And Izuna, in turn, looked in the direction the jutsu had come from.
Senju Yuma, along with five ninja wearing armor emblazoned with the Senju clan crest.
And five ninja with bright red hair—the Uzumaki clan.
Among them, an old man with graying temples and a beautiful young woman barely sixteen years of age were particularly eye-catching.
"Senju Yuma, you motherfucker..." Izuna was so enraged, he felt like he was about to grind his teeth to dust.
Having just released two ninjutsu, Senju Yuma relaxed his hands from their seal.
When he had arrived with his five clan jonin and the members of the Uzumaki clan, he had been quite surprised to see Izuna fighting this monster.
And when Izuna cast the Sharingan genjutsu on the beast, Uzumaki Mito had alerted everyone that the monster had fallen under Izuna's genjutsu and that the chakra within it was becoming highly erratic.
A sense of foreboding washed over Senju Yuma, and he ordered his subordinates to interrupt Izuna's genjutsu.
"Water Release: Raging Sea Spray!"
An exaggerated amount of seawater gushed from beneath the Three-Tails' feet, once again turning the swamp into a river.
The next moment, the Three-Tails' body hugged the ground, and as if skating on ice, it rushed at high speed toward the sea.
"Trying to escape?" Izuna instantly realized the Three-Tails' intention and turned to give chase.
However, the moment he turned, Senju Toha and two other Senju jonin were already blocking his path.
Senju Yuma and another jonin also moved to stand behind him.
In those few seconds of delay, the Three-Tails had already covered several hundred meters.
"Uchiha Izuna, the Land of Whirlpools is the territory of our ally, the Uzumaki clan. Do you have anything to say for your unauthorized intrusion?" Senju Yuma's voice rang out from behind him.
*CRASH!!!*
His only answer was a silver skeletal arm that erupted from around Izuna's body.
It slammed down, pulverizing the earth.
As a Kage-level ninja, Senju Yuma had dodged the attack in advance.
But the Senju jonin standing beside him was not so lucky. Under Izuna's sudden attack, he was instantly crushed into a paste.
When the Susanoo arm moved away, a blurry mass of flesh and blood was all that remained, a sight that made Uzumaki Mito, watching from behind, almost vomit.
"That's the Uchiha Vice-Clan Head, Uchiha Izuna... With a single move, he killed a Senju ninja..." Uzumaki Wakou and the others beside Mito stared with wide eyes.
They were utterly shocked by Izuna's power to kill a Senju jonin in one blow.
But in truth, the other man's carelessness had played a part.
After all, the truce between the Senju and Uchiha was still in effect, and Izuna, as the one who had proposed it, was the last person in the Uchiha clan they expected to instigate a fight.
If it had been Madara, Senju Yuma and his men would have naturally been more on guard.
However, at this moment, with the cooked duck having flown away due to their interference, Izuna's mind was completely consumed by rage.
"You've killed one of our clansmen. The truce between us ends here. Do you understand?" Senju Yuma said coldly, seeing one of his Jonin killed.
"I understand this!"
Izuna fully released his Susanoo. The form that had been just a ribcage and a single arm rapidly grew a complete upper skeleton.
Then, muscles and sinew covered it, transforming it into the second stage of Susanoo!
But it wasn't over!
Two legs grew out under Izuna's chakra enhancement, turning it into a ten-meter-tall giant. Like a demon from hell, it stood tall, looking down upon Senju Yuma and the others.
"What... what is this jutsu?!"
As the Uchiha's old rivals, the Senju had studied their clan extensively, but they had never seen this technique before.
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Cold sweat dripped down Uzumaki Mito's face. Her sensory abilities were locked onto Izuna as she murmured, "So... so cold... Such malevolent chakra..."
Nearby, Uzumaki Hiro'umi's voice was grim. "Hiwa, Hijitsu, protect Mito."
At his command, two Uzumaki ninja moved to shield Uzumaki Mito, protecting the princess, who was not skilled in combat, from the battle's fallout.
*Uzumaki Mito?*
Hearing Uzumaki Hiro'umi's words, Izuna's mind raced. *So that woman is...*
"Water Release: Fanged Bite Explosion!"
At that moment, Senju Toha finished his hand seals and launched his attack. Drawing on the river created by the Three-Tails, two waterspouts rose from the surface and charged forward.
*This is the first time since I came to this world that I've wanted to kill someone this badly. You can all just die!*
Since the Senju had already discovered he was in the Land of Whirlpools, and they were looking to break the truce anyway, they would have found a way to force his hand even if he did nothing. In that case, he might as well get straight to it. Time to kill.
The Susanoo swung its blade, cleaving through the B-rank Water Release jutsu as if it were cotton.
Taking advantage of its colossal size, the Susanoo closed the distance in just two strides, looming over Senju Toha and the other two.
The Susanoo's sword fell.
"Dodge!" Toha roared. The three Jonin scattered in different directions.
The ground was shattered by the sword strike, but the three were battle-hardened Jonin of the Senju clan. A frontal attack like that wasn't enough to take their lives.
A trail of blood trickled from Izuna's right eye as he glanced at the slowest of the fleeing Senju.
"Amaterasu!"
*FWOOSH!*
Before the Jonin could react, a black blur flickered before his eyes, and black flames erupted on his chest.
"Aaargh! What is this?!"
Struck by Amaterasu, he plummeted from the sky and rolled into the water, but the flames showed no sign of extinguishing. In a panic, his only option was to quickly shed his armor.
*BOOM!*
The Susanoo's sword descended, cleaving him in two before he could make another move.
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