Now...
Akihara Kagura has completely locked in victory.
In all the previous battles, Uchiha Madara had not a shred of hope for victory; this final battle was his only possible chance to turn the tables.
Yet even in this no-holds-barred battle of Rinnegan users, Akihara Kagura still suppressed Uchiha Madara using the Rinnegan, decisively smashing all his Limbo clones.
I would lose...
And this is no longer an illusion.
Uchiha Madara furrowed his brows, wanting first to kill Black Zetsu, hidden behind Akihara Kagura, to wash away the shame of being deceived by him...then think about how to achieve peace in the Ninja World through the information he obtained.
Of course.
Akihara Kagura's world-ending idea is definitely not going to work.
Even the Six Paths Sage once attempted to cover up history by destroying the Ninja World and creating a new one, but after the destruction of the Ninja Sect, the Ninja World endured a thousand years of the Warring States Era, and even today, wars still exist...
However...
These thoughts are fleeting.
That kid Akihara Kagura was right!
Now what I need to consider is how to leave here.
Uchiha Madara still couldn't think of how to win against Akihara Kagura, since his best Fire Release, Susanoo, and Rinnegan Dojutsu had all been defeated.
Once more...
Use Izanagi?
But doing so would greatly weaken my power!
However, if I can truly escape, the future might still hold opportunities!
No...
Use Izanagi...
There might be a chance to defeat Akihara Kagura!
An idea suddenly arose in Uchiha Madara's mind, that even with just one Rinnegan left, he might still be able to control the world's destiny!
In the next moment!
A resolute battle spirit once again surged in Uchiha Madara's heart!
However, a single sentence from Akihara Kagura completely extinguished Uchiha Madara's fighting spirit. With a slight smile, he said, "Madara-san, there's something you might need to know..."
"From the start of this battle, you had no chance of victory."
"Moreover, I have already guessed your trump card to continue fighting..."
Akihara Kagura touched one of his eye sockets, smiling, and revealed something that plunged Uchiha Madara into despair: "This Mangekyo Sharingan ability is called Limit Netherworld. Once its power is activated, it can alter all unfavorable circumstances for me within ten minutes, even rewriting the reality of my death. The cost is that this jutsu will render the eye blind for three hours, but ten minutes is enough time for me to kill any enemy effortlessly..."
"This jutsu..."
Uchiha Madara recalled the jutsu he intended to use.
"Izanagi."
Akihara Kagura spread his palms, chuckling as he spoke: "The name of this jutsu should be somewhat familiar to someone like you, the former Uchiha Clan Leader..."
"How is it related to Izanagi?"
Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes.
This jutsu must be connected to Izanagi because the effects of the Izanagi Kinjutsu and the Limit Netherworld Dojutsu are too similar.
The effect of the Izanagi Kinjutsu also allows the Uchiha Clan to alter unfavorable situations during battle, even turning death into a mere illusion. It is practically an invincible Dojutsu, the very jutsu Uchiha Madara planned to use...
However...
The price of Izanagi is blindness of the Sharingan!
Limit Netherworld is far more powerful!
Compared to the mere three hours of temporary blindness, the ten minutes of invincibility is what's truly terrifying, much longer than Izanagi's duration!
"Aren't you curious about one thing?"
Akihara Kagura looked at Uchiha Madara, smiling as he continued: "Why have we never cared about the Uchiha Clan's stone tablet?"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
Uchiha Madara recalled the calamity within the clan.
If Akihara Kagura hadn't brought it up, Uchiha Madara wouldn't even have been curious about it because he knew Konoha's Uchiha were all subordinates of Akihara Kagura. Officially, the Uchiha Clan has already perished, and Akihara Kagura, being high up in Konoha, has definitely observed the stone tablet.
But...
Why did their ancestors never observe the stone tablet?
"An ancestor once wanted to observe the Uchiha Clan's stone tablet..."
Akihara Kagura smiled as he continued: "He believed the stone tablet of the Uchiha Clan must record secrets, secrets meant to be read with the Sharingan. We, however, possess the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which can definitely reveal the tablet's secrets..."
"Indeed."
Uchiha Madara nodded.
Uchiha Madara recalled his own bitter past. If that branch ancestor had first read the tablet, would he have still fallen for Black Zetsu's deception?
"However..."
"Trying to observe the stone tablet at Nankai Shrine, amid the heavily guarded layers of protection by the Uchiha Clan, is very troublesome. Carelessness could expose one's identity, even revealing the plans passed down by ancestors..."
"That ancestor came up with a method, using the Dojutsu Limit Netherworld of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and researched a jutsu called Izanagi..."
"The dojutsu power of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan is extraordinarily strong. That ancestor sealed this jutsu quietly through a Transcription Seal onto a young boy, allowing him to learn this Kinjutsu upon awakening the Three Tomoe. Henceforth, this jutsu entered the Uchiha Clan, provoking the ninja of the clan to kill each other over it..."