Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

On the other side, Uchiha Homura, who was controlling the Susanoo giant to beat Orochimaru and Manda, was shocked and felt a great fear.

Just now, he sensed Chizuru's familiar chakra, which was rapidly moving towards him.

A moment later, he saw a familiar figure appear in the sky in front of him; it was his granddaughter, Uchiha Chizuru.

"As expected, he has awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan."

Looking at the four-leaf clover pattern in her granddaughter's eyes, Uchiha Homura felt both gratified and worried.

"How interesting, Flame. Your granddaughter has come to you. I'm sure something very interesting will happen next. Go and bring your granddaughter to my side."

The next moment, a devilish voice appeared deep within Uchiha Homura's soul.

Chapter 267: The Price of Power

"Uchiha Madara, you vicious bastard."

Upon hearing Madara Uchiha's words, Homura Uchiha immediately understood what Madara was planning to do, and cursed inwardly.

However, no matter how much he cursed Madara Uchiha, his body did not respond to his will and firmly carried out the orders that Madara Uchiha had just conveyed.

The next moment, a red light flashed in his left eye's Mangekyou Sharingan.

The crimson Susanoo giant's fan instantly ignited with a black flame, and then it swung it fiercely at Chizuru in the sky, causing a huge black fire dragon to appear and charge menacingly towards Chizuru.

Kaleidoscope - Kawaii Earth Destiny!

"Grandpa, how could this happen?"

Upon seeing this, Chizuru murmured.

Her chakra perception was correct; the mysterious ninja on the ground controlling the giant crimson chakra giant was indeed her grandfather, Uchiha Homura. That's why she rushed over to recognize him immediately after breaking Kirito's seal, but she never expected the outcome to be like this.

A deep, piercing pain shot through Chizuru's heart, causing her to momentarily forget to resist.

"Damn it, Manda, hurry and save them!"

Orochimaru, seeing that Chizuru was in a daze and not responding, shouted with a grim expression.

Although Chizuru's appearance in the sky was different from usual, he recognized that this was Chizuru after activating her cursed seal. As for the changes in her Sharingan, he was shocked, but he didn't have time to think about it anymore.

He knew very well about the relationship between Chizuru and Kirito, and he absolutely could not stand by and watch Chizuru die, even if it was Chizuru's own foolish mistake.

As he spoke, he quickly formed hand seals and shot a large stream of water from his mouth toward the black fire dragon.

Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!

Manda remained unmoved by Orochimaru's words; it had no intention of offering assistance or helping Chizuru deflect Uchiha Yan's powerful ninjutsu attack.

A mere human being, once dead, is gone.

Therefore, Orochimaru's Great Waterfall Technique only weakened the black fire dragon's power to some extent, and was not able to completely stop it.

Chizuru was about to be devoured by the black fire dragon and turned to ashes.

A black fire dragon appeared in front of Chizuru with a three-pronged kunai. Then, Minato Namikaze suddenly appeared in front of Chizuru, grabbed her with lightning speed, and then disappeared into the air with her.

When the two reappeared, they were on the roof of a building not far away.

Ninja Art: Flying Thunder God Technique!

"Well done, Minato."

Orochimaru praised Minato for saving Chizuru at a crucial moment.

"This kid named Minato is not bad."

Homura Uchiha secretly praised and was grateful to Minato for his timely rescue.

At the same time, Minato complained to Chizuru, who had finally come to her senses, "Hey, were you out of your mind just now?"

"..."

Chizuru remained silent after being teased by Minato, but immediately shook off Minato's hand that was on her body and looked at the crimson chakra giant who was being entangled by Orochimaru and Manda not far away with a complicated expression.

Minato finally noticed that Chizuru's mood was a bit off. He had wanted to say a few more things because Chizuru had a bad attitude towards him, his savior, but he had to shut up and look at the crimson chakra giant as well.

He had already keenly sensed that Chizuru had a special relationship with the mysterious ninja who controlled the crimson chakra giant.

This is probably why Chizuru was spacing out just now.

"Hey, this is a battlefield now. There's no time for you to stand around. If you don't want to fight, then leave."

Minato didn't know what Chizuru's relationship was with the mysterious ninja, but he knew that if Chizuru couldn't quickly adjust her mindset, she would only repeat the same mistakes and become a hindrance. So he immediately scolded her.

Chizuru was startled by Minato's rebuke, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

“Grandpa is dead, that’s absolutely true. If he were still alive, he wouldn’t have attacked me. So the grandpa here is fake, a trick the enemy is using to mislead me.”

Chizuru was awakened by Minato's words, and finally calmed down, beginning to make a calm analysis.

Then, a surge of intense anger ignited within her, causing her Mangekyou Sharingan to glow with a blood-red light.

A huge, dark red chakra sternum instantly appeared, enveloping Chizuru. A giant chakra bone hand quickly grew out and punched Uchiha Homura's Susanoo giant, sending it flying more than ten meters away. Large cracks also appeared on the chakra armor on its surface.

At the same time, a powerful aura erupted from Chizuru, causing those around her to show surprise.

Susanoo - First Stage.

Driven by anger, Chizuru unconsciously activated the Susanoo ability hidden within her Mangekyou Sharingan.

"So that's how it is. This is Susanoo, the power hidden in my eyes."

As soon as Susanoo appeared, Chizuru immediately understood what was going on through her bloodline power, and became increasingly surprised and delighted by the changes in her eyes.

She felt a surge of power welling up from her eyes, giving her the confidence to defeat any formidable foe.

"Chizuru, what's wrong?"

Minato, who was standing nearby, was shocked to see Chizuru undergo a transformation similar to that of a mysterious ninja with chakra giant form.

