Water was spewed from the mouths of the Senju ninja. In the next instant, the rotating water vortex expanded as it approached; by the time it reached the Two-Tails, its height was enough to touch the beast's chin.
Raging flames ignited over the Two-Tails' body. Blue fire rose into the air, resembling a meteor smashing through the waves as it struck toward the numerous Senju ninja.
Mouse Flame Orb!
The blue flame meteor punched through the wave of water and subsequently pierced through the bodies of over a dozen Senju ninja.
Bang!
But a second later, their bodies, which had been knocked flying, turned into round logs in mid-air.
"Hmph!?"
The Two-Tails looked visibly surprised.
Standing atop its head, Izuna said, "The Water Release served only to block your line of sight. They are..."
Mid-sentence, Izuna leaped down from the Two-Tails' head. A Rasengan in his hand expanded rapidly. Under the enhancement of Sage Art, it formed a massive Rasengan with a diameter of ten meters!
"Right here!"
Izuna slammed the giant Rasengan into the ground about ten meters in front of the Two-Tails.
Sage Art: Great Ball Rasengan!
Boom!!!
The Great Ball Rasengan pulverized the earth and dragged out all the Senju ninja hiding beneath it. Under the insane churning of the Great Ball Rasengan, they were turned into pieces of mangled corpses.
The Great Ball Rasengan gradually dissipated, leaving only a ground covered in dead bodies.
Izuna landed in front of the Two-Tails from mid-air, his back to it. "This is how ninja fight. Don't judge them with the straightforward thinking of a Tailed Beast."
The Two-Tails raised its brows. Suddenly, it manipulated its tail to swat away two Senju ninja who were attempting a sneak attack.
"Not dead yet, huh!"
Izuna's Sharingan swept over the two Senju ninja knocked away by the Two-Tails. He raised the index and middle fingers of his right hand. "Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
Whoosh!!
Fire dragons flew out, engulfing the two Senju ninja in mid-air, raising the scent of burnt flesh.
"Senju Yuma launched a sneak attack and killed over a hundred of my Uchiha. Today, I, Uchiha Izuna, have sneak-attacked them and paid him back over a hundred men."
Smiling, Izuna walked into a tent that hadn't been completely destroyed.
He rifled through it for a while. There were some letters regarding battle conditions exchanged between Senju Chiharu and Senju Yuma.
But since Senju Chiharu and his men had been killed by him, Senju Yuma would inevitably shift his strategy on a large scale afterwards, so these things had become waste paper.
As Izuna walked out of the tent, Mito ran over quickly, anxious. "A large number of Senju are heading this way!"
Izuna paused, then realized, "Oh, no wonder. After all, the commotion caused by the Two-Tails fighting was so loud."
Speaking, Izuna glanced at the Two-Tails. "Thanks for your hard work, Matatabi. I'll count on you next time there's trouble."
"I prefer a quiet life."
The Two-Tails replied faintly, then added, "There are large numbers of ninja in this vicinity. Is there anywhere quiet?"
Izuna suddenly remembered that the Two-Tails was different from summoned beasts like Manda or Gamabunta; it didn't have its own Summoning Realm.
Once summoned, they couldn't return to a Summoning Realm through a reverse summoning effect.
"Then let's go back to our side," Izuna suggested. He looked at Mito and couldn't help but smile. "Thank you, Mito."
A look of desolation flashed across Mito's expression. She looked away and did not answer.
"What is that thing!?"
At the main gate of the Uchiha camp, the lookout ninja on the watchtower narrowed his eyes. Activating his Sharingan, he saw a massive amount of Chakra rushing toward them at breakneck speed.
moments later, he saw a monster wreathed in raging flames running toward their direction.
"What is that!"
The lookout hurriedly rang the warning bell.
Dong~~ Dong~~ Dong~~
Immediately, the melodious and ear-piercing sound of the bell spread throughout the entire camp. All the sleeping Uchiha clansmen rushed out of their tents.
Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Akichi, and the others were the first to rush to the main gate, asking urgently, "What happened?"
Until Izuna returned safely, they didn't have a shred of sleepiness.
"Lord Shin, Lord Akichi, that!"
The guard pointed in the direction opposite the main gate. The crowd looked up and saw a demon cat, huge as a small hill and burning with intense flames, charging toward them under the night sky.
"All units, prepare for battle!"
Uchiha Shin shouted in a low voice, cursing inwardly at the same time.
Damn it, one wave hasn't settled and another rises. If the days ahead are all like this, how are we supposed to live?
Over a hundred Uchiha clansmen gathered at the front gate, forming seals to release ninjutsu.
"What are you doing? It's me!"
Through Chakra, Izuna's voice transmitted from afar, causing the clansmen who were ready to release their jutsu to freeze in unison.
"Wait!"
Uchiha Akichi immediately raised his hand to stop everyone's movements.
In the distance, the cat demon's movement changed from a "run" to a "walk," strolling up to the main gate of the camp.
After Izuna landed with Mito, the beast borrowed its massive body to leap over the mountain ridge from the side, quickly disappearing into the rugged valley, leaving Uchiha Shin and the group dumbfounded.
"Vice... Vice-Clan Head?"
Shirotani Pass, inside the main tent of the Uchiha camp.
Uchiha Shin, a member of the elder faction from the same generation as Uchiha Tajima, was now respectfully serving Izuna a cup of hot tea.
The tea was just ordinary plain tea, but the key lay in who was serving it.
Several high-ranking Jonin of the Uchiha at the Shirotani Pass battlefield were gathered here.
The reason for their astonishment lay entirely in the object Izuna had taken out and placed on the ground—the head of Senju Chiharu!
Uchiha Shin was all too familiar with this man.
Previously, it was Chiharu who had followed Senju Yuma to strike from the flank, catching the Uchiha off guard.
Uchiha Shin's hatred for Senju Chiharu was second only to his hatred for Senju Yuma.
Yet, just as he was planning how to take revenge and launch a counterattack, Izuna had brought back his head directly. This left Uchiha Shin completely bewildered.
"Vice-Clan Head, you... what exactly is the situation now..."
Uchiha Akichi was the first to break the silence, asking Izuna for instruction.
"After all, it is the Senju heartland. Destroying one stronghold is basically my limit."
Izuna took a sip of tea and continued, "Although I eliminated one hundred and fifty men, the enemy's total combat power is still more than double ours."
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