Two Battlefields

Six highly destructive ninjutsu struck the three black spheres in the air. With a thunderous boom, the three spheres shattered, and the Chibaku Tensei was broken.

Ming Jing let out a breath of relief, only for Madara, who had never taken him very seriously, to suddenly appear before him.

"I've noticed that, without realizing it, you seem to have become the backbone of this team." As Madara spoke, he raised his fist and slammed it down. Ming Jing overlapped his hands before his chest and blocked Madara's punch, but was still sent flying.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Scatter!" Itachi formed the hand seals in an instant and exhaled toward Madara. Fireballs filled the sky like falling sakura petals, surrounding Madara.

"Flashy nonsense!" Madara snorted and spread his palm, absorbing all the fireballs. But to his surprise, Explosive Tags had been hidden among them. By the time he noticed, the tags had already burned through. Then everyone learned what a scattering-style explosion looked like.

"Nicely done, Itachi!" Ming Jing landed and flipped back onto his feet. Seeing Madara get blasted like that, he immediately shouted to Itachi. To his utter surprise, he was pulled uncontrollably into the air the next moment.

"Wind Release: Triangular Blade!" Ming Jing rapidly formed hand seals, and three wall-sized wind blades appeared around him, protecting him like shields.

After pulling Ming Jing over, Madara swung his right hand. "Shinra Tensei!" A tremendous repulsive force erupted, instantly blasting Ming Jing away. But Madara was not satisfied. With his Sharingan, he could clearly see that Shinra Tensei had failed to break Ming Jing's wind blade defense. He used the Body Flicker Technique to pursue him and activated Susanoo. After forming a Chakra Katana and charging it, he closed in on Ming Jing and completed a Drawing Slash in