Wild Heron-Slaying Blade!

"Yeah! Retreat with us! Use your Flying Thunder God technique! You can definitely make it!"

"Obito Uchiha, hurry and come with us!"

The Konoha ninja all urged him.

Obito Uchiha revealed a faint smile. These Konoha ninja seemed to have no idea of his current strength.

But in the eyes of the Konoha ninja, that faint smile became a bitter one.

"Obito Uchiha! You have no obligation to face someone you simply can't defeat! You understand that, right?"

Rin shouted anxiously.

Obito Uchiha slowly turned and showed the Konoha ninja a "forced smile."

"Can't defeat... I don't understand!"

The moment they heard those words, every Konoha ninja looked at Obito Uchiha with blazing eyes!

The instant they heard those words, tears streamed down the Konoha ninja's faces!

"Sob... I'm crying... Can't defeat... I don't understand..."

"Sob, sob, how tragic and heroic! Obito Uchiha! We'll remember you forever!"

"Sob, sob, so powerful! A battle-tested warrior of the Will of Fire!"

Every Konoha ninja looked at Obito Uchiha with reverence, as though they had already seen him sacrificing himself so his comrades could retreat.

Only Rin stood quietly where she was, like a blue lotus blooming amid the flames of war.

Her clear, water-like eyes remained fixed on Obito Uchiha in the distance.

Just then, Rin took a deep breath and shouted with all her strength, "Obito Uchiha! You have to win!"

Her cry seemed to pierce through the entire battlefield and travel straight into Obito Uchiha's ears.

Hearing Rin's encouragement, Obito Uchiha trembled slightly. He turned around, and his gaze met hers.

At that moment, time seemed to stop.

Then Obito Uchiha nodded firmly, and Sunset Red took Rin's hand and led her away.

"I didn't expect you to really dare throw away your life for your companions~"

Shinya could not help but feel a little more favorably toward Obito Uchiha after what he had just done.

Shinya himself had been blinded in one eye because his contractor had abandoned him and fled.

Now that Obito Uchiha had stayed behind alone to cover their retreat, Shinya naturally thought even more highly of him.

Obito Uchiha said nothing. His gaze crossed the hundred-meter battlefield and fixed directly on the AB duo!

"A Tailed Beast... this is a little interesting!"

"These two won't be easy to deal with. One is a Tailed Beast, while the other's physical strength is even greater than mine!"

From a hundred meters away, Shinya stared coldly at the AB duo.

Though he said the AB duo was strong, his body showed not the slightest sign of backing down.

Shinya had never feared anyone!

Two horizontal strokes and one vertical stroke meant fight! Two points and one stroke meant do it!

On the Hidden Cloud Village side—

"Big brother, what's with this unfamiliar chakra? Who's up ahead? Are we really letting the Konoha ninja leave?"

Killer B was wearing tiny glasses and still could not make out who was ahead.

But A stared excitedly at Obito Uchiha a hundred meters away!

"We hit the jackpot today!"

"It's the Blood-Red Flash, one of Konoha's Two Lights!"

The lightning chakra around the young A crackled wildly!

Hearing this, Killer B recalled that earth-shattering battle from several years ago!

The Battle of Kannabi Bridge! Also known as the Kannabi Bridge Meat Grinder!

In that battle, Iwagakure had dispatched ten thousand ninja!

All to capture Konoha's Two Lights!

But they had ultimately failed!

Killer B's face also turned serious upon hearing that.

Because he knew that the Uchiha before him had made a name for himself even earlier than he had!

"What a pity his teacher isn't here. Otherwise, I'd really like to see whether Konoha's Two Lights or our AB duo is stronger!"

A said calmly.

"Big bro, I can't wait anymore, fool, ya!"

Killer B eagerly pulled out seven blades!

A stared intently at Obito Uchiha.

"B, go up and test him first!"

A said.

Killer B had long been thinking the same thing. His newly created taijutsu sword style, the Wild Heron-Slaying Blade, had been lacking an opponent to test it on.

Obito Uchiha drew the sword Kakashi had given him from his waist. The blade reflected the light, mirroring half of Obito Uchiha's face.

He closed his eyes. In just an instant, Obito Uchiha successfully entered Sage Mode!

Dragon horns slowly emerged from his head, while snake scales swiftly covered his entire body.

He had entered combat mode!

"Idiot fool, let me see the Blood-Red Flash! Submit beneath the Wild Heron-Slaying Blade of Lord B!"

Killer B drew all seven swords, his entire body assuming a bizarre posture.

Obito Uchiha merely raised the tip of his blade toward Killer B, a disdainful expression on his face.

"Blood-Red Flash! We won't gang up on you! Let's settle this one-on-one, in a real man's duel!"

A shouted.

Obito Uchiha ignored A.

"Fool, ya! Dummy, ya! You actually dare ignore my big brother? Blood-Red Flash, I really have to control you now!"

In that instant, a dazzling red light suddenly erupted from Killer B's body, streaking across the sky like lightning!

In the blink of an eye, he stabbed toward Obito Uchiha with astonishing speed, like a ghostly phantom!

He was so fast that it was simply staggering!

Yet in the face of this sudden attack, Obito Uchiha showed no panic at all.

Clang!

With a crisp ring, a short blade plunged straight into the ground, burying itself three inches deep!

It wasn't over yet!

Obito Uchiha suddenly felt a fierce gust of wind rush at his face. Before he could react, that sharp blade had already struck again!

Its speed was like a raging storm, leaving no time to evade!

Killer B's six short blades attacked simultaneously from six different directions: two from the left, two from the right, one from above, and one from below!

The two blades on the left flashed with cold light as they screamed through the air!

The two blades on the right were equally sharp and menacing!

The blade above came chopping down like a falling meteor!

As for the blade below, it was like a venomous snake leaving its den, vicious and tricky as it stabbed directly at "little Obito Uchiha."

The six blades attacked almost at the same time, coordinating flawlessly to form an airtight net of blades that tightly enveloped Obito Uchiha!

Rather than showing the slightest tension, Obito Uchiha smiled.

With Sage Mode and the Sharingan, he was not like Mangekyo Sharingan Sasuke!

"Interesting."

Obito Uchiha swiftly caught all six blades!

The two turned into several afterimages, and in an instant, almost simultaneously, six collisions rang out!

Clang clang clang clang clang clang!

The scene froze!

Obito Uchiha and Killer B stared into each other's eyes!

"Fool, ya! Dummy, ya! You've really got some skill!"

"You're weak as hell!"