Just as Sara prepared to completely seal the Dragon Vein's power, a sudden change occurred.
The puppets inside the factory began to gather, quickly surrounding them.
A bearded man slowly descended on an elevator.
"Sara, so you aren't dead."
Seeing the man, Sara questioned him angrily. "Anrokuzan, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Anrokuzan scoffed lightly and said indifferently, "I'm going to use the power of the Dragon Vein to unify the entire shinobi world ahead of schedule."
"My ability to travel here—it was all arranged by fate."
Hearing this, Uchiha Obito demanded loudly, "You bastard, are you the one who killed the Queen of Loulan?"
Anrokuzan shrugged noncommittally. "She could have pretended to know nothing, but she insisted on opposing me."
"She had no idea what kind of terrifying monster would appear in the future shinobi world!"
Sara clenched her fists tightly, speaking each word with emphasis. "Anrokuzan, you killed my mother?!"
After years of painstaking effort, his layout for the Dragon Vein was complete. Even without the Loulan Queen's bloodline, the Dragon Vein could continue to operate as he had programmed.
Sara... no longer needed to exist.
However, when Anrokuzan inadvertently caught sight of Uchiha Yuzuru, the expression of certain victory on his face was instantly replaced by terror.
"Y-Y-You... You are..."
"Uchiha Yuzuru?!"
After receiving a confirming silence, Anrokuzan couldn't help but take a few steps back, a ruthless look then surfacing in his eyes.
"I possess the Dragon Vein now. I'm not afraid of you!"
As soon as Anrokuzan finished speaking, the Dragon Vein's power began to riot. The surrounding puppets immediately launched an attack on Uchiha Yuzuru and the others.
Purple energy cannons fired continuously, blasting the factory into ruins in the blink of an eye.
"Let's see how you few perform."
Uchiha Yuzuru scooped up Sara and leapt directly onto a high platform.
Uchiha Obito adjusted his goggles and said confidently, "Let me teach this guy a lesson."
Uchiha Shisui also drew his short sword. "The world shall revolve around Clan Leader Yuzuru's will. I will use my power to correct your radical way of thinking."
Hatake Kakashi remained silent, simply gripping his short sword and charging forward.
Soon, the three of them were engaged in battle with the puppet army.
Benefiting from their previous experience, Uchiha Obito and the others didn't choose to clash head-on. Instead, while dodging the puppet attacks, they began to continuously sever the control threads connected to the puppets.
"It's useless! As long as the Dragon Vein doesn't run dry, my power is infinite!"
Anrokuzan's arrogant laughter rang out as the puppets with severed threads rejoined the battle once more.
Sara looked at Uchiha Yuzuru, who was sitting quietly to the side, and said anxiously, "Yuzuru, aren't you going to help? I could take the chance to cut the connection between the Dragon Vein and Anrokuzan."
She felt helpless. Just how carefree was this guy?
Anrokuzan currently controlled the power of the Dragon Vein!
Seeming to notice Sara's worry, Uchiha Yuzuru comforted her. "Sara, with me here, Anrokuzan is nothing to worry about... even if he possesses the Dragon Vein's power."
Finished speaking, Uchiha Yuzuru pointed his thumb at himself. "Because I am an Uchiha who has mastered the power of a god!"
Seeing Uchiha Yuzuru's confident demeanor, Sara was momentarily at a loss for words.
Anrokuzan did seem afraid when he saw Uchiha Yuzuru just now.
Could it be that this man truly possessed the power to rival the Dragon Vein?!
Since Uchiha Yuzuru wasn't helping, Sara could only stay by his side, silently watching the battlefield below.
At this moment, Uchiha Obito, Hatake Kakashi, and Uchiha Shisui were completely surrounded by the puppet soldiers.
Unlike fighting shinobi, these puppet soldiers possessed the power of the Dragon Vein. Even if they were shattered, they could restore themselves instantly.
They had no fear, no emotions; they simply waved the blades in their hands and continuously fired various energy cannons.
For a time, Uchiha Obito and the others were in perilous danger.
"It's futile. My puppet soldiers are endless. You are destined to die here today."
After recovering from his initial panic, Anrokuzan had calmed down.
He crossed his arms over his chest, looking down from his high vantage point at the struggling trio below, his eyes filled with triumph.
Judging by the current combat performance of the puppet soldiers, the effort he had spent over these years had not been in vain.
As long as the numbers were sufficient, sweeping through the shinobi world wouldn't be a problem, right?
Of course, Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Shisui, and Hatake Kakashi had long since realized the capabilities of the puppet soldiers, so they naturally didn't plan to waste time in a war of attrition.
Although they seemed to be running wildly under the siege, they were actually moving steadily toward Anrokuzan's position.
"Brother Obito, Senior Kakashi, I'll clear a path for you."
