Old Monster

At that moment, three ninja squads lay in ambush before Uchiha Yue, including a total of twelve ninja.

At the border of the Land of Water, Uchiha Yue had already slain over a hundred Kirigakure ninja. Thus, when he used the Purple Eye to detect the ambush, he did not hesitate in the slightest. Gripping the Fubuki Tachi, he prepared to use his own strength to break through the ambush and lead Uchiha Dust, Uchiha Tiger, and the other ninja under his command back to support Konoha's forces.

Then, just as Uchiha Yue had guessed, the ninja lying in ambush before him were indeed from Kirigakure.

In other words, Uchiha Yue's earlier deduction had not been wrong at all. The true goal of those Kirigakure ninja was to trade the fall of the Land of Water's second line of defense for the strength of the Uchiha Clan's elite unit under Uchiha Yue's command. As he observed the three Kirigakure squads with the Purple Eye, the cold smile at the corner of Uchiha Yue's lips deepened.

Without question, Uchiha Yue intended to use his strength to tell those Kirigakure ninja that before absolute power, all schemes and tricks were nothing but paper tigers.

Just like the ambush before him, anyone who wished to ambush Uchiha Yue first had to see whether they possessed the strength to do so!

"Falling Moon Style: Flash Step!"

The injuries on his legs had basically healed completely. With time pressing, Uchiha Yue naturally used Falling Moon Style: Flash Step against the enemies before him. In merely an instant, he appeared before those Kirigakure ninja. Just as the Fubuki Tachi in his hand gleamed with azure Wind Style Chakra, one Kirigakure ninja clutched his throat in agony and fell into a pool of blood, slowly losing the