Inside the Hokage Building.
Clatter.
The pipe in the hand of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, fell onto his desk, spilling hot ash all over the floor.
He stood up and looked in the direction of the Uchiha Clan Compound.
The office door was pushed open, and the two Hokage Advisors, Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado, rushed in.
Utatane Koharu said,
“Hiruzen, did you feel it? This massive Chakra… it’s the Mangekyō Sharingan! And it’s in an extremely terrifying form!”
Homura Mitokado said,
“Aside from Uchiha Madara’s Nine-Tails Rebellion back then, I’ve never seen such astonishing ocular power! Could the Uchiha Clan be launching an armed coup?!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi didn’t speak.
“This aura is violent, but there are no signs of it moving toward the center of the Village.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi walked to the window.
“In the entire Uchiha Clan, only Shisui of the Body Flicker possesses the Mangekyō Sharingan. This power must have been unleashed by Shisui.”
“Shisui? What does he want? Is he trying to intimidate us!”
Homura Mitokado asked.
Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head.
“Danzo’s constant pressure on the Police Force lately has already pushed the Uchiha to the edge of the cliff.”
“We’ve long been aware of the radicals’ movements; the risk of a coup increases exponentially every day.”
“Hiruzen, what should we do now?”
Utatane Koharu asked.
“If the Uchiha really make their move tonight, with our current troop deployment, we’re simply not prepared for a full-scale response.”
“Once war breaks out, Konoha will surely suffer a major blow to its vitality!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent.
Facing this kind of power, even if he was the Professor of Ninjutsu, he wouldn’t be able to handle it.
“Pass down my orders!”
Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around and commanded toward the empty shadows,
“Dispatch the Anbu elite to the outskirts of the Uchiha Clan Compound to investigate the situation.”
“Remember, do not alert them, and absolutely do not initiate conflict.”
“Before we understand Shisui’s true intentions, everything must focus on stabilizing the situation.”
“Yes!”
Several responses came from the shadows as several Anbu ninja vanished from the spot.
Meanwhile, at the Uchiha Clan Compound, in the Great Arena.
A Perfect Susanoo dozens of meters tall stood amidst the ruins, dark red Chakra burning on its surface.
That pressure forced the hundreds of Uchiha Clan members present to keep their heads down.
“Hahaha, Lu Ming, do you see it! This is the power of a god!”
Fugaku stood within the crystal at the Susanoo’s forehead, tears of blood flowing from his eyes.
“Die!”
Fugaku controlled the Susanoo to draw a massive Chakra sword dozens of meters long and slashed down toward Lu Ming on the ground!
A massive roar echoed!
Before the giant sword even landed, the wind from the blade carved a chasm into the floor of the Great Arena.
Fierce winds howled, sending sand and stones flying.
“It’s over! Lord Lu Ming can’t dodge that!”
“There’s nowhere to run from such a wide-range destructive attack!”
On the high platform, those clan members who had just defected to support Lu Ming closed their eyes. Find the original chapter at g.com.
However, Lu Ming, standing at the very center of the blade wind, did not move.
He looked up amidst the gale, watching the falling giant Chakra sword.
“The power of a god?”
Lu Ming said.
“Fugaku, your understanding of power is simply laughable.”
Lu Ming drew the short sword from his back, the tip pointing straight at the massive Susanoo.
“Today, I’ll let you know that so-called gods…”
“…are meant to be broken!”
The Chakra within Lu Ming’s body surged.
Hum—!
Fluctuations surged from within Lu Ming, covering the short sword in his hand.
A cluster of flames, appearing both cyan and gold, ignited on the blade.
These flames didn’t have the high temperature of ordinary Fire Release; they were illusory and ethereal, radiating a dangerous aura.
“That… what kind of flame is that?!”
Uchiha Inabi stared at the cyan-gold fire on Lu Ming’s blade.
“No temperature? How can Fire Release have no temperature!” Yashiro said.
The Susanoo’s giant sword slashed down toward Lu Ming’s head.
“Still playing tricks when death is at your doorstep! Be torn to pieces!” Fugaku shouted loudly.
Lu Ming gripped the hilt with both hands, fueling the cyan-gold Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire.
“Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire: Slash!”
Lu Ming swung his blade against the dozens-of-meters-long giant Chakra sword!
