Burning black markings surged out of the black three-tomoe cursed seal, instantly spreading across Yamanashi Inaba's porcelain-white face with an uncanny beauty.
Cursed Seal of Heaven, stage one!
"Wind Release: Vacuum Blade."
Holding her katana horizontally before her, Yamanashi Inaba blew onto it, coating its blade with incomparably sharp wind-release chakra. The weapon, already capable of slicing through iron like mud, grew sharper still.
Invisible wind blades slashed down in succession, cleaving through the branches that Deep Forest Emergence had spurred into growth as they coiled toward her like dragons and snakes.
Uchiha Senmon frowned slightly, his hands maintaining the final Snake Seal for Wood Release.
Rumble!
Deep Forest Emergence surged forward with tremendous force. More enormous trees rose from the ground, and giant green hands reached for Yamanashi Inaba and Toru Yamashita from every direction.
"Hah!"
The burn-like black markings twisted and merged, and Yamanashi Inaba's black hair turned silvery white in an instant.
At the same time, Yamanashi Inaba's petite body grew tall and slender, with pronounced curves, unleashing terrifying wind pressure like an approaching typhoon.
"Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel!"
As the atmosphere wailed, the air vibrated and howled violently, erupting into masses of flowing vacuum blades. The savage whirlwind sliced through everything in its path, shredding earth, rocks, and trees alike.
Its range was vast, its duration long, and its destructive power beyond measure.
A full minute passed before the rampaging sickle-weasel slashes gradually subsided.
The forest Uchiha Senmon had summoned had been razed, leaving only bare stumps.
"Even relying on the Cursed Seal of Heaven, Lady Yamanashi actually held her own against that Uchiha!"
Toru Yamashita surveyed the devastated battlefield, unable to hide his shock.
The Cursed Seal of Heaven was a gift the King had bestowed upon the Five Kage. Upon entering the cursed-seal