"What's going on!?"
Faced with this abnormal situation beyond comprehension, Hyuga Yu and the Giant Tenseigan were both simultaneously startled!
Hyuga Yu: 'My body broke free from my control? Is it a Karma? Or... did Shibai Ōtsutsuki trigger another anchoring? But that doesn't seem quite right either...'
The Giant Tenseigan: 'There's no way this guy could have seen it coming. That was an attack forged purely from Dōjutsu power, and with "Tenseigan: Intimidation" masking its motion, how could he possibly react to it?'
And right in this split second while both sides were frozen in astonishment—
Below them—
In the center of the Forest of Death, the Konoha forces assembled on the scene sharply seized this fleeting opportunity!
"Now's our chance!"
"Barrier Team, activate the Forbidden Technique!"
"Special Tactical Force, press forward and scatter to occupy advantageous high ground!"
"Execute the pre-arranged strategy—"
"Everyone, charge!!!"
From far away, hearing these voices through his hyper-sensing ability, Hyuga Yu focused his eyes and looked down.
There, amidst the ruins leveled by "Tenseigan: Intimidation," a large, organized group of Konoha ninja deployed in three-man cells swooped rapidly toward the center of the battlefield.
The first move unleashed by the Konoha side was a Sealing Jutsu previously set up inside the Forest of Death.
Relying on the fragments of the central tower that had been crushed and blasted in all directions by the Giant Tenseigan, a semi-circular barrier laid flat on the ground and inscribed with intricate spell formulas expanded outward from the center of the forest.
Seen from midair, it looked like a massive tide of black ink surging in from all directions, converging beneath the Giant Tenseigan.
Hyuga Yu was not particularly proficient in Sealing Jutsu, but with his breadth of knowledge, he could still recognize that the setup below was none other than one of Konoha's ultimate trump cards—an S-rank Forbidden Jutsu:
Reverse Four Symbols Seal.
The caster would stamp the technique formulas containing the Four Symbols trigrams inside their body, and upon activation, rely on the rapid circulation and jetting of their blood to ignite the spell. It was a three-dimensional spatial-temporal Forbidden Jutsu capable of indiscriminately swallowing a radius of hundreds of meters.
This Forbidden Jutsu was mastered by the head of Foundation, Danzō Shimura. Its training required the practitioner to possess extremely high achievements in Sealing Jutsu, but that did not mean no one else in Konoha could use it besides Danzō Shimura.
At this critical moment of a village-annihilating crisis, the technique was activated through an alternative method—dozens of Barrier Team members proficient in Sealing Jutsu each pre-laid a section of the trigrams they had mastered. At the cost of sacrificing the mobility characteristic inherent to the technique itself, they constructed it through defensive array warfare.
Konoha's targeted strategy was extraordinarily ruthless, deploying such a weapon of mass destruction right at the start!
In theory, a Forbidden Jutsu possessing space-time properties could bypass the Giant Tenseigan's immunity to chakra damage.
However—
Seeing this scene, Hyuga Yu slightly furrowed his brows, sensing that things were taking a turn for the worse. He immediately kicked off the air and accelerated, flying at top speed toward the battlefield!
In the very next instant—
On the central battlefield of the Forest of Death—
HUM!
A transparent, ink-black sphere expanded completely from the ground up in an instant!
The massive, transparent black sphere with a radius of 260 meters directly swallowed the Giant Tenseigan in the center of the field!
A colossal plume of dust kicked up!
On the field, the assembled Konoha ninja all stared fixedly at the center of the battlefield.
"Did it work!?"
"Was the seal... successful?"
The next moment—
Amidst the massive plume of dust, the shadow of a colossal object suddenly showed through!
Immediately following that, violent winds surged up, sweeping away the surrounding dust to reveal the scene behind it—
The Giant Tenseigan hovered above a giant crater 400 meters in diameter. Its surface was wrapped in a layer of near-solid purple chakra, and beyond this layer, a coating of ink-like black trigram symbols rotated across the surface of the purple chakra.
