"ROAR!"
The form of the Gedo Statue!
After the Divine Tree was summoned, its shape began to rapidly change. In no time at all, it transformed from a towering giant tree into...
Simultaneously, ten tails unfurled from its back, swaying incessantly in the air.
"Holy shit, the Ten-Tails?"
The members of the Ninja Guild exclaimed in shock.
The Divine Tree was originally the body of the Ten-Tails. However, after its modifications, the current Divine Tree was different from the original. It was...
More majestic!
The branches and leaves of the Demon Mother Tree trembled, emitting a piercing sound: "What in the world is that thing?"
It sensed a deeply repulsive aura from the Divine Tree, making it wish it could immediately destroy it. In fact, it did just that.
It tore the Divine Tree to shreds.
Countless demonic vines surged from the body of the Demon Mother Tree, empowered by Devil Fruit abilities, drastically increasing their destructive power as they aimed to...
The corner of Uchiha Madara's mouth curled into a smirk as his hands swiftly formed seals.
"Statue Chains!"
Chakra chains shot forth from the Divine Tree, clashing violently with the demonic vines in the air.
"BOOM!"
The vines were forcefully repelled. Yet, more chakra chains erupted from the Divine Tree, instantly ensnaring the trunk of the Demon Mother Tree and relentlessly dragging it forward.
The ninjas of the Ninja Guild watching the live stream were utterly stunned.
Was Madara treating the Demon Mother Tree like a Tailed Beast, planning to directly seal and absorb it?
"KABOOM!"
The Demon Mother Tree was equally decisive. Its entire trunk suddenly shattered into countless fragments, breaking free from the chains and reforming into the shape of a giant tree in the distance.
Seeing his plan fail, Uchiha Madara wasn't particularly bothered.
"Phantom Dragons Nine Sealing!"
The Divine Tree Statue suddenly spewed forth chakra dragons, which roared as they charged to bite down on the Demon Mother Tree.
Witnessing this, the Demon Mother Tree immediately unleashed a barrage of immensely powerful Devil Fruit abilities, shattering the several attacking chakra dragons.
"Could this be considered a clash between the origins of power from two different worlds?"
A smile played on Lin Xuan's lips as he stroked his chin. "However, it seems the current Divine Tree isn't capable of sealing the Demon Mother Tree's abilities either."
Originally, after its modifications, the Divine Tree could temporarily nullify the Devil Fruit abilities of their users. Previously, when CP9 ambushed Sabaody Archipelago, the loss of Devil Fruit powers occurred within the range covered by the Divine Tree's roots.
However, this ability seemed ineffective against the Demon Mother Tree.
Lin Xuan pondered, thinking it might be related to the method of ability activation.
The Demon Mother Tree itself possessed various abilities. Devil Fruit users activated their powers by borrowing from the demons within their bodies, which essentially meant they were also tapping into the power of the Demon Mother Tree.
"KABOOM!"
Powerful attacks collided in the sky. Chaotic spatial currents raged and swept out, once again causing space itself to fracture.
At that moment, a Tailed Beast Bomb gathered within the statue's mouth and was violently launched at the Demon Mother Tree.
"BOOM!"
Like apocalyptic thunder, the sound reverberated between heaven and earth. It actually breached the Demon Mother Tree's defenses, blasting a hole in its trunk. Meanwhile, the Demon Mother Tree's counterattack also inflicted damage upon the Divine Tree.
The corner of Uchiha Madara's mouth curled up into a cold sneer.
He hadn't summoned the Divine Tree just to have it fight the Demon Mother Tree.
He had been observing all along. The damage the Divine Tree's attacks inflicted on the Demon Mother Tree didn't seem to heal instantly as before.
In that case—
Uchiha Madara's hands swiftly formed another set of seals.
Uchiha Itachi and the others watching the live stream couldn't help but change their expressions slightly upon seeing the seals Madara was forming.
"This is... the Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!"
"Holy shit, what is Madara trying to do?"
Especially the members of the Akatsuki organization, they couldn't help but shout out.
The Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal could absorb the Ten-Tails into one's own body, turning the user into the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki!
But a question occurred to them all: Uchiha Madara was currently in an Edo Tensei body. He shouldn't be able to fuse with the Divine Tree and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, right?
Right!
In the original course of history, Uchiha Madara also only performed the Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki after his resurrection.
At this moment, Uchiha Madara finally completed his seals, landing squarely on the Divine Tree.
"Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!"
"KABOOM!"
A tremendous roar echoed as the Divine Tree rapidly contracted, beginning to merge into his body from behind Uchiha Madara.
Witnessing this scene, the members of the Ninja Guild were dumbfounded.
How was this possible?
Could an Edo Tensei body also absorb the power of the Divine Tree?!
At that moment, their questions were directly posted by Namikaze Minato into the Dimensional Chat Group, asking Lin Xuan if he knew what was going on.
Seeing the message, Lin Xuan couldn't help but smile and replied, "It wasn't possible before, but now it is."
He didn't keep them in suspense and continued to explain. "This is the result of Orochimaru's research. Previously, he extracted some special substances from Devil Fruits. During the process of modifying the Divine Tree, he incorporated them, granting it some characteristics of the Demon Mother Tree."
"The current Divine Tree is different from the one in the ninja world. It possesses some properties of Devil Fruits, capable of turning death into life. This is also the reason it can nullify the abilities of Devil Fruit users!"
"In other words, it's as if it consumed a super-sized Devil Fruit, granting it some special abilities. Of course, that's not entirely accurate, as it merely fused with characteristics of the Demon Mother Tree and isn't actually possessed by a demon."
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