Joining Forces

The Anbu members moved like ghosts through the ruins, trying to guide the trapped villagers to safety.

The Jonin formed hand seals, preparing to unleash Ninjutsu and create a defensive barrier.

The Chunin and Genin gathered together, nervously staring at the terrifying figure in the sky, their Ninja Tools gripped tightly.

But in Uchiha Genki's eyes, their actions were as laughable as a clown's antics.

"Hehehe... Hahahahaha!" Genki threw his head back, his laughter growing more unhinged. The sound pierced the howling wind and echoed across the entire battlefield. "Another group of suicidal fools? Fine! It's perfect... let all of you perish along with this hypocritical world! Hehehe hahahaha! Come! Come! Bring it all on!!"

As his voice faded, his bizarre Mangekyo Sharingan flared to life, and the Chakra around him surged madly once more!

The thousand-meter-tall, pitch-black Susanoo Armor seemed to receive a command, slowly raising its massive hand and grasping the Eight-Handled Sword at its waist.

The sword flashed with a cold glint under the moonlight, and a terrifying pressure instantly locked onto the assembled Leaf Ninja Force below.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's internal alarm bells blared, his pupils contracting. "Not good! Defend quickly!"

But his warning was too late. The Susanoo Armor swung its colossal arm, and the hundreds-of-meters-long sword, carrying world-ending power, slashed down fiercely towards the Leaf Ninja Force and the evacuating villagers!

Meanwhile, Itachi Uchiha watched the arriving Leaf Ninja Force. Instead of relief, his eyes were filled with anxiety.

He knew all too well that with Genki's current power, these ninjas were no match for him and would only suffer more casualties.

He turned to Obito beside him, his voice urgent. "We have to team up! Otherwise, no one can stop him!"

Obito's gaze beneath his mask was extremely grave. He stared intently at the unhinged Genki in the sky and slowly nodded. "Alright. But you need to understand, our goal is only to stop him, not kill him."

Not far away, Fugaku Uchiha was completely stunned.

He looked at the terrifying Susanoo Armor, at the panicked Leaf Ninja below, and then at Itachi, who had blood trickling from his mouth. Shock and confusion surged through him like a tide, but he had no idea how to intervene in a battle that defied comprehension.

"BOOM--!!!"

The hundreds-of-meters-long, pitch-black sword descended with world-destroying force. The Leaf Ninja below didn't even have time to form a complete defensive posture.

At the critical moment, the Jonin forces unleashed their Chakra, and hundreds of Ninjutsu techniques formed simultaneously—the raging flames of Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation, the giant water dragon of Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet, the solid rock wall of Earth Style: Earth Style Wall, the sharp gusts of Wind Style: Wind Scythe Technique...

The Ninjutsu of thousands of ninjas intertwined into a colorful, giant energy net, charging headlong towards the descending sword.

However, this power, which could normally flatten the army of a nation, seemed so insignificant before Genki's ultimate Susanoo.

"SCREEECH--!"

The moment the sword collided with the giant Ninjutsu net, a piercing sound of tearing energy echoed through the heavens and earth.

Flames were instantly crushed and extinguished, the water dragon was scattered into mist by the sword's aura, the earth wall crumbled like paper, and the wind scythes couldn't even get close to the sword before being blown away.

The defensive net formed by Ninjutsu lasted only a breath before completely disintegrating. The terrifying residual sword energy swept down like a tide, sending dozens of ninjas who reacted too late flying, spitting blood as they crashed into the ruins.

"It's useless! Normal Ninjutsu can't even hurt him!" Sarutobi Hiruzen's face turned ashen. He quickly formed hand seals. "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet!"

Two massive fire dragons spewed from his mouth, carrying more ferocious energy than a normal Great Fireball, blasting towards the Susanoo Armor's legs.

But this attack was like a stone sinking into the ocean. It only left a faint, insignificant spark on the dark armor before completely dissipating.

"Father!" Itachi Uchiha seized this brief opening and rushed to Fugaku Uchiha's side, his voice extremely urgent. He didn't have time for details, only managing to shout the most crucial information. "He's Uchiha Genki! He awakened a Special Mangekyo after his clan's extermination, and he can devour souls to strengthen himself! His domain can strip souls, and his Susanoo is a thousand-meter ultimate form! If we don't find a way to restrain him, the entire Leaf will be lost!"

Fugaku Uchiha trembled, his gaze towards Genki filled with more shock and disbelief. "Devour souls? Special Mangekyo? How can such a Dōjutsu exist?!"

"Now is not the time to ask that!" Blood trickled from Itachi's mouth again. The side effects of continuously using his Mangekyo were giving him a splitting headache, but he still forced himself on. "His power comes from the souls he devours. We must work together to break through his Susanoo and disrupt his domain! Your Susanoo Armor, though not in its complete form, combined with my Totsuka Blade and Madara's power, might give us a chance!"

Obito, who was nearby, instantly teleported over, his Mangekyo Sharingan beneath his mask locked onto Genki's movements. "My ability can only restrain him for a short time. The main attack will rely on you father and son. I'll use Kamui to distort the trajectory of his attacks. You two seize the opportunity to attack the joints of his Susanoo; that's where the energy flow is weakest!"

Fugaku Uchiha looked at the ninjas below suffering casualties, at the village shattered into ruins, and then at Genki, who was laughing madly in the sky, treating life as nothing. The shock and confusion in his heart were instantly replaced by resolve.

He drew the katana at his waist, his scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan snapping open, Chakra surging wildly. "Alright! Let's join forces!"

"Susanoo Armor!"

Two Chakras erupted simultaneously. Itachi's pale-red complete Susanoo Armor reformed. Although it had been severed once before and its energy was depleted, it still maintained a nearly hundred-meter form, the Totsuka Blade held in its hand, his eyes sharp as knives.

Fugaku's Susanoo was in its initial three-meter form, rapidly expanding to a twenty-meter half-body form, wielding a Chakra katana. Although its size was far from Genki's Susanoo, it carried a formidable sharpness.

"Now!" Obito's figure suddenly blurred, and the next second he appeared in front of Genki's Susanoo Armor.

"Kamui!" His Mangekyo Sharingan glowed with a bizarre light. The trajectory of the Susanoo Armor's next sword swing was suddenly distorted. The sword, which was originally aimed at the center of the ninja forces, was forcibly shifted, slashing into an empty ruin and creating another bottomless chasm.

"Go!" Itachi roared, controlling his pale-red Susanoo to leap forward. The Totsuka Blade, imbued with sealing energy, fiercely stabbed towards the Susanoo Armor's knee joint.

Fugaku followed closely, his Chakra katana condensing into a sharp blade, slashing towards another joint.