"Phew..."
At the center of a crater covered in cracks, Old A, with black lightning coursing over his body, took a deep breath and rose to his feet.
He looked up at Hashirama Senju with an exceedingly grave expression, but his fighting spirit had not diminished in the slightest.
The most troublesome thing about the other man's Wood Release was its ability to absorb Chakra.
This caused any ninjutsu that came into contact with it to lose more than half its power.
So this was a problem he had to solve.
But even Madara Uchiha had failed to overcome it after spending half his life trying. What could he possibly do?
"Looks like I can't keep clashing with him head-on. Damn, that's annoying."
Old A spat to the side.
Then, with a boom, he transformed into black lightning once more and shot into the sky.
But this time, rather than charging at the Wood Human, he pulled away until he had flown to the same height as Hashirama Senju.
"Your Wood Human really is powerful, but my speed far surpasses yours!"
Maintaining Black Lightning Chakra Mode, Old A floated high in the air and stared directly at Hashirama Senju.
"Oh?"
Hashirama Senju raised his brows in surprise. Indeed, this Raikage's speed is astonishing.
At the same time.
Old A burst into motion again, diving at high speed from above, while the Wood Human beneath Hashirama Senju showed no weakness either.
Its fists were once again coated in dark black light, stirring up raging winds as they smashed with full force toward the incoming black lightning.
However, the black lightning did not choose to meet the attack head-on. Instead, it sharply veered aside, nearly brushing against the Wood Human's arm as it continued toward Hashirama Senju.
This was the method Old