The Uchiha's Path to the Top, Starting from Konoha

Chapter 71 A howl like a wild beast weeping blood

Uchiha Wu'an staggered and almost fell to the ground. His face was deathly pale. He quickly swallowed a few soldier pills to relieve the weakness in his body caused by the large amount of chakra being extracted.

In his original conception, this space teleportation array based on the Flying Thunder God Technique would be established in various locations throughout the ninja world. Then, through artificial means, the tailed beast [Zero-Tails], which absorbs the dark emotions in people's hearts, would be used as an energy source to operate the space teleportation array.

Now that he has no chakra energy around him, and he can't just watch the Ino-Shika-Cho trio die here, and it's not even the chakra-wielding Uchiha Muan, he's really feeling a bit weak.

"Looks like I'll need to carry a power bank with me."

The lack of chakra was always a problem. Uchiha Muan thought of the Two-Tails Matatabi and his promise to take Minamoto Kaori to catch the big cat, and shook his head.

With the situation having developed to this point, there is no time for leisurely living.

After his chakra was restored, Uchiha Wu'an flashed and rapidly approached Kumogakure. His crimson Mangekyou Sharingan was revealed, and he instantly teleported into the area with the most Kumogakure ninjas.

Instantly, the third stage of Susanoo appeared, a blood-red warrior over seventy meters tall, directly drawing a forty-meter-long katana. Every move he made was accompanied by wind and thunder.

Bathed in the radiant afternoon sun, it displays a brutal aesthetic of violence.

"What's going on with the Uchiha clan's Susanoo here?!"

"Where is Lord Raikage?!"

The two Kage-level ninja stationed in the village were caught off guard. One of them had just cried out in alarm when he was cleaved into a bloody pulp by a sword. The other Kage, seeing that things were not going well, ran directly to the warehouse where the Six Paths Ninja Tools that sealed the Two-Tails were stored, trying to release the Two-Tails. However, he was spotted by Uchiha Takeo and stomped to death on the way.

He no longer had the playful mentality of cat and mouse. Under the scrutiny of [Tian Chang Li Zun], no one could hide. It was impossible to make any underhanded moves. The stronger the opponent, the more likely they were to be eliminated first.

With the two remaining Kage-level ninjas dead and the Third Raikage still unable to control the situation, the remaining Cloud Village ninjas are fighting their own battles.

Some elite Jonin led their subordinates in a combined ninjutsu, with blinding lightning illuminating the sky, only to be torn apart by a giant samurai sword, their bodies crushed into mud.

Some trembled and waited to die, while others, filled with dread, fled in all directions—this monster, stronger than a tailed beast, was simply beyond their ability to resist.

Furthermore, since the opponent is only one person, as long as you run faster than them, you can survive.

However, no one can escape from the domain of [Tian Chang Li Zun].

The Cloud Village ninjas, having lost their will to resist, died in droves, like wheat being harvested by a combine harvester in a field.

Two hundred, four hundred, eight hundred...

Blood mixed with soil and stones stained the ground red, and all the cries of agony were buried in the billowing dust.

When Uchiha Muan turned around, apart from a few Jonin who were deliberately controlled by Sharingan genjutsu, the entire Hidden Cloud Village was completely wiped out, with no living creatures left!

Step, step.

Heavy footsteps echoed at the entrance of Kumogakure. The Third Hokage, A, with dark skin and a "thunder" tattoo on his right shoulder, who had just finished dealing with the laboratory matter, stared at the scene before him in disbelief.

The mountain wind howled on the high cliff, and a blood-red warrior stood there. At his feet was a village devastated and bleeding profusely.

Even though after the deaths of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Kumogakure was about to regain its former dominance in the Land of Lightning, and with the full support of its own ninjas disguised as daimyo, it received a steady stream of material aid.

The good old days of Kumogakure were within reach, but then they were struck by a devastating disaster!

