Fugaku Uchiha VS Shimura Danzō

The Sky Screen continued playing. The battle was about to erupt!

The Uchiha clansmen's blood boiled as they shouted in unison.

"Clan Head, that's the spirit!"

"Let them witness Uchiha's true power!"

"For Uchiha's glory!"

Having witnessed Susanoo's terrifying might, the clansmen's eyes brimmed with fanatical fighting spirit.

Danzo's heart sank. Knowing the Mangekyō's formidable power, he sharply ordered, "Root Ninja, kill Fugaku Uchiha immediately!"

The moment he spoke, Fugaku had already picked his target and solemnly divided the battlefield. "Danzo is mine. Deal with the rest of Root yourselves!"

At that moment, there was no longer the slightest hesitation in his heart. All he wanted was to kill Danzo.

The clansmen beside him laughed heartily, their battle intent soaring. "Now this is satisfying! This is the first time I've thought the Clan Head was competent!"

The pitch-black skeletal frame of Susanoo towered beneath the night sky. Its sinister bony claw descended toward Shimura Danzō with crushing force!

The air trembled violently, and the fierce wind tore loose stones from the ground and sent them flying.

Danzo's expression changed drastically. He did not dare take it head-on, rapidly retreating as Chakra burst from beneath his feet. He barely dodged the lethal claw in a pathetic scramble.

Boom—!

The bone claw slammed into the ground. The hard bluestone pavement instantly split with dense, spiderweb-like cracks, and the remaining Root Ninja were shaken to the core by its horrifying power.

Several Root elites abandoned their opponents and charged forward at full speed, hoping to cover Danzo and restrain Fugaku.

But the instant they moved, several scarlet Sharingan locked onto them!

The Uchiha elites all erupted into action. Each was among the clan's strongest, proficient in Fire Release, Lightning Release, and Uchiha's unique sword techniques. Their coordination was seamless, their offense and defense integrated as one.

One Uchiha clansman used Soru to close in, his scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan spinning. The ninja blade in his hand flashed coldly as he delivered a clean slash, firmly pinning down the Root Ninja at the front;

another formed seals with one hand, and surging flames erupted as Majestic Destroyer Flame burst forth. The sea of fire sealed off the enemy's movement, scorching the Root Ninja until they retreated again and again;

others unleashed Lightning Release, electricity coiling around their blades as they slashed out swift lightning blades, their speed and explosive force completely overwhelming opponents of the same level!

Faced with this uniform force of Uchiha elites, even the Root Ninja who had trained year-round were steadily driven back, utterly unable to break through and provide support.

In just a few breaths, every Root Ninja who had tried to reinforce Danzo was tightly entangled and firmly restrained by the Uchiha clansmen, completely losing any chance to interfere with the main battlefield.

The situation across the entire battlefield had completely tilted!

Blade light, raging flames, and thunderbolts intertwined. Every attack was tricky and fierce, leaving Root's forces miserable as casualties steadily rose.

"Damn it!"

Having narrowly dodged Susanoo's assault, Danzo caught sight of Root's total collapse from the corner of his eye. His face darkened to the extreme as he cursed through gritted teeth!

He had acted tyrannically throughout Konoha for many years. He had always been the one suppressing others, and had never imagined that one day, Fugaku Uchiha—who had always endured and yielded—would drive him into such a state!

Ahead of him, Fugaku Uchiha's eyes were icy. The Mangekyō patterns spun rapidly as the pitch-black skeletal Susanoo gathered strength once more. Its enormous right claw rose again, then seized fiercely at the isolated Danzo with terrifying force capable of crushing mountains and rivers!

At the critical moment, Danzo remained calm. A dense layer of Wind Release Chakra suddenly wrapped around his body.

Wind-nature Chakra coated all four of his limbs, maximizing his speed and movement technique, making his body suddenly light and swift.

With the acceleration granted by Wind Release, Danzo moved sideways several times in strange succession, barely avoiding one fatal grab after another just before Susanoo's bone claw struck the ground.

