"Wood Style: Wooden Human Technique!"
As Tobi's electronically charged voice fell, the ground began to rumble loudly.
It was the same kind of movement that had happened when Aoba had summoned the Wooden Human before. Only this time, it was even greater.
Terumi Mei stared in astonishment at the scene before her. A massive wooden statue, even more exaggerated than a tailed beast, rose from the ground with an earth-shaking roar.
Hundreds of arms spread out, and the sight truly resembled a giant mountain. Though there were only hundreds of arms, its appearance still resembled the Thousand-Armed Kannon statue seen in temples, radiating an utterly terrifying aura.
"Retreat!"
Terumi Mei urgently shouted to the people beside her. She hadn't expected that this "Uchiha Madara" would have such a technique up his sleeve.
She had seen Aoba's wooden human before, and that one was still pinning the Three-Tails' shell at the moment.
But now, this one seemed even stronger than Aoba's, and the countless arms on its back looked intimidating enough at a glance.
At this time, Aoba also noticed the commotion from afar. Looking at that low-budget version of the True Thousand Hands, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
Only when he saw the white figure with folded arms standing atop the Buddha's head did he finally understand what was going on.
'So, it is like that.'
He had thought it was just Uchiha Obito, and after being restrained by his sealing barrier, that the man was nothing more than a random passerby.
He hadn't expected that the guy actually called in a substitute fighter.
Otherwise, there was no way Uchiha Obito alone could use Wood Style at such a level.
"ROAR!"
At that moment, the Three-Tails, which had just been beaten up badly, couldn't help but let out a furious roar.
Although it was somewhat afraid of the opponent, even a clay figure has a bit of temper, let alone a tailed beast.
Seeing that Aoba was distracted, the Three-Tails seized the opportunity and opened its mouth wide.
Black and blue chakra began to gather inside its jaws.
A black, spherical mass of chakra started to take form.
It was about to use the Tailed Beast Bomb again.
For the Three-Tails, the Tailed Beast Bomb was basically its ultimate attack. Otherwise, it wouldn't have bothered learning something like Water Style.
Aoba, however, only gave it a faint glance.
The massive black Tailed Beast Bomb shot toward him, and just as it was about to hit the Wooden Human's head, it suddenly seemed to fall into a swamp.
Strange black markings appeared across the surrounding space in an instant.
Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!
In just a split second, the black Tailed Beast Bomb vanished. And then, behind the Three-Tails' shell, spatial ripples suddenly appeared.
The Tailed Beast Bomb the Three-Tails had launched hit itself like a returning boomerang.
BOOM!
All of Kirigakure shook. The dazzling white light blinded countless eyes for a moment.
When vision returned, the thunderous explosion finally reached their ears, followed by a violent shockwave sweeping outward in every direction.
The shockwave alone was powerful enough to uproot the towering trees nearby, scattering stones and sending gale-force winds raging wildly.
The forest within a hundred meters had turned into barren wasteland.
"ROAAAR!"
The Three-Tails let out a cry of pain. Even for it, taking a Tailed Beast Bomb point-blank like that was too much.
But Aoba did not stop moving.
Several chains extended from his back, wrapping around the Three-Tails' head and limbs, dragging it back down to the ground and binding it tightly.
["This… this is the Adamantine Sealing Chains?"]
The Three-Tails' eye cleared completely. It hadn't expected that this Wood Style user also knew the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
'Could this guy be the descendant of both Senju Hashirama and the Uzumaki clan?'
Back in the day, among the nine tailed beasts, aside from the One-Tail being sealed by Sunagakure and the Seven-Tails captured by Takigakure, all the other seven had been subdued and distributed by Senju Hashirama himself.
So naturally, the Three-Tails had witnessed Hashirama's power before.
'But to think…'
"Three-Tails, the playtime ends here. I don't have time to keep fooling around with you."
Aoba looked coldly at the Three-Tails as his hands moved rapidly through seals.
Tobi's sudden appearance was unexpected, to avoid any accidents, he needed to speed things up.
["Wha… what?"]
Confusion flickered in the Three-Tails' single eye.
But by then, Aoba had already completed his seals.
"Wood Style: Tree-Binding Eternal Burial!"
From beneath the Three-Tails, countless thick, vine-like saplings burst out, wrapping tightly around its massive body.
They grew and grew until they formed an enormous towering tree, completely pinning it down beneath its roots.
Now, Aoba possessed not only the Uzumaki clan's monstrous chakra reserves but also half a Dragon Vein, meaning he practically had endless chakra to spend.
After subduing the Three-Tails, he turned his gaze toward the giant Hundred-Armed Buddha Tobi had created.
That thing was currently swinging its fists at Terumi Mei and her team.
Fortunately, the ninjas Terumi Mei had brought were all Kirigakure elites. So far, there were no casualties.
Seeing this, Aoba didn't hesitate. Controlling his own giant construct, he charged straight toward it.
"Huh? He finished dealing with the Three-Tails that fast?"
Tobi turned his head and saw the Wooden Human rushing toward him, looking genuinely surprised.
"That must be Aoba, during the Chūnin Exams, he single-handedly took down both the One-Tail and the Two-Tails. Didn't expect to meet him here."
Obito's mood darkened, "According to Black Zetsu's intel, he should still be in Sunagakure, not Konoha."
Tobi stroked his chin, "Isn't he the one who can use Flying Thunder God? And he's that Mizukage's boyfriend too. Showing up in Kirigakure suddenly isn't all that strange, right?"
Obito was speechless, "So this time it's just my bad luck?"
Tobi spread his hands helplessly, "Guess I might never get to experience what poop feels like after all."
But the giant Buddha beneath his feet didn't sit idle. It turned toward Aoba.
The small head on its forehead opened its mouth, gathering chakra of five different elements, water, fire, earth, wind, and lightning.
Then, five distinct elemental-style jutsu were released at once.
"Aoba!"
Terumi Mei saw the scene and wanted to use a jutsu to help defend.
But another massive arm swung at her almost immediately, forcing her to dodge, she didn't even have the chance to weave hand signs.
Meanwhile, Aoba's expression didn't change in the slightest.
Facing the combined assault of five elemental techniques, he raised his left hand calmly.
The Rinnegan, the natural nemesis of nearly all ninjutsu.
"Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal!"
Centered around Aoba, a transparent white barrier formed, and as the five jutsu struck it, they vanished completely.
It was as though there was an invisible black hole, devouring every attack.
"Eh?"
Tobi froze for a second, "Why does that ability look so familiar?"
And beneath that white mask, Uchiha Obito's expression looked as if he'd just seen a ghost.
"That's… a Rinnegan ability?"
As the executor of the Moon's Eye Plan, Uchiha Obito naturally knew the fundamental abilities of the Rinnegan.
But he couldn't understand, why would this guy, a Wood Style user, also have Rinnegan powers?
Yet the next moment, realization struck him.
He saw Aoba's eyes, those blood-red eyes, glowing in the dark with an eerie pattern.
"No… those are Mangekyo Sharingan!"
Obito suddenly felt this whole situation was absurd beyond words.
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