Fusion!

"Yang Xiang! Look at all of us, we've all come for you. Today, you're doomed to defeat!"

Luo Sha, his face contorted with rage, manipulated the quicksand, roaring as he stared at Yang Xiang in the air.

He is under tremendous pressure right now.

Yang Xiang's goal has always been him.

Even though the Iwa ninja beside him kept using Earth Release to help him absorb the impact, the wind pressure from the sky still scraped his skin like a steel knife.

He vaguely felt that the wind seemed unusually noisy today.

Looking at the rapidly gathering and reinforcing sand wall below, Yang Xiang revealed a playful expression.

The sand control technique combined with earth escape—isn't that the sacred earth and wood technique?

No wonder the sand-controlling ninjas of Sunagakure hold such a high status; they are indeed experts at mining.

"You've come at the perfect time; it saves me the trouble of searching for you one by one."

Faced with the surrounding Chi Xiang Army, Yang Xiang was not flustered at all; on the contrary, he felt much more at ease.

Instead of searching for some kind of scroll in the vast Forest of Death, why not just eliminate all the contestants present and get it over with?

The next instant, the palm collided violently with the solid rock.

A deafening roar echoed through the Death Forest, sending rocks flying everywhere. Towering trees along the way were snapped in half and collapsed with a crash.

Han and Luo Sha were violently blasted away by the force, while Yang Xiang landed steadily, creating a crater several meters deep beneath his feet.

Rasa clutched his chest to steady himself, quickly exchanging glances with the other leading ninjas. They instantly surrounded Yang Xiang, shouting in unison, "Merge!"

Before the words were even finished, a barrage of ninjutsu was unleashed!

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

"Earth Release: Great River of Earth!"

Hozuki Mangetsu burst into loud laughter:

"I'll form the head!"

He then activated the Water Transformation Technique, instantly expanding into a gigantic water monster.

Rasa precisely controlled the sand and gravel flow formed by the fusion of Water Release and Earth Release, continuously pouring it into his body. Iwa ninjas such as Hirotsuchi also injected their chakra into it.

In the blink of an eye, a giant of soft clay, tens of meters tall, rose from the ground. Luo Sha, Huang Tu, and the others all merged into the giant's body and worked together to control it.

Just then, a clear voice resounded in the hearts of all the ninjas who had merged with the giant: "Everyone, the mental link has been established, and you can communicate at any time."

In a concealed location behind the battlefield, Yamanaka Inoichi, under the cover of two teammates, rapidly formed hand seals and used the secret technique of the Yamanaka clan to firmly connect the consciousness of everyone inside the giant.

"Hahaha! Yang Xiang! Witness my full glory! If you kneel down and surrender now, I might spare your life!" Hozuki Mangetsu laughed arrogantly, controlling the slime giant to slowly press down on Yang Xiang.

"Stop talking nonsense, Full Moon, make your move!" Luo Sha shouted sharply, while simultaneously manipulating the mud and sand to gather on the giant's left arm, perfectly merging with the water transformation technique, and throwing a powerful punch at Yang Xiang.

Han and Huangtu exchanged a glance, and simultaneously formed hand seals at lightning speed:

"Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!"

"Earth Release: Super Weighted Rock Technique!"

Two ninjutsu techniques landed simultaneously, and the giant's mud fist was instantly enveloped by layers of thick, solid rock, increasing its weight dozens of times. Like a cannonball, it smashed down towards Yang Xiang's face.

Looking at the combination of ninjutsu before him, Yang Xiang couldn't help but admire it.

Wow, they've even created a combined super robot!

He was about to say something, but then shook his head.

Forget it, why waste words with these people?

Just as Yan Quan was about to strike Yang Xiang, he clapped his hands together.

Hozuki Mangetsu, his eyes bloodshot, frantically waved the giant's arms:

"Ora Ora Ora Ora"

Dipped in soybeans, so refreshing!

Their Hozuki clan's water transformation technique is usually used primarily for taking hits. When used normally, it mostly results in them passively enduring injuries, and they have never been able to launch such a free and unrestrained attack as they have today.

