Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 330 Red Maple Fox
Uchiha Zhong collapsed to the ground, his eyes filled with despair.

The rainwater is full of toxic pollen. When the pollen falls on your body, it flows into your ears, seeps into your skin, and, most importantly, gets into your eyes.

My eyes feel sore, swollen, and painful; the magatama (a type of eye ornament) rotates abnormally slowly and sluggishly.

As expected of the old clan leader, Uchiha Madara, he understands their Sharingan so well.

He couldn't move and could only watch helplessly as Uchiha Dao and several special Jonin were crushed to death by tree trunks.

Those who haven't died are just like me, about to be submerged by the tree trunk.

Three tree trunks coiled around him like venomous snakes.

The pressure from the tree trunk is increasing...

Uchiha Zhong suddenly remembered his first mission outside the village.

When I first graduated from the Ninja Academy, I encountered a giant anaconda over twenty meters long in the Land of Waves.

The giant snake would coil around its prey, slowly tightening it, crushing its bones, and strangling it until it suffocated.

Uchiha Zhong heard the creaking sound of his bones straining under the weight, a sound that sent chills down his spine.

It turns out that when a bone breaks, the vibration reaches the head before the pain.

Just then, he heard the sound of more tree trunks breaking through the soil.

It's over...it's completely over...
Half of the Uchiha clan's elite troops that he had brought with him were about to die here...

What should the family do in the future?
Is the Uchiha clan about to follow in the footsteps of the Senju clan so soon?

The three tree trunks were already pushing his body to the brink of collapse, and suddenly a dozen more tree trunks appeared nearby; he was about to be crushed into mincemeat...

Higashika will also die here. Fugaku is not a Jonin yet. Who will be the next clan leader?
The clan lost 4 Jonin and 12 Special Jonin in the battle, losing half of its elite forces. How will the village treat the clan in the future?

Just when Uchiha Zhong felt desperate, he suddenly found that his body felt a little lighter.

Looking down, I saw that the newly grown trunk had squeezed into the cracks in the old trunk and pushed the old trunk open.

A thin twig burrows into the old trunk, and the twig quickly grows into a thick trunk.

The tree trunk created by Madara Uchiha has common green leaves.

Red maple leaves are growing on the new trunk!

It seems... to be two types of Wood Release?
Whose red maple trunks are these? Why are they fighting against the old trunks?

Not only himself, but Uchiha Touka next to him also broke free from the tree trunk and fell down.

Judging from Uchiha Toho's condition, his left leg had just been severed.

"Wood Release: The Tree Realm is coming!"

A voice rang out nearby.

It wasn't Madara Uchiha's voice, it was...it was a fox's voice?
The red maple wood release created a gap, allowing Uchiha Zhong to escape the strangulation of the tree trunk and fall from a height of four meters.

As he fell through the air, he saw the Dark Fox rushing into the depths of the Tree World.

The fox clasped its hands together, surrounded by rows of red maple tree trunks emerging from the ground.

The red maple tree trunk pushed aside the old tree trunk, and the surrounding environment instantly relaxed.

The newly sprouted tree trunks are covered with red maple leaves, a fiery red expanse.

This was designed by Nightlight. Both are Wood Release techniques, but Madara Uchiha's Wood Release has broad green leaves, while Nightlight's Wood Release has red maple leaves, subtly matching Nightlight's title of Bronze Fox.

These leaves will consume a little chakra, but it doesn't matter.

Momentum is also a form of strength.

In this situation, you must have a commanding presence.

Victory or defeat is temporary, but being cool lasts a lifetime.

The red maple tree trunks formed a huge maple forest, which pushed aside the tree trunks created by Uchiha Madara, revealing the tree hole where Uchiha Madara was!

Madara Uchiha stood in front of a tree hole halfway up the tree, his eyes slightly surprised. Why was there someone here who had mastered Wood Release?
The luminous figure formed a hand seal once more.

Sharp thorns grow from the trunk of the maple tree.

All the spikes were pointed at Uchiha Madara.

Wood Release: Insertion Technique!

Hundreds of sharp spikes shot out, piercing Uchiha Madara from different angles.

Susanoo instantly appeared around Madara Uchiha.

The wooden spears used in the skewering technique were all blocked by Susanoo.

Susanoo's strength was very high; the Piercing Technique couldn't break through its defenses. Nightlight frowned, turning her head to look at the charging wooden dragon.

Wood Dragon quickly defeated the Aries Squad and the Deer Squad, and charged towards itself.

