Uchiha Madara: This Child is Like Me!

"This kid's Fire Style can actually reach this level?"

Uchiha Madara watched the long-distance broadcast through White Zetsu's eyes, slightly surprised.

The large-scale Great Fire Destruction just now almost had his own signature on it.

In his memory, Uchiha Aoya's strongest Fire Style was the Great Dragon Fire Technique at most, wasn't it?

Did he only master Great Fire Destruction recently?

"Interesting."

Uchiha Madara became interested and focused his attention on Qingye's battle.

The fierce, large-scale Fire Style, and the high-speed, mobile, rapid-transferring Taijutsu combat that complemented his Sharingan, were very similar to his own fighting style back then.

This child is like me!

It would be great if he could join my Moon Eye Plan. He'd definitely be much stronger than that Obito.

"However, when it comes to Uchiha-style Swordsmanship, he's better at Lightning Style Swordsmanship compared to Fire Style Swordsmanship."

This was different from him.

For swordsmanship, he still preferred the Fire Style Uchiha swordsmanship. Lightning Style was something his younger brother, Uchiha Izuna, favored more.

"An interesting junior, much stronger than I anticipated."

Uchiha Madara sighed inwardly.

These Iwagakure Ninja are truly disappointing.

So many of them, yet barely anyone can fight back or put up a real struggle.

They're completely being suppressed and beaten by Uchiha Aoya alone!

If this continues, these people will be completely wiped out before long. By then, Uchiha Aoya can just blow up the bridge and leave.

"But..."

Uchiha Madara's lips curved into a smile.

Fortunately, he had sent out so many White Zetsu early on.

He figured that by now, the White Zetsu's mission should be almost complete.

On the banks of Kannabi Bridge.

The original Iwagakure encampment tents here had been completely burned down by Fire Style and Explosive Tags.

Shattered earth walls turned into misty dust, drifting in the air like a yellowish-brown shroud, completely covering this side of Kannabi Bridge.

And within this yellow shroud, a figure was darting back and forth like a storm!

Wherever he went, bursts of screams erupted!

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind swept through.

The dust lingering in the air was blown away, and the vision on this side of the riverbank was restored to clarity.

At this moment, the ground was already littered with the corpses of Iwagakure Ninja – some burned to death by Fire Style, some blown up by Explosive Tags, and some who had narrowly survived only to be killed by a blade from who-knows-where!

Very few people could even react to Qingye's attacks!

Even those few who could defend themselves found their Earth Style Defense easily shattered by a Tachi imbued with Lightning Style.

In a short time, more than half of the Iwagakure Ninja here were already dead or wounded!

"There's a Wind Style Ninja too?"

Qingye's crimson eyes locked onto his target. With a Shunshin, he lunged forward, flicking his Tachi upward, and a fiery slash instantly split the Wind Style Ninja diagonally in two!

"Scum!"

An Iwagakure Jonin cursed, rapidly forming hand seals: "Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

The ground shook, and an earth dragon rose from beneath the ground, charging towards Qingye with ferocious might!

Crash!

Qingye raised his hand, and dozens of Explosive Tags flew out!

Without further entanglement with the Iwagakure Ninja, he quickly retreated and charged towards Kannabi Bridge.

Most of the enemies were dead, it was time to blow up the bridge!

Using the numerous Explosive Tags to block the Iwagakure Ninja behind him, Qingye rushed onto Kannabi Bridge in a few steps, reached into his pouch, and took out the scroll that Minato Namikaze had distributed earlier.

He unrolled the scroll, and with a bang!

Hundreds of Explosive Tags were connected into a net. As the scroll unfurled, this large net immediately spread out, covering the center of Kannabi Bridge.

"Damn it, stop!"

The Iwagakure Ninja behind him cursed, but it was already too late.

The net woven from Explosive Tags had already detonated. Amidst the earth-shattering explosion, the entire Kannabi Bridge instantly collapsed, shattered stone fragments crashing into the river below.

Mission complete!

Time to retreat!

