Six Paths Madara looked up at the blood-red moon, visibly growing larger in the night sky, and said with a smile: "There's still some time until the moon descends."
Then, Six Paths Madara looked down at Makoto again, his Rinnegan narrowing slightly, the corner of his mouth curving into an arc.
"Didn't you want to fight me? How about it? Want to give it a try?"
Makoto, also smiling, asked back: "Aren't you afraid I'll kill you before you can perform the Infinite Tsukuyomi?"
Hearing this, Madara immediately stopped smiling. He pointed his scepter at Makoto and shouted: "Don't get too cocky, Nishikawa."
As he spoke, Madara's pupils contracted sharply, and he directly brought out his trump card technique:
Limbo: Border Jail!
Invisible clones separated from Madara's body.
But there was no one else present with Six Paths power who could see them.
Those clones all charged at Makoto simultaneously, attacking from four directions.
Although Limbo clones, at first glance, might not seem much different from Shadow Clones, aside from not disappearing when hit, these clones could only be attacked by those with Six Paths power. It was a truly cheap trick.
However, Makoto simply couldn't be bothered to care.
He charged ahead in Chainsaw Man form, simultaneously coating his body surface with Armament Haki.
Makoto charged straight at Madara's main body, completely ignoring the fists of those invisible clones.
Six Paths Madara was startled. He hadn't expected Makoto's body to be so tough.
He had great confidence in the attack power of Limbo. A full-power strike was enough to send a Tailed Beast flying.
Yet this kid could withstand it with just his physical body?
Makoto in Chainsaw Man form charged right up to Six Paths Madara, swinging his roaring chainsaw.
Six Paths Madara swung his Yin-Yang Release staff to meet it. The shaft of the staff clashed with the chainsaw's teeth, unleashing a violent shockwave.
A ring of dark red energy exploded from the point of impact, spreading in all directions, cutting the distant vines in half.
Feeling the pressure on his wrist, Six Paths Madara couldn't help but marvel at the kid's immense strength.
Madara's hand webbing went numb from the vibration, and his scepter nearly slipped from his hand.
Then, an inexplicable impact force landed on Six Paths Madara's chest, causing him to step back half a step, a gash opening on his chest.
Madara frowned and asked: "This is?"
Makoto chuckled lightly, pushing the chainsaw forward another few inches: "You're not the only one who can strike things from a distance."
The two continued fighting. In just a few exchanges, Makoto, wildly swinging his chainsaw, suppressed Six Paths Madara.
Six Paths Madara frowned inwardly. 'Close combat against this kid is disadvantageous for me.'
With this thought, Six Paths Madara flew quickly, his entire body turning into a white beam of light, putting distance between himself and Makoto.
He put away his scepter and rapidly formed hand seals.
Then, he turned both palms downward, aiming at Makoto's position below.
"Sage Art: Yin Release Lightning Dispatch!"
Deep purple lightning was released from his palms, pouring down like a waterfall.
Hundreds of those lightning bolts intertwined in mid-air, forming an impenetrable net of lightning, falling towards Makoto.
Simultaneously, the four Limbo clones also released the same Ninjutsu.
Four equally dense lightning nets closed in on Makoto from the front, back, left, and right.
For a moment, visible and invisible deep purple lightning attacked Makoto from five directions: front, back, left, right, and above.
Six Paths Madara in mid-air muttered to himself: "My Yin Release Lightning Dispatch cannot be blocked even by a Complete Body Susanoo. Well then, how will you deal with it?"
The next moment—
Under Six Paths Madara's astonished gaze, Makoto plunged his hand into his own left chest, grasped his beating heart, and yanked hard.
Pfft!
Makoto forcibly tore his heart out of his chest. Even his own followers, who had witnessed Makoto's power firsthand, were scared half to death.
'That's brutal!'
The next moment, Makoto hurled his heart high into the air towards Six Paths Madara's main body.
The heart flew in a parabolic arc through the night sky, precisely slipping through the gaps in the lightning net.
Six Paths Madara instinctively sensed trouble. It wasn't that his Rinnegan saw something... it was simply the combat intuition he had developed over many years telling him something was wrong with that thing.
Madara tilted his head slightly, letting the heart brush past his face.
Six Paths Madara's Yin Release Lightning Strike landed on Makoto, instantly blasting his body to pieces.
His flesh turned to ash in the deep purple lightning.
Sure enough, Six Paths Madara's instincts told him something was off.
He whipped his head around, only to see that heart, which had almost flown out of the atmosphere, starting to grow new limbs on its surface during its flight.
And in less than a few seconds, it had transformed into a complete person.
The Chainsaw Man form reappeared!
'As long as his heart remains, he can keep regenerating?'
Six Paths Madara turned around in mid-air, scepter in hand, Truth-Seeking Balls arrayed behind him.
High above, the fully regenerated Makoto raised both hands high. Above his head, a giant ball of energy burned with blazing flames, billowing like a sun.
"Fire Release: Rasen Force."
Six Paths Madara watched that giant crimson fireball fall towards him. Its diameter exceeded the height of the Ten-Tails as it fell from the sky, illuminating the entire battlefield.
Facing this giant ball of flame descending like the sun, Madara manipulated the Truth-Seeking Balls to form a black sphere, protecting himself inside.
The giant Rasen Force, a thousand times the size of a Truth-Seeking Ball, fell, but the moment it touched, like a mud ox entering the sea, it was absorbed and erased by the Truth-Seeking Ball, ultimately turning into nothingness.
Six Paths Madara opened his shield and said: "Ninjutsu is useless against the power of Six Paths."
But no sooner had he said this than Makoto in Chainsaw Man form had already appeared before him. "What about Devil Power?"
Madara's expression changed drastically.
'So fast!'
The roaring chainsaw pierced through his abdomen.
The chainsaw entered Madara's abdomen, the teeth spinning inside his body, churning his internal organs.
Feeling the pain, Six Paths Madara frowned slightly, then smiled. One hand gripped Makoto's arm, trying to pull his hand out, while a glint of appreciation flashed in the pair of Rinnegan:
"Although I don't know what this 'Devil Power' you speak of is, I really didn't expect to get hurt even in this form."
"I'll acknowledge it... among the opponents I've fought so far, you are the highest level."
"I, Uchiha Madara, am willing to call you the strongest!"
With that, Six Paths Madara squeezed Makoto's wrist forcefully, trying to pull the chainsaw out, and shouted with a curl of his lip: "But! It's still not enough to defeat me!"
"I never said I wanted to defeat you either."
Makoto teased matter-of-factly.
Then, under Six Paths Madara's rather surprised gaze, a dark shadow with dot eyes appeared on the chainsaw.
The number one filial son of the Ninja World… Black Zetsu!
That's right, everything Makoto had done was just to distract Six Paths Madara so that the filial son could attach himself to his chainsaw.
All for this moment… to take over Madara's body!