On the battlefield...
A chakra-powered semi-giant nearly thirty meters tall, clad in armor, gripped a [greatsword] about forty meters long with both hands. Soaring high into the sky, it came crashing down with a single devastating slash.
Its target—none other than the Third Mizukage leading the Mist shinobi.
At this moment, Fugaku Uchiha finally deployed the ultimate weapon: Susanoo.
Right now, he was hidden within Susanoo's body, every movement of this chakra giant perfectly synchronized with his own.
"What is that thing?!"
The sight of the mighty Susanoo sent shock across many Hidden Mist ninja faces. They couldn't even think of resisting and fled chaotically in all directions.
Even the Third Mizukage furrowed his brows. He had no choice but to temporarily retreat from the battlefield using the Ice Release Shifting Body Technique, forgoing direct confrontation for now.
Boom!
Susanoo's sword slashed downward, carving a massive trench dozens of meters long into the ground. More than fifty ninja failed to escape in time and were instantly killed, their bodies reduced to nothing.
Under Fugaku's control, Susanoo reversed its grip and swung again, sweeping sideways. Dozens more Hidden Mist ninja were sent flying as blood sprayed everywhere.
"Roar!"
The Third Mizukage let out a beast-like roar. He quickly entered the [Semi-Tailed Beast Transformation] state. His height reached five meters, his entire body covered in dark red chakra, while three tails bristling with spiked protrusions grew from behind his back.
Whoosh!
No sooner had he completed the transformation than he charged straight at Susanoo at incredible speed, reaching Fugaku in an instant.
"Die!"
Fugaku had already been waiting. With a sharp yell, Susanoo gripped its blade with both hands and slashed directly toward the Third Mizukage.
However, compared to the towering Susanoo, the semi-transformed Third Mizukage was far more agile. He quickly stepped back and spun around, dodging the fatal strike. Immediately afterward, he savagely lashed his tail.
Bang!
The near-thirty-meter-tall Susanoo was hit by those three spiked tails and staggered backward several steps, cracks clearly forming on the surface of its armor.
But at the same time, Susanoo also took advantage of the opportunity to grab hold of the Third Mizukage's tail, slamming him repeatedly against the ground, creating multiple massive craters upon impact.
The moment their clash began, the battle erupted into pure intensity. The ferocity of their fight and the sheer destructive power made it impossible for anyone else to get close.
Elsewhere...
A figure surrounded entirely in green steam moved so fast it broke the sound barrier, slicing through Cloud's army like a hot knife through butter, heading directly for the Third Raikage.
Such incredible speed.
The Third Raikage was shocked. He realized he couldn't even see Hiashi Hyuga's movements clearly. As the opponent closed in, he could only react instinctively to defend himself.
Punch after punch rang out—
Hiashi Hyuga launched over a hundred strikes full force, and although the Third Raikage managed to block a third of them, every remaining punch smashed into his body.
Thud... Thud... Thud...
Once again, the Third Raikage was forced backward, his stance wobbling—he nearly choked on his breath.
Damn it!
He roared furiously, his rage exploding. It was bad enough that he had never faced Heiyan in battle before—but now even Hiashi dared to challenge him?
Boom!
A terrifying amount of chakra erupted from his body and surged into the sky. The lightning surrounding him grew increasingly brilliant. Even his physical stature seemed to rise several inches.
[Lightning Release: Chakra Mode—Activating One Hundred Percent!]
At this moment, the Third Raikage unleashed his full power for the first time, no longer holding back.
Whoosh!
The Third Raikage transformed into a streak of blue lightning. With supersonic speed, he launched a counterattack at Hiashi. His nerve conduction speed, physical speed, and body durability all reached their peaks. At this point, both offensive and defensive capabilities were flawless.
Facing the fully-powered Third Raikage, Hiashi also wore a solemn expression. Without hesitation, he pushed himself to the limit and opened the sixth gate of the Eight Gates: the View Gate.
Next second—
Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng!
Hiashi and the Third Raikage clashed head-on once again, exchanging over a hundred punches in an instant. Each punch created explosive shockwaves in the air, releasing deafening booms.
Their clash was explosive—each strike sent shockwaves powerful enough to kill ordinary jonin. No one dared to come close.
