Chapter 430

Although he said so, the speed of Xu Feng’s hands was not slow at all.

He kicked a ninja beside him away with a casual, dashing motion, snatched the ninja’s sword, and turned into a blur of afterimages. With red light gleaming in his eyes, he harvested the lives of the melee troops like a Grim Reaper.

Meanwhile, at the Allied Forces headquarters, Yamanaka Inoichi, who was responsible for monitoring the battlefield and relaying information through sensory ninjas and ninja tool devices, was already drenched in sweat. He shouted loudly, "The Second Division! They’ve been almost completely wiped out!"

"It’s Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui!"

Uchiha!?

Upon hearing these two names, the Fourth Raikage and Tsunade, who were presiding over the base as the Supreme Commander and Chief of Staff, both had their expressions change drastically.

The participation of Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi right from the start had the audience hyped up.

In what direction would the battle develop next?

Huang Tu, the captain of the Allied Shinobi Forces' melee division, had just fallen.

Opposite him, the Susanoo on Uchiha Itachi’s body, which had originally been skeletal, began to sprout strip-like meridians that converged on the bones, forming skin and turning into a humanoid shape.

Susanoo. Second Form!

Boom!

Another sword strike descended!

The thousands-strong melee army was like grasshoppers facing a human, easily crushed into minced meat! "Bastard! How dare you do that to my father—"

Kurotsuchi’s eyes welled with tears as she gritted her teeth and said hatefully.

The next second, Kurotsuchi, played by Pang Di, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve and lunged fiercely toward Uchiha Itachi. "No! Come back quickly! Miss Kurotsuchi!" Hinata’s expression changed drastically, and she shouted out in alarm.

However, having lost her father, Kurotsuchi paid no heed. Her eyes were filled with an emotion called "rage." As she charged toward Uchiha Itachi, she performed hand seals at high speed. "Earth Style: Rock Pillar!" Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Kurotsuchi slammed her palms onto the ground.

Around the orange-red Susanoo, several jagged stone pillars the size of buildings suddenly rose, stabbing toward the orange-red half-body giant.

The three-bladed Mangekyo in Uchiha Itachi’s eyes glanced over coldly.

The Susanoo swung its sword!

BOOM!!!

The rock pillars shattered, and the sword energy surged toward Kurotsuchi. "Susanoo is simply invincible!"

Seeing this scene, many viewers couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It could attack and defend, and it was effective at both long and short range.

Anything below the Kage level was killed instantly.

It could only be said that it lived up to its reputation as the ultimate move that caused the power scaling in the later stages of Naruto to collapse.

"Rotation!"

However, at the critical moment, two figures landed in front of Kurotsuchi, blue chakra overflowing from their palms as they spun their bodies rapidly.

They turned into two blue energy spheres, helping Kurotsuchi block the incoming flying rocks and sword energy.

It was Hinata and Neji!

"Are you alright? Miss Kurotsuchi."

After barely blocking the aftermath of the attack, Hinata hurried to Kurotsuchi’s side to ask.

"Mm..."

Kurotsuchi showed a look of gratitude, but there was more unwillingness.

Her own attack actually couldn't do anything to that Uchiha Itachi at all!

"Hinata! Neji! Hurry and leave! To deal with Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui, at least Kage-level powerhouses are needed!" Hyuga Hiashi turned his head and shouted sternly.

At his age, he had of course heard of the great names of these two.

However, just as Hyuga Hiashi shouted this, Uchiha Shisui, who was on the other side slaughtering everyone with a blade and occasionally glancing over with the corner of his Sharingan, shouted sternly: "Little girl with the Byakugan! Watch out!"

Reminded by Uchiha Shisui, everyone turned to look.

They discovered that Uchiha Itachi’s second sword strike had already come!

And this time, the targets were Hinata and Kurotsuchi! "No, no, no, no!"

Seeing the two female ninjas played by the two young beauties being rapidly approached, the fans didn't even have time to post comments; they just kept muttering rapidly in front of their screens. "It's too late to use Rotation!"

Neji, not far away, was shocked. In the split second between life and death, Neji didn't even know what he was doing.

He threw himself forward, his whole body forming a "big" shape, blocking in front of Hinata. "Brother Neji!?" Hinata exclaimed.

