This seemed to be the ruins of an ancient training arena. Massive bluestone slabs paved the ground, broken stone stands surrounded it, and the air smelled of dust and faint rust.
Dark clouds filled the sky. Occasional flashes of energy from distant battlefields streaked across it, providing unsteady illumination for this enclosed space.
The enormous Perfect Susanoo was difficult to maneuver in such a relatively "cramped" space.
Thus, after confirming that Uchiha Tajima was his only opponent, Sasuke Uchiha decisively dispelled his Susanoo.
He felt that against a veteran powerhouse like Uchiha Tajima, who had fought his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the Warring States Period and possessed vast combat experience,
the massive Susanoo might actually be less effective than combining his own swift, agile taijutsu with precise, ruthless dōjutsu.
His opponent had seemed to flee desperately while evading the Susanoo, but in truth, he had been handling it with ease.
That was why Sasuke dismissed his Susanoo.
In the center of the ruined training arena, the two launched into a fierce clash of blades!
Sasuke wielded two swords. In his left hand, the Kusanagi Sword was wrapped in the inextinguishable black flames of Amaterasu; in his right was a Lightning Sword formed from condensed lightning.
His twin swords whirled, black flames biting like a venomous dragon and lightning lashing like frenzied serpents. His assault was ferocious, every strike aimed at a vital point.
Yet Uchiha Tajima's performance taught Sasuke just how formidable an old hand could be.
Tajima held only a seemingly ordinary katana, but his swordsmanship had reached the pinnacle of mastery.
He traded no flashy ninjutsu attacks. Instead, he wielded the most basic chops, cuts, rising slashes, thrusts, parries, and blocks with consummate skill. Combined with exquisite footwork and movement, they let