Seeing that Fugaku and Hiashi had successfully engaged the Third Mizukage and Third Raikage respectively, tying them down,
Heiyan quickly scanned the battlefield, assessing the remaining enemies.
Among the Cloud forces, the most troublesome was Burubi, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, followed by the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and numerous jonin.
As for Mist, although the Seven Swords of the Bloody Mist were gone, there were still many elite ninja, such as jonin from the Hozuki Clan, Kaguya Clan, and Yuki Clan.
In the crowd, Heiyan spotted a short-statured, baby-faced ninja. The enemy shinobi had green-haired appearance, violet eyes, a scar resembling stitched skin under his left eye, and wielded a club-like weapon decorated with green flowers on its tip.
[Enter Yagura Karatachi.]
In the original timeline, this person was Yagura Karatachi—the Fourth Mizukage of Mist—and also a perfect jinchuriki, possessing immense strength.
Other than them,
there were also two figures among the Mist shinobi—Black Zetsu and Kakuzu, along with many elite bounty hunters. Heiyan didn't see Madara Uchiha, nor did he sense his chakra, but he knew he couldn't afford carelessness.
All things considered, Heiyan was facing over a hundred jonin, some of whom were Kage-level or even Transcendent Kage-tier elites. Even for him, if he made even a slight mistake today, he might very well die here.
In the blink of an eye, Heiyan made his decision on the battlefield.
He would strike Cloud first and take down the two Jinchuriki before they could fully transform into their Tailed Beasts, preventing greater chaos.
With that thought, Heiyan leapt forward, raising the Demon-Subduing Celestial Binding Chain and rushing straight toward Burubi and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
When the Mist shinobi saw this, they stood their ground and watched.
Though these two great villages had formed a temporary alliance, their partnership was fragile at best. Moreover, Mist had already lost the Seven Swordsmen, while Cloud had suffered almost no casualties. That imbalance was unacceptable.
Therefore, the Mist ninja's plan was to let Heiyan and the two Cloud Jinchuriki fight each other until they were both severely weakened. Then they would step in, clean up the mess, and reap the benefits of a conflict they hadn't needed to fight themselves.
In the Cloud camp.
"Attack!"
Seeing Heiyan charging toward them, Burubi barked the order. Immediately, he and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki beside him entered their Semi-Tailed Beast Transformation states.
Both opened their mouths, letting Yin and Yang attribute chakra blend inside, quickly forming black spherical projectiles — Tailed Beast Balls.
Tailed Beast Ball is an S-rank ninjutsu that can only be used by Jinchuriki while transformed with their Tailed Beasts. The longer it charges, the larger its size becomes, and the more terrifying its power grows.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Eight-Tails and Two-Tails Jinchuriki fired their Tailed Beast Balls in unison, hurtling straight toward Heiyan. Though not large in size, these two spheres could easily destroy a mountain or obliterate Kage-level experts on sight.
Faced with an attack from two powerful Jinchuriki at once, Heiyan was clearly up against no ordinary threat.
Moreover, Heiyan couldn't even dodge, because behind him stood the Uzumaki clan members. If struck by the Tailed Beast Balls, they wouldn't stand a single chance of survival.
Still, Heiyan showed no sign of panic. He continued charging forward without slowing down, directly meeting the Tailed Beast Balls head-on.
He had more than one trick up his sleeve when it came to dealing with Tailed Beast Balls.
The simplest method involved using the summoning technique of the First Hokage—summoning the Quintuple Rashomon gates from Hell—to block the blast head-on.
A harder but effective approach was employing the Flying Thunder God Technique, instantly relocating the balls outside the battlefield the moment they made contact.
But whether defending or redirecting, both felt too passive to Heiyan.
He preferred taking initiative.
So—
Whoosh!
His eyes sharpened. With a flick of his right hand, the Celestial Binding Chain shot forth, splitting into two as it flew. It wrapped around the two Tailed Beast Balls with incredible precision.
Instantly, countless sealing tags traveled along the chains, covering the surface of the orbs. Their glow dimmed rapidly, and the spheres fell silent.
[Sage Art – Celestial Binding Chain: Net Sealing Array!]
"What? Impossible!"
The Eight-Tails and Two-Tails Jinchuriki gasped in shock, almost unable to believe their own eyes.
According to what they knew, once a Tailed Beast Ball was launched, contacting any object or technique would immediately break its internal balance, unleashing violent destruction.
