A sea of fire engulfs the Seven Swordsmen, five blades fall in a flash and shake the Hidden Mist

"Yan, you..."

Shisui looked stunned.

But Yan Uchiha had no time to pay him any attention.

Shielding him behind his back, Yan narrowed his eyes and stared straight at the Seven Ninja Swordsmen across from them.

His expression was frighteningly grim.

In the original story, Might Duy should have been the one to clean up this mess on the Hidden Mist Front.

But now?

Their squad had run straight into it.

It seemed that even if he kept his head down, this little butterfly had already set the butterfly effect in motion.

If he kept hiding his strength, their entire squad would die here.

But even if he revealed every trump card, he had no idea whether they could get out alive.

No other choice!

"Shisui, stop wasting your breath."

"Even if you throw your life away, the three of us won't escape."

"I'll take them head-on. You circle around and hit them from behind."

"Kazama, do everything you can to protect Aya. Neither of you needs to fight. Just keeping yourselves alive will be a huge help."

Everyone froze at his words.

No one had expected Yan to step forward in such a hopeless situation.

But could he really pull it off?

They all knew he was clever, and Yan Uchiha had just demonstrated his talent for planning.

The problem was that this time, they had to fight head-on!

Shisui, their strongest fighter, was still only a Chunin. His strength might have approached Jonin level, but they faced seven elite Jonin, each armed with a special blade.

"All right, I'll back you up," Shisui suddenly said. "I've been wanting to see what you're really capable of, Jin."

"From now on, everyone follows Jin's orders!"

Kazama Nara and Aya Hyuga nodded immediately.

They still had questions.

But on a battlefield where it was kill or be killed, they could only follow orders.

Meanwhile.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen were in no hurry to attack.

To them, these Hidden Leaf brats were fish on a chopping board.

"Well, well, an Uchiha brat." Fuguki Suikazan sneered. "What a coincidence. We meet again."

"Let's see where you can run this time!"

Indeed.

The sight of Yan Uchiha sent fury surging through him.

In all his years in the Shinobi World, he had never encountered a bastard like this.

He had little skill, but ran faster than a rabbit.

Now that his enemy was right in front of him, of course he was seeing red.

"Don't get careless," Juzo Biwa said flatly. "These four brats wiped out more than fifty of our Hidden Mist outposts in three days."

"Enough talk. Just kill them," Raiga Kurosuki said coldly. "We have to throw the Hidden Leaf into chaos before the Jinchuriki arrives."

"That's right. Slaughter them!" Jinpachi Munashi snorted.

Before his words had even faded, he charged straight at them with the Blast Sword: Shibuki in hand.

Seeing this, Yan Uchiha shot Shisui a look. His hands flew through seals as he unleashed his most powerful current ninjutsu for the first time.

"Fire Release—Great Fire Annihilation!"

This time, Yan Uchiha held nothing back. For the first time, he poured every ounce of his strength into it.

Boom!

He opened his mouth, and a churning sea of fire swept forward.

It might not have reached Madara Uchiha's level, but the flames still swallowed the entire Woods.

"What the fuck? It's this strong?"

"Is he really just a Genin?"

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

Yan Uchiha's attack stunned all Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

With no time to think, they hurriedly countered with Water Release.

In the blink of an eye.

Water collided with fire, sending clouds of white steam billowing high.

But even so.

A few Water Formation Walls could not stop Yan Uchiha's Great Fire Annihilation.

Beneath the all-consuming flames, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen's Water Formation Walls amounted to little more than a few splashes in a sea of fire.

Now.

Not only were the Seven Ninja Swordsmen stunned, but Shisui and the other two were also dumbfounded.

Aya Hyuga was the most shocked.

They had spent three days together, and she had always thought Yan Uchiha was, at most, only a little stronger than she was—barely scraping the threshold of Chunin level.

Only now did she realize how wildly mistaken she had been.

Even an ordinary Jonin would struggle to reach this level, wouldn't they?

Honestly, she was far from the only one.

Even Shisui and Kazama, who knew Yan Uchiha had been hiding his strength, were deeply shaken by the sight before them.

So this was the strength Yan Uchiha had kept up his sleeve?

The next instant.

Shisui's gaze sharpened. He unleashed all his strength and vanished.

This was the Body Flicker Technique, one of the advanced three basic techniques taught only after joining the ANBU!

Although Shisui had never joined the ANBU, a technique like this was hardly rare to the great clans.

In Shisui's hands, the Body Flicker Technique might not have matched the speed of the Flying Thunder God, but few could keep up with him.

Whoosh!

He appeared behind Raiga Kurosuki.

His Tachi slashed down, his Uchiha Style Swordsmanship pushed to its limit, moving so fast that only an arc of light remained.

Clang!

Shisui's speed was absurd, but Raiga Kurosuki's years of experience let him react in time. He barely managed to block with the Thunder Sword: Kiba.

"You little brat!"

Raiga Kurosuki snorted, his eyes blazing with fury and his back already soaked in cold sweat.

Clearly.

He had never imagined he would come so close to dying at a brat's hands.

But before he could even catch his breath.

"Six Powers: Shigan!"

Yan Uchiha was every bit as fast as Shisui.

With the raging fire still burning around them, he flashed behind Raiga Kurosuki and drove his right index finger straight through his heart.

Raiga Kurosuki was dead.

"How is that possible?"

Even as he died, Raiga Kurosuki's eyes were stretched wide enough to burst.

He couldn't understand it.

He had been killed just like that by a bunch of Hidden Leaf brats.

"You little brat! You're dead!"

Seeing Raiga Kurosuki die, Kuro Oni Oiwa flew into a rage and swung the Twin Swords: Hiramekarei at Yan Uchiha's neck.

Yan Uchiha's expression shifted.

At that speed, it was already too late to dodge.

"Six Powers: Paper Arts: Soft Mud!"

It was Fukurou's special move from One Piece, capable of turning his entire body as soft as a puddle of mud in an instant.

He narrowly slipped past Kuro Oni Oiwa's Twin Swords: Hiramekarei.

"What... you've got to be kidding!" Kuro Oni Oiwa was dumbfounded.

Clearly.

He couldn't wrap his mind around it. Was that a movement a human could even make?

In fact, he wasn't the only one.

Even Shisui stared, rooted to the spot as he watched.

Unfortunately.

While they stood stunned, Yan Uchiha didn't waste a moment. He raised his hand and unleashed another Shigan, shattering Kuro Oni Oiwa's heart.

Two lives were snuffed out in an instant.

Only five of the Hidden Mist's Seven Ninja Swordsmen remained.

Immediately afterward.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yan Uchiha pushed his speed to the limit. Using the raging flames to obscure their vision, he killed Jinpachi Munashi and Kushimaru Kuriarare within a dozen or so seconds, before the Hidden Mist shinobi could recover.

"Six Powers: Rankyaku: White Thunder!"

Yan Uchiha shot upward and unleashed Kaku's signature technique.

He twisted a hundred and eighty degrees in midair. White light burst from his foot as he slammed it toward Jinin Akebino.

"Jinin, look out!" Juzo Biwa roared.

Too late.

Before Jinin Akebino could react, Rankyaku: White Thunder blasted his entire body apart, then unleashed a savage shock wave across the ground.

The earth split open, sending shattered rock and torn grass flying everywhere.