The dense forest that had once stood by the sea was now stripped of every tree.
The ground where Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju stood had been gouged into a deep crater.
Neither had unleashed his full strength, yet they had already caused such devastation.
And this was only the warm-up.
Next, Madara Uchiha let Hashirama Senju experience firsthand just how maddening his best friend had become after spending so many years withdrawn from the world at Yanbai's side.
What frustrated Hashirama Senju most was that Madara Uchiha could use Wood Release too.
Hashirama Senju did not know that, aside from wearing him down until he died, Madara Uchiha's main purpose in coming here was to test and adapt to his new abilities.
The Rinnegan's "Shinra Tensei" and "Banshō Ten'in" were merely basic abilities.
Most importantly, Madara wanted to test "Limbo: Border Jail," a Dōjutsu with multiple applications, in actual combat.
"Limbo: Border Jail" was an ability unique to the Rinnegan Madara Uchiha had awakened. In short, it summoned Shadow Clones invisible to ordinary people to defend him and perform Taijutsu attacks.
These Shadow Clones would return to Madara Uchiha's body after a certain amount of time. They could not be killed; they would only return to their original.
At critical moments, they could be used like the Substitution Technique, switching places with the original to absorb damage or achieve the effect of teleportation.
During their earlier exchanges, Madara Uchiha had used this technique repeatedly to learn its strengths and weaknesses through his battle with Hashirama Senju.
But Hashirama Senju was a monster. Even though he could not see them, he still managed to narrowly evade them at crucial moments, swiftly dodging out of the way.
He also promptly adopted the most effective countermeasure, creating countless Wood Clones while secretly