"I didn't expect... I would also walk the same path as my father, dying to protect someone from the Main Branch... Father, was this the feeling you had back then?" Blocking in front of Hinata, at the final moment of life and death, the image of his father, Hyuga Hizashi, appeared in Neji’s mind.

He revealed a relieved smile.

This scene was exactly like the one in the original work from his past life where Neji was killed by Obito’s Wood Style: Cutting Spikes to protect Naruto and Hinata.

[Holy crap! Big brother-in-law! Don't!]

[Is Xu Feng such a dog that he’s going to kill a main character in the very first episode?]

[Can you be a human being? Neji has only had a few years of peaceful life and you want to kill him? Can't you kill Inuzuka Kiba instead?]

[Politeness: Are you Inuzuka Kiba?]

If one were to rank the childhood misery of the Konoha main cast.

Neji might be second only to the Crown Prince and the Second Pillar.

His father was tricked to death by the Cloud ninjas and the Third Hokage, he grew up in hatred, and after finally being educated and persuaded by Naruto’s "Talk no Jutsu" during the Chunin Exams, he only had two or three years of good life before Kishimoto sacrificed him to the heavens.

It was a bit miserable.

However, just as Neji, standing in front of Hinata, finished this regretful-sounding remark, all the viewers felt he was about to go offline.

Another figure appeared in a "big" shape.

Blocking in front of Neji, who was in the same posture.

Puchi!

The Susanoo sword pierced through the other person’s body.

Neji and Hinata, especially Neji, were stunned into speechlessness.

Because the one who blocked the attack for them was none other than the head of the Hyuga Main Branch, Hyuga Hiashi!

"Father!!!"

Hinata shouted, nearly collapsing.

As for Neji, he was frozen in place, his whole person dumbfounded.

"Lord Hiashi, wh, why..."

Neji asked with a trembling voice, unable to believe it.

The head of the Main Branch protected him, a member of the Branch House!?

"Main Branch, Branch House, whatever... it doesn't matter now... *cough*..."

Hyuga Hiashi, whose upper body was almost entirely pierced by the Susanoo sword, spoke with difficulty. Halfway through, he spat out a large mouthful of blood and said arduously: "Neji, just like... your father, my younger brother Hizashi... did not die to protect the Main Branch, but died to protect the village and to protect his older brother. The current me... is also not protecting the Branch House or the Main Branch, but simply dying for my niece and daughter..."

This final regret of Hyuga Hiashi made countless viewers feel a soreness in their noses.

Just as he said, many fans remembered the words spoken by his twin brother, Hyuga Hizashi, when he went to his death in the first season—I am not dying to protect the Main Branch, but to protect my brother and the village. And now, the older brother, Hyuga Hiashi, also said the same words—I am not dying to protect the Branch House, but to protect my niece and my daughter.

This symmetry was perfect. "Father..."

Hinata cried uncontrollably.

"Don't, don't cry, Hinata... From now on, you have to rely on yourself... Move forward bravely, never give up... Isn't that your Ninja Way?" Hyuga Hiashi used his last bit of strength to smile. "Do your best, whether as a ninja, or... as a wife." Hearing his father’s words, the image of Naruto appeared in Hinata’s mind.

But the next second, Hyuga Hiashi’s body tilted.

He collapsed powerlessly.

Hyuga Hiashi, killed in action!

And the first episode came to an end here.

[I’m damn, Xu Feng is really never disappointing when it comes to killing characters. Maybe he thought killing the main cast was too exciting, so he killed the protagonist’s father-in-law right off the bat.]

[Hyuga Hiashi’s presence has never been strong, but honestly, the ending Xu Feng designed for him, symmetrical with his brother, really sublimated this character who didn't have much screen time.]

[These Uchiha brothers are too awesome; they almost decided the direction of the battlefield single-handedly.]

[Should we start a betting pool to guess who Xu Feng will kill next?]

[Although Uchiha Itachi is scum, his abilities are truly cool. Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo—the three-piece set. I’m afraid even if the Five Kage came, they wouldn't dare say they could win against him.]

[Don't forget Uchiha Shisui hasn't even made a move yet, and there’s also Nagato with the Rinnegan.]

The tense and exciting first episode ended, and the fans finally had the time to express their thoughts in the comments and review sections.

The two people killed in the first episode, Huang Tu and Hyuga Hiashi, didn't have any important roles before and belonged to relatively insignificant characters.