Boom, boom, boom—
Dense explosions formed on the battlefield, quickly engulfing the Ice Whirlwind.
At this moment, the Fire Tree Silver Flower had also reached its limit.
Both sides ceased their attacks, and Rosen and Senju Tobirama looked at each other, panting.
This time, their competition in Ice Release and Light Release ended in a draw.
However, after this battle, both gained new insights and hurried back for in-depth research.
Every day thereafter, the two would spar once.
And each spar was aimed at refining the Ice Release and Light Release they had each developed.
Rosen wanted to develop elementalization, and his idea was to integrate Light Chakra into his body, similar to how Flowing Light works, but it required his body to be completely filled with Light Chakra.
However, the consumption of the two was incomparable; Flowing Light was a continuous consumption, consuming as much as it was used.
But to fully elementalize oneself, the body needed to be filled with Light Chakra, which consumed a great deal.
Currently, Rosen was stuck on the consumption issue.
Perhaps when his physique could bear 100% of the Tenseigan Chakra, he would have enough Chakra to elementalize himself.
Compared to the difficulty of elementalization, the development of other skills was much simpler.
Once the basic formula for Light Chakra was complete, the rest was no longer difficult; just a slight change in thinking, a different application, and a few attempts could lead to a new skill.
However, there wasn't much overall progress, as could be seen from his Combat strength.
When the first few skills of Light Release were developed, his Combat strength rapidly increased.
But the skills developed later caused his Combat strength to stagnate.
This indicated that the initial skills were generally sufficient for most battles, and the later-developed skills merely refined Light Release without significantly boosting combat power.
Senju Tobirama was in the same situation; the initial skills he developed would also be the most practical.
On the tenth day after Uchiha Madara sent his duel invitation, Senju Hashirama donned his samurai armor, along with various weapons, military rations, and Seal scrolls needed for battle.
Rosen and Senju Tobirama stood at the entrance of the Senju Clan, watching Senju Hashirama depart for Sengokugawa River.
"You don't seem worried about your elder brother at all."
"No one can defeat that idiot," Senju Tobirama said dismissively.
"That's true," Rosen agreed wholeheartedly with Senju Tobirama's words.
If Uchiha Madara could not awaken the Rinnegan, he could not defeat Senju Hashirama.
And even if Uchiha Madara awakened the Rinnegan, he would be borrowing Senju Hashirama's power, so it couldn't be called defeating Senju Hashirama.
In this era, that man was invincible.
Even Jigen, who had been hidden in the Ninja World for over a thousand years, would have to flee ignominiously if he faced Senju Hashirama.
Jigen in his normal state certainly couldn't defeat Senju Hashirama, and if he activated his Karma, at best it would be a one-for-one trade.
So, at this moment, neither of them was worried about Senju Hashirama; they just needed to wait for him to bring back the victory.
Meanwhile, within the Uchiha Clan.
Uchiha Tenka knelt on one knee before Uchiha Madara.
"Clan Chief, according to the message from our spy outside the Senju Clan, Senju Hashirama has already gone to Sengokugawa River."
Crack—
Uchiha Madara stood up, his armor clanking heavily.
"Then let's begin."
"Clan Chief, I will go with you with some men."
Uchiha Madara shook his head: "No need, I alone am enough to kill Senju Tobirama."
As long as Senju Hashirama wasn't there, no one could stop him.
…
At this time, Senju Hashirama had already arrived at Sengokugawa River.
Looking at the empty Sengokugawa River, Senju Hashirama boredly found a place to sit down.
"He's the one who challenged me, yet he's even later than I am," Senju Hashirama muttered to himself, not at all suspecting that Uchiha Madara would deceive him.
However, it was also possible that he was too impatient, rushing here at full speed the entire way.
After waiting for an hour, Senju Hashirama saw that Uchiha Madara still hadn't arrived.
"I'll take a nap here; when Uchiha Madara arrives, he'll surely wake me up."
Senju Hashirama was thick-skinned and didn't consider any danger, directly finding a cool spot to lie down.
While Senju Hashirama was still dreaming of his great battle with Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Madara had already arrived outside the Senju Clan.
The two Senju Clan members guarding the Clan felt their scalps tingle upon seeing the newcomer.
Bang, bang—
Two signal fireworks shot into the sky.
At the same time, both of them took out their kunai, vigilantly watching the uninvited guest.
Uchiha Madara had no interest in the two gate guards from the Senju Clan; he stood with his arms crossed, scanning the two with an arrogant demeanor.
"Call out Senju Tobirama, or I'll go in and kill him myself."
Uchiha Madara didn't directly storm into the Senju Clan; this was his last shred of friendship with Senju Hashirama.
"You go notify My Lord Tobirama."
"Understood."
One Senju Clan member used a Body Flicker Technique, disappearing from the gate and quickly reaching Senju Tobirama's residence.
"My Lord Tobirama."
Senju Tobirama was making notes; upon seeing the newcomer, he stopped writing and looked up at him.
"What is it?"
"My Lord Tobirama, Uchiha Madara has appeared outside the Clan; he wants to see you."
"What!?" Senju Tobirama's face instantly changed dramatically upon hearing this: "Damn it, we've all been tricked."
