Konoha: Sage Body

"Danzo!!!"

Sandaime realized that his old comrade Danzo was truly and completely dead, and he immediately shouted angrily at Kirito.

The next moment, he quickly completed the seal with both hands, then jumped up and spat out six huge fireballs in succession.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

A simple Great Fireball Technique, but in the hands of Sandaime, it was anything but simple. The six fireballs were enormous, with the momentum of a meteorite impact, and they smashed heavily onto the sealing barrier formed by the combined Lightning Release: Thunder Binding of the four elite jōnin.

In an instant, the entire sealing barrier shook violently, and the side that had been attacked was covered in cracks. The four elite jōnin who were maintaining the barrier all turned red in the face, and then spat out a mouthful of blood.

"No wonder he's the third Hokage, this Fire Release technique is more than just a fourth-level technique, even if it's not a fifth-level technique, it's definitely pretty close,"

said Kirito, surprised to see that Sandaime almost broke the sealing barrier with just one move of the Great Fireball Technique.Just from this move alone, he could see the difference between Sandaime and Tsuchikage. It was no wonder that Tsuchikage lost to Sandaime in the competition for the position of Hokage.

If Kage-Level powerhouses can be divided into four levels – beginner, average, elite, and top – then Danzo is at most a beginner Kage-Level powerhouse. Sandaime, on the other hand, with his performance of Fire Release, can be classified as at least an elite Kage-Level powerhouse.

Sandaime was unrelenting in his momentum, once again using Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to attack the sealing barrier, and focusing his attack on the side of the barrier where the crack appeared.

The sealing barrier, which was already on the verge of shattering, suddenly became unstable and was about to collapse.

"You four should leave quickly. The next battle is not something you four can interfere with."

Seeing this, Kirito immediately used the Mind Body Switch Technique to notify the four elite jōnin of the Uchiha clan to leave.

After saying this, a chakra line shot out from his body, precisely wrapping around Sarutobi Takashi on the ground and pulling him over to his side.

Sarutobi Takashi was very lucky. His loyal subordinates had previously protected him, allowing him to survive the combined jutsu released by the three masked monsters controlled by Kirito: Fire, Wind, and Thunder. Later, when Kirito fought Danzo, Sarutobi Takashi was also deliberately kicked away by Danzo to avoid being attacked by the aftermath of the battle between the two.

The four elite jōnin of the Uchiha clan had long been convinced by Kirito's demonstrated strength. They received orders from Kirito and all evacuated without delay, not causing any trouble for Kirito.

The sealing barrier lost the support of the four elite jōnin, and it was once again attacked by Sandaime, and instantly shattered.

After breaking through the sealing barrier, Sandaime did not attack Kirito immediately, but stood on the water, staring at Kirito and Sarutobi Takashi in Kirito's hands. A terrifying chakra fluctuation exploded from his body, causing a large number of ripples in the water.

"Who the hell are you? Why are you doing this?"

Sandaime watched as his son was taken hostage by Kirito and threatened, and he suppressed the enormous anger in his heart as he shouted angrily,

"Don't worry, I have no intention of killing him. As long as you don't make any rash moves and let my people leave in peace, I will return him to you in perfect condition."

Kirito answered Sandaime's question in a way that did not answer the question.

Upon hearing this, Sandaime let out a cold snort and let the four elite jōnin who were maintaining the barrier leave.

By this time, many ANBU ninjas had arrived at the scene. Upon hearing Kirito's words, they all suddenly gave up the idea of pursuing him, but they subconsciously surrounded Kirito and the four masked monsters.

As long as Sandaime gave the order, they would immediately attack Kirito.

"Except for the jōnin, everyone else withdraw. You are not allowed to participate in the next battle."

Sandaime looked at his subordinates as they planned to join forces against Kirito, and after thinking for a moment, he ordered loudly.

Although he was furious, his senses were still intact. He was well aware of the strength of the enemy in front of him. From the powerful Sage Chakra fluctuations constantly emanating from the opponent, it was obvious that the opponent had already entered Sage Mode. It would undoubtedly be very difficult to win by relying on numbers against someone like this.

