Uchiha Madara stood expressionlessly atop the crown of a giant tree, his left Rinnegan eye staring coldly at the Limbo Shadow Houka had summoned.
Although Houka's Mangekyō Sharingan could not see the shadows of the Limbo World, his own shadow could. Limbo Shadow against Limbo Shadow—perfect!
"Lord Madara, we really should have killed Uchiha Houka at any cost back then!" Black Zetsu, still attached to the left half of Uchiha Madara's body, said sinisterly.
"At any cost?"
Houka sneered. "You had already transplanted your Rinnegan into Nagato back then, and you were practically at death's door. You were only barely clinging to life with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Who could you have beaten?"
Uchiha Madara's expression turned cold. The surrounding sea of trees seemed to have been thoroughly enraged as countless savage branches swept toward Houka from every direction.
Deep Forest Emergence was the First Senju Hashirama's signature ninjutsu. Its power was immense; it had once suppressed Tailed Beasts and swept across the Ninja World!
But now, it could not even halt Houka's advance.
"Sage Art—Twin Blades—Lightning Blade Flow!"
Houka steadied his mind, sensed Natural Energy, and absorbed it in an instant. He then refined Sage Chakra, converted it into lightning-nature Chakra, and condensed two brilliant purple lightning blades in his hands!
With a tap of his toes, Houka turned into an afterimage and charged toward Uchiha Madara.
The two dazzling lightning blades in his hands became twin auroras at high speed, effortlessly slicing the savage, thick branches in half with the slightest touch!
Houka charged onward, and the entire forest in his path was severed by those two brilliant auroras. Broken branches and leaves littered the ground!
At this moment, Houka's two Mangekyō Sharingan displayed black-and-red pentagram patterns. Yet as he absorbed Natural Energy and entered