Chapter 612 The Second Ninja God

Muzuki didn’t even look back, concentrating his Rock Breathing to enhance his strength and defense, condensing Chakra in his right index and middle fingers, slightly turning his body and extending his arm, precisely catching the incoming Kunai.

“Hmm?” Danzo Shimura’s expression changed slightly, not expecting Sōsuke’s reaction to be so quick.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Danzo Shimura burst out Chakra to increase his strength, trying to forcefully stab the Kunai into Sōsuke’s body.

The sudden burst of powerful Chakra created a gust of wind, blowing Sōsuke’s hair and white robe, but to Danzo Shimura’s surprise, no matter how hard he tried, the Kunai couldn’t advance a single millimeter.

“How can his strength be so great!” Danzo Shimura pushed so hard that his foot sank into the ground, yet he still couldn’t make the Kunai move forward.

Danzo Shimura, whose sneak attack failed, did not panic. This place was full of his and Lord Hanzo’s Ninja, and Uchiha Madara’s Ninja were also lurking among them. The operation could not fail.

Swish, swish!

Seeing Danzo Shimura make a move, those Root Ninja disguised as Rain Ninja stopped pretending and drew their swords or pulled out Kunai. Those closer to Sōsuke attacked Sōsuke, and those closer to Nagato attacked Nagato.

Crack!

As Muzuki’s fingers exerted force, the Kunai tightly held by Danzo Shimura broke directly.

Bang!

Muzuki clenched his right hand into a fist and struck Danzo Shimura’s abdomen with a heavy thud. Danzo Shimura was sent flying ten meters away.

Bang, bang, bang!

Immediately after, Muzuki’s body flashed rapidly, like lightning, throwing punches at the incoming Root Ninja, instantly knocking all the charging Root Ninja flying and sending them crashing to the ground.

Lord Hanzo showed no surprise at this, looking at Sōsuke with a calm expression.

He had expected this. Sōsuke’s Taijutsu was even stronger than his, and he had been forewarned by Lord Hanzo, so how could Danzo Shimura’s sneak attack succeed?

“Lord Hanzo, what are you waiting for!” Danzo Shimura was furious, looking at Lord Hanzo who stood beside Sōsuke, doing nothing.

Just now, when Sōsuke blocked his sneak attack, if Lord Hanzo had made a move, he could have easily killed Sōsuke, but Lord Hanzo did nothing, like a dead man.

Danzo Shimura noticed that the true Rain Ninja, like Lord Hanzo, made no move, only watching.

Danzo Shimura was a bit confused about what Lord Hanzo wanted to do. Did he go back on his word? But Lord Hanzo didn’t attack him either.

Then why didn’t he attack Sōsuke? Danzo Shimura didn’t understand.

“Waiting for a suitable moment to strike,” Lord Hanzo replied calmly.

He wouldn’t help Danzo Shimura fight Sōsuke, nor would he help Sōsuke fight Danzo Shimura. He would just quietly wait for Sōsuke to resolve the trouble from Konoha, and then he would make his move.

Danzo Shimura was even more speechless listening to Lord Hanzo’s words. What timing could be better than just now?

However, at this moment, Danzo Shimura clearly understood one thing: Lord Hanzo was unreliable. To kill Sōsuke, he had to rely on himself.

“How dare you betray me. After I deal with Sōsuke, you won’t have it easy either,” Danzo Shimura secretly thought.

Although Lord Hanzo didn’t attack him, in Danzo Shimura’s mind, Lord Hanzo not attacking Sōsuke with him was betrayal.

Danzo Shimura didn’t immediately turn on Lord Hanzo, only worried that overly aggressive words would make Lord Hanzo turn around and help Sōsuke.

Danzo Shimura was glad that he hadn’t slacked off at all after obtaining Wood Release, striving every day to make his Wood Release stronger.

“I will become the second God of Shinobi!” Feeling the powerful Wood Release Chakra within him, Danzo Shimura’s heart surged.

He was already a strong man, and now he not only mastered powerful Wood Release, but his own Chakra had also ascended to a higher level. Danzo Shimura didn’t believe that he, like this, couldn’t take down Sōsuke.

“Wood Release: World of Trees Advent!”

Danzo Shimura quickly formed hand seals while the Root Ninja were still bravely attacking Sōsuke, bursting out a large amount of Chakra to use his strongest Wood Release.

Although he really wanted to use Senju Hashirama’s Wood Golem, his Wood Release wasn’t that strong yet.

Bang, bang!

Under the catalysis of the powerful Wood Release Chakra, a large number of trees continuously broke through the soil and grew rapidly, and the open space was about to turn into a forest.

This scene made all the Ninja on the field, except for Muzuki, show surprised expressions.

Most of the Kage of each village were only up to the Third Generation now, and it had only been a few decades since Senju Hashirama’s era, when he dominated the Ninja World. The Ninja World had not forgotten that truly invincible God of Shinobi, nor had they forgotten the God of Shinobi’s unique Bloodline Limit.

