Silver hair fluttering, Wang Ming stood proudly atop the head of the colossal Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, looking down and taking in the entire battlefield at a glance.
The battle between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha lacked any real technique; it was the approach of subduing ten thousand skills with sheer force, all about having boundless chakra, piloting hundred-meter-tall avatars, and fighting with unbridled, sweeping movements.
The battle between Naruto Uzumaki and Nagato was deeply esoteric, or rather, brainless. Clearly able to fly high into the air and secure an undefeatable position, he instead chose high-risk close-quarters combat.
The fight between the five Kage and the predecessor Kage was styled purely like a father beating his son. Third Raikage A combined offense and defense, Second Mizukage's mechanics were insolvable, and Second Tsuchikage Mu's abilities were versatile...
The duel between Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke followed the technical route. They had tacitly avoided using any large-scale ninjutsu, opting instead for pure micro-control and skill-showcasing, with all sorts of shurikenjutsu and fierce swordplay.
Minato Namikaze and Obito's battle was a game of high stakes, a test of whose reaction speed was faster.
Jiraiya and Konan—Konan could not defeat him, and Jiraiya could not touch her, leaving them simply deadlocked against each other.
It could basically be said that both sides were evenly matched, but this was merely a superficial balance.
The predecessor Kage resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation harbored an intense aversion to war; they held back during combat, gave the five Kage advance notice before attacking, and even laid out the weaknesses of their own combat prowess and techniques without holding anything back.
Had Wang Ming not just stirred the energy within Nagato, the latter would still have unconsciously had his will assimilated by Naruto Uzumaki.
Sasuke had been