Preparing for the Counterattack

Masashige Hagoromo's words instantly revitalized the Five Allied Clans, who had just fallen into despair.

Looking at Izuna's exhausted state, they suddenly understood.

That's right!

Such a terrifying Ninjutsu was already at the level of Forbidden Jutsu. How could it not come with a price?

But no one dared to say Izuna couldn't use that move a second time, so even though they felt relieved, the Five Allied Clans Army still acted with some hesitation.

"Retreat!"

Clutching his painful right eye, Izuna coldly uttered two words.

Ise Uchiha, who was not far away, was startled. "Vice-leader, this!"

"Retreat! Abandon Stone City!"

Izuna commanded again.

Masashige Hagoromo and the others, who also heard this, were overjoyed. They were right; Izuna Uchiha could no longer use that move.

Ise Uchiha gritted his teeth and shouted, channeling his Chakra to the entire battlefield, "The Vice-leader has ordered us to abandon the city and retreat!"

Perhaps this was the feeling of falling from heaven to hell in an instant.

One minute, all the Uchiha clan members believed they could turn the tide with Izuna's power. The next minute, they received the order to retreat.

As for the Five Allied Clans, their mood could only be described as "ecstatic."

Clan Leader Onigawa roared with laughter, "Don't let them escape! Kill all these Uchiha!"

"That's right, don't let them escape!"

Strike while the iron is hot!

Even without communication, the Five Allied Clans reached a consensus on this point.

"Wind Release: Gale Shockwave!"

Clan Leader Saito attacked first. As a clan skilled in Wind Release and Water Release, he unleashed the strongest Wind Release Ninjutsu he knew.

"I'll join in too!"

The Fuma Clan Leader, who had lost an arm, had somehow managed to bandage his wound with a piece of cloth. He took out a new scroll with one hand. "Fuma: Senbon Barrage!"

Bang!

The scroll unrolled dozens of meters in an instant. With a "bang bang" sound and white smoke, tens of thousands of Senbon coated in poison flew down, densely falling like a rainstorm in the air.

"Everyone, use Fire Release to block!"

Sora Uchiha, covered in blood, gritted his teeth and shouted, raising his hand to form hand seals.

"Stand down!"

Izuna's low voice startled Sora Uchiha and the others, who looked at him in astonishment. "Vice-leader."

Facing the various Ninjutsu attacking from the front and above, Izuna sneered disdainfully, "No matter the era, there's no shortage of these self-righteous fools."

His Chakra materialized into flames once more, burning as the half-body Susanoo in its humanoid form rose again.

"He can still use it?"

Masashige Hagoromo's pupils constricted sharply. He had just declared that Izuna could no longer use Susanoo, but now he vaguely heard the sound of slaps echoing in his ears.

The distorted sword in Susanoo's right hand ignited with raging black flames. Facing the incoming Ninjutsu, he swept his right hand to the left and then violently swung it to the right.

The ferocious black flames, far surpassing ordinary S-rank Ninjutsu, combined with Susanoo's sword energy, utterly annihilated any Ninjutsu thrown at them.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Susanoo's left hand also formed a Chakra sword. With two swords in hand, it moved like a monster rampaging through ordinary soldiers.

The surrounding ninjas of the Five Allied Clans Army could only let out screams, like pigs on a cutting board, at the mercy of their attackers.

"You all retreat!"

Izuna, standing within Susanoo, said with his back to Sora Uchiha and the others.

Sora Uchiha raised his hand and shouted, "Retreat! Retreat!"

The approximately three hundred members of the Uchiha clan in the northwest began to withdraw rapidly.

"Chase!"

Clan Leader Watanabe instinctively shouted.

However, as soon as the words left his mouth, Susanoo's greatsword was raised above his head, ready to fall.

A strong sense of death washed over him. Clan Leader Watanabe dodged using the Body Flicker Technique.

Rumble!!!

However, as the sword fell, although he himself narrowly escaped, several ninjas from surrounding clans nearby died tragically under that blow.

"What a monster..."

Clan Leader Onigawa's face was covered in cold sweat as he stared at Susanoo.

Is there no jutsu that can break through that defense?

At this moment, Izuna controlled Susanoo to raise his twin swords, forming an "X" shape, and then heavily smashed them down.

For a moment, the entire battlefield trembled, and the last piece of the Uchiha Stone City wall behind them also collapsed.

"If you're not afraid of death, chase after me."

After saying this with a tone that looked down on everything, Izuna deactivated Susanoo and retreated rapidly towards the rear.

Staring blankly at the bottomless "X" shaped sword mark left on the ground, nearly two thousand ninjas from the Five Allied Clans Army were stunned, and not a single one dared to propose pursuit.

"What are you all standing around for?"

After an unknown amount of time, someone finally spoke. Everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice. It was Masashige Hagoromo who had spoken.

Walking into the city gate... no, the gate was gone now.

Entering the city, Masashige Hagoromo raised his right hand and shouted, "The Uchiha have fled! We have won this war!!!"

"Tonight, we feast and celebrate our victory!!!"

Masashige Hagoromo shouted again.

The terror that had seized the allied forces, caused by Izuna's display, transformed into ecstasy under Masashige Hagoromo's encouragement.

One by one, they raised their hands and cheered, proclaiming their victory.

At this moment, more than ten miles away from Uchiha Stone City.

"Vice Clan Leader!"

"Vice Clan Leader!"

"Vice Clan Leader, are you alright?"

Seeing Izuna return, the retreating Uchiha all finally relaxed.

With his face still stained with blood, Izuna raised his hand to stop the crowd that rushed forward to offer their concern and said, "You all did very well this time. First, return to the temporary stronghold established by Minister Sora a few days ago. There is enough food stored there. Everyone eat well, recuperate, and prepare for a counterattack at midnight!"

"Counterattack? Vice Clan Leader, our current strength is not proportional to theirs."

A Jonin said in disbelief.

In the Uchiha's current state, attacking the Five Allied Clans would be like throwing an egg against a rock.

Izuna flashed a mysterious, cunning smile, "Just wait and see."

They arrived at the temporary stronghold fifty miles away from Uchiha Stone City.

Sora Uchiha opened the granaries, where enough food for three days was stored.

The exhausted and starving clan members devoured the food like beasts.

Izuna bit into his dry rations and drank spring water. After washing the bloodstains from his face by the river, he glanced at his reflection in the lake.

Damn it, my vision is already blurring.

After all, I used Susanoo twice.

Izuna opened the system skill tree--

[Player: Izuna Uchiha
Cultivation: Kage Level
Chakra Nature: Fire, Wind, Lightning
Kekkei Genkai: Mangekyo Sharingan
Skills:
Left Eye: Future Prediction
Right Eye: Amaterasu
Flying Thunder God Second Stage
Wind Release: Spiraling Sphere
Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame
...
Skill Points: 78]