Even if they could win, they would definitely have to pay a huge toll in casualties.

For the next battle, he estimated that only the jōnin could provide him with some support.

Following Sandaime's words, the ninjas below the rank of jōnin on the field withdrew one after the other.

In an instant, the Konoha side was left with only Sandaime and 20 jōnin.

The four elite Uchiha clan jōnin ran very fast and quickly got out of Kirito's current range of perception.

After the White Zetsu clone entered Sage Mode, Kirito's natural energy perception ability immediately expanded to more than 20 kilometers away, and he felt full of power, with an amazing improvement in all aspects of physical fitness.

After entering Sage Mode, he felt that the strength of the White Zetsu clone had increased by at least 50%, and that was without the White Zetsu clone using Wood Release.

Furthermore, the Byakugan residing in the White Zetsu clone's body had also seen an astonishing improvement in its detection ability under the blessing of Sage Mode, extending to 50 kilometers away. He also felt that time had slowed down, and the movements of everything around him had become very slow, so slow that he could easily tell what their next move would be.

Not only that, but after the temporary and astonishing enhancement of Byakugan by Sage Mode, he even managed to get a vague message from Byakugan. Unfortunately, the message was too vague for him to know what it was for the time being, but he guessed that it should be some kind of pupil art.

This might be the same as the Sharingan evolving into the Mangekyo Sharingan, a kind of pupil art that is born automatically, but the Byakugan on the White Zetsu clone has not yet successfully completed its final evolution, which is why it is like this.

In addition, the four masked monsters also exuded the fluctuations of Sage Chakra after being strengthened by the Sage Chakra through the chakra line connected to the White Zetsu clone, and their strength had improved considerably. Strange patterns appeared on the masks on their faces.

"I'll give it back to you."

Kirito saw the four elite Uchiha clan jōnin leave, and he directly threw Sarutobi Takashi in his hands to Sandaime.

Sandaime immediately reached out and caught Sarutobi Takashi.

At this time, the five Nara clan jōnin decisively struck, and five shadows quickly reached out to Kirito and the four masked monsters.

The other jōnin also used various ninjutsu to attack.

Kirito used Byakugan to see the enemy's attacks, and he and the four masked monsters suddenly displayed amazing mobility and evasive abilities, avoiding all of the enemy's ninjutsu.

Among them, Kirito directly manipulated the White Zetsu clone to charge into the crowd with a series of afterimages.

At this moment, the White Zetsu clone used the Sage Chakra to unleash a Chakra Rush that was comparable in speed to the Teleport Technique. Some jōnin only felt a blur before they were knocked flying by Kirito's punch, and they passed out immediately, vomiting blood.

Only a few elite jōnin managed to see the movements of the White Zetsu clone and successfully parry its attacks, but the gap in power between them was too great. Even if they managed to parry the attacks, they were unable to form an effective counter, and their arms were instantly broken, before they were knocked flying and seriously injured.

After activating Sage Mode, the White Zetsu clone was able to easily defeat an elite Jōnin, an elite Jōnin from Konoha at that, with just simple body techniques.

In just ten seconds or so, he defeated 20 Konoha Jōnin.

If he hadn't wanted to kill so many Konoha people, he would have killed these 20 Konoha Jōnin just now.

Kirito felt great from this powerful feeling.

However, this power apparently came at a price. Just from the time it took him to defeat 20 Konoha Jōnin in a row with his physical skills, he had used up nearly one-fifth of his Sage Chakra. Together with the three jōnin who had used their Sage Chakra to release three jōnin techniques earlier, he had less than one-third of his Sage Chakra left.

Fortunately, he still had a relatively abundant amount of chakra stored in his Yin Seals, and with the White Zetsu clone able to quickly absorb natural energy and convert it into chakra, Kirito deduced with horror that if he continued to fight at the same intensity, the chakra in his body should be able to last him about five minutes.

