"Your power only surged to this level recently, didn't it?"
Akainu's voice came through the roar of magma:
"You possess a powerful form, but lack the tempering to match it!
On these seas, this level of power is still not enough to let you do whatever you please!"
Before his words had even faded, Akainu counterattacked!
Though he had just lost an arm and his condition had suffered, his combat experience and will had only become more refined!
The massive molten fist he had used to block did not withdraw. Instead, it pushed forward and twisted with the momentum!
Dark-red magma coiled up the pitch-black Susanoo sword like a living creature.
At the same time, several more concealed and faster magma tentacles shot out from the lake beneath his feet like venomous snakes, stabbing at Susanoo's relatively vulnerable ankle joints and supporting leg!
Offense and defense as one—vicious and seasoned!
Standing within Susanoo, Uchiha Yoru's Mangekyō Sharingan spun rapidly, taking in every one of Akainu's attack trajectories.
Akainu's judgment was correct. Yoru had only awakened the Mangekyō recently, and while his Armament Haki had improved rapidly through the "Earth Contract Seal,"
the qualitative tempering and the adjustment required to wield a high-level power like Susanoo truly needed time.
At this moment, controlling this fourth-form Susanoo coated in Armament Haki placed no small burden on him.
But he did not panic in the slightest.
Wasn't this precisely why he wanted to spar with Akainu?
What better training partner was there than an enemy?
"Strength has never been the only key to victory."
Yoru's voice was calm as the flaming wings behind the black Susanoo suddenly beat!
They were not used for flight, but instead released a violent circular shockwave infused with crimson flames and Armament Haki!
The magma ambushing his lower