The oppressive atmosphere over the Uchiha Clan Compound was shattered by a sudden, heart-stopping pressure.
Every Uchiha, whether or not they had awakened the Sharingan, felt a shiver deep in their soul. It was as if an ancient, slumbering beast had opened its eyes in the darkness.
Then, a blue figure, godlike in its power, shot into the sky from the direction of Naka Shrine. Without pausing for even a moment, it became a streak of light and shot straight toward the Senju Clan Compound! Its speed and power far surpassed anything seen before!
It was the clan head! The clan head had emerged from seclusion!
The Uchiha leaders who had stayed behind were both shocked and delighted. The power's terrifying pressure had nearly left them unable to breathe, but their delight came from the fact that their clan head seemed even stronger than before! They immediately realized what was happening. Their clan head was going to take revenge!
"Quick! Gather every clan member who can fight! Follow the clan head!" After a brief moment of shock, the leaders shouted themselves hoarse. Although Madara had given no orders, they knew this might be the Uchiha's only chance to turn the tables. They couldn't let him face the entire Senju army alone!
Meanwhile, at an outpost on the outskirts of the Senju Clan Compound.
The Senju ninja on patrol felt the sky darken. An indescribable, terrifying pressure descended from above, nearly suffocating them. They looked up in horror and saw a towering blue giant of energy, clad in ancient armor, descending like a mountain onto the open ground ahead!
The giant's landing alone sent a shockwave that uprooted the surrounding trees and split the earth!
"Th-what kind of monster is that?!" "It's Uchiha Madara! He's here!!" "Send the signal! Highest alert!!"
Shrill alarms rang out across the Senju Clan Compound.
Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju rushed out at once. When they saw the Perfect Susanoo, their expressions turned grave.
"This chakra... This feeling..." Hashirama sensed the immense, icy mass of energy, his gaze sharpening. "Madara, you finally..."
"Big brother, be careful!" Tobirama stepped in front of Hashirama, his expression more serious than ever. "His Dojutsu Power... It's undergone a complete transformation! This is no longer the Susanoo from before!"
Within the Perfect Susanoo, Uchiha Madara stood tall and proud. His new Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan gazed coldly down at the Senju Clan Compound. His eyes held no emotion, only endless coldness and a desire for destruction.
"Hashirama... Tobirama..." His voice rang out through the Susanoo, echoing like thunder across the land. "Today, I'll use the blood of your Senju Clan to pay tribute to Izuna's departed soul!"
Without another word, the Perfect Susanoo drew its enormous Chakra Greatsword and brought it down in a simple, direct slash at the Senju Clan's forward defenses!
The slash had no flashy techniques—only absolute power and speed!
Whoom—!
The enormous blade tore through the air with a shrill screech! A blue wave of energy, hundreds of meters long, broke free of the blade and plowed across the earth like divine punishment!
Rumble!!!
The barrier, traps, trenches, and watchtowers that the Senju Clan had carefully prepared were like paper before the devastating slash. They were destroyed and obliterated in an instant! The earth was cleaved open, leaving a vast, bottomless chasm that stretched to the horizon!
The power of that single slash had already surpassed the scale of every battle before it!
"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique!"
Hashirama didn't dare hesitate. He clapped his hands, and a massive Wood Dragon burst from the ground, roaring as it coiled toward the Perfect Susanoo, trying to restrain it as before.
But this time, everything was different!
The Perfect Susanoo suddenly thrust out its other enormous arm and spread its fingers. It seized the Wood Dragon by the neck! Even the force that could crush mountains couldn't budge the Susanoo's arm in the slightest!
"Break."
Madara uttered a single, icy word.
The Perfect Susanoo clenched its fingers with tremendous force!
Crack—!!!
A grating crunch rang out! The Wood Dragon, harder than steel, had its neck crushed by sheer force. It broke into countless splintered pieces of wood that rained from the sky!
"What?!" Tobirama's pupils contracted. Big brother's Wood Dragon had been so easily...
Hashirama's expression changed, too. He could sense that Madara's Dojutsu Power had become incomparably concentrated and powerful. The Susanoo it drove had reached an unfathomable level of strength, defense, and speed!
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
More giant trees burst from the earth, twisting like enormous serpents as they reached for the Susanoo from every direction, trying to engulf it.
But the Perfect Susanoo merely shook! Its massive chakra erupted, and the approaching trees struck an invisible barrier, shattering and flying back!
It swung its Chakra Greatsword again, this time in a horizontal slash! Its target was the entire Senju Clan formation!
"Bad!" Hashirama roared. "Everyone, defend!!"
The enormous blue blade swept across the battlefield! The Earth Style: Mud Walls and Water Walls raised by countless Senju ninja shattered like foam before its absolute strength! Screams rose one after another. The Senju Clan suffered devastating casualties from a single strike!
The Perfect Susanoo strode forward, every step making the earth tremble as it advanced into the Senju Clan Compound. Like an unstoppable god of destruction, it turned everything in its path to dust!
Hashirama kept unleashing powerful Wood Style techniques—Wood Golems, Wood Dragons, and rapidly growing trees—but against the Perfect Susanoo's absolute power and defense, they accomplished little. They could barely slow its advance, let alone stop it!
Tobirama used the Flying Thunder God to harass it repeatedly, but his attacks only sparked against the Susanoo's armor and couldn't penetrate it! He even tried to attack Madara inside the Susanoo, but the massive energy construct completely blocked his technique's coordinates!
A crushing defeat! A total rout!
After combining with the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Madara had, for the first time, truly gained the upper hand over Hashirama Senju!
Just then, the Uchiha reinforcements finally arrived. They stared, dumbfounded, at the towering blue giant as it crushed the Senju defenses like a god of war. Then they erupted into fervent cheers!
"Long live the clan head!" "Kill! Follow the clan head! Crush the Senju!"
The Uchiha's morale soared to its peak, and they launched a frenzied assault!
The course of the battle turned in an instant, all because of Uchiha Madara's overwhelming power alone.
Inside the Perfect Susanoo, Madara watched it all coldly, his gaze fixed on the Senju brothers as they struggled to retreat under the protection of Wood Style. He felt no joy, only the satisfaction of avenging his great loss and an even deeper emptiness.
Izuna, did you see that? Your big brother will avenge you!
He raised the Susanoo's enormous arm once more. Terrifying energy gathered along the Chakra Greatsword as he aimed it at Hashirama and the large number of Senju behind him.
The shadow of destruction descended.
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