Seeing the distance was about right, Uchiha Shisui released the sealing formula on his wrist.
A massive Fuma Shuriken appeared in his hand.
In the next second, Uchiha Shisui coated the Fuma Shuriken in Chakra and hurled it toward the space above the puppet soldiers.
Controlling steel wires with his hands, Uchiha Shisui made the giant Fuma Shuriken spin at high speed, severing the threads connecting the puppet soldiers to the Dragon Vein energy one by one.
In an instant, the puppet soldiers blocking their path all collapsed to the ground.
"Now!"
Uchiha Obito hurled Hatake Kakashi's body forward with all his might.
The next second, accompanied by a flash of blade light, the short sword in Hatake Kakashi's hand pierced Anrokuzan's chest.
"We won!"
Looks of joy appeared on the faces of Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Shisui.
Only Hatake Kakashi sensed something was wrong.
"Hahahaha..."
Anrokuzan laughed loudly. "Did you really think you could defeat me like this?"
"If I want to declare war on the entire shinobi world, how could I not be prepared!"
He kicked Hatake Kakashi away, then threw off his cloak. The parts of the surrounding puppet soldiers began to gather continuously toward Anrokuzan.
Amidst a tooth-aching creaking sound, a giant spider puppet appeared before everyone.
"H-How can this be?!"
"This guy... he actually modified himself into a puppet!"
Seeing Anrokuzan's true form, Uchiha Obito and the others turned pale with shock.
They never imagined someone would transform their own body into such a monstrous state.
Looking at their shocked expressions, Anrokuzan laughed triumphantly. "I stopped being human long ago. The current me has no weaknesses."
"I am the immortal Anrokuzan!"
After speaking, Anrokuzan's massive body launched an attack on the three young shinobi.
Faced with such a gigantic monster, Uchiha Obito and the others could only dodge continuously.
Uchiha Obito unleashed Chidori, charging straight at Anrokuzan.
Seeing this, Hatake Kakashi immediately used his remaining Chakra to form a Rasengan, slamming it ruthlessly into Anrokuzan's body.
Boom!
With a massive boom, two gaping holes appeared in Anrokuzan's body.
However, under the enhancement of the Dragon Vein's power, the damage healed completely in just a few moments.
"See? Mere humans shouldn't dream of defeating me!"
Anrokuzan swung a giant hand that resembled a grim reaper's scythe, slashing toward Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi.
Cold sweat seeped from their foreheads. "We can't dodge it..."
After fighting at high intensity for so long, their stamina and Chakra were nearly depleted.
That last attack had been their desperate final gambit.
Just as death was about to descend, Uchiha Yuzuru made his move.
A brilliant flash of blade light sliced through the air, and Anrokuzan's massive body was split in two.
Uchiha Yuzuru brought Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi to a safe area. "You performed well. Leave the rest to me."
Hearing Uchiha Yuzuru's words, the three of them felt a profound sense of safety.
But before they could speak, Anrokuzan's arrogant voice rang out again.
"Uchiha Yuzuru, so what if you're strong? You can't kill me."
"When your stamina and Chakra run out, I'll use your blood to celebrate my victory!"
Seeing Anrokuzan's body fully restore itself, Sara immediately spoke up. "Yuzuru, you've achieved your goal of training them. Take me to sever the connection between the Dragon Vein and Anrokuzan now."
"To deal with him, I alone am enough."
As Uchiha Yuzuru finished speaking, his pitch-black eyes transformed directly into the crimson Mangekyo Sharingan.
Seeing Uchiha Yuzuru's indifferent expression, anger rose from Anrokuzan's heart, and he shouted, "Die!"
"Puppet Art: Super Dragon Vein Great Fireball!"
A massive fireball mixed with the power of the Dragon Vein surged toward Uchiha Yuzuru, incinerating everything in its path.
Uchiha Yuzuru scoffed lightly, and the skeletal frame of Susanoo appeared.
With one slap, he swatted Anrokuzan's attack away.
Then, before Anrokuzan could launch another attack, Uchiha Yuzuru spoke coldly. "Kamui!"
Space rippled, and Anrokuzan's massive body vanished instantly.
Sara watched this scene in shock, muttering in disbelief, "I-I can feel it. The connection between Anrokuzan and the Dragon Vein has been cut."
"Yuzuru, how did you do that?"
Uchiha Yuzuru smiled and patted Sara's head. "It was simple. I just exiled him."
By banishing Anrokuzan directly into the Kamui dimension, the Dragon Vein's power was naturally severed.
The power of space-time was just that domineering.
Seeing that Sara and the others wanted to ask more, Uchiha Yuzuru said calmly, "Alright, wait for me here. I'm going to finish Anrokuzan off."
Inside the Kamui dimension.
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