"You call this trap your welcoming gift? Isn't it too weak?"
Ye Liang stood his ground, watching the traps hurtle toward him before barely tilting his head to evade every last one. The explosive tags beneath his feet couldn't even scratch his fur.
Coating his skin with chakra was a solid defense. For instance, there was a ninja technique called Lightning Release Armor that hardened the lightning-based chakra attached to the body, forming an indestructible armor.
Ye Liang's current situation was no different. Though he couldn't match the Lightning Release Armor, this basic application method was more than enough to withstand ordinary ninja tool attacks and explosive tags.
Seeing that all the traps had failed, Danzo Shimura decided to act personally.
He clenched one hand into a fist and drew a deep breath through his aged lips, unleashing an invisible gust of wind.
As the leader of Anbu, he had great confidence in his strength.
[Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!]
The airflow rapidly intensified, forming a whirlwind that swept through the entire room in half a second. Everything inside the room was caught up in Danzo's attack.
Ye Liang's body gradually lifted into the air.
As Danzo's primary target, Ye Liang was subjected to immense pressure. Just standing in the wind had already caused wounds on his body.
The powerful gusts had solidified into blades!
"Old bastard! Is this all you've got?!"
Ye Liang scoffed and flicked his wrist dismissively.
The wind ceased!
Everything calmed!
"What—just a flick of his wrist?!"
Danzo cried out in shock. In his opinion, even if Ye Liang could easily neutralize the Vacuum Wave, he certainly shouldn't have done so with just a flick of his wrist!
A flick of his wrist?
Danzo's head was full of question marks.
The surrounding Anbu members also wore expressions of horror!
Although Wind Release: Vacuum Wave was a common B-rank ninjutsu, under Danzo's enhancement, it had long surpassed a typical A-rank technique. They couldn't even begin to counter such a move, much less resist it.
Yet Ye Liang neutralized it with just one flick!
"How is this possible?! Is this guy even human anymore?!"
"No! He's not human—he's the incarnation of the Sage of Six Paths! Only the Sage of Six Paths could do something like this!"
Sage of Six Paths?
"Hmph!"
Ye Liang smirked.
What was the Sage of Six Paths? Ye Liang might not match him now, but with the System's quests' rewards, he would eventually surpass the real Sage of Six Paths!
And that time would come sooner than expected!
He glared at Danzo with contempt. "You're far too weak!"
Ye Liang suddenly stepped forward twice, slapping Danzo across the face, then delivering a powerful kick to his abdomen!
It all seemed complex, but in a flash—before Danzo could even react—Ye Liang sent him flying into the wall behind with a single kick.
[Crash!]
The wall collapsed!
People were stunned!
The Root members saw Ye Liang's body flicker slightly, and then Danzo was flying off strangely. Yet no one had any idea what had actually happened in between!
"Hmph, now do you understand the gap between us!"
"Ye Liang sneered. He leaned over to check Danzo's breath, and the latter was already dead!
Dead?
How could this be!
Ye Liang hadn't expected that a simple kick would immediately kill Danzo Shimura.
Perhaps even Ye Liang himself didn't realize how powerful that kick had been.
Since his confrontation with Fake Ye Liang, Ye Liang's abilities had rapidly improved.
As they say, real combat is the foundation of progress. Not only had his ninjutsu become more skillful, but even his taijutsu had nearly reached the level of a young Madara Uchiha!
One must remember that during his reincarnated state, Madara Uchiha had been capable of fighting thousands of ninja alone. Danzo was merely an old man—an aging and weak one at that—how could he possibly withstand a single kick from Ye Liang?
The other Anbu exchanged glances, unsure what had happened to their Leader.
Faking death?
If faking death became the only advantage of age, these Anbu ninjas would rather stay young forever.
They refused to become parasites on society!
Ye Liang shrugged. Naturally, he knew Danzo was truly dead, but he had no intention of leaving yet.
Everyone knows that underneath Danzo's bandages lay eleven Sharingan eyes, each possessing the ability to use Izanagi once!
Izanagi was a technique that turns reality into illusion!
Although Danzo had indeed died, if he activated Izanagi, his previously deceased body could come back to life—truly a divine technique longed for by countless cunning dogs!
Ye Liang turned around.
He turned slightly, exposing his back—just enough for the scheming old man to take the bait and launch a sneaky attack.
Sure enough, as soon as Ye Liang turned, the supposedly dead Danzo suddenly opened his eyes!
There was an opening!
A shuriken flew straight toward Ye Liang's back!
"Hehe! I knew you'd try something sneaky!" Ye Liang quickly slapped the weapon away.
Danzo's shuriken was knocked off course. Before he could steady himself, his body was kicked flying again!
"Ono!"
Crashing against the wall.
Danzo was gone again!
"Second life!"
Mumbled under his breath, Ye Liang slowly approached.
"Stay back! Someone stop him, now!" The revived Danzo shouted anxiously, but the surrounding Anbu ignored him completely—one looked up at the sky, another stared at the ground, while some even started playing Landlord (a popular Chinese card game) with their comrades!
"I throw a kunai!"
"Boom! Four shurikens coming through!"
"WILD BOMB! Two explosive tags!"
"..."
Danzo's heart sank to the core. As an Anbu leader, getting beaten twice by an outsider in his own secret prison was absolutely intolerable!
"Wait a second!"
Suddenly!
A sudden burst of thick smoke erupted between them. As it cleared, a robed elder stood in the center wielding a crimson polearm—the Great Sage had arrived!
"The Great Sage himself?!"
"Little friend, let him go."
Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke.
Why was he here?
Ye Liang gazed at him absentmindedly.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village. Previously, Ye Liang had received many favors from him, and when he first transmigrated to this world, Hiruzen had even saved his life. Therefore, Ye Liang deeply appreciated this kindness.
"This young master," Hiruzen said with a sigh of relief upon seeing Ye Liang stop his attack, "Danzo was just being slightly cautious about your identity, but his intentions were purely to protect Konoha's safety. Please forgive him."
"Fine," Ye Liang shrugged and replied, "since you've spoken up, I'll treat it as a misunderstanding."
The reason Ye Liang targeted Danzo so heavily was mainly because Danzo had tried to seize Hiruzen's position before. Now that Hiruzen from this world personally pleaded for mercy, what else was he supposed to say?
"Thank you, young sir." Hearing Ye Liang's forgiveness toward Danzo, Hiruzen thanked him, then ordered the Anbu (Konoha's elite ninja force) to take Danzo away.
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