With a cold snort, the force, led by the Hyuga Clan, easily broke through the traps set by Hidden Cloud.
"Attack!"
The moment the Konoha force broke through the traps, the Third Raikage gave the order.
The Third Raikage and Ziyun then took the lead, charging into the Konoha force from the left and right at the same time.
Close behind them came the Kumogakure Elite Force, who had learned Ziyun's improved Navy Six Powers!
This was going to be a difficult battle, so these elites naturally had to fight as well.
Faced with the two fastest men in the Shinobi World, the Third Raikage and Ziyun, the Konoha force immediately fell into a disadvantage.
In fact, the first and second fastest men in the Shinobi World had already switched places.
The Third Raikage was second, and Ziyun was first.
But it made no difference to the Konoha Ninja. Either way, both were too fast for them to see clearly.
Swish, swish, swish! Swish, swish, swish!
Ziyun and the Third Raikage charged into the main Konoha force and began reaping the lives of its ninja.
The Kumogakure Elite Force then engaged the great clans that used secret techniques.
Though this force was the backbone of Konoha, they couldn't hold out for long against the Kumogakure Elite Force's endless Ninjutsu.
Konoha's only advantage was its numbers.
"Damn it, Yeyue Ziyun, Third Raikage, don't get too cocky!"
Faced with the two men's speed, which was almost impossible to follow with the naked eye, the Inuzuka Clan Head couldn't stand watching his clansmen being brutally killed one by one. He actively sought a chance to confront Ziyun and the Third Raikage.
"Trash, you have no right to speak here!"
Ziyun snorted coldly. A bolt of lightning flashed past the Inuzuka Clan Head, and the next moment, both man and dog perished under the Thunder God's wrath.
"Ziyun, your speed has already surpassed mine."
Only a few milliseconds later did the Third Raikage finally "arrive late," to find that the Inuzuka Clan Head had already been decapitated.
After all, the Inuzuka Clan Head was only an Elite Jonin. Before a peak Kage Level powerhouse, wasn't he bound to be killed in an instant?
"Damn it, the clan head is dead! Avenge him!"
Seeing their clan head killed, the Inuzuka clansmen panicked and tried to take revenge on Ziyun and the Third Raikage.
But faced with such an absolute gap in strength, they died without even being able to see the two men's figures.
"Don't be rash, Inuzuka Clan! Only the Uchiha Clan can stand against those two! Everyone else, be as careful as you can to avoid Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage. Leave them to the Uchiha Clan!"
The Nara Clan Head, serving as strategist, had no choice but to give the order.
"Hmph."
Hearing that, the Uchiha Clan Head snorted coldly and prepared to act.
He had originally intended to wait before stepping in, because he wanted to create the impression that the Uchiha Clan had saved Konoha.
But he couldn't let the other great clans suffer overly heavy casualties, either, or they would certainly resent the Uchiha Clan for it afterward.
So he had chosen just the right moment.
"Come, Yeyue Ziyun! Let me see what Kumogakure's number one genius is really made of!"
The Uchiha Clan Head snorted coldly, then activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Meanwhile, the Uchiha Grand Elder, whose strength was second only to the Uchiha Clan Head's, understood his intention and confronted the Third Raikage.
"Boring Genjutsu! A trick like that is completely useless against me."
Looking at the three tomoe in the Uchiha Clan Head's eyes, Ziyun remained utterly unmoved.
Although the Uchiha Clan Head's ocular power was surely much stronger than Uchiha Fugaku's, it was still only at the Three-Tomoe level. Genjutsu below the Mangekyō level had no effect on Ziyun.
As Ziyun's proficiency improved, even among Mangekyō-level Genjutsu, probably only something as overpowered as Kotoamatsukami could affect him. A simple Tsukuyomi wouldn't do much either.
After breaking the Genjutsu in an instant, Ziyun raised one hand and sent a bolt of lightning carrying tens of millions of volts precisely into the Uchiha Clan Head's position. The explosion sent clouds of smoke billowing into the air!
"The Uchiha Clan Head!"
"Hey, hey, he couldn't have been taken out that quickly, could he?"
