"Indeed, he has some skill!"
Seeing that his ninjutsu was so easily broken, Uchiha Madara's face showed surprise.
His ninjutsu could instantly kill a group of so-called elite ninjas; even the Five Kage together wouldn't fare well against him. Yet, it was countered by an unknown ninjutsu and was easily neutralized.
Moreover, he couldn't even discern what kind of ninjutsu the opponent had used.
Just as he finished speaking, a figure appeared before him.
"So fast! Such powerful taijutsu!"
Relying on the Rinnegan's extraordinary vision, Madara Uchiha barely caught a glimpse of Goku's movement. He tried to dodge, but his body had barely shifted slightly when he was struck in the chest.
Madara Uchiha's chest was pierced through, but in the instant it was pierced, he transformed into a wooden figure identical to himself.
Moreover, this wooden figure didn't disappear after being destroyed; instead, countless resilient roots immediately sprouted, binding Goku into a tight bundle.
"In terms of taijutsu, I, Madara, acknowledge you as the strongest, but unfortunately, you've met me."
Another identical Madara stepped out from the side.
Goku's taijutsu truly frightened him; even his Rinnegan could only catch fleeting afterimages, demonstrating just how fast he was.
While he wasn't primarily skilled in taijutsu, his mastery of it was still among the best in the ninja world.
Without the Sharingan or any other ninjutsu, relying solely on taijutsu, he could hold his own against the Five Kage.
Yet, he couldn't withstand a single move from Goku, no wonder he was so arrogant; he certainly had some talent.
But relying solely on taijutsu, how could he possibly be a match for him?
Even when using the Dust Concealment Technique, he had already replaced his original body with Wood Release clones.
Wood Release clones are different from other Kage clones. Other Kage clones are created using chakra, offering virtually no defensive capabilities and being easily detected.
But Wood Release clones are different; Hashirama's Wood Release clones were created using both chakra and cells.
Its defensive capabilities far surpass those of a typical shadow clone, and its strength is very close to that of the real body, making it virtually impossible to distinguish between them.
When he fought Hashirama, he was deceived by Hashirama's Wood Release clone, which led to his defeat.
Furthermore, even if the Wood Release clone is damaged, it can still continue to use ninjutsu to bind the attacker.
Combined with the unique sealing abilities of Wood Release, a bound ninja is essentially rendered incapable of fighting.
"Crack!"
Uchiha Madara, who had just finished off Goku with a taunt, suddenly froze, stopping in his tracks.
Because Goku had easily snapped all the tree roots binding him with a single effort.
"So it was a clone. Your clone is so realistic, I couldn't even tell the difference."
Goku looked at Uchiha Madara's real body and gave him a thumbs up.
Even when he had tried to distinguish it using his ki senses, he hadn't been able to differentiate between the clone and the real body.
However, because of his ki perception, he actually knew the location of Madara Uchiha's main body.
But since he couldn't distinguish which was the clone and which was the real body, he randomly chose one to attack.
"Now you only have one!"
Goku's figure flashed, reappearing in front of Madara Uchiha and throwing a punch.
Madara Uchiha's body exploded, turning into countless fragments.
But because of the Impure World Reincarnation, in less than a second, his body was restored to its original state.
"You...very good!"
The restored Madara Uchiha looked at Goku with a changed gaze, his expression unusually serious.
If it weren't for the Impure World Reincarnation, his body would have been utterly destroyed.
However, his real body was much stronger than this impure world body, and his fighting style would be more cautious, making it less easy for him to get close.
Kabuto Yakushi claimed his body could unleash its full power, but he knew perfectly well that this reanimated body could only muster half its strength.
Its only advantages were unlimited chakra and the ability to regenerate if damaged.
"Wooden Tree World Advent!"
With a clap of his hands, countless trees rapidly sprouted from the ground, coiling around Goku's body.
"Wooden Tree World Advent!"
"Oh, it can even conjure a forest, somewhat like Grandpa Sequen's nature magic."
Looking at the trees and flowers covering the ground, Goku suddenly thought of Warrod Sequen, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar.
Flowers and plants.
Warrod Sequen's nature magic can also manipulate trees.
And then there's Azuma, the mage of the Grimoire Heart who uses the lost magic, the Arc of the Great Tree.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Tien Shinhan and Yamcha.
He wondered how things were going with Natsu and the others on their hundred-year mission, whether their strength had improved.
But actually, they hadn't been apart for long; he'd only been in this world for a few days.
"This level of technique can't do anything to me. Is this all the strength you've got?"
Goku used Giant's Wrath to block all the trees and pollen from his body, then slashed down with a hand chop, and countless energy blades burst forth again.
All the trees and flowers on the ground were hacked to pieces and disappeared.
"Don't underestimate me! Wood Release: Wood Clone!"
With hand seals, twenty-five Wood Clone clones were created by Uchiha Madara.
"Susanoo!*
Twenty-five Madara clones simultaneously activated Susanoo, drawing their katana from their waists and slashing at Goku.
"That's more like it."
Goku roared, charging towards the twenty-five Madara clones with Susanoo activated.
"I'm attacking, I'm attacking, I'm attacking, attacking, attacking, attacking..."
With a flurry of punches and kicks, Goku completely obliterated all twenty-five Madara clones with Susanoo activated.
"This kid is incredibly strong!"
Jiraiya and the four Kage were stunned.
Originally, seeing Madara Uchiha create twenty-five clones with Susanoo to protect Goku, they had all planned to go and help.
But in the end, they were all completely overwhelmed by Goku's physical techniques.
They had never seen such powerful physical techniques before.
"Kid, you've successfully caught my attention. Then let me show you my Perfect Susanoo!"
Twenty-five clones, all using their second-stage Susanoo, were ganged up on, and yet they were so easily defeated.
He now realized that the boy before him might already be approaching his and Hashirama's level of strength.
So He was starting to get serious.
A surge of blue energy erupted from Uchiha Madara's body, quickly transforming into a gigantic tengu-shaped samurai nearly a thousand meters tall.
Uchiha Madara was inside the gem between the eyebrows of this thousand-meter-tall Susanoo.
The complete Susanoo, in terms of attack, defense, and size, was incomparable to the second-stage Susanoo.
A single strike from the complete Susanoo could cleave the twenty-five second-stage Susanoo in two.
"This strike, let's see if you can withstand it!"
Controlling the thousand-meter-tall Susanoo, Uchiha Madara unleashed a single strike.
His strike, even against a mountain several thousand meters high, could cleave it in two.
Slicing a mountain was as easy as slicing tofu.
So far, apart from Senju Hashirama's Wood Release: Wood Puppet Technique and True Several Thousand Hands, no one had been able to directly block his strike.
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