Countless trees grew rapidly from the ground, completely concealing Madara Uchiha. As far as the eye could see, countless mountains and the forests the two had destroyed were covered by newly grown woods.
And the sun finally fell.
Boom!!
Scorching waves of fire swept through everything. The Wood Release timber continuously absorbed the chakra within the sun, weakening its power.
But Hyuga Akira's Gaia Energy Cannon pushed release techniques to their limit. Its chakra was not so easily absorbed.
Countless trees instantly turned to ash, and the earth began to crack and crumble.
Until a vast, bottomless crater appeared.
The Flame Wings behind Hyuga Akira beat as he hovered in midair, looking down. His Byakugan swiftly locked onto Madara Uchiha, who had escaped elsewhere.
Madara Uchiha flipped over and landed on high ground, looking up at Hyuga Akira in the sky.
"You're not bad."
Hyuga Akira's strength was on par with his and Hashirama Senju's. In fact, with the four powerful kekkei genkai release techniques he commanded, he would surpass them both in a normal fight.
However.
"Brat, do you know my true power?" Madara Uchiha asked coldly.
Hyuga Akira slowly raised his arm. New Gaia energy was taking shape, and a new sun stole the light of the real sun. But unlike the bright sun, this one was Ghostly Blue.
"Then let me see it."
Gaia Energy Cannon.
The sun in his hand hurtled toward Madara Uchiha. Gaia Energy Cannon was a move with absolutely no finesse-it simply overwhelmed with brute force.
The power unleashed by forcibly fusing four ultimate release techniques was even greater than a Tailed Beast Bomb.
The sun engulfed Madara Uchiha's figure, swallowing vast stretches of the surrounding ground.
Just as the sun was about to engulf everything.
Four blue blades appeared and swiftly sliced