The earth began to shake violently.

Even though they were standing on the water, which was more than a meter deep, the Kirigakure ninjas could feel the earth shaking.

Accompanied by violent shaking, countless saplings broke through the ground.

The new saplings grew rapidly, passed through the stagnant water, rushed upward, then stretched their bodies, developed dense side branches and leaves, and grew into giant trees with canopies.

As the giant tree grew, the sea water on the ground was quickly absorbed as nutrients, and the hundreds of meters wide water area turned into a forest in the blink of an eye.

The geographical advantage created by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen together disappeared just like that.

Kurochu Raiya's eyes were bared, he ignored the wildly growing trees around him, and howled as he used his strongest ninjutsu towards Uchiha Yu.

Lightning Release: Sky-Splitting Thunder Snake

Hundreds of lightning snakes emerged from his body, shining with lightning, and rushed towards Uchiha You from all directions.

“Well done!”

Biwa Juzang shouted loudly, swung the beheading sword in a circle, and chopped it diagonally at Uchiha You's back, blocking his retreat route.

Xiguashan Pufferfish Demon, Kurishil Kushimaru, Tongcao Yebairen, and Wuli Jinpachi were either too fat, weak, or injured, so their movements were inevitably half a step slower, but they all launched the attack.

They all understood that the key to victory and life and death was not the surrounding trees, but the Konoha ninja in front of them.

They couldn't see Uchiha Yu just now, and faced with endless wood-style branches that could plunder their chakra, they had no choice but to hand over their lives to Kuroko Raiga.

But now, a ninja using Wood Release Ninjutsu has appeared, how can we miss this opportunity?

As long as he is killed, the surrounding big trees will naturally not be a threat.

However, all the attacks missed and Uchiha You disappeared in front of them.

This was not the instant teleportation technique, nor was it the Flying Thunder God Technique of transferring, but he ended the illusion.

As the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, the ability that Uchiha You values ​​most is not ninjutsu, but the Taiyin spirit body that he named himself.

That is the Sharingan illusion.

When he just arrived, the time was too tight and he hadn't made any preparations for the illusion.

But now he has already completed everything, and what appeared in front of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen was naturally an illusion that could be mistaken for the real thing.

Not only does this illusion look very real, the dialogues are very realistic, and it can even allow for real battles.

In the history of the Uchiha clan, there are two illusions that are at the pinnacle of all illusions. Izanami can deceive the world, and Izanami can deceive time.

Uchiha You is very interested in these two ninjutsu.

He planned to attack Uchiha Madara, not only to eliminate one threat, but also to seize these two ninjutsu.

As a result, he really killed Uchiha Madara, copied his past, and got so many things, except for these two illusions.

It was not until he kicked over Uchiha Fugaku and ascended the throne of the clan leader that he obtained these two ninjutsu.

Uchiha You was very satisfied with the effects of the Ultimate Illusions, but was dissatisfied with the price they had to pay, so he had the idea of ​​developing a new illusion of his own.

Uchiha You claims to be a cultivator, but he has no foundation and no master. He has come to where he is today by relying on messy knowledge and intuition, and it was not easy for him to embark on the grand path of golden elixir.

He knew that what he needed to do next was to comprehend the laws, purify the natural energy, and combine the two to cultivate the golden elixir.

In his ignorance, he messed around and created two gods' vests. The divine power he created became the best means to refine and purify natural energy.

But he had no idea how to comprehend the laws.

It’s not that he doesn’t know the law of time, the law of destiny, the law of gravity, and the four fundamental forces, but that he only knows the general idea and cannot understand them in depth.

The last time he engraved the Five Elements Natural Energy Law and Space Law on his golden elixir, he almost failed because the core law of cause and effect was not stable enough.

Uchiha You relied entirely on luck and barely completed the second level of engraving of the golden elixir and pushed the golden elixir to the next level.

But he already knew clearly that the foundation of the golden elixir had been shaken and he absolutely could not proceed with the third level of engraving.