"As expected, Chizuru has also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan."

Orochimaru noticed the changes in Chizuru out of the corner of his eye and finally confirmed that Chizuru had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Interesting, very interesting. This junior has great potential, and the darkness hidden in her eyes is immense. If she weren't Uchiha Homura's granddaughter, she might be a great help to my Eye of the Moon Project."

Madara Uchiha saw Chizuru use Susanoo through Homura Uchiha's eyes, and he became somewhat excited.

At this moment, he had a thought of controlling Uchiha Homura's body to play with Chizuru, wanting to see where the limits of Chizuru's eyes were.

"Unfortunately, I have other things to do."

On a sand dune outside the oasis, Madara Uchiha sighed.

It's not appropriate for him to confront Kirito directly right now. He must use the information gap to confuse Kirito and make him believe that it was Danzo leading the Root organization that did this.

He had already realized that Kirito was approaching Uchiha Homura, and he had to take this opportunity to rescue the other two Edo Tensei puppets.

The next moment, he quickly formed hand seals and used the Impure World Reincarnation technique once again.

Two coffins slowly appeared behind him. As the coffin lids fell, a dark-skinned Cloud Village ninja with a thunder character carved on his left arm and a middle-aged man in a kimono with Byakugan eyes walked out of the coffins.

A wisp of smoke emanated from the two of them, and their previously lifeless skin quickly regained some vitality, while their eyes became lively again.

The two are the Second Raikage and Hyuga Tennin, the former head of the Hyuga clan.

Without a doubt, both of them were renowned and powerful ninjas during their lifetimes.

"Go and rescue those two good-for-nothings."

Before the two could question him, Madara Uchiha forcibly restrained them and gave them orders.

Upon receiving orders from Madara Uchiha, the two immediately took the clothes and masks used to conceal their identities from Madara and quickly put into action.

The Second Raikage activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and appeared in the Konoha camp almost in the blink of an eye.

"New enemies have appeared, and the direction they're moving in... damn it, they're trying to rescue those two sealed guys."

As soon as the Second Raikage and Hyuga Tenjin approached the Konoha camp, Kirito immediately sensed them, and his expression quickly turned grim.

He is strong, but he is ultimately just one person, and he is currently overwhelmed with other matters.

Regardless, he must find Chizuru first. He also sensed Uchiha Homura's chakra. The fact that she had come back from the dead and appeared here was clearly a conspiracy, and the target of this conspiracy was very likely Chizuru.

He decisively used the Lightning Transformation Technique to accelerate, reaching the eastern front at top speed. There he saw Chizuru controlling a half-body chakra skeleton giant fighting against Uchiha Homura's crimson Susanoo giant.

The two colossal beings made of chakra fought without any fancy techniques, only the raw, visceral impact of their punches, interspersed with ninjutsu exchanges.

Judging solely from the degree of openness of Susanoo, Uchiha Homura undoubtedly completely outclassed Chizuru, who had just learned Susanoo.

Uchiha Homura's Susanoo has entered the fourth stage, while Chizuru's Susanoo has only entered the second stage.

However, Uchiha Homura's Susanoo did not gain any advantage over Chizuru's Susanoo, because Chizuru's Susanoo was formed by combining the power of her Mangekyou Sharingan with the enhanced quality of her cursed seal chakra.

It can be said that the Susanoo that Chizuru used at this time was Sage Art: Susanoo. The Susanoo giant formed was not as large as Uchiha Homura's Susanoo giant, but its physical strength was stronger than its opponent's.

This can be seen from the current state of the battle between the two sides.

When Uchiha Homura's Susanoo Giant attack struck Chizuru's Susanoo Giant, it only left a shallow crack, while when Chizuru's Susanoo Giant attack struck Uchiha Homura's Susanoo Giant, it left a fist-shaped mark covered in cracks.

If Chizuru hadn't been using Susanoo for the first time and was still somewhat inexperienced in controlling the Susanoo giant, she might have already been overpowering Uchiha Homura's Susanoo giant with the help of Orochimaru and Manda.

"This is bad. Chizuru only recently awakened her Mangekyou Sharingan, and she's already squandering its power like this. If this continues, she'll go blind very soon."

Others might be delighted to see Chizuru unleash such powerful fighting strength, but Kirito felt no joy, only deep worry.

He knew all too well the drawbacks of the Mangekyou Sharingan. Until it evolved into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan or he obtained the power of Wood Release to alleviate the side effects, these eyes were essentially consumables.

If Chizuru uses the Mangekyou Sharingan so recklessly, her eyes will only end up like Sasuke's – blinded after a major battle.

Furthermore, he now has a huge question in his mind: how can Chizuru, who is clearly afflicted by his Blood Curse Mark, still use the Mangekyou Sharingan freely and even break through his sealing barrier?

"Never mind, we must make Chizuru stop using the Mangekyou Sharingan as soon as possible."

Kirito made a quick decision.

The next moment, he clapped his hands together, and Shukaku's chakra surged from his body. Two huge sand hands immediately appeared behind Uchiha Homura and Chizuru's Susanoo giants, grabbing them tightly.

Then, two blue chakra chains shot out from Kirito's body, flying swiftly towards Uchiha Homura and Chizuru's Susanoo.

Faced with the chakra chains formed by the Adamantine Sealing Technique, which possesses powerful chakra-sealing capabilities, the chakra armor on both Susanoo giants was as fragile as paper and was easily pierced.

Neither of them expected this outcome. To their surprise, they were trapped by chakra chains, their chakra sealed away, and their Susanoo was thus released.

"Kirito, what are you doing? Let me go!"