All the people looked at the gigantic sea of flames, enough to cover half the battlefield, utterly stunned.
Knowing that Madara was powerful was one thing, but just how powerful, many people had no concept until now.
After all, that already touched upon the early founding periods of each village; many people hadn't even been born at that time.
Onoki was the first to react and hurriedly said, "Quick, block it!"
A group of Iwagakure shinobi snapped out of their daze like awakening from a dream, standing in front of their own formation, forming a line, slapping their hands on the ground, saying, "Earth Style, Ten-Thousand-Mile Earth Flow Wall."
Immediately after, in front of them, rose an earth wall in a continuous row.
But there was an awkward problem here. Because it was wartime, accumulated hatred could not be easily erased. Although all the villages appeared united, they still harbored mutual wariness, unable to form absolute trust and cooperation.
Thus, the Earth Flow Wall created by the Iwa-nin only protected their own formation and did not extend to other places.
Raikage A roared angrily and hurriedly said, "We will block too."
Only then did the Kumogakure ninja begin in a fluster to release various ninjutsu. There was Earth Style, Water Style, Wind Style, Lightning Style…
On the Konoha side, Orochimaru also slapped the ground with both hands and summoned Manda. Rasa, on the other hand, mobilized a sandstorm containing gold dust, forming a thick gold-sand defense.
In the next moment, Madara's Great Fire Annihilation already arrived in front of everyone, colliding with the various defensive ninjutsu that had just risen
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Waves of fire continuously impacted the defensive formations on all sides. Although Madara's Great Fire Annihilation looked imposing, it was still blocked.
Everyone let out a breath of relief, just waiting for Madara to finish that one breath of flame and withdraw the defense.
However, after waiting for a long time, everyone suddenly realized that Madara's one breath of fire was still spraying, seemingly with no intention of stopping.
After the last time when he breathed out fire for nineteen minutes straight and still didn't burn Obito, Madara had accumulated much grievance and frustration in his heart.
So, taking this opportunity, he simply vented his anger. He wanted to see how long the ninja alliance in front of him could endure under his flames.
Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, or twenty minutes?
Madara thought, this time, he could breathe fire for at least twenty-five minutes straight.
However, what disappointed him somewhat was that this group of people couldn't last that long.
After less than a minute of breathing, on the Kumogakure formation's side, because they did not have a well-coordinated defensive ninjutsu, someone had already had their defense broken.
The consequence of a broken defense was being overwhelmed by the fire, which swept across the formation.
In an instant, a large number of Kumogakure ninja turned into charcoal, their lives completely lost.
The Third Raikage A, seeing this scene, was completely enraged. He immediately no longer cared about anything else, lightning bursting from his entire body, and charged at Uchiha Madara.
In just a flash, he had already arrived in front of Madara, so fast that even Madara inwardly remarked, 'Very fast.'
However, it was only very fast. It wasn't beyond his ability to react.
He ceased his fire breathing, and in the instant A approached, he suddenly sidestepped, narrowly brushing past A's body, dodging the thrust.
A was stunned. Until now, no one had ever dodged his thrust so easily.
Previously, when Madara wore the mask, he only nullified A's attacks using the phasing ability.
He absolutely refused to believe it. After missing that strike, he actually forcefully halted, sharply changed direction, spun, and threw a punch toward Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara showed a look of admiration, Obito's descriptions were indeed accurate. The Third Raikage's qualities were extremely excellent, perhaps even stronger than Izuna, enough to stand at the pinnacle of this era's ninja.
But that still wasn't enough.
Madara calmly said, "Then let's dance together."
As he spoke, his figure moved along with the Third Raikage A's attack, another flicker, dodging A's strike again. Then he raised a foot, swift and fierce, kicking toward A.
But A showed a confident expression, not dodging or blocking, staring straight at Madara's kick.
Madara knew, with the Third Raikage's speed, he could actually dodge this kick.
But now he neither dodged nor blocked, what was he trying to do?
In Madara's mind, a thought arose, 'Could this Raikage be like Obito, using some underworld-style ninjutsu. Like phasing at the instant of contact, then launching a phase-strike to catch me off guard?'
Mainly because Madara was almost psychologically traumatized by Obito's tricks.
However, the Raikage was even more straightforward than Madara imagined, Madara's kick landed solidly.
A seemed to rely only on his physical body, forcibly enduring the impact of that kick. Then, taking the opportunity, he grabbed Madara's leg.
A said, "Trying to break my defense with taijutsu, even if you're Uchiha Madara, it's impossible!"
"Today, I'm glad you didn't use that detestable phasing technique. Let's have a real fight with real blades."
Strangely, Madara actually showed a trace of empathy.
'Indeed, it's still this kind of opponent. Fighting them is satisfying.'
In the next moment, seeing that he had restrained Madara's movements, Raikage raised his still-functioning other hand and, at close range, pointed a finger at Madara.
Facing a strong enemy like Madara, he did not intend to hold back. He wanted to seize Madara's opening and end the battle instantly with his strongest technique.
"Hell Stab, One-Fingered Thrust!"
A's finger rapidly thrust toward Madara. At such close range, even though he couldn't use the momentum from a long-distance charge to maximize the damage, it was still terrifyingly strong.
The key was, Madara couldn't dodge.
Seeing that the strike was about to hit, A couldn't help but think, 'Madara does seem very strong, but as long as he doesn't cheat, in close-quarters combat, I am stronger.'
In the next moment, A's finger pierced into Madara's body, piercing through his chest entirely.
A couldn't help but let out a long breath. Finally, he landed a hit on Madara, no more of that detestable phasing, no more punching air.
He was confident that with just this blow, he could take Madara's life.
However, in the next second, he felt that the place he hit didn't feel like flesh, it felt like some kind of wooden structure.
Crack!
Madara's Wood Clone split into two in A's hand.
The real Madara appeared beside A, arms crossed.
Madara said calmly, "Your body is indeed well-trained, very strong."
"But unfortunately, among all the ninja I've met, I've seen ones with bodies even stronger. I, Madara, cannot call you the strongest."
"Because the strongest body belongs to the man who ended the age of chaos, Senju Hashirama!"
In that moment, the Third Raikage A's heart was in turmoil. He felt the mockery from Madara. Once again, he had been played.
His hair stood on end, Lightning Chakra Mode activated to the maximum, instantly erupting with an astonishing amount of chakra.
Then he turned and charged toward Madara, who was still standing there with arms crossed, looking like he was just watching a show…
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