Doing Everything He Could
Konoha
Root base
Danzo used the hidden sensory barrier of the Four Violet Flames Formation to shift his perspective and see everything clearly, allowing Uchiha Nara a severe disadvantage.
The sight of Red Moon being Naraku's punch and flying backward, smashing through dozens of large trees, made Danzo's heart tighten.
"Ryoma! Gather all Root members within the base and proceed to the scene within one minute!"
Danzo could not sit idly by. Red Moon was the top fighter under his command, and even Danzo himself, who possessed many forbidden techniques, was no match for Red Moon. Such a talent could not be lost.
"Hi!"
Aburame Ryoma stood Danzo, clearly observing the battle. He hadn't expected the ambush to be so unpredictable; Uchiha Nara's strength was simply too strange.
Inside the Hokage Building in Konoha Village, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado were preparing to leave after the crystal ball went out, but Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded them to stay and continue consulting on political matters.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind was elsewhere; he was preoccupied with the ambush on the battlefield and kept manipulating the crystal ball to sense all the barriers between Konoha and the Capital City.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Sarutobi Hiruzen's senses connected with the perception barrier set up by Danzo, and he saw everything.
"Third Hokage, this child cannot be lost; we must set off to rescue him!"
Looking at the scene in the crystal ball, Utatane Koharu, who was usually calm, showed a hint of anxiety.
"Let's go! Third Hokage, gather the Anbu! Even if it means annihilating the Uchiha, we can't let this child sacrifice himself in such a meaningless way!"
At this moment, Mitokado Homura also became assertive and offered his advice.
"Ghost Fox! S-Rank Emergency Mission! Summon all Anbu squads that can assemble within five minutes to escort me to the Capital City!"
The Third Hokage generation, with a solemn expression, gave a solemn instruction towards the door frame, just as the two had thought.
"Hi!"
An echo came from outside the door, followed by footsteps.
At the hidden barrier of Konoha, countless masked figures filed out. However, on a house not far away, a stray cat lay down, seemingly just waking up, scratching its neck with its hind paws, quietly watching this scene.
"Hiding it so shallowly, how could it possibly escape detection?"
Naraku smiled as he looked at the heavily injured Red Moon.
The red-haired Red Moon stopped vomiting blood, clasped his hands together, Snake Seal. The surrounding forest erupted again, growing crookedly and Naraku.
Naraku dodged the entanglement of the forest, his hands rapidly Hand Seals. After dodging the entanglement, he crouched down and slapped the ground with one hand.
Earth Style: Earth Style: Earth-Splitting Palm! Combine!
Earth Style Earth Style: Earth-Splitting Palm can crack the earth, and the second stage can close the earth again. This squeezing force can directly crush an enemy trapped in the crack into a meat patty.
The crack closed quickly, like clapping a hand, instantly restoring the area to its original state.
Although Naraku wanted to capture this person, his own life was more important. From Naraku's Sharingan perspective, the red-haired man still had a considerable amount of Chakra within him and was still capable of resisting.
Just as Naraku had predicted, even after the land closed, the trees in the forest continued to sway wildly, entangled and coiled around Naraku.
After Naraku Yin Seal: Release his stored Chakra through the Yin Seal, his body was full of Chakra, and he calmly leaped through the forest.
However, what Naraku found somewhat strange was that Naraku had already escaped from the Four Violet Flames Formation over there; there was no one inside, Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags had stopped.
The four Masked Ninja continued to maintain the Four Violet Flames Formation.
Naraku recalled the feeling of being spied on, and how that feeling disappeared after they dispelled the Four Violet Flames Formation, and began to speculate.
"This battle cannot drag on!"
Red Moon is critically injured and barely Naraku's best option is to slowly wear him down, but in this situation, Naraku cannot be certain whether reinforcements will arrive.
This red-haired man, Red Moon, possesses Ninjutsu so powerful that he is the strongest ninja Naraku has ever faced, unmatched in his lifetime. Even the likes of the Third Hokage and Danzo are no match for him. The legendary Sannin are also no match for him.
