Chapter 278: Obito Uchiha’s Susanoo

"I almost got myself killed..."

Inside the Susanoo, Obito Uchiha’s black combat outfit had been blown to pieces, exposing numerous wounds across his body.

Fortunately, the high concentration of Hashirama’s cells within him was already rapidly healing the damage.

Surrounding him stood a towering azure chakra giant.

Having awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan long ago, Obito had mastered the use of his eyes through years of practice.

His ocular power had been tempered to its peak.

That was why he could now stand within a Susanoo that possessed the bearing of a divine warrior, looking down upon Tobirama Senju.

"This is..."

Tobirama’s body gradually regenerated through Edo Tensei.

As he looked at Obito’s azure giant, he fell silent.

Kabuto hadn’t expected that even Obito could now wield Susanoo.

Because of what he’d learned from Madara previously, he immediately recognized that this wasn’t the first-stage skeletal Susanoo.

It had already reached a high level.

A third-stage Susanoo, one step away from evolving a lower body and entering its fourth form.

Clad in the armor of the Tengu, this third-stage Susanoo wasn’t something ordinary ninjutsu could break through.

At the very least, Tobirama possessed no technique capable of shattering a third-stage Susanoo head-on.

"That’s enough. Leave him to me."

Just as Tobirama was feeling troubled, a voice sounded behind him.

Turning around, he saw that Madara had somehow entered the water prison.

He stared calmly at the distant azure warrior.

"Fine."

Tobirama agreed without hesitation and immediately stepped aside.

The battle before him was no longer something he could interfere in freely.

With Susanoo awakened, Obito’s strength had unquestionably risen into the Super Kage tier.

A battle at this level was beyond Tobirama’s ability to influence directly.

The only reason he could still participate in Super Kage-level combat at all was because of his space-time ninjutsu.

But judging by the situation, Madara clearly already had a plan.

"Obito, I never expected you’d awaken Susanoo..."

Madara casually walked forward, speaking in an indifferent tone.

There wasn’t the slightest trace of panic on his face.

It was as though Obito’s awakening of Susanoo had been anticipated all along.

"..."

Obito said nothing.

The azure giant silently raised its weapon and thrust directly at Madara.

"What a shame. Of all the mistakes you could make, the one thing you shouldn’t have done was betray me before mastering the Perfect Susanoo."

As Madara spoke, his aura surged with each step he took forward.

His chakra fluctuations grew increasingly violent.

"This is bad..."

A chill ran through Obito’s heart.

Only by experiencing it firsthand could one understand the pressure generated by such terrifying chakra.

How had Ning Feng managed to suppress someone like this?

Obito had no time to think about it.

He could only continue controlling his Susanoo and launching attack after attack.

Every single strike was effortlessly neutralized by Madara.

Against such unstructured attacks, Madara didn’t even need to activate his Sharingan to dodge them all.

"So you’re starting to panic?"

Madara continued advancing calmly.

Every step felt as though it were stamping directly onto Obito’s heart.

"Should I call you foolish... or simply naïve?"

As he spoke, chakra suddenly erupted around him.

Then, within the water prison, a gigantic blue warrior materialized.

Several times larger than Obito’s azure giant, it held a pale-blue sword formed entirely from chakra.

The enormous water prison suddenly felt cramped because of Madara’s Susanoo.

Obito’s eyes grew colder as he felt the overwhelming pressure emanating from the Perfect Susanoo.

This was the first time he had truly faced one.

He hadn’t expected the pressure of a Perfect Susanoo to be this terrifying.

His own Susanoo was only at the third stage.

Many of its unique abilities had yet to be unlocked.

Whoosh!

Without waiting for Obito to respond, Madara’s Susanoo raised its sword high overhead.

Then it brought it crashing down in a devastating strike.

BOOM!

The collision sounded like a meteor slamming into the earth.

A deep, thunderous roar shook the battlefield.

Unable to withstand such terrifying force, the water prison exploded from the inside.

Centered on the point where the two Susanoo collided, the entire structure rapidly shattered outward.

"Oh?"

Not far away, Ning Feng was leisurely exchanging blows with Hashirama.

Hearing the commotion, he spared the scene a glance.

What he saw was an azure half-bodied warrior confronting a full-bodied blue giant.

In terms of sheer size alone, Obito’s Susanoo was already at a disadvantage.

Moreover, Madara’s chakra had reached a far greater level of materialization.

This wasn’t merely an advantage in chakra quantity.

It was also the difference in ocular power.

The difference in mastery over the Sharingan.

Years of battle had allowed Madara to become intimately familiar with his Mangekyō Sharingan.

His ocular power had likewise been honed to its utmost limits.

Combined with his immense chakra reserves, those factors allowed Madara’s Perfect Susanoo to completely overwhelm Obito’s.

"He reached the third stage on his very first use?"

Ning Feng was already extremely familiar with Madara’s Susanoo.

As such, most of his attention fell on Obito instead.

Obito’s azure giant was clad in Tengu armor.

The unmistakable hallmark of the third stage of Susanoo.

It was also a transitional stage.

The next evolution would allow the Susanoo to move beyond its half-bodied form and become a complete warrior.

Simply by reclaiming his own eye, Obito had reached the third stage the very first time he used Susanoo.

There was no doubt that his talent was extraordinary.

In fact, when it came to Sharingan talent alone, even Sasuke Uchiha and Madara Uchiha might not surpass Obito.

But talent alone wasn’t enough.

Right now, Obito was no match for Madara.

"I can’t let Obito die yet..."

With that thought, Ning Feng feinted a slash toward Hashirama.

Then his figure instantly vanished.

Whoosh!

Just as Obito was desperately struggling against Madara’s Perfect Susanoo, a figure suddenly appeared inside his Susanoo.

"Why are you here?"

Obito stared in shock at the tall figure standing beside him.

The interior of a Susanoo completely enclosed its user.

Ordinary shinobi couldn’t enter it at all.

The only real opening in a third-stage Susanoo was from below.

"It wasn’t through the ground."

Ning Feng smiled faintly.

"It was the Flying Thunder God seal I left on you earlier."

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