Fierce Battle!

The Death Forest

Uchiha Nan and Mito Uzumaki stood facing each other in an open clearing.

Dozens of trees in the distance, each with a few people scattered on its branches, watched the battle between Uchiha Nan and Mito Uzumaki from above.

Let's go, let's go!

Uchiha Nan could no longer suppress the battle spirit in his heart. This was his first duel against a top-tier ninja in the ninja world.

The Uchiha clan had always been warlike!

Uchiha Nan was no exception, but fate had never given him the chance to fight with all his might.

Even without using the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, there were only a handful of people in this ninja world who could suppress Uchiha Nan.

These were the Kage of the major villages, such as the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, and the Second Tsuchikage, Mu.

These were all village Kage. During the years Uchiha Nan had been lying low, he never had the chance to encounter such individuals. Uchiha Nan had never truly fought with his full strength.

Now, he finally had the chance!

Lightning crackled all over Uchiha Nan's body, and with a zzzt, he transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging towards Mito Uzumaki.

Lightning Slash!

With a boom, Uchiha Nan's ninja sword was intercepted in mid-air. Mito Uzumaki was now covered in a dark red chakra cloak, with five tails appearing behind her. With just a slight exertion of one tail...

Bang! Uchiha Nan's ninja sword, which had served him for many years, was directly snapped in two, causing him immense pain.

This sword was precious!

It cost a full 700,000 ryo, and countless precious materials had been added to it to perfectly transmit his Lightning Release chakra.

Before Uchiha Nan could mourn his sword for long, Mito Uzumaki directly unleashed her power-up. A chakra that made Uchiha Nan's heart palpitate appeared, her tails elongating infinitely as she unleashed a barrage of punches towards him!

Uchiha Nan dodged repeatedly. Before he could even catch his breath, the ground around Mito Uzumaki shattered. Ton-heavy stones were easily lifted by the tails behind her and hurled at Uchiha Nan as if they were pebbles.

Damn, damn, damn!!

Uchiha Nan entered escape mode, darting from the ground to the trees, then back to the ground. The whistling wind from the dodging boulders made Uchiha Nan feel excited. He hadn't felt this sense of being on the brink of death for a long time.

"Then bring it on!"

Uchiha Nan shouted, quickly forming hand seals.

Lava Release: Lava River Rock Technique!

Over a dozen lava projectiles shot towards Mito Uzumaki. That wasn't all; Uchiha Nan conjured a Lava Release Rasengan Shuriken with one hand and threw it as well.

I'll blow you to bits!

Uchiha Nan gasped for air, unleashing two powerful ninjutsu in quick succession. He was getting tired too.

A white skeletal structure materialized on Mito Uzumaki's body as she began her partial Tailed Beast transformation!

Roar, roar, roar!!

Mito Uzumaki roared, and the dozen lava projectiles were sent flying by the sonic waves. Simultaneously, she began gathering chakra in her mouth, forming a highly dense chakra sphere.

Bang!

A chakra sphere and the Lava Release Rasengan Shuriken exploded, the blast emitting a blinding white light that turned everything around into ash.

Uchiha Nan quickly retreated from the center of the explosion, narrowly escaping. Mito Uzumaki's mouth then began firing chakra spheres of equivalent power like a machine gun.

This made Uchiha Nan exclaim, "Amazing! Is this the joy of unlimited mana?"

It was simply too much fun!

Uchiha Nan's past life fear of insufficient firepower was acting up.

One day, Uchiha Nan vowed, he would capture a Tailed Beast to use as a chakra source!

If that's the case, I need to get serious too.

Continuing to probe and delay like this could easily get Mito Uzumaki to turn me into a sieve.

Kamui!

A spatial vortex appeared where Uchiha Nan's gaze landed, absorbing all the chakra spheres into the Kamui dimension.

Mito Uzumaki paused slightly. A space-time ninjutsu?

She then let out a cold laugh. She wanted to see if Uchiha Nan could still absorb this move.

An even more powerful chakra began to condense in Mito Uzumaki's mouth. A black and purple chakra sphere appeared, a Tailed Beast Ball dozens of meters in radius.

Bang! It was fired, and the trees in its path were all snapped in half.

With such a large Tailed Beast Ball, Uchiha Nan really couldn't absorb it. It was genuinely too massive.

The entrance to the Kamui dimension simply couldn't accommodate it.

But it didn't matter; Uchiha Nan could still dodge!

Kamui!

The moment the Tailed Beast Ball was about to hit Uchiha Nan, his body flickered and became intangible. The Tailed Beast Ball passed straight through the space Uchiha Nan occupied.

Uchiha Nan dodged it, but the onlookers were in trouble, fleeing for their lives!

"Watching a fight is life-threatening!"

"Stop blabbering and run! Do you really want to die here!!!"

The Clan Heads of several minor clans shouted, but their legs didn't slow down. They sprinted, trying to escape the Tailed Beast Ball's blast radius.

"How about that, Hyuga Clan Head, I told you we should run early."

Inabi Uchiha said smugly. He was the smart one, deliberately picking a spot farther away and bolting the moment things felt wrong.

"Thanks, I really appreciate it!"

"I'll treat you to a meal later, you must grace me with your presence!"

Hyuga Takuma was sweating profusely, mouthing thanks while leaping from branch to branch. Inabi Uchiha had given him a slight heads-up about their position out of consideration for the alliance between the Hyuga and Uchiha clans.

This allowed Hyuga Takuma to also stand farther away. When Inabi Uchiha saw the situation turn south, he let out a yell, told him to run, and bolted.

Hyuga Takuma didn't hesitate and followed. The other clan Clan Heads hadn't even reacted before a Tailed Beast Ball flew their way.

BOOM!

A massive explosion erupted, accompanied by a powerful shockwave that sent those who reacted too slowly flying. Fortunately, their injuries weren't severe; they'd just need a few days of treatment from a medical ninja.

Uchiha Nan solidified his body, maintaining a distance from Mito Uzumaki, his expression grave.

This couldn't continue. Uchiha Nan felt like he was being constantly suppressed. The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was simply too overpowered.

With near-infinite chakra and ranged attacks, it unleashed a barrage that prevented Uchiha Nan from even getting close!

And damn it, why didn't Tobirama Senju unleash Mito Uzumaki during the First Great Ninja War?

He could have just spammed chakra pills from the front lines!

Uchiha Nan now felt that Tobirama Senju must have poured all his intelligence into research and figuring out how to deal with the Uchiha.

He had a human-shaped walking artillery piece and didn't use it?

Mito Uzumaki's power far exceeded his estimations!

His Kamui was truly being used for escaping.

Constant defense leads to mistakes. It was time for his ultimate move!

"Susanoo!!"

Uchiha Nan roared, and a giant, sapphire-blue Susanoo, dozens of meters tall, appeared, looking down at Mito Uzumaki.

The last time begging for monthly votes on my knees was effective!

This time, I'll show you all how to roll!

Rolling for monthly votes!