Perish Together

"The Tenseigan?" All the Hyuga Branch Family ninjas clenched their fists.

They saw hope. The Tenseigan, it must be the Tenseigan. It was the Tenseigan that allowed Neji to withstand the Caged Bird Cursed Seal.

If the Byakugan can be upgraded to the Tenseigan, then they also have hope. Once they awaken the Tenseigan, they will be free.

Although everyone knows that awakening the Tenseigan is extremely difficult, it is still a glimmer of hope!

The Hyuga Clan originally had a conflict about having a genius or their descendants, because while genius is good, the Caged Bird is a greater constraint on genius.

Hyuga Hiashi was also muttering the words "Tenseigan".

He was more shocked than any of the branch families because he clearly sensed the presence of the Caged Bird Neji's forehead.

Moreover, he knew that Neji's Caged Bird was being activated.

However, no matter how he tried to urge it, there always seemed to be a barrier between the Caged Bird and Neji.

Hyuga Hiashi's eyes showed confusion. Why?

Why is it that his Caged Bird seems to be blocked, both physically and spiritually?

At this moment, within Neji's body and soul, the Caged Bird was firmly kept outside by the sacred artifact Yata Mirror.

The Caged Bird seemed to come alive at that moment, like a disgusting worm trying to burrow into Neji's soul.

But it was all in vain; it just crawled around on the Yata Mirror from beginning to end, unable to do anything to Neji's soul.

Physically, the seal set up by Yichen only bought Neji a few seconds of buffer time, and it has now been Wind Release: Breakthrough by the Caged Bird.

However, in those few seconds, Neji communicated with the fully awakened Giant Tenseigan.

The Giant Tenseigan Chakra directly repelled the Caged Bird from Neji's body.

Faced with Neji, whose entire body was filled with Chakra Tenseigan, no matter how much Hyuga Hiashi tried to activate the Caged Bird Caged Bird, it would only flit around on Neji's forehead and could not enter Neji's head at all.

A moment later, Hyuga Hiashi released his grip on the Caged Bird, slumped to the ground, and lowered his head, which had always been held high.

The battle between Hyuga Hiashi and Neji didn't actually attract much attention; instead, the people in the venue were more interested in Hayakawa, who was fighting a blue figure in a Sokai not far away.

Even now, the name Uchiha remains a synonym for power in the minds of ordinary people.

Even though the Uchiha Clan has been wiped out, this remains unchanged.

On the contrary, because the Uchiha was wiped out, the fact that Sokai and Uchiha were lucky enough to survive made these people even more curious.

When Sasuke first awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan, it caused a stir among the crowd. After he upgraded to Two-Tomoe, it excited the audience even more.

Of course, the audience's excitement only lasted for a moment before being extinguished by Neji's slap.

What everyone is seeing now is an Uchiha with Mangekyō Sharingan is even more advanced than the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

How could this keep the audience calm? So they cheered for Sokai even more than for Yichen, the Tsuchikage.

Especially after Sokai unleashed his Susanoo, which resembled a demon god, the cheers from the audience never stopped.

Similarly, Might Guy, who is emanating blue steam and capable of fighting demons, has also aroused everyone's curiosity.

When everyone heard that Might Guy's father Might Duy, had single-handedly defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist ninja, they became even more excited.

Although they didn't know what the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist of the Mist were.

The wide-ranging, head-on battle between the two drew waves of cheers from the audience.

In reality, their fight was quite boring; it looked exciting, but it lacked any real skill.

Sokai also disliked facing Might Guy, Susanoo's massive body was helpless against Might Guy's extreme speed.

Under Kakashi's tutelage, Might Guy developed a method of fighting without looking at his opponent, rendering Sokai's Genjutsu ineffective.

The only hope that Sokai has for defeating Might Guy in one blow is the Totsuka Blade in his hand, which can seal everything.

However, no matter how much Sokai swung the Totsuka Blade, he couldn't touch Might Guy.

Conversely, Might Guy was able to deliver a heavy blow or two to the Susanoo had been under his Sokai from time to time.

The Mangekyo eye power that he Sokai is limited; if it were a different opponent, he would have already run away by now.

He knew that Might Guy's Seventh Gate state, like his own, couldn't be maintained for long, which is why he persisted despite the depletion of his eye power.

