Three-Good Paths Requiem

Pfft—! Danzo's body shuddered, his eyes bulging as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You cannot kill me." Danzo's face was as pale as paper. He activated Izanagi once more, but this time, a flicker of despair marred his resurrection.

His chakra reserves were depleted; he felt dizzy and his limbs were heavy. He could use the technique at most one more time.

He mourned inwardly, Am I truly going to die here today? No! I am the Hokage. How could I die?

He immediately formed hand seals. He hadn't been idle while being held by Feng Yao.

"Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal."

When he had been struck, he had planted a mark on Feng Yao. Eerie black, elongated patterns slowly crept up Feng Yao's body, restricting his movements.

Danzo would naturally not miss such a golden opportunity. He immediately drew shuriken, imbuing them with Wind Release before throwing them.

"Wind Release Shuriken."

Carrying blades sharp enough to slice through rock, the shuriken flew straight toward Feng Yao. Just as they were about to strike, the final Resentment Ghost teleported in front of Feng Yao, blocking the lethal blow. Resentment Ghosts could teleport to their master's side whenever the master was under attack.

Seeing his strike fail, Danzo's mood plummeted to the bottom. He watched helplessly as Feng Yao slowly forced the sealing curse off his body.

He roared madly, "You traitors of Konoha, you have no idea what you are doing! You only think of using revenge to clear everything away. Driven by emotion, you are not fit to be ninjas."

Hearing Danzo's assessment of him, Feng Yao sneered.

He stared at Danzo and spoke slowly, "And what about you, Danzo? You always have 'self-sacrifice' on your lips, yet when it truly comes to your turn, you turn cowardly. The Second Hokage proved long ago that you were unfit to be Hokage. It is because your actions never matched your ideals. That is your original sin."

Upon hearing this, Danzo's breathing grew ragged. He did not know how the other party could be aware of such secrets buried in history.

Even Orochimaru and the others pricked up their ears; these were secrets they had not known either.

Danzo gritted his teeth, his brow furrowed, staring deeply at everyone before him.

He knew his death was inevitable today. Feng Yao's words had struck his sorest point.

It reminded Danzo of what the Second Hokage had once said to him.

The majestic voice seemed to ring in his ears:

"The moment for you to sacrifice yourselves will come. Until then, preserve your lives."

Feng Yao's words had instead ignited Danzo's resolve to die in battle. He stopped thinking of escape and decided to drag Feng Yao and the others down with him.

Danzo tore open his clothes, revealing the Reverse Four-Symbols Sealing on his body.

But Feng Yao was well-versed in all of Danzo's ninjutsu. No matter how fast Danzo was, he could not be faster than the Flying Thunder God. He had to stop him.

His figure flashed as he teleported over, stabbing a kunai into Danzo's heart. However, Danzo had used his final Izanagi; for the next sixty seconds, he was in an invincible state.

He laughed as he resurrected to the side, casting all thoughts of life and death aside.

"For the sake of Konoha, I cannot let you live."

Danzo felt his death had value; he would take three of Konoha's powerful enemies with him.

Yet he did not know that this sealing technique could not kill Feng Yao. Feng Yao only regretted that he could not personally finish Danzo off.

Whether through Intangibility or the Flying Thunder God, he could easily evade Danzo's sealing technique. It was only a pity about Shisui's eye.

Just as everyone prepared to save themselves, a melodious sound of a flute drifted over, transforming into three long, pitch-black dragons that bound Danzo, halting his suicidal sealing technique.

Danzo looked at the scene in disbelief, turning his head to see that the person playing the flute was merely an unremarkable young girl.

"Three-Good Paths Requiem."

This melody possessed a powerful single-target control effect, capable of imprisoning the opponent's movements and nullifying the technique they were currently using. This was the secret clan technique Tayuya had been practicing bitterly for these past days.

Lord Feng Yao, I promised you that I would help you realize your wish.

Tayuya thought silently as she watched Feng Yao. Blood was already spilling from her mouth, showing that this ninjutsu was not easy to execute.

Seeing this, Feng Yao would naturally not miss such a golden opportunity. He used the Flying Thunder God to teleport directly to Danzo's side.

Pfft—

The kunai pierced firmly through Danzo's heart. This time, he could no longer use Izanagi.

His consciousness began to fade, his body grew incomparably heavy, and finally, like a useless old man, he slowly slumped to the ground.

In his final moment, he whispered weakly, "Hiruzen... this time... it is me... before you."