What Uchiha You needs is not a rough understanding of the existence of laws, but a deep understanding and perfection, preferably to the extent of blending with or competing with the nature of heaven and earth.

As an immortal, it is impossible for Uchiha You to completely transform into nature. His own core laws must be different from those of the rest of the world, and the path of integration is naturally impossible.

Thus, the Golden Elixir Realm came into being.

With the help of the Jindan virtual world and the ninja world, Uchiha You can intuitively observe the laws, find the differences and discrepancies among them, and make adjustments and modifications based on the real laws.

This method is very effective, but the Jindan Void Realm is not tolerated by the Ninja World. The degree of confrontation is too intense and the existence time is too short, so the progress is always limited.

Originally, Uchiha You had already made plans for a protracted war, but after obtaining the two illusion techniques of Izanami and Izanami, his intuition gave him a new clue.

So he combined illusion and the Golden Core Virtual Realm, and by deceiving the world, he prolonged the existence of the Golden Core Virtual Realm, giving himself enough time to observe and learn.

So Uchiha You is working hard to study illusions.

Just when he was a thousand meters away from the battlefield, carefully thinking over his illusion operation and pondering every detail.

Uchiha Yu used Wood Release at will, and without anyone controlling it, he overwhelmed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

The dark clouds in the sky exhausted their last charge, and the hundreds of lightning bolts were reduced to only three or five, and finally disappeared along with the dark clouds.

When Uchiha You was awakened by the quietness of the environment, the battle was completely over and the center of the battlefield had turned into the densest primeval forest.

In the deepest part of the forest, there are six huge wooden balls, and the resistance inside them is changing from the fierceness of the dying struggle to the calmness of taking the last breath.

Uchiha You shook his head, feeling a little bored.

His current strength was really too strong. Facing these ordinary Mist Village jonin, even if he wanted to restrain his strength and play for a while longer, he couldn't do it.

With just a simple move of Wood Release (World of Trees), all the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were defeated.

He wasn't even given more opportunities to hone his illusion skills.

If the Seven Ninja Swordsmen could practice water jutsu to the level of the Second Mizukage, and their properties could be changed to produce heavy oil, the situation would naturally be different.

The situation would be different if they could possess the Second Hokage's water style deformation power and use the indestructible water style: Water Break Wave or Water Style: Hard Vortex Water Blade.

Even if the Snow Clan of the Hidden Mist Village had not been destroyed, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen included an ice-style ninja, the situation would have been very different.

Of course, the situation of their total annihilation will not change, but at least the Tree World Descent cannot easily destroy them.

These Mist Village jonin can witness the Wood Dragon Technique and even the Wooden Man Technique.

It can be said that the death was of some value.

At this moment, Uchiha You smiled: "It turns out that not all of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen are useless. There is still a decent ninja."

He looked at the six wooden balls and gently clenched them with his hands.

Wood Style: Tree Binding Eternal Burial

The wooden ball suddenly squeezed inwards according to Uchiha You's will, and then turned into a spherical rhizome, digesting and absorbing the prey inside, and growing into a bigger and stronger tree.

What made Uchiha You laugh was one of the wooden balls. When it shrank, it suddenly deflated, as if it was completely empty inside.

Immediately afterwards, a big hole was drilled on the wooden ball, and a round figure covered with spikes rushed out.

Right in front of this figure, Uchiha You, who appeared out of nowhere, clapped his hands and praised, "What a big pufferfish."

The figure in front of him was indeed beyond Uchiha You's expectations. Although traces of the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon could still be seen, his appearance had definitely changed drastically.

The originally 250cm tall body became taller and rounder, and the obese body completely turned into a ball.

This ball is thorny, with sharp bone spurs all over its body. There is a huge fish fin on its back, and its hands and feet look more like the webbed feet of a sea lion, with short, thick and solid bone spurs protruding from the joints.

Whether it is the thorns on the body, the sharp points of the fins, or the sharp bone spurs on the joints, they all glow with a faint blue light, and you can tell at a glance that they are highly poisonous.