Within five minutes, could he defeat Sandaime?

It's hard to estimate.

Even in his old age, Sandaime was able to hold his own against Orochimaru at his peak, as well as the first and second generations of the Kage-class ninjas, and if it weren't for his lack of stamina, he might have been able to take Orochimaru down as well.

Now that Sandaime is in his prime, even if he has Sage Mode, it would be extremely difficult to defeat him.

If he really pushed him too far, he could use Shikigami Seigen to destroy them both, and that's no joke.

"He really can spend his chakra like water. Sage Mode is powerful, but its endurance is too low,"

Kirito sighed.

If his Sage Mode lasted longer, he might be able to wear out Sandaime. After all, Sandaime would have to expend a lot of chakra if he wanted to fight him.

Meanwhile, Sandaime had already settled Sarutobi Takashi in place. He saw Kirito control the White Zetsu clone to defeat 20 Jōnin at once without harming them, and couldn't help but feel very surprised. His hostility towards Kirito instantly subsided.

He could see that this Kage-Level powerhouse in front of him didn't have much hostility towards Konoha, and that the only person he was targeting was Danzo.

The reason the opponent stayed was that he wanted to fight him, otherwise he could have used his son as a hostage and escaped long ago. There was no way he would give his son back, and there was no way he would show mercy to a Konoha ninja who had attacked him.

"Who the hell is he, and what's his relationship with the Senju clan?"

Sandaime thought to himself.

While he was thinking, he didn't stop moving his hands. He quickly bit his index finger, preparing to use the summoning technique.

But a huge lightning bolt suddenly shot out of the mouth of the masked stranger.

Lightning Release· False Darkness!

Sandaime was instantly hit.

The next moment, a white smoke appeared, and a piece of wood charred by electricity appeared in its place.

Substitute Technique!

"Impressive, he actually managed to use the Substitute Technique without using his seal and without infusing his substitute with chakra beforehand."

Kirito praised, seeing that Sandaime had actually cultivated the Substitute Technique to a very high level.

By using his Byakugan, he clearly saw that the moment Sandaime was attacked, a burst of chakra instantly appeared on his body, hitting a wooden block not far away, and then before being hit by the huge lightning bolt, he used the Sharingan to switch places with the wooden block.

After Sandaime used the Sharingan to avoid the attack of the masked Lightning Release monster, he also successfully used his summoning technique.

"Boom~" With a sound,

a white ape wearing a Konoha forehead protector appeared in front of Kirito's eyes.

It was Sandaime's summoning beast, Enma.

"The fluctuations of Sage Chakra. Hiruzen. Every time you summon me, I encounter top-notch enemies,"

he said with a frown, sensing the fluctuations of Sage Chakra from the White Zetsu clone as soon as Enma appeared.

"Sorry, but I wouldn't have summoned you if the enemy wasn't strong enough,"

Sandaime said with a wry smile.

Then he said seriously, "Here it comes."

As soon as he finished speaking, Enma instantly turned into an iron rod.

Ninpo: Adamantine staff!

Sandaime immediately grabbed the Adamantine staff that Enma had transformed into and swung it forward, blocking the katana made entirely of chakra metal in Kirito's hand.

"Clang!"

A loud metallic collision sounded.

At the same time, there was also the terrifying blast of two powerful chakra colliding, which instantly set off a gust of wind.

The ground beneath the two of them cracked inch by inch, eventually forming a deep pit.

"Sandaime-sama is truly amazing, completely different from those trash I just fought. Next, please let me experience the joy of battle."

Kirito praised as he saw Sandaime easily block a horizontal A-slash in Sage Mode.

"Hmph, don't be so smug, young man,"

Sandaime sneered as he heard Kirito's praise, not at all happy.

As he spoke, he suddenly exerted force in his hand, pushing Kirito flying out.

Then, the Adamantine staff in his hand suddenly lengthened at will, and it pierced Kirito like lightning.

Kirito was instantly hit.