Swish—!!!
A cyan-gold blade light shot out from Lu Ming’s blade, crashing into the Susanoo’s giant sword.
Before the dozens-of-meters-tall Susanoo, this blade light seemed insignificant.
However, when the two made contact…
The Susanoo’s giant Chakra sword was split in two the moment it touched the cyan-gold blade light!
“What?!”
Fugaku stared at the giant sword.
The blade light’s momentum didn’t decrease; after cutting the giant sword, it struck the Susanoo’s thick Ōburuma Armor.
Rippp—!!!
The Susanoo armor, hailed as the absolute defense, was sliced open before the cyan-gold blade light.
The blade light traveled all the way up from the Susanoo’s chest, slicing this dozens-of-meters-tall dark red demon god open!
“No! This is impossible!”
Fugaku shouted.
Before he could even react further, a sudden change occurred.
The Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire attached to the blade light spread onto the Susanoo’s massive body as it was sliced open.
Whoosh—!
The cyan-gold flames swallowed the dozens-of-meters-tall Susanoo.
“Extinguish! Extinguish, damn it!”
Fugaku squeezed the Mangekyō ocular power from his eyes, pumping Chakra into the Susanoo’s body in an attempt to douse the flames and repair the Susanoo’s form.
However, to his despair…
The more Chakra he funneled in, the more violently the Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire burned! Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
These flames were using the Susanoo’s Chakra as fuel to strengthen themselves!
“Arghhh—!!!”
Fugaku let out a tragic scream.
His ocular power, Chakra, and life force were all being devoured by these cyan-gold flames!
Under the burning of the Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire, the Perfect Susanoo rapidly melted and collapsed.
The massive dark red skeleton shattered, turning into a sky full of light specks that were completely devoured by the Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire.
Pfft!
When the Susanoo collapsed, Fugaku suffered a backlash of ocular power and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Watching the Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire burning in mid-air and spreading toward him, Fugaku’s mental defenses crumbled.
He no longer cared for his dignity as Clan Head, nor the outcome of the duel.
“Monster… you’re a monster!”
Fugaku screamed as he fell from mid-air.
He didn’t even want the ninja sword he had dropped on the ground; covering his bleeding eyes, he fled the Great Arena and disappeared into the night.
The entire arena went silent.
Not a single sound was heard.
Only the cyan-gold Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire still burned in the air above the Great Arena.
On the high platform, hundreds of Uchiha Clan members stood frozen in place.
The Great Elder’s mouth hung open, his dentures falling to the ground.
Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Yashiro, and others felt their legs go weak and slumped to the ground.
Uchiha Shisui gripped the railing, his breathing rapid.
No one had expected this!
Who would have dared to imagine it!
That legendary god-like power capable of rivaling the First Hokage’s Wood Release, the ultimate faith of the Uchiha Clan—the Perfect Susanoo!
It was actually smashed to pieces by a single strike from Lu Ming!
Gulp…
Someone swallowed hard, breaking the silence.
Immediately after, the entire arena erupted in exclamations.
“Good heavens… what did I just see? The Susanoo was cut down in one strike?!”
“How is this possible? That was the ultimate power of the Mangekyō, yet Lord Lu Ming hasn’t even activated his Sharingan.”
“What on earth is that flame?! It can actually burn Chakra completely clean.”
“This is simply ten thousand times more terrifying than the legendary Amaterasu that can burn everything.”
The clan members looked at Lu Ming, their previous frenzy fading into awe.
While the entire clan was in shock…
Behind Lu Ming, a young female ninja stepped forward.
She was Lu Ming’s core confidante, Uchiha Nanami.
Uchiha Nanami lifted her chin.
She looked around the arena and explained,
“You frogs at the bottom of the well naturally cannot comprehend the greatness of my Lord!”
“This is a brand-new Bloodline Limit—Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire—independently developed by Lord Lu Ming by combining extreme Yin Release spiritual energy with Fire Release Chakra!”
Nanami pointed at the cyan-gold flames in the air.
“It has no physical form and no temperature, yet it can permeate and burn directly from within the enemy.”
“Whether it be Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, or materialized Chakra like the Susanoo, the Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire can devour it and transform it into energy to strengthen itself.”
“Before the Lapis Lazuli Karmic Fire, any defense is merely a futile supply of energy!”