Two Susanoo faced each other through the curtain of rain, like two mountains about to collide.
Blue and purple light tore through the gloomy sky, every slash carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Madara's Susanoo swung its enormous blue chakra blade in a horizontal slash. Wherever the edge passed, the rain was sliced neatly in two, and even the air trembled.
Genya's purple Susanoo countered at the same angle, and the two chakra blades collided in midair.
Like two stars colliding, they unleashed a visible ring of energy that rippled outward. Trees snapped at the waist, rocks crumbled to dust, and layer after layer of earth was torn up in its path.
The spectators could only retreat.
The burly man from Kumogakure led his people behind the third ridge, his face pale.
"Is this a fucking ninja fight?"
The Iwagakure ninja said nothing, because he was already beyond words.
The two from Kirigakure exchanged a glance and silently withdrew even farther. The two clashing torrents of chakra had crushed even their courage to watch.
The Konoha ninja were retreating too.
Huochi escorted the Uchiha clan members to a safe distance. The Hyuga Jonin kept their Byakugan active, but all they could see were two blinding masses of light, blue and purple, like two suns fallen to earth.
Kakashi stood on a jutting rock, his Sharingan fixed on the center of the battlefield. The hand he braced against the rock trembled slightly.
Guy stood beside him, blue steam blazing around him. His fists clenched and relaxed, like a chained beast ready to break free at any moment.
The Susanoo's close-quarters brawl was even more terrifying than their ranged slashes.
Madara's blue giant punched toward the purple giant's chest. Genya's purple giant twisted aside and struck back with a chopping