Bloodline Resonance, Mangekyō Sharingan!

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Just as the Uchiha sank into despair, several faint footsteps rang out. They were slow, each step seeming to land on their hearts.

More clansmen had survived?

The Kaguya, who had been about to make their move, also heard the abrupt footsteps and turned toward the sound.

A small, blood-soaked figure slowly approached through the firelight. His clothes were in tatters, but the pair of blood-red pupils concealed in the darkness revealed that he was an Uchiha.

"An Uchiha who survived by luck?"

"Is he here to die?"

"Why does he still dare come over?"

All kinds of questions surfaced in the minds of the Kaguya and Uchiha, but the Kaguya Clan chief wore a grave expression.

He actually sensed a trace of strange danger from that little figure.

"Send two people!"

Hearing the chief's order, two Chunin leaped from the Kaguya ranks and attacked from the left and right.

Yet the moment they clashed, two screams rang out. The two Chunin died before the eyes of their clansmen.

"What?!"

The Kaguya ninja all widened their eyes in shock and confusion.

They had clearly only seen the Uchiha's figure blur for a moment. How had their two companions been killed? They had not even seen what technique he used.

The Kaguya chief narrowed his eyes until only a slit remained.

His clansmen had not seen it, but he had caught a faint trace of movement. The speed had been far too fast, nearly reaching the level of teleportation.

An Uchiha elite? The thought flashed through his mind, but he could not be certain. Logically, the Uchiha Clan should not have any high-level combat power remaining at this point—unless... someone had risen to prominence recently.

In an instant, the Kaguya chief considered countless possibilities before immediately making a decision.

"Deal with this Uchiha who suddenly appeared first. Everyone attack together with long-range techniques! Do not get close!"

Those old, weak, sick, and disabled Uchiha were nothing to fear. They no longer posed a threat.

Even if Uchiha Clan chief Tajima were here, he would not be able to stir up much trouble against the Kaguya main force, much less some nameless nobody.

At that thought, the Kaguya chief's lips curled upward. This time, they had not only dealt a devastating blow to the Uchiha's future potential, but also gained a large amount of Frostbone Grass and ninjutsu scrolls. It was an absolute windfall.

You still wanted to make us Kaguya your dogs? Hmph! What gave you Uchiha the right?

As hundreds of people besieged Uchiha Yuan, the Uchiha clansmen inside the shrine could only watch from afar. They did not even have the strength to cheer for him. Their teeth were clenched tight, veins bulging across their foreheads.

Some Uchiha clansmen could not help shedding tears, while the cries of the women and children grew even louder.

Uchiha Yuan's eyes were vacant. The two Three-Tomoe Blood Wheel Eyes in his sockets spun rapidly.

His brain was like a machine. Faced with the attacks unleashed by four or five hundred Kaguya ninja, his emotions did not fluctuate in the slightest.

This state was wondrous. It was as though everything had been calculated. He clearly understood every movement the Kaguya ninja made and what they would do next, even calculating his chances of victory, escape routes, and more.

One ninjutsu bone after another passed by him, while Uchiha Yuan used only the Body Flicker Technique and Clone Technique, both of which consumed very little.

"Is this the realm Shisui of the Body Flicker reached? It really is impressive."

Killing Chunin was like slaughtering dogs, while killing Jonin came effortlessly. That was the strength of mastering one exceptional technique. But once this move was figured out, it would no longer be so effective. The Kaguya were merely suffering because they did not understand this ninjutsu.

The Kaguya's Ten-Finger Bullets fired without pause. Uchiha Yuan seemed to be facing a hail of gunfire, yet his figure danced through the downpour without a single drop touching him.

Even the Kaguya chief was dumbfounded. What kind of movement technique was this? Was it really this absurd?

"Damn it! Let me handle him! Fall back so you don't get caught in it!"

Upon hearing the chief's words, the Kaguya ninja immediately withdrew their chakra and retreated, because the chief was clearly about to use that ninjutsu.

