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Esdeath, wielding her own Western Sword, and Uchiha Madara, wielding the Black Sword formed from Onmyoton, began a close-quarters battle.
She was like a rabid beast, a crazed, sadistic smile on her face, as she charged towards Uchiha Madara. The attacks from the Western Sword in her hand were dazzling; every chop and every slash was executed with her entire body's strength, mighty, heavy, sharp, and swift. Her momentum was like a torrential storm, relentless and unstoppable.
In response, Uchiha Madara remained unperturbed.
The Black Sword in his hand moved with fluid ease. With seemingly just a swing of his arm, or even a mere flick of his wrist, he completely neutralized Esdeath's frenzied onslaught.
Between the clashing Western Sword and Black Sword, the explosive clang of metal on metal continuously rang out, sending sparks flying. Every strike, every slash, caused immense commotion. The battlefield, atop the snowy mountain range, was riddled with deep gashes, as if the snow had been haphazardly ploughed over.
Upon closer inspection, Esdeath's close-quarters combat style was remarkably similar to her beast-like, savage and ferocious martial arts. She leaped rapidly, hacked wildly, creating an oppressive cage-like momentum that threatened to tear Uchiha Madara apart.
Uchiha Madara was clearly superior in this regard.
He wielded the Black Sword with effortless mastery.
Against Esdeath's frenzied chops, Uchiha Madara consistently used his Black Sword to parry. With every swing of his Black Sword, he blocked Esdeath's Western Sword at its weakest points, rendering Esdeath's chopping power null and void.
At the same time, the Black Sword was certainly not just for defense. A well-timed quick thrust and slash would always send Esdeath into a flurry of panicked movements.
In this intense close-quarters battle, Esdeath grew more and more excited—even exhilarated!
How could she not be excited? Because she was already exerting 120% of her effort, yet she still couldn't do anything against this guy on the other side.
Most importantly, a careful look at her opponent's demeanor revealed a steady, long breath, stable footsteps, and a casual, unhurried air. It was clear that he was dealing with her quite easily.
Esdeath realized a crucial issue: this guy opposite her was extremely strong. Setting everything else aside, just in this weapon-based close-quarters combat, he was incomparably stronger than her!
Of course, this was merely a close-quarters battle. Her Imperial Arm's Ice Power hadn't even unleashed much yet!
With one sword strike, she forced Uchiha Madara back. Esdeath retreated many steps, then roared towards the sky:
"Hahaha... exhilarating, exhilarating! I haven't had such an exhilarating fight in who knows how long! You, don't you dare disappoint me! Ice Storm!"
Her Western Sword swung forward, and vast amounts of chilling cold air surged from Esdeath's body. These icy currents, like a raging storm, assailed Uchiha Madara, covering the entire sky and ground!
Uchiha Madara retreated, creating distance, landing lightly. As he turned, he waved his hand, conjuring a Fire Release: Fire Curtain that thoroughly melted and blocked the approaching icy cold air.
Suddenly leaping high, Uchiha Madara jumped above the fire curtain, aiming at Esdeath:
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
This time, the flames were not expelled from Uchiha Madara's mouth, but rather separated from the dense flames surrounding his body, transforming into countless massive fireballs that rained down oppressively on Esdeath, covering the entire area!
Esdeath, far from surprised, rejoiced instead. She extended her sword forward, and frost carrying terrifying cold instantly froze and covered it. Majestic ice pillars and icicles rose from the ground, converging thunderously from all directions, enveloping Esdeath's body.
Boom, boom, boom... Violent explosions and waves of fire shot skyward. The explosive fire waves alone reached over ten meters high. Countless massive fireballs smashed against Esdeath's ice pillar defense, immediately melting a considerable amount of ice. Fortunately, a single layer of the defensive ice remained in the end, successfully withstanding the assault.
With a cold shout, Uchiha Madara hovered above the ground, continuing to unleash techniques at Esdeath:
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
Terrifying fire pillars, covering the sky and ground, were spewed forth by Uchiha Madara! The bright firelight shot directly towards Esdeath!
Esdeath, hidden within merely a single layer of ice, was greatly alarmed. She drilled out of the ice pillar and quickly retreated, breaking into a swift run!
However, Uchiha Madara had no intention of giving her a chance to escape. Wherever she ran, the terrifying fire pillars of Great Fire Annihilation burned right after her.
Seeing Esdeath in such a frustrating situation, she grew greatly annoyed. She suddenly slammed to a halt, and with a wave of her hand, she condensed and froze a towering ice wall to block the fire pillars.
However, upon hearing the cracking sounds of the ice wall, her heart, which had just slightly relaxed, tightened once more.
Focusing her gaze, she saw cracks appearing in the ice wall. The terrifying fire pillars opposite were scorching and bombarding her ice wall at a visible speed.
Esdeath's expression immediately became very grim.
She knew well how solid and cold the ice she had frozen was, yet it was so easily melted by this guy's flames. Just how high and terrifying must the temperature of those flames be?!
...
Unwilling to concede defeat, she waved her hands, condensing several more ice walls as thick and sturdy as city walls for defense.
Then, Esdeath held her sword with both hands, plunged her Western Sword into the ground, and knelt on one knee. Terrifying cold air and frost instantly spread underground along her Western Sword. She murmured softly:
"Hundred Ice Spikes Burial!"
An incredibly terrifying cold instantly spread out. Due to the sudden drop in temperature, even the fire pillars Uchiha Madara had unleashed weakened a notch.
Stopping the spewing of flames, Uchiha Madara looked left and right, wondering what kind of trick this woman could pull on him.
With a crackling sound, the snowy ground for several kilometers around Uchiha Madara was instantly covered by a layer of ice-blue frost. The temperature dropped to an unbelievable degree once again.
Suddenly, countless incredibly sharp ice spikes shot up from the frozen frost, all simultaneously thrusting towards Uchiha Madara!
Uchiha Madara stood his ground, watching the sky filled with incredibly cold and sharp ice spikes stabbing towards him, his vision filled with frost. This aura, this formation, was in no way inferior to his own Deep Forest Emergence. The only difference was that one was a tenacious strangulation by trees, and the other was a concentrated barrage of sharp ice spikes!
He stood amidst the barrage, surrounded by the ice spikes pointing at him!
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