Chapter 61: It'll Be Leveled to the Ground
Just as Inoichi Yamanaka immediately stepped out to notify the Third Hokage, he witnessed the eight Root ninja that Danzō brought, simultaneously attacking the lone Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Four Root ninja positioned themselves at four different points, encircling Uchiha Ikeizumi.
They formed hand signs in unison, performing a sealing jutsu unknown to Inoichi Yamanaka.
Suddenly!
From each of the four corners, a beam of ghostly green light shot up, stopping only after reaching a height of over ten meters. The beams extended to form interconnected light barriers in front, behind, left, and right, and also extended upwards and downwards to seal off the top and bottom.
A sizable, ghostly green chakra cube formed, trapping Uchiha Ikeizumi inside.
The other four Root ninja, holding ninja blades, closed in.
The blades of their ninja swords were wreathed in Wind Release chakra.
A flurry of almost invisible swordplay filled Uchiha Ikeizumi's vision.
Although the ninja blades didn't physically touch Uchiha Ikeizumi, the chakra wind blades attached to them left incredibly gruesome "wounds" on Uchiha Ikeizumi's body.
Until, one Root ninja seized an opportunity, cleanly severing Uchiha Ikeizumi's right arm, sending it flying high.
"Good opportunity!"
Another Root ninja drew a sealing scroll from his waist, quickly unfurled it, bit his thumb, slapped his palm onto the scroll, and whispered, "Ninja Art: Evil Sealing Method!!!"
A terrifying suction force emanated from the scroll, pulling the severed arm into it and sealing it within the scroll.
The remaining Root ninja immediately leaped backward, creating distance from Uchiha Ikeizumi.
This hit-and-run tactic appeared incredibly coordinated and natural.
As if it had been rehearsed countless times.
"Heh heh…"
Danzō, also within the chakra cube's sealed space, now sported a mocking smile. "This old man already understood your special Lava Release kekkei genkai, which is similar to the Hydrification Technique, the last time. Since ordinary physical attacks are ineffective against you, we'll just slice up your body and seal each part separately."
This was one of the tactics Danzō had devised over the past few days to counter Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Looking at Uchiha Ikeizumi's missing right arm.
The mockery on Danzō's lips grew even more pronounced.
However.
Danzō noticed that Uchiha Ikeizumi seemed to have no other reaction.
But the next second.
Danzō and the other Root ninja's eyes suddenly narrowed, as they saw Uchiha Ikeizumi's severed right arm begin to slowly churn!
The magma at his shoulder continuously extended, until it reached the length of an arm, then gradually coalesced into the shape of an arm.
When the flowing magma receded, a perfectly intact right arm appeared on Uchiha Ikeizumi's body!
Danzō was stunned.
"During the Third Great Ninja War, external village ninja already tried to seal me using similar methods," Uchiha Ikeizumi walked forward slowly, his voice faintly asking, "What strange confidence… makes you think you're the 'originator' of this method? And what naive thought… makes you think I'm the one trapped by this cube sealing jutsu?"
The moment his voice fell.
Danzō clearly felt the surrounding temperature rapidly increasing!
He could even clearly see half of Uchiha Ikeizumi's body transforming into rolling, scorching magma!
Suddenly!
The flowing magma swelled rapidly like monstrous, crazily proliferating tumors from a fantasy novel. In less than half a breath, the cube sealing jutsu was already half-filled with magma.
Danzō's pupils contracted. His back was pressed tightly against the light barrier wall of the sealing jutsu, but he couldn't retreat another step.
Danzō's internal alarms blared. Without time to think, he immediately shouted to the Root ninja at the four corners, "Release the sealing jutsu!"
The moment the magma was at arm's length, the sealing jutsu was finally undone.
Danzō, still shaken, hastily retreated.
—Boom!!!
The continuously expanding, scorching magma exploded, engulfing everything in all directions. But just as it was about to consume the buildings on the entire street, it suddenly halted. As if pulled by an invisible force, the magma rapidly contracted back towards the central area.
The large amount of magma retracting into his body did not cause Uchiha Ikeizumi's body to burst.
He could infinitely create magma using chakra.
And he could also convert magma back into chakra.
Bang!
Uchiha Ikeizumi clapped his hands together: "Lava Release…"
Danzō, still unnerved, felt the ground beneath his feet slightly trembling. He was shocked to find cracks appearing under Uchiha Ikeizumi's feet, emitting a crimson glow from within.
"…Blaze Dragon Bullet!"
Bang!!!
The ground beneath Uchiha Ikeizumi instantly shattered, and a massive magma dragon head burst out from the earth, its terrifying maw lunging at Danzō.
"Damn it!"
Danzō cursed under his breath. Even though he had so many subordinates, why was this evil Uchiha brat only targeting him?
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!!" Six Root ninja simultaneously arrived in front of Danzō, four of them rapidly forming hand signs.
The other two simultaneously slammed their palms onto the ground: "Summoning Jutsu!"
Four visibly smaller water dragons violently collided with the massive magma dragon head in the air above Danzō!
Bang!
Bang!
Two enormous, turtle-like summoning beasts, not small in size, also suddenly appeared. Each opened its mouth, spouting two streams of impacting water from their mouths.
A grim-faced Danzō realized that somehow he was left with only six subordinates, and two had vanished without a trace.
They were probably swallowed by the magma when they didn't have time to retreat during the release of the cube sealing jutsu.
"Two useless fools!"
Danzō bit his thumb, his eyes sinister as he looked at Uchiha Ikeizumi.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
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"…It seems there was absolutely no need to come." Although Inoichi Yamanaka had rushed at full speed to the front of the Sarutobi clan compound, he could clearly feel the enormous commotion coming from behind him.
When he hastily turned to look, he could see in the hazy moonlight.
A gigantic magma dragon and several water dragons intertwined and clashed in the air.
The violent roar was like hundreds of exploding paper bombs simultaneously detonating.
Everyone in Konoha was alarmed.
Inoichi Yamanaka could even vaguely see two giant turtles, taller than the surrounding buildings, standing, and also saw a Baku, even larger than the giant turtles, appearing out of thin air!
Inoichi Yamanaka didn't know whose summoning beasts the two giant turtles were.
But he knew that the Baku was Shimura Danzō's summoning beast!
Had it already reached the climax so quickly?
Then his clan members…
And his wife and daughter…
Suddenly.
Several figures leaped out from the Sarutobi clan compound. The leading figure suddenly caught sight of Inoichi Yamanaka standing at the gate.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had quickly changed into his ninja combat attire and had a very grim expression, suddenly froze.
"Inoichi? What are you doing here?!"
Inoichi Yamanaka didn't explain, only managed to squeeze out a single sentence: "Hokage-sama, if you don't hurry over, the Yamanaka clan compound might be leveled to the ground."
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