"Ninjutsu! Bracken Dance!"

In the blink of an eye, the Kaguya chief vanished. Uchiha Yuan's Sharingan had long been watching the man giving orders, and the moment he moved, Uchiha Yuan immediately caught him. However, this Kaguya chief was utterly different from the ordinary Kaguya ninja. Their speed was not even on the same level.

In an instant, the Kaguya chief rushed before Uchiha Yuan, setting alarm bells ringing in his heart.

The moment Uchiha Yuan's kunai collided with the Kaguya chief's bone blade, it shattered. The slender bone blade then pierced through the ribs at the center of Uchiha Yuan's body.

But it did not end there. Bone spikes regenerated from the blade, and Uchiha Yuan's body was uncontrollably driven forward, smashing through dozens of houses.

The Kaguya chief pushed him all the way through, leaving countless bone spikes across the ground. Finally, he released his grip, sending Uchiha Yuan flying farther as the bone blade generated an enormous forest of bones!

Such a massive ninjutsu left the Uchiha clansmen beside the shrine stunned, while the Kaguya ninja nearby watched with shining eyes and proud expressions.

That's right! This was the Bloodline Limit of the Kaguya Clan! It was not inferior to the Uchiha Sharingan in the slightest!

The Kaguya chief's breathing was slightly ragged. This technique consumed a great deal of chakra, and... his bloodline disease had worsened again. But compared to the gains from this operation, that was nothing.

Using his ultimate move right away was not only to deal with this suddenly appearing Uchiha ninja faster, but also partly to show off before his clansmen. Seeing the expressions on the Kaguya faces, he secretly nodded. This had been worth it.

"Alright, that insignificant pest is dealt with. Kill the remaining old, weak, sick, and disabled, then we—"

"...Chief... behind you!!"

Hm? The Kaguya chief frowned. What was that clansman saying? Behind him? Could it be...

Boom!

The forest of bone blades exploded! Bone spikes flew everywhere, and everyone hurriedly dodged. The Kaguya chief's face turned especially ugly. He had been hit by his ultimate technique and still had not died?! How was that possible?! Even Senju Clan chief Butsuma would have died on the spot from such injuries, much less this nameless Uchiha who had appeared out of nowhere!!

Veins throbbed wildly on the Kaguya chief's forehead. His eyes widened, bloodshot, and when the smoke cleared, he stared ahead.

There, seated in the forest of bones, was a headless black-and-red giant.

"Th-that... what is that?"

"What the hell is that thing?"

"A demon!"

Before they had even fought it, the Kaguya ninja had already been frightened into taking a step back.

The Kaguya chief was also frozen in shock. As the Uchiha clansmen in the shrine stared at the giant, someone suddenly cried out.

"Could it... could it be?!"

"Don't tell me!!"

"Susanoo!!"

Susanoo? Unease quietly rose in the Kaguya chief's heart. From what those old, weak, sick, and disabled people were saying, they knew what this thing was? Why had he never seen it before?

Inside the Susanoo armor, Uchiha Yuan was in terrible condition. Although he had used Susanoo to protect his vital organs at the instant he was pierced through, the bone spikes had still inflicted severe wounds over a large area. His abdomen looked as though it had undergone surgery, his intestines plainly visible.

A large amount of flesh had also vanished from his body, leaving him little more than skin and bones. This was the result of excessively draining himself to replenish chakra. To survive, he had overdrawn nearly all the cellular energy his body could use.

From the outside, Uchiha Yuan now looked like a skeleton. His eyes, bearing strange patterns, spun within deeply sunken sockets, sending chills down the spine of anyone who looked at him.

"Three minutes..."

Uchiha Yuan divided his focus five ways, controlling the Incomplete Susanoo as it attacked the Kaguya chief. At the same time, he sent ten clones in from every blind spot, while also keeping watch over the Kaguya ninja holding the perimeter and his own clansmen.