Whoosh! Boom!
The terrifying chakra erupting from Gengetsu swept outward like a gale, with him at its center.
The tangible, deep crimson chakra made everyone's breath catch.
"Wh-what level of chakra is this?!"
"What is he trying to do?! I can barely breathe!"
Under the astonished gazes of the many Konoha ninja, the violent, deep crimson chakra rapidly gathered around Gengetsu.
Crack! Crack!
Accompanied by the grinding of bones, the violent, deep crimson chakra formed into individual bones around Gengetsu.
Then those enormous, deep crimson bones kept joining together, interlocking and rapidly rising.
In the blink of an eye, they formed a colossal skeletal giant's upper body, dozens of meters tall, around Gengetsu!
But this was only the beginning!
Rumble!
An even greater mass of deep crimson chakra gushed from Gengetsu's body, spreading wildly along the skeletal frame of the giant's upper body.
The terrifying chakra turned into muscle fibers, rapidly winding around and covering the skeletal giant's entire body.
This filled the giant's upper body with a sense of power.
Finally, chakra surged again, forming a majestic suit of deep crimson armor that settled over the giant's upper body, fully arming it.
At last, the upper body of a samurai stood before Konoha's gates, like a demonic god descended upon the world!
This was none other than Susanoo's third stage.
As Susanoo descended, a terrifying aura spread outward like a tsunami.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
When all the surrounding Konoha ninja felt that terrifying aura rush toward them, their faces turned deathly pale, and their bodies stumbled back several steps uncontrollably.
"Wh-what kind of monstrous ability is this?!"
One ninja from the Sarutobi Clan was so frightened that the kunai in his hand fell straight to the ground.
"Look at the Fifth Hokage's eyes! Those aren't the usual three tomoe! Why has the Sharingan's pattern changed into that?!"
"How could the Uchiha Clan have such terrifying ninjutsu?!"
"Third Hokage, are we... are we really going to fight such terrifying power?!"
Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from Susanoo, the Sarutobi Clan ninja, who had been so aggressive before, were now filled with fear.
When they first received Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders, they had already prepared themselves to fight the Uchiha Clan.
In their view, although the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan was extremely powerful, they could still contend with it as long as they had enough people and fought cautiously.
But now, facing this Susanoo that towered dozens of meters high, every one of them was dumbfounded.
Wasn't the Uchiha Clan's kekkei genkai supposed to be the Sharingan?
What on earth was this terrifying giant, dozens of meters tall?!
Was this really something humans could fight?
Not only those Sarutobi Clan ninja, but even Hiruzen Sarutobi himself wore an ugly expression.
"Damn it! Those accursed Uchiha!"
"How could they possibly possess such terrifying power?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared fixedly at the deep crimson Susanoo before him and cursed under his breath.
He had long known that Gengetsu had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
But in Hiruzen Sarutobi's view, Gengetsu was simply too young. Even if he had awakened the Mangekyō, his power would be extremely limited.
As long as he gathered the Sarutobi Clan's ninja and relied on an overwhelming numerical advantage, he could definitely take Gengetsu down with ease.
But now, as he personally faced the Susanoo Gengetsu had activated, he realized in despair that his thinking had been utterly wrong! Ridiculously wrong!
Terrifying power on Susanoo's level was simply not something numbers could overcome!
As for the heads of the other ninja clans standing nearby, every one of them gasped at the terrifying power emanating from Susanoo, their faces filled with fear.
Although they had always known that the Uchiha Clan was called "the foremost clan in the ninja world" in Konoha.
They had never really understood why the Uchiha Clan was called the foremost clan.
In their view, the Uchiha Clan had attained that position through its hereditary Sharingan and the vast number of ninja within the clan.
Precisely because of this mistaken understanding, many ninja clans that had developed in Konoha secretly intended to compete with the Uchiha Clan.
And now, having personally witnessed the terrifying chakra erupting from Gengetsu and seen the terrifying Susanoo before them.
They finally understood clearly that the Uchiha Clan's title of "foremost clan" had been forged through absolutely terrifying strength!
Unlike the shock and fear of these people, the Uchiha Clan ninja standing behind Gengetsu were all utterly fervent, their faces proud as they watched the Susanoo he had summoned.
"So strong! Far too strong! Is this our Uchiha Clan's true power?!"
"I never imagined such terrifying power was hidden deep within our Uchiha Clan's bloodline!"
"Hahaha! That's right! With the Fifth Hokage here, let's see which blind fool from another ninja clan dares look down on us Uchiha again!"
"Konoha belongs to the Uchiha! Who dares object?!"
The terrifying Susanoo Gengetsu displayed instantly ignited the pride in the Uchiha Clan's hearts.
Under the shocked, frightened, and fervent gazes of the many Konoha ninja, Gengetsu controlled the enormous Susanoo and raised its right hand.
Then countless streams of chakra gathered, rapidly solidifying into a longsword.
"Watch closely!"
"This is our Uchiha Clan's power!"
As Gengetsu's words fell, the longsword in the enormous Susanoo's hand slashed viciously down toward the forest outside Konoha.
"Rumble!"
The instant Susanoo's longsword slashed down, the entire ground shook violently as though struck by an earthquake.
Then an enormous, deep crimson sword wave, hundreds of meters long, erupted in an instant.
That terrifying sword wave instantly tore through the hard earth, forming an enormous, bottomless chasm that rapidly spread toward the distant forest.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Along its path, towering trees so thick that several people were needed to encircle them and enormous rocks as hard as iron were all swept away and destroyed by the sword wave.
Finally, the enormous sword wave, unstoppable in its advance, slammed fiercely into a towering mountain several kilometers away.
"Rumble!!!"
Another deafening explosion erupted,
Under everyone's shocked gazes, that towering mountain was actually cleaved through the middle by Gengetsu's single slash, leaving an enormous chasm and throwing up countless clouds of dust and fragments of rock.
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