The Trio Arrives

The trio descended. Hiruzen Sarutobi swept his gaze over Onoki and the others beside him, then over the Ninja Allied Forces around them, who had suffered devastating casualties. A look of resolve flashed through his eyes.

With almost no chakra left, he tightened his grip on the Adamantine Nyoi-bo in his hand. Monkey King's voice rang out from the staff.

"Hiruzen, you barely have any chakra left. If you go up now, I'm afraid you'll..."

"I know."

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke calmly. Then a smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you for fighting by my side for so many years, Monkey King."

Monkey King fell silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Go, Hiruzen!"

"Yo!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted, swinging the Adamantine Nyoi-bo as he leaped toward Otsutsuki Kinshiki in midair. Otsutsuki Kinshiki did not take the charging Hiruzen Sarutobi seriously at all and said disdainfully, "Come to die?"

"Adamantine Prison Wall!"

Clack, clack, clack!!

The Adamantine Nyoi-bo in Hiruzen Sarutobi's hand suddenly split into dozens of staffs. They crossed and locked together, turning into an indestructible prison that trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi and Otsutsuki Kinshiki together.

Otsutsuki Kinshiki looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi before him in confusion and said coldly, "Human, what trick are you trying to play now? You think this little stunt can trap me?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi said nothing. He only brought his hands together with a clap, his eyes fixed firmly on Otsutsuki Kinshiki. He drove all the chakra in his body into motion, and under Kinshiki's astonished gaze, the white phantom of a death god emerged behind Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The instant the death god appeared, Hiruzen Sarutobi's soul was pulled out of his body as well. Seeing this, Otsutsuki Kinshiki immediately sensed something, but not the slightest trace of panic appeared on his face.

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