"Stop him!"
Madara's face was filled with killing aura as he suddenly turned sharply toward the black-robed figure.
"Yes, Master!"
Cold sweat poured on the black-robed figure's face. He immediately dashed to block both of them. However, he was already too late. Gin and Enel had already landed on top of Gedo Mazo's head.
Gin's right hand suddenly condensed a giant crystal-colored illusion palm. Above that palm floated a crystal light ring radiating strange energy fluctuations. That giant palm directly pressed the top of Gedo Mazo's head, making the crystal color on that light ring increasingly dense.
"ROAARR—!"
Suddenly, a series of roars were heard from inside Gedo Mazo.
Under the shocked gazes of the black-robed figure and Madara, several crystal light glows lit up inside Gedo Mazo's body, echoing with the crystal light on Gin's body.
"What is that thing?" Both appeared confused.
"Monster Controlling Ring... Seal!"
Two beams of crystal light suddenly merged above Gedo Mazo's head, fusing with each other.
A giant insect with six wings and one tail suddenly shot out from Gedo Mazo's shell. Its body radiated strange light, and on its hard shell crawled unique crystal symbols.
"Shichibi!"
The black-robed figure and Madara were stunned, then their faces changed drastically: "This is bad!"
They didn't expect at all that these two people could help the sealed Bijuu to escape, though fortunately only one Bijuu successfully broke free.
Upon manifesting, Shichibi immediately locked its target on Gin. Its body slowly transformed to crystal-colored transparency, and after becoming an illusion for a moment, it instead merged into Gin's body. Under Gin's feet appeared a strange formation diagram radiating energy waves.
"He became Shichibi's Jinchuriki?" Madara and the black-robed figure appeared stunned.
However, the next occurrence made their expressions even stranger. On Gin's face and entire body suddenly appeared black-gold colored shells, enveloping him layer by layer like armor until forming one complete combat armor set, only leaving his eye area. In his hand, he gripped a strange weapon resembling an insect mouth part, which kept spraying something like pollen.
"Armor-fication!"
Gin's aura drastically changed again. His power increased more than several times. His gaze became cold as he stared at the black-robed figure and Madara.
"That's not a Jinchuriki technique. How did you do it?!" The black-robed figure asked unconsciously.
Enel also stared at Gin with sparkling eyes. Seeing that very cool armor, he felt envious: "Bro, you're really not loyal to friends. How about making one set for me too?"
Gin glanced at him lazily, then returned to staring at enemies before him. Now, he had the confidence to face the black-robed figure directly.
Gifts from First Place of the Gold List were nothing simple. From Super Saiyan physique and Kaio-ken obtained from the Sacred Ruins Trial Tower, to the current Monster Controlling Mantra, everything increased combat power exponentially.
"Telling you doesn't matter." Gin said flatly with a mocking tone. "Do you know why I suddenly became certain you were fake? Previously I was only guessing but couldn't confirm."
"Why?" The black-robed figure really wanted to know the reason.
Gin uttered words that shocked all three people at that place extraordinarily.
"Because, just moments ago, the real First Place of the Gold List... just met me!"
"WHAT?!"
All three jolted violently, staring at Gin with disbelief.
On what basis?
Why would First Place of the Gold List meet a small person like Gin?
Especially the black-robed figure; in an instant he thought of many things. He had used First Place's identity to show off and intimidate many experts.
Could it be he had angered that real person, and now he came to settle accounts?
Thinking this, the black-robed figure showed a horrified and wary expression looking around.
Gin noticed his attitude change and sneered: "Relax, that Master doesn't regard you at all. He knows everything you did, but he's not willing to care. He sought me only to give something. As for the actual reason, he didn't say."
"What thing?" Madara and the black-robed figure asked simultaneously.
As an entity equal to the Gold List's authority in the sky, every appearance of First Place always brought major changes that couldn't be ignored.
Gin pointed at his armor and said calmly: "This thing!"
Madara and the black-robed figure frowned, not understanding Gin's meaning.
Gin explained: "Master gave me a new power system. We can control beast monsters to merge with ourselves. Besides growing together, we can combine the power and characteristics of both sides to achieve mutually complementary effects, instantly increasing combat power. And if both sides train this system, the growth speed will be far faster."
"This armor form is just the first stage. Later when fusion deepens, we can perform advanced fusion. And... this is different from Jinchuriki in your ninja world. Jinchuriki only borrow power and can't control it perfectly. Besides, you can only have one Bijuu because the quantity is limited."
Gin said proudly: "But this method can combine many beast monsters simultaneously to produce unexpected battle effects, and there's no quantity limit!"
He spread his hands, exploding all the power in his body.
*BOOM!*
Terrifying energy raged. His 'Ki' and Shichibi's chakra intertwined with each other, fusing into a new type of energy far stronger than before. Even Madara couldn't help but be impressed.
Madara and the black-robed figure exchanged glances; the message in their eyes was already clear. These two people must be held here. Not only because Shichibi was now in Gin's body which related to the Juubi resurrection plan, but this new power system was equivalent to opening a new stream very important to Madara.
Imagine if he succeeded in resurrecting the Juubi, then used this power system to merge with it—how tremendous would the power he'd achieve be?
Perhaps he could even rival Third Place of the Gold List.
Madara knew full well, even in his prime, he was no match for that baldy (Saitama). There was even a possibility he'd die in one attack.
"Excellent..." Madara grinned horrifically staring at Gin. "Thank you for the great gift you brought me. I'll gladly accept it!"