The Overwhelming Arrival of Uchiha Madara, Sweeping All Before Him
"Kill them! Anyone who dares retreat, I'll turn him into a living bomb!"
"Damn it! Don't push me! I'm your fucking uncle! Believe it or not, I'll kill you!"
"Hmph! On the battlefield, forget being my uncle—even if you were my father, as long as you dared retreat, I'd kill you!"
"Boys! Don't let your guard down! Focus on killing the Hagoromo Clan first! Their abilities are too troublesome and happen to counter our Blood Dragon Eyes!"
"If it weren't for the Hagoromo Clan, trash like the Uchiha would never have been a match for our Chinoike Clan!"
Too many of their clansmen had been killed, and many Chinoike Clan shinobi had begun to fear death and wanted to retreat.
But they were already on the battlefield. This was a war with no possibility of retreat. Once a Chinoike shinobi chose to flee, it was equivalent to giving up any hope of survival.
Even if they were not killed by Uchiha Clan shinobi and a few clansmen managed to escape, they would be hunted down afterward by shinobi jointly hired by the enraged high-ranking nobles of the Land of Lightning.
The Land of Lightning itself even maintained quite a few shinobi of considerable strength.
After all, a major nation as vast as the Land of Lightning surpassed other countries in both wealth and military power. From the Warring States Era until the arrival of the Shinobi Village Era, the Land of Lightning had always been an undisputed powerhouse of the Ninja World.
So when such a nation became enraged, it was the fury of thunder.
"Damn it! I get it. We're risking our lives, right? Then let's go!"
"Hehehehe! So what if I die? As long as I kill to my heart's content, I'll accept it even if I'm killed!"
"You Hagoromo Clan bastards! I'll remember this! Die, all of you!"
"The Blood Dragon Eye is the strongest!"
None of these Chinoike shinobi who had accepted reality were fools. They all knew that retreating was the stupidest way to die.
In truth, they had no choice.
Outside the battlefield, a pair of Sharingan with intricate patterns watched the battlefield, where warfire thundered and flashed without end, with a look of disdain.
But when the observer saw Uchiha Jobu and Izuna Uchiha, admiration and satisfaction flickered in his eyes.
"This is Izuna and Jobu's first true mission. They have proven their strength and capabilities. As expected of the geniuses of our Uchiha Clan!"
"Clan Head, it's time for us to act, isn't it? Otherwise, it'll be hard to explain things to the Shinteng Family."
"That's right, that's right. The Shinteng Family is one of the Land of Lightning's top noble houses. Shinteng Zoi paid one hundred million ryo to hire Izuna and the others, but unexpectedly, Shinteng Zoi's sister spent another one hundred million ryo to hire the Uchiha. This mission is truly wonderful—we can earn two hundred million ryo for the clan."
"Clan Head! Besides us, the Moonlit Clan, the Ruka Clan, and the Lightning Ray Clan have all arrived at the battlefield."
Uchiha Madara sneered. "We really have been underestimated. The Uchiha alone would have been enough, yet that woman actually hired other shinobi."
The current clan head of the Moonlit Clan said, "A bunch of fools courting death. They actually dared set their sights on the daimyo."
"Clan Head, with us, the Ruka Clan, the Lightning Ray Clan, and the Uchiha Clan all here, the Chinoike Clan can be erased from the Ninja World this time, right?"
"Don't underestimate Chinoike Qianrou. He's a ruthless man. He definitely can't have made only these preparations. Once the battle begins, let the Uchiha charge at the very front."
"But if we do that, we won't be able to display the might of our Moonlit Clan!"
"Idiot! This is the Land of Lightning. The Moonlit Clan's reputation has already spread far and wide. What we need to do is not charge recklessly across the battlefield, but preserve our strength. Once the Chinoike Clan shinobi are eliminated, we must bite off a huge share of the mission's rewards!"
While the Ruka Clan and Lightning Ray Clan were still discussing how to wipe out the Chinoike Clan, they suddenly saw an enormous figure rise upon the battlefield. Like a god or demon descending upon the world, it was invincible and unstoppable.
"Susanoo!"
The moment Uchiha Madara appeared, he became someone no one on the battlefield could ignore. His overwhelming strength swept aside everything. With Susanoo active and his arms folded across his chest, the pride on his face inspired awe. He did not take the battlefield's dangers seriously at all.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Living bombs ran toward him and detonated themselves.
The towering blaze was terrifying.
Yet it had no effect on Susanoo whatsoever. It could not even blast through the outermost layer.
Uchiha Madara said disdainfully, "That's it? Are the Chinoike Clan shinobi capable of nothing more than this?"
Too weak!
There was not the slightest surprise. It felt like bullying the weak and brought Uchiha Madara no enjoyment at all.
Izuna Uchiha asked in surprise, "Big Brother, why are you here?"
Uchiha Jobu was also pleasantly surprised to discover that even more Uchiha clansmen had joined the battle. While astonished, he was also somewhat confused. Why had Uchiha Madara come? Had he secretly followed them because he was worried about Izuna Uchiha?
Boom!
A ninjutsu suddenly struck.
Uchiha Jobu hurriedly used Dead Bone Pulse to protect his body. Vast sheets of white bone formed armor around him, their defense comparable to refined iron. He easily blocked the enemy's attack, suffering only a brief tremor in his blood and qi at the instant of impact.
"Fire Release! Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
A raging inferno rose before him. In the blink of an eye, it swallowed dozens of living bombs. Even Qianrou, the Chinoike Clan's clan head, failed to escape and was instantly roasted by the blazing flames.
Uchiha Jobu said blankly, "Is my chest gone?"
"My chest?!"
"The chest!"
"Where's the chest?!"
He had suffered a huge loss.
If he had known Uchiha Madara would appear and unleash such a devastating Fire Release, he would never have chosen to duel Chinoike Qianrou. Now, the treasure chest had been burned away in a single blaze. All his hard work had been for nothing.
Uchiha Jobu wanted to cry but had no tears. If he had started by harvesting the other Chinoike Clan shinobi, he might have opened ten or twenty treasure chests by now. Who knew what Kekkei Genkai he might have gathered, or perhaps one of the five elemental ninjutsu?
What a waste.
His heart ached, yet he still had to smile. Uchiha Jobu truly wanted to cry. Still, it was not all bad. With the mission over and the Uchiha Clan gaining such enormous benefits, they would not need to worry about a shortage of supplies for the next year or two.
This would allow the Uchiha Clan to develop in peace and strive to surpass the Senju Clan as a whole, becoming the true number one clan in the Ninja World.
What Uchiha Jobu envisioned was defeating the Senju Clan first, then using thunderous measures to subdue most of the ninja clans in the Land of Fire, establishing a shinobi village led by the Uchiha, opening a brand-new era, and becoming a pioneer guiding the arrival of the Shinobi Village Era.
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