Konoha: Offer your heart to the Hokage!

“Just so you know, illusions don’t work on me.” Illaoi cracked her neck, her knuckles snapping. “You’re stronger than I thought; you actually figured it out. That’s annoying…”

"What I want is absolute suppression!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Illaoi suddenly increased her Lightning Release chakra output, the electric arcs around her became even more violent, and her strength and speed soared once again.

This time, the dynamic vision enhancement granted to Uchiha Yan by the three-tomoe Sharingan was rendered useless. She could only barely catch Illaoi's movements and had no time to predict them.

“What a monster…” Uchiha Yan’s face darkened.

She had originally planned to toy with her enemy first, then activate Susanoo, leaving him to die helplessly in despair.

However, the current situation is developing in the exact opposite direction.

Fire Release techniques are ineffective against ninjutsu, genjutsu is useless against taijutsu, and taijutsu is completely outmatched.

She was already completely suppressed. If she didn't activate her Mangekyou Sharingan and release her Susanoo soon, she would be the one who was utterly humiliated...

"Fine."

Uchiha Yan's lips curled into an arrogant smile: "I'll let you experience firsthand the power of the strongest Heavenly Eye in the Three Realms!"

She roared, and the tomoe in her eyes instantly connected, and to Illaoi's astonished gaze, the patterns of a kaleidoscope suddenly appeared.

"Kaleidoscope Sharingan!"

'This...how is this possible? This is Uchiha Madara's...' Illaoi's thoughts were instantly thrown into disarray.

"Susanoo open!"

Uchiha Yan's eyes bulged with veins, and a silver-white Susanoo was projected into the mortal world.

Ha!

Susanoo let out a roar that shook the sea, and the violent shockwave made Illaoi's hair fly wildly backward.

Putting aside their actual combat strength for now, Susanoo certainly pulled off a spectacular show; being cool is a lifelong thing.

Susanoo, second form, here I come!

Illaoi stared in disbelief at the silver-white Susanoo before her, as unpleasant fragments of her childhood memories flooded back uncontrollably.

That was during the Warring States period...

He was only six years old that year.

Under the pretext of training, the elders of the clan took him to Hell Valley when he was young, where he witnessed and participated in the joint hunt against the Uchiha clan.

The commission to suppress the Blood Pond Clan of Hell Valley was issued by the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning. However, this did not prevent the local ninja clans from taking the opportunity to hunt down the Uchiha ninjas who were carrying out the mission.

The elders said that the previous hunts had all gone smoothly.

Even without obtaining the Sharingan, over the years, he still managed to kill more than ten Uchiha clan members.

But that time, the person leading the team was Uchiha Madara.

Madara Uchiha activated the legendary Susanoo, and the blue-armored giant stood in the sky, slaughtering a large number of Lightning Country ninjas as easily as crushing ants.

That scene left an indelible shadow on young Illaoi.

Life is so fragile.

In the face of absolute power, there is no difference between humans and ants.

Having witnessed that scene, Illaoi did not succumb to despair. Instead, she honed her physical body day after day, so that she would not be easily crushed when facing the power of such a giant in the future.

Driven by this unwavering belief, he has grown to where he is today.

More than a decade later, on the Cloud Thunder Gorge, Illaoi saw Susanoo once again.

Unlike Madara Uchiha's giant Susanoo, the Susanoo before them was just a silver-white skeleton, without any veins, flesh, or lower limbs.

It looks like...

boom!

While Illaoi was still in a daze, the giant Susanoo slapped him, sending him flying and crashing heavily onto the rocks not far away.

"This is Susanoo."

Uchiha Yan felt her blood boiling, completely ablaze.

She turned her head to look at her Susanoo, a massive skeletal form, its fists seemingly encased in an incompletely formed gauntlet. Believing in the supremacy of strength, her Susanoo would acquire a gauntlet-like weapon in its third stage.

"Third stage..."

Uchiha Yan subconsciously wanted to unleash more of her eye power; the desire in her heart almost overwhelmed her reason.

But the stinging pain in her eyes pulled her back to reality. Even her warning still echoed in her ears: her kaleidoscope had not yet reached a stable state. If she forcibly activated her eye power to make Susanoo grow veins and flesh and reach its third form, it would only lead to a significant decline in her vision.

She suppressed her agitation: It seems that activating the second form will be enough to deal with Illaoi.

But that desire grew wildly from the depths of her heart. Once she had tasted the power of Susanoo, that feeling of controlling everything made her want to possess more and be stronger.

stomping on...