“He actually also mastered Wood Release,” Lord Hanzo looked at Danzo Shimura with a hint of emotion.

This was something Lord Hanzo hadn’t anticipated.

Konoha actually had a second Wood Release Ninja, and it was Danzo Shimura, one of Konoha’s high-ranking officials.

“Is this the legendary God of Shinobi’s Wood Release? So strong!” The Rain Ninja watched with great surprise as the open space turned into a forest.

Looking at everyone’s surprised expressions, Danzo Shimura felt incredibly pleased.

His only regret was that Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn’t here and couldn’t see his Wood Release display its might.

Danzo Shimura didn’t pay too much attention. Hiruzen Sarutobi would have a chance to see it sooner or later. The most important thing now was to kill Sōsuke and Nagato.

Under Danzo Shimura’s control, all the trees extended their branches and twisted their trunks to attack Sōsuke and Nagato.

Nagato condensed Chakra in his feet and leaped up suddenly.

And the trees continuously extended their branches towards Nagato, trying to pull Nagato back into the forest.

“Shinra Tensei!”

Nagato’s body erupted with an incredibly powerful repulsive force, pressing down all the soaring branches. His body also flew higher under the effect of this powerful repulsive force, exceeding the extension range of the tree branches.

As for Nagato’s two Shadow Clones, they couldn’t withstand the pressure and dissipated into white smoke with a bang.

“If you don’t want to be caught in the crossfire, stay away. It will be very dangerous next,” Muzuki shouted while using Wind Release to clear the wooden strips approaching him.

Although his control ability was very strong, the range of the Ninjutsu he would use next would be very exaggerated, and it would be easy to accidentally injure the Ninja still in the forest.

Hearing Sōsuke’s words, Lord Hanzo didn’t hesitate and quickly flashed away.

The other Rain Ninja, seeing their leader leave, also started to move.

Since Danzo Shimura didn’t attack them at all, they easily withdrew from the forest.

“Wood Release is indeed not simple,” Lord Hanzo thought, looking at the branches attacking Muzuki from all directions.

Danzo Shimura’s Wood Release was not only very wide in range, but it could also quickly attack enemies within it from all angles, making it impossible to guard against.

Muzuki quickly formed a hand seal to create a Shadow Clone, then his main body switched breathing and entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.

He quickly raised his right hand, extended his thumb straight, extended his index and middle fingers slightly tilted, bent his pinky and ring fingers, and formed the Tiger hand seal with one hand.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Dance!”

Incredibly scorching deep-red flames were exhaled by Muzuki.

The wooden strips approaching Muzuki touched the flames and were instantly incinerated into black ash and dissipated.

Soon, a deep-red sea of fire formed around Muzuki, burning all the nearby trees to ashes.

At this moment, the Shadow Clone’s Chakra condensation was complete.

The Shadow Clone Muzuki also formed a hand seal with one hand, extending his pinky straight and tilted, and bending the other four fingers, forming the Dragon hand seal.

“Wind Release: Vacuum Hurricane!”

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A terrifying hurricane was exhaled by the Shadow Clone Muzuki. The wind fueled the fire, and in an instant, the sea of fire around Muzuki expanded rapidly, engulfing everything around it and turning it into scorched earth.

“So hot!” The Rain Ninja, while condensing Chakra in their feet to prevent being blown away by the wind, were startled by the approaching heatwave.

Although the Land of Rain was unusually cool due to being covered by rain clouds all year round, at this moment, he felt as if he was in a large furnace.

“Combination Ninjutsu: Twin Dragon Annihilation!”

Muzuki’s main body and Shadow Clone exerted their full power simultaneously, increasing their Chakra output.

Roar!

Accompanied by a roar like that of a giant dragon, the sea of fire, aided by the wind dragon, expanded rapidly once again, instantly turning the entire forest into a sea of fire.

The vast sea of fire, the rising deep-red flames, and the rapidly increasing temperature gave everyone a terrifying feeling of being in a world of flames.

“How could this be!” Danzo Shimura watched this scene in disbelief.

How could the God of Shinobi’s invincible Bloodline Limit lose to a mere Combination Ninjutsu? This was Wood Release: World of Trees Advent, which could change the terrain of an area!

“Even stronger than that time!” Lord Hanzo watched the dense forest instantly turn into a sea of fire and couldn’t help but recall his duel with Sōsuke in the valley.

Fire Dragon Dance was a Fire Release Ninjutsu he would never forget in his life. That battle in the valley was the clearest memory of a battle in Lord Hanzo’s entire life.

So Lord Hanzo instantly knew that Sōsuke had become stronger.

The combination of Fire Dragon Dance and Vacuum Hurricane far surpassed a single Fire Dragon Dance. If Sōsuke had mastered this Combination Ninjutsu in that battle in the valley…

He might have been killed by this terrifyingly powerful Combination Ninjutsu during the first clash of Ninjutsu.