Despite possessing Kage-level Combatant, Sokai was still forced to rely on Susanoo to hold his own against Might Guy, which greatly displeased him.

Whew~

The Susanoo in its Sokai, swung its long sword and swiftly slashed at Might Guy.

Boom~

The attack only struck the Porcelain Platform where Might Guy had been standing, but Might Guy had already vanished.

"Day Tiger!" Might Guy roared as he circled around to Susanoo's side, and the blue steam around his body surged once more.

Before he finished speaking, Might Guy's fist had already struck Susanoo.

Bang~

Click click click~

Before Sokai's horrified eyes, numerous cracks rapidly appeared on his Susanoo, and then with a bang, Susanoo exploded.

Sokai's Susanoo was directly destroyed by Might Guy's Seventh Gate Technique, Day Tiger, while Might Guy was still charging towards Sokai.

With Susanoo just destroyed, Sokai's eyes were filled with blood and tears, and he would need time to gather his eye power again.

But Might Guy was already charging towards him at high speed, Sokai had no way to deal with it.

Sokai could do was form hand Hand Seals and quickly unleash a large-scale Fire Release.

But Sokai knew that Fire Release couldn't stop Might Guy when he opened the Seventh Gate.

Just then, two tentacle-like branches suddenly extended from the Porcelain Platform beneath Sokai's feet and wrapped around Sokai's legs.

At the same time, the Porcelain Platform where the Sokai was located disappeared rapidly, leaving a large hole through which one could see directly to the ground below.

Then the two Porcelain Release that were wrapped around his legs pulled downwards sharply, throwing Sokai directly into the suddenly appearing hole.

Just as Sokai disappeared, Might Guy rushed over, and Sokai's Fire Release couldn't even get close to Might Guy.

He rushed unimpeded to the spot where he had been standing during the Sokai.

Unfortunately, he was a fraction too slow, and he missed.

Sokai had already been caught by Yichen's Porcelain Mud below the Porcelain Platform.

Seeing that he had escaped with his life from Might Guy's clutches, Sokai breathed a sigh of relief.

He carefully wiped away the blood and tears from his face, then closed his eyes for a while before opening them again.

After a burst of power, Sokai and Might Guy were severely depleted.

However, the situation is better for those Sokai, even though he was almost killed by Might Guy just now.

However, after being rescued by Yichen and recovering, Sokai found himself in a more advantageous position.

After a short rest, Sokai still had the strength to fight again, but Might Guy's condition was very bad.

He had maintained the Seventh Gate state for so long, and even unleashed his ultimate move, Day Tiger. He couldn't sustain this state for much longer.

However, to prevent Might Guy from having any remaining strength, Sokai still used Susanoo.

However, this time, the Susanoo that Sokai was only the most basic form of a half-skeletal body.

But behind the venue, in a direction unseen by the audience, another battle was taking place.

Itachi Uchiha and Orochimaru are fighting further and further away from the center of Konoha.

Itachi Uchiha was deliberately leading Orochimaru to a place far away from the center of Konoha, and Orochimaru, for reasons unknown, was following Itachi Uchiha's lead.

Because Hashirama Senju was affected by Amaterasu from the beginning, he was constantly going through cycles of destruction and reconstruction. Therefore, the only Edo Reanimated Body Orochimaru controlled were Fugaku Uchiha and Jiraiya.

However, Orochimaru himself also joined the fight against Itachi Uchiha.

After holding out for a while, Itachi Uchiha also unleashed Susanoo.

Even when he used Susanoo, he was still completely suppressed by Orochimaru.

Unlike the original story where Orochimaru was defeated by Itachi Uchiha with just a glance, in this life Orochimaru possesses Byakugan, Orochimaru greatly increases his resistance to Genjutsu.

Moreover, his current body is a fusion of the bloodlines of the Kaguya Clan and Hyuga Clan. Although his Chakra has not undergone a qualitative change, it is indeed more advanced than that of Chakra normal Hyuga Clan.

Therefore, although Itachi Uchiha found an opportunity to use Genjutsu on Orochimaru, the effect was not very good.

Itachi Uchiha knew that unless it was Genjutsu of the level of Tsukuyomi, he would have no chance of using an effective Genjutsu on Orochimaru.

