Chapter 108: The "Lava Release: Great Eruption" that Illuminated Konoha!
When Uchiha Ikeizumi's right arm, surging with scorching lava, fiercely punched forward, the rapidly expanding arm transformed into a grotesquely large magma fist.
In the eyes of the Shimura clan ninja, the terrifying size of the crimson magma fist was many times larger than all of their bodies combined.
It was like a crimson furnace, larger than a house, pressing down on them from all directions.
The intense sense of oppression and suffocation made their hair stand on end.
A terrifying thought arose in their minds—Uchiha Ikeizumi's one punch might completely engulf the entire Shimura clan compound in lava! Everyone will die!
But this also ignited their will to survive, causing them to quickly perform hand seals and simultaneously use their signature techniques.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!!!"
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Spheres!!!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!!!"
"Wind Release…"
A variety of Wind Release ninjutsu were unleashed at once, demonstrating the Shimura clan's deep knowledge and foundation in Wind Release.
Surging gales, sharp wind blades, and wind spheres flying through the air… all collided with Uchiha Ikeizumi's magma fist.
In an instant!
The surface of the magma fist was struck with numerous exaggerated ravines and bottomless holes. When a huge wind sphere flew in, the surface of the magma fist was like a pond hit by a giant rock, sending a large amount of lava splashing.
But they had clearly overestimated themselves and underestimated Uchiha Ikeizumi, who had been clearing countless villains in the ninja world during this time.
The fist, carrying a terrifying impact comparable to a volcanic eruption, shattered all the various Wind Release ninjutsu in the instant it made contact with them!
The lava that was sent splashing by the Wind Release ninjutsu hitting the magma fist became a deadly threat as it splattered everywhere.
A young Shimura clan member was unlucky and a fist-sized chunk of scorching red lava landed on his shoulder.
At that moment, he suddenly felt that he had lost control of his left arm.
When he hurriedly turned his head to look, his face was filled with horror.
He saw that his left arm had fallen to the ground. The part of his shoulder looked as if it had been bitten off by lava. His entire left shoulder had been directly "erased" by the lava!
"Aaaaaah!!!!"
The indescribable pain made him scream out.
The splashing lava also landed on the Shimura clan buildings. All the flammable materials were instantly ignited by the lava. In the blink of an eye, more than half of the Shimura clan compound was engulfed in a sea of fire.
The magma fist didn't stop because of this!
A few Shimura clansmen and a summoned animal were unable to dodge in time and were directly engulfed by the magma fist.
They didn't even have time to scream.
Shimura Kenya hurriedly dragged his old body and retreated frantically with the few remaining elite Shimura clan ninja on his left and right.
The scorching magma fist finally stopped when it was less than a meter away from Shimura Kenya's nose.
But before they could let out a sigh of relief,
they were shocked to see that the surface of the stopped magma fist suddenly emitted an even more dazzling red glow. It was as if something terrifying was about to erupt from within!
The magma fist did "erupt," and it was like a volcanic eruption! The entire magma fist exploded, turning into countless lava bombs that shot out in all directions!
Every single lava bomb was larger than an adult!
Boom!!!
A lava bomb slammed into an empty space in the Shimura clan compound, instantly creating a crater several meters in diameter. The extremely scorching hot lava continued to burn the ground.
Boom!!!
A lava bomb landed on a three-story house. The entire house was blown down by the lava bomb, and a raging fire started, engulfing the house in a sea of flames.
Boom!!!
An elite Shimura clan ninja was hit by a lava bomb head-on. His entire body was as if it had been erased by an eraser, and his fragile flesh and blood body was directly vaporized by the lava.
Boom!!!
Boom!!!
Every lava bomb caused unimaginably exaggerated destruction to the Shimura clan compound. At the same time, it also brightly illuminated half of Konoha, and countless ninja were alarmed by the commotion.
"It's really too late…" Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was still in the Uchiha clan compound, looked at the lava bombs shooting up into the sky in the distance. His old face was filled with a deep sense of helplessness and disappointment.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had witnessed Uchiha Ikeizumi's Lava Release many times.
When he saw such a huge commotion, he realized that it was unlikely for any survivors to be left in the entire Shimura clan.
Oh, no…
If there were any good people in the Shimura clan in Ikeizumi's eyes, then maybe one or two would have survived.
The problem was…
Was it really possible for there to be innocent good people in the Shimura clan, who had been influenced by Danzo for so many years as Konoha's dirty hands?
Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little guilty and was quite doubtful.
The reason he felt guilty was because he had tacitly allowed Danzo to exist as his dirty hands. The fact that the Shimura clan was influenced so much by Danzo was indeed somewhat related to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"...Ikeizumi's Lava Release is truly astonishing." On the other side, Uchiha Fugaku also had a complex expression. He suddenly remembered that Uchiha Setsuna was also deeply involved in this matter.
Although Uchiha Setsuna said that he subjectively had no intention of harming Uchiha Ikeizumi and had only inadvertently revealed some information that he shouldn't have, and he wasn't even sure if the information was true.
As for what the Shimura clan would do with that information, it had nothing to do with Uchiha Setsuna.
