"Li Xing, you little brat, you're amusing. Two wives aren't enough, and you want more? Well, in the world of Infinite Tsukuyomi, you can have as many as you want. But before that, you need to help me capture the Tailed Beasts. That idiot Obito hasn't gathered them all after all these years, he's truly useless."
Upon hearing Madara's request to capture the Tailed Beasts, Li Xing wagged a finger. "No, I won't help you capture them. There are only the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails left; you and Obito can capture them yourselves. I just want to enjoy Infinite Tsukuyomi. Surely, you won't refrain from activating Infinite Tsukuyomi just because I don't help capture the Tailed Beasts?"
"Hahahahahahaha! Brat! I'm starting to like you more and more! In all these years, you're only the second person to dare speak to me like that. A brat who couldn't even decipher the Uchiha stone tablet understands my plan so well! If I hadn't met Obito first, I might have chosen you."
Madara laughed, immensely pleased. The brat before him truly understood his plan; he was no ordinary individual.
Suddenly, a wave of sand surged towards Li Xing and Madara's feet. Both of them leaped away, dodging it with ease.
It was Gaara, seizing the opportunity while they were talking to make the first move. Li Xing looked at the ninja alliance below. "Madara, don't you think there are too many people?"
Madara instantly appeared before Li Xing and punched him downwards. "It doesn't matter. They won't be standing for long anyway."
"Is that so? Then let's go!" Li Xing assumed a powering-up stance, his aura blasting away the sand. He instantly reappeared before Madara and shattered his body with a punch.
"What's going on? Aren't they on the same side? Why are they fighting?" Onoki asked, confused by Li Xing and Madara's sudden conflict.
Tsunade stepped forward to explain to Onoki. "Li Xing is a battle maniac. He probably wants to have a fight with Madara. This guy used to train by punching constantly, not wooden posts, but massive boulders."
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After his dispersed body reformed, Madara burst into manic laughter. "I was right about you! Your strength is not much less than Hashirama's. Before capturing the Tailed Beasts, let's dance!"
Li Xing snorted coldly, then engaged Madara in a brutal hand-to-hand taijutsu battle. With each clash, a starlight pattern appeared on Li Xing's face once more.
The next second, Madara was sent flying a hundred meters away by Li Xing's punch. Before he even landed, only his lower body remained.
Li Xing bounced in place like a boxer. "Show me your real strength. This level is merely a warm-up."
As Madara's body fully regenerated, he waved his hand, frowning. "This body... it seems I haven't fully adapted to it. It's filled with Hashirama's cells, and there's a very hard stone inside. What did you do to my body?"
"Nothing much. Edo Tensei requires sacrifices. Yours used White Zetsu, plus a meteorite from outer space. It seems the meteorite didn't enhance your strength; instead, it weakened you."
Madara chuckled upon hearing this. "No, this stone fits perfectly, comparable to the power of a Tailed Beast."
"Fire Style, Majestic Annihilation Fire Jutsu!"
No sooner had Madara spoken than he formed hand seals, and the next moment, he unleashed a stream of fire thousands of meters in diameter.
"It seems the meteorite is working. Madara's Fire Style has been amplified, and the scale of the jutsu is immense."
"Sage Art, Water Style, Water Wall!"
Li Xing merely glanced, and a water wall instantly rose before him, completely blocking Madara's fire jutsu.
The steam generated by the collision of fire and water spread across the battlefield, and the thick fog obscured the fight between Li Xing and Madara from everyone's sight.
"This guy can instantly unleash a Water Style that can block my Fire Style without even forming hand seals. And the power of his fists significantly increased after that pattern appeared on his face."
Seizing this opportunity, Madara seriously contemplated Li Xing's abilities. Both taijutsu and ninjutsu were top-tier, so Madara decided to test genjutsu next.
"Hey! It's not good to be spacing out during a fight!" Li Xing appeared before Madara the next second and threw a punch. However, Li Xing's eyes landed on a pair of crimson eyes, and his movement abruptly halted.
Madara seized the chance, grabbing Li Xing by the neck. His Sharingan immediately evolved into Mangekyo Sharingan, casting genjutsu on Li Xing in an attempt to peer into his memories.
But the next second, the Li Xing in Madara's grasp turned into a plume of flame, instantly burning Madara's arm. Madara reacted swiftly, severing his arm. After all, he was in an Edo Tensei body and didn't need to worry about lost limbs. Li Xing, on the other hand, had not fallen for the genjutsu and stood before Madara, having never moved.
"You are quite impressive, Li Xing. Taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu are all top-tier. However, the power of the Uchiha is beyond your imagination!"
With that, blue bones materialized around Madara, slowly growing into his second form.
"Susano'o, I have that too!" Li Xing clapped his hands together, and a white Susano'o shot into the sky, instantly reaching its fourth form.
Then, Li Xing controlled the Susano'o, cleaving through all the steam with a single slash. Two giants appeared before everyone. Those who recognized Li Xing looked as if they were meeting him for the first time, utterly stunned.
"Are you also from the Uchiha clan? Your Susano'o has reached this stage. I was right about you; you have more talent than Obito! No! Why don't you have Mangekyo Sharingan?" Madara was initially excited upon seeing Li Xing's Susano'o, but upon closer inspection of Li Xing's eyes, he was bewildered. How could he activate Susano'o without Mangekyo Sharingan? Could this be a new dōjutsu?
"I am not from the Uchiha clan, but I can possess the power of any eye!" As Li Xing spoke, his eyes transformed into the appearance of Mangekyo Sharingan, first like Madara's, then like Itachi's, then Obito's, and finally Sasuke's, before returning to their original crystal blue.
"I see. A physique I've never encountered before. Is this your ability? I never imagined there were abilities in this world that I didn't know about." After witnessing Li Xing's demonstration, Madara concluded that Li Xing possessed a special physique capable of copying others' Kekkei Genkai.
Subsequently, Madara's Susano'o also evolved to its fourth form, wielding four swords and clashing with Li Xing's Susano'o.
Even with four swords, Li Xing was unfazed. After all, Li Xing was most skilled in swordsmanship.
Every collision between Li Xing and Madara sent shockwaves across the battlefield, with some ninjas even being blown away by the residual force of their combat.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
"Moon Breathing, First Form, Dark Moon, Evening Palace!"
Madara conjured six blue magatama in his hand and hurled them at Li Xing. Li Xing, using his Susano'o, unleashed his breathing technique swordsmanship, cleaving the Yasakani no Magatama and, along with it, Madara's Susano'o.
"Sage Art, Fire Style! Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken!"
Li Xing instantly dispelled his Susano'o and conjured a massive Rasenshuriken in his hand, throwing it forcefully at Madara.
At the last moment, Madara switched his Mangekyo Sharingan to Rinnegan and used the Sealing Technique: Amaterasu to absorb the entire Rasenshuriken.