But the opportunity was gone. Like Neji, Orochimaru got himself a pair of goggles.

Orochimaru was also startled by Itachi Uchiha. He had deliberately avoided Itachi Uchiha's eyes, but Itachi Uchiha still managed to fall under his Genjutsu with just the movement of his fingers.

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance; he had kept several small snakes in his clothes, and these snakes were constantly exchanging Chakra with Orochimaru.

Therefore, with the help of these small snakes, he managed to escape Itachi Uchiha's Genjutsu in time.

Having been affected by the Genjutsu once, Orochimaru became even more cautious. He not only wore goggles, but also spent most of his time fighting with his back to Itachi Uchiha.

Anyway, he controls two Reanimated Body and can share their vision.

Orochimaru had already defeated their most proficient Genjutsu, Kunai-Throwing Technique were completely useless in this kind of battle.

Whether it's the Reanimated Body or Orochimaru himself, he's least afraid of attacks from Kunai and other hidden weapons.

Therefore, Itachi Uchiha could only use Fire Release, Susanoo, and Amaterasu.

However, Itachi Uchiha's Fire Release was far inferior to Jiraiya's and Orochimaru's Water Release.

Therefore, Itachi Uchiha could only rely on Susanoo hold on.

As Itachi Uchiha shed tears of blood, he controlled his Susanoo to fight against Fugaku Uchiha's Susanoo.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Jiraiya's Area of Effect Ninjutsu continued to interfere with him, accelerating the depletion of his eye power.

Itachi Uchiha felt that his eye power was almost depleted, and that he would go blind if he relaxed even slightly.

But for some reason, his eyes never went blind; despite feeling that his pupil power was about to collapse, he always managed to hold on.

Orochimaru didn't find it strange at first, but as the battle continued, he also realized that something was wrong.

He didn't know what was wrong, but he was certain of one thing: Itachi Uchiha seemed to be in an abnormal state.

In this life, Orochimaru's focus was on the Byakugan, so he didn't know much about the Mangekyo.

Orochimaru had only heard Black Zetsu mention that the Mangekyō Sharingan could cause blindness if used too much.

His intuition told him that Itachi Uchiha's eye power should have been completely exhausted, yet he was still able to persevere.

With this in mind, Orochimaru controlled Fugaku Uchiha, causing him to unleash his Mangekyou Sharingan eye technique.

Orochimaru knew Fugaku Uchiha's Dōjutsu best; it was Dōjutsu that could predict the future to a certain extent.

After Fugaku Uchiha used his Mangekyou Sharingan, Orochimaru foresaw the progress of their upcoming battle.

Orochimaru saw Itachi Uchiha, blinded by the exhaustion of his eye power, being cleaved in two by Fugaku Uchiha's Susanoo.

However, as the battle continued, Itachi Uchiha still wore the same expression of near collapse, yet he did not lose his sight for a long time.

Others might have thought it was because Itachi Uchiha was putting on a brave face, but as a researcher, Orochimaru sensed something was wrong.

So he stopped attacking, confronting Itachi Uchiha while observing Itachi Uchiha's condition.

Outside Konoha, two major battles were also taking place.

No one paid attention to Mito Uzumaki's battle against the five Reanimated Body, but the battle between the two Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, kept everyone on their toes.

In any case, Danzo is the main character today.

Orochimaru and the Sky Ninja were both helpers that the former Hokage invited to restore order.

However, for some reason, Danzo was still sparring with Hiruzen Sarutobi while his allies were engaged in fierce battles.

Even Yichen, who had promised not to participate in the battle, went all out after Kisame alone.

Danzo, however, has yet to use even a single Wood Release.

He didn't even use his Sharingan, let alone Wood Release.

Yichen believed that Danzo was either under Hiruzen Sarutobi's Genjutsu or bewitched by Hiruzen Sarutobi's good looks.

Today, Hiruzen Sarutobi is resolute, his eyes are determined, and he exudes a strong masculine aura.

Perhaps it was this version of Hiruzen Sarutobi that Danzo the most.

After the two had wasted a lot of time, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly said, "Danzo, I have a secret technique. Would you like to see it?"

Upon Danzo, Danzo felt as if he had been transported back to his childhood, when the two of them would often spar without any shame, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was skilled in multiple elemental Ninjutsu, would often say the same thing to him.