But in the process, Kirito suddenly turned into a puddle of water.

"Water Shunshin Technique!"

Sandaime saw this and instantly realized that this was the result of the enemy unleashing the Water Shunshin Technique without a seal. Then his entire body immediately turned black, and he used the iron gauntlets on his left hand to hold a sudden samurai sword.

Earth Release: Earth Spear!

The samurai sword, covered in thick Sage Chakra, was incredibly powerful. The chakra metal arm guards, which had Earth Release Chakra to strengthen their defensive power, were cut in half almost instantly. However, in the end, they only left a deep cut on Sandaime's blackened skin, unable to cut off the entire arm.

The moment his arm was hit, Sandaime immediately counterattacked, once again releasing a Fire Release jutsu without using his seal. He aimed his mouth at Kirito in front of him and spat out a flame.

Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!

Facing Sandaime's Fire Release ninjutsu unleashed from close range, a sudden current of water appeared on Kirito's body, forming a water ball that wrapped his entire body and successfully blocked Sandaime's Fire Dragon Bullet.

Water Release: Water Prison Jutsu!

On the other side, the Lightning Release masked monster and the Wind Release masked monster in the sky launched simultaneous attacks.

Huge lightning guns and huge vacuum blades were released from their mouths and shot towards Sandaime at high speed.

Lightning Release: False Darkness!

Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!

"Hiruzen!"

Enma, who had transformed into an Adamantine staff, immediately warned.

Sandaime had to abort another ninjutsu he was about to use and once again release the Stand technique without a seal to dodge.

He personally was proficient in hundreds of Five Element ninjutsu and could release more than ten of them without a seal, and could even quickly release two ninjutsu in succession to complete a combined release.

If he had been given a little more time, he would have been able to use the Lightning Release jutsu to break through the water prison jutsu on Kirito's body.

"We must deal with those four monsters in the sky first, otherwise it will be difficult for me to find a chance to defeat this guy while they keep me occupied."

Sandaime glanced at the four masked monsters in the sky and then looked at Kirito, who had just released the water prison jutsu. He said with a difficult expression on his face.

After the opponent entered Sage Mode, his speed and power became terrifying.

Fortunately, he usually insists on daily physical exercise, and his physical fitness has not declined too much. Coupled with the fact that he has been secretly using the Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique to strengthen his nerve response ability, this has allowed him to steadily block the enemy's attacks.

Otherwise, the previous Konoha jōnin are a warning to him.

"Let's end this quickly. Although these four Earth Grudge Masked Monsters all have powerful ninjutsu abilities, it is too difficult to hit Sandaime. In that case, it will just be a waste of chakra. In the end, it really comes down to physical skills,"

Kirito sighed as he saw Sandaime once again use the technique to avoid the attacks of the masked monsters.

In terms of evasive ability, at his peak, Sandaime was able to fully utilize this ability with the simple technique of substitution, and unless he used a jutsu with an extremely large range, it would be difficult to hit him.

However, Sandaime was not Danzo. If the three masked monsters of Wind, Fire, and Thunder teamed up and used a combined jutsu, and given the environment here with a lake nearby, Sandaime would definitely have time to dive into the water to avoid it.

Realizing that the four masked monsters would be of little help in his battle with Sandaime, Kirito decisively abandoned them.

The next moment, his body was instantly covered in purple lightning.

Senjutsu: Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique.

The Sage Chakra in his body suddenly began to rapidly deplete, dropping below half.

Kirito's movement speed instantly soared again. In the eyes of ordinary people, he seemed to have turned into a purple light that flashed past in front of them, and there was simply no time to react and dodge.

Sword Technique: Thunder Flash!

However, in Sandaime's eyes, he could only see a little of Kirito's movements at the moment.

Relying on the benefits of the Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique to enhance his nerve response, Sandaime barely managed to respond. He thrust the Adamantine staff in his hand into the ground, and a cage made up of many Adamantine staffs instantly appeared, enveloping his entire body.

Ninpo: Adamantine Prison Wall!