The most terrifying thing is his face that is integrated with his neck. The green facial lines are stretched into real fish gills, and the blood-red gill filaments are revealed when they open and close.

The long orange hair is replaced by long, sharp spikes, making this puffer fish look more like a lionfish.

The Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost has completely transformed into a fishman.

Uchiha Yuu just looked at him, and the sound of "Wr ar Wlgrmgg wgr lga" rang in his mind.

The sound was so realistic, so nostalgic, as if he had traveled through time again and arrived at the riverbank of Azeroth.

But surprisingly, because of its severe deformation, the Xiguashan puffer ghost does not look scary at all.

Perhaps he no longer looks like a human being, and his entire body is full of fish characteristics, so he has escaped the influence of the uncanny valley effect.

Uchiha You couldn't help but nodded and commented: "Except for the fact that he's too big, everything else looks pretty good. A little ugly-cute."

"This mouth full of fangs is surprisingly not ugly. I really want to pull them out, grind and drill holes, and string them into a bracelet."

Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost: "..., wow!"

He vomited blood, and it was a lot of blood.

Although Uchiha Itachi did not directly control the Wood Release Ninjutsu, this ninjutsu is inherently alive and can automatically attack the enemy.

When the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost was trapped in the wooden ball, countless wooden thorns were probing his entire body, drilling around and trying to string him into skewers.

Fortunately, he performed the Samehada·Human Body Fusion in time and merged with the Samehada. He was covered with bone spurs, which improved his body's defense and prevented him from being turned into rags like the others.

But whether it is humans or pufferfish, the body's defense is not perfect and there are gaps.

Although the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost fought desperately, some thorns eventually pierced into his body, causing serious damage to his digestive system.

The blood filled his stomach, and he used it as a medium for water escape, trapping the wooden thorns that were wreaking havoc in his body, and spurted them out along with the blood.

The heavy blood loss made the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost's body turn blue. It was so weak that it was staggering and unable to control itself.

Uchiha You frowned and asked, "Are you not able to do it?"

The Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost laughed and said, "Sure, why not?"

As he laughed, a surge of chakra flowed out of him, filling his body.

This chakra actually carries the aura of Uchiha Yu, which is the part that was just plundered by Samehada.

With the chakra replenishment transmitted by Samehada, the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon's condition recovered visibly, the blood in its mouth stopped flowing, and it stood up in just two breaths.

Even his complexion was improving rapidly, changing from blue back to pink and white.

Looks even cuter.

This is Samehada's special ability: Chakra transmission.

Samehada can store the plundered chakra within its body, and can also transfer it to its master upon command.

Because of Samehada's special body structure, it processes chakra like a bee processes honey, giving it powerful Yang escape properties.

The chakra processed by Samehada enters the human body, where it can not only be used directly, but also enhance physical strength and speed, eliminate fatigue, and heal wounds quickly.

The current state of the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon is a bit like Tsunade's Creation Regeneration: Hundred Healings Technique, which can quickly repair injuries and maintain the best combat condition.

As long as he remains fused with Samehada, and as long as Samehada and his chakra are not exhausted, he can consume Yangtun chakra and achieve the effect of rapid regeneration.

Just based on the two skills of Samehada fusion and chakra transfer, Samehada ranks first among the seven ninja swords.

No matter how powerful the destructive power of Thunder Blade Fang is, or how fierce the long-range attack of the Double Blade Flounder is, they cannot shake Samehada's position.

After all, the only ninja sword that can protect its owner from death is Samehada.

No matter how powerful the attack of other ninja swords is, or how fancy their abilities are, they cannot save the lives of fragile ninjas.

Seeing that the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon had declared himself emperor and recovered, Uchiha Yu had also destroyed the bodies of the six Mist Ninjas.

He looked at the last Ninja Swordsman and asked, "You are the only one left among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Have you thought about how to die?"

The face of the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost was terribly gloomy. He stared at Uchiha You, then moved his body slightly and suddenly knelt down.

"Have mercy! Please spare my life!"

