Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 562 Another Battle and the Difficulty

"Oh, the Flame Fan... that's a familiar weapon!"

Ignoring the Kusanagi Sword, Madara knew his guess was pretty much right the moment he saw the Flame Fan.

This kid was indeed the biggest surprise of the plan, and the reason he was summoned ahead of schedule.

A series of sharp, whistling sounds, like blades cutting through the air, rang out.

"Arrogant!"

Seeing that Toshiro not only provoked him but also launched an attack, Madara, who was not originally too keen on joining forces with Hashirama to besiege a junior, was shocked.

Unable to hold back any longer, I took the initiative.

With a wave of his hand, a flash of blazing white light appeared, and a long chakra sword formed from Storm Release material materialized in his hand.

With a casual wave of his hand, he deflected several attacking longswords, creating a series of clanging metallic sounds.

"Kid, a technique similar to shadow clones... creating numerous longswords to attack the enemy, quite an idea!"

"However, can your chakra withstand this kind of drain?"

By knocking away the obstructing Kusanagi swords and ignoring the white smoke that burst forth as they dissipated, Madara rapidly approached Toshiro and slashed at his neck with his sword.

"Flame Fan...those two pieces of trash!"

Seeing his sword strike land on the Flame Fan with a muffled thud, Madara, knowing its properties, was about to retreat.

The fan in front of him immediately unleashed a violent wind pressure, sweeping towards him.

"You think you can just leave like that?"

"I haven't properly entertained them yet!"

A strong wind blew by, and Ban's figure was no longer in front of him.

However, Toshiro was not surprised. A blue-white light flashed on the Kusanagi sword in his hand and spun around his body.

A chakra light blade, about ten meters long, swept around Toshiro's body in a 360-degree sweep.

This attack not only blocked Madara, who had come back behind Toshiro, but also blocked the First Hokage, who was preparing to attack Toshiro.

"You think you can defeat me like this?"

He gave a disdainful sneer.

A large ring of blue bones appeared on Madara's body, and an arm that looked like a skeleton swung a huge fist and smashed it towards Toshiro.

"I was once the owner of the Flame Fan, and I know its strengths and weaknesses perfectly well!"

"You actually expect to defend against my attacks with this ninja tool? Don't you think that's naive?"

The Flame Fan can indeed negate ninjutsu attacks, absorbing the opponent's ninjutsu or chakra, and then turning it into a whirlwind to counterattack.

However, there is a limit to how much physical attack it can withstand.

This limit is not the limit that the straight-flame fan can withstand, but the limit that the fan's owner can withstand.

Power is reciprocal. As the master of the Flame Fan, Toshiro must withstand the impact of the Flame Fan when defending against physical attacks.

Take Susanoo's fist, for example.

"Ban, stop getting so worked up!"

After making a couple of sarcastic remarks, the original generation on the other side wasn't idle either.

"Wood Release: Tree World..."

"..."

Are you here to mediate a fight, or to add fuel to the fire?

Before the First Hokage could unleash his ninjutsu, Toshiro's Kusanagi sword transformed into a streak of light and shot towards the First Hokage's forehead.

"You're not the only one with eye techniques!"

Turning around, the red Susanoo deflected the attack coming from behind with a wave of his hand.

"snort!"

He snorted coldly.

Having never fought against a Susanoo before, Madara was somewhat unaccustomed to it.

However, he did not stop there. His chakra surged in his chest, and a straight ray, about the thickness of a thumb, shot towards the direction where Toshiro was.

"Storm Release?"

Upon seeing this beam of light, Toshiro raised an eyebrow, flicked his flame fan, and a blue barrier appeared inside Susanoo, adding another layer of protection for him.

At the same time, he pointed his hand towards the First Generation in the distance.

The Kusanagi sword he had thrown at the First Hokage was turned around and used to continue stopping the opponent from using Wood Release.

"How dare you be so fickle when you're facing me."

Seeing this, Madara almost laughed out of anger.

What does this kid take Uchiha Madara for? Just some nobody he can easily deal with?

Bang!

A deafening roar followed by the cracking sound of Susanoo shattering.

"I would love to focus on fighting you, but... the circumstances don't allow it!"

Toshiro was also helpless in the face of Madara's accusations!

It's a bit easier for you, but for the First Hokage, if he were to unleash his Wood Release, the problem would be much more serious than yours, don't you know that?

"Besides, I haven't neglected anything!"

He opened his palm downwards, and a mass of black matter slowly took shape in his palm, eventually becoming an iron rod about 1.5 meters long.

"Yin-Yang Escape?"

Upon seeing this scene, Madara, who was initially furious, froze, his expression becoming somewhat uncertain.

Just then, a series of cracking sounds came from the ground, like plants breaking through the soil.

"Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World"

The first generation's ninjutsu has already been used.

Looking up, he saw a "zongzi" (a type of rice dumpling) with a diameter of nearly two meters, wrapped tightly in vines, lying quietly beside him.

"As expected, the Kusanagi Sword alone is simply not enough to delay the First Hokage."

Toshiro was not surprised by this result.

It would be truly bizarre if the first generation were stumped by a Kusanagi sword.

"The First Hokage's Wood Release was truly extraordinary!"

Looking at the branches, they seemed like monstrous pythons, constantly twisting and turning, sometimes attacking head-on, sometimes spreading their wings to surround him.

Toshiro had to admit that while he still possessed Yamato's Wood Release, there was still a significant gap compared to the First Hokage.

Judging by sight alone, the chakra carried by those vines and the spirituality they possessed were far beyond what he could compare to.

It's not that his skill in Yang Release is inferior to his opponent's, but rather that the two are involved in different fields.

One is single-minded and makes a living from this.

The other option is to be indecisive; there are simply too many methods to choose from.

"We can't let these Wood Release techniques get us entangled!"

There's not much to say. Once the First Hokage's Wood Release entangles you, it's extremely difficult for you to escape.

Toshiro immediately spotted a direction, leaped up, and intended to avoid the opponent's attack.

"Where to go?"

Although the idea was good, Madara, who had been observing Toshiro's every move, appeared at the right time on Toshiro's inevitable path.

A giant Susanoo arm swung down at Toshiro without any hesitation.

"That's really..."

This is the downside of dealing with two opponents at once: while you're dealing with one person, the other is always observing your every move, waiting to launch a fatal attack.

If it weren't for the fact that Madara used 25 clones in the original story, and that the First Hokage also had no shortage of chakra, Toshiro really wanted to use the Clone Technique.

Otherwise, it would be quite difficult for one person to deal with both of them!

(End of this chapter)