Uchiha Madara and the others took a different route, one far more difficult to traverse than the Black Dragon's path. Asteroid bombardment had nearly shattered the route, leaving only a few barely intact stretches of surface for Chi-Chi, Uchiha Madara, and Lloyd—those who could not fly—to walk on.
Yet the greatest difficulty was still predicting the impacts. The asteroids moved far too quickly; they had only just entered their field of vision when, half a second later, they were right in front of them. Uchiha Madara swung the Uchiha Gunbai and cleaved a massive meteorite apart with one strike, but the fragments slammed into Lloyd, making him cry out in pain.
Goku could only shield Chi-Chi and move forward slowly. Flying was simply impossible. The moment a chunk of rock appeared, he had to begin preparing a shockwave stance, but by the time he released it, the meteorite was already in his face.
Those paired companion asteroids were even more infuriating! Uchiha Madara cut one apart, but the other flew straight at Lloyd! Goku was startled and had just moved to help when another meteorite crashed toward Chi-Chi's head. He could only throw a punch at that meteorite first—saving his wife came first, after all.
Yet Lloyd actually blocked the meteorite's attack with just one hand!
And the meteorite had not even shattered...
Goku asked in astonishment, "Mr. Uchiha Madara, what did your disciple eat to become so absurdly strong?"
Uchiha Madara could only shake his head. Other than realizing that Lloyd possessed astonishing martial arts talent, he actually knew nothing about him! If Uchiha Madara had not rescued Lloyd when he was on the verge of starving to death in that poor little mountain village, why would Lloyd have obediently called him Master?
Besides, Uchiha Madara had only arrived