The leader of Konoha's "Root" in the Land of Fire, the Fifth acting Hokage of Konoha, an anti-heroic figure who had dedicated his life to the prosperity of Konoha, had sacrificed himself this day.

Not far away, the Third Hokage's eyes were clouded, as if filled with tears.

"Danzo..."

"The Hokage has been killed!"

"What should we do now? Find a way to stabilize the situation first! Quickly, go and invite the Third Hokage."

The Konoha ninjas watching from below were in complete disarray.

The Fourth Kazekage was overjoyed at this sight; his mood had been on a rollercoaster since the start, having been ambushed, abandoned by Orochimaru, and nearly taken down by Danzo in a mutual destruction, though fortunately, Danzo was now dead.

He forced himself to stand and struggled to shout to the ninjas below, "The Fifth Hokage is dead! Will you not surrender yet? You of Konoha have already lost this war."

The Sand ninjas felt immensely encouraged upon hearing this, while the people of Konoha felt as though the world had gone dark.

On the high platform, Tayuya had just made her move, and with one person missing, the barrier had collapsed on its own. Feng Yao had also finished what he needed to do, and just as he was about to take Danzo's right arm and the Sharingan, he heard a voice.

"Tuoyan Lujia!"

A giant snake lunged at him in a surprise attack. Feng Yao immediately grabbed Danzo's body and used the Flying Thunder God to dodge to the side; the giant snake missed and slammed into the ground, kicking up a sky full of dust.

Feng Yao had long known that Orochimaru harbored ill intentions toward him, and he assumed the man had prepared thoroughly before making his move.

He sighed softly, his hands moving quickly to stow away Danzo's arm and Shisui's eye.

"Orochimaru, can you not even wait a moment longer? Do you truly believe you can defeat my Sage Mode?"

Feng Yao spoke to intimidate him first; in truth, he hadn't exhausted much chakra during his battle with Danzo, so dealing with Orochimaru would certainly be more than enough.

However, Kimimaro and the Sound Four were present, and Orochimaru likely still had the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu of the First and Second Hokage in reserve, not to mention the Fourth Kazekage's stance remained unclear.

This situation was not ideal for him, but with Intangibility, Kamui, and the Flying Thunder God at his disposal, there were very few in the entire ninja world who could keep Feng Yao trapped.

Even if he couldn't win, retreating would be more than enough.

Orochimaru frowned upon hearing this.

Feng Yao's Sage Mode was too terrifying; it possessed not only fearsome speed and power but also a level of senjutsu strength rarely seen in the world.

However, having watched Feng Yao fight for a long time, he had formed a bold hypothesis: despite being able to end the battle quickly with Sage Mode, Feng Yao had been fighting using only his Summoning Technique and the Flying Thunder God.

He felt that it wasn't that Feng Yao didn't want to use it, but that he couldn't!

The various ninjutsu Feng Yao was using now were vastly different from those he had used when they fought in the past, which only made Orochimaru more curious about the secrets of Feng Yao's body.

"Yao-kun, I was indeed no match for you in our past battle, but why not let me witness your Sage Mode again today?"

"Summoning Technique: Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu."

Orochimaru bit his finger and slammed his palm onto the ground, summoning two heavy brown coffins from beneath the earth, each marked with the characters for "First" and "Second."

Seeing this, Feng Yao understood that the people inside were none other than the First Hokage and the Second Hokage of Konoha.

Feng Yao had once considered using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu himself, but at the time, he was in the Shikkotsu Forest, where there were simply no remains of powerful warriors available to use.

Otherwise, the people he reincarnated would be stronger than Orochimaru's, as Orochimaru had not yet fully mastered the technique.

Then, a third coffin slowly emerged.

This coffin had almost appeared once before, but it had been stopped by the Third Hokage; there were no characters carved on it.

Feng Yao didn't think it would be Minato, as the coffins clearly contained ninjas who had already completed the reincarnation process.

For instance, the First and Second had been reincarnated and placed into the coffins before being summoned, whereas the Fourth was currently sealed and could not possibly have been successfully reincarnated and placed into a coffin.

Furthermore, since it was intended to deal with the Third Hokage at the time, it should have been someone the Third was familiar with—just as the First and Second were the Third's teachers, this one should also be someone the Third knew well.

As the coffin lid slowly opened, the First and Second were exactly who he expected.

But the third one looked somewhat unfamiliar to Feng Yao at first glance.

However, the three-tomoe Sharingan in the eyes confirmed that this was a member of the Uchiha Clan.

This served as a reminder to Feng Yao, and he realized exactly who the final person Orochimaru had reincarnated was.