But…
in Ikeizumi's eyes, would such an "excuse" really work?
When Uchiha Setsuna explained that he had only "inadvertently leaked information," it showed that he was trying to hide something, didn't it? He was probably just trying to justify himself.
Fugaku's eyes were very heavy.
As the Uchiha clan head, he might have the ability to stop Uchiha Setsuna, but he didn't have the ability to stop Uchiha Ikeizumi.
After all…
Even Lord Hokage couldn't stop him.
"A great Uchiha clan and a great Konoha. Is there really no one who is willing to step up and deal with that extreme brat?"
Uchiha Setsuna was also watching the scene in the distance.
The large number of lava bombs shooting up into the sky were like exploding fireworks. Although the scene was very brilliant and beautiful, it sent a chill down his spine, and cold sweat was beading on his palms.
His heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface.
Uchiha Setsuna clenched his jaw. He could already feel the threat.
His life seemed to be out of his control.
Because Uchiha Ikeizumi had a "criminal record," and every "criminal record" showed that the extreme brat wouldn't show mercy just because they shared the Uchiha clan bloodline.
"...Damn it!!!"
The expression on Uchiha Setsuna's old face finally couldn't hold up.
His subconscious was telling him—after the Shimura clan was out of the way, he would be the next one the brat would set his sights on!
No…
To be more accurate, he has already set his sights on me. The reason the brat hasn't acted yet is probably because there are always many Uchiha radical ninja gathered around me.
He probably just wasn't sure if he could take me down in one go, so he wasn't in a hurry to act!
With this thought flashing through his mind, Uchiha Setsuna's expression became even uglier.
"So… I was already a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in his eyes!"
Uchiha Setsuna was about to grind his old teeth to dust.
At the same time, inside the Shimura clan compound.
Shimura Kenya, who had frantically dodged a flying lava bomb, was now trembling all over.
But even he couldn't tell if his trembling was from anger or fear.
Or both?!
His cloudy eyes stared in horror at Uchiha Ikeizumi, who was bathing in lava in front of him. At this moment, it was as if he was seeing the Nine-Tails demon fox that had caused the Nine-Tails incident in Konoha many years ago!
In his eyes, the destruction caused by Uchiha Ikeizumi's Lava Release was no different from that of the Nine-Tails demon fox!
He was simply a humanoid Tailed Beast!
Watching the Shimura clan compound be destroyed in an instant and seeing his clansmen perish in the sea of lava and fire, Shimura Kenya breathed heavily in the acrid air filled with the smell of sulfur. The hot air caused a burning pain in his lungs.
"Uchiha Ikeizumi! I… for the sake of Konoha! Will kill you, this villain who acts recklessly under the guise of an honorable justice!"
Shimura Kenya's wrinkled old face was filled with a ferocious and deranged expression.
He ripped open his clothes, revealing a series of seemingly mysterious cursed seal patterns on the surface of his skin.
"You will be buried with the Shimura clan!!!"
He roared, and while dodging one lava bomb after another, he quickly moved toward Uchiha Ikeizumi.
"Ninja Art…"
"Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique!!!"
The sealing technique was activated in an instant. Small incisions opened up on the surface of Shimura Kenya's skin, and a large amount of blood spurted out from all over his body. The splattering blood landed on the ground, drawing a huge Reverse Four Symbols Sealing pattern.
Immediately!
The sealing technique pattern rapidly expanded into a huge sphere. All the matter engulfed by the sphere was pulled into the "Reverse Four Symbols Sealing" and into the Underworld, where all of it would be sealed!
When the bizarre sphere disappeared, the only elder of the Shimura clan was no more!
"Huff… huff… huff…"
A young Shimura clan member who had his arm blown off by the splashing lava but miraculously survived, was now looking in horror at the area that was swallowed by the "Reverse Four Symbols Sealing."
He saw that a huge chunk of all the matter in that area had disappeared out of thin air, and even a lot of the deadly hot lava was gone.
"Elder Kenya…" The young Shimura clan member's eyes were filled with tears as he muttered in a choked voice: "He used his life to kill that evil Uchiha! Uchiha Ikeizumi has finally been…"
When he got to this point, he was like a duck with its neck being squeezed, and all sounds came to an abrupt halt.
His sorrowful eyes were gradually replaced by horror and disbelief.
In his line of sight—
Uchiha Ikeizumi's figure, like a demon from hell, slowly walked toward him. The scorching temperature of the lava was scorching the air, causing the other person's figure to appear distorted.
Elder Kenya's desperate suicide attack was completely useless!!!
Uchiha Ikeizumi was not successfully sealed at all!!!
How is this possible?! Is this Uchiha demon invincible?!
The young Shimura clan member, who was clutching his shoulder and enduring the intense pain, was completely panicked. He couldn't even control his legs, and the sense of powerlessness brought on by the fear made him unable to support his upper body, causing him to "plop" to the ground.
As Uchiha Ikeizumi got closer, the terrifying high temperature had already caused the hair on the young Shimura clan member's body to curl up.
He felt as if every inch of his skin had been scalded by hot water.