With a wave of his hand, Ye Guang moved more than a dozen red maple tree trunks, wrapping around Uchiha Madara's wooden dragon.

Wood Release is extremely flexible and suitable for dealing with large opponents.

Madara Uchiha, inside Susanoo, looked down at the Konoha Anbu on the ground.

"When did Konoha produce such an Anbu? They actually mastered Wood Release!"

A white Zetsu emerged from the tree trunk beside Madara Uchiha and said:

"Lord Madara, this ANBU member is codenamed Fox, and the people of Sunagakure call him Copper Fox. He possesses a strange absolute defense technique, and physical attacks are ineffective against him."

"Physical attacks are ineffective? There's no such thing as an absolute defense technique in the ninja world. Let me test just how strong his physical defense is."

Madara Uchiha exerted his power once more, muscles appeared on the skeleton of his Susanoo, and he wielded a large sword, slashing fiercely at the ANBU fox.

The trunks of red maple trees formed arch bridges above Ye Guang's head.

Each tree trunk is two meters thick.

After Susanoo's greatsword cut through more than a dozen tree trunks, it ran out of kinetic energy and crashed into the Wood Release: Wood Barrier, but failed to break through the barrier.

Madara Uchiha was taken aback. He hadn't even managed to force out an absolute defensive technique with a single sword strike, and he couldn't even break through Wood Release.

For a moment, Madara Uchiha was even somewhat dazed, just like when he fought Hashirama's Wood Release, unable to break through the Wood Release's defenses.

Why does this person have such a strong talent for Wood Release? Is he a member of the Senju clan?
In the distance, Hinata let out a long sigh of relief.

The fox squad leader is too strong; during the terrifying descent of the Tree World, he created a safe zone for the Uchiha ninjas.

Moreover, Madara Uchiha's powerful sword strike was blocked using only Wood Release.

The fox squad leader hadn't even used his signature absolute defense yet.

Madara Uchiha looked down at the Konoha Anbu and said:

“Not bad, Red Maple Fox, you have already reached one-tenth of Hashirama Senju’s level in Wood Release.”

Hinata, watching from afar, was startled; this news had to be relayed to the village.

The fox squad leader's Wood Release strength is actually one-tenth of the First Hokage's.

Even Madara Uchiha called the fox squad leader 'Red Maple Fox'?
The title given by the enemy is the only true title. Those who call themselves emperors are always just 'little emperors,' fake GOATs.

The fox squad leader has acquired a second title: Red Maple Fox!
Ye Guang thought to himself, "That's about enough."

He didn't come to kill Madara Uchiha; he came to demonstrate Wood Release and its value in uniting the people.

This battle tested the strength of Wood Release. In battles between Kage-level ninjas, the agility, offense, and defense of Wood Release were all top-notch.

What he lacks now is chakra.

If one possesses a chakra level exceeding that of a Kage, the power of Wood Release will be even greater.

Forcing out Madara Uchiha's Susanoo and withstanding its attack is already a remarkable achievement.

Nightlight's true aim was to leverage his united front value and, taking advantage of Lynx's death, to secure a position as deputy head of the Dark Division.

I can't keep pretending anymore; pretending too much makes me look like I'm dead.

Susanoo raised his greatsword, and the glowing wooden ingots scattered.

He turned to look at the reconnaissance squad. Hyuga Echizen was watching them. Good, the village will soon know how he's performed.

The luminous light leaped backward.

In mid-air, he flung out several iron vines, which wrapped around eight severely injured Uchiha.

Nightlight led them away from the combat zone.

When Yagami finally looked at Madara Uchiha, he realized that Madara wasn't even looking at him.

Following Madara Uchiha's gaze, Yakko saw Madara looking at the brothers Uchiha Nobi and Uchiha Kirika, both of whom were unable to move due to poisoning.

After taking another look at Uchiha Nobi, Ye Guang felt that something was amiss.

He used Wood Release to withstand Madara Uchiha's attack, but Madara was looking at others. Did he think these two were more valuable than him?
The reconnaissance team, two ANBU teams, and the Uchiha members being dragged behind by Yagami using iron wire vines, all fled in panic.

The antelope, supporting the white sheep, came to Nightlight's side in fear.

"Captain! Aries' chest has been crushed by Wood Release!"

Nightlight had the Aries team and the Deer team stop the Wood Dragon Technique, but unexpectedly, the Aries team was seriously injured.

(End of this chapter)