Yet Heiyan had effortlessly sealed it—an act beyond just "amazing." This was the power of a true Immortal Sage.
What came next sent shivers through the ranks of both the Cloud and Mist ninja:
"Now!"
Heiyan shouted lowly. With a swift movement of the chain, he flung both Tailed Beast Balls back—making them turn 180 degrees at lightning speed.
One shot toward the Cloud army; the other blasted toward the Mist forces.
"Not good!"
Spotting the returning Tailed Beast Balls, the two Jinchuriki didn't even think before dashing aside. Although they'd created these weapons themselves, their overwhelming power made them impossible even for the creators to defend against.
However, the consequence was that a Tailed Beast Ball exploded right at the heart of Cloud's army, instantly unleashing a giant fireball that devoured everything and killed hundreds of ninja.
Mist's situation wasn't much better.
"Damn it!"
Black Zetsu and others had been watching like spectators until suddenly a Tailed Beast Ball came flying toward them. Their expressions changed dramatically as they scattered in panic. Yet the explosion still claimed hundreds of lives.
This single-handed battle ended its first round with Heiyan achieving a decisive victory.
"Go straight in!"
The two Jinchuriki from Cloud launched another attack, but this time without any unnecessary showmanship. Instead, they led dozens of Cloud jonin charging together to surround Heiyan.
Provoked, Mist's warriors also lost their patience. Everyone except Black Zetsu and Kakuzu joined the assault on Heiyan, rushing at him in a swarm.
Kakuzu narrowed his eyes, waiting patiently for the right opportunity. He tightly gripped the gourd bottle filled with Hero Water, ready at any moment to drink it.
At that point, he would sacrifice all his hearts as the price to obtain ten times his original chakra reserves, becoming an invincible force on the battlefield and delivering the final deadly blow to Heiyan.
Meanwhile, on the main battlefield.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Heiyan attacked from both sides, sending out the Demon-Subduing Chain and Celestial Binding Chain simultaneously, violently colliding with the two approaching Jinchuriki.
Crack!
Burubi was struck hard by the Demon-Subduing Chain. He tried to resist using the Tailed Beast Cloak, yet even the skeletal armor formed through tailed beast transformation shattered into pieces. He flew back faster than before.
As for the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, he was immediately wrapped up by the Celestial Binding Chain, tied up tightly like a dumpling. Once again, his chakra was drained away by Heiyan.
In one move, Heiyan single-handedly subdued two Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.
This was Heiyan's power after activating his ultimate Kekkei Tota Ninjutsu under Sage Mode.
This sight stunned the remaining enemies, causing them to freeze momentarily.
"Save Lord Two-Tails!"
Once the Cloud ninja snapped back to reality, they charged forward without hesitation. Dozens of jonin unleashed Lightning Release techniques from different directions, attacking Heiyan at the center.
Balancing on one foot, Heiyan formed hand seals and then slammed his palm onto the ground. A red fan-shaped laser wave burst forth continuously from him, spreading outward in all directions.
[Sage Art: Heavenly Release - Flying Stars!]
Swish swish swish swish!
Countless fan-shaped laser beams spread out like cherry blossoms in the wind, easily obliterating every Lightning Release technique in their path.
Amidst the constant screams, the majority of those Cloud jonin were either killed or seriously wounded and lost their fighting capability.
"That's absurd…"
A Cloud jonin dropped heavily to his knees, whispering in disbelief, completely losing his will to fight.
Under normal circumstances, jonin from the Five Great Ninja Villages already stood near the top of the shinobi hierarchy, seen as important figures within their villages.
Yet now, those so-called big names were no different from ordinary civilians who knew no ninjutsu—helplessly crushed without mercy.
It turned out that, from a true expert's perspective, jonin were no more than oversized ants.
"Roar!"
A thunderous roar shook the battlefield. Burubi, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki who had been knocked away by Heiyan, charged back toward Heiyan with even greater ferocity.
Whoosh!
Seeing this, Heiyan hurled the Two-Tails Jinchuriki outward with all his strength. The latter crashed into Burubi head-on, and the two Jinchuriki tumbled across the ground, stunned and disoriented.
Almost at the same time, Heiyan sensed a sudden surge of chakra from behind him.
[Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!]
It was Yagura Karatachi from Mist, launching a ranged water-based ninjutsu attack. A massive water dragon surged forth and sped straight toward Heiyan.
But he would pay for it.
"Roar!"
Heiyan formed a single hand seal. From behind him rose a colossal water dragon—five times larger than the first—its claws extended as it roared forward with savage force.
[Sage Art: Water Release: Water Dragon Shot!]
This monstrous water dragon devoured Yagura's technique whole, yet showed no sign of slowing down, slamming directly into the startled man himself. He was blasted backward into a cluster of ninja. No one knew what happened to him.
[Dance of the Iron Chain Flowers!]
[Water Gun Technique!]
Two Jonin, one from the Kaguya clan and the other from the Hozuki clan, each unleashed their family's signature secret techniques, attacking Heiyan from both sides.
Crack!
Heiyan swung the Demon-Subduing Celestial Binding Chain forward to meet them.
There was no question how this would end.
The Kaguya ninja's bones shattered under the crushing power of the binding chain. That vaunted Kekkei Genkai known as Dead Bone Pulse stood no chance against a superior Kekkei Tota.
As for the Hozuki clan ninja, he met the same fate as the Two-Tails Jinchuriki—wrapped tightly in the chain. When he tried to escape using the Hydrification Technique, he realized too late that even in liquid form, he couldn't escape the chain's sealing power...
After swiftly defeating both opponents, Heiyan scanned the battlefield. Silence reigned—no one dared step forward again.
In the second round, Heiyan had triumphed once more.
"Well then, now it's my turn."
Muttering softly, Heiyan's eyes turned cold. He transformed into a red streak of light like Shinigami, surging straight into the ranks of the Mist and Cloud armies.
"H-he's coming! Run for your lives!"
Someone screamed in terror, instantly triggering mass panic. Like a swarm dispersing, hundreds of ninja scattered in all directions in panic.
At that moment, Heiyan infused the Demon-Subduing Celestial Binding Chain with a massive amount of chakra. The two crimson chains in his hands thickened triple-fold, extending beyond a hundred meters.
These hundred-meter-long chains resembled twin crimson dragons.
Then Heiyan struck.
Swish! Swish!
Spinning rapidly, he used the momentum to swing the chains. The Demon-Subduing Chain lashed out, creating explosive cracking sounds in the air as it passed through, audible far and wide.
Looking from above.
Heiyan stood at the center of the galaxy beneath the night sky. Those two hundred-meter chains were like rotating galactic arms, spinning nonstop around him. Combined with his high-speed movement, they scoured the entire battlefield.
Boom!
Under this sweeping attack—[Great Windmill]—hundreds of ninja shot into the air every second, only to crash down like torn sacks moments later.
None of the elite ninja could resist such immense power. Even defensive ninjutsu techniques combined by multiple users collapsed instantly, utterly helpless against the crushing force of these two massive chains.
At this moment, Heiyan stood alone against an entire army, carving a path of destruction with unstoppable might!
Outside the battlefield, the Uzumaki clan's ninja realized they were completely unable to intervene in this battle. They could only watch from afar as Heiyan cut down enemies mercilessly, invincible and unstoppable.
Ashina Uzumaki especially found it hard to contain his excitement, his hands trembling uncontrollably. Because he knew that young man now wreaking havoc across the battlefield was a true Uzumaki, the pride of their entire clan.
Farther away, Danzo, Madara Uchiha, and the frogs from Mount Myoboku all fell silent at the same time, remaining speechless for a long while.
"I might really never be able to return to Konoha," Danzo muttered bitterly as he lowered his telescope.
"Are those two chains some kind of Kekkei Tota Ninjutsu? They seem... even stronger than Hashirama's Wood Release," Madara Uchiha narrowed his eyes as he stared at Heiyan's [Demon-Subduing Celestial Binding Chain].
"We trained our butts off for a whole year, and still, we feel even farther behind than before," the Toad Trio exchanged glances, seeing disappointment reflected in each other's eyes.
"This child Heiyan might actually be able to defy the will of heaven and create miracles," Fukasaku and Shima looked at each other and thought simultaneously.
Only Gamamaru maintained his usual composed expression, as if everything was playing out exactly as he foresaw.
However, deep within his heart, he wasn't truly calm either…
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