Danzo's Trump Card!

But obviously, that was impossible.

The moment Danzo disappeared, Yun Xi had started raising his guard.

Having read the original story, Yun Xi naturally knew Danzo had to have something up his sleeve.

So after performing the Five Styles: Great Barrage Technique, Yun Xi had switched places with his Shadow Clone.

The Yun Xi who had used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame earlier had been his clone!

Danzo had only managed to ambush a clone.

The real Yun Xi was standing beside Karin, a hint of a smile on his face.

Seeing "Yun Xi" vanish into thin air, Danzo's expression became quite something.

He hadn't expected his ambush to take out nothing but one of Yun Xi's clones.

The remaining Root Division ninja also looked frightened.

They had never imagined a kid could be so powerful!

Even Danzo was somewhat surprised by Yun Xi's strength...

"Enough playing around. This next hit will end the fight!"

Yun Xi seized the opportunity and attacked again!

"Fire Style: Black Flame Technique!"

With Yun Xi giving it his all, a vast swathe of black flames appeared out of nowhere across the battlefield.

They covered almost as much ground as Yun Xi's earlier Majestic Destroyer Flame.

But there was no comparing the power of the two techniques.

The difference was like night and day!

"Wood Style: Violent Spear Tree!"

The instant Yun Xi unleashed the Black Flame Technique, Danzo felt a twinge of unease.

After sensing that Yun Xi's attack was no ordinary one,

Danzo used his trump card!

A Wood Release technique!

Wood Style: Violent Spear Tree was a powerful Wood Release technique that combined offense and defense. It could protect its user while also unleashing devastating attacks.

Even Yun Xi's hard-to-extinguish Black Flame Technique burned for only a moment after hitting the giant tree Danzo had summoned.

Then it went out on its own...

"So this is Wood Release? It really is powerful..."

Yun Xi had lived in the Naruto World for a long time, but this was his first time seeing a genuine Wood Release technique.

He knew Danzo had transplanted cells from the First and that he could use Wood Release.

But Yun Xi hadn't expected Danzo to already be so adept at powerful Wood Release techniques.

Judging by the lingering traces of Wood Release chakra,

Yun Xi estimated that Danzo's skill with Wood Release was already on par with Yamato's in the original story.

Perhaps even greater!

"I didn't expect you to force me to use this move. I suppose I underestimated you, old man!"

Danzo had blocked Yun Xi's Black Flame Technique with Wood Style: Violent Spear Tree.

But the Root Division ninja standing nearby hadn't been so lucky.

They were hit directly by the Black Flame Technique and reduced to charred corpses.

Those Root Division ninja were nothing special in Danzo's eyes, but training them had still cost resources.

And Yun Xi had killed them right in front of him without a shred of hesitation.

That was an outright slap in the face!

"If the First used Wood Release in front of me, I'd turn tail and run without looking back. But you're clearly not in his league."

Looking at Danzo standing atop the giant tree, Yun Xi began to take the fight seriously.

Danzo's Wood Release wasn't especially powerful, but it couldn't be taken lightly.

After all, it was one of the top Kekkei Genkai in Naruto. If Yun Xi got careless, things could go badly.

And in terms of elemental affinity, Wood Release also had an advantage over Yun Xi's Amaterasu and Fire Style techniques.

"Heh. Then try this!"

"Wood Style: Root Burial!"

After hearing Yun Xi's words, Danzo's face curled into a sneer.

Then Danzo created a gigantic tree and sent it surging toward Yun Xi.

"What?"

Seeing Danzo use this technique, Yun Xi looked surprised.

Having read the original story, he knew what using Wood Style: Root Burial would cost Danzo.

Danzo intended to die together with him!

Yun Xi knew how the technique worked.

It simply used a giant tree summoned with Wood Release to devour both the user and their enemy.

Normally, anyone who used this technique would die, whether or not their enemy did.

The price was too great for most people to bear!

But Danzo was an exception. Once the tree devoured him and his enemy,

Danzo could use Izanagi to turn his injuries into a dream and escape the technique's effects.

The cost was one Sharingan.

For anyone else, this was a suicidal trump card.

But in Danzo's hands, as long as he had enough Sharingan, he could use Wood Style: Root Burial as a regular attack!

Sensing danger bearing down on them, Yun Xi didn't waste another thought and called out, "Karin, use a Sealing Barrier!"

"Okay!"

At Yun Xi's words, Karin swiftly cast a standard Sealing Barrier beneath her feet.

Meanwhile, Yun Xi took the chance to scoop up Karin and Pikachu and fly into the air.

Then the tree Danzo had summoned struck the Sealing Barrier Karin had laid down.

Something unexpected happened: the tree Danzo had summoned was sealed by Karin's barrier!

"Izanagi!"

Danzo was baffled. He hadn't expected his finishing move to be stopped by a tiny Sealing Barrier.

He was terribly curious, but he didn't have much time left to use Izanagi.

He could only use Izanagi first to escape the side effects of the Wood Release technique.

"Looks like I still underestimated you. But unfortunately for you, you ran into me!"

Watching Danzo come back to life, Yun Xi couldn't help feeling a little moved.

At first, Yun Xi had thought Danzo's ordinary combat strength was at most that of an Elite Jonin.

Only when he used Izanagi and Kotoamatsukami could he be considered a Kage Level expert.

But Yun Xi had forgotten one crucial fact: Danzo could use Wood Release.

With the powerful Wood Release Kekkei Genkai backing him up,

Yun Xi estimated that Danzo could reach Kage Level even without using Kotoamatsukami.

Fortunately, though, Yun Xi knew Karin's Sealing Jutsu happened to counter Wood Release.

Wood Release might be difficult to destroy, but it could still be sealed!

Even if only a small part of it was sealed, Yun Xi could still counter Danzo's Wood Style: Root Burial!

"You..."

Watching the Sharingan he had painstakingly gathered disappear because of Yun Xi,

Danzo's expression darkened. Shock flashed in his eyes, along with even greater fury!

Danzo had roamed the Ninja World for years, and he had never imagined that one day a kid would push him to this point!

"You forced me to do this..."

Looking at the wreckage in front of Root Division headquarters, Danzo finally began slowly unwinding the bandages around his head.

A blood-red Sharingan was revealed in his left eye!

This was the Mangekyō Sharingan Danzo had obtained from Shisui Uchiha.

And its Mangekyō ability was Kotoamatsukami, hailed as the most powerful genjutsu!

"So he's going to use that trump card?"

Seeing what Danzo was doing, Yun Xi realized that the fight between them was about to reach its conclusion!