"Shimura Harushima, three years ago, in order to test the destructive power of a C-rank ninjutsu he created, he killed three civilians in the Land of Fire."
Uchiha Ikeizumi, like a purgatory judge who had crawled out of the Underworld, pointed out the other person's crime in an extremely cold and chilling tone.
This filled the young Shimura clan member, named "Shimura Harushima," with horror and despair.
The last bit of hope he had in his mind was completely gone.
"Today, you were deeply involved in the plan to assassinate Uchiha Ikeizumi."
"The level of crime… is red."
Shimura Harushima's eyes widened in horror. Before he could even utter a word, he saw an overwhelming amount of crimson lava, like a tsunami, sweeping toward him.
The lava instantly devoured him and then rushed toward the Shimura clan compound, destroying the few remaining intact houses.
The entire Shimura clan compound was leveled overnight, turning into a sea of lava!
The glow of the lava illuminated the entire night sky with a reddish-orange light.
The Shimura clan…
was annihilated!!!
When Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Fugaku, and the others hurried over, all they saw was a sea of lava that had not yet cooled down. The acrid smell in the air stimulated everyone's nerves.
Even Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and the others who had been waiting in the Hokage's office and wanted Hiruzen Sarutobi to demand an explanation from Uchiha Ikeizumi, were all gathered outside the Shimura clan compound.
Even ninja from the Hyuga, Nara, Inuzuka, and other clans, who had nothing to do with these two incidents, came to check on the situation.
At this moment, all the Konoha ninja who had arrived at this place were all silently standing.
They were all quietly staring at the "disappeared" Shimura clan compound.
The glow of the lava illuminated every face with a different expression.
Shikaku Nara, with his hands in his pockets and a toothpick in his mouth, was the first to break the deathly silence. He said to Inoichi Yamanaka beside him, "Tonight, I have a deeper understanding of Uchiha Ikeizumi's [Absolute Justice]. Everything this man does is impressive. But are you so sure that he won't wrongly accuse a single good person?"
Inoichi Yamanaka said slowly, "Ikeizumi will never kill an innocent person. Every corpse I have processed that was killed by him was a villain who harbored evil. The memories in their minds, just thinking about them, is chilling."
"Besides…"
Inoichi Yamanaka paused, then asked, "Do you really think there would be innocent people in a ninja clan like the Shimura clan?"
Shikaku Nara sighed, "You have a point…"
"Hiruzen, what is going on…" Koharu Utatane forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart. With a solemn old face, she asked Hiruzen Sarutobi, "From your reaction, you knew that this was going to happen in advance, didn't you?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi silently stared at a corpse of a Shimura clan ninja lying on the ground not far away.
He stood in silence for a long time before he finally said, "They tried to assassinate Ikeizumi. They set up a large number of explosive tags in the Uchiha clan compound and almost killed many innocent Uchiha civilians."
Upon hearing this, Koharu Utatane understood.
—The Shimura clan had brought this upon themselves! And they did something so heinous that no one could really speak for them!
But Koharu Utatane couldn't help but nitpick and said in a deep voice, "He could have just killed the ringleader to make an example! The annihilation of a ninja clan… has too negative an impact. Hiruzen, what do you think the other ninja clans in the village will think of this?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "The non-Kekkei Genkai ninja clans might indeed feel a sense of shared sorrow. But those Kekkei Genkai ninja clans…"
He paused and didn't continue.
Koharu Utatane also realized—Shimura Danzo's secret of hunting and experimenting on Kekkei Genkai had already been made public, and as a result, the Shimura clan was also ostracized and viewed with suspicion by the Kekkei Genkai ninja clans.
When the Kekkei Genkai ninja clans like the Uchiha, Hyuga, and Gekkou saw that the Shimura clan had been annihilated,
they might have been secretly happy about it, right?!
At the very least, they wouldn't have any objections to Uchiha Ikeizumi's actions this time.
Koharu Utatane also fell silent, but her resentment toward Uchiha Ikeizumi had not disappeared. Because not only was the Shimura clan gone tonight, but two young ninja from her own clan, the Utatane clan, were also killed by Uchiha Ikeizumi for no reason!
On the other side.
Homura Mitokado asked with a complex expression, "Hiruzen, the people Uchiha Ikeizumi killed before annihilating the Shimura clan, including my cousin… did they do something that caused Uchiha Ikeizumi to go on a killing spree?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and said, "Kakashi, you know more than I do. Why don't you explain it to them?"
"Yes, Lord Hokage."
Kakashi said with his dead-fish eyes, "The dozen people Uchiha Ikeizumi killed in the evening were all suspected of being involved in the large-scale smuggling and selling of illegal drugs in Konoha. The corpses have already been taken by the Yamanaka clan, and the evidence will be uncovered soon."
When Kakashi quickly brought up the "Yamanaka clan," Koharu Utatane, who was about to open her mouth to argue, was left speechless.
Although she instinctively didn't believe that her clansmen would do such a thing,
what if they did?!
What if the Yamanaka clan really found something?
"He should have arrested them and interrogated them first, then punished them according to the laws of the Land of Fire. Instead of using his extremely inhumane and private justice."
Koharu Utatane said stubbornly.
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