with resentment.
Seemingly guessing something, he deliberately provoked Obito. "With your aptitude, you wouldn't awaken the Rinnegan in ten thousand years!"
"Is that so?" Obito consciously lowered his voice. "Do you think the Rinnegan can only be awakened using that 'all things in nature' power you speak of? Then where did Ino Yamanaka's Rinnegan come from? You think too highly of yourself. You believe this is your destiny, but in reality, it is not. In the face of destiny, you are as laughable as an ant."
Obito felt there wasn't just one path to awakening the Rinnegan; there had to be another way. But none of that mattered. He had reclaimed his own eyes and crippled Madara Uchiha. He had avenged Rin, and he had avenged himself. He felt exceptionally good.
In over a decade, his mood had never been this good.
Now, it was time to collect the grandest prize.
"Six Paths: Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!" Madara had been the one to teach him this jutsu. Now, he was "returning" it to his teacher.
Assembling the pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, even with one eye blind, had greatly enhanced his abilities. It now gave him the ability to converse with the Ten-Tails inside Madara.
"We've known each other for over a decade; we're old friends. You don't have space-time abilities, do you? This Kamui dimension is about to be completely destroyed. In one minute at most, acid will fill this space. If you don't want to die here with Madara Uchiha, then submit to me. Only I can get you out!"
The Ten-Tails let out a meaningless roar. Obito sneered, "I'll take that as a yes."
He quickly formed seals. The Ten-Tails inside Madara resisted only slightly before obediently allowing its chakra to surge into Obito's body. It even seemed a little impatient.
Madara's secret process of regenerating his body was directly interrupted. Without the Ten-Tails, his recovery abilities were gone. Blood spurted from his wounds, and his life entered its final countdown.
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