"I am willing to surrender. As long as you give me a chance to live, I can do anything, even the confidential information of the Hidden Mist Village..."

A huge ball of flesh, which was over three meters tall, fell to the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, cried with tears streaming down its face, and shouted in an extremely miserable voice.

Uchiha You remembered that Xiguashan Puffer Demon was a shameless person who righteously asked others to keep secrets, but at the same time sold out the information of the Hidden Mist Village.

Uchiha You smiled and said: "A person like you who betrays easily will not be trusted by anyone."

"However, my refusal to accept your surrender has nothing to do with your character."

"Because I said at the beginning that all the Seven Ninja Swordsmen must die here. This is a contest between me and fate."

The Xiguashan puffer ghost stopped kowtowing and his tears disappeared.

He looked at Uchiha You and asked in a trembling voice: "Fate? Contest?"

Uchiha You nodded and said, "Yes, their original fate was that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were chasing Emperor Kai, but they encountered Might Dai who was protecting his son, and four of them died and three of them defected."

"I stirred up a lot of trouble in the ninja world and changed all the conditions, but something like this still happened."

"This is intolerable. I will never yield to fate, so all seven of you must die!"

The Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost was furious: "Why are you fighting against the fate of the devil? Why should I die? Why?"

Uchiha You said as a matter of course: "Because my fist is big."

Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost: “…”

After staring in amazement for three full minutes, the fat pufferfish actually struggled: "No, this shouldn't be the case. You are the strongest ninja in Konoha Village!"

"Uchiha Yuu, you should be responsible for Konoha Village!"

He refused to give up, racking his brains and coming up with a perfect reason: "As long as they have my information, Konoha Village will be able to take down Mist Village without any damage."

"The Hidden Mist Village has come out in full force this time. With my information, you will be able to win this battle as quickly as possible."

"After the victory, the only ones that Konoha Village has to face are Iwagakure and Kumogakure. They are killing each other because of the death of the Third Raikage."

"With just a little more effort, Konoha Village can end the war!"

The chubby pufferfish stared at Uchiha You with its round eyes and a look full of hope.

The Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost said in a tone full of lust: "Just think about it, just think about it, with my information, how many people in Konoha Village can be saved from death?"

"Isn't it a good deal to use my worthless life in exchange for hundreds or even thousands of lives in Konoha Village?"

Uchiha You couldn't help but nodded and agreed: "Although he looks silly, his brain is actually very useful. I have to say, Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Ghost, what you said makes sense."

“But I don’t accept it.”

The puffer ghost collapsed and yelled, "Why?"

Uchiha You gave an explanation because he used his brain: "What you said makes sense, but it is only limited to the level of ninja."

"If you had surrendered to me two years ago, I would have agreed without hesitation. After all, this concerns the lives of thousands of Konoha ninjas, and I am not a cold-blooded monster."

“But not now, because everything is different.”

"I am no longer within the ninja realm, and your Fifth Mizukage is also not within the ninja realm."

"If it weren't for the existence of your Fifth Mizukage, do you think the Kirigakure ninjas would be able to leave the Kirigakure?"

"Do you think I won't block the gate of the Hidden Mist Village like the previous clan leader Uchiha Madara did?"

Uchiha You's image gradually became transparent, turned into a phantom and gradually dissipated. At the same time, a more real Uchiha You walked out from behind the phantom.

The Xiguashan Puffer Ghost couldn't tell any difference between the two Uchiha You.

But he just knew that the second person who appeared was the real one.

Because that kind of trembling from the heart and the fear of facing the behemoth cannot be faked.

Uchiha You glanced at the oversized pufferfish and said with a smile: "I will kill all the Seven Ninja Swordsmen as a proposition for gambling with fate. It turns out that it is not you seven weaklings who are testing me."

Then he looked into the depths of the forest and said, "The real test I need to face is here..."

In the primeval forest formed by Wood Release, a thin mist appeared at some point.

A young figure stepped out of the fog.

The Watermelon Mountain Puffer Ghost followed Uchiha You's gaze and blurted out:

"Godaime Mizukage-sama!"