Just as Renya's kunai was about to pierce the Six-Tails jinchūriki's heart.
A White Zetsu appeared between the two of them without the slightest warning, smiling as he greeted Renya.
"hello~"
White Zetsu used his body to block the fatal blow for him.
The Six-Tails jinchūriki snapped back to his senses, saw the white creature standing in front of him, and without thinking any further, hurriedly changed direction and bolted.
"Damn it!"
Furious, Renya kicked White Zetsu flying and immediately chased after him.
White Zetsu had appeared, which meant that Madara was about to arrive.
He had to kill the Six-Tails jinchūriki in the shortest possible time, otherwise once Madara arrived, there would be no chance.
In an instant, countless White Zetsu kept emerging continuously from the ground.
Although to Renya this group of White Zetsu posed no danger, at such a critical moment they still caused him a great deal of trouble.
They seriously slowed down his pursuit.
"You bunch of idiots, get out of the way!"
Renya continued using Nōkō to smack away these obstructive White Zetsu, then used all his strength to chase the Six-Tails jinchūriki.
But there were far too many White Zetsu, one could say they were endless.
Knock one group flying, and another arrived.
Watching as the Six-Tails jinchūriki ran farther and farther away, Renya could only stare helplessly.
This feeling was unbearably frustrating.
"Whew, luckily I made it in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!"
Hidden in the shadows, Black Zetsu let out a long breath of relief at the sight.
If it had come even a little later, the Six-Tails jinchūriki would have been gone.
The cook really had gone crazy basking in the sun, to come up with such an extreme method.
Way too terrifying!
Just a little more, just a little, and Mother's resurrection would have been delayed.
Although it highly appreciated the cook's culinary skills, it did not want him to hinder Mother's grand plan of resurrection.
Fortunately, things had not reached the point of no return.
Now they only needed to wait for Uchiha Madara to arrive. With thousands of White Zetsu troops here, they could obstruct the cook for a while.
It would be completely possible to stall until Madara arrived.
From the White Zetsu intelligence network, Black Zetsu learned that Uchiha Madara was not far from the ninja allied forces' encampment.
At last, things were back on track again.
"You all, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and stop him!"
Renya shouted toward the distant Konoha ninja, his mood growing more and more irritable.
He hadn't expected that at such a key moment, White Zetsu would come out to block the blade.
Damn it!
He didn't have much time left. If he didn't kill the Six-Tails jinchūriki now, there might be no chance.
The Konoha ninja present heard this and immediately charged toward the Six-Tails jinchūriki.
"Stop them, hurry up and hold them back, protect the jinchūriki!"
The Third Raikage and the Fourth Tsuchikage finally remembered to call on their subordinates for help, and when the Fourth Mizukage saw this he hurriedly shouted to the terrified Kirigakure ninja.
In an instant, ninja from three villages rushed at the Konoha ninja at the same time.
Renya was blocked by White Zetsu, the Konoha ninja were blocked by the ninja alliance forces, while the Six-Tails jinchūriki was running at the very front.
Terrified he'd be killed if he ran too slowly…
The ninja alliance camp instantly became chaotic.
Of course, this naturally did not include the ninja of Sunagakure.
The Second Kazekage, Samon, had absolutely no intention of participating. He led the Suna ninja to a relatively concealed spot to watch the show.
The scene was far too chaotic; it was best not to get involved.
But weren't those white humanoid creatures helpers of Uchiha Renya?
Why had they just stopped Renya from killing the Six-Tails jinchūriki?
This was something he couldn't figure out no matter how hard he thought.
"Could it be that these white humanoid creatures actually aren't allies of Konoha?"
Samon muttered softly, subconsciously looking toward the army of White Zetsu.
"Saved!"
The Six-Tails jinchūriki saw that no one was chasing behind him anymore; the powerful Konoha poison master had been blocked.
The Konoha ninja chasing him had also been stopped.
The joy of narrowly escaping death filled his mind, but before he could be happy for long—
He suddenly realized he seemed to have run into a wall.
When he lifted his head, he discovered he hadn't hit a wall, but an old man with long white hair.
"How could an old man appear in a place like this?"
And this old man, even after being bumped into by him, hadn't been sent flying at once!
Instead, he was completely unfazed.
Just as he was lost in wild thoughts, the old man suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed his neck.
"Found you."
The Six-Tails jinchūriki's feet left the ground. He struggled with all his might to break free from the old man's hand, but found it completely useless.
"Y-you… who… are… you?!"
"Uchiha Madara."
At these words, his pupils shrank violently, his face showing the expression of seeing a ghost.
"Your mission is over."
Uchiha Madara punched the Six-Tails jinchūriki unconscious, then tossed him to the ground like a dead dog.
Right after, his hands rapidly formed seals, and his right hand suddenly slapped down onto the ground.
"Summoning Technique: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!"
With a puff of white smoke rising, the colossal Demonic Statue of the Outer Path appeared behind him.
The commotion here instantly drew everyone's attention.
Renya, seeing the unconscious Six-Tails jinchūriki at Uchiha Madara's feet and the massive Demonic Statue behind him, felt as if the sky had collapsed.
"It's over, completely over."
Madara had finally succeeded after all; his plan had utterly failed.
No—he absolutely could not let him succeed!
Renya rushed toward Uchiha Madara, wanting to snatch back the Six-Tails jinchūriki before he used the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"Kid, you almost pulled it off."
Uchiha Madara looked at the charging Renya, suppressing the anger in his heart as he spoke.
If he had come any later, the Six-Tails definitely would have been killed.
"Madara-sama, I told you your plan is unrealistic. The 'Eye of the Moon' plan is a lie!"
"Whether it's true or false is for me to decide, you don't need to worry about it."
Renya hadn't even gotten close to Uchiha Madara before being punched in the abdomen by Limbo: Border Jail, followed by a torrent of punches.
The unhinged Uchiha Madara, worried Renya would cause trouble, split into three shadows at once and pinned him down for a brutal beating.
Perhaps it was punishment for him wanting to kill the Six-Tails jinchūriki…
Renya could only use Flying Thunder God to jump to Danzo's side to evade the attacks. In just a short span, several new bruises appeared on his body.
"You okay?" Danzo looked at him with concern, afraid Uchiha Madara had beaten him too badly.
"I'm fine." Renya raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Not dying yet."
Uchiha Madara raised his right hand and formed a single-handed seal.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path spat out several chains from its mouth, binding the unconscious Six-Tails jinchūriki on the ground.
Amid everyone's shocked gazes, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path extracted the Six-Tails' chakra from the jinchūriki's body.
"What just happened?"
No one was more shocked than the Second Kazekage, Samon; disbelief was written all over his face.
"That old guy looks so much like Uchiha Madara!"
He had once been the First Kazekage's bodyguard, so of course he knew of the legendary Uchiha Madara.
And that old man looked almost exactly like Uchiha Madara.
At this moment, he finally realized that the Hokage hadn't been lying…
Uchiha Madara was really still alive!
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