487. Beyond Human

Madara’s Susanoo struck first, its massive arm swinging with enough force to split mountains, hurtling toward Danzo’s white giant. The air screamed as it was torn apart, the sound a prelude to the coming carnage.

Danzo’s white Susanoo raised its blade with calm precision, meeting the attack head-on.

CLANG—!

The collision sent shockwaves ripping through the earth, fissures spiderwebbing outward as sparks rained down like meteors.

"Hmph. Not bad."

Madara’s smirk widened, his battle lust intensifying.

With a flap of its wings, his Susanoo unleashed a razor-edged gale, slicing through the battlefield.

Danzo’s white Susanoo leapt back, its blade carving arcs in the air—slashes of chakra meeting the wind head-on.

The attacks canceled out, exploding into shimmering fragments of energy.

"Is this all you have, Uchiha Madara?"

Danzo’s voice echoed from within his Susanoo, taunting.

Madara laughed, a sound like grinding steel.

"Good. Then witness true power!"

Hands flashing through seals, his Susanoo condensed massive orbs of swirling orange chakra—Susanoo Magatama.

They streaked forward, warping space itself, the air compressing into explosive shockwaves.

Danzo’s eyes sharpened.

His white Susanoo gripped its blade with both hands, chakra surging like a tidal wave into the steel.

"Divine Severing—!"

The slash met the orbs.

And then—

The world turned white.

A supernova erupted at the clash, the shockwave flattening the land for miles.

Hiruzen, Tsunade, the others—all were sent flying—until Minato blurred into motion, teleporting them to safety.

When the light faded, both Susanoo stood damaged.

Madara’s—cracked along the arm.

Danzo’s—blade chipped, glow dimmed.

"This fight has only begun!"

Madara’s roar shook the earth as his Susanoo hefted a boulder and hurled it like a cannonball.

Danzo’s Susanoo flared its aura, the rock shattering against an invisible barrier.

Then—counterattack.

A crescent slash of chakra, vast as a moon, ripped toward Madara.

Madara’s Susanoo crossed its swords—

BOOM!

The force sent it skidding back.

"Good. A worthy opponent!"

Madara’s grin was feral.

"But if one orb won’t work—how about a hundred?!"

His Susanoo’s hands spread—

And the sky filled with Magatama.

Dozens.

Hundreds.

A storm of annihilation.

"Try surviving THIS, Danzo!"

They rained down, a meteor shower of purple death.

Danzo’s Susanoo raised its blade high, chakra whirling into a vortex around it.

As the orbs closed in—

Slash.

Slash.

SLASH.

The white giant became a blur, its sword a streak of light, meeting every single orb in a barrage of precision strikes.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The battlefield vanished in the explosions, the very fabric of space warping under the force.

Mountains erased.

Rivers diverted.

Lakes born in an instant.

And still—they fought.

Fatigue crept in, but neither yielded.

If anything—they grew fiercer.

"AGAIN, DANZO!"

Madara’s Susanoo cocked back its fist—

Magatama spinning around its knuckles.

A punch meant to shatter the world.

Danzo grinned.

His blade glowed white-hot, all his chakra poured into one strike.

The two titans collided—

And this time—

The storm swallowed everything.

A light so blinding, it consumed the horizon.

The aftershocks alone could flatten mountains and empty seas.

From a safe distance, Konoha’s finest stared, jaws slack.

Hiruzen, Tsunade, Kakashi—all veterans of war—could only whisper:

"Are these two… even human?"