Kirito used Byakugan to see Sandaime defend himself using the Adamantine staff transformed from Enma, and a sneer immediately appeared on his face.

The defensive power of the Adamantine staff transformed from Enma is truly astonishing. Its hardness is comparable to Chakra metal, and the defensive power of the Adamantine prison wall formed by it naturally cannot be underestimated. It is estimated that even if he continuously slashes multiple times with the ninja sword covered in Sage Chakra in his hand, it still cannot be broken through.

But unfortunately, he has Byakugan, and can easily see all the weaknesses of this Adamantine prison wall.

The weakness is here!

A purple flash of light appears.

The katana in Kirito's hand precisely pierced a gap on one of the Adamantine staff's joints, and then pierced straight through.

"Ahhh!"

A heart-rending scream suddenly came from the Adamantine staff.

"Boom~" With a sound,

the Adamantine staff returned to its original form as Enma, spitting out a large amount of blood in the air, and its life force rapidly withering.

Meanwhile, the katana in Kirito's hand was piercing a scar on his abdomen.

This scar is exactly where Enma's weak point is.

At the same time, the Kongo Ryouheki that protected Sandaime was broken.

"Enma!"

Sandaime shouted anxiously as he saw this, quickly completing the hand seals to cancel the summoning technique, denying Kirito the opportunity to cause secondary damage to Enma.

Enma instantly turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared from the spot.

Without the help of Enma, Sandaime was equivalent to being unarmed, so of course Kirito wouldn't miss this opportunity. He immediately activated the Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique again and used Sword Technique: Thunder Flash in conjunction with his katana.

As Hokage and the head of the Sarutobi clan, Sandaime naturally had more than just the biological weapon of Enma at his disposal.

After sending Enma away, he immediately drew a short sword made entirely of chakra metal from his body and spat out a strong wind-divination chakra on it, creating a sword formed with wind-divination chakra to block Kirito's attack.

Wind-divination: Vacuum Blade!

For a while, in the eyes of ordinary people, a purple lightning bolt kept moving around Sandaime, accompanied by a large number of sparks.

During this process, Sandaime could only grit his teeth the entire time, using Earth Release: Earth Spear and the short sword in his hand to defend himself with all his strength. However, he was suppressed by Kirito's continuous onslaught of swift and sudden Sword Technique: Thunder Flash, and he was completely unable to fight back. There were even several flowers of blood that instantly evaporated on his body.

"How is this possible? Sandaime-sama is actually being suppressed?"

"This can't be real, my eyes must be deceiving me."

"Am I dreaming? How could Sandaime-sama be on the defensive?"

...

On the outskirts, a large number of Konoha ninja saw the White Zetsu clone controlled by Kirito pressing Sandaime at the moment, and each of their faces revealed expressions of shock, disbelief, or panic.

Almost half an hour had passed since Kirito's attack on Konoha Prison.

Naturally, many powerful ninjas from Konoha had already arrived, including Senju Momo, Uchiha Homura, and Hyuga Kazuma, the three clan leaders. They too had seen the disheveled appearance of Sandaime at this time, and each had a different expression on their faces.

"Where on earth did this Kirito kid meet such a powerful strongman, and he even mastered Sage Mode? Could it be that Kirito learned Sage Mode from this person? What exactly is their relationship?"

Senju Momo watched in shock as Kirito brutally beat up Sandaime in front of her, and she was utterly shocked.

To be honest, the fact that the strong person Kirito found really killed Danzo was already beyond her expectations, and now he was even suppressing Sandaime. Even though she had great trust in Kirito, she still couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

After all, with the power displayed by the strong person Kirito found, it would be no problem at all to destroy the Senju clan right now.

If Kirito has any evil intentions, he and this mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse will join forces and Konoha may be dealt a heavy blow.

Compared to the weak Senju Momo, Uchiha Homura's face was much better, but he still couldn't help but be shocked and apprehensive at the astonishing combat power displayed by the White Zetsu clone. He cursed under his breath, "What identity does this brat have now? Such a powerful ninja can be summoned at will..."

