Chapter 116: I’ll Take Hagoromo’s Gift
A dark red magic array bloomed from behind Shura, with nine interconnected array patterns spreading out like ripples, each array eye center floating with ancient characters.
“Azure, White, Vermilion, Black, Empty, Southern, Northern, Three, Jade!”
“Nine-Faced Beast!”
With Shura’s low whisper, nine summoned beasts wearing eerie masks burst through the array.
The Azure Dragon and White Tiger leading the charge went straight for the Anbu Ninjas surrounding Shura. Their massive bodies and tiger paws carried immense force; ordinary ninjas dared not take them head-on. Even Kakashi, blocking the White Tiger’s giant paw with his ninja sword, was shaken back several meters by the overwhelming power.
The Black Tortoise’s body was like a hundred-ton truck, charging toward Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others not far away.
“Expansion Jutsu!” Choza Akimichi roared, directly using the chakra stored in his body to expand his size into a small giant!
This advanced form of the Expansion Jutsu could even wrestle with Tails.
After expanding, Choza Akimichi charged straight at the Black Tortoise, pressing both giant palms on its head, trying to hold the summoned beast back!
But when the expanded Choza Akimichi touched the Black Tortoise, he felt a tremendous force crashing into him, pushing his entire body back continuously!
Boom!
The Black Tortoise directly shoved the small-giant Choza Akimichi out of the assembly hall, crashing a huge hole in one wall.
In the gravel and smoke, only the stunned Shikaku Nara and others remained.
“Choza!” Shikaku Nara and the others looked at the large hole shrouded in smoke, just about to go help, when suddenly their peripheral vision caught a flash of red charging toward him.
Shikaku Nara and the others quickly dodged!
Pfft!
The Vermilion Bird’s red shadow grazed Shikaku Nara’s clothing corner. An Anbu Ninja caught off guard had his shoulder blade pierced by the sharp claws, screaming as he was dragged out the hole and flung into the sky.
“Shadow Clone Jutsu!” Shikaku Nara tried to capture the summoned beast with his extending shadow.
The black threads barely touched the bird feathers but were ultimately half a beat too slow.
“Damn it!” Hiruzen Sarutobi swung the Adamantine Staff in his hand, meeting a mysterious summoned beast floating in the air and wielding a scythe.
When the Adamantine Staff collided with the scythe, emitting a metallic clash, Enma’s voice also came from within the Adamantine Staff.
“Hiruzen! This guy’s not right! My chakra is being drained!” Enma cried out in alarm, shouting a sharp warning.
He didn’t dare maintain the Adamantine Staff form any longer, reverting to summoned beast form.
“What?” Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn’t expected the enemy to have so many unheard-of bizarre summoned beasts.
Five animal-form summoned beasts and four human-form summoned beasts directly blocked Hiruzen Sarutobi’s reinforcement troops, even shoving Choza Akimichi out of the house!
The Hyuga Clan Territory, already shrouded in mist, descended into utter chaos.
The knocked-out Choza Akimichi used the Expansion Jutsu again, expanding his size tenfold, towering like a giant in the Hyuga Clan Territory!
But he not only had to wrestle the Black Tortoise but also face the Vermilion Bird attacking from the air at any moment, falling into a passive position for the time being.
Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Kakashi, and the others were locked in a grueling battle.
A purple barrier draped down like a sky curtain, the Southern Dipper Immortal and Northern Dipper Immortal’s jutsu dividing the battlefield in two.
The Shinigami swung its scythe, the Celestial Maiden’s ribbons danced; they dominated the air, suppressing Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others on the ground.
“Damn it!” Hiashi Hyuga gritted his teeth watching the divided battlefield.
Hiruzen Sarutobi’s aged face was deeply furrowed, sweat beading on his forehead, as he and Enma crossed attacks from left and right against the opposing Shinigami.
There were still many Hyuga Clan Members inside the assembly hall, even main family elders, women, and children. Using large-scale ninjutsu would likely harm these innocents.
