For Madara, the results of all actions and battles so far are just pure bad news.

After all, defeating Liuli was not something he was happy about.

In his eyes, Liuli was just a descendant of his own race whose will and ideas completely deviated from his.

To say that it is worthy of joy to repel such descendants of the tribe is simply a humiliation to oneself.

No, just being forced into this situation by the younger generation, with even the weapons taken away, can already be called the greatest shame.

If it were him in his prime, a ninja of this level wouldn't even be qualified to look him in the face.

No matter in the past or at this moment, there was only one opponent he recognized in his heart.

That was the first Hokage, a man named Senju Hashirama.

Both a rival and a close friend.

Even at this moment, he relied on the body of this rival and close friend to reach a higher level.

Sitting in his new stronghold, he gasped softly. His condition was a bit worse than before, his eyeballs were sunken, and the wrinkles on his face were like necrotic and aging bark.

"As expected of Madara-sama, he easily defeated the enemy's spirit. In this way, our side can be considered to have regained the disadvantage."

Ah Fei recovered at this time, and his skin turned white, unlike before, where the energy had been sucked out of his body.

"Get back the disadvantage? Fei, are you looking for my happiness?"

Madara turned his head and glanced at A Fei who was comforting himself.

"Eh? Madara-sama..."

"So far, all of our trump cards have been exposed. If you call this a return to a certain disadvantage, Fei, I will redefine whether there is something wrong with your brain."

The scarlet Sharingan eyes revealed a cold color, and the aura was so majestic and cold that A Fei's body trembled.

"Haha, that, Madara, Master Madara..."

Ah Fei began to retreat incoherently.

The feeling Madara gave him now was that he was truly angry, instead of pretending to be calm.

Shouldn't he just beat him to shit?

"Remember, Fei, this is your last chance. I only allow you to fail once."

"Yes Yes."

Ah Fei shrugged his head, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

This was the first time he had seen Madara's cold attitude.

"Speaking of which, where is that Bai Jue from just now?"

Ah Fei didn't notice the figure of Bai Jue who came back with him.

"I didn't notice that it also affected him, but in that case, it's hard for me to hold back. What, do you want to collect his body?"

Madara asked calmly.

Ah Fei didn't dare to speak anymore, he was so scared that he didn't even dare to breathe.

If he dares to say anything unpleasant again, he will definitely end up being stuffed into the toilet and turned into feces and flushed away. There will be no second ending.

"Then we need to take back all the 'tentacles' outside?"

Ah Fei refers to those Bai Jue who are collecting intelligence within the five major countries.

"No need. If we lose the intelligence collection from outside, our situation will be more passive, and it will also show our weakness. A twilight king of the forest is not worth the fear of the wolves. They will only come up more ferociously.

Bite my flesh and blood."

Madara is very clear about his situation at this moment. The more times like this, the more he cannot show weakness to outsiders. The consequences of doing so will be very serious.

The power he showed before should be enough to form a strong intimidation force and buy him some breathing time.

We must make full use of this hard-won opportunity and create a shocking power for the enemy that even the twilight king of the forest still has residual power. Not just anyone can provoke him at will.

Therefore, keeping the status quo unchanged is the best way to deal with it.

People tend to retain a certain degree of awe and fear towards unknown existences.

It was this kind of vague image that Madara wanted to create for the enemy chess players in the shadows.

mystery.

"Go ahead. Don't let me down again this time."

After saying that, Madara closed his eyes.

"yes."

A Fei didn't dare to stay here any longer, so he burrowed into the soil and quickly disappeared from Madara's face.

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In a high-end hotel in town.

Liuli was wrapped in a bath towel and her hair was tied up. She was lying in the hot spring, and her nerves finally relaxed a little.

Looking at the moon hanging in the night sky, I let out a long breath.

"Is that the power of Susanoo..."

Recalling the legendary terrifying power I saw in the underground cave, it still stays in my mind and is constantly replayed.

It was excitement and joy that I had never experienced before.

No matter the tailed beasts I saw in the past or the fight with the Sandaime Hokage, they could not bring me this kind of joy caused by fighting.

"Hmph, how can I calm down after seeing that kind of power with my own eyes..."

Liuli raised the corners of her mouth slightly, feeling very happy, and did not have any so-called fear just because the enemy was strong.

Rather, after witnessing that kind of power, I have a growing sense of expectation to surpass the legend.

But I also deeply understand that it is impossible for me to climb that mountain no matter what.

Regardless of means or strategies, they are all meaningless in the face of that kind of power.

After thinking about this, Liuli got out of the pool and walked towards the changing room.

After putting on her clothes, she picked up the hard-won trophy this time - the flame fan, and Liuli walked out of the changing room and walked towards the restaurant.

Yu Huo was sitting at the dining table eating and drinking. There were bones on the table and on the ground, and medical bandages were wrapped around his head and body.

The food here is all top-quality ingredients, and it is a full fish feast, which is the feast Liuli promised Yuhuo.

"Lord Liuli, have you finished washing?"

Yu Huo had food in his mouth and spoke incoherently.

"Are you full?"

Liuli asked instead without answering.

"Burp~ That's almost it. Ah, I'm so full. I haven't felt so good after eating for a long time. Thanks for the treat."

Yuhuo burped and patted his bulging belly, with a look of great enjoyment on his face.

"No, this is what I promised you. Okay, let's go back to the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Liuli wrapped the chain around her waist, and put the flame fan and sickle behind her back.

"Eh? It's getting so late. Why don't you leave after a night's rest?"

Yu Huo asked in surprise.

"This place is very close to the Kingdom of Earth. I don't want to attract attention."

Liuli explained.

She is still a rebellious ninja. Although the Iwagakure ninjas of the Earth Kingdom are not so generous as to pursue the rebellious ninja for Konoha, the Uchiha bloodline will eventually cause some unnecessary trouble.

"I understand, I'll just pack my things and leave."

Yu Huo was also very straightforward. He quickly wiped the grease from his mouth and set off to leave this high-end hotel with Liuli.

After Liuli paid a fee of more than 100,000 taels, she walked out of the hotel under the attentive farewell of the hotel staff.

Outside the town, Yu Huo was already ready, carrying the salute he usually used when sleeping outdoors, and he and Liuli quickly headed towards the Kingdom of Ghosts.

If you travel from here, it only takes about a day and a half to reach the border of the Kingdom of Demons.

Currently, the Iwa Ninja of the Earth Kingdom are at war with the Konoha Ninja, and it can be said that the whole country is under martial law.

However, these Iwa Ninjas were naturally unable to pose any obstacle to Liuli. They easily passed through the patrol range of these Iwa Ninjas and took a shortcut towards the Kingdom of Ghosts.

——The wilderness under the dark night is lonely and deserted.

A team of more than a dozen people moved forward quickly.

Under the dim moonlight, they all wore white shoulder leather armor and wore ninja forehead protectors from Cloud Hidden Village in the Kingdom of Thunder.

The leader is a tall and strong man who is close to fifty years old. He has dark skin and long light yellow hair unique to the Kingdom of Thunder. There is a conspicuous "Thunder" mark on his right shoulder.
To be continued...