Gin frowned while staring at Madara. He couldn't guess this person's origins, but his feelings kept giving unexplainable danger signals.
Especially since Madara's current appearance indeed looked very fragile; old, decaying, and had to rely on Gedo Mazo to prolong his life. He looked like a crippled man who could die at any moment.
"Hehe, old man, you have a big mouth too. Let this Thunder God Lord send you to the afterlife!"
Enel didn't have many considerations. He was always blunt and very arrogant. He raised his golden staff high, preparing to release Two Hundred Million Volts to end Madara's life.
However, Gin immediately extended his arms to restrain Enel and warned warily: "Don't be rash! Don't you see even that black-robed person is very respectful to him?"
Enel snorted dismissively: "What's there to fear? This old man is clearly at the end of his life. I'm actually doing a good deed; what's the use of living in such a pitiful condition?"
Madara laughed horrifically: "Nice words, boy. Quickly finish me off—I'm also tired of living!"
A moment later, his eyes suddenly changed to deep red, and a pair of large windmill patterns began slowly rotating.
"This is bad!" Gin got goosebumps. He turned his head and shouted loudly: "Don't look at his eyes!"
But it was too late. Enel was very interested in that old man so his attention was fully focused on him. In an instant, he was locked by Madara's Sharingan and directly froze stiff in place.
Enel felt himself plunged into a barren vacuum space. His body was pressed by a giant boulder on the ground. At this time, he seemed to have lost all his abilities and become an ordinary human.
The old man he had looked down on earlier now stood before him, holding a long blood-smeared spear, and began stabbing his head repeatedly. Blood spurted like a spring.
However, in this barren world, he seemed to have an immortal body; no matter how many times he was stabbed, he wouldn't die, but the pain was very real and increasingly intense.
"AAAAAAKH—!" Enel couldn't hold back extremely painful howls.
Along with that in the real world, the space around Gin and Enel suddenly distorted forming a vortex. The black-robed figure suddenly emerged from there, both palms charging to capture them.
Gin jolted in shock. Though he already knew this person had strange spatial abilities, he still felt caught off guard. He grabbed the combat-consciousness-lost Enel and retreated quickly. At the same time, he swung his insect-mouth-resembling weapon, slashing a sharp attack.
Not only that, on that slash were golden energy flashes carrying tremendous pressure, even making the space around it appear slightly curved. Its power was truly terrifying.
It had to be acknowledged that Gin had very strong combat talent; he could already perfectly combine his "Ki" with his weapon. Its form briefly resembled Krillin's signature move in the Sacred Ruins Trial Tower, the Kienzan (Destructo Disc).
The black-robed figure made a surprised groan. Just before that golden slash touched his body, he suddenly became transparent (intangible). That slash passed through his body just like that without injuring him at all.
"How is this possible!" Gin's pupils contracted.
He suddenly remembered back in J City, this person also used the same trick when facing Saitama. Initially he thought it was a Logia-type Devil Fruit ability, but now clearly not; this was far more sophisticated and related to spatial manipulation.
"Truly a troublesome teammate!"
Seeing Enel still trapped in the illusion space, Gin felt frustrated and angry. He briefly thought about abandoning this person and fleeing alone. However, remembering their quite good relationship lately and the fact they came from the same world, he still couldn't bring himself to do it.
It had to be acknowledged, Gin was the loyal-to-friends type.
"Stay here all of you!" Madara quickly formed seals, extended his hands and shouted: "Mokuton: Jukai Kotan (Wood Element: Nativity of a World of Trees)—!"
That underground hall suddenly trembled violently. From the earth floor, giant tree trunks appeared and grew at extraordinary speed as if injected with strong stimulants. Those trunks intertwined with each other, and in just a few breaths, that hall transformed into an ancient jungle forest. These trees seemed alive, forming large hands attempting to capture both of them.
After chanting this move, Madara panted heavily. It seemed this move drained his remaining life energy. However, for him, as long as he could restrain Gin and Enel, all this was worth it.
From all directions, retreat paths were almost completely blocked by these large trees. There was no more place to dodge.
"Mimicry (Camouflage)!" Gin's body suddenly changed like a chameleon.
His hard insect armor changed color to exactly like the surrounding environment, making him seem to vanish—even his aura was hidden. Unfortunately, their position remained exposed because of Enel beside him.
Gin didn't stop moving. He knew the opponent's strange eyes might penetrate visual tricks, and his concealment technique wouldn't be enough to escape their pursuit.
"Shingo Shangan: Hei! (God Closes Eyes: Veil)!"
Gin suddenly swung his long sword wildly, spreading massive amounts of strange pollen to all corners of the hall. That pollen formed natural fog enveloping the entire hall area.
"What?!" Madara and the black-robed figure were shocked.
They didn't expect at all Gin had such abilities. This fog was Shichibi's natural ability, which even Sharingan found difficult to penetrate instantly.
In just that one-second gap, Gin had already pulled Enel and ran frantically without looking back. His original speed plus speed enhancement from Shichibi made his speed leap to a very extreme level. He split the air forming sharp wind lines in that underground hall and vanished instantly.
"Damn it!" Madara's face looked very ugly.
The trees from Jukai Kotan technique were very good binding techniques controlled by the user, but currently his vision was blocked by fog, so he lost the target's trail.
"Katon: Goka Mekkyaku (Fire Element: Great Fire Annihilation)—!" Madara placed his hand before his mouth and blew strongly.
A large fire sea spurted out, forming a giant fire wall in the air with very wide range, even many times more terrifying than Gokakyu no Jutsu. Because that hall was now full of trees, that fire directly blazed fiercely.
In an instant, that hall was engulfed by towering flames accompanied by crackling burning wood sounds. The pollen filling the hall also directly vanished instantly.
Seeing that hall now completely empty, Madara's face appeared dark. He shouted angrily: "Quickly chase them! If he escapes, our entire plan will be destroyed!"
The black-robed figure realized the seriousness of this problem. He nodded, then dashed out from the hall to pursue.