Brother, if we drag this on, the situation will be unfavorable for us. We must stake everything and gather the remaining genjutsu masters in the Uchiha Clan to deal with that kid named Chu Yang."
"As long as he dies, the momentum of the Senju Clan, which is currently like a rainbow, will instantly plummet, and then we will win this war!" Uchiha Izuna said, under immense mental pressure, his eyes bloodshot.
Uchiha Madara did not respond immediately, his eyes fixed on the crisscrossing chess pieces on the sand table. Just as Izuna said, the Senju Clan was continuously encroaching on their power.
If they continued to maintain the status quo, losing this war was only a matter of time.
"You will personally lead this mission. It must succeed. If it fails, we will never have a chance to turn things around!" Uchiha Madara said heavily.
Uchiha Izuna nodded, then turned and walked out of the secret room.
Watching his younger brother's retreating figure, Uchiha Madara suddenly felt a bit of regret. If he could, he would want to go himself, but he had to hold back Senju Hashirama on the front lines.
Besides him, no one in the Uchiha Clan could withstand Hashirama, and vice versa.
That night, Uchiha Izuna summoned ten genjutsu masters from the Uchiha Clan, preparing to infiltrate the Senju Clan's camp and assassinate Chu Yang.
Of course, there were many more people in the Uchiha Clan who were skilled in genjutsu, but for an assassination, the more people there were, the greater the chance of something going wrong.
Ten people was the optimal number Uchiha Izuna had repeatedly considered, and among these ten, some could even serve as pawns at critical moments.
They knew full well what they were doing, and they went without hesitation.
Under the moonlight, this group of people silently vanished into the darkness.
At the same time, after a day of battle, Chu Yang had returned to his tent to rest.
But for some reason, Chu Yang just couldn't fall asleep.
Even though his tired eyelids were fighting to stay open, he would suddenly wake up just as he was about to drift off.
"What kind of strange negative buff is this?"
After tossing and turning in bed for a long time, Chu Yang angrily got up, sat on the edge of the bed, muttering curses, and then fell into self-doubt, "Could it be that my body is too weak?"
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yang quickly denied it. He was a vigorous young man full of vitality; how could he be weak?
If it wasn't a physical issue, then it was a mental one.
Speaking of his mind, Chu Yang realized that not only had his Haki become stronger, but his intuition had also become sharper than before when facing danger on the battlefield.
"There must be some danger that's making me restless!" A flash of inspiration struck Chu Yang's mind, and he immediately unleashed his Observation Haki with full force, completely enveloping his surroundings.
Through the perception of Observation Haki, Chu Yang discovered that eleven people with unknown auras were crossing the Senju Clan's outposts and heading in his direction.
"An assassination?" Chu Yang sneered, guessing the Uchiha Clan's intention. He didn't expect them to target him for assassination.
Chu Yang used Wood Release Shadow Clone, leaving a clone on the bed, and secretly left himself.
He planned to call for backup and catch them like a turtle in a jar.
To deceive the enemy, Chu Yang did not inform the guards standing outside.
On the other side, Uchiha Izuna, leading the Uchiha Clan's masters, was breaking through the Senju Clan's defenses. After passing each outpost, a genjutsu master would silently hypnotize the guards.
After breaking through layer after layer, Uchiha Izuna led his people to the vicinity of Chu Yang's tent. As long as they dealt with the guards at the entrance, their mission would be a sure thing.
At Uchiha Izuna's signal, five genjutsu masters struck simultaneously, silently causing all the guards to fall into genjutsu.
"Lord Izuna, aren't things going too smoothly?" The oldest elder in the team suddenly spoke.
"The most skilled genjutsu users in the Uchiha Clan are all here. If we fail even with this, then we don't need to continue fighting the Senju Clan; we might as well just surrender," Uchiha Izuna replied coldly.
The old man gave a bitter smile, said no more, and retreated back into the team.
While the others stood guard outside, Uchiha Izuna lifted the tent flap and walked in alone, seeing the sleeping "Chu Yang," whose face showed signs of exhaustion.
"So young…"
The moment Uchiha Izuna saw Chu Yang's face, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was already considered an outstanding talent among the younger generation in the Ninja World, but Chu Yang was even younger than him.
To kill such a young genius, even Uchiha Izuna, as his enemy, felt a sense of pity.
However, Uchiha Izuna knew full well that mercy towards an enemy was cruelty to oneself. If Chu Yang were allowed to grow, what awaited the Uchiha Clan might very well be hell!
Just thinking about this, Uchiha Izuna's expression turned ferocious. He took out a kunai and fiercely stabbed it towards Chu Yang's neck!
The moment the kunai pierced Chu Yang's neck, the sensation feedback to Uchiha Izuna made his face turn pale!
"Wood Clone?!!!"
Chapter 14: Uchiha Loses Its Chance to Turn the Tide [Seeking Reads]
Seeing the "Chu Yang" on the bed gradually turn into a block of wood, Uchiha Izuna's eyes almost popped out!
"How could it be a Wood Clone?!!!!"
