Hiruzen Sarutobi's face once again took on a sickening madness.
"Die!"
"No matter how strong you are, there's no way you can survive an attack of this level!"
"This is the power of five thousand ninja!"
And yet.
Beneath the firelight that could incinerate everything, Uchiha Yao's face showed not the slightest fear. Instead, it revealed a trace of...
Disappointment?
He stood motionless as his Susanoo rapidly expanded.
In an instant, it reached a height of one hundred meters.
Boom--------!!!
A deafening explosion rang through the heavens.
The entire Howling Valley shook violently.
A small mushroom cloud rose from the center of the blast.
The ninja above the valley panted heavily.
Yet a hint of satisfaction showed on all their faces.
It was over.
It should be over, right?
No one could survive an attack of that magnitude.
Absolutely no one.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared fixedly at the smoke-filled center of the explosion and muttered to himself.
"It's over... It's over..."
But Tobirama Senju's expression remained grave.
His sensory abilities told him that Uchiha Yao's Chakra had not disappeared.
The smoke slowly dispersed.
Uchiha Yao reappeared in everyone's sight.
"That's it?"
Uchiha Yao's voice rang out.
"Five thousand ninja spent all that time preparing an attack, and it wasn't even enough to make me take a single step."
"You all..."
"Have truly reached an entirely new level of uselessness."
Everyone's minds went blank.
What... was this monster?
Was he even... human?
"N-No... impossible..."
A young ninja of the Sarutobi Clan suffered a mental breakdown.
He threw away the kunai in his hand and crawled backward, tears and snot streaming down his face.
"Monster! He's a monster!"
"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
His collapse was like a fuse, instantly igniting panic throughout the entire force.
"Run! Run!"