Madara was shocked, seeming to have realized something. At that moment, Mingye flashed to Madara's side. Susanoo vanished instantly, and Mingye grabbed Madara by the shoulder before flickering away with him, dodging the imminent explosion.
BOOM
"No!"
The surviving ninjas within the barrier saw the enormous thunderbolt arc explode, and their spirits shattered. The ninja who had subdued Isobu and wanted to find Mingye appeared atop the lava at that moment. Ignoring the scalding lava that could reduce a person to ash, he sprinted toward the center of the explosion.
"Bastard, remember this—starting today, you are Ai, the trusted guardian of our clan. I'm done!"
Ai, with only his shoulder and head remaining, appeared atop a shattered boulder. The rest of his body had long since vanished. Seeing the man, he miraculously grinned, while the man knelt beside him, tears streaming down his face. He simply could not understand why his powerful village had suddenly provoked such a terrifying enemy. The other party was clearly a foreigner he had never seen before—there should have been no reason for him to launch an attack on them.
"Why?!"
"Bastard! Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"
"Ah!"
Unlike the newly appointed Ai kneeling on the ground, Mingye and Madara still did not stop. They continued slaughtering the surviving ninjas, sparing not even the common civilians, killing every last one of them. Ripples spread across the barrier as a burly man clad in wooden armor and wearing a strange hat appeared outside it, his beard equally peculiar. His hands had already been burned bloody and mangled by the barrier, yet he kept ramming against it, his eyes bloodshot. He was not alone—ninjas who had rushed over from outside were doing the same. Mingye met the man's gaze, then smiled, nodded at him, and made