With his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened, Uchiha Takeyasu spotted the markers Nara Shikamei had left along the way. Teleporting every two kilometers, he quickly made his way toward the three clan heads of Ino-Shika-Cho.
In an instant, he reached the battlefield, where the cliffs had collapsed and craters pocked the ground.
Uchiha Takeyasu didn't reveal himself right away. He concealed his presence and hid behind a nearby cliff.
The battlefield was wide open, so he couldn't catch Madara Uchiha off guard with the Flying Thunder God Technique. And using [Amenotokotachi] to appear suddenly in front of Madara would risk exposing the fact that he knew other Space-Time Ninjutsu.
That wouldn't matter much against some nobody, but against an enemy as formidable as Madara Uchiha, even the slightest information advantage was crucial.
Even with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio on the brink of death, he didn't want to give up the chance to use the Flying Thunder God Technique as a feint, then land a fatal blow with [Amenotokotachi] from the shadows!
More importantly, he didn't want to try cutting Susanoo with his Katana and make a fool of himself.
I'll wait for an opportunity. If one doesn't come, I'll use the Flying Thunder God Technique to save them.
In Uchiha Takeyasu's mind, Madara Uchiha had already revealed his Mangekyō and summoned the second-stage Susanoo, a blue giant with only its upper body.
Under Madara's control, the four-armed, four-sworded Susanoo cleaved open the earth and split the cliffs. For a while, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio barely escaped death.
In the end, Akimichi Chohane swallowed her clan's secret pills, grew as large as a mountain, and slammed into Madara Uchiha like a golden mountain toppling onto a jade pillar, sending him flying.
Amid the clouds of dust, Susanoo—now with a lower body—soared into the air and