The more you fight Hozuki Mangetsu, the more addictive it becomes.

This is all thanks to my talent and hard work!

"Idiot! Your punches are too fast, I can't keep up!"

Rasa was covered in sweat as he frantically drew mud and sand from the underground swamp while simultaneously manipulating it to shoot out of Hozuki Mangetsu's hand.

Although the attack was not as powerful as the one he could control alone, the combined power of the Water Transformation Technique and Earth Escape Technique made each punch incredibly potent.

However, Hozuki Mangetsu's frequent attacks had almost exhausted him, and he could only grit his teeth and do his best to maintain his strength.

But he was certain in his heart: Yang Xiang absolutely could not withstand such an attack!

Not only Luo Sha, but almost everyone present shared this thought.

The genius of Konoha is about to fall here today.

Fugaku Uchiha, standing on the periphery, narrowed his eyes. He hadn't expected the battle to end before he could even make a move.

He instinctively turned around and hissed, "Rope Tree!"

But there was nothing behind him; there was not a trace of Rope Tree.

broken!

Fugaku Uchiha's heart sank, and he cursed inwardly, "How unreliable!"

Where are the people at this crucial moment?!

The reason why the people of Konoha came to surround him was that if Yang Xiang was defeated, Nawaki would immediately use the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer him away. Otherwise, wouldn't they become sinners who harmed the genius of their own village?

But now, the rope tree has completely disappeared.

Without the slightest hesitation, Fugaku Uchiha unleashed a surge of chakra and charged madly toward the center of the battlefield.

No! Yang Xiang, you must hold on!

If you die here, Mikoto will be heartbroken!

Everyone on the battlefield saw the Uchiha running wildly, but no one stopped attacking; in fact, they attacked even more fiercely.

The mental connection established by Yamanaka Inoichi had been severed at some point, but the people inside the giant's body still cooperated tacitly.

"Shikaku!"

Nara Shikaku, who was on the outside, had already collapsed to the ground, his face deathly pale.

He had just tried to control the giant's movements with the Shadow Imitation Technique, but he couldn't even last a second before being blasted away by that terrifying chakra.

Oh no, this is a complete disaster!

Where did that damn rope tree go?

A murderous glint flashed in Hozuki Mangetsu's eyes as he looked at Uchiha Fugaku charging towards him, and he roared with a savage grin, "Uchiha? Perfect, let's all die together!"

Before he finished speaking, the slime giant suddenly bent down and squatted down, absorbing all the mud and gravel from the ground into his body. Then he leaped up and jumped dozens of meters into the air.

As the giant's limbs trembled violently, sand and stones gushed out from its entire body, shooting wildly downwards.

"Die, all of you!"

Fugaku Uchiha watched in despair as the rock fist crashed down from the sky.

That's too late!

Today, not only Yang Xiang, but he himself will also perish here.

Damn it! It's all my fault for being too weak! If I had greater power, I could definitely change all of this!

boom!

A cracking sound rang in my ears.

Fugaku Uchiha suddenly opened his eyes and saw the sky-covering rock fist shattering inch by inch right before his eyes!

Golden sunlight streamed through the crack, making him squint slightly.

What is that?

Bright green shoots?!

A giant hand covered in wood grain stood firmly against the rock fist, and no matter how hard the slime giant exerted its strength, it could not make an inch of progress!

Immediately afterwards, a wooden dragon emerged from the giant tree, opened its massive jaws, and bit down hard on the mud giant's chest!

Boom!

The entire Death Forest trembled, and the slime giant that Hozuki Mangetsu had transformed into was forcibly pressed into the ground from mid-air!

pain!

It hurts so much!

What on earth happened?!

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. One second the slime giant was swaggering around, and the next it was a pile of mud lying on the ground.

Luo Sha didn't even see what happened. The defensive sand and gravel he had just laid on his body was instantly shattered.

He looked up blankly and saw that the sun in the sky was completely blocked by a tall figure, and that thick wooden hand was still pressed on the ground.

All the ninjas who were still conscious looked up at the figure and gasped in shock:

"Hashirama Senju!"