The raging lightning changed course and struck at Madara Uchiha.
Madara did not panic. He used a Limbo Clone as a shield, blocking every bolt.
Though he blocked them all,
the thunderstorm they unleashed
still transformed
the surrounding terrain.
Whoosh!
The smoke of battle suddenly parted,
and Aogetsu Hyuga's fist came through first,
driving toward Madara's face.
Madara did not flinch.
He raised a leg to block it.
Thud!
A fierce gust burst between them.
Madara used the momentum to spring upward,
bringing a heavy kick down on Aogetsu.
Aogetsu dodged it with ease.
Zanka no Tachi appeared in his hand,
and he swept it forward,
sending a vast sheet of flame over Madara.
Madara gripped a spear formed from a Truth-Seeking Orb
and scattered the flames in one strike.
Then
Madara's eyes widened,
and he launched a torrential assault on Aogetsu.
The wind began to howl.
Their weapons gleamed coldly under the moonlight.
Their figures flickered without pause,
fluid as flowing water
and swift as lightning.
Blade met spear,
sparks flew,
and the force of every collision
brought a heart-stopping sense of pressure.
Had anyone been watching,
the mere sight of their fight
might have made someone with a weak heart faint.
A piercing cry rang through the sky.
A flash of sword light cut across the night.
Then
the spear formed from a Truth-Seeking Orb
lost a corner to the blade.
Madara retreated several steps.
"Tch. That strange power again..."
Ever since becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki,
he had instinctively understood
how a Truth-Seeking Orb could serve both offense and defense.
He could also sense clearly
that a Truth-Seeking Orb
could withstand even a Tailed Beast Bomb from the Ten-Tails.
By all rights, nothing in the world
should have been able to damage one.
Yet Aogetsu
had damaged them