Upon hearing Lin Xuan's explanation, the others finally understood, though they didn't dwell on it too much.
In fact, when the Divine Tree was first planted on the island, they had all gone to take a close look and had felt something was different even then.
They never expected that the current Divine Tree could actually allow an Edo Tensei body to become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
Uchiha Itachi: "Guild Master, if the Divine Tree possesses the property of turning death into life, now that Uchiha Madara has absorbed the Divine Tree and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, will he be revived as well?"
Lin Xuan thought for a moment before replying: "You could say he's temporarily revived by borrowing the Divine Tree's power. But once separated from it, he should probably kick the bucket again!"
Konan: "Coming back to life just to die again, hahaha, Madara is so pitiful!" Hashirama Senju: "Madara is so pitiful!" Obito Uchiha: "Madara is so pitiful!"
Uchiha Madara: "..."
Over on his side, Uchiha Madara, who was still merging with the Divine Tree, also saw the messages in the group chat. He couldn't help but develop a face full of black lines, cursing inwardly: *What do you mean 'coming back to life just to die again'? And since when am I pitiful?*
*Also, Hashirama, you guys have some nerve! You're merged with me right now, and you still have the mind to chat in the group?!*
*A bunch of bastards. Just wait, I'll make you all dance later!*
Finally, the Divine Tree completely merged into Uchiha Madara's body.
At this moment, his power and aura were rapidly undergoing a transformation. The most obvious change was that Madara's original Edo Tensei body had now restored itself to a body of flesh and blood.
As the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Uchiha Madara was temporarily revived. An overwhelmingly powerful aura erupted from his body, exerting a heavy pressure.
Witnessing this scene, many were astonished.
The strong members of the Ninja Guild were amazed to find that Uchiha Madara had actually come back to life.
As for people like Whitebeard and his crew, they found it utterly bewildering.
This was the first time they had ever seen someone merge a tree into their own body. They didn't understand how it worked, but it looked incredibly impressive!
Luffy was shouting excitedly: "Where did that old man stuff that huge tree inside his body?! How come his body didn't explode?!"
Even if they couldn't comprehend it, they could still tell that the current Uchiha Madara seemed significantly stronger than before.
On the sea surface, Lin Xuan observed Uchiha Madara with keen interest and remarked: "Not bad, much stronger. With power like this, perhaps it could be considered a Super Six Paths Sage Mode!"
After merging with Hashirama and the others, Uchiha Madara was already immensely powerful. Now, having absorbed the Divine Tree and even revived, his current strength was unimaginable!
To be honest, Lin Xuan was also quite surprised. The theory about an Edo Tensei body absorbing the Divine Tree had been just that—a theory. He hadn't expected it to actually succeed.
"Interesting. I am indeed far stronger than before!" Uchiha Madara clenched his fist, feeling the abundant vitality within his body, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
His gaze shifted to Lin Xuan, a dangerous glint flashing in his eyes.
*Now that I'm revived, even if only temporarily, does that mean I've also broken free from Lin Xuan's control?*
However, when he looked at Lin Xuan, he found Lin Xuan also looking back at him with a smile on his face.
Their eyes met in the air.
In the end, Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes slightly, gave a light snort, and decided not to make a move against Lin Xuan just yet.
Because from Uchiha Madara, it sensed an extremely intense feeling of threat, coupled with a vaguely familiar aura, which began to make it feel profoundly uneasy.
At the same time, it couldn't quite understand.
During its eight hundred years of manipulating the World Government to rule this world, it had continuously eliminated various threats, forcibly making the world more secure.
So why were there still so many variables in this world?!
The situation had developed to this stage, completely beyond its expectations. Not only had all its plans and arrangements been ruined, but now it even felt its very life was threatened.
"It seems I need to deal with you quickly. Then I can go cause trouble for that guy!" Uchiha Madara sneered.
As his words fell, his figure vanished from the spot.
The Demon Mother Tree began to panic, because it found it could no longer track Uchiha Madara's movements at all. It was as if he had truly disappeared.
Suddenly, Uchiha Madara appeared in the air above the Demon Mother Tree, swinging the black Six Paths Staff in his hand.
A terrifying force of Yin and Yang erupted, carrying a spatial storm, and slammed down onto the Demon Mother Tree, blasting it directly from the air into the sea.
"Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch!"
Purple lightning snaked out from the Six Paths Staff, transforming into a thunder dragon that plunged into the seawater, striking the Demon Mother Tree's main body.
"BOOM!"
The battle between the two erupted once more. But this time, not only could the Demon Mother Tree completely not keep up with Uchiha Madara's speed, but its defenses were also shattered with ease under his attacks.
Even more surprisingly, while the Demon Mother Tree's body surged with a large amount of vitality to heal its wounds, the speed of recovery this time was significantly slower.
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