Chapter 31

He raised his eyelids and swept his gaze toward his courtyard.

At some point, three people had appeared there. "Uchiha Yi, Lord Danzo wants to see you."

"Heh, that old dog still hasn't given up?"

There was a barb in Uchiha Yi's words. The three men instantly exploded. "How dare you insult Lord Danzo like that? You're courting death!"

"You little brat who doesn't know his place!"

"Uchiha Yi, you're finished!"

The three cursed at him, but their movements did not slow in the slightest.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Within a breath or two, they had Uchiha Yi surrounded from all sides.

Uchiha Yi did not rush to make a move. Looking at their formation, he raised an eyebrow slightly. "This formation... could it be..."

"Flying Thunder Formation Technique!"

The three shouted in unison, their hand seals perfectly synchronized.

An expression of "just as I thought" appeared on Uchiha Yi's face.

He had thought the formation looked familiar. Sure enough, it was the Flying Thunder Formation Technique.

Then, what came next should be...

His body swayed slightly, and he made no attempt to stop the three.

His vision turned white. When it cleared again, he was already standing in a dim corner.

At the same time, Uchiha Yi saw Danzo, along with a group of Root members. "Uchiha Yi."

Danzo stared at him as though he were already dead, without the slightest warmth in his eyes.

This was Root's headquarters, a place even the Third Hokage did not know about. Once someone entered, they could forget about ever leaving.

That was what Danzo had planned. "Lord Danzo, inviting me to Root's headquarters in the middle of the night with methods like these—what exactly do you mean by this?"

Uchiha Yi smiled, without the slightest trace of panic on his face. "Submit to me, and I can spare your life."

What?

Uchiha Yi had imagined how Danzo would put on airs and act arrogant, but he had not expected him to open with that. He nearly laughed out loud. "Enough, stop wasting words. Danzo, you old dog, do you know that if you keep this up, I'll beat you to death sooner or later?"

Uchiha Yi shook his head with a helpless look.

But Danzo's expression had already turned completely cold. "You fool who knows no better. Since that is the case, go die!"

"Get him! Kill Uchiha Yi!"

Danzo's voice was icy, and he had no intention of leaving anyone alive.

As for intelligence, he had plenty of ways to extract it from a corpse.

The moment he spoke, the Root ninjas charged forward in unison.

But Uchiha Yi was faster. "Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

With Uchiha Yi's current chakra reserves, he could unleash this technique at its absolute peak.

The Root ninjas reacted quickly enough, forming hand seals and using Water Release to block it.

Unfortunately, their pitiful Water Release could not suppress a Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation of this level.

In the blink of an eye, the entire underground base became a sea of flames.

Danzo froze for a moment, then his face darkened like ink.

It was bad enough that his lair had been set ablaze, but several of his subordinates had also died from that attack. "Uchiha Yi, I underestimated you. It seems Kawaguchi and Kunin were killed by you as well."

"That's right, I did."

Uchiha Yi nodded openly. "Pretty arrogant, aren't you?"

Danzo's eyes were as cold as blades. "But don't tell me you think you can run rampant through my Root with just that much ability. How naive!"

As soon as Danzo finished speaking, the surviving Root members charged at Uchiha Yi again.

Water Release: Water Shockwave!

More than a dozen people unleashed the technique at once, suppressing the flames.

Then more than a dozen others formed hand seals together.

Lightning Release: Four Pillar Binding Technique!

Blue light burst forth, and countless currents suddenly wrapped around Uchiha Yi.

But that was not all.

Lightning Release: Sixteen Pillar Binding Technique!

A cage woven from lightning sealed Uchiha Yi completely. "Heh, he's still just a little brat."

Danzo curled his lip, his eyes full of contempt.

But at that moment, an ice-cold voice suddenly came from inside the cage. "Danzo, you old dog, don't you know I hate it most when people call me a little brat?"

Boom!

The moment Uchiha Yi finished speaking, Danzo saw the lightning barrier begin to bulge outward.

Not good!

For the first time, panic flashed through Danzo's eyes.

But in the next instant, that panic turned into shock and disbelief.

Because with a thunderous boom, the cage formed by the Sixteen Pillar Binding Technique was forcibly split apart.

That was right—it had been forced apart. "Susanoo?"

Danzo stared at the enormous figure, his face livid as he forced the words through clenched teeth. "You actually awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

"Oh, you only figured that out now?"

Inside the Susanoo, Uchiha Yi chuckled softly.

Damn it. "I didn't expect you to have hidden yourself so deeply. But do you really think that having the Mangekyo Sharingan means there's nothing I can do to you?"

With a cold expression, Danzo stepped forward. "All of you, get lost. I'll personally deal with this fool who doesn't know his place."

"Little brat, your Mangekyo Sharingan does surprise me, but against me, you only have defeat waiting for you."

"Oh? Then show me what you've got."

"Hmph, you'll see soon enough."

Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!

Several wind blades shot out and slammed viciously into the Susanoo.

