He swung the first longsword.
A massive Air-Cleaving Wave flew from its blade, trailing blue chakra as it swept across the entire plain.
The Wood Golem beneath Mirai's feet had no time to dodge. The Air-Cleaving Wave sliced through its waist—crack!
The Wood Golem broke in half. Its upper body toppled to the ground with a deafening crash.
The instant the Wood Golem collapsed, Mirai leaped from its top. The spectral Nine-Tails enveloped him as he landed several hundred meters away.
Madara Uchiha swung again. The shock wave from the Air-Cleaving Wave struck the Wood Dragon, sending it crashing down from the sky. It hit the ground hard, severed into several lifeless pieces.
Several kilometers away, the Takigakure shinobi saw the five-hundred-meter blue giant and slumped to the ground, despair written all over their faces.
"What is that thing?! Five hundred meters? That Air-Cleaving Wave must be five thousand meters long!"
"We're finished, finished, finished! Takigakure is finished! The whole country is finished!"
"Run!"
Chaos engulfed the village.
Villagers fled with children in their arms. Some wept as they ran; others knelt on the ground and prayed.
Several older shinobi looked up at the distant blue giant, their lips trembling.
"That... isn't that the Uchiha Clan's divine power—Susanoo? And the other one—is that Wood Release?
"My grandfather told me that back at the Valley of the End, the man called Madara Uchiha fought like this... this was how he fought the First..."
"Madara Uchiha? The First?! Didn't they both die ages ago?"
"No, that golden fox... that looks like the Nine-Tails! That's the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?! Mirai Uzumaki from Konoha? I've seen his picture in the newspaper!"
"Mirai Uzumaki?! The Mirai Uzumaki who defeated the Raikage?! Then who's he fighting now?!"
"And it looks like Mirai Uzumaki is