Fugaku Uchiha fought alone against two opponents, locked in intense combat.
At this moment, he held the blazing war fan and wore golden Shanwenjia armor. Not only had he activated the triple-tomoe pattern in both eyes, but his symbiotic Byakugan—positioned between his eyebrows—was also visible. He had now entered the "Trinary Eyes" battle form.
The two enemies facing him were slightly stronger than the Heartless Pair fighting Hiashi.
The Hozuki ninja wielded a double-bladed sword called Hiramekarei. It grew stronger by absorbing chakra from every enemy it killed.
It was a blade that made its user stronger with every battle.
Before this clash, Hiramekarei had already drunk the blood of many Uzumaki ninja, amplifying its strength to terrifying levels, creating immense pressure for Fugaku during their fight.
Meanwhile, Jinin Akebino—the user of Kabutowari, the Blunt Cleaver—was no pushover either.
Bang!
Jinin launched consecutive attacks at Fugaku, striking the counterfeit blazing war fan squarely with his heavy blade.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
For a moment, Fugaku was forced backward several steps. Numbness shot up his arm from the shock, and blood seeped from the corners of his mouth.
In truth, Kabutowari wasn't just a regular weapon—it was connected by a rope, one end attached to the blade and the other to a hammer. Its attack style involved slicing first, then slamming the hammer against the back of the blade to add extra force.
"My blade is invincible. It can shatter any defense."
After driving Fugaku back, Jinin declared proudly.
"Hmph." Fugaku simply snorted in response, unimpressed. To him, any weapon or technique that claimed to be unstoppable or invincible was just empty talk. Every method or tool inevitably had its weaknesses.
It was time to get serious.
When standard tactics failed, Fugaku decided it was time to play his trump card. Just then—
"Die!"
Jinin charged forward once again, both blade and hammer raised, radiating fierce momentum.
"You're the one who's going to die."
Fugaku scoffed, blocking the strike with his war fan while immediately summoning solidified chakra from his body. This formed a semi-transparent blue giant hand.
[Susanoo: Impact Mode!]
As soon as this chakra hand emerged, it slapped directly toward Jinin.
"Huh?"
Jinin was startled but remained calm, still having full confidence in his Kabutowari. He performed his signature move again, delivering a powerful strike onto the Susanoo hand.
However, what Jinin expected—a scene where the Susanoo hand collapsed instantly upon impact—did not happen. Instead, the blow didn't budge it at all.
"How is that possible?"
Jinin's pupils constricted. Only then did he attempt to retreat, but it was too late.
Crash!
His entire body together with Kabutowari smashed into the ground under the Susanoo hand like a fly swatted down.
"Not so impressive," Fugaku remarked coolly, retracting his Susanoo hand.
No sooner had he dealt with Jinin than his symbiotic Byakugan—located at the center of his forehead—spotted a dazzling chakra sphere hurtling toward him from behind.
[Release: Hiramekarei!]
This was the ability of the dual blades Hiramekarei. Gas emitted from circular holes on the blade would gather into glowing chakra formations before finally erupting outward as orbs of light.
This technique required a certain amount of time to charge, but in return, it delivered massive destructive power.
Seizing the moment while Fugaku was locked in a fierce fight with Jinin Akebino, the Hozuki ninja finished weaving the technique and struck with a sudden ambush—perfect timing.
There was no time to dodge.
Without hesitation, Fugaku tightly gripped the blazing war fan with both hands and swung it like a baseball bat directly at the incoming Hiramekarei energy orb.
Uchiha: Counterstrike!
"Ha!"
Fugaku shouted fiercely, veins bulging on his arms and forehead. The war fan bent nearly 120 degrees under the force, but it didn't snap—it absorbed the blow like living steel.
Swish!
In the next second, Fugaku swung hard, sending the Hiramekarei energy orb flying backward straight toward the Hozuki clan ninja.
The man's expression changed dramatically. He never expected his ultimate move would be reflected back at him. In desperation, he barely managed to leap aside, narrowly avoiding the explosion when the orb hit the ground.
However, before he could steady himself and prepare for another counterattack, an intensely scorching sensation spread across his body.
Looking down in terror, the Hozuki ninja realized a large mass of black flames had somehow adhered to him and was now spreading from his chest across his entire body.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
Immediately forming hand seals, he surrounded himself with a wall of water in a last-ditch effort to extinguish the black flames—but it was ineffective.
"Ahhh!"
Letting out a pained scream, the Hozuki ninja transformed his body into a stream of water using his family's secret water-body technique, desperately trying to escape.
Yet even the water burned under the corrosion of the black flames, turning the man into a puff of steam amid total despair.
Nothing remained—not even bones.
Far away, Fugaku Uchiha exhaled slightly, his eyes already transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan pattern, tears streaking down his cheeks stained with blood.
He had incinerated his enemy with Amaterasu.
Just like the Byakugan Oppression, Amaterasu's black flames were among the deadly "first-sight-kill" techniques—those who had never seen them before rarely lived to tell the tale.
After defeating two enemies, Fugaku looked toward the distance just in time to see Hiashi Hyuga take down the Heartless Pair and glance over in his direction.
"Tch."
Their gazes met midair. They both spat to the side—each had taken out their foes with ruthless precision, neither yielding an inch.
Only Heiyan's situation remained.
The two shifted their sights to another direction and soon witnessed a breathtaking scene.
Within the battlefield's massive water prison, measuring two hundred meters in diameter, over a hundred crimson laser beams suddenly erupted from a single point. Interweaving together, they formed an enormous net that swept across the entire interior of the aquatic prison.
[Heavenly Release: Celestial Binding Net!]
Indeed, the water prison restricted Heiyan's movements, but it couldn't contain the Qian Elemental laser created by fusing water, lightning, and Yang chakra.
Even in his half-fish form, could Suikazan outrun beams of light?
[Heavenly Release (Qian) Great Net], under Heiyan's control as the "fisherman," relentlessly chased Suikazan like a massive fish, finally cornering him with no escape and completing the capture.
Whoosh!
As Suikazan fell to Heiyan's strike, Samehada dropped from his body. The giant water prison instantly collapsed, transforming into a vast ocean that engulfed the battlefield.
Snap!
Heiyan seized the massive blade Samehada and landed steadily on the water's surface. Surprisingly, the weapon showed no resistance—instead, it rubbed up against him almost flatteringly.
Figures another backstabber.
Facing Samehada's obvious brown-nosing behavior, Heiyan remained cold and unmoved.
This sword acknowledges no master—it follows only one principle: whoever possesses greater chakra reserves becomes its wielder.
Now that he thought about it, this blade actually suited him pretty well.
After all, in this world, no one could rival him when it came to chakra reserves.
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