"Sage Art: Lightning Release: Lightning Bird!"
A Sage Art struck Madara hard, blasting him a great distance away.
As for the automatically defending Truth-Seeking Orbs?
Madara had previously had several destroyed by Yamaa Koji, which had drained him severely. Afterward, he used God: Birth of the Tree World to cultivate the God Tree while simultaneously activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
This left him in poor condition, unable to even condense Truth-Seeking Orbs for the time being.
Without the Truth-Seeking Orbs to help him, being blasted away by a nearly instantaneous Lightning Bird was hardly unacceptable.
As for why Uchiha Mei could cast such a Lightning Release instantly, did you remember her Extraordinary Organs?
Demon Horns!
They could greatly enhance her mastery of both Lightning and Fire Release. Even an S-rank Lightning Bird could be cast instantly.
And why was it Sage Art?
Naturally, because Uchiha Mei could also use Sage Art Chakra.
And for her, Hinata Cang Yue, and Yamaa Koji, this was not actually difficult.
Because the greatest use of Extraordinary Organs was not combat or storing Chakra, but absorbing Natural Energy, allowing people to grow accustomed to it and then master Sage Mode.
The earliest few had bodies that, after years of exposure to Extraordinary Organs, had all grown accustomed to Natural Energy.
It was equivalent to Jūgo's Pseudo-Sage Body state, greatly reducing the difficulty of mastering Sage Mode.
Tang Ping naturally would not withhold the methods for learning Sage Mode. Coupled with the various sacred lands, Sage Mode was no longer in such short supply.
So it was hardly strange for Uchiha Mei to know Sage Mode.
Moreover, she possessed liquefied Natural Energy, which allowed her to enter Sage Mode instantly and catch Madara off guard.
Sage Mode plus Extraordinary Organs!
The combination instantly put Madara at a