Blazing Flames and Howling Winds

During the Third Shinobi World War, the war between Konoha and Iwagakure had lasted for over a year.

After being tempered by the cruel flames of war, both sides had become extremely familiar with each other's methods. They knew each other inside and out.

Seeing the enemy hide behind a tree, Fujino, an Iwagakure jonin, narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze steady and confident.

He brought his hands together and formed the Ren hand seal. Immediately, an Earth Release: Earth Clone condensed atop the giant snake's head.

The Earth Clone then shot toward the tree at astonishing speed, like a bolt of lightning.

However, before the Earth Clone could reach its target, a rustling of branches and leaves suddenly came from the top of the tree.

A strange figure with two heads and four arms leaped out like a ghost, tracing an arc through the air before appearing in everyone's sight.

"Th-this... what is that...? Does the Uchiha Clan have a jutsu like this?" A chunin standing behind the Iwagakure jonin gaped, his face filled with disbelief.

Fujino frowned. "Idiot! Don't look into his eyes! Be careful not to fall under Sharingan: Genjutsu!"

Hovering in midair, Uchiha Sanpo looked down at the three men's stunned expressions and curled his lips into a wicked smile. The Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his two heads began spinning rapidly, light flowing through his eyes. "Sharingan: Genjutsu!"

An invisible force quietly spread out like ripples, forming an unseen net that descended upon the Iwagakure group.

Fujino's alarm bells rang at once. Years of combat experience on the edge of life and death made his body react faster than his mind.

His body instinctively twisted to the left, and he kicked hard off the ground, dodging an attack from behind like an agile panther.

At the same time, he spun around and saw that his two disciples had vacant eyes and uncontrollable bodies. They had clearly fallen under Sharingan: Genjutsu.

He hurriedly gathered chakra in his palms and struck them each once. Powerful chakra flowed from his hands into their bodies, instantly jolting them awake from the genjutsu's control.

After the Iwagakure chunin on the left came to his senses, he saw that his right hand was gripping a bloodied kunai.

Sanhuxu, the Iwagakure chunin standing in the middle, also felt a sharp pain in his back. He reached back and found his hand covered in blood. His face immediately turned ugly, his eyes filled with anger and unwillingness. "Am I going to die?"

"Sorry, Sanhuxu! I didn't mean to!"

Sanhuxu staggered, then cursed through gritted teeth, "Daishi, this isn't your fault. I know you were caught in the enemy's genjutsu!"

Daishi was not good with words. He could only support Sanhuxu and curse, "Evil Uchiha!"

As they spoke, flames of anger and unwillingness burned in their eyes.

Uchiha Sanpo, still in midair, had no intention of giving them a chance to catch their breath. He burst into wild laughter. "Hahaha! You think you can fight me with just that much skill? Die!"

As he spoke, his four arms moved like nimble octopus tentacles, his hands rapidly shifting through seals as chakra flowed between his fingers.

Once the seals were complete, both heads acted at once. The head on the right opened its mouth wide and shouted, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" A massive fireball carrying rolling waves of heat blasted from his mouth. Its scorching temperature warped the surrounding air, producing a crackling sound.

At the same time, the head on the left also opened its mouth and shouted, "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" Several gusts howled from his mouth. Like sharp blades, they pushed the fireball forward and altered its shape.

In the blink of an eye, aided by the violent winds, the fireball transformed into a surging tidal wave of flame that swept toward the four Iwagakure shinobi.

Seeing the danger, the Earth Release: Earth Clone immediately stopped, crouched down, and formed hand seals at lightning speed. Finally, it slammed its palms onto the ground. "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"

A thick earthen wall rapidly rose from the ground in front of the four Iwagakure shinobi.

The wall was over seven meters tall and roughly eight meters wide, enough to completely shield all four of them.

However, the blazing fireball and savage winds came crashing in with unstoppable force, slamming violently into the earthen wall.

In an instant, a deafening boom erupted, as though the entire forest were trembling.

"Boom... boom... boom boom...!" Blazing flames and violent winds battered the earthen wall. Under the dual assault of wind and fire, it shook violently as cracks spread across it and clumps of dirt continually fell away.

After holding for barely two seconds, the earthen wall could no longer withstand the overwhelming force and collapsed with a crash.

The shattered wall turned into countless chunks of stone, which surged with the rampaging Wind-Fire Combination Jutsu toward the four Iwagakure shinobi behind it.

Fujino made a swift decision, rapidly forming hand seals. "Earth Release: Subterranean Voyage Technique!"

A vortex of chakra formed beneath his feet. Accompanied by a faint tremor, he and his three disciples rapidly sank underground, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Watching the four Iwagakure shinobi flee underground in such a sorry state, Uchiha Sanpo smiled with satisfaction. "This Combination Jutsu really is powerful!"

If he used Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique alone, its attack range would only be around ten meters. But after adding Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, it became a Wind-Fire Combination Jutsu, expanding its range to over thirty meters and raising its destructive power by an entire level.

At present, there were not many shinobi in the Ninja World capable of performing Combination Jutsu alone. The most famous was the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who could single-handedly perform five-nature Combination Jutsu with fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water. The other was the bounty hunter of the Akatsuki... Kakuzu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen VS Kakuzu

Just as Uchiha Sanpo was immersed in the joy of victory and admiring the power of his jutsu, Fujino's Earth Release: Earth Clone, which had remained outside, had not given up on counterattacking.

It quickly charged forward and formed hand seals. "Earth Release: Rock Cannon!"

Then, chunks of stone shot from its mouth. The moment they left its mouth, they began growing larger and larger before hurtling toward Uchiha Sanpo in midair.

Uchiha Sanpo frowned slightly, displeasure flashing through his eyes. He drew two kunai with Explosive Tags attached, swung his left and right arms, and hurled them out with precision, one after the other.

Two deafening explosions rang out. The powerful shockwaves generated by the blasts whipped up a storm in the air, shaking the surrounding trees until their leaves fluttered down in droves.

Immediately afterward, Uchiha Sanpo brought his four arms together and began flapping them like wings, forcibly increasing his body's resistance to the air and evading the incoming stones as his body began falling from the sky.

Although the Earth Release: Earth Clone was a tangible clone, it lacked durability. The shockwaves and flying fragments from the two explosions had already destroyed it.

After landing, Uchiha Sanpo became vigilant once more and carefully surveyed his surroundings.

He was currently in the Land of Earth, where Iwagakure shinobi could come after him at any moment. He had to leave this place as soon as possible.

Before leaving, he checked his attributes: chakra: 81 / 996, ocular power: 72 / 958...

Looking at his remaining chakra and ocular power, he sighed helplessly, then turned and sped toward the southwest...

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