"Such trifling gravel is not even worth half my strength!"
Madara Uchiha sent Uzumaki Kuming flying with a single punch. He casually glanced at the massive crater Kuming had smashed into in the distance, a faint smile curling at the corner of his lips. Then his gaze settled on Uchiha Fugaku.
Facing the immense pressure Madara Uchiha exuded, Fugaku had long since activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. He stared intently at Madara, silently gathering Chakra as he prepared to use his ocular technique to restrain him.
"Mangekyō Sharingan?"
"Not a Straight Tomoe... and you dare display such eyes before me?!"
Madara Uchiha looked down at Uchiha Fugaku with contempt. The Chakra around him rapidly condensed into solid form, and a colossal Chakra giant nearly two hundred meters tall appeared on the battlefield. Madara swiftly rose into the air, arriving at the center of Susanoo's brow.
"Hmph!" Madara Uchiha folded his arms over his chest and snorted softly through his nose. Two long blades condensed in Susanoo's hands, and with a swing, they slashed directly toward the people before him. In an instant, dust filled the air, and a deafening crash echoed through the mountains. Madara's attack tore a massive fissure into the ground, which rapidly spread into the distance.
Very quickly, the blade light struck the barrier surrounding them. Another deafening boom rang out, and the dust gradually dispersed.
"Hm?!"
Madara Uchiha let out a quiet sound of surprise as he looked at the empty stretch of ground ahead, puzzled. Then he turned his gaze toward the distant barrier. Despite his strike, the barrier enveloping the entire mountain remained completely unscathed—not even a crack had appeared.
As for Itachi and the others who had been standing before him moments ago, they had already moved to the other side of the battlefield.