"Lin Nan… how is this possible?"
Uchiha Madara stared with difficulty at Lin Nan, wrapped in the Ten-Tails' chakra, slowly revealing his head from behind.
"My body won't move, the Ten-Tails' chakra is being absorbed!"
Uchiha Madara's face was filled with horror. Being pierced through the heart was one thing; as a powerful Senju-bodied Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, his body could be regenerated even if destroyed. The core was in his head.
Uchiha Madara immediately recognized the black hand as an arm wrapped in Yin-Yang Release, but it was clearly not a Truth-Seeking Orb, and it was filled with Black Zetsu's essence.
If it were ordinary Yin-Yang Release, even a Truth-Seeking Orb, it would not have been able to restrain him. However, this Yin-Yang Release chakra, upon invading his body, suppressed him, rendering him utterly immobile and powerless to resist.
"Lin Nan… we can talk!"
The once arrogant Uchiha Madara finally seemed to yield.
He had absolutely no means of resisting.
However, Lin Nan paid no attention to Uchiha Madara, continuing to absorb the Ten-Tails' immense chakra.
Feeling his chakra rapidly draining, and even his Truth-Seeking Orbs diminishing, Uchiha Madara's expression gradually contorted.
So close, just one step away, and his goal would have been achieved.
Soon, he would have become a god, a savior.
Yet, at this moment, everything was about to be in vain.
How could Uchiha Madara accept this?
He would not rest in peace even in death.
As the Ten-Tails' chakra intensely leaked, Uchiha Madara also sensed a power within him surging, a power that did not belong to him – the Nine-Tails' chakra.
At this moment, Uchiha Madara recalled the Edo Tensei Minato that the Ten-Tails had previously devoured.
"So that's how it is!" Uchiha Madara sighed in his heart. "So I lost because of this!"
It turned out that Lin Nan had just connected to the Fourth Hokage Minato within Uchiha Madara's body through the Nine-Tails' chakra. There was no actual communication between them.
However, with Minato's extraordinary intelligence, he immediately knew what to do.
Although Minato had been absorbed, he was an Edo Tensei body and possessed some protection from the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Furthermore, the Ten-Tails had not used the Phantom Dragon Nine Seals to absorb the Nine-Tails from Minato's body, which meant Minato had some space to survive.
The Six Paths' divine artifact had been expelled from Uchiha Madara's body, but simultaneously, it had slightly awakened Minato's consciousness. Coupled with the stimulation of Lin Nan's similar chakra, Minato had regained a sliver of consciousness.
Even if his body was immobile, he could still place a Flying Thunder God Mark.
Lin Nan hadn't even expected Minato to be so efficient.
As expected, you can always count on that man!
Afterward, Lin Nan, now possessing the Flying Thunder God, could instantly appear before Uchiha Madara. Even if Uchiha Madara wanted to use his Truth-Seeking Orbs to defend, he wouldn't have had time, and they wouldn't have been able to defend against it anyway.
This led to the heart-piercing maneuver just performed.
In the battle of gods, victory or defeat was decided in a single thought.
"I didn't lose to you, Lin Nan, I didn't lose!" Uchiha Madara muttered, seemingly giving up resistance. He then said meaningfully, "You will repeat our mistakes, Lin Nan. No one can resist… whether it was Obito or me, we were merely your predecessors!"
"I don't believe it!"
Lin Nan sneered and resumed greedily absorbing the Ten-Tails' chakra.
After absorbing for more than ten seconds, Lin Nan felt a seismic change happening within him. Horns even began to grow on his forehead, and he was truly entering Sage Mode.
Lin Nan recalled that in the original story, Uchiha Obito had absorbed Uchiha Madara's Ten-Tails chakra and obtained a Truth-Seeking Orb.
The Truth-Seeking Orb could indicate the remaining Ten-Tails chakra within Uchiha Madara. Currently, Uchiha Madara's Truth-Seeking Orbs were reduced to only four.
"Not enough, I want more!"
Lin Nan's pale face contorted into a ferocious expression. The next moment, he resumed his ravenous consumption, like an insatiable black hole.
Simultaneously, Minato's chakra became increasingly clear to Lin Nan's senses.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield, which was in disarray due to the Divine Tree's roots, someone detected Minato's chakra fluctuations.
Minato was not dead and was even about to break free.
As the Ten-Tails' chakra within Uchiha Madara decreased, his suppression of Minato weakened.
However, the next moment, a dark light suddenly wrapped around Uchiha Madara's chest and pierced into his body.
"Ah!"
Uchiha Madara was extremely weak at this point, but he still let out a scream.
Immediately, in the perceptions of everyone present, Minato's chakra slowly subsided.
"Hahahaha!"
Uchiha Madara suddenly burst into laughter. "That's right, Lin Nan, no god is merciful. You've finally opened your eyes!"
His words shocked the entire battlefield.
With Uchiha Madara under Lin Nan's control, he was powerless to manipulate the battle.
The fact that Minato's chakra was suppressed again was Lin Nan's doing.
This instantly froze the smiles on the faces of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Even the faces of the Five Kage and the previous Hokage turned grim.
This action might indicate that Lin Nan had betrayed them.
Otherwise, there was no reason for him to suppress Minato's escape.
"If you have no interest in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, there's no need for this. Go and create your own world, Lin Nan. You have now inherited my legacy!"
"You cannot escape, Lin Nan, you are my successor!" Uchiha Madara roared.
Lin Nan coldly replied, "I am not your successor, I am just me; however, you are right about one thing: I will create my own world!"
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara's laughter grew louder.
But the next moment, his expression turned ferocious again.
"It seems your resolve is not enough…"
With that said, Uchiha Madara's body suddenly split apart.
It tore from his left shoulder to his abdomen, separating his upper body from Lin Nan's control.
This scene made Lin Nan's expression change slightly.
Ruthless.
As expected of Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara chose to cut off his limb to save his life, forcibly tearing his head and one right arm, which were not under Lin Nan's control, from his body, thus escaping his demise.
At this point, Uchiha Madara was left with only three Truth-Seeking Orbs.
Even so, he was still the Senju body, just that the Ten-Tails' chakra within him was no longer as abundant.
Lin Nan looked at the majority of Uchiha Madara's body in his hand. The next moment, the Ten-Tails' chakra erupted, instantly blasting the remains into dust.
He then calmly looked at Uchiha Madara's pathetic head and half a shoulder, and slowly said, "Don't you understand yet, Madara?"
Uchiha Madara panted heavily, his entire face twisted beyond recognition.
In his hundred years of life, when had Uchiha Madara ever been so miserable?
All of this was thanks to Lin Nan.
"Lin Nan, I just wanted to use my remaining body to give you one last lesson!" Uchiha Madara said with a sinister grin.
However, Lin Nan calmly shook his head. "There's no need, Madara!"
As his voice fell, a dark light instantly appeared, as if it had cleaved the entire world in two!