[Whoosh!]
Madara Uchiha, using the Body Flicker Technique, displayed astonishing speed, far beyond the limits of normal human dynamic vision.
Flash had expected this.
The two immediately shifted their fierce exchange to the lake, matching speed with speed.
The water's surface continuously exploded beneath the surging shockwaves, while deafening booms rang out one after another.
"Wind Blade Kick!"
Flash once again used the advanced ninjutsu he had learned in Ninja Village.
This move was even faster and more powerful than Flowing Shadow Feet, with sharp wind blades formed from the force around his legs.
It was somewhat like a close-range Rankyaku.
However.
Madara Uchiha's Three Tomoe Sharingan merely spun once, precisely catching every movement.
He sidestepped in advance while throwing out his right fist, wrapped in azure flames.
In an instant.
Fist and kick collided through the air.
The terrifying force blasted up a curtain of water dozens of meters high from the surrounding lake surface, yet it could not come close to either of them.
"What?"
Flash's expression changed drastically as he felt the force of the punch travel through his leg.
The next moment.
Both were forced apart by the recoil.
Madara Uchiha merely stepped on the waves and retreated three steps.
Flash, meanwhile, spun through the air more than a dozen times before barely landing atop a water lily leaf.
Clearly, he had come out worse in that clash.
Wind Blade Kick was powerful, but it faced the combined force of Tekkai and Monstrous Strength.
Madara Uchiha had not even added Armament Haki.
Because whether it was him, Hashirama Senju, or the other ninjas, they still preferred fighting with Chakra.
Armament Haki was used more often to deal with relatively strange abilities, or to Dispel abnormal conditions after being hit.
"Was that blue aura just now Chakra?