According to Naraku's memories of the Akatsuki, if Red Moon were to join Akatsuki, he could definitely contend for the position of leader.
It was only because he encountered Uchiha Nara, who possessed a vast array of Jonin; otherwise, there was truly no one in the current Shinobi World who could defeat him.
Naraku even believed that if this red-haired man, Red Moon, could absorb Natural Energy, with his Chakra reserves, it wouldn't be impossible for him to unleash Ninjutsu like the Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
Naraku the twisted and turbulent forest, his chakra-infused Chakra Chidori Sharp Spear slicing through the unavoidable wooden planks.
"Gone? Where did they hide?"
Naraku was multitasking, using his Sensory Ninjutsu, but he couldn't find the spirits or Chakra in the forest.
"Could it be hidden in the trees?"
Naraku dodged and slashed horizontally, fighting alone in the strange forest where the trees resembled bizarre, giant serpents, twisting and turning in a peculiar way.
At that moment, a strange, large tree, as if bending over, swiftly crashed down towards Naraku wielded the Chidori Sharp Spear and slashed horizontally.
"Oh no! Danger!"
Unlike the previous felling that was as easy as chopping vegetables and melons, the Chidori Sharp Spear struck this tree without even scratching the bark.
"Wood Release: Vajra Summons Wood!"
A massive tree falls; such Adamantine Giant Tree could easily crush anyone into a pulp.
A figure appeared on a tree in the distance, hands clasped in the Snake Seal, lips crimson, face pale, yet expressionless, eyes cold.
The Adamantine Tree, nearly thirty meters tall, bent violently and crashed down with a force exceeding ten thousand pounds. It was Wood Release Ninjutsu killing move that the Red Moon had been lurking for a long time and had meticulously prepared.
However, just as the mighty Adamantine Giant Tree unleashed its power, it was caught by a pair of enormous, pitch-black skeletal hands that suddenly appeared.
The giant, jet-black skeletal hand emitted a dark light and quickly grew flesh and blood, becoming quite textured. However, its jet-black color gave it an evil and eerie feel.
"Susanoo!"
With a loud shout, Naraku caused the black giant, whose vision had been obscured by the Adamantine Giant Tree, to grow even larger, and armor appeared on its body, covering the entire black giant except for a pair of eyes that looked like large red lanterns.
Once the black giant was fully formed, it was half again as tall as the tree, nearly fifty meters high. The Vajra tree that it had been supporting with both hands could now be grasped with one hand.
The black giant roared in fury, forcefully pushing the tree backward with one hand. Then, Naraku's Chakra surged, and a double-edged sword appeared in the black giant's right hand.
The original forest, compared to the giant's physique, became small shrubs. The black giant, wielding a long sword, hacked his way through the shrubs as if clearing land.
Under the ravages of the black giant, trees were felled and forests were cleared.
"Die!"
Naraku controlled the massive Susanoo, wielding a nearly thirty-meter-long black sword, and slashed at a fallen tree. Naraku sensed that the fallen tree contained a dense amount of Chakra, and that the Chakra was fluctuating.
If it's not the red-haired man's hiding place, then he must be using Ninjutsu. Whether it's to kill him or to break his Ninjutsu, it's necessary to strike with all your might.
The black giant's greatsword, carrying a fierce gust of wind, rustled the leaves, yet this immensely powerful strike stopped halfway through.
"When!?"
It wasn't that Naraku wanted to stop, but rather that countless dark runes from the ground climbed up the black giant's body and converged towards the lower abdomen of the black giant's upper body, attempting to condense into an Uzumaki pattern.
The Four-Symbols Seal forcefully stopped Naraku's attack.
From the tree that Naraku targeting, a pale-faced but strangely rosy- Red Moon appeared, Red Moon, his hands clasped together in the final seal of the Four-Symbols Seal.
The Four-Symbols Seal is also Fuinjutsu that Naraku excels at. Seeing the opponent's execution, Naraku knew that he absolutely could not allow the Uzumaki in Susanoo's abdomen to successfully condense.