"Naruto-kun..."
Hyuga Hinata had just followed her father, clan head Hyuga Hiashi, to the battlefield. The first thing she did was look toward Naruto Uzumaki, standing beside Kakashi and the others in the distance.
"That is..."
Looking at the blue, three-stage Susanoo towering dozens of meters high, Hyuga Hiashi furrowed his brow.
Then:
"Lord Hokage, the situation is... Is that really the legendary ninja...?"
Hyuga Hiashi turned and came before Tsunade Hime, asking with obvious hesitation.
In response:
"The only opponent my great-grandfather ever had... Uchiha Madara!"
Tsunade Hime gazed at the towering blue Susanoo and spoke.
At the same time, she looked at the thousand or so elite ninja from the various clans who had arrived on the battlefield:
"Everyone!"
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but the man standing atop that blue Susanoo ahead may be the strongest enemy Konoha has faced in the past fifty years."
"His name... is Uchiha Madara!"
"Whether we can protect Konoha... this time, it all depends on every one of us!!"
Tsunade Hime did her best to rally everyone's spirits.
She was also telling the ninja from the Hyuga, Yamanaka, Nara, and other Konoha clans who had just arrived how dire the situation was.
"The legendary ninja..."
"Uchiha Madara?!"
"How is that possible? Wasn't he already dead?"
"Right! How could someone that powerful still be alive?"
"And that blue monster feels so sinister and powerful."
"Can we really beat an enemy like that? He's a legendary powerhouse, on par with the First, whom everyone called the God of Shinobi!!"
After hearing Tsunade Hime's words, the countless ninja present spoke up in disbelief and uncertainty.
Just then:
"With so many rabble showing up, it looks like my situation's become pretty unfavorable."
Inside the blue, three-stage Susanoo, Chen Yiban folded his arms and spoke.
But though he said his situation had become unfavorable,
the smile tugging at the corner of his mouth wasn't worried. It was a scornful sneer!
Chen Yiban didn't take all of Konoha's ninja seriously!
"Damn it..."
Tsunade Hime could see the disdain written all over Chen Yiban's face. She clenched her fists, indignant and frustrated.
Just then:
"So what if you're the legendary Uchiha Madara?"
"We've got plenty of allies here now, while you... are all alone!"
Kakashi emerged from behind a wall and spoke, his voice slightly raised.
"Oh?" Chen Yiban's smile widened a little as he continued to sneer:
"Is that so?"
As he spoke,
the next moment, he slowly formed hand seals inside the Susanoo.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The next instant, dozens of identical figures began appearing out of thin air around Chen Yiban.
One after another, they quickly leaped down from the Susanoo and landed in front of the Konoha ninja.
They were none other than thirty of Chen Yiban's Shadow Clones!!
Obviously,
You said I was alone, didn't you?
What about now?
"They're Shadow Clones! How can that bastard use them too?"
Naruto stared wide-eyed as he spoke.
Beside him, Sasuke Uchiha felt conflicted.
Sakura stared at the Susanoo towering dozens of meters high, fear in her eyes.
"Question!"
"Will these Shadow Clones use Susanoo or not?"
Inside the Susanoo's head, Chen Yiban's crimson Mangekyō Sharingan gleamed with faint amusement as he called out to all the Konoha ninja before him.
"This..." Tsunade Hime thought of something, her heart filled with shock.
And as if to confirm Tsunade Hime's terrifying suspicion:
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
All thirty Shadow Clones radiated blue energy, which gathered into one towering, three-stage blue Susanoo after another.
They were almost exactly like the Susanoo around Chen Yiban's original body behind them!!
And thirty of them...
They blocked the entire field of view ahead!
Nothing remained but an endless sea of blue!
"This... This is impossible..."
Tsunade Hime, Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Kurenai Yuhi, Mitaraishi Anko, Ino, and every other Konoha ninja stared in utter disbelief.
They were completely stunned!
How could there be so many...
This was just too ridiculous!!
Meanwhile, Kakashi could barely stop himself from slapping himself across the face.
Damn it, why had he said so much just now?!
In response:
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—
The Konoha ninja were so stunned that they left themselves wide open. Did Chen Yiban's thirty Shadow Clones just stand there watching?
Some swung their swords, while others hurled Yatsuka no Magatama.
They launched into a sudden assault!!
The Yatsuka no Magatama and blades of Susanoo Chakra...
They were incredibly fast and devastatingly powerful.
"Ah...!!!"
In an instant, screams erupted everywhere.
The Yatsuka no Magatama and blades of Susanoo Chakra claimed countless lives in a single attack.
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Choji Akimichi had already had one arm severed by Chen Yiban's original body.
Now, surrounded by two three-stage Susanoo, he fell.
Several enormous blue Chakra blades pierced his heart after he enlarged, and he collapsed!
"Dad!!"
In the distance, Choji Akimichi, who was also fighting, cried out in anguish.
"Damn it!" The next moment, he swallowed a pill and rushed over in Butterfly Mode to save him.
"Choji, don't be reckless!" Shikamaru shouted.
Being levelheaded, he knew that Genin like them had no chance against a legendary powerhouse like Uchiha Madara.
But Choji had already lost control. There was no stopping him!
Boom—
The next second, one Susanoo easily punched Butterfly Mode Choji and sent him flying.
Butterfly Mode was powerful, but it depended on who you were facing!!
Whoosh—
The next moment, that three-stage Susanoo continued swinging its sword at Choji Akimichi.
It was going to send father and son off to meet each other!
"Guh..." Choji had already vomited blood and couldn't dodge.
It looked like he was about to die beneath the Susanoo's blade!
Whoosh—!!
A green figure appeared just in time and kicked away the Susanoo's Chakra blade.
It was Might Guy!
"Daytime Tiger!!"
Roar—
Right after, Might Guy unleashed the powerful Taijutsu technique Daytime Tiger once again, without opening the Seventh Gate.
He forced the Susanoo before him back!
Choji Akimichi was saved!
But there were thirty [Three-Stage Susanoo] on the battlefield now.
They were slaughtering the Konoha ninja without pause!
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!!"
Hyuga Hiashi and his clansmen were fighting off the many Susanoo.
But they were struggling desperately!
"Damn it! Die!!" Tsunade Hime was fighting the whole time.
But even a "three-stage Susanoo" was beyond her ability to shake easily!
"Ugh...!!" The next moment, a Yatsuka no Magatama plunged straight into Tsunade Hime's abdomen.
If she hadn't kept "Creation Rebirth" active, she would have died long ago!
"Just as I thought. A bunch of rabble!" Chen Yiban's original body watched coldly.
Meanwhile,
Might Guy seemed to have made up his mind. His gaze was resolute as he stared at Chen Yiban's original body.
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