Uchiha Yan lightly touched the water's surface with his toes and sped off, heading straight for Illaoi, who was embedded in the reef.

Illaoi abruptly broke free from the reef, a frustrated roar rising in her throat. In a flash, she transformed into a blinding blue lightning bolt once more.

He neither dodged nor evaded, his four fingers tightly pressed together, charging forward to meet the massive, silver-white Susanoo's fist:

"Hell Thrust - Four-in-One Hand!"

Like needles meeting wheat awns, under the watchful gaze of the First Raikage's soul, how could I possibly avoid your sharp edge?!

This is Illaoi's belief.

The penetrating hand and Susanoo's fist collided heavily.

Centered on the two, the water beneath their feet rippled with countless tiny waves. Then, a violent force swept in all directions, violently churning up the surrounding seawater, sending sprays several meters high that splashed onto the reefs of Yunlei Gorge.

Illaoi groaned, one of the fingers on her right hand twisted at an odd angle.

The pain of a broken finger extends from the finger to the heart.

Crack...

A piercing cracking sound rang out, and fine cracks appeared on the surface of Susanoo's fist.

Fine beads of blood seeped from the corners of Uchiha Yan's eyes and slid down her cheeks, but her expression remained arrogant: "You are a worthy opponent, but you are no match for my divine power! All your attacks are ineffective against me."

A collision.

Both men sustained injuries, but it appeared that Iloy was more seriously wounded.

"Divine power? Such a weak god..."

Illaoi scoffed, "More than a decade ago, I saw a Susanoo far stronger than yours in Hell Valley."

"You're an Uchiha ninja? Who exactly are you?"

Uchiha Yan remained silent, but once again controlled Susanoo and swung it towards Illaoi.

The Susanoo that appeared in Hell Valley could only be Madara Uchiha.

Don't compare her to other Uchiha!

"Don't you want to talk about it?"

Illaoi roared and unleashed another Hell Strike with her left hand, "I will personally rip that mask off your face!"

"Then I'll throw your corpse onto the Hokage's table and make him pay for your stupidity!"

Chapter 83 Making the Hokage Kneel Before the Hidden Cloud Village (6K)

Bang bang bang!

A series of loud crashing sounds echoed across the sea surface of Yunlei Gorge.

Illaoi paid the price of two fractured fingers, and faced reality.

With only mastering four types of techniques, he is currently unable to break through Susanoo's defenses.

He longed for a brutal, hand-to-hand combat experience.

But circumstances forced him to act recklessly.

Illaoi decisively changed tactics, using the extreme mobility brought by the Lightning Release Chakra Mode to move around the Susanoo like a blue lightning bolt. Instead of confronting the giant fist head-on, she would occasionally launch Lightning Release towards the sea, with streaks of electricity spreading along the seawater, trying to paralyze Uchiha Yan and her Susanoo.

He could see clearly that this second form of Susanoo was not yet wearing armor, and there were flaws in the gaps between its bones and on the soles of its feet.

In this way, Russia relied on its maneuvering and containment tactics.

He forcefully launched a kite at Uchiha Yan, depleting her eye power and chakra.

Even when her movements were occasionally caught by the Kaleidoscope, Illaoi, with her powerful physique, managed to withstand Susanoo's heavy blows, only suffering a trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth, her movements completely unaffected.

Uchiha Yan was exhausted from dealing with Illaoi, who was constantly circling around like a mouse.

At the same time, I clearly sensed that my pupil power was rapidly diminishing.

Vision is a non-renewable resource.

If this continues...

Even if she kills Illaoi, she's still the one who loses.

"The ten-minute limit is almost up."

Uchiha Yan gradually grew anxious, realizing that he could not continue to passively wear down his opponent like this.

So, in the next round of the battle, when Illaoi once again unleashed her lightning bolt at the sea surface, and the electric current spread along the seawater...

Uchiha Yan feigned being paralyzed by the electric current, spitting out blood, and his Susanoo reverted to its first form. He could barely maintain his complete skeletal frame, leaving only his chest armor and one arm, appearing to be at his last gasp.

"Now!"

Illaoi seized this momentary opening, unleashing all her chakra to accelerate, enduring the excruciating pain of her severed finger, and forcefully launched the Four-Handed Strike, aiming straight for her heart.

Just as the attack was about to succeed.

Beneath the mask, Uchiha Yan revealed a cold smile:

"Finally fell for it..."

Susanoo - Third Form!