At the heart of the battlefield in a corner of the Uchiha Clan Grounds, the sudden earth-shaking tremors reached their peak!
Whether they were ninja renowned for Taijutsu or Ninjutsu experts focused on hand seals, all of them instantly lost their balance before the violent shaking, comparable to the power of nature itself.
The solid ground beneath their feet became a raging sea. They could only instinctively halt all attacks and steady their swaying bodies.
"An earthquake?! Why now..."
Countless ninja were horrified and unable to believe it.
And this was only the beginning!
Under Minamoto Takuya's feet, a terrifying fissure, bottomless and more than a zhang wide, tore through the ground beneath the force of his horrifying Monster Strength stomp and spread madly toward the battlefield ahead at astonishing speed!
Wherever the fissure passed, the ground collapsed and shifted like a brittle cracker, forming deep ravines and chasms.
Many ninja who reacted too slowly, whether from the Dove Faction or the Radical Faction, suddenly found empty space beneath their feet before they could regain their footing. The scene instantly descended into chaos.
Fugaku Uchiha was struggling to steady himself when his pupils abruptly contracted at the sight!
He finally understood what the "opportunity" his son had conveyed truly meant!
He stared in shock at the seemingly ordinary figure standing atop a broken wall in the distance—the Captain Commander of the Anbu!
Such power... such Monster Strength capable of splitting the earth and shattering mountains... Fugaku Uchiha's thoughts churned violently.
As far as he knew, only that legendary person... Princess Tsunade! Could it be that the Anbu Captain Commander had inherited that lady's legacy?!
Shock was shock, but as the head of a clan, his decisiveness allowed him to suppress every stray thought in an instant.
This opportunity could not