"Have you regained the strength you had in life?"
"You've certainly surprised and impressed me."
"Even under these circumstances, you still managed to struggle forward, Madara!"
River smiled faintly as he spoke.
Looking at Madara's current appearance, he showed no surprise at all, only keen interest.
Then his gaze sharpened, his Rinnegan turning fierce and imposing.
"Then..."
"Let me see just how powerful you were at your peak!"
"Madara!"
The instant his words fell, he slowly raised his right hand and aimed it at his opponent.
At the same time, Madara raised his own right hand. Their voices rang out almost simultaneously.
"Banshō Ten'in!"
Two terrifying gravitational forces collided in an instant, sending ripples through space.
But both men soon seemed to realize something, and their bodies suddenly moved.
Madara raised his hand and hurled black specks into the sky. In an instant, the surrounding space began to tremble as a terrifying pulling force rapidly spread.
"Planetary Devastation!"
Madara Uchiha spoke coldly.
From the very outset of the battle, he unleashed one ultimate technique after another, holding nothing back. Against an enemy as powerful as River, there was no reason to restrain himself.
"Now you're showing some flair, Madara!"
River's body jolted, and he laughed loudly.
He abruptly raised his head and opened his mouth. Violent energy gathered in an instant, forming waves of purple-red energy.
Then he spat it out with tremendous force.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Powerful Tailed Beast Bombs shot upward, distorting as they slammed into the Planetary Devastation overhead, which had already swollen into enormous spheres with immense gravitational pull.
"Rumble!"
Balls of flame blossomed, and great chunks of rock fell. The Planetary Devastation had taken clean, direct hits.
Madara's pupils contracted. He leaped high and charged toward River.
River raised his hand and formed a