Fierce Battle

"It's no use." Obito Uchiha's scarlet Sharingan spun as the wooden spike in his hand plunged into another Anbu's body.

With a wet squelch, vicious wooden spikes burst out through the man's body.

"Everyone, attack! Protect Lord Mizukage!" A ninja shouted from the surrounding encirclement and charged forward.

"Too many ants!" Obito Uchiha snorted coldly and brought his hands together. "Wood Release: Hellish Rampage!"

With a thunderous crash, enormous fissures split the ground. Twisting, winding roots erupted from beneath the earth and swept out in every direction.

Boom! Amid a succession of deafening crashes, thick, twisted roots smashed through buildings on every side. Roots forced their way out of building after building, dragging Kirigakure's ninja into their tangled coils.

"Argh..." Screams rang out. As Kirigakure's ninja tried to escape the wood release ninjutsu's range, they were instead dragged toward it against their will.

This was a ninjutsu Obito Uchiha had created by combining his Kamui dōjutsu with the power of Wood Release—a large-scale destructive wood release technique unique to him.

Although its scale fell short of Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees, it still covered an enormous area.

Neji and the others had already retreated to the edge of the encirclement when things began looking grim. Using their Byakugan, they had identified a weak point there, making it an ideal place to break out.

"Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!" Obito Uchiha showed no intention of stopping and completed another fire release ninjutsu in an instant.

Kamui's power distorted a vast stretch of space ahead of him, creating a spiraling storm. Obito Uchiha then spat searing flames from his mouth, combining them with the vortex to form a swirling inferno with an enormous attack range.

The Kirigakure ninja standing near Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura were helplessly drawn toward