The Doom of the Monkey Clan

The night before, Yichen found his way to the settlement of the Monkey Clan all by himself.

Without the usual villainous shouting, Yichen gets straight to the point.

First came a Combination Ninjutsu: Yichen unleashed B-rank Sage Jutsu Fire Release, B-rank Sage Jutsu Wind Release, and B-rank Sage Jutsu Earth Release right before the Monkey Clan could even react.

The three combined to create a massive, sky-covering fire that suddenly descended upon the Monkey Clan, interspersed with huge, red-hot rocks.

This is also a wide-range attack technique that surpasses the power of a regular S-rank Ninjutsu. In terms of range alone, this Combination Ninjutsu is much smaller than the Porcelain Release that Yichen used against Kazahana Dōtō last time, but its attack power is far greater than that last time.

Almost immediately after the first encounter, the vast Monkey Clan was nearly wiped out.

Although the strongest member of the Monkey Clan, Enma, possesses Kage Level strength, he is Taijutsu -type Monkey King Enma. Faced with such a powerful and wide-range Ninjutsu, all he could do was try his best to protect a dozen or so baby Monkey King Enma and send them to the Monkey Clan's Underground Shelter.

This shelter had never been used since it was built, and little did anyone expect that its first use would be the day of annihilation.

After a devastating attack, apart from the Monkey Clan Enma, only a few powerful apes, whose strength was no less than that of Elite Jonin, and whose combat power even Elite Jonin Monkey King Enma, survived. They were lucky not to be hit head-on by those huge and scorching rocks.

Although they didn't die and dodged the physical attacks from the rocks, they couldn't escape the burning Fire Release attacks. The Fire Release, enhanced by Senjutsu, were further amplified by Senjutsu Wind Release. So, while the Monkey King Enma survived, very few of them remained combat-ready.

"Huh?" Yichen was surprised after sensing the situation below through his Mind's Eye. He hadn't expected that the Monkey Clan would have so many powerful individuals.

The number of elite ninjas is not much less than that of the Hyuga Clan Konoha (after the Hyuga Clan was tormented by Sasori of the Red Sands). It seems that Hiruzen Sarutobi must have held back.

However, that's all for now.

Yichen didn't hesitate for long before launching another attack. Water Pressure Line of Senjutsu water pressure shot towards the severely injured Monkey King Enma, killing them one by one.

After a long time, only the Enma and five other Monkey King Enma that still had fighting power managed to reunite.

"Hehe." Yichen chuckled lightly, his villainous nature unmistakable. "It's better if they're all together."

"Sage Art - Wind Release - Nine Dragon Formation, Sage Art - Earth Release - Earth Style: Earth Flow Rock Crumble." It's another Combination Ninjutsu, but this time it's wind and earth.

Wind Release learned Yichen Ogura Saki, and his ability to use it in actual combat is the result of his special training during this period. This is a good opportunity to test it out. Earth Release was learned from Ikura's disciple. This Ninjutsu is more suitable for use in conjunction with Water Release or Wind Release.

Nine towering Wind Style: Wind Tornado maintained their formation and rapidly charged towards the remaining six Monkey King Enma, interspersed with numerous enormous rocks that spun rapidly alongside the Wind Style: Wind Tornado, adding to their imposing power.

"Damn it, retreat!" The Enma's first reaction upon seeing the massive Wind Style: Wind Tornado was to retreat.

It didn't run very far before it despaired, because while the Monkey Clan were quite agile at short-distance dodging, they weren't good at long-distance running, and the Wind Style: Wind Tornado was much faster than them.

"Stand together and smash these hurricanes!" the Enma roared, then transformed into the Adamantine Staff and smashed it directly at the central Wind Style: Wind Tornado.

I must say, that attack was incredibly powerful. Even without Hiruzen Sarutobi's control, it still managed to bring the Wind Style: Wind Tornado to a complete stop. After the attack, the Wind Style: Wind Tornado's internal structure became somewhat unstable.

Then another Monkey King Enma took the Wind Style: Wind Tornado Adamantine Staff from the Enma and smashed it at the tornado.

Bang! The Wind Style: Wind Tornado could no longer be maintained and exploded, sending countless boulders flying in all directions.

But none of the Monkey King Enma showed any sign of joy, because the remaining Wind Style: Wind Tornado were already very close to them.

Then, the six Monkey King Enma attacked together with all their might against the Wind Style: Wind Tornado, smashing two more before the encircling Wind Style: Wind Tornado could reach them. The remaining six Monkey King Enma were then swallowed up by the remaining Wind Style: Wind Tornado.

Amidst the Wind Style: Wind Tornado, one giant rock after another relentlessly rammed into them. At first, they were able to use their Taijutsu to knock the rocks away, but soon, their attack rhythm was disrupted by the powerful Kazekage.

First, their formation was disrupted, and then one by one they were smashed until they were dizzy and unable to resist. But Yichen did not hold back at all and continued to manipulate the boulder to smash them down.

The attack only stopped after all the Monkey King Enma except the Enma had been crushed to death.

The Enma, having broken free of the Wind Style: Wind Tornado alone, pounded its fists against its chest and let out a roar, but its cry was filled with hatred for its own powerlessness.

What the Enma found even more infuriating was that Yichen still wouldn't give up after all this. He unleashed a continuous barrage of Ninjutsu attacks, attempting to blast open the sealed entrance to the Underground Shelter.

The Enma transformed into the Adamantine Staff once more, its long staff slamming down on Yichen, who was flying through the air.

But it was no use. Facing Yichen, who had already mastered the Light-Weight Rock Technique to the point of near Hon, the Enma's attacks didn't even have the effect of interfering.

While dodging, Yichen continued to bombard the ground.

Finally, the sealed entrance to the shelter was blasted open.

Then came a deluge of mud, which ignored the Enma's futile attempts to stop it and flew directly into the Underground Shelter. Amidst the Enma's desperate roars, it killed all the remaining little Monkey King Enma in its tribe.

If the Monkey King Enma hadn't been summoned away by the Sarutobi Clan ninja at that time, then the Monkey Clan would only have Enma left.

Finally, Yichen set his sights on the Enma.

Anyone with Kage Level strength is not easy to kill. Enma didn't have many effective ranged attack methods and was passively enduring Yichen's attacks. However, as a Taijutsu- Kage Level user, it didn't suffer serious injuries. Yichen's wide-range Combination Ninjutsu had almost no effect on it.

"As expected of something that can transform into a weapon, it's really tough." Yichen was somewhat helpless in the face of the Enma.

A group attack was ineffective against it due to its dispersed power, and a single-target attack was too far away to hit it. What was Yichen supposed to do? He couldn't just go down and fight in close combat to his death. Even with the enhancement of Senjutsu, Yichen had no chance of winning in close combat against a being like the Enma.

I should have brought Han with me. Even if the Enma is tough, can he possibly defeat Tailed Beast?

However, Yichen also knew that even if he brought Han over, he could only defeat the Enma, not kill it. This was because if the ape demon was subjected to an irresistible attack, it could escape using Hiruzen Sarutobi's Summoning Jutsu.

As expected, when Yichen unleashed more than a dozen B-rank single-target attack Senjutsu, the Enma sensed danger and began to retreat. Especially after Yichen used the Bloodline Limit Release: Light Release, it dared not linger any longer and decisively communicated with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who then Hiruzen Sarutobi it to him.

With the Enma's escape, only Yichen remained alive in the entire Monkey Clan's settlement.

Looking at the Monkey King Enma corpses everywhere, Yichen sighed, "I'm starting to resemble a villain more and more, wantonly slaughtering the weak, and with an attitude of not stopping until the very end."

Yichen chuckled to himself as he entered the Underground Shelter of the Enma Clan. He thoroughly inspected the massive Underground Shelter.

Believe it or not, the Enma clan does have some good stuff. Yichen found quite a few scrolls and some ninja tools in the Underground Shelter.

There were several pieces of metal capable of transmitting Chakra, and even some valuables, though not many. It's unclear whether these items belonged to the Sarutobi Clan or the Monkey Clan.

Yichen knew that many ninjas in the Ninja World who had Summoning Beast had a habit of entrusting important items to their Summoning Beast for safekeeping, so that even if they died, the items would not be lost. If they needed to use them, they could always get them through their Summoning Beast.

In the eyes of ninjas, Summoning Beast serve as mobile storage spaces.

Yichen wandered around the Underground Shelter, took everything he could, and then left the Land of Fire.

As the sun rose, Yichen was flying towards Iwagakure. He was in a good mood and thinking about some things to do next.

This time, we can record an S-rank mission for Atsumi Akino. The other participating ninjas can also record a B-rank or A-rank mission.

Yichen was able to find the Sarutobi Clan's settlement this time entirely thanks to Atsumi Akino.

If Atsumi Sarutobi Akira were prepared, he could have interfered with Sarutobi Akira's Summoning Jutsu within Iwagakure. In other words, Yichen could have ordered the severing of Sarutobi Akira's connection with Konoha at any time.

However, doing so would be of little use and would instead expose the progress of the Iwa ninja's research on Space-Time Ninjutsu.

Instead of stopping him, Yichen tried every means to induce Sarutobi Akira to contact Konoha.

Every time he uses a Summoning Jutsu, his Summoning Beast will come and go, causing two fluctuations in the Iwa ninja's Sensory Barrier.

Through these fluctuations, Atsumi Akino continuously adjusted the barrier, organized the data, and finally calculated the location of the Monkey Clan.

To cooperate with Atsumi Akino's calculations, Yichen mobilized almost half the village's resources. Everyone was playing along with Yichen's act.

The bizarre events that occurred in Shikaisen Nara were all orchestrated by Yichen at the behest of others.

Kakuzu was actually transformed by Yichen himself using the Transformation Jutsu. Because he was afraid of being recognized by Kakashi, Elite Jonin, Yichen left after Kakashi entered.

Afterwards, the various troubles that caused trouble for Konoha were either instigated by Yichen's people to incite ninjas from other countries' ninja villages, or were simply done by Yichen in his capacity as Tsuchikage, through the Iwa ninja and the villagers of Iwagakure.

The sole purpose was to get Sarutobi Akira to continuously use Summoning Jutsu to provide Atsumi Akino with as much data as possible.

Of course, Hikaru Sarutobi Akira cannot perform the Summoning Jutsu, as that would be meaningless without a reference point.

There were quite a few others who were constantly using Summoning Jutsu at the same time as Sarutobi Akira; they were Ishinose Kiyoshi and other Iwa ninja who had signed Summoning Contract with sharks.

Yichen used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to take these sharks to different locations in the Land of Earth, allowing them to perform Summoning Jutsu. Yichen even brought several people's Summoning Beast to the village, causing them to leave the village and conduct a reverse experiment.

The High-ranking officials went to great lengths to provide Atsumi Akino with all sorts of data.

Finally Atsumi Akino lived up to everyone's Weighted Training Gear and, with everyone's cooperation, successfully deduced the approximate location and distance of the Monkey Clan.