After all, before fighting Sōsuke, how could Lord Hanzo have imagined that Sōsuke’s Ninjutsu would be so strong?

“Good thing we got out,” the Rain Ninja far from the forest felt a lingering fear as they looked at the sea of fire that seemed to burn everything to ashes.

If they had been a little later, they definitely wouldn’t have been able to survive under such a Fire Release.

Thinking of this, the Rain Ninja looked at Sōsuke with complex expressions.

The Rain Ninja who could stand here were basically Lord Hanzo’s confidants and were absolutely biased towards Lord Hanzo.

Some of them even advised Lord Hanzo to use the entire Amegakure’s strength to deal with Sōsuke, but it was not approved.

Because Lord Hanzo’s decision was precisely to avoid excessive consumption of the Land of Rain’s power. If he used the entire Rain Ninja’s power to deal with Sōsuke, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

Danzo Shimura saw the unfavorable situation and wanted to dodge.

Such a Fire Release was clearly not something a Ninja could withstand head-on.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Under Muzuki’s control, the entire sea of fire divided into ten enormous fire dragons, blocking all directions Danzo Shimura could dodge.

Muzuki looked at Danzo Shimura with a calm expression. This Combination Ninjutsu, which consumed a large amount of his Chakra, certainly wouldn’t just burn all the trees away.

As long as Danzo Shimura hadn’t mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu like Flying Thunder God or Amenotejikara, then he couldn’t dodge it. At most, he could only use Ninjutsu to defend.

After realizing he couldn’t dodge, Danzo Shimura remained still, not even using defensive Ninjutsu, as if he had completely given up and was ready to embrace death.

“Sōsuke, wait,” Lord Hanzo began to condense Chakra, wanting to save Danzo Shimura.

Although Lord Hanzo hated Danzo Shimura and wished he could kill him with his own hands, Danzo Shimura could not die.

Because Danzo Shimura was a high-ranking Konoha official, who came to Amegakure representing Konoha.

If he only defeated Danzo Shimura, Konoha might temporarily tolerate it, seeing that the Shinobi Sect and Amegakure had merged and their strength was not weak.

If Danzo Shimura was killed, Konoha would definitely view the entire Land of Rain as an enemy and would definitely attack the Land of Rain.

However, Lord Hanzo was still a step too late. It wasn’t that his speed was insufficient, but that the distance was not short.

Boom!!!

Ten enormous fire dragons simultaneously rushed towards Danzo Shimura from different directions. A massive amount of flames exploded together, producing a huge roar and.

For a moment, the fire blazed into the sky, and Danzo Shimura and everything around him were engulfed in deep-red flames.

Lord Hanzo stopped and sighed deeply.

He didn’t believe that Danzo Shimura could withstand such an exaggerated attack with a flesh-and-blood body. Even with Chakra defense, it was impossible.

Such terrifying Fire Release could probably instantly evaporate a lake. Even ordinary defensive Water Release couldn’t withstand it, let alone a human body.

“It’s out of control…” Lord Hanzo frowned slightly.

He had thought Sōsuke would spare Danzo Shimura’s life out of consideration for Konoha’s strength, but he didn’t expect Sōsuke to be so ruthless, using a never-before-seen super Combination Ninjutsu from the start, so much so that he couldn’t even save him.

“Hmm?” Lord Hanzo couldn’t help but be stunned when he noticed a figure not far away.

Danzo Shimura stood unharmed on the scorched earth. Aside from his mask disappearing, there were no burn marks on his body.

“Sōsuke!” Danzo Shimura’s face was grim, staring intently at Sōsuke with his only remaining Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

If looks could kill, Sōsuke might have already been sliced into a thousand pieces by Danzo Shimura.

In Danzo Shimura’s imagined battle to encircle and kill Sōsuke, he would display his Wood Release, astounding everyone, and kill Sōsuke while Sōsuke wore an expression of shock.

In the real battle to encircle and kill Sōsuke, his strongest Wood Release instantly turned to black ash, and Sōsuke only used two Ninjutsu to force him to use Izanagi to survive.

“What’s going on? Has an enemy invaded?” Some Rain Ninja noticed the commotion from Muzuki’s side and rushed over quickly.

There was no other way; that soaring blaze was simply too dazzling. Let alone Ninja, even ordinary people would find it hard not to notice.

The only difference was that Ninja would specifically rush towards the source of the fire, while residents would specifically avoid it.

A large number of Rain Ninja began to gather, but just as they tried to approach, many Rain Ninja Anbu immediately appeared.

“Lord Hanzo has ordered, no passage beyond this point,” the Rain Ninja Anbu said coldly.

Lord Hanzo had long prepared not to involve ordinary Rain Ninja.

Although the Rain Ninja were puzzled, this was Lord Hanzo’s order after all, so they all stopped.

Some Rain Ninja turned back, while others observed from their positions.

Muzuki looked at Danzo Shimura with a calm expression. The current Danzo Shimura only had two Sharingan. If he used one, Danzo Shimura would only have two lives left.