Deafening booms rang out continuously as the bone claw gouged several-meter-deep trenches into the ground. Stone and dirt sprayed into the air, displaying terrifying destructive power.

Danzo did not simply flee after evading the fierce assault. He immediately launched a counterattack, rapidly forming seals with one hand as Chakra surged forth.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves!"

Several condensed, razor-sharp high-pressure wind blades tore through the night sky and accurately slashed against Susanoo's black skeletal frame.

Yet no matter how fierce the wind blades' assault was, they could not shake the Mangekyō Susanoo's defense in the slightest. They did not even leave shallow marks behind.

With his first strike failing, Danzo's expression did not change. He immediately switched tactics, continuously circling and keeping his distance with the extreme speed granted by Wind Release Chakra, refusing to clash head-on with Susanoo.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Blast!"

One highly compressed Wind Release projectile after another blasted forth, bombarding every part of Susanoo's skeletal frame as he attempted to find a weakness in its defense.

Then another Ninjutsu erupted in succession. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

A violent gale swept across the battlefield, sending broken stones flying from the ground. The powerful wind pressure struck Susanoo head-on, yet still achieved nothing.

Vacuum Serial Waves, Vacuum Blast, and Great Breakthrough rotated in succession. Danzo kept circling and restraining him throughout, his Wind Release Ninjutsu unending, yet he could never break through Fugaku's defensive barrier or even force him back a single step.

After several ineffective attempts at suppression, Fugaku's patience was completely exhausted.

Since ordinary offense and defense could not finish his opponent, then he would use a wide-range killing move to seal the battle completely!

Fugaku controlled Susanoo to raise its hand and gather power. Vast ocular power and Chakra instantly converged in its palm, forming several condensed black tomoe out of thin air, each wreathed in extremely violent explosive Chakra.

His eyes turned icy as Susanoo's arm suddenly swept forward!

Several black tomoe instantly shot out. Rather than tracking a single target, they spread in every direction, completely covering every area around Danzo and sealing off all room to move, evade, or escape!

Boom, boom, boom—!

A chain of violent explosions suddenly echoed between heaven and earth. Berserk Chakra shockwaves swept through the entire Uchiha Clan Grounds, cracking and collapsing vast stretches of ground. Towering smoke and dust instantly obscured the night sky, leaving Danzo no room to maneuver.

When the smoke and dust slowly dispersed, the scene in the field became completely clear.

Shimura Danzō stood there in a miserable state. Half his clothing had been completely shredded, his body was covered in wounds of varying depth, flesh exposed in many places, and his breath was chaotic and weak. He had clearly been severely injured by the attack.

Danzo knew perfectly well that if this dragged on, he would only be worn to death. He had no chance of victory at all.

His delaying tactics had failed. Only risking his life could give him a chance to turn things around!

Shimura Danzō gritted his teeth and let out a low shout, gathering all the Wind Release Chakra in his body onto the kunai at his side. A frigid wind-blade aura wrapped around the entire weapon, its edge razor-sharp.

He drove off with both legs, his body shooting into the air. Using the extreme speed boosted by Wind Release, he gripped the wind-enhanced kunai and charged directly at the massive Susanoo, stabbing forward with all his might!

Facing this desperate strike, Fugaku Uchiha neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the kunai imbued with Danzo's full-power Wind Release to stab toward Susanoo's skeletal frame.

Clang—!

A piercing metallic crack suddenly rang out!

The instant the kunai struck the skeletal frame with full force, it could not move Susanoo even slightly. The high-intensity ocular-power bones directly shattered the entire kunai!

Seeing the broken kunai in his hand and the pitch-black skeletal frame right before him, Danzo's pupils shrank sharply.

Looking down from above, Fugaku's gaze was cold and indifferent, his voice filled with utter mockery. "Danzo, is this all you have left now?"

The instant his words fell, Susanoo's massive bone claw abruptly closed, accurately and firmly gripping Danzo before he could dodge!

There was no room for struggle. Accompanied by a dull explosive sound, Danzo's body was crushed apart by the overwhelming force.