Seeing this, the members of the main Konoha force grew a little worried.
If the Uchiha Clan Head was taken out so easily, there would be no one in their force who could stop Yeyue Ziyun and the Third Raikage!
"Hahahaha! Yeyue Ziyun, you do have some strength after all. Good, you're an opponent worth taking seriously!"
"Now I'll show you the special power that belongs only to the Uchiha Clan in this world!"
"And the true reason the Uchiha Clan is called the strongest clan!"
The Uchiha Clan Head's arrogant laughter came from the smoke.
The three tomoe in his scarlet Sharingan spun constantly, then transformed into a pattern of three hooked sickles!
A tremendous surge of Chakra then erupted from the smoke, as though some enormous creature had been unleashed!
The ninja of the Yamanaka and Hyuga Clans who possessed sensory abilities all widened their eyes in astonishment!
Th... this is the Uchiha Clan Head's Chakra?
When did it become so immense?!!
It was not only immense, but cold, merciless, violent, and overbearing!
It made them tremble to the depths of their souls!
The smoke then cleared, and Susanoo, known as the power of the gods, appeared before everyone!
The Uchiha Clan Head's Susanoo was cyan all over and rather good-looking.
But his Susanoo was still in its initial form, with only the arms and rib cage of an upper body. It held greatswords made of Chakra in both hands.
Even in this form, however, it made the Hidden Cloud Village ninja present shudder.
This was the legendary power of the gods... Susanoo!
Anyone who saw it in person even once was bound to die.
"That's the legendary Susanoo, the power of the gods that can only be used after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"The Uchiha Clan Head... actually awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"Had he... been hiding his strength all this time?"
Even the Konoha ninja were quite surprised by the Mangekyo Sharingan and Susanoo the Uchiha Clan Head had revealed.
After all, the Uchiha Clan Head had never displayed such abilities before.
The reason was simple: the Uchiha Clan Head didn't want Konoha High Command to know about it, or they would surely keep making trouble for the Uchiha Clan.
But things were different now. Once they defeated Hidden Cloud Village, the Uchiha Clan's prestige would reach its peak, and Konoha High Command wouldn't dare make trouble for them casually.
So the Uchiha Clan Head revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan without worry.
"Hahahaha! What do you think? This is why the Uchiha Clan is called the strongest!"
Seeing the astonished expressions of everyone present, the Uchiha Clan Head couldn't help laughing triumphantly.
He had waited far too long for this moment.
The heads of the great clans who usually showed the Uchiha Clan varying degrees of dissatisfaction and discrimination were now looking at him with eyes full of fear.
The feeling was simply exhilarating.
"Initial form?? Looks like you really are looking down on me!!"
Just then, Ziyun sneered, his voice sounding quite furious!
The Uchiha Clan Head was so pleased with himself over an initial-form Susanoo. He really didn't take Ziyun seriously at all!
"Heh, Yeyue Ziyun, so what if it's the initial form? Letting you see Susanoo is already a favor to you!"
"Be grateful! It's an honor for you to die beneath the Uchiha Clan's power of the gods!"
The Uchiha Clan Head looked at Ziyun disdainfully, as though he were looking at a dead man.
"100 Million Volts: Power of the Thunder God!!"
The furious Ziyun seemed to become the Thunder God himself, faint bolts of lightning raging continuously around him. Lightning carrying a hundred million volts erupted in an instant, turning into a diving force of lightning that slammed viciously into the Uchiha Clan Head's Susanoo!
"Hmph, a petty trick!"
The Uchiha Clan Head met it without the slightest fear.
The next moment.
Boom, boom, boom!
In an instant, the Uchiha Clan Head's initial-form Susanoo was shattered.
The Uchiha Clan Head then fell heavily to one knee. Blood ran from his Mangekyo Sharingan, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
After all, besides the hundred million volts, the attack also carried a powerful coating of Armament Haki.
By now, Ziyun's Armament Haki could be described as powerful.
"How is that possible?"
"He... he actually shattered the power of the gods that easily?"
"My god, he... he shattered Susanoo in a single blow?"
The Konoha ninja's mouths hung open in O shapes.