Fierce Battle with Sage Jiraiya

In episode 22, the two exchanged blows and tangled in battle, separating one moment and clashing the next.

It was still too difficult for the Three-Tomoe to defeat the Kage-level opponent. Fei Yun's sword could gain no real advantage.

The Three-Tomoe slowly rotated, splitting into a gear-like shape.

On the day Fei Yun successfully transplanted Hashirama's cells, his body underwent a complete transformation. In truth, he had already awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Danzō was blasted back by a single strike, his face filled with shock.

But the Mangekyo Sharingan?

How was that possible?!

Without hesitation, Danzō unwrapped the bandages around his right arm, revealing a pale limb covered in large eyeballs. It was horrifying to behold!

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique! As Fei Yun unleashed Fire Style, the gear-shaped Mangekyo in his right eye spun, erupting with tremendous eye power that directly acted upon the technique.

The ordinary fireball instantly transformed into a vast sea of flames, its momentum utterly terrifying.

Danzo had intended to use a defensive technique, but upon seeing such an enormous inferno, he immediately abandoned any attempt to resist.

So this was the power of your Mangekyo?

Sanctuary was the ability of Fei Yun's right-eye Mangekyo. It could greatly amplify the power of ninjutsu.

The power awakened in Fei Yun's left eye was Divine Command. It could mark an enemy and make them obey one command from the caster.

That obedience was absolute, but it lasted only a few seconds, and a target could only be marked once every ten minutes.

The raging sea of fire swallowed Danzo whole and burned him to ashes.

But Fei Yun knew it was already too late. Danzo had activated Izanagi.

Sure enough, Danzo appeared at his side and launched a swift attack.

Fei Yun raised his blade to block, and the enormous impact sent both of them retreating.

Danzo's face showed surprise. "You actually managed to react?"

"No one should have been able to detect this old man's sudden resurrection."

Fei Yun gave a cold laugh. "Just a cheap version of Izanagi. What's so hard to deal with about it?"

"You... how do you know about that?"

A layer of cold sweat covered Danzo's back. The Uchiha brat before him made his skin crawl, not because of how strong he was, but because there were too many unknowns surrounding him. That sense of the unknown was the most frightening thing of all.

Though Fei Yun spoke confidently, he had no idea how to deal with this situation for the moment.

If he spent all that effort attacking Danzo, the man would simply revive even after being killed.

What a headache. As expected of the Shinobi World, this legend of the giant eyeballs was truly troublesome. He could only keep fighting and see what happened.

Fei Yun vanished from where he