"Shhh…"
Ning Feng raised a finger to his lips, the corners of his mouth curling into a sinister smile.
As his figure flashed and shifted through the battlefield, several Kumogakure shinobi around him were cut down before they could even finish a sentence!
"The Rain Shadow is here!"
Some ninja watched their comrades get slaughtered in the blink of an eye and immediately fled in panic!
At this point, they no longer cared about missions or war.
Only one thought remained in their minds—
Run!
Run as far and as fast as possible!
"You think you can escape?"
Ning Feng let out low, eerie laughter.
Like the whisper of a grim reaper claiming lives, his chilling voice rapidly spread in the same direction the sea of flames was advancing.
With their commander dead, the Kumogakure forces completely lost their backbone.
Every ninja was fleeing in total panic!
…
"What's going on?!"
Kumogakure.
The Fourth Raikage stared furiously at the intelligence ninja kneeling before him.
Lightning chakra surged violently around his body, as if it might explode at any moment!
"Rain Shadow… Rain Shadow personally entered the battlefield… the Kumogakure forces there are already on the verge of collapse!"
Even the intelligence ninja himself spoke with disbelief.
"The enemy is only one ninja?"
Even A's complexion turned slightly pale.
"Y-Yes!"
After repeatedly confirming the information with frontline communication units, the intelligence ninja answered with absolute certainty.
"How is that possible?!"
The Raikage suddenly slumped heavily back into his chair.
He knew better than anyone how elite Kumogakure's shinobi were.
Even he himself would struggle immensely against ten thousand Kumogakure ninja.
Throughout history…
Only his father, the Third Raikage, had once resisted an army of ten thousand shinobi alongside the Eight-Tails!
But the Third Raikage's strength…
Had already transcended ordinary Kage-level standards.
"Looks like I'll have to head to the battlefield personally…"
A rose to his feet with a grim expression and ordered Mabui beside him:
"Notify the elite corps and the Kage Guard Unit. They're coming with me to the Rain Village battlefield!"
The Kage Guard Unit consisted of shinobi specifically tasked with protecting the village's Kage.
These guards were all elites, many possessing forbidden techniques and secret arts.
Their strength was unquestionably formidable!
"Yes!"
Mabui answered solemnly before quickly hurrying away.
"Uchiha Feng…"
A slammed his fist onto the desk.
The office table instantly shattered apart from the impact point!
Previously, when Ning Feng had extorted Kumogakure into signing treaties and taken away the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, A had endured the humiliation and agreed…
But that had only been because Ning Feng threatened Kumogakure using massive large-scale ninjutsu.
In A's eyes, Ning Feng's true strength lay only in those devastating techniques.
But now…
The latest intelligence claimed Ning Feng could single-handedly crush the entire Kumogakure army stationed in the Rain Village!
That went far beyond simply knowing large-scale ninjutsu.
A understood exactly what it meant for someone to challenge an entire military force alone.
It meant—
Ning Feng had likely already surpassed the Kage level itself!
And might now be an opponent even he could not defeat!
A suddenly regretted not discovering this monster earlier.
If only the allied villages had eliminated him before he fully matured…
But—
It still wasn't too late.
A slowly rubbed the ring at his side, the brutality in his gaze gradually calming.
Uchiha Madara…
That man was a legendary shinobi.
Even with his Lightning Release Chakra Mode active, A had once been utterly defeated without Madara even trying seriously.
If anyone could deal with Uchiha Feng—
It was definitely him!
Thinking this, A simultaneously used the ring to contact both Uchiha Madara and Ōnoki while rushing toward the gathering point of the Kage Guard Unit and elite forces!
…
"Uchiha Feng… personally entered the battlefield?"
Inside a dark underground cavern, Uchiha Madara sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
Beside him, Kabuto Yakushi respectfully reported the latest information transmitted by A.
A caster treating his own summoned dead with such reverence was an exceptionally rare sight.
"My junior really is interesting…"
Madara showed no trace of panic or urgency.
Instead, he merely sighed with faint emotion.
"Time passes quickly… even the younger generation has grown capable of standing on their own now."
Though A's description of Ning Feng's power sounded exaggerated, Madara—once a Konoha shinobi himself—never considered Kumogakure ninja particularly special.
Ever since Hashirama Senju died, everyone else in his eyes had been little more than trash.
Even Uchiha Feng only earned a few extra glances because he was his fellow clansman and junior.
"By the way, Uchiha Feng possesses quite a few Tailed Beasts, doesn't he?"
Originally, Madara had no intention of involving himself in this matter.
After all, this was Kumogakure's own problem.
Even Ning Feng, who was gradually becoming recognized as the strongest shinobi in the world, wasn't enough to spark his interest.
However…
Madara remembered that Ning Feng possessed multiple Tailed Beasts.
"Yes. Several Tailed Beasts are sealed inside his body."
Kabuto pushed up his glasses as cold sweat slid down his forehead.
Simply standing beside Uchiha Madara placed enormous invisible pressure upon him!
Was this the aura of someone who once stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the God of Shinobi himself?
A trace of yearning surfaced within Kabuto.
He didn't want to remain hiding in the shadows manipulating the dead forever.
He wanted to stand openly on the battlefield and confront top-tier monsters like Ning Feng himself!
But…
Without Bloodline Limits or clan support, how could an ordinary person like him ever possibly reach Ning Feng's level?
"Several Tailed Beasts sealed inside him? Without the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, how is that possible?"
Madara tilted his head slightly in confusion.
This junior of his clearly possessed many secrets.
"Madara-sama… Uchiha Feng's strength is genuinely terrifying."
From the darkness, Black Zetsu's face gradually emerged.
"Terrifying?"
Madara frowned slightly.
Black Zetsu was born from his own will.
And now even Black Zetsu was acknowledging this junior's strength?
"He should have awakened the Rinnegan."
Black Zetsu spoke heavily.
This information came directly from White Zetsu scouts hidden near the Rain Village battlefield.
"The Rinnegan? Now things are getting interesting."
For the first time, genuine excitement appeared in Madara's eyes!
He had never expected that besides himself, another shinobi would awaken the Sage's Eyes!
"By the way, Nagato should still be in the Rain Village, correct?"
Madara suddenly asked, suppressing the battle lust flashing through his eyes.
"Yes."
Black Zetsu nodded before shifting his gaze toward Kabuto.
"Madara-sama, I suggest sending out some strong reinforcements. Let Kumogakure see our sincerity."
"Since he awakened the Rinnegan…"
Madara's eyes finally revealed true acknowledgment toward the younger generation.
"Then send those two."
He looked toward Kabuto as he spoke.
"Yes."
Kabuto naturally understood who Madara meant.
A mysterious smile appeared on his lips as he formed a one-handed seal.
Moments later—
Two more coffins erupted upward from the ground.
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