Soon, as the Tenseigan actively discarded this outer layer of purple chakra—causing it, along with those black trigram symbols, to slough off its surface like viscous sludge—
The main body of the Giant Tenseigan underneath suddenly trembled!
Konoha's actions seemed to have enraged the Tenseigan. From the center of its pupil, a beam of purple light roared forth, shooting straight toward the direction of the Konoha Barrier Team ninja!
SWOOSH!
—ZZZT! BOOM!!!
In the flash of a second, lightning gleamed violently and divine light shot out terrifyingly!
Before the Barrier Team ninja could even react to dodge, that purple light beam was already right before their faces!
In the next instant, a flash of yellow light burst forth. Spreading his arms wide—
"Flying Raijin: Guiding Thunder!"
Space vibrated slightly. The light beam shot into circles of Sealing Jutsu formulas, disappearing like a stone dropped into the sea, unable to harm Minato Namikaze or the people behind him in the slightest.
Then, that purple light beam shot out abruptly from the surface of a massive tree in the Forest of Death 20 kilometers to the south, sweeping in a full circle and slicing deep into the earth!
—BOOM!!!
A giant mushroom cloud reaching a thousand meters high rose 20 kilometers away!
Minato Namikaze turned his head slightly, a bead of cold sweat trickling down his forehead as he swallowed hard.
Behind him, the group of Konoha Barrier Team ninja were so terrified by this brush with the Grim Reaper that their entire bodies trembled, their faces pale as death.
However, before anyone present could recover their senses—
An aged, stern, and decisive voice echoed from the front of Konoha's ranks:
"Sealing Jutsu confirmed ineffective! Switch to Strategy Two!"
"Adamantine Staff!"
A massive staff—pitch-black in the middle and golden at the ends—shot directly out from the ruins at the edge of the battlefield!
The staff instantly extended three hundred meters long, growing extraordinarily huge as it thrust hard toward the pupil of the Giant Tenseigan in the center of the battlefield!
The Giant Tenseigan's body trembled as a glint of coldness flashed in its eye. Stopping its release of the terrifying purple light beam, it gathered the purple chakra around its body to re-form a chakra barrier around itself!
THUD!
The staff collided with the barrier, setting off massive ripples of purple chakra!
The Giant Tenseigan was actually pushed back over a hundred meters by the raw force of the staff, with the barrier on its surface nearly being pierced through!
At this moment, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was holding the staff, had a sharp glint flash in his eyes as he shouted loudly:
"Taijutsu works against it!"
"I'll take the lead on the offense! Special Tactical Force, cover my attack!"
As his words fell, Hiruzen Sarutobi leaped into the air. The massive Adamantine Staff shrank back into his hands, spinning smoothly at his command.
Upon entering within a 100-meter range of the Giant Tenseigan—
Hiruzen Sarutobi vaulted high into the air using his staff, twirling it before thrusting it upward. He caused the Adamantine Staff to continuously expand in length and thickness, bringing it down in a mighty, split-second smash toward the Giant Tenseigan!
The Giant Tenseigan realized something was wrong. Konoha's resistance seemed to exceed its expectations, even falling outside its combat assessment framework.
'This newly appeared monkey flea has a combat power of mere 7, yet possesses such Taijutsu?'
With a cold glare, it was about to unleash another purple beam from the center of its pupil to incinerate the midair Hiruzen Sarutobi on the spot!
Right at that moment—
"Summoning Jutsu: Manda!"
"Summoning Jutsu: Katsuyu!"
"Summoning Jutsu: Gamabunta!"
"Super Food Cart Destroyer Technique! x3"
Hearing three shouts ring out in unison, the Giant Tenseigan saw the sky above its head suddenly go dark.
A purple giant snake over 50 meters long, a giant slug over 30 meters in size, and a toad over 10 meters tall wielding a massive short sword leaped down from midair!
The three giant summoned beasts—biting, slamming, and driving down a short sword—all crushed down simultaneously toward the Giant Tenseigan!
