After leaving the village, the three of them sped towards the mission area.
However, before they could reach the mission location, figures wearing various masks surrounded them from all directions, and in a blink of an eye, they surrounded the three of them.
"Anbu?" Uchiha Inahori looked at the attire of the newcomers, his expression froze.
"No, not Anbu, but Root." Uchiha Touhan remained calm and drew his long sword from behind his back. "But prepare for battle."
"Damn it! What does the village mean by this? They're actually attacking their own ninja?" Uchiha Zaito said indignantly as he drew his kunai to fight.
"Uchiha Touhan, you traitor to the Uchiha clan, today I will eliminate you, this destabilizing factor for the village." Danzo's sinister voice rang out, but Uchiha Touhan looked around but didn't see Danzo.
"You coward, you coward, dare to speak so brazenly here?" Uchiha Douhuan said disdainfully.
"Uchiha Douhuan, put away your little tricks. You want to force me to reveal myself, to use the eye technique you stole from Uchiha Shisui on me, right? But unfortunately, Uchiha Shisui has already revealed everything. The village already knows that you stole his eye technique and planned to rebel. Why don't you surrender?"
"Douhuan, what does he mean?" Uchiha Inahori asked, puzzled.
"Now is not the time to talk about this." Electric light swirled around Uchiha Dohuan, and explosions were heard from time to time, "Let's get rid of these rats first."
"Understood!" Uchiha Inahbi and Uchiha Zaito nodded, and stood back to back with Uchiha Dohuan, supporting each other, and each of them made a seal: "Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Technique."
Two huge fire dragons rushed towards the surrounding Root army, and the heat wave of the explosion immediately engulfed the few Root ninjas who were in the front. Although Danzo brought elite troops to encircle and kill Uchiha Dohuan this time, Inahbi and Zaito were both the best in the Uchiha clan, and they were geniuses who opened the two magatama. On Uchiha Dohuan's side, it was more direct. Nine blue thunder balls containing terrifying chakra condensed in an instant, and then crushed in different directions ahead.
Lightning Release: Thunder Ball, the most basic of Lightning Release jutsu, even some of Konoha's lightning-attributed Genin mastered it with remarkable power.
In the blink of an eye, over a dozen Root ninjas were engulfed by the lightning ball, leaving no trace. However, the Root, already emasculated by Danzo's brainwashing, had lost all their will. The deaths of their comrades did not deter them, and they continued their relentless charge towards the three. Simultaneously, their Water and Wind Release ninjas also unleashed jutsu, attempting to defeat the three with their own restraining jutsu.
"Killing ANBU ninjas, Uchiha Doo-han, are you planning to betray the village?" Danzo's voice echoed again.
In response, several thigh-thick bolts of lightning rained down from the sky, landing precisely on the area where the Root ninjas were gathered. The exploding lightning instantly reaped the lives of the Root ninjas. The wind and water ninjutsu unleashed by the Root ninjas were completely neutralized by Uchiha Touhan, who condensed and released six dark blue lightning balls that swirled around the three of them at high speed.
"Are you still not going to show up, Danzo-sama?" Uchiha Touhan asked. "Or do you think you can hold me back with them?"
"Uchiha Touhan, don't waste your time. You wish to control me, but that's wishful thinking," Danzo snorted.
"Danzo-sama, don't you think you think too highly of yourself?" Uchiha Dohwan effortlessly unleashed a succession of ninjutsu, slaying Root ninjas with a chuckle. "You're just a shady rat, living in the sewers all day, ready to be abandoned by Sarutobi Hiruzen at any moment. You're unworthy of a divine art like Kotoamatsukami." At that
moment, several massive trees soared into the sky, forming a massive hand in the air that enveloped the three men.
The previous attacks had merely depleted their chakra, but the true killer move was Danzo's hidden trump card.
"Wood Release?" Uchiha Inahime was horrified. With the Uchiha clan's savvy, he could easily recognize the origins of such a ninjutsu.
The two instinctively used ninjutsu to try to block the massive hand's downward trajectory, but their techniques failed to leave a single mark on the giant hand.
At this moment, Uchiha Touhan slowly spoke, "Stand behind me."
Instantly, the three magatama in Uchiha Touhan's eyes spun rapidly, transforming into the Mangekyō Sharingan. Dark pupil power surged from his eyes, enveloping the three men before transforming into a massive black war god covered in pale blue incantations.
Uchiha Touhan's pupil power and the burst of lightning chakra converged in the war god's hand, transforming into a deep blue longsword. With a single blow, he severed the massive wooden hand that had descended from the sky, cleaving it in two.
"Elder Danzo, have you had enough?" Uchiha Douhuan said coldly. "Do you know why I didn't unleash the ultimate power of our Uchiha clan right from the start? Because I intend to bury you all here."
As Uchiha Douhuan spoke, the sky above him darkened. The vapor evaporated from the collision of the Fire and Water techniques formed a vast dark cloud in the sky, a vast amount of energy continuously compressed within it. Everyone present looked up, their faces filled with horror. Although humanity was largely absent among Root ninjas, this feeling of powerlessness in the face of divine might was an instinct in every living being.
"Lightning Style: Kirin!" Uchiha Douhuan softly called out the name of the technique. Then, with the exception of the three people at the center of the battlefield, a flash of lightning flashed under the feet of everyone present. The flash was so subtle that even ordinary people would only feel pain, but at that moment, it became a death warrant for everyone present.
A giant blue beast, transformed from lightning, descended from the sky, its azure glow instantly enveloping the entire area. Faced with this mighty thunder, the Root ninjas had nowhere to escape. Layer upon layer of wooden walls, rising from a corner, struggled to block the incoming lightning with their sheer numbers.
Minutes passed, and the thunder subsided completely. A torrential rain fell, wiping away the stench of blood that had previously permeated the air.
In the corner where the wooden walls had previously risen, the last layer of them collapsed with a bang, revealing two figures within. One masked man collapsed, his hand still forming hand seals, while the other, leaning on a crutch, held his other, bandaged hand, dangling in front of him.
"We've found you, Elder Danzo," Uchiha Dohwan, still in Susanoo, beamed brightly.
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