Chapter 643: Return

Just as everyone’s attention was drawn to the reappearance of the eighty-meter tall, giant blue figure, a light green silhouette appeared beside Muzuki’s body.

Celebi gently tapped Muzuki with her finger, activating Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation, and brought Muzuki underground.

The moment Celebi’s finger touched Muzuki, Muzuki’s body flickered, like an illusory phantom that didn’t exist.

The next moment, Muzuki opened his eyes underground.

“Disciple Uchiha Obito’s emotions were too intense, stimulating his Six Paths bloodline and awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan. His strength has significantly increased. Reward obtained: Byakugan purity greatly enhanced.”

“Disciple Uchiha Obito’s Chakra +20000. Master’s return from disciple’s cultivation grants Chakra +80000.”

“Disciple Uchiha Shisui’s emotions were too intense, stimulating his Six Paths bloodline and awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan. His strength has significantly increased. Reward obtained: Byakugan purity greatly enhanced.”

“Disciple Uchiha Shisui’s Chakra +17000. Master’s return from disciple’s cultivation grants Chakra +68000.”

“Your Byakugan has met the evolution requirements and will evolve soon.”

The moment Muzuki opened his eyes, several system messages appeared.

“148,000 Chakra, and the Byakugan is about to evolve.” Muzuki showed a satisfied expression.

Everything that had happened was within his plan.

Although Muzuki had little Chakra left after using No Thought Strike to shatter Susanoo, it wasn’t so little that he couldn’t maintain his Byakugan. Furthermore, he still had the Chakra from his Yang Seal that he hadn’t used.

In Muzuki’s plan, if necessary, he would have to “die” once in front of his disciples.

Nothing else, just to help his disciples awaken their eyes and increase their strength, and at the same time, to defeat Uchiha Madara more easily.

Uchiha Madara would never have guessed that Muzuki had a Sharingan hidden beneath his glasses.

That was one of the legacies Muzuki received from Root, a Sharingan that Danzo Shimura used for experiments.

Muzuki quickly took off his glasses and took out a Byakugan from his system space.

Items rewarded by the system could be stored in the system space, so Muzuki’s Byakugan in its active state could also be directly placed into the system space.

Muzuki unhesitatingly dug out his own dull right eye, then placed the retrieved Byakugan in its place and activated Medical Ninjutsu.

“Izanagi, what a useful Ninjutsu.” Muzuki exclaimed.

If it weren’t for Izanagi, it would have been quite difficult for Muzuki to feign death and stimulate Obito and the others to awaken their Sharingan.

After all, Obito and the others were watching from the sidelines and possessed abilities like Sharingan and Transparent World, making it easy for them to spot problems.

But Izanagi was different. In a sense, Muzuki had indeed died once; it was just that he had set up an automatic Izanagi in his Sharingan through a Transcription Seal, changing the reality of his death.

“It’s time to end this.” Muzuki observed the situation on the battlefield with his Byakugan, deciding to make a move to finish Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Madara now only had one Izanagi opportunity left, and his condition was not as good as when the battle began.

As for him, he had been given a secret medicine, all his injuries had recovered, his Byakugan had been strengthened, and his Yang Seal Chakra had not yet been used.

The victor of the battle had already emerged.

“Yang Seal Release!”

The flame on Muzuki’s forehead glowed red, and a large amount of Chakra surged from the seal, automatically entering the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode state.

Whoosh!

Celebi, holding a Kunai in both hands, flew back to the ground and threw the Kunai at Uchiha Madara as per Muzuki’s request.

Uchiha Madara, who was about to grab Rin Nohara, noticed the sound of air being torn and glanced at it indifferently, ignoring it.

Let alone a Kunai, even a large-scale Ninjutsu, he wouldn’t bother to move, unless it was a large-scale Ninjutsu cast by Muzuki.

But Hayate Mugetsu was dead, and no one on the entire battlefield could threaten him.

Swish!

Muzuki used Flying Thunder God Technique and appeared in mid-air behind Susanoo.

“Fire Release: Azure Flame: Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

Muzuki’s Flame Breathing Chakra Mode was pushed to its limit, greatly enhancing Muzuki’s Fire Release ability and physical capabilities.

Under the enhancement of the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, Muzuki clasped his hands together, instantly completing numerous intricate Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation operations.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!!

Large swathes of dazzling Azure Flames were spewed out by Muzuki.

The Azure Flames danced and churned in the air, emitting suffocating high temperatures.

“Hm?!”

Feeling a Ninjutsu powerful enough to threaten his life, Uchiha Madara immediately turned his head and saw Muzuki, who had just finished releasing the Azure Flame.

Even Uchiha Madara, who was battle-hardened and had witnessed countless grand spectacles, showed a puzzled expression at that moment.

Muzuki lost his life under his Sharingan; this was a fact Uchiha Madara’s Sharingan had personally witnessed.