—BOOM!
At that moment, the Giant Tenseigan floating in midair was slammed directly from the sky to the bottom of the giant crater created by the "Reverse Four Symbols Seal," kicking up a terrifying wave of dust and shockwaves!
Finally—
"You monster!"
"Taste the boiling-hot combined technique of master and disciples!"
For the first time, Hiruzen Sarutobi joined forces with his three adult disciples. Feeling deeply gratified and filled with burning passion, he let out a furious roar in midair while staring down at the Giant Tenseigan crushed into the pit. The Adamantine Staff in his hands grew larger and larger until it reached a length of a hundred meters and a thickness of three meters!
Holding a massive weapon far exceeding his own body size, he stretched his waist as nimbly as an ape and as taut as a longbow, bringing the staff down with all his power!
Violent winds whipped around the staff as it crashed down!
—WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!
BOOM!
The instant it struck the ground, all three giant summoned beasts were bounced into the air by the shockwave!
From the location of the crater, a terrifying wave of dust surged outward from the earth!
This single blow felt like the final strike, thoroughly announcing the victory and end of the battle!
While everyone present marvelled that the old Third Hokage's prowess had not faded, expressions of excitement and joy unbiddenly appeared on their faces.
However—
This joy lasted for less than a second before the smiles on everyone's faces froze!
SCREECH SCREECH SCREECH!
A grating, ear-piercing screech sounded out, as if some terrifying entity was about to climb out from the bottom of the pit!
A terrifying repulsive force exploded from the bottom of the crater in an instant!
Formless and colorless, yet acting as if it governed all creation!
—BOOM!
Manda, Katsuyu, and Gamabunta—the three giant summoned beasts, along with Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade standing atop their heads—were suddenly blasted out from the bottom of the pit, flying in all directions and crashing into the edges of the battlefield!
At the bottom of the pit—
The Giant Tenseigan no longer held its composure. Revealing an eyeball that looked as if it had been flattened, its surface covered in dust and its purple Tenseigan chakra full of cracks, it looked bedraggled to the extreme!
—ANTS!!!
A sharp, furious roar echoed simultaneously in the minds of everyone present!
After being humiliated repeatedly by a group of trash, the Tenseigan's already chaotic composite willpower instantly lost control and went berserk, falling into a state of wild fury!
It immediately made a decision:
"Before retrieving the numerous Byakugan and enslaving that Hyuga Yu who wields Yang Release..."
"I... will kill you all!!!"
Terrifying killing intent instantly turned into a repulsive force storm that nearly flattened everything on the surface!
However—
Within the Konoha camp, an old man wrapped in bandages suddenly opened his single eye. Staring fixedly at the flattened, dented surface of the Giant Tenseigan's massive eyeball in the distance, a look of wild ecstasy emerged in his eyes!
"The layer of purple chakra on the Tenseigan that insulates all Ninjutsu has been broken by Hiruzen!"
"An opportunity!"
Unquestionably, the one capable of making such a suffocating judgment at a time like this was Danzō Shimura himself.
Behind him right now—
The twelve-year-old Shisui Uchiha lacked the strength of his future self and was completely powerless to resist Danzō Shimura's evil deeds. Covered in black "Self-Cursing Seal" formulas and surrounded by rings of Foundation ninja, he could only fruitlessly clutch one bleeding eye, staring in shock and rage at the back of the old man dripping with an ominous aura, letting out a hatred-filled rebuke:
"Danzō!!!"
"Restrain him and lock him in Foundation's dungeon! After I resolve today's matter, I will return to take his other eye."
Facing Shisui Uchiha's harsh rebuke, Danzō Shimura gave a cold, disdainful sneer. Slowly raising his hand, he tore off the bandage on his head and pressed the fresh, blood-stained eyeball in his palm into his right eye socket.
He closed both eyes and opened them!
One black and one red light lit up beneath the gloomy sky!
Following that, Danzō tore away the bandages wrapped around his right arm, and another eleven crimson lights flashed to life!
