Senya rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, gathering Chakra in his throat and beneath his feet.
"Fire Release—Great Fire Destruction!"
Raging flames erupted forth, transforming into a sea of fire dozens of meters wide that surged toward the Ino-Shika-Cho and Sarutobi ninjas before him.
"Not good, get out of the way!"
A Yamanaka clan ninja had sensed the sudden burst of Chakra from Senya in advance, but unfortunately, by the time he shouted his warning, the sea of fire had already crashed down upon them.
The Akimichi and Sarutobi ninjas charging at the front had no time to retreat. All of them were swallowed by the inferno and perished within the flames, their bodies scorched to charred ash by the intense heat before scattering away as dust.
The Nara clan members behind the Yamanaka ninja reacted at once, changing the direction of the shadows beneath their feet and linking them to the comrades beside them, pulling them backward and narrowly escaping the range of the firestorm.
"Just who is this guy? He can actually cast a Fire Release ninjutsu over such a vast area."
"I've never heard of anyone like him among the Uchiha. This Fire Release covers even more ground than Uchiha Zhihao's and Uchiha Madara's!"
"Could it be that, aside from that young girl, the Uchiha Clan has other hidden cards?"
Nara Shikano, the Nara Clan Head overseeing this section of the battlefield, immediately sensed the faint odor of a scheme.
He had already begun considering retreat.
After all, the purpose of this war could now be considered fulfilled. Uchiha Zhihao, the Uchiha Clan Head, had already died in battle. Though Senju Yama had also fallen, he was not from any of the three Ino-Shika-Cho clans, so Shikano did not care much.
Retreating seemed quite favorable to