Seeing Qingye turn back, the Iwagakure Jonin's face contorted in ferocity. He gathered all the remaining Iwagakure Ninja and roared:

"Everyone, don't engage this bastard in close combat!"

"Use long-range Ninjutsu together and finish him!"

This bastard is too fast!

We couldn't organize ourselves earlier, and we were almost slaughtered by this bastard in a one-sided massacre!

Now, taking advantage of the moment Qingye had just blown up the bridge, the remaining Iwagakure Ninja gathered together. At this moment, they began forming hand seals in unison, unleashing a combined Earth Style Ninjutsu:

"Earth Style: Earth Prison!"

Earth walls rose in a circular formation, trapping Qingye within.

Without pausing, another combined Earth Style Ninjutsu was unleashed. Numerous sharp earth spears rose from the prison, attempting to pierce Qingye's body.

Suddenly, with a crack, the Earth Prison in front shattered!

A lightning spear burst forth, easily tearing through the blockade!

"Damn it!"

The Iwagakure Jonin was furious.

He had forgotten this bastard also knew Lightning Style!

We clearly saw this bastard use his Tachi imbued with Lightning Style to attack people before, yet in my haste, I completely forgot!

"Qingye, enemy reinforcements are coming from behind!"

From far behind, Hyuga Himon's shout echoed: "They're moving fast, they'll be here in two minutes at most!"

What the hell, where are these reinforcements coming from?!

This is already nearly a hundred miles away from the front lines of the Land of Fire!

Does Iwagakure have so many people hidden that they weren't sent to the front lines? Are they crazy? What are they hiding so many people for?!

"Reinforcements are here, stop him, don't let this bastard escape!"

The Iwagakure Jonin rejoiced. He no longer tried to fight Qingye head-on, but instead, united everyone to do their utmost to obstruct Qingye's actions.

Various large-scale Earth Style defensive Ninjutsu, Earth Flow Walls, Multiple Earth Flow Walls, and Earth Flow Fortress Walls were unleashed one after another!

"Send some people to capture those other brats!"

If I capture your teammates, what will you do then!

He didn't believe those few remaining brats could be as monstrously powerful!

Several Iwagakure Ninja quickly split off, charging towards Hyuga Himon and the others.

Before these ninja could even get close, Yūhi Kurenai and Hyuga Himon were prepared. The two attacked together, each raising their hands and throwing out over a dozen Explosive Tags!

The charging Iwagakure Ninja, along with Nohara Rin, were stunned by this barrage of explosions.

Is this how you guys use Explosive Tags?!

Crack!

The sound of shattering earth walls echoed from the front.

Three consecutive blasts of Lightning Style: Dark Severance struck, and layer after layer of earth walls were still torn open by the lightning spears.

Amidst the swirling dust, a figure emerged like a phantom. A flash of lightning from his blade instantly cut down the leading Iwagakure Jonin!

With several swings of his Tachi, Qingye finally broke through the defenses of the remaining Iwagakure Ninja.

"It's over, we're too late, the reinforcements from behind have already arrived!"

Hyuga Himon's face turned ashen.

The Iwagakure reinforcements rushing from the direction of the Land of Fire were now only a few hundred meters away!

"Why did so many Iwagakure Ninja suddenly appear?!"

Yūhi Kurenai couldn't understand.

And they arrived so quickly!

On the other side, Qingye's expression remained unchanged. This scene, with its uncanny sense of déjà vu, was clearly the same as when he destroyed Iwagakure's medical supplies before.

Clearly, a seasoned veteran of the ninja world had made another move!

"How about we try retreating in a different direction?"

Hyuga Himon urged anxiously.

Since the bridge was already blown, they could just head south towards the Land of Rain, or north towards the Land of the Waterfall, and make a big detour to get back.

However, his words were immediately proven wrong.

Along the great river, large numbers of Iwagakure Ninja were rapidly approaching from both directions!

Even from the other side of the broken Kannabi Bridge, a large number of Iwagakure Ninja, and even many Kusagakure ninja, were now visible in the distance. Reinforcements had arrived from that direction as well.