Relying on the Sharingan's keen perception, Sasuke searched for openings between the vines and branches. Using the chaos caused by Wood Release, he quickly located the trapped Kidomaru and Tayuya. Kidomaru's webs were tangled in the trees, rendering them useless, and Sasuke seized the opportunity to knock him unconscious with taijutsu.
Tayuya's genjutsu was greatly weakened by the onslaught of Wood Release, and Sasuke used his Sharingan to turn it back against her mind, throwing her into confusion. Jirobo and Sakon and Ukon, meanwhile, were completely immobilized by Wood Release. Amid the chaos, Karin knocked them out cold with a single superhumanly powerful punch each.
Sasuke and Karin broke free of the trees' restraints. Looking at the utterly transformed Uchiha Clan Compound before them and the enormous crater still smoking in the distance, both fell silent. Toru Kujyo's power had surpassed every limit of their understanding.
Toru Kujyo slowly descended, landing beside Sasuke and Karin. He surveyed his surroundings with a calm gaze, as though he had merely done something trivial.
"Looks like you're finished too," he said mildly.
While Toru Kujyo and Kimimaro were locked in their earth-shattering duel, the battle elsewhere had also reached a fever pitch.
The Sound Four surrounded Sasuke and Karin, their faces wearing the mocking amusement of cats toying with mice.
"Is that all you've got, Uchiha brat?" Sakon rested an enormous bone club on his shoulder and curled his lip in disdain. "You're a lot weaker than Lord Orochimaru made you out to be."
"Don't get careless!" Tayuya played her flute, its eerie sound waves becoming invisible chains that tried to invade Sasuke's mind, only to be repelled by a powerful mental force. Her expression shifted slightly. "This guy's Sharingan... already has three tomoe!"
Sasuke's gaze was icy. Three tomoe slowly rotated in