Thoughtless Blade

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Susanoo: Evil Radiance Shadow-Facing Heavenly Demon appeared, and not only everyone within the Uchiha Clan Compound, but almost all of Konoha could see this giant standing tall enough to pierce the heavens.

That purple Eye of Thunder Punishment Evil Radiance stretched across Konoha's sky, seeming to gaze upon everyone who dared look up at it.

Under that eye's gaze, everyone felt a bone-deep chill.

That was absolutely not power belonging to the mortal world. Only legendary deities, perhaps even the Sage of Six Paths, could possess such terrifying power!

What terrifying thing had the Uchiha been hiding?

It was practically as if the God of Thunder had descended!

Everyone who witnessed this scene found themselves considering the same question.

Could such an Uchiha truly be defeated?

Had Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo been playing with fire all along?

The next moment, the enormous purple blade rose high as expected and came crashing down toward the Nine-Tails with world-cleaving force.

After that strike fell, all of Konoha seemed to suffer a massive earthquake. Between heaven and earth, only a blinding white light and a thunderous roar remained.

Faced with that breathtaking, infinitely majestic blade, Minato almost instinctively used Flying Thunder God to leave.

Even though the Nine-Tails was currently under the Mangekyō's Illusion Technique, it still felt a wave of terror.

That sword was bigger than his entire fox body! How could he not be afraid?

Obito's Mangekyō ocular technique was not an Illusion Technique after all, and with only one eye left, his control over the Nine-Tails was extremely limited.

Even with Wood Release cells restoring his eye power, a Mangekyō was not an Eternal Mangekyō. Obito could not control the Nine-Tails for very long.

Faced with that near world-destroying strike, the Nine-Tails forcibly broke free from Obito's Illusion Technique at the critical moment, humanlike terror appearing in his eyes.

What the hell was that!?

It was not as though he had never seen Susanoo before. But aside from that person's Susanoo, the Nine-Tails had never seen such horrifying destructive power.

This was not even a strike that a Perfect Susanoo could produce!

Dodge. He had to dodge.

Otherwise, he would definitely die!

Even Tailed Beasts, creatures like natural disasters, feared death.

Although Tailed Beasts would be reborn elsewhere in the Ninja World after dying, the reborn Tailed Beast would merely be a new consciousness carrying the previous one's memories. In a sense, it would no longer be him!

But how could a life bound to the ground face the majesty of such thunder?

With one slash, the Nine-Tails, a corner of Konoha behind him, and a forest stretching several kilometers beyond the village were all turned into a bottomless gorge beneath that Thoughtless Blade!

The enormous shockwave forced the forest aside in both directions, as though it had parted the vast woodland down the middle.

Purple lightning continued to crackle within the gorge, silently proclaiming the power of that strike.

For a time, all of Konoha fell completely silent beneath Xuanye's slash.

Even the nighttime insects stopped chirping, as if they feared that godlike might!

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was hurrying back, Danzo, who was watching from afar, and the great clans that had intended to act against the Nine-Tails but had not had the chance... all fell silent.

Some of the older generation recalled the legends of the Valley of the End.

It was said that the greatest ninja could reshape the terrain with a single attack. They had always regarded it as a legend, even a fairy tale.

But now, it seemed that some of the absurd things recorded in certain clans might not have been untrue after all.

One could imagine how many people would lose sleep tonight because of this.

Danzo in particular, upon witnessing that nearly heaven-splitting strike, actually felt that it was impossible to resist.

"No, I haven't lost yet!" Danzo immediately encouraged himself. If he did not deceive himself this way, he might even have been terrified enough to surrender on the spot.

Because he knew the Uchiha would never forgive what he had done over the years, he had only one path left: go all the way to the end.

There was no such thing as surrendering for half a loss to him. Even if he had to gamble all of Konoha, he would continue fighting!

So what if the Uchiha were strong?

Killing someone did not always require a blade. Even someone as powerful as the White Fang had died to rumors and slander, had he not?

If he could not kill them physically, then he would destroy them mentally!

No one could endure the torment of loneliness.

At the thought of obtaining such a powerful pair of Mangekyō Sharingan after succeeding, Danzo regained his spirits and began excitedly plotting things that could not bear the light of day.

After Uchiha Genya unleashed that Thoughtless Blade, he dispelled Susanoo and slowly descended from the sky.

He glanced at the equally stunned, dumbfounded Fugaku, then ignored him and waved his hand.

"The entire Security Division, move out!"

Everyone froze for a moment before immediately understanding.

"Yes!"

The Uchiha were a clan that revered strength. Now that Xuanye had displayed incomparable power, the entire Uchiha clan naturally followed his lead.

What clan head? Never heard of him.

Not to mention that Xuanye had actually awakened the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan.

Among the Uchiha, as long as you awakened the Mangekyō, whatever you said was right.

Under Xuanye's leadership, the Uchiha displayed astonishing efficiency.

Before Xuanye, who had demonstrated world-destroying power, his words were an imperial decree. Even Fugaku's words as clan head no longer carried any weight.

If not for consideration of the fact that Fugaku had labored for the Uchiha clan for so many years, and that the current situation was unsuitable for internal conflict,

several Elders would have wanted to step forward on the spot and force Fugaku to relinquish his position as clan head and retire peacefully.

This time, Fugaku did not stop them. He looked at Xuanye, who was rushing toward the Nine-Tails, and recalled that sword that had nearly stretched across heaven and earth. His expression involuntarily became grave.

That was... a divine weapon of Susanoo?

Every Susanoo possessed a different divine weapon. This was no secret to Fugaku, who had awakened the Mangekyō.

In the original work, Itachi's Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade, as well as Sasuke's Amenonuhoko Bow, were all Susanoo's divine weapons. Since Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō, he naturally had one as well.

But what kind of divine weapon possessed such power? It had already surpassed the power a normal Susanoo should have.

At the very least, Fugaku believed his own Susanoo absolutely could not achieve such divine might.

Putting himself in that position, Fugaku imagined how he would block that strike if he were facing it.

But after thinking for a long time, he could only conclude that directly blocking that move would absolutely result in certain death.

Even though Fugaku had absolute confidence in Susanoo's defense, he did not believe he could withstand that move.

Xuanye had no interest in what anyone else was thinking right now.

The Nine-Tails was a chakra creature after all, not an ordinary creature of flesh and blood. That strike probably had not completely killed him.

There was probably still time to pick up the leftovers now.