How can he possibly serve Lord Madara anymore, and how can he create an era that belongs to Lord Madara!

"You damned bastard who deserves to go to hell!"

"Go to hell?"

Uchiha Muan looked down at the Third Hokage, A, who had walked right into his trap. His crimson Mangekyou Sharingan swirled around him as he looked at him indifferently. The Mangekyou Sharingan power within A, though different in origin, made him sneer. "He's just a pathetic worm being manipulated without even realizing it."

"Come and face your death! Your men are waiting for you on the road to the underworld!"

"I am the Raikage, how could I possibly be controlled by someone!"

"I will kill you to atone for the sins of the dead!"

The Third Hokage, A, was consumed by rage. He roared furiously, staring intently at Uchiha Takeyasu inside Susanoo. But then a thought suddenly occurred to him: why should he be angry because he couldn't do things for Uchiha Madara? He should be furious because the village was destroyed!

Madara Uchiha's unbreakable genjutsu, under the violent impact of the destruction of Kumogakure and guided by Uchiha Takeo, caused a crackling sound to ring in the mind of the Third Hokage, A. Then, it expanded like a spider web until it shattered completely like a mirror.

As if a filter had been removed, when the third-generation Ai looked at the world again, he understood what he had done all these days, and tears streamed down his face as he let out a mournful howl like a wild beast crying blood.

"Uchiha! Uchiha!"

Dazzling lightning flowed across the Third Hokage A's body, condensing into a substantial lightning armor. The speed at which the man soared into the sky was so fast that it could be seen with a Mangekyou Sharingan, but was difficult for the human body to react to.

Super Shadow!

Uchiha Takeo was startled, then overjoyed.

"Hellfire Thrust - One-Shot Punch!"

In the blink of an eye, the Third Hokage, A, delivered a lightning-fast piercing strike that pierced through the Susanoo's chakra body amidst his ferocious gaze. Under Uchiha Takeo's calm eyes, it continued to pierce through the bones blocking its path before finally coming to a quiet stop.

With a flash of light, a section of an arm was severed.

With a contorted face and contorted in pain, Third Hokage A kicked Susanoo and used the recoil to propel himself backward at lightning speed.

When the Third Hokage landed on the ground, he used Lightning Release chakra to burn his bleeding severed arm while staring at the blood-red warrior who had recovered completely, and murmured a desperate groan.

"How can such ninjutsu, such bloodstains, such unreasonable power exist in this world!"

"Are these your last words?"

Holding a blood-dripping katana, Uchiha Muan indifferently watched the one-armed dog below, controlling Susanoo to slash down again and again.

While his third-stage Susanoo didn't have as many arms and weapons as Madara Uchiha, it was significantly stronger in terms of power and height.

After more than a dozen cuts, amidst a cloud of dust, the Third Generation Ai, who had maintained high-speed movement, was panting heavily. His face showed visible fatigue, and the rationality that had returned after his rage was returning to his mind. He had a faint thought of retreating.

(We must unite with the other ninja villages, and even the entire ninja world, to jointly defeat the Uchiha!)

With himself as an example, the Third Hokage A did not believe he could not persuade them—just as Madara Uchiha could control him, so too could Takeo Uchiha control the Kage of each village.

Now, the only thing the third-generation Ai needs to do is figure out how to escape.

"Have they run out of ideas?"

"Before these eyes, even the shadow of a great nation is but dust."

Uchiha Wu'an's eyes flickered slightly, and his Susanoo's forty-meter-long katana slashed at the Third Hokage, A, once again. As he moved at lightning speed, his figure instantly appeared in the direction the Third Hokage was heading.

"Uchiha Style: Wind and Lightning Slash!"

With a single strike imbued with the power of wind and thunder, the Third Generation Ai, in his astonished and terrified gaze, decisively severed the head of the Six Yang Leader.

Thus, the Hidden Cloud Village, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, was destroyed!

(End of this chapter)