Tsunade Refuses to Accept It? One Finger Will Make You Question Your Life

Tsunade had not even finished speaking when the world-ending scene before her left her completely speechless.

Uchiha Xuan took a deep breath, his chest visibly swelling.

The next second, he abruptly opened his mouth!

"Boom—!"

It was neither a fire dragon nor a fireball.

It was a... raging wall of fire that blotted out the sky!

A crimson fire wall over twenty meters wide and more than ten meters high, surging like a tsunami!

The scorching wave swept through the entire valley with unstoppable force.

The air ignited in an instant, and the trees turned to charcoal the moment they touched the flames.

Those Iwagakure chunin who had been so arrogant just moments ago looked so small and helpless before this disaster-like power.

They did not even have time to scream before the terrifying heat instantly vaporized them, leaving not even a trace of ash behind.

After the flames passed, the entire world fell silent.

The once-lush valley had become a scorched land of death.

A pungent sulfurous stench filled the air.

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained frozen in his defensive stance as his pipe fell from his mouth with a clatter.

Orochimaru's golden snake eyes contracted into dangerous slits as he stared fixedly at the slender figure slowly lowering his hand seal.

Tsunade clutched her injured arm, her little mouth slightly open, utterly dumbfounded.

Even the merchant Kato, who had been protected behind them, collapsed onto the ground in fright, a foul stench rising from his crotch.

One strike.

Just one strike.

Eight elite chunin, along with half the valley, had been completely erased from the world.

Could this... really be something a freshly graduated genin could accomplish?!

"Let's go, Sensei."

Uchiha Xuan turned around, his expression as calm as if he had merely done something insignificant.

"We should continue on our way."

The mission ended without further incident.

Upon returning to the village, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately reported every detail of the sudden turn in the mission, as well as Uchiha Xuan's shocking performance, to the Second Hokage.

After hearing the report, Senju Tobirama remained silent for a long time. No one knew what he was thinking.

Meanwhile, the name Uchiha Xuan reached an unprecedented height of prestige within Team 7.

Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi's other disciple, specifically came to see Xuan after hearing about it. From then on, he always took a detour whenever he saw him, constantly muttering, "Monster."

Orochimaru's gaze toward Xuan grew increasingly fervent, as though he were looking at a perfect work of art.

Only Tsunade.

The competitiveness and refusal to admit defeat ingrained in her bones made it impossible for her to accept that she had lost to an Uchiha brat—and been utterly crushed at that.

"Damn it... That guy must have used some special secret technique! In terms of real strength, there's no way I'd lose to him!"

Tsunade kept encouraging herself inwardly.

Finally, during a break in one of their team training sessions, she found an opportunity.

She saw Uchiha Xuan resting with his eyes closed beneath a large tree and immediately stormed over.

"Hey! Uchiha Xuan!"

Xuan did not even open his eyes. "What is it?"

"Don't get too smug!" Tsunade planted her hands on her hips and puffed out her still-undeveloped little chest. "You were just lucky on the last mission! Do you dare have a fair fight with me right now?!"

She raised her fist, chakra already beginning to gather around it.

"I'll show you the true power of the Senju Clan!"

Rather than stopping her, Orochimaru watched from the side with great interest.

He was also curious just how strong Uchiha Xuan's taijutsu truly was.

Uchiha Xuan finally opened his eyes. Looking at the blonde little girl in front of him, her face full of unwillingness, he found it somewhat amusing.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Of course!" Tsunade looked proud. "If you're scared, it's not too late to admit defeat now!"

"Fine."

Xuan stood up and dusted himself off.

He did not even take a fighting stance. He simply stood there lazily.

Everyone assumed that, when faced with Tsunade's Monster Strength Fist capable of shattering stone tablets and splitting boulders, he would at least choose to dodge.

"Take this! Monster Strength Fist!"

Tsunade cried out as she gathered all her chakra into her right fist. She stomped hard, cracking the ground beneath her feet.

With unstoppable momentum, she smashed her fist viciously toward Xuan's chest!

She had put every ounce of strength into this punch!

Yet the next second, a scene that nearly made everyone present's eyes pop out unfolded.

Faced with that heavy, powerful punch, capable of blasting even a huge boulder into dust, Uchiha Xuan neither dodged nor evaded.

He merely stood where he was and slowly... extended one index finger.

Yes, just one finger.

With that finger, which looked fair and slender—even somewhat delicate—he casually tapped Tsunade's unstoppable fist.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

The earth-shattering impact everyone had expected never came.

Tsunade's immense power, capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, vanished without a trace the instant it touched Xuan's fingertip, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

Her fist was firmly stopped by that single finger.

It did not move an inch.

"H-How is this possible?!"

Tsunade was completely stunned.

Her fist felt as though it had struck an ancient divine mountain that could not be shaken.

Refusing to believe it, she flushed red and squeezed out the last trace of chakra in her body, using every bit of strength she had to try to push forward another centimeter.

Yet that finger still did not move in the slightest.

It was as though it was not a finger, but the heavenly pillar holding up the entire world.

"Impossible... Absolutely impossible!" Tsunade stared at the finger just inches away, and in that moment, her entire worldview completely shattered.