Not far from where Tsunade and Uchiha Kageyama were fighting lay the site of Uya and Uchiha Kan's duel to the death.
By then, Uya and Uchiha Kan's duel had long since reached a fever pitch.
The moment the battle erupted, Uya unleashed his full strength and charged straight at Uchiha Kan.
With two gates of the True Eight Gates Released Formation open, just how fast was Uya?
Whoosh!!
In an instant, Uya's body almost became a blur.
He was hard to follow even with the naked eye!
Uchiha Kan had suffered a great loss before because he had underestimated Uya. This time, he would certainly not be overconfident again.
He activated his Sharingan immediately!
A pair of futatsudomoe Sharingan appeared in his eyes.
Although they had not reached the mitsudomoe stage, they were enough to track Uya's movements clearly.
Whoosh!
The instant Uya flashed to Uchiha Kan's side and threw a punch, Uchiha Kan formed hand seals, and his body turned straight into a wooden log.
Substitution Technique!
After avoiding Uya's strike with the Substitution Technique, Uchiha Kan appeared behind him.
He abruptly drew a short sword and slashed viciously at Uya's neck.
Facing this attack, Uya neither dodged nor evaded. He did not even turn around, simply hammering a fist backward.
Crack!!
Cracks appeared in the air as though it were a mirror.
The short sword abruptly stopped.
It was visibly only an inch from Uya's fist, yet it could advance no farther!
It was as though that single inch were an impassable chasm!
Boom!
The next instant, as the power of tremors erupted wildly, Uchiha Kan, short sword in hand, suddenly spat out blood.
But a moment later, Uchiha Kan's figure abruptly vanished in a puff of smoke.
It was a Shadow Clone!
Uya frowned slightly, his gaze flickering as he searched for Uchiha Kan's real body.
Just then, Uchiha Kan appeared abruptly right in front of Uya, his hands still holding a hand seal.
At the same time, the two tomoe in his eyes began spinning madly.
This was Genjutsu!
Uya and Uchiha Kan happened to meet each other's eyes.
The next instant, Uya's expression grew slightly vacant, and he seemed to freeze in place.
"It's over."
"Yes, that brat has already fallen for the Genjutsu Kan cast with his Sharingan."
Above the corridor, the eyes of several Uchiha Clan members flickered with a trace of coldness.
Across from them, the three Anbu Ninja each wore a mask, their faces beneath completely expressionless.
A faint trace of pity flickered in their eyes.
"What a shame."
"Yes, he has a decent kekkei genkai, but he won't have the chance to grow."
Under everyone's gaze, Uchiha Kan looked haughtily at Uya, a hint of contempt appearing on his face.
"So what if you've awakened a kekkei genkai? Before me, you're still nothing more than a brat."
"Besides, when it comes to kekkei genkai, our Uchiha Clan's Sharingan is the strongest."
With a cold snort, Uchiha Kan casually drew his short sword and abruptly hurled it straight at Uya's chest.
Then he prepared to turn away.
It was as though he had already seen the sight of Uya's chest being pierced clean through.
But the very next instant, a shocking change occurred!
Boom!!!
A fist wrapped in white light abruptly slammed into the air.
That power of tremors thundered and reverberated in every direction.
The short sword Uchiha Kan had thrown instantly seemed to sink into a mire, advancing inch by inch before finally stopping in front of that fist, unable to move any farther!
Then the short sword gave off terrifying cracking sounds, before it was forcibly twisted into a spiral by the tremors!
"That's impossible!!"
As Uchiha Kan watched Uya calmly withdraw his fist, disbelief immediately filled his eyes.
Uya had actually broken the Genjutsu he had cast with his Sharingan?!
How was that possible!!
In an instant, not only Uchiha Kan, but also the Uchiha Clan members above the corridor and the three Anbu Ninja on the other side could not help crying out in shock.
"He clearly didn't form any hand seals. How did he break the Genjutsu!"
"Breaking Genjutsu requires restoring the flow of chakra inside the body to normal... could his power of tremors shake his own chakra?!"
One person could not help muttering, while the others all looked utterly shocked.
If that were true... didn't it mean Uya could be immune to or break any Genjutsu?!
That had to be a joke!
How could such a perfect kekkei genkai exist in this world!
Against that power of tremors, Taijutsu could not be used at all, while ordinary Ninjutsu would simply be shattered. Now even Genjutsu could be broken with ease.
How incredible!
"So this is all the Uchiha Clan's Genjutsu amounts to..."
Uya looked at Uchiha Kan with a faint trace of mockery on his face. In truth, he had not even needed to break that Genjutsu.
It had simply been nullified outright!
The chakra inside his body had two cores.
One was in his heart, and the other was in his lower abdomen.
It was vastly different from that of ordinary ninja.
Interfering with Uya's chakra flow to cast Genjutsu on him was an extremely difficult task in itself.
And Uya also had the power of tremors, which was enough to break through the interference directly and dispel the Genjutsu!
The next instant, Uya burst into motion, charging straight at Uchiha Kan.
Whoosh!!
Arriving directly above Uchiha Kan's head, Uya abruptly thrust a palm downward. A ring of white light rose from his palm as he pressed it straight down.
"Quake Release: Collapse!"
Buzz!!
His palm pressed directly against the air, but the power of tremors exploded, enveloping the entire area below in its attack.
Boom!!
Almost instantly, Uchiha Kan's expression changed drastically.
Because Uya had broken his Genjutsu outright, shock had left him distracted for a brief instant, allowing Uya to close in.
In an instant, he was plunged into a life-or-death crisis!
At this critical moment, Uchiha Kan had no time to think. Enduring the impact of the power of tremors, he desperately formed hand seals.
Trying to leave the power of tremors' attack range was clearly unrealistic. This entire area had already been suppressed.
"Earth Release: Earth Body Flicker Technique!"
At the very last moment, his whole body shaking violently and his bones on the verge of shattering, Uchiha Kan barely finished his hand seals.
The next instant, his entire body sank straight into the earth and disappeared.
Even so, spots of blood still stained the soil!
Crack!!
Under Uya's attack, spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the earth below, spreading in every direction.
Boom!!
Finally, the entire ground exploded and collapsed into a pit!
Landing back on the ground, Uya's gaze flickered slightly.
"He's actually so proficient in Earth Release Ninjutsu that he can still use Earth Release after being hit by the power of tremors."