The battle in the Land of Lightning raged on, the battlefield shifting wherever Fugaku moved.
Dead Cloud shinobi lay everywhere. Blood stained a vast stretch of the Land of Lightning red.
Fugaku pulled his lightning-charged hand free and swept his gaze over the Cloud shinobi around him.
Many recoiled the moment they met his eyes, their legs trembling.
Then a dense rush of footsteps came from the distance. Fugaku glanced over. Two thousand Elite Cloud shinobi had arrived as reinforcements.
Their numbers gave them courage. Even many who had been terrified moments ago found the nerve to fight again.
"He's only one man! We have five thousand Elite shinobi. Victory will belong to us!"
"Charge! Whatever it takes, we're keeping Fugaku Uchiha here today!"
"Hahahaha! A bunch of useless fools, talking big."
Fugaku vanished with the Body Flicker Technique. When he reappeared, he was beside the shinobi who had spoken. He seized the man by the throat with his left hand and lifted him off the ground.
"Do all Cloud shinobi talk this big? I'm standing right in front of you, and you can't even fight back."
The Cloud shinobi around him charged, trying to save the man in his grip.
Lightning Release Chakra still coursed through Fugaku's right hand. With his legs striking as well, every blow left a Cloud shinobi gravely wounded or dead.
At the same time, his left hand tightened.
Crack.
The Cloud shinobi died instantly. Fugaku hurled his body into another shinobi rushing toward him.
Just then, a massive Water Release attack surged his way. Fugaku leaped up and retreated, putting distance between himself and the Cloud shinobi force.
"Quick, use large-scale Ninjutsu! There's only one of him and thousands of us. No matter how powerful his techniques are, he can't beat us!"
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