Bang!
The instant Ye Fan's fist made contact with the Root Jonin, a tremendous crash rang out.
Every ninjutsu crumbled to dust before that single punch!
The Jonin's body exploded into pieces in an instant, and blood soaked a wide patch of ground.
"Too weak. You trash think you can take my life? Danzo is far too naive."
Ye Fan let out a cold laugh. He looked just like a God of Slaughter who had stepped out of the depths of hell!
Everyone saw what had happened and instinctively stopped fighting, staring at Ye Fan in a daze.
That punch had shaken them to their core.
That had been a Jonin, and he'd been reduced to scraps with a single punch!
The Konoha Ninja present were all utterly shocked. They had never seen a taijutsu fighter this powerful!
"He... H-how can he be this strong?"
"Didn't he just come to take the Chunin Ninja Exams?"
"At this level of taijutsu, even Lord Danzo would probably struggle to stand against him!"
The Root's Jonin paled, a sense of foreboding rising in their hearts.
They had a feeling that not only would they all die here today, but Konoha itself was about to undergo a major upheaval!
The Anbu Jonin sent to protect Ye Fan were also dumbstruck.
Their eyes were filled with disbelief.
They had never imagined that a child of thirteen or fourteen could possess power of this caliber.
"The Uchiha... The Uchiha Clan really is full of monsters. Even without a Kekkei Genkai, they have talent in other areas!"
Tenzo was filled with emotion.
As he looked at Ye Fan's calm expression, Tenzo thought of another prodigy from the Uchiha Clan: Uchiha Itachi!
He believed that Itachi and Ye Fan were polar opposites.
Itachi was the pinnacle of Sharingan users, while Ye Fan was the pinnacle of taijutsu fighters.
They wielded power in different fields, but each stood at the very top of his own!
"Stop standing around! Kill Ye Fan!"
One of the Root Jonin shouted:
"Just as Lord Danzo said, Ye Fan is extremely dangerous. He's a threat to Konoha's peace.
"For the sake of the village's peace, we must kill him, even if it costs us our lives!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the five remaining Root Jonin unleashed their strongest techniques and charged at Ye Fan.
In an instant, Earth Style, Fire Style, Water Style, and all kinds of ninjutsu filled the sky, each surging with wild power as they sought to kill Ye Fan!
The Anbu Jonin immediately moved to intervene, but Tenzo stopped them.
After seeing Ye Fan kill a Root Jonin with one punch, he had realized something: Ye Fan had deliberately led the Root here to this secluded spot!
It seemed Ye Fan had known from the beginning that he was being followed, and had come here to finish them off once and for all!
The thought made Tenzo break into a cold sweat. His fear only grew as he considered it.
Just how confident was Ye Fan to make such a choice? There were six Jonin, after all!
Tenzo had stopped the other two Anbu Jonin because he wanted to test his theory.
He watched Ye Fan in the middle of the battlefield, his expression grave.
At that moment, he hoped he was overthinking things. Otherwise, Ye Fan's appearance really could become a source of instability!
Tenzo watched the battle with utmost focus, ready to step in at any moment.
Now, he almost hoped the five Jonin would manage to wound Ye Fan!
At least then, Ye Fan wouldn't be so powerful that he was impossible to control!
"To be honest, watching you use ninjutsu does make me a little envious."
Ye Fan watched the dazzling techniques hurtle toward him and spoke softly. "But envy or not, you're no match for me.
"To me, shinobi of your caliber are no different from three-year-olds.
"Prepare yourselves. Those who kill will be killed!"
Ye Fan leaped forward, clenching one fist as he charged at the five Jonin.
It looked like an ordinary, unremarkable punch, yet it smashed through every technique with devastating force.
The ninjutsu they had taken such pride in shattered at the touch of that punch, like bubbles.
Ye Fan's fist didn't stop. It kept moving toward the five Root Jonin.
Before the fist even reached them, Gale Force struck.
The fierce gale slapped their faces, making them ache.
"Are you dying for Konoha, or for Danzo?
"All these years, have you never once doubted whether Danzo's orders were right?"
In the final moments of their lives, Ye Fan asked them two last questions.
They would never find the answers.
The moment he finished speaking, it was as though blood rained from the sky.
The five Root Jonin all died at almost exactly the same time!
"This..."
"Can a human being really reach that level of taijutsu?"
Tenzo and the other two stared at the scene, drawing in sharp breaths. Their thoughts churned, and they were utterly stunned.
Ye Fan had killed five Root Jonin with just one punch!
As Anbu shinobi, they had carried out countless missions, encountered many powerful fighters, and killed plenty of shinobi from other nations.
But!
They had never seen anyone like Ye Fan!
And they were just as astonished by how calm Ye Fan seemed after killing them.
That kind of composure couldn't be faked.
Ye Fan seemed like a Peerless Expert who had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. It was hard to believe he was only a child of thirteen or fourteen!
"Hm? I haven't fought in only a few days, and I've gotten this rusty?"
Ye Fan furrowed his brow and complained as he stared at a drop of blood on the hem of his clothes.
Tenzo and the others silently glanced at themselves, covered in blood, and were at a loss for words.
There really was no comparison!
After washing the blood from his clothes, Ye Fan walked toward Tenzo and the others.
As Ye Fan approached, they unconsciously took two steps back.
Only after they had retreated did they feel embarrassed. They had been afraid without even realizing it!
"Did the Third Hokage send you to protect me?"
"Um... yes."
"Has Jiraiya spoken to the Third Hokage?"
"Yes. Lord Jiraiya spoke with the Third Hokage."
Ye Fan heard that and saw that things were just as he'd suspected.
He strongly suspected that Jiraiya had clashed with the Third Hokage or Danzo over him.
Otherwise, with the Third Hokage's indecisive nature, he might well have let Danzo send people to kill him.
"Right. Thanks for stepping in just now."
Ye Fan thanked them and headed toward the main gate of the Forest of Death.
As he arrived, he saw Gaara and his two siblings. Neji's team of three came up behind them.
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