However, compared to Senju Momo and Uchiha Homura, Hyuga Kazuma's face was the most unpleasant one. The Hyuga clan leader, who had never shown his emotions, now had an extremely unpleasant expression on his face. The opened White Eyes revealed eyes full of unshakable fear, showing how bad his mood was at the moment.

Because he had discovered some secrets about the White Zetsu clone through his White Eyes, that is, the White Zetsu clone actually also had White Eyes, and they were still a pair of very pure White Eyes. He even felt a suppression from his bloodline in these White Eyes.

"Impossible, how could someone from the outside world possibly possess such a powerful pair of Byakugan? Who exactly is he, and what is the purpose of this attack on Konoha?"

Hyuga Kazuma thought, his heart pounding with fear.

As the head of one of Konoha's Sandaime noble clans, Hyuga Kazuma was definitely not weak. He had also fought on the battlefield when he was young, and after a long period of training, he had already possessed the strength of a shadow class. However, when he faced the White Zetsu clone now, his body could not help but tremble, and there was a sense of uncontrollable Chakra within his body.

What terrified him most was that his Byakugan was actually revealing an emotion called fear.

It was the fear of being eaten and devoured by the other party.

The moment he thought about the emotion of fear flowing out of his Byakugan, a hidden record in his family's library suddenly came to mind, and his mood became even more heavy.

"What are you idiots doing, go and support them quickly."

Suddenly, a loud yell resounded among the Konoha ninja watching the scene.

Then, a beautiful female ninja with a single ponytail jumped out of the crowd and used her chakra to sprint towards Sandaime and Kirito.

"Tsunade, you need to retreat, don't go up there,"

Momo shouted, panicking when she saw the beautiful female ninja.

Although this mysterious Kage-Level powerhouse was found by Kirito, it was still unclear whether they were friend or foe.

If Tsunade provoked the opponent, she might be killed.

Tsunade was desperate to save her master at this time, and simply ignored Momo's dissuasion, still determined to charge towards Sandaime and Kirito.

With Tsunade leading the charge, many Konoha ninja's hearts suddenly grew a courage that saw death as nothing, sweeping away the fear they had felt towards Kirito's White Zetsu clone. They shouted out a battle cry to bolster their courage, and charged forward with Tsunade.

"It seems that I cannot continue fighting you alone,"

Kirito noticed that Tsunade was leading a group of Konoha ninja charging over, sighed, and then kicked Sandaime, who was gritting his teeth and blocking his katana with a short sword, flying out.

"Hah!"

The next moment, Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Fist arrived.

Kirito saw this and slightly tilted his head, easily dodging Tsunade's Monstrous Strength Fist, and then hit Tsunade's chest with a backhand, knocking her flying.

Then, he manipulated the three masked monsters of Wind, Fire, and Thunder to perform a combined jutsu once again.

Intelligence is indeed very important for ninjas.

Many Konoha ninja no doubt already knew the combined jutsu of the three masked monsters of Wind, Fire, and Thunder. As they saw the three masked monsters making a move, they quickly formed seals to activate Water Release: Water Formation Wall and Earth Release: Earth Style Wall in defense.

A thick wall of water and earth appeared, forming a solid line of defense that blocked the terrifying fire wave formed by the combined jutsu of the three masked monsters.

However, Kirito's goal in having the three masked monsters attack was merely to hold off the Konoha ninja, who were charging recklessly.

While the Konoha ninja were holding off the combined jutsu of the three masked monsters, the four masked monsters in the sky quickly gathered together. The black lines on their bodies quickly completed the entanglement and fusion, and they eventually turned into a bird-like monster with three masked heads and a single brain on its tail.

After Kirito jumps onto the back of this monster, the Wind Release Masked Monster on the bird-shaped monster's tail immediately releases a strong wind, and then carries Kirito as they move quickly through the air.

In the blink of an eye, Kirito and the bird-shaped monster disappear into the distance.