Muzuki didn’t have a Sharingan, and none of the Ninja present possessed the Rinnegan to use Reincarnation on Muzuki. How did Muzuki come back to life?

Uchiha Madara was very confused.

However, Uchiha Madara was, after all, an experienced Uchiha Madara. He didn’t dwell on Muzuki’s resurrection and immediately gave up on Rin Nohara, who was almost within his grasp, intending to deal with Muzuki with full force.

No matter how Muzuki did it, the fact that Muzuki was not dead was undeniable.

“Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!”

Uchiha Madara condensed a large amount of Chakra, transformed it into Fire Release, and spewed out an enormous mass of orange-red flames, intending to block fire with fire.

Having paid attention to Obito, he was aware of some information about the Azure Flame: the Azure Flame had a burning capability and power far exceeding ordinary Fire Release, but that required compression. With Muzuki creating so much Azure Flame at once, its power would definitely be affected.

Boom!!

A blue and a red flame collided in front of Susanoo, and the terrifying hot air that erupted even affected Uchiha Madara inside Susanoo to some extent.

Although he quickly reacted due to his previous experience, Muzuki still had the first move. Uchiha Madara only used his Fire Release when the Azure Flame was about to burn Susanoo.

Something unexpected happened to Uchiha Madara: the Azure Flame, which appeared to have a smaller range and weaker fire, almost overwhelmingly engulfed Uchiha Madara’s orange-red flames.

If Muzuki were a conventional Fire Release Ninja, Uchiha Madara’s idea of blocking fire with fire would have been sound. Same-attribute Ninjutsu could be canceled out based on Nature Transformation levels and Chakra.

Unfortunately, Muzuki was not. He possessed perfect-level Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation, enhanced by the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, and had just fully utilized his S+ mastery-level Azure Flame.

With such Fire Release, how could Uchiha Madara block it?

Strictly speaking, the true power of this Fire Release was even greater than No Thought Strike, it was just that No Thought Strike was more concentrated and direct in its power.

Whoosh!

The dazzling Azure Flames rapidly broke through Uchiha Madara’s Fire Release and struck Susanoo.

The powerful Susanoo, which Kakashi’s No Thought Strike had struggled to shake, seemed to become an easily flammable candle in Muzuki’s full-power Azure Flame. The Azure Flames spread over Susanoo’s upper body at an extremely fast pace.

Under the illumination of the flames, everything around became dim, with only the Azure Flames shining like brilliant stars, lighting up the entire battlefield.

“Teacher Muzuki!” Obito, who was preparing to rush to Rin Nohara’s side, stopped in his tracks, looking at the golden-haired figure with ecstatic joy.

Undoubtedly, that was his master, the omnipotent Sage Muzuki.

“Sage Muzuki is indeed omnipotent. He brought me back to the real world.”

Obito instantly felt that this world was incredibly real, not fake at all.

Shisui’s eyes widened, and his face also showed an uncontrollable expression of joy.

The use of Flying Thunder God Technique, this terrifying Azure Flame, the familiar Chakra—wasn’t this their Teacher Muzuki, who had just been resting on the ground?

“Indeed, Teacher Muzuki was just tired and taking a short nap.”

Shisui completely relaxed, feeling refreshed, and his eyes, which had been faintly aching, seemed to have recovered.

“Hmph.” Kakashi, holding Enma, sat on the ground, panting heavily.

That single slash just now had almost depleted his Chakra; he was only still standing by sheer willpower.

Seeing his familiar and reliable teacher reappear, Kakashi instantly relaxed.

He didn’t know what method Muzuki used, but it didn’t matter; Muzuki being alive was the best outcome.

“Lord Mu Yue!”

The heavily injured Konoha Ninja, who had fallen to the ground, had already despaired when Uchiha Madara once again used a Susanoo over eighty meters tall, believing they would surely die this time.

Unexpectedly, Muzuki, whom they thought was dead, reappeared, once again demonstrating incredibly powerful Ninjutsu.

“If the Hokage is re-elected someday, we must support Lord Mu Yue.” This was the thought of all the Konoha Ninja present.

Muzuki possessed powerful Wood Release and had saved their lives on the battlefield. Who else would they choose if not Muzuki?

Under the terrifying assault of the Azure Flames, Susanoo was burned to nothingness.

Unlike last time, neither Obito nor Shisui immediately closed their Mangekyo Sharingan; instead, they cautiously observed their surroundings.

Logically, being hit by a Fire Release of such power should leave no chance of survival.

But the last time, the Black-Robed Uchiha survived taking No Thought Strike head-on, which made Obito and the others worry that the Black-Robed Uchiha still had similar methods.

“There! Teacher Muzuki, be careful!” Obito spotted Uchiha Madara appearing not far behind Muzuki and shouted.