But after several dull thuds, Uchiha Yi's Susanoo did not even gain a crack. "Danzo, stop embarrassing yourself with this garbage. I'll give you one chance, or you really will die."

"You arrogant little brat! Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish!"

Danzo gritted his teeth and stopped holding back.

Wood Release: Tree Root Burial.

He no longer dared to underestimate Uchiha Yi, revealing one of his trump cards the moment he attacked.

The cloth around his right arm burst apart as a massive tree erupted forth, instantly wrapping Uchiha Yi and his Susanoo tightly within it.

But this was completely useless!

Boom!

With one violent tremor, the Susanoo shattered the giant tree into fragments. "It burst through."

Its enormous body forcibly broke through the restraints, revealing its savage outline. "Susanoo?"

Danzo looked up at the giant figure, his face twitching as he squeezed the words out through his teeth. "You actually awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

"What, you only realized it now?"

Standing inside the Susanoo, Uchiha Yi wore a faint smile.

Damn it. "You really hid it well. But boy, do you think those eyes alone can do anything to me?"

Danzo's face hardened as he took a step forward. "All of you, get the hell back. Today, I'll personally kill this little brat who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth."

"Brat, awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan did surprise me. But unfortunately for you, once you meet me, all you can do is kneel."

"Really? Then let's see it."

"Hmph, you'll have plenty of time to cry."

"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"

Several wind blades suddenly blasted out, smashing fiercely into the Susanoo.

But after the impact, the enormous skeletal frame remained completely motionless, without even the slightest crack. "Danzo, stop trying to fool people with this second-rate trash. I'll give you one chance, or you really will die here today."

"Arrogant! Since you're in such a hurry to die, I'll grant your wish!"

Danzo was enraged and no longer intended to hold anything back. "Wood Release: Tree Root Burial."

He did not dare to let down his guard again, immediately using a trump card.

The sleeve on his right arm exploded, and an enormous tree sprang into existence, instantly wrapping Uchiha Yi and the Susanoo within it.

But it was completely useless.

Bang!

The Susanoo merely shuddered violently, and the giant tree was shattered into fragments that scattered everywhere. "Boy, it's not over yet!"

"Wood Release: Great Forest Technique!"

Countless trees emerged again, their branches growing wildly as they lunged at Uchiha Yi.

But Uchiha Yi was already tired of this.

Lightning flashed, and a massive sword formed from Lightning Cutter appeared.

In the next moment, the Susanoo swung its sword in rapid succession, chopping the trees into pieces. "Danzo, are you planning to drag this out?"

Before his words had even faded, the enormous Lightning Cutter sword in the Susanoo's hand came crashing down. "Wood Release: Violent Spear Tree!"

Danzo's heart skipped a beat as he tried to withstand the blow head-on.

He could not withstand it at all.

Because the blade of the Susanoo's massive Lightning Cutter sword had now gained a layer of pitch-black flames.

Black Flame Lightning Cutter.

Boom!

The Violent Spear Tree was split in half with a single strike.

Danzo himself was also cut into two by the massive Lightning Cutter sword. "Lord Danzo!"

"Lord Danzo!"

The surrounding Root members all panicked, their eyes reddening as they charged forward. "Earth Release..."

"Water Release..."

None of it mattered.

Before they could even attack, the Susanoo swept sideways, sending the entire group flying.

Many of them exploded in midair, dead beyond doubt. "Danzo, come out. This is getting boring."

Uchiha Yi stared coldly in a certain direction. "You really are something. You even know Izanagi."

Danzo's figure reappeared, his expression incomparably ugly.

Looking at the eleven Sharingan on Danzo's right arm, Uchiha Yi sneered. "This is why you exterminated my entire Uchiha Clan, isn't it?"

"That's right."

Danzo did not hide it at all. He even wore an expression that seemed to say, "I am justice." "Your Uchiha Clan is a cursed clan. If you were allowed to continue developing, the entire ninja world would be doomed."

"Rather than that, you might as well become nourishment for me and turn into my power."

Damn it.

Who gave you the nerve?

Danzo's self-righteous expression disgusted Uchiha Yi to the point of nausea.

Fine. Since you loved acting so much, he would make sure Danzo would never be able to show his face again.

Having made up his mind, Uchiha Yi did not waste another word. He directly formed hand seals inside the Susanoo. "Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!"

Amplified by the Susanoo, this technique was far more powerful than an ordinary Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

Boom!

Violent flames exploded forth, blasting straight upward.

Root's lair covered an enormous area, and the underground plaza was over a hundred meters high, yet in that instant, the ceiling was blown apart.

At the same time, everyone in Konoha sensed that terrifyingly powerful chakra fluctuation.

Then everyone looked up and saw the massive pillar of fire shooting into the sky.

The flames lit up all of Konoha, making the pitch-black night as glaring as day.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Figures appeared almost simultaneously, led by the Third Hokage.

An enemy attack?

That was the first thought that entered his mind. Konoha was already on edge, so without a second thought, the Third Hokage led his men rushing in that direction.

In an instant, Konoha sounded its highest-level alarm.

At that moment, Danzo's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.