Uchiha Izuna screamed heartbreakingly, like a heartbroken suitor mercilessly abandoned by a cruel woman. His heart plummeted to hell, and he knew exactly what this meant!
"Ah!!!!"
"Lord Izuna!!! It's an ambush!!!"
"Help!!!! Lord Izuna!!!"
Uchiha Izuna suddenly ripped open the tent flap, finding dense figures all around him.
Firelight instantly illuminated the area.
His subordinates outside the tent were impaled with kunai and shuriken, lying in pools of blood, barely alive. Some even stared at Uchiha Izuna with wide, unseeing eyes.
It was as if they were questioning him—why did you lead us to our deaths?
"How is this possible?!" Uchiha Izuna painfully looked at Chu Yang, asking in an incredulous tone, "How did you know we would come to assassinate you?"
Chu Yang scratched his head awkwardly and said, "You might not believe me, but I just couldn't sleep and got up for a walk."
Uchiha Izuna's eyes widened.
Immediately after, an expression of humiliation appeared on his face. How could he possibly believe such an excuse?
You say you couldn't sleep, so why was there still a Shadow Clone on the bed?
Overwhelmed with rage, Uchiha Izuna was so furious that he actually spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot!
"Capture him alive!" A trace of reluctance flashed in Senju Hashirama's eyes. It was clear that he did not want to harm his good friend Uchiha Madara's younger brother.
The other clan members received the order and slowly surrounded Uchiha Izuna.
"Kid, did you really just get up for a walk because you couldn't sleep and then discovered these guys planning to assassinate you?" Senju Tobirama asked curiously.
"How could that be!" Chu Yang's eyes darted around, and he began to spout nonsense. "They haven't been able to kill me after so many battles, so they must be up to something bad. I haven't slept for days, maintaining vigilance and strict readiness, precisely because I guessed they would come to assassinate me."
Senju Hashirama laughed heartily, teasing, "You brat, could it be that you're too scared to sleep?"
Chu Yang rolled his eyes at him and said speechlessly, "Clan Leader, if you're going to talk like that, then we can't continue this conversation!"
Upon hearing this, Senju Tobirama also showed a knowing smile.
Just then, Uchiha Izuna, realizing that the mission's failure would be a devastating blow to the Uchiha, had descended into madness.
His eyes were bloodshot, like a dying beast.
Seeing him like this, the Senju Clan members surrounding him felt an inexplicable panic.
Uchiha Izuna, covered in blood, launched a suicidal charge towards the crowd. He was fearless in the face of death, with only one goal: to kill Chu Yang.
No matter what happened today, he had to kill Chu Yang!
Facing Uchiha Izuna, who was charging the encirclement at all costs, the Senju Clan members' defense gradually faltered. Due to Senju Hashirama's earlier order to capture him alive, they dared not strike to kill.
As the saying goes, hesitation leads to defeat.
Their hesitation gave Uchiha Izuna an opportunity. He tore open a gap in the encirclement and charged straight towards Chu Yang.
Some of the Uchiha Clan members who were supposed to be "dead" on the ground suddenly "revived"!
The moment they were ambushed, some of them used their companions' corpses to block damage, feigning death!
However, each of them was indeed severely wounded and did not have long to live.
This was entirely a final burst of energy before death.
They had to seize this last chance to make a final effort for Uchiha Izuna to kill Chu Yang.
Even Senju Tobirama hadn't anticipated this!
Carelessly, he actually fell into a genjutsu, entering a brief state of daze.
Senju Hashirama, known as the God of Shinobi, also did not react in time.
The disparity in strength between the two sides meant that the Uchiha Clan members could only control them for a very short time before the genjutsu would wear off.
But this was already completely sufficient for assassinating Chu Yang.
Uchiha Izuna's Sharingan was spinning. As long as Chu Yang fell into genjutsu and lost his guard, the kunai in his hand could easily slice through Chu Yang's neck.
But something Uchiha Izuna had never expected happened—
Chu Yang calmly closed his eyes, without the slightest fear.
"Do you think you won't die just because you don't fall for genjutsu? Idiot!" Uchiha Izuna roared, swinging his kunai. He could almost see the scene of Chu Yang's carotid artery rupturing.
Who knew that Chu Yang, who clearly had his eyes closed, easily dodged Uchiha Izuna's attack.
Uchiha Izuna looked at Chu Yang with a bewildered expression, then gritted his teeth and stabbed again with the kunai in his hand.
And then it was dodged again…
Chu Yang seized the opportunity and delivered a powerful [Shark Tile Straight Punch] to Uchiha Izuna's waist… a single punch ruptured his liver!
Uchiha Izuna looked at Chu Yang as if he had seen a ghost!
He even ignored the intense pain coming from his waist!
"You clearly have your eyes closed, how can you accurately predict my every move?"
As Uchiha Izuna spat out a large mouthful of blood, his aura suddenly weakened.
What else could it be?
Of course, it's Observation Haki!
Chu Yang replied earnestly, "I guessed!"