Senju Tobirama was extremely intelligent and immediately realized the reason.
When he previously heard that Uchiha Madara was going to challenge his elder brother, he was actually a little suspicious.
However, considering Uchiha Madara's pride, how could he resort to such schemes? So, he didn't think much of it.
But he didn't know that Uchiha Madara's feelings for his younger brother Uchiha Izuna, and his hatred for him, the murderer, allowed him to abandon his pride.
"Now, you bypass the main gate and go to Sengokugawa River to notify my elder brother," Senju Tobirama said.
"Yes, My Lord Tobirama."
"Rosen," Senju Tobirama called out to the next room.
The next moment, Rosen appeared on Senju Tobirama's wall.
"What is it?" Rosen asked.
"Uchiha Madara has appeared outside the Clan; he wants to kill me."
"Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"
"You bastard, I want you to fight Uchiha Madara with me."
"There's no chance of winning; even if the two of us team up, we can't defeat Uchiha Madara."
"We don't need to defeat Uchiha Madara, just hold out until my elder brother returns."
"Have you already sent someone to Sengokugawa River to notify your elder brother?"
"Yes."
"How far is Sengokugawa River from the Senju Clan?"
"Normally, it takes a day, but the person I sent is very fast, so it should only take four hours to get there."
"How long will it take for your elder brother to return?"
Senju Tobirama was silent for a long time, then said, "Two hours."
"So, the two of us need to hold out for at least six hours, is that right?"
"I understand, I will face Uchiha Madara alone."
"Do you prefer burial or cremation?"
"Can't you wish me well?"
"The deceased are honored; I'm just concerned about your aftermath."
"Are you really not going to team up with me?"
"You go wear down Uchiha Madara first; if there's hope, I'll step in, if not, I'll help you collect your body."
"You bastard." Senju Tobirama's face turned purple with anger.
"I recently developed an interesting Ninjutsu; if you help me with this, I'll give you this Ninjutsu."
"What Ninjutsu?"
"You'll know when the time comes."
Rosen still accompanied Senju Tobirama out of the Clan.
As soon as they left the Clan, Rosen felt an overwhelming pressure.
Uchiha Madara! After more than ten days, this guy's strength had grown even greater.
Uchiha Madara saw the two of them, a hint of arrogance on his face.
"Perfect, both of you are here, saving me a lot of trouble."
"Wait… I'm just a spectator; I can understand you killing Tobirama, but why kill me? I'm not even close to him."
"This guy is an important guest of our Senju Clan; you cannot harm him," Senju Tobirama said sincerely.
"Then I must kill him even more."
"Tobirama, you bastard!" Rosen cursed.
Senju Tobirama grinned: "What's wrong with me? I'm helping you out."
"You two, die!!"
Uchiha Madara quickly formed hand signs and took a deep breath.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
A giant fireball, over a dozen meters in diameter, roared towards the two of them.
Whoosh, whoosh—
The two immediately fled to the left and right.
At the same time, as Senju Tobirama escaped, he immediately formed hand signs, Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!
In an instant, a massive torrent of Water surged from behind Senju Tobirama, rushing towards Uchiha Madara.
Facing the surging giant wave, Uchiha Madara calmly took out his Uchiha Reflection fan from behind him, swung it forward fiercely, Uchiha Reflection!
Just then, Rosen's Shadow Demon, hidden beneath the giant wave, used the cover of the wave to extend to Uchiha Madara's feet. As Uchiha Madara counterattacked, Lust suddenly surged, and its arm, transformed into a black blade, fiercely slashed at Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara, caught off guard, had his arm slashed by Lust's black blade.
The giant wave, which had just rolled back, surged towards Uchiha Madara once more.
The giant wave instantly engulfed Uchiha Madara.
At the same time, Senju Tobirama also activated Ice Release.
Ice Release: Ice Prison!
All the giant waves and Water currents instantly froze, including Uchiha Madara, who was swallowed by the wave.
"Heh heh… It seems Uchiha Madara isn't so great after all," Senju Tobirama said disdainfully.
"Shut up, you're setting yourself up for failure," Rosen cursed.
"Setting myself up for what?"
Crack, crack—
Boom—
The ice surface instantly shattered, and Uchiha Madara, completely unharmed, broke free from the ice and jumped out.
"If that's all your strength, then you might as well surrender and die." Uchiha Madara's expression was somewhat chilling.
Being ambushed by Rosen and Senju Tobirama, and even suffering a minor injury, made him very displeased.
"Actually, I was forced; my sister was captured by the despicable Senju Tobirama. If I don't work for him, he'll harm my lovely sister, sniffle, sniffle… My Lord Madara, if you are willing to rescue my sister, I am willing to serve you."
Rosen wiped away non-existent tears from his face, but Uchiha Madara still looked at Rosen with a cold gaze.
"Idiot, just by looking at your face, I can tell you don't have a sister, so don't bring out such a foolish trick to embarrass yourself," Senju Tobirama ruthlessly exposed Rosen's awkward acting.
"Put away your boring tricks; if you can't entertain me, then you can die now," Uchiha Madara said proudly.
Rosen and Senju Tobirama exchanged glances, and Rosen sighed: "Why… why do you force me… I just want to be a good person."