WHOOSH!
Feeling the various terrifying powers surging into his body alongside chakra fuse as one within himself, the smile on Danzō Shimura's face grew even colder and more sinister!
"Hmph! Fifth Hokage!?"
"With me here, why would it take so long!"
"As long as I control the Giant Tenseigan, my disciple... becoming the Fourth Hokage is just around the corner!"
"Hiruzen, I am finally one step ahead of you!"
Danzō Shimura couldn't help but let out a series of strange laughs. His entire body immediately leapt out from his concealed hiding spot!
While everyone present was awed into stillness by the grand power of the Tenseigan—
A figure completely different from everyone else vaulted out from the ranks of the Konoha forces!
While everyone else couldn't help but take half a step back, Danzō Shimura swam against the current all by himself!
"Summoning Jutsu: Baku!"
Under the reflection of rolling dark clouds and gloomy skies—
An experienced figure with twelve crimson beams of light shining on his body charged forward against the indiscriminate repulsive force and howling gales!
With his hands placed behind his back and his body lowered, he dashed forward at a speed barely discernible to the naked eye, turning his body into a thin line glittering with dense crimson light!
Behind him, a giant summoned beast with an elephant's trunk, tusks, a tiger's body, and eagle's claws—Baku—roared toward the sky, opening its wide mouth to spew a massive volume of howling wind forward!
Repulsive force and howling wind clashed, forming a pathway straight to the location of the Giant Tenseigan!
Like a hyena salivating profusely at the sight of prey, Danzō Shimura charged forward madly, closing in on the Giant Tenseigan!
Meanwhile, under the suppression of the indiscriminately erupting repulsive force—
Without Baku opening the path—
No one could persuade him, no one could stop him, and even the sounds of cursing were blocked out by the howling wind!
Everyone present could only stare blankly as Danzō Shimura stepped onto the stage to perform this one-man show!
Meanwhile—
In the sky above the Forest of Death, five kilometers away from the central battlefield—
Under the effect of his 20-kilometer hyper-sensing perception, Hyuga Yu had essentially watched a live stream of Konoha vs. the Giant Tenseigan.
Seeing his cheap master's suffocating play, even someone as bold as Hyuga Yu couldn't help but gasp, showing a slightly dazed expression as if meeting his cheap master for the first time.
'Wait...'
'If you wanted me to be the Fourth Hokage that badly, you could have just told me!'
Hyuga Yu felt like turning on his mic to yell at him, but when the words reached his lips, he forced himself to swallow them back down.
After all, no matter what, Danzō Shimura's main motivation for pulling off this stunt right now was still to forcefully push Hyuga Yu into the seat of Fourth Hokage under circumstances where public opinion and collective voting were completely unfavorable to Yu...
Even if this ran counter to Yu's own plans, Yu had to admit that Danzō Shimura—having not yet been provoked by Hiruzen Sarutobi retaking power—was genuinely quite a formidable figure as a master.
And most importantly—
Hyuga Yu immediately flared his pupils, gazing into the distance toward the position of the Giant Tenseigan. Observing the Tenseigan's current condition, his pupils suddenly constricted slightly.
Doing this is dangerous!
His expression instantly darkened. He could no longer afford to use his multi-tasking ability to research the abnormal 'sixth sense' that had slipped out of his control earlier.
Focusing all his thoughts, he poured his entire concentration into controlling the Tenseigan chakra inside his body and the massive volume of natural energy flowing through him!
CLAP!
He pressed his hands together, and pale green flames erupted around his body!
—BOOM!
A massive stream of ions and Wind Release air currents instantly blasted out from beneath Yu's feet. The swirling air currents intertwined behind him, forming a pale blue tail flame!
Around his body, a distorted wrinkle instantly appeared in space!
This was the precursor to breaking the sound barrier.
In the very next instant—
—BANG!
Hyuga Yu pierced through the sonic boom cloud he had torn open, turning into a green line shooting violently toward the center of the battlefield!
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