Danzo saw the smile at the corner of Jiraiya's mouth and felt a twinge of foreboding. He hurried toward a gap just wide enough for a person to pass through.
The moment he stepped inside, the gap began closing at incredible speed.
Danzo realized at once that the opening in the fleshy wall had been made deliberately by Jiraiya to lure him in!
The fleshy walls rapidly squeezed toward him, and some had already begun wrapping around his body.
Where they touched, his clothes were instantly corroded away, as if someone had poured concentrated sulfuric acid over him.
"Damn!"
Danzo realized the danger. If the fleshy walls completely enveloped him, he would have no way to fight back.
The gap in the wall had already sealed shut, and he was nearly immobilized. Danzo immediately performed a ninjutsu. "Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"
In an instant, the fleshy walls filled with a sickle-weasel-like aura.
Jiraiya, controlling the walls, furrowed his brow. He felt as if something had severed his Chakra.
Bang!
Without Chakra to sustain them, the fleshy walls exploded under Danzo's ninjutsu.
"Hah... hah... hah..."
Newly freed, Danzo gasped for breath. He had nearly been trapped completely.
If the fleshy walls had fully enveloped him, he really would have had to use his trump card.
"Jiraiya, that technique of yours is a real headache!"
The bandages covering Danzo's entire right arm had been corroded away, revealing an arm grown from Hashirama Cells.
"He really did it!"
When everyone saw the arm grown from Hashirama Cells, they couldn't help being shocked, even though they had been prepared for it.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"
Danzo knew he couldn't let the fight drag on. The longer it lasted, the worse things would get for him.
After spitting out the Vacuum Wave, Danzo didn't hesitate and performed another ninjutsu.
The technique left the Konoha higher-ups present aghast. Even the Third Hokage could hardly believe his eyes.
"Wood Style: Violent Gun Tree!"
As Danzo used the technique, his right arm instantly transformed into a massive, deadly tree. It struck the same section of the fleshy wall as the Vacuum Wave.
Seeing Danzo use Wood Style, Jiraiya sensed trouble and quickly poured a large amount of Chakra into the wall.
Having learned from his earlier mistake, Jiraiya was taking this very seriously.
Boom!
Danzo's ninjutsu struck the fleshy wall with an enormous crash, loud enough to make everyone's ears ring.
"Damn it, I was a little too slow!"
Jiraiya could already feel that the wall had been damaged, and hurried after Danzo.
Seeing this, Ye Fan couldn't help admiring Danzo. He was a Kage Level ninja, after all, and his combat instincts were no joke.
Danzo knew that one of his techniques alone couldn't make a hole large enough for him to escape. So he had first used Vacuum Wave to sever the Chakra sustaining the wall, then followed up with Wood Style to break through it.
"Wood Style? Danzo actually possesses the First Hokage's Kekkei Genkai!"
"According to what Ye Fan said, Danzo also has the Sharingan, the Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai. Doesn't that mean he possesses two incredibly powerful Kekkei Genkai at once?!"
The Konoha higher-ups were still in shock, their minds completely blank.
"Danzo may be far stronger than we ever imagined. Hurry and help Jiraiya!"
The Third Hokage's shout finally brought them out of their stupor.
Nara Shikaku and the Land of Fire's representative immediately followed the Third Hokage, while the Anbu representative went to gather the rest of the Anbu, preparing to take complete control of Root.
Having escaped the Toad Mouth Binding Technique, Danzo breathed in the fresh air and gazed at the clear blue sky. Everything felt wonderful.
He never wanted to enter that barrier again. It had been terrifying.
In an open clearing, Danzo stood facing Jiraiya and Ye Fan from a distance. Both Jiraiya and Danzo wore grave expressions.
"Jiraiya, I'll have to take this seriously if I'm fighting you."
"You're much harder to deal with than that fellow, Hiruzen Sarutobi!"
Danzo didn't mention Ye Fan at all. Calmly, he began undoing the layers of seals on his right hand.
Watching him, Jiraiya immediately understood.
"Are you going to use the Sharingan? You're an ugly bastard, but you've definitely got a few tricks up your sleeve."
"Looks like he's underestimating me." Ye Fan rubbed his chin, ready to teach Danzo a lesson he would never forget.
At the same time, the Third Hokage and Nara Shikaku arrived with the others.
The moment they got there, they witnessed a sight they would never forget.
Ye Fan, standing beside Jiraiya, shot toward Danzo at incredible speed, leaving an afterimage behind—just as he had in the Hokage's Office.
"Ye Fan, you're still too green. This is a fight between Jiraiya and me!"
Danzo sneered and stood motionless.
He had been wary of Ye Fan for a long time. Knowing he couldn't match Ye Fan's speed, he had decided not to dodge at all.
While fleeing, Danzo had secretly used a ninjutsu to coat his entire body in blades of Wind Style Chakra, waiting for Ye Fan to make the first move.
"Ye Fan, watch out!"
The instant Ye Fan charged, Jiraiya sensed a sudden surge of Chakra from Danzo and immediately understood what was happening.
"Come on! You're moving so fast that there's no way you can stop. Just wait for my Wind Style Chakra blades to shred your body!"
"Hmph, Danzo, you think a little too highly of yourself!"
Ye Fan snorted. Instead of slowing down, he accelerated.
Danzo's little trick was no match for Ye Fan's perception of Qi.
Power of that level couldn't possibly hurt Ye Fan.
"Danzo, let's see how many times you can use Izanagi when you've only got eleven Sharingan!"
In the blink of an eye, Ye Fan was beside Danzo. He leaned close to Danzo's ear and whispered.
Then Ye Fan raised his hand and slapped Danzo square across the face.
Danzo's body was sent flying.
Before he could even hit the ground, Ye Fan caught up and unleashed a flurry of punches, beating him until he spat blood and couldn't fight back.
As for the ninjutsu Danzo had secretly prepared, it was a joke now. It couldn't stop Ye Fan, let alone hurt him!
Ye Fan's speed grew faster and faster, and his blows grew more and more powerful.
Every punch and kick landed squarely on a bone.
In barely half a second, Ye Fan had shattered every bone in Danzo's body.
Bang!
Danzo's body hit the ground like a heap of mud, collapsing in a limp heap.
Nara Shikaku, the Land of Fire's representative, and the others had no idea what had just happened.
"W-what... happened to Danzo?" The Land of Fire's representative stood frozen, trembling all over.
Nara Shikaku was trembling too. "It looks like... Ye Fan took him down in one blow?"
The Third Hokage and Jiraiya were also stunned by what Ye Fan had just done.
The Third Hokage had already witnessed Ye Fan's strength, but this time he seemed far stronger than he had been when fighting Orochimaru.
"Ye Fan, is your strength really within the limits of what a human can achieve?"
"Could you be a god?"
The Third Hokage stood frozen, utterly bewildered.
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