Thus, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were at a disadvantage, trying to fight the enemy with taijutsu and secret techniques, avoiding large-scale ninjutsu that could injure the Hyuga Clan Territory and Hyuga Clan Members.
Menma looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others outside the purple barrier raised by the Southern Dipper Immortal and Northern Dipper Immortal, temporarily held back by the Nine-Faced Beast, and lightly snorted. He turned his gaze to the Hyuga Main Family Elders inside the barrier.
Hizashi Hyuga stood in front of the main family elders, assuming a Gentle Fist stance, exuding the resolve to defend the main family to the death.
Menma stomped his right foot on the ground, shooting toward Hizashi Hyuga like a cannonball.
Their taijutsu clashed; Hizashi blocked the opponent’s fist with Gentle Fist, but Shura grabbed his hands, spun his right foot, and delivered a fierce kick to his waist.
Boom!
Hizashi was kicked flying several meters, crashing into the wall and passing out.
“Eight Trigrams Empty Palm!” Four Hyuga Elders attacked in unison, gathering chakra in their palms and unleashing Gentle Fist!
Shura lifted his mask; under the White Three-Eyed Fox Mask, a dark red chakra swirled in his left eye.
Instantly, the four Hyuga Elders lost sight of Shura, their chakra-gathering palms at a loss.
Bang!
In the next instant, Shura suddenly appeared beside one Hyuga Elder, slapping his palm onto the old guy’s face, smashing his entire head into the floor. The dull thud of skull against floor made teeth ache.
Before the other Hyuga Elders could react, Shura grabbed one with each hand, yanking them together. They collided, broken teeth mixed with blood foam flying through the air.
The last Hyuga Elder closed his eyes, relying solely on sensing to attack toward Shura’s position.
Menma leaped up accordingly, stomping his foot on this Hyuga Elder’s head, using gravity for a piledriver that smashed the Hyuga Elder into the floor.
In just a few exchanges, mere dozens of seconds, Hizashi Hyuga inside the barrier was unconscious, and the four main family elders were injured.
No one left inside the barrier could oppose Shura.
Hiashi Hyuga, outside fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others against the Shinigami and Celestial Maiden, grew frantic with anxiety.
“Hamura’s gift, I’ll take it.” Menma stepped off the main family elder’s back, took out a glass tube, and brutally gouged out the Hyuga Main Family Elder’s Byakugan.
Aaaah!!!
The now-combat-incapable Hyuga Main Family Elder lay on the ground, emitting a shrill wail.
After the pair of Byakugan was removed, only hollow eye sockets bleeding profusely remained.
Shura placed the pair of Byakugan into the glass tube, the pure white eyeballs floating in pale green culture medium.
After storing it away, Menma took out another glass tube and began gouging the next main family elder’s eyes.
“Shura!!!” Hiashi Hyuga hurled a kunai, but it crashed against the purple barrier with a clang.
Two summoned beasts wearing fox masks and holding fox staffs maintained the barrier, preventing the furious Hiashi and other Konoha Ninjas from intervening. They could only watch helplessly as the four Hyuga Main Family Elders had their eyeballs gouged out alive.
Soon, the four main family elders’ hollow eye sockets gushed blood like springs, their screams echoing inside the house for a long time.
Hiruzen Sarutobi hadn’t expected the enemy to defeat four main family elders and Hizashi Hyuga so easily!
Hizashi Hyuga was an elite jonin no matter what, and the other elders were at least special jonin, yet they were badly injured by Shura in just a few exchanges!
“Can’t worry about it anymore! Shadow Clone Jutsu!” Hiruzen Sarutobi hand sealed, unleashing the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Four shadow clones plus Hiruzen Sarutobi’s main body quickly hand sealed.
“Lightning Release: Roaring Thunder!”
“Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!”
“Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet!”
“Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”
“Wind Release: Cyclone!”
Five ninjutsu of different attributes blasted from multiple directions toward the floating Shinigami and Celestial Maiden in the air, determined to break through!
