"I never expected his mental power to rival mine!"
After one setback after another, Madara clenched his back teeth so hard they nearly cracked.
Unwilling to concede, he kept swinging his enormous blade. His opponent refused to back down either, directing three swords of light to attack.
"Heh, I have three blades too!" Susanoo immediately assumed its three-headed, six-armed form and traded blows...
The energy from their slashes flew everywhere. One blade cleaved a mountain range apart; another sword split the ground.
The instant a blade struck the gilded armor, a sizzling sound rang out, and white smoke rose.
When a sword tip pierced its armor, Susanoo clamped down on it.
Wisps of chakra mist drifted skyward from the wound.
"This erosion is rather fast." By now, Madara had put aside his arrogance.
"Splendid. Absolutely splendid!"
"Heh, hahahaha... yes, this is it! Only an opponent like this deserves my blade! You can still dance, can't you? This isn't your full strength, is it? Then show me everything you have!"
"Limbo: Border Jail!"
Four dark gray shadows that only he could see lunged from four directions, but just as they launched their attacks-
Flames of light surged from the sacred halo and forced them back. The Light of Creation God softly uttered, "Sacred flames!"
Those luminous flames swept toward Madara Uchiha like a sea of fire.
Madara instinctively clenched his fists. How long had it been since someone had suppressed him at every turn like this? The last time had been his final battle with Hashirama.
"Hahaha..." Madara laughed, utterly unrestrained. His laughter echoed throughout the entire domain.
"Amaterasu!"
He released the seal in the scroll and swiftly summoned Amaterasu's black flames.
The luminous flames collided with the black flames. Their erosive and devouring properties clashed, leaving them evenly matched for