Uchiha Ice

The speed was too great; the trio had no time to release any ninjutsu. Naruto Uzumaki placed a hand on Hinata's shoulder and activated the Flying Thunder God.

The two bodies vanished in an instant.

A dragon of fire flashed past, carving a straight, wide path through the Forest of Death.

Anko, who was monitoring from the outside, narrowed her eyes.

"What is going on? A genin could never pull off such a terrifying ninjutsu."

With that, she immediately rushed toward the site of the battle.

On Sasuke Uchiha's side, cold sweat dripped down his forehead after dodging the attack.

"So strong."

Even though this wasn't his first time facing such a powerhouse, Sasuke still felt a sense of powerlessness.

Naruto Uzumaki's expression was icy; regardless of who the opponent was, since they had delivered themselves to his doorstep, he would make them stay.

"Protect yourself."

Naruto Uzumaki said this and then vanished.

"Damn Uchiha, damn Itachi Uchiha! Feel the same pain as I do; I will slaughter all your kin."

"Starting with your dearest little brother."

At this moment, Uchiha Ice's face was cold, his expression manic, muttering incessantly to himself.

Ever since he realized the opponent's target was him, Sasuke Uchiha had abandoned any thought of running and charged forward.

He drew the short blade at his waist.

"Trash, you dare to play with swordsmanship?"

Looking at the swordsmanship Sasuke Uchiha displayed, Uchiha Ice wore a look of utter disdain.

He held a kunai in his hand, easily parrying the blade work Sasuke Uchiha unleashed.

He continued to mock him relentlessly.

The cat-and-mouse mentality gave him immense psychological satisfaction, especially since his opponent was his enemy.

He knocked the short blade from Sasuke Uchiha's hand with one strike, looking at him with a sneer.

[Sharingan]

Sasuke Uchiha was furious but still rational; he instantly activated his Sharingan, the One-Tomoe spinning within his eyes.

[Genjutsu]

Sasuke Uchiha attempted a genjutsu, but his eyes met a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

The genjutsu rebounded.

Sasuke Uchiha saw scenes of himself being killed, his family being slaughtered, and finally, Konoha being destroyed.

His mind suffered a heavy blow, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"This is the Uchiha, this is the peace you traded for—truly cowardly and incompetent."

Uchiha Ice's gaze grew colder; the mere thought that the Uchiha clan was now filled with such people filled his heart with a desire for destruction.

Such Uchiha did not deserve to live in this world.

The killing intent in his heart grew wildly, and he aimed the kunai in his hand at Sasuke Uchiha on the ground.

"You've been yapping since the start; I hate clowns like you the most."

A cold voice came from behind him.

Uchiha Ice was startled, his hand instinctively reversing the kunai to stab behind him.

Naruto Uzumaki raised his hand to catch the kunai, while his left hand reached toward the opponent's eyes.

Naruto Uzumaki was not the type to waste words; he struck directly at the vitals in battle.

BANG!!!

The body vanished, and a piece of wood was instantly pulverized.

"Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

A slow voice echoed from a distance.

The Three-Tomoe Sharingan stared fixedly at Naruto Uzumaki.

Naruto Uzumaki met his gaze without a hint of fear.

Though he didn't know where this brat got his courage, how could he miss such a perfect opportunity?

[Genjutsu]

Naruto Uzumaki felt it instantly, his eyes turning cold.

With the support of numerous techniques, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan's genjutsu was ineffective against him.

"How is it possible that it had no effect?"

The smile that had just appeared on his face stiffened instantly. Although he had known this Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was strong, he had not expected that the genjutsu of his Three-Tomoe Sharingan would be ineffective.

"Heh, I truly didn't expect the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to possess such strength."

Uchiha Ice had awakened his Sharingan later in life, so he had no idea that Uzumaki Naruto was a perfect Jinchuriki. As for those who did know, they were either dead or had their memories sealed.

Even Itachi Uchiha and the others had sealed away that particular memory.

That was why Uchiha Ice dared to spout such arrogant nonsense now.

Naruto's gaze was cold.

He pressed his palms together.

[Adamantine Sealing Chains]

Ten chains emerged, sealing off every escape route for his opponent.

"Heh, mere parlor tricks. Since the Three-Tomoe Sharingan has no effect, I shall let you witness the supreme power of the Uchiha clan."

Facing the incoming chains, Uchiha Ice did not care in the slightest.

The three tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, eventually merging to form a cross-shaped pattern.

Mangekyo Sharingan.

Naruto became vigilant in an instant. The abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan were bizarre; even Naruto dared not be careless when he did not know what those abilities were.

[Shadow Clone Technique]

In an instant, over a dozen Narutos appeared, shielding the original body in their midst.

"Trying to use Shadow Clone Technique to confuse me?" Uchiha Ice's eyes were filled with disdain.

He widened his left eye, locking onto Naruto.

"It's coming."

All the shadow clones became alert instantly.

At the same time, they blocked the path in front of the original body.

The space seemed to darken, and an aura of extreme cold swept through.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

At the location where Naruto stood, black Hell Ice froze everything.

The shadow clones, along with the original body, were all frozen within the black ice.

"Hahaha!"

Laughter rang out as Uchiha Ice looked triumphantly at his masterpiece.

"I only intended to kill that brat, but to think there would be such a harvest. Since we've met, I can only say you're unlucky."

"If I hand you over to the leader, I imagine he will be very pleased."

As he spoke, he slowly approached Uzumaki Naruto.

Inside the ice, Naruto felt the chakra within his body being frozen.

"How is it, brat?"

The Nine-Tails' voice echoed in Naruto's mind.

"I'm fine."

Naruto replied. If it were an ordinary ninja, they would have likely frozen to death already.

But Naruto was already in the state of Triple Inversion, and all the chakra in his body was concentrated in his Dantian.

Relying on the opponent's current ocular power to completely freeze Naruto's chakra was fundamentally impossible.

However, Naruto did not break free immediately, because he saw that idiot slowly approaching him.

"Frozen by my Hell Ice, your body, soul, and chakra will all slowly wither away."

As he explained, the frozen clones suddenly shattered and vanished.

Only Naruto's original body remained frozen in the ice on the field.

Uchiha Ice drew closer to Naruto's original body, his mind still occupied with how to smuggle this guy out of Konoha.

But suddenly, the Naruto inside the ice vanished.

"What is going on?"

"Not good."

Uchiha Ice reacted quickly.

[Susanoo.]

A golden fist struck from behind, slamming into the black skeletal frame.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

The skeleton shattered instantly.

Uchiha Ice's pupils constricted, his gaze filled with disbelief.

His body instinctively recoiled as his ocular power surged forth.

Susanoo second stage activated.

He barely managed to block Naruto Uzumaki's terrifying punch.

In the distance, Hinata, who had been observing everything with her Byakugan, let out a long sigh of relief.

She had almost been unable to hold herself back from intervening just a moment ago, had she not seen through her Byakugan that Naruto Uzumaki's chakra was still highly active.

This brat is problematic.

At this moment, Uchiha Ice finally realized that something was wrong with Naruto Uzumaki; even for a jinchuriki, wasn't this guy's strength abnormally high?