Chapter 66: How Many More Eyes Do You Have For Me To Waste?
When Danzo hurriedly cast his incredulous gaze toward the direction of the Baku, he could only see a massive wave of lava like a tsunami engulfing the Baku’s entire enormous body.
Like a basin of scalding water slapping onto a clump of fluffy cotton, he watched as the Baku’s body seemed to have the air inside squeezed out, visibly shriveling up at a rapid pace.
Until the vast scorching lava splashed onto the ground, setting the ground ablaze with raging flames.
The Baku had disappeared—this was the fact Danzo’s eyes witnessed.
He could clearly sense that this was not the Baku unilaterally canceling the Summoning Technique at the critical moment.
In other words…
The terrifying temperature of the lava had evaporated and vaporized the Baku’s body!
His Summoned Beast…
Died!!!
Just like how it had “killed” him earlier, Uchiha Ikeizumi killed the Summoned Beast Baku! But while he, Danzo, had the Uchiha Clan’s “Izanagi” to rewrite reality, the Baku could only manage a scream before perishing on the spot!
Only to see the lava scattered across the ground rapidly gathering into a human shape, Uchiha Ikeizumi’s completely unharmed body appearing in Danzo’s line of sight, as Danzo watched him slowly turn around.
Crimson blood slowly flowed from both sides of Danzo’s mouth, caused by him gritting his teeth too hard.
But under the one-minute effect of “Izanagi,” in less than the blink of an eye, it seemed as if nothing had happened.
“U! Chi! Ha! Ike! Izumi!”
He was already furious to the extreme!
……
Sarutobi Hiruzen grew increasingly heavy-hearted, because he had already arrived at the area affected by the battle’s aftermath with his men.
Looking at house after house affected by Wind Release…
Looking at Konoha civilians one after another panic-stricken as they ran to the open streets for shelter…
Gazing at the devastated scene not far away.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was also furious to the extreme.
He never imagined that Danzo would be so irrational, summoning the Baku inside the village. He even allowed his Summoned Beast to use such a powerful ninjutsu in the village.
Was it just to kill Uchiha Ikeizumi? Were the Uchiha Clan’s ninjas such a thorn in his side?
To the point of disregarding civilian safety?
“……Hm?!” But at that moment, the grim-faced Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly froze.
Because he had just seen the sky full of lava surging toward the Baku.
When the lava gradually dissipated.
Danzo’s Summoned Beast was gone.
“Could it be…” Sarutobi Hiruzen’s pupils contracted slightly. If it was really as he guessed, then Uchiha Ikeizumi’s strength would need to be reassessed.
……
A wind blade sharp enough to sever a kunai grazed Uchiha Ikeizumi’s cheek, and several thumb-sized wind orbs flying close to his face also blasted several centimeter-deep holes in Uchiha Ikeizumi’s body.
Uchiha Ikeizumi performed no fancy maneuvers; he simply punched back, piercing right through Danzo’s chest.
Danzo’s eyes slowly lost their light.
Weirdly, Danzo’s “corpse” detached from Uchiha Ikeizumi’s arm, and in just a momentary daze, the lightless eyes suddenly regained their luster.
Danzo pulled back a distance, his right arm proliferating with numerous thick vines that shot toward Uchiha Ikeizumi!
“‘Activating Izanagi’ means that within one minute, no matter how many times you die, it only counts as one death? I see.”
Having “killed” Danzo several times in a row, Uchiha Ikeizumi roughly understood the mechanism of “Izanagi” on this side of the golden finger.
He grabbed a stabbing vine with his reverse hand, and the lava instantly set the vine ablaze, rapidly turning it into charred remains.
“Wood Style: Poison Miasma Flower Sea!!!”
However.
The other vines that hadn’t reached Uchiha Ikeizumi suddenly bloomed with vibrant flowers. As a rolling hot wind swept over, the flowers sprayed out massive amounts of pollen like a light dust storm, enough to obscure vision, spreading in all directions.
Since this Wood Style trump card had already been revealed in front of Uchiha Ikeizumi, Danzo held nothing back.
He clapped his palms together, his expression grim and hateful as he roared fiercely.
“Wood Style: Forest Creation!!!”
Danzo slammed his right arm heavily onto the ground ahead, the entire arm turning into wood and burrowing viciously into the earth. Roots spread rapidly toward Uchiha Ikeizumi’s position, bursting out of the ground and weaving together to form a spherical cage.
This Wood Style ninjutsu, originally for defense, was now being used by Danzo to trap Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Or rather…
To trap the pollen rapidly spreading in all directions!
“Even with Lava Release similar to the Water Transformation Technique, you can’t be invincible! Uchiha Ikeizumi! Water Release, Sealing Ninjutsu… those are your weaknesses! And poison gas… that’s definitely your weakness too! This is poison pollen that can even dissolve organs!”
Danzo panted slightly; he never believed there was an invincible power in the Ninja World.
Even Uchiha Shisui, who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan back then, hadn’t he been schemed against by him, forced to flee in disarray, and eventually jumped off a cliff to his death?
After the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his right arm completely closed.
Danzo’s gaze turned toward the “Forest Creation” that had temporarily trapped Uchiha Ikeizumi ahead.
He had lost another Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The sunk cost tonight was already too much for him to accept.
Damn Uchiha brat…
Why don’t you just die!
……
“Danzo!”
“What are you doing!!!”
A roar carrying undisguised angry emotion came from behind Danzo, growing closer.
When Danzo turned his grim old face to look, he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen hurrying over with a large group of Anbu Ninjas.
That aggressive stance made Danzo sneer.
If the monkey hadn’t kept indulging and protecting Uchiha Ikeizumi, allowing that naturally evil Uchiha brat to grow up, he would have dealt with Uchiha Ikeizumi years ago.
At this moment, Danzo also noticed people approaching from another direction.
He couldn’t help narrowing his eyes.
“Fugaku…”
Because the one approaching from the other side was none other than Uchiha Fugaku, leading a group of Uchiha Clan ninjas!
……
“Where’s Ikeizumi…” Fugaku gazed ahead not far away, finding only Shimura Danzo in the devastated area ahead.
And the Hokage and others also approaching from the other direction.
But Uchiha Ikeizumi was nowhere to be seen.
This made Fugaku’s heart sink.
Even knowing that Uchiha Ikeizumi’s existence put his eldest son Uchiha Itachi in danger, the Uchiha Clan really couldn’t afford to lose such a powerful combatant.
“Hm?”
Suddenly, the heavy-hearted Fugaku watched as a strange “wooden cage” ahead spontaneously burst into flames. He even saw Danzo incredulously turning to look at the same moment.
—Boom!!!
A soaring lava torrent instantly tore the “Forest Creation” into fragments, and the vines covered in poison flowers had long turned to ashes.
Uchiha Ikeizumi, bathed in lava, shot forward like an arrow off the string, closing in on Danzo in an instant!
“Ikeizumi! Wait!!!
Fugaku was abruptly startled, because the Hokage and the others had already arrived—if Ikeizumi still attacked…
……
“Ikeizumi! Stop!” Sarutobi Hiruzen also tensed up at the same time.
But unexpectedly…
Right in front of this Hokage, Uchiha Ikeizumi thrust his scalding Lava Arm through Danzo’s back!
Danzo’s eyes suddenly widened, his turned neck stiffening.
His unthinkable gaze fell on Uchiha Ikeizumi’s profile.
The second Sharingan transplanted in his arm was slowly losing its luster.
“How many more eyes do you have for me to exhaust?”
The voice, like the Shinigami’s whisper, sent shivers down Danzo’s spine.
He felt the emotion of fear.
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