If Obito could notice, how could the cautious Muzuki not know? He raised his hand and unleashed a terrifyingly high-temperature flame that engulfed Uchiha Madara, who was attempting another sneak attack.

However, since Uchiha Madara had just used Izanagi, Muzuki’s Fire Release had no effect when it struck Uchiha Madara.

Although he wasn’t injured, the rapidly deteriorating situation made Uchiha Madara’s expression turn somewhat grim.

“Zetsu’s intelligence actually had so many omissions and errors. This Hayate Mugetsu’s strength is completely different from what was in the intelligence!” Uchiha Madara’s face was gloomy.

It would have been fine if Muzuki had abilities beyond the intelligence, after all, for a Ninja of this level, having an unrevealed trump card was understandable, but errors in known intelligence were fatal.

For example, No Thought Strike and Azure Flame. Uchiha Madara knew about these two abilities of Muzuki, but the power Muzuki displayed today was on a completely different level from what was in the intelligence.

Uchiha Madara was speechless. If he had known Muzuki was so strong earlier, he would have definitely waited for Iwagakure to deplete Muzuki’s Chakra and for him to get familiar with his body before coming over.

Uchiha Madara frantically attacked, leveraging Izanagi’s advantage, while also thinking of a way to salvage the situation.

The plan had definitely failed, but he couldn’t just sit there and wait for death; he had to do something.

Uchiha Madara wanted to make a move on Rin Nohara, to further stimulate Obito with Rin Nohara’s death.

Of course, this idea also failed to materialize, because with Muzuki, who possessed Flying Thunder God Technique, he simply couldn’t kill Rin Nohara.

“Lord, I’ve brought you eyes.”

At this moment, a White Zetsu suddenly emerged from the ground, holding two Sharingan.

Uchiha Madara’s mind stirred immediately, and he instantly created a half-body Susanoo by erupting Chakra.

Susanoo wielded a blue light sword, slashing at Muzuki, while Uchiha Madara reached out to grab the Sharingan.

If he could have another pair of Sharingan, Muzuki would definitely not be his opponent.

‘Psychic Power!’

Celebi, on the side, silently used her psychic power to lift the Sharingan into the sky, causing Uchiha Madara to grasp at empty air.

“Fire Release: Azure Flame: Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!”

Muzuki seized this opening, condensing a large amount of Chakra to spew out a blue fire dragon, aiming directly at Uchiha Madara inside Susanoo.

“What a waste! I don’t know where this arrogant confidence comes from.” Black Zetsu’s face in the shadows couldn’t help but darken further.

He had watched Uchiha Madara ruin a perfectly good hand, step by step.

Originally, Muzuki was in the open and they were in the dark; they held the initiative.

But Uchiha Madara thought Muzuki was definitely not his opponent, and with full confidence, he went directly to confront Muzuki.

Seeing Uchiha Madara about to fall, Black Zetsu left without hesitation, not even looking back.

He didn’t have the strength of the Six Paths brothers and couldn’t win against Muzuki in a direct battle.

“Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Shisui, when your eye power becomes stronger, go and look at the stone monument at Nanga Shrine. There lies the secret that can bring peace to the world.”

When Uchiha Madara realized that he couldn’t win, he didn’t show fear or panic; instead, he left a message for Obito and Shisui.

Konoha did not have the technology to transplant Hashirama cells, so Obito and Shisui would definitely not be able to solve the side effects of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Then it was very possible that one of them would choose to sacrifice himself to complete the other.

If that person could successfully activate the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he would be able to decipher the message of the Six Paths Sage, and perhaps become the next him.

Obito immediately became annoyed. Did he think he was stupid? Could he trust what the enemy said?

Before Obito could retort to Uchiha Madara, Muzuki’s fire dragon, composed of Azure Flame, melted Susanoo’s defense and struck Uchiha Madara’s body.

Boom!

The fire dragon passed through Uchiha Madara’s body, leaving a large hole in him.

Thud!

Susanoo dissipated, and Uchiha Madara’s body fell to the ground. The legendary Ninja had fallen.

Muzuki controlled the residual Azure Flames to dissipate, preventing Uchiha Madara’s body from being burned to ashes.

“Teacher Muzuki.” The disciples all gathered around.

PS: I was on the road for half a day yesterday, and didn’t get any rest when I got home. I was super tired while typing, thought I’d lie down and rest for a bit, and passed out as soon as I hit the bed.

When I opened my eyes again and checked my phone, it was five in the morning. My vision went black and I almost died of fright, so I quickly got up and continued writing.

All I can say is, it’s a good thing it wasn’t five in the afternoon.

So this counts as yesterday’s update, it’s just a bit late (just pretend it’s more ‘yin’ than usual).

If you have any questions, you can leave a message. Xiao Ju needs to go catch up on sleep and will make changes when she wakes up.