The Cloud Shinobi gasped in alarm, quickly turning their heads to look upwards.
Uchiha Madara stood perfectly upright on a building behind them, gazing down with an expression as if observing ants.
Dramatically, these shinobi, none of whom recognized Uchiha Madara, who had once shaken the entire world, each bristled with killing intent, almost baring their fangs and claws as they questioned him:
"Who are you? How dare you cause trouble in our Hidden Cloud Village!"
"Destroying our Hidden Cloud Village's Anbu base is an unforgivable crime!"
"Surrender obediently!"
"Why are we wasting words? Let's all swarm him, capture him alive, and hand him over to Lord Raikage for punishment!"
Listening to these words, veins popped on Uchiha Madara's forehead.
Good heavens, he thought, it seems I truly haven't appeared in the world for over a decade. These people actually don't recognize me anymore. It looks like today I'll have to make a big spectacle.
Taking a deep breath, Uchiha Madara found it tiresome to waste words on them.
"Lightning Release! Plasma Cannon!"
In an instant, as Uchiha Madara's chakra was precisely controlled, the rumbling, flashing purple lightning around his body rapidly condensed into numerous purple plasma cannons, hovering before him.
The bizarre sight of purple lightning flashing and roaring utterly shocked these ordinary Cloud Shinobi.
The faces of this group of Cloud Shinobi changed dramatically. Only now did they realize that the enemy before them seemed to be a master, and that they, these individuals, probably couldn't handle him.
Uchiha Madara gave them no time for regret. With a fierce wave of his right hand, countless purple plasma cannons swarmed out, bombarding them from all directions.
Immediately, these unlucky wretches were engulfed and bombarded by the overwhelming onslaught of purple plasma cannons.
In that moment, everything before Uchiha Madara was a spectacle of roaring, flashing purple lightning, exploding plasma cannons, and amidst countless densely packed, covering bombardments, agonized Cloud Shinobi screamed, were injured, and died. Limbs and severed arms flew everywhere, and blood flowed freely.
These Cloud Shinobi, who had just been clamoring and were so ignorant, were mere Chunin or ordinary Jonin of the Hidden Cloud Village. Faced with such a violent, all-encompassing bombardment from Uchiha Madara, they had no power to resist.
These people simply weren't enough for Madara to 'bomb'. In a mere ten seconds, all of them were dead.
For the remaining time, Uchiha Madara then 'bombed' the Hidden Cloud Anbu base before him with all his might!
Endless purple plasma cannons continuously rained down, dirt churned, purple lightning exploded, and the remaining half of the Anbu's underground base was blown apart, layer by layer, piece by piece.
Half a minute later, Uchiha Madara slowly dissipated the purple lightning from his body.
Before him, there was no longer a single person standing. The ground was charred black, forming a perfectly circular crater the complete destruction of the Hidden Cloud Anbu's underground base, scarred with the terrible marks of the covering bombardment. Corpses and severed limbs lay strewn everywhere.
With a cold snort, Uchiha Madara walked forward, directly approaching the scorched earth before him.
Uchiha Madara's comprehensive bombardment had been precise. He had bombed the shinobi within the underground Anbu base, the base's architecture, and even the prisoners inside who had no connection to him.
Therefore, among the now-exposed and overturned underground Anbu base, only one section remained completely intact: the prison where Akame was held.
Standing at this spot, Uchiha Madara directly saw Akame, safe and sound inside.
With a slight smile, his mind stirred, and Akame, still in her prison cell, was instantly transferred to his side using the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
Indeed, the Flying Thunder God formula on Akame's body was sealed and unusable, but as Uchiha Madara stood here, any object within his sensory range could be teleported using the Flying Thunder God Jutsu at will. Therefore, bringing Akame over with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu at this moment was a very simple matter.
Deftly, he embraced the still-sleeping Akame, gently stroked her head, and Uchiha Madara used his exquisite Yin-Yang Release to instantly undo the seals on her body.
Just at this moment, Ay and Killer B arrived.
The two of them stared in utter horror at the scene before them, at the underground Anbu base that had been completely blown open, at the utterly destroyed Anbu headquarters, and at the nearly a hundred shinobi corpses and severed limbs strewn before them.
These were all their fellow villagers! Now, they had all been killed by someone, and the Anbu base was completely destroyed!
Ay and Killer B were instantly engulfed in towering rage. Their eyes, filled with killing intent, immediately turned to the culprit still standing there, Uchiha Madara.
Both of them were juniors, and unfortunately, they failed to recognize Uchiha Madara's identity. They merely took him for an assailant of some strength who had infiltrated their Anbu to rescue someone.
Ay, who had a relatively volatile temper, roared and bellowed at Uchiha Madara:
"...You bastard! How dare you!"
With a roar, Ay immediately activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode!
By focusing Lightning Release chakra throughout his entire body, Ay's body became covered in chakra and blue lightning, activating his physical body and allowing him to use Lightning Flicker. His defensive capabilities also greatly increased.
At the same time, the lightning surging within his body could enhance his neural transmission speed, and as the Lightning Release chakra increased, so too did his defense and speed.
His body filled with raging blue chakra and lightning, Ay furiously launched himself, charging at Uchiha Madara with incredible speed!
"Lightning Release! Lariat!"
In an instant, the raging Ay charged at Uchiha Madara. Without hesitation, he unleashed a punch imbued with furious blue lightning and chakra, smashing it towards Madara's face.
One had to admit, Ay's speed was very fast. However, in Uchiha Madara's eyes, his speed was merely mediocre.
With a nonchalant extension of his hand, Uchiha Madara, with lightning-fast reflexes, grabbed Ay's wrist. Without waiting for Ay to react, he exerted immense power, effortlessly flipping Ay over, then kicked him fiercely in the abdomen.
Puh! With a sound of impact, Ay, who had never expected things to unfold this way, spat out a mouthful of stomach acid mid-air. He was sent flying by the kick, crashing into the ruins of the underground Anbu base. The ground of the Anbu headquarters' ruins violently cracked upon impact, and the debris automatically covered Ay.
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