"I am Uchiha Madara!"
A cold, unhurried voice resonated across the battlefield, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
A man with long black hair stood there, arms crossed.
His mere presence exuded an inexplicable sense of pressure.
And his eyes, most strikingly, were blood red.
Black tomoe patterns swirled within the crimson, a sight that should have been beautiful yet instilled an inexplicable unease.
"Uchiha... Madara?"
Pondering the name, Garp quickly confirmed that he was hearing it for the first time.
"It's the Deity of the Uchiha Clan!"
The eyes of many in the Sage Shinobi Nation lit up, their despair gradually replaced with a glimmer of hope.
It was like a distant light suddenly appearing in the darkness, a beacon of hope discovered in the face of certain doom.
Overwhelmed with emotion, tears involuntarily streamed down their faces.
"We're saved, we're all saved."
Someone spoke joyfully, wiping away tears.
With Madara's appearance, this war could be declared over. Their victory was all but assured.
"Uchiha Clan?"
"Deity?"
Some were puzzled. These were people from the native world of pirates.
Hearing the words of their comrades-in-arms, they looked at the imposing man amidst the crowd, confusion evident in their hearts.
"Yes, Deity!"
A young man spoke, his lips curled into a proud grin, his expression filled with arrogance.
Because his surname was Uchiha!
"I don't care if you're Uchiha Madara or whatever, since you dare interfere in this matter, then you can die along with this woman!" A pirate bellowed.
Although Madara's earlier feat of blocking all their attacks was astonishing, it didn't mean he feared this man. After all, defense didn't necessarily equate to offense.
With so many strange abilities in this world, things like the Barrier-Barrier Fruit aren't unheard of.
And as pirates with bounties exceeding 1 billion berries, each of them possesses unique skills and hidden trump cards.
If they were to cower and avoid confrontation just because of this display, they might as well give up the seafaring life and go home to farm.
The pirate's words drew Madara's gaze.
His crimson eyes were intimidating, but the pirate didn't flinch, staring back defiantly. Hui, watching from the sky, almost burst out laughing.
This guy was truly courting death. Forget Madara, even other members of the Uchiha Clan rarely encountered such blatant disrespect.
A smirk played on Madara's lips as he activated his Sharingan, casting a genjutsu. This genjutsu, powered by his dojutsu and sage chakra, targeted the spirit, not chakra.
After cultivating the Eight Gates Sage Ascension technique, Madara had advanced all his techniques into Sage Techniques.
Moreover, having arrived in this world and discovering the absence of chakra, he had created many techniques specifically targeting spiritual energy.
In an instant, the pirate froze, completely immobile. He was trapped in the genjutsu, unable to break free.
Madara was a Six Paths level entity, a wielder of the Rinnegan. Although not renowned for genjutsu, his illusions were undoubtedly among the best in the entire Sage Shinobi Nation.
Despite his strength and a bounty exceeding 1 billion, the pirate was utterly helpless against Madara's genjutsu.
After immobilizing the pirate, Madara raised his hand, activating his gravitational powers.
The pirate was drawn uncontrollably towards Madara, accelerating rapidly.
"Look out!"
Someone shouted a warning, even attempting to intervene, but it was too late.
Puchi!!
A massive blue energy blade pierced through the pirate's body.
The intense pain jolted him awake. He looked at the blue blade impaling him, his mouth opening to speak, but blood surged into his throat, gushing out and drowning his words.
"I wonder, how's an ant barking?" Madara uttered, controlling his Susanoo to withdraw the blade.
He glanced around again, sending a shiver down everyone's spine. The previous scene was too bizarre; a powerful pirate, comparable in strength to them, had been killed in an instant.
"Is that... a power to control others?" Someone asked, their voice filled with apprehension.
Control-type abilities were undoubtedly more daunting than offensive ones.
"We didn't encounter a God, but an equally strange fellow appeared. It seems annihilating the Ninja-Pirate crew won't be easy," Whitebeard said, his gaze fixed on Madara.
He had a feeling this man was absurdly strong.
He wasn't like God. God was mysterious and invincible, but not immediately intimidating.
God was like the sharpest blade within an exquisite scabbard, a work of art before being unsheathed.
Once unsheathed, its brilliance illuminated the world. This man, however, was like a naked blade, radiating a domineering chill, announcing his presence to the world.
"Let's all attack together! I refuse to believe we can't destroy the Sage Shinobi Nation today!" A pirate roared.
If a one-on-one fight was risky, they would simply swarm him. After all, their numbers were their greatest advantage.
"Tuh, tch, tch… you don't understand, do you? No matter how many ants there are, they are still just ants."
Madara chuckled disdainfully. His Susanoo transformed, taking on a half-body form with six arms wielding various weapons, launching attacks in all directions.
Boom!
Garp punched Susanoo's blade, gauging the energy giant's strength.
He felt a slight relief.
Fortunately, although immensely powerful, the energy giant wasn't stronger than him, perhaps even weaker. In that case...
Black Haki coated his fists as Garp charged, unleashing a powerful blow.
Crack! Boom!!!
In an instant, one of Susanoo's arms shattered under Garp's fist.
Seeing this, Madara smirked. This was more like it.
If these people were all weaklings, he wouldn't have bothered coming personally; a clone would have sufficed.
"It's othing special!"
On the other side, Whitebeard used his Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability to shatter Susanoo's weapon.
Channeling power into his bisento, he roared and slashed down at Madara.
He was already a giant of a man, and Madara's half-body Susanoo wasn't much larger. If this attack landed, Susanoo would likely shatter.
Not just Whitebeard, but other pirates joined the fray as well.
Their fists and weapons were imbued with Haki, amplifying their power. As individuals worthy of being called great pirates, none of them were simple.
Their Armament Haki was exceptionally strong.
It was another siege, but this time, the target was Uchiha Madara.
Facing the onslaught from all directions, Madara remained unfazed, calmly uttering, "You think the light of a firefly can compete with the brilliance of the moon?!"
In the next moment, a terrifying repulsive force erupted from him.
This repulsive force had a domineering name in Nagato's vocabulary...
Shinra Tensei!!!
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