Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha lacks motivation.

Chapter 16 Super Giant Fireball

Uchiha Fuuka's hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and his scarlet pupils emitted a grayish-white aura.

The whirlpool clan member in front of him was as strong as a monster. Although his physical skills were not too bad, he could only be suppressed after a few rounds. Whirlpool Hanamichi's powerful fists could even withstand the katana made of refined iron in his hand.

Not only that, his chakra reserves far exceeded mine, and his chakra had not diminished at all despite being released for so long. And this was before my opponent even used his trump card. Fighting him was like playing with a child.

With little interest, Whirlpool Flower yawned, facing the renowned "Hidden Fire God".

He had been holding high expectations, but before he could even warm up, it was almost over, and that illusion had posed a slight threat to him.

"How boring. If this is all you've got, then get out of the way. I'm going to find Mito."

Uzumaki Hanamichi waved his hand without even lifting an eyelid, knocking away several shuriken thrown by Uchiha Fuuka. He saw his shuriken being easily knocked away by his opponent.

Uchiha Feng Huo was not frustrated; instead, he had an expression of having figured out his plan. He suddenly swung his hands forward, and the shuriken that had been knocked away suddenly changed course as if they were being manipulated, heading towards the whirlpool flower stalk that was standing still.

In an instant, the sword in hand circled the swirling flower path several times, perfectly missing all vital points.

"Is this all the accuracy the Uchiha clan's throwing techniques are capable of?"

Still unmoved, Uzumaki Hanamichi uttered a sarcastic remark, and the next moment he felt a tightness all over his body.

"The art of shurikenjutsu (shurikenjutsu)."

With his ten fingers wrapped in Uchiha silver-colored silk threads, Uchiha Fuuka gave Uzumaki Hanamichi a taste of the same bondage play as her sister, but that wasn't the end of it.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique".

Uchiha Fuujina conjured scorching flames from his mouth, and a fire dragon spewed forth, soaring along the silken threads in his hand towards the bound Uzumaki Hanamichi, only to be engulfed by the flames in an instant.

Seeing his opponent burned into a human torch, Uchiha Fuuka-no-Namichi did not let his guard down. He raised his katana and slashed at Uzumaki Hanamichi, who was engulfed in flames.

As the blade drew ever closer to his opponent's head, Uchiha Fuuka felt a surge of triumphant joy.

But the next second, a horrifying scene unfolded: an arm engulfed in flames firmly gripped his blade, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free.

"Combination techniques? That's quite rare."

The sound of leisurely swirling flower arrangement drifted out.

At this moment, Uchiha Fuuka realized that although the opponent was clearly surrounded by raging flames, he did not let out a single cry of pain.

"Bang!"

As the aura around Whirlpool Flower Path tightened, the binding threads and the burning flames attached to it were shaken off, revealing its intact body.

Shaking off the slight fever from his head, Whirlpool Flower Path opened his mouth in praise.

"As expected of the Uchiha with the fan, his fire-playing skills are truly magnificent."

With his eyes feeling dry, Uchiha Feng Huo swallowed hard. This Uzumaki clan guy's physique was just too monstrous.

A sense of despair instantly welled up in his heart, while on the other side of the battlefield, Uchiha Ryoichi and his companions were still locked in fierce combat.

The long-haired vortex clan on the opposite side had an expression of complete ease; it seemed that defeat was only a matter of time.

"Is this really where it all ends?"

Uchiha Feng Huo couldn't help but feel a pang of regret, thinking about how he had spent his life on the battlefield and had ultimately perished in such a mission.

Feeling his chakra was almost depleted and his Sharingan eyes were unable to hold on, he struggled to lift his head and look at the sky. The events of his first half of life flashed back like a revolving lantern.

The image finally settled on a curly-haired man with a warm smile. A hint of nostalgia appeared in Uchiha Feng Huo's eyes, but then, as if remembering something, his gaze became even more resolute.

"I'm not completely burned yet. The longer I can hold you off, the higher the chances of that kid surviving."

With that thought, another surge of power welled up within Uchiha Feng Huo, and his previously closed Sharingan quietly opened.

With this emotion, the three tomoe in his eyes began to spin rapidly and showed a tendency to gradually connect together.

Frowning, Uzumaki Hanamichi, relying on the powerful sensory abilities of the Uzumaki clan, discovered that the Uchiha clan member before him, who should have been on the verge of death, was actually bursting with intense chakra, and a sinister aura swept over him.

"This is?"

Uzumaki Hanamichi had seen enemies who burned their life force in desperate situations, attempting to perish together with their enemies, but the Uchiha clan seemed to lack such methods, or perhaps they were just bluffing.

While Uzumaki Hanamichi was distracted by his thoughts, a strange chakra rose from behind Uchiha Fuuka and slowly condensed into a bizarre shape.

Just as that aura was about to solidify, a figure flashed in front of Uchiha Feng Huo, holding a Wu Ku in one hand. Uchiha Yin landed in what he thought was a cool pose.

"Am I late?"

After saying that, he flashed what he thought was a cool smile.

With the sudden appearance of Uchiha Gin, the changes in Uchiha Fuuka came to an abrupt halt, and he stared at the person in front of him in disbelief.

"What the hell are you talking about! **&……*&%……￥%……"

Uchiha Feng was furious. He had finally prepared to sacrifice himself to give Uchiha Yinbo a way out, but he didn't expect that this kid would come back to die again.

"Um, shouldn't you, old Deng, be moved to tears?"

Uchiha Gin was bewildered by the barrage of insults he received. He was furious that he had come back to save the day only to be scolded.

"You've arrived."

After his anger subsided, Uchiha Feng Huo sighed.

"I am coming."

"You shouldn't have come."

"But I still came."

"Are you two ever going to stop? Are you just trying to pad your word count?"

Having been ignored by the two for so long, Uzumaki Hanamichi's hair stood on end with veins bulging.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry."

Somewhat distracted, Uchiha Gin scratched his head sheepishly and offered a perfunctory apology with deadpan eyes.

"You despicable Uchiha, how dare you come back? Where did you hide Mito?"

Upon seeing that the newcomer was the lewd Uchiha who had "touched" his precious little sister, Uzumaki Hanamichi clenched his fists, which cracked loudly.

Staring at the Uzumaki muscular man's fist, which was as big as a sandbag, Uchiha Gin swallowed hard and touched the divine weapon given to him by Uzumaki Mito in his arms.

"I hope the stuff that Mito Uzumaki gave me is pretty good."

"Uchiha Gin, why aren't you obeying the captain's orders?"

Once he calmed down, Uchiha Feng Huo asked in a deep voice, his heart filled with anxiety. What was this kid trying to achieve by running back here?

"Captain, let's stop with the idle talk and focus on defending against the enemy."

Uchiha Gin didn't answer his question, but instead drew his katana from behind his back.

"You don't even have Sharingan. When did you awaken it?"

He was speechless at Uchiha Gin's overestimation of his abilities. Didn't this kid know his own strength? What use was there to have another Uchiha Gin if he couldn't even beat him?

But the next moment, he saw the tomoe spinning in Uchiha Gin's familiar dead fish eyes. He was stunned, and a familiar figure appeared before his eyes, overlapping with Uchiha Gin.

"What's the use of this one-tomoe jade? The opponent is a master of physical techniques, and you are naturally weak. Against such an opponent, you are doomed."

Although I'm happy that Uchiha Gin was able to awaken his Sharingan, the current situation cannot be reversed by a single tomoe.

"Don't test my patience, you despicable Uchiha. If you hand over Mito, I might consider leaving you a whole corpse."

With a red chakra cloak rising from his body, Uzumaki Hanamichi spoke coldly, his handsome face adorned with raised, sword-like eyebrows, resembling a lion unleashed from its cage.

"Although I want to say that this is all a misunderstanding, it seems that this misunderstanding cannot be easily cleared up now."

Uchiha Gin felt the opponent's powerful chakra, as if he were being stared at by a ferocious beast, and his muscles instantly stiffened and tensed.

"At this point, what's the point of talking about misunderstandings? Once I break your limbs, I'll make you spill the whole truth."

After saying that, Uzumaki Hanamichi rushed in front of Uchiha Gin and delivered a heavy punch to his arm.

With a strike carrying the power of thunder, the Uchiha Silver Sharingan began to spin rapidly as its owner's adrenaline surged.

Just as the punch was about to hit him, the tomoe in Uchiha Gin's eyes multiplied into two, and with a split second, he raised his sword and stabbed at Uzumaki Hanamichi's wide-open armpit from a tricky angle.

With his exceptional senses, Uzumaki Hanamichi knew that this attack would cripple both of them, leaving them with only one hand intact.

He immediately twisted his body and punched the giant tree next to him. The tree, which took three people to hug, was instantly pierced by the punch and then collapsed, teetering on the edge.

As the thick smoke dissipated, Hakuzo Hanamichi looked at the small cut on his lower ribs with lingering fear.

The wound had already begun to heal thanks to the monstrous physique of the Uzumaki clan, but he was still shocked by the ruthlessness and decisiveness of the other party.

On the other side, Uchiha Gin was also in bad shape, touching his right arm. Although Uzumaki Hanamichi had changed the direction of his punch earlier because he was wary of the slash that traded injury for injury.

However, even the force of the punch tore the skin off his right arm, causing it to bleed profusely.

But miraculously, after only a few breaths, new shoots began to grow from the wound, the bleeding gradually stopped, and he found that the world in his eyes had become clearer.

"The regenerative ability of the Vortex clan is indeed astonishing. I only absorbed a small amount of Vortex bloodline, yet I have such a powerful regenerative ability."

About ten breaths later, Uchiha Gin's wound had miraculously healed, with only a small amount of scab clinging to it.

Si - Wei - Shen - Hai - Wu - Yin

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique".

The first time Uchiha Gin used ninjutsu with normal arms, he formed hand seals. This was the only long-range ninjutsu that the original owner knew. In the original work, this ninjutsu was also called "The Art of Compassion", and its actual hit rate was pitifully low.

Feeling the burning sensation brewing in his mouth, Uchiha Gin felt an urge to spit it out.

He took a deep breath, puffed out his cheeks, and suddenly spat out the fire-attribute chakra he had gathered in his mouth at Uzumaki Hanamichi, who was not far away.

Seeing the huge fireball rushing towards him, Uzumaki Hanamichi's eyes almost popped out of his head, and he looked up in surprise.

"Are you sure that's a Fireball and not a Fire Extinction?"

Normally, the Great Fireball used by Uchiha clan members is only about a hundred cubic meters in size, with a damage range of about ten meters. Uzumaki Hanamichi was very familiar with this move, but he would never have believed this huge fireball, which was several times larger than a normal Great Fireball, if he hadn't seen Uchiha Gin's hand seals.

Moreover, this Fireball was not just for show; with his exceptional senses, Whirlpool Flower Path could clearly perceive the immense destructive power contained within this enormous Fireball.

Unlike the weak Dragon Fire Technique of the Uchiha clan earlier, his body might not be able to withstand this Great Fireball Technique, so he had no choice but to hurriedly retreat to a distance.

There is no inherent hierarchy among escape techniques; their superiority or inferiority is determined by the skill of the user.

The B-rank Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation and Great Fire Annihilation, when released by Madara Uchiha, possess destructive power that can be described as world-destroying.

With his eyes closed, Gin Uchiha stopped his ninjutsu, compressing all the air out of his lungs, and took a deep breath, giving his parched lungs a burst of energy.

At this moment, his chakra was almost completely depleted. He opened his eyes and looked at the forest in front of him, which had been burned into a clearing the size of a football field. He rubbed his dead fish eyes in disbelief.

"Am I under an illusion?"

His tone was somewhat uncertain, and the expression on Uchiha Feng Huo's face, which had been fading away behind him, was exactly the same as that of Uzumaki Hanamichi earlier, with his Sharingan eyes practically popping out.

Uchiha Seiho swore that he had never seen such a terrifying ninjutsu since he could remember. Even Uchiha Tajima, the strongest member of the clan, had never unleashed a Great Fireball of this scale.

Although he was in the aftermath of the Fire Release technique, the terrifying residual heat still made him feel somewhat hot and dry. All the moisture in the air had evaporated, making it difficult to breathe.

"What kind of technique is this?"

Uchiha Feng Huo spoke up, pulling Uchiha Gin back from his reverie. Looking at the horrific scene before him, Gin scratched his curly hair uncertainly.

"Probably... a Fireball Jutsu."

Although the hand seals were from his memory, Gin Uchiha wasn't sure if something had gone wrong just now, since the Great Fireball in front of him was indeed too exaggerated, more than ten times larger than the one the original owner had used.

Could it be the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan?

Uchiha Gin suspected that the surge in his chakra from the Uzumaki clan bloodline he had absorbed was what allowed him to unleash such destructive ninjutsu.

But then he thought again, and realized that he had only incorporated a small amount of the Uzumaki clan's bloodline. According to the system panel, his chakra was only twice as strong as before, and he had no strength to unleash this giant fireball.

If simply having a large amount of chakra could amplify ninjutsu to this extent, then the Uzumaki clan, with their abundant chakra reserves, would have already dominated the Warring States period and unified the ninja world.

"System, system, what's going on?"

Unable to find the cause within himself, Uchiha Gin tried asking the system, but received no answer.

Since the flow of time is different outside and inside the system, he chose to enter the system space the next second.

"***********"

The familiar arena remained unchanged, with the Heart Steel Chest still lying there quietly, its level reset to 0, awaiting tomorrow's refresh.

Turning his head to look at the game console on his right, whose purpose he didn't know, Uchiha Silver Hair noticed something.

The game console that used to display the number 10 on the screen no longer shows the number 10 but a row of "*" signs. Where did the ten points I painstakingly accumulated go?

"Hey, system, are you there? Give me a reply!"

Sensing something was amiss, Uchiha Gin turned and began calling the system.

"The system is loading." A few seconds later, the system's emotionless voice echoed from the void.

"Where did my points go? And what happened to my ninjutsu?"

Upon hearing the system's voice, Uchiha Gin eagerly pressed for more questions.

"Host's strength has been enhanced. System loading speed increased by 10%. Updating, please wait."

Increased strength? Has he become stronger again? Uchiha Gin recalled everything that had just happened. It seemed that he could see Uzumaki Hanamichi's movements more clearly when he was confronting him. Could it be that his Sharingan had become stronger again?

"Ding! Update complete!" As the system notification appeared, the asterisk (*) on the game console screen slowly disappeared and then turned into 0.

"Huh? Where did my 10 points go? The ones with one 1 and one 0!"

Uchiha Gin stared with dead fish eyes, spread his hands and pointed at the game console, questioning.

(End of this chapter)