Seeing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki step forward to face him, Uchiha Yuzhen smiled faintly. "You again? If you're still going to try Taijutsu, it doesn't matter how many times you come at me. You'll be the one who loses."
"So stop trying to act tough... weakling."
Uchiha Yuzhen had barely finished speaking.
—Bang!
Two earthen walls surged up from the ground and slammed toward Uchiha Yuzhen from both sides.
Then—
Black Zetsu, standing off to the side, had already slapped both hands against the ground.
"Nicely done, Zetsu! Excellent!"
Seeing this,
Nagato chimed in with a cheer.
At Nagato's praise, Black Zetsu said solemnly, "Don't let your guard down, Nagato. I don't think a mere Mountain Earth Technique is enough to deal with Uchiha Yuzhen."
He had been keeping tabs on Uchiha Yuzhen for some time, and knew all too well how powerful he was.
His own Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique could never take the other man down.
Hearing this, Nagato smiled calmly.
"Don't worry, Zetsu. Uchiha Yuzhen told us not to act tough, but if you ask me, he's the one who shouldn't be running his mouth."
"After all, no matter how strong he is, with all of us here—and Madara, Mr. Jigen, and me—we can definitely push him to his limits."
As he spoke, Nagato turned to look at Uchiha Yuzhen, who had somehow already relocated behind them, and smiled proudly. "It's time for me to wipe away the shame of my past defeat!"
"What?! When did he—?" Black Zetsu stared in shock at Uchiha Yuzhen, who had appeared behind them out of nowhere.
He was utterly astonished!
After all, his Mountain Earth Technique should have hit.
Uchiha Yuzhen had only just arrived and begun fighting them. He hadn't even thrown a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
How had he