Back then, Danzo, who was incredibly envious, would always scoff at Hiruzen Sarutobi with a disdainful look.

Then his restless heart would anticipate Hiruzen Sarutobi's new moves.

Hiruzen is always like this, with so many different tricks! He always manages to bring me something new!

In this respect, Koharu and Homura can never compare.

Danzo then said disdainfully once again, "Hiruzen, with your skills, you think you can learn research and development from Teacher Tobirama?"

"Come on, show me your moves, and let me give you some pointers!"

Danzo's tone carried a hint of anticipation as he spoke, and my heart skipped a beat.

Hiruzen Sarutobi wore a smile, but deep in his eyes was a hint of apology.

Hiruzen Sarutobi did use his good looks to seduce people, but he didn't think it was a tactic.

Hiruzen Sarutobi noticed that Danzo's mental state had been off, so ever since their meeting, he had been deliberately trying to manipulate Danzo.

In his words and actions, he led Danzo back to their shared memories.

Hiruzen Sarutobi believed that he was awakening the deep-seated bonds that Danzo buried in his heart.

As expected, Danzo, who was somewhat mentally unstable, fell into the Danzo!

Hiruzen Sarutobi judged that Danzo might genuinely believe the two were sparring amicably decades ago.

They were competitive with each other, but not concerned with life or death.

After half a day, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt that the time was finally ripe.

So, under the guise of demonstrating his new Ninjutsu, he began forming the Hand Seals for the Reaper Death Seal!

The Reaper Death Seal Hand Seals, and in order to keep Danzo in check, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to try to distract Danzo with words.

"Danzo, I've been thinking about this move for a long time, and I'm going to give you a real surprise today!"

Danzo curled his lip and said, "Hiruzen, I've heard you say that so many times!"

"I've cracked it in no time!"

As Hiruzen Sarutobi hand Hand Seals, he laughed heartily and said, "Haha, Danzo, this time is different from before."

Danzo simply snorted, as he always did.

Hiruzen Sarutobi continued, "This Ninjutsu has quite a few Hand Seals. Could you help me think of a way to simplify Hand Seals?"

Upon hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi ask for his help, Danzo smugly said, "So you finally know how powerful I am. Bring it on! Let me see just how amazing this Ninjutsu really is."

Danzo couldn't wait to give Hiruzen Sarutobi pointers and see him look at him with admiration.

Thinking of this, Danzo couldn't help but burst into laughter.

And so, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally completed all the hand seals.

Danzo around but didn't see anything. However, for some reason, he sensed a chill in the surroundings.

He subconsciously revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to observe, but still found nothing.

Danzo muttered to himself, "Hiruzen, where's your Ninjutsu? Why didn't I even detect the Mangekyō Sharingan?"

However, after Danzo finished speaking, he felt something was amiss. The Mangekyō Sharingan? Why would I have the Mangekyō Sharingan?

When Hiruzen Sarutobi saw Danzo reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan, he was startled.

But after hearing Danzo's words, he relaxed a little, laughed heartily, and said, "That's the power of my Ninjutsu!"

"To see the effects of Ninjutsu, you need to have physical contact with me."

With that, Hiruzen Sarutobi strode towards Danzo.

Danzo sensed something was wrong, and his sense of crisis grew stronger.

But the one walking towards him was his closest teammate Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen wouldn't harm himself, especially since he wasn't even carrying a weapon.

Danzo Mangekyō Sharingan the area, wondering: Could there be an enemy lurking in the shadows?

Just then, Hiruzen Sarutobi walked up to Danzo and placed his hands on Danzo's shoulders.

Instantly, Danzo his spine, for he saw the enemy. The enemy was right behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, floating in the air, a dagger in his mouth and prayer beads in his hand.

Danzo, with his vast experience and knowledge, recognized it immediately. He instinctively exclaimed, "Death God! It's Death God! Hiruzen out!"

After saying that, Danzo was stunned. Death God? What is Death God?

It was only then that Danzo remembered what day it was.

This is no longer the time of youth, nor is it a time for friendly competition.

He and Hiruzen Sarutobi are engaged in a life-or-death battle!

Danzo withdrew his gaze from the Death God Reaper. He first looked down at the Death God's arm connecting the two men's stomachs, then looked up at Hiruzen Sarutobi's aged face.

Danzo, feeling his strength rapidly draining away, uttered only two words: "Hiruzen?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was silent for a few seconds, then said, "The Reaper Death Seal allows the souls of the caster and the victim to enter the Death God's body and be forever entangled."

"Danzo, let's talk about this once we're inside the Death God's body!"

Upon hearing this, Danzo's body trembled, and he suddenly stopped Izanagi, which he was about to unleash.

The next moment, Danzo's soul was directly pulled away by the hand that reached out from Hiruzen Sarutobi's abdomen.

Then, the two, who had both lost their breath, collapsed together.

This time, Danzo placed his bets on Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The Death God summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly disappeared after devouring the souls of both the target and the caster.

Yichen was the first to notice something amiss here, as his Mind's Eye had been constantly monitoring the situation.

He could see the appearance of the Death God, Yichen carefully observed the entire process of Hiruzen Sarutobi Reaper Death Seal.

Hiruzen Sarutobi paid attention to which hand seals Yichen had formed.

As a result, Yichen was delayed in his pursuit of Kisame.

Although Yichen felt somewhat disappointed in Danzo for being so infatuated with Hiruzen Sarutobi's good looks.

However, Yichen still felt it was worthwhile to be able to carefully observe the entire process of the Reaper Death Seal.

The feeling of seeing the Death God this time was different from the last time when Yichen summoned the Grim Death God from the Shinigami Mask and let it devour the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama.

Yichen felt that he could do something about it if he turned back.

But now that Danzo dead, and Kakashi is close to defeating his opponent, he can't afford to waste any more time.

Yichen narrowed his eyes and continued to Light Release to chase Kisame, while simultaneously controlling his Porcelain Release to change direction. Several rounds of attacks turned the two Mist Ninja Anbu into sieves.

Kakashi was here too, Yichen was worried that he and Kisame would deal with his disciples, so he didn't attack the two Anbu.

Unexpectedly, these two interfered in his battle with Kisame at a crucial moment.

Therefore, Yichen could no longer keep these two people.

Kisame saw it too, but he had no time to help.

Because Yichen is Hand Seals again.

Kisame quickly dodged, but this time, no blue light appeared after Yichen finished the hand seals.

Kisame was startled. "Oh no, it's not Light Release."

Yichen never used any Ninjutsu other than Light Release, Porcelain Release, and Gravity Ninjutsu from beginning to end.

Of these three types of Ninjutsu, only Light Release requires Hand Seals, so Kisame subconsciously assumed that Yichen was using Light Hand Seals when he Light Release.

But this time he misjudged, and that mistake was serious.

Yichen used Genjutsu this time.

Iwagakure doesn't have advanced Genjutsu; Yichen relied solely on his Yin Release level, which he used to overwhelm Kisame.

However, against a ninja with a massive amount of Chakra like Kisame, Yichen's Genjutsu is generally not very effective.

But this is not the normal situation!

Kisame unsurprisingly fell for the Genjutsu, and realizing he'd been tricked, he immediately noticed it.

He forcibly disrupted his own Chakra while exchanging Chakra with Samehada.

Kisame broke free of the Genjutsu very quickly, so quickly that Yichen didn't even have time to Hand Seals and use Ninjutsu.

However, Yichen did not Hand Seals. While casting the Genjutsu, he opened his mouth and blew out a small Light Release.

Kisame, having broken free from the Genjutsu, discovered the Light Release that was very close to him.

He quickly gathered Chakra, preparing to move his body.

But at that moment, he felt a numbness in his body, and his movements faltered for a second.

Kisame was horrified. He had just witnessed this scene before; Iwa ninja, Genin from Sakura Haruno, had used this technique to interfere with Sai's Super Beast Imitation Drawing.

Fortunately, this moment did not last long, and those who interfered with him seemed unable to control his massive Chakra.

Kisame quickly regained control of his body, but this delay was fatal; it was too late for Kisame to dodge.

At this moment, Samehada released another Water Release, but due to the angle, this Water Release was too late to attack Yichen's Light Release.

Therefore, Samehada used this Water Release technique simply to use the reaction force to forcibly transfer Kisame's body.

The next instant, a blue light flashed between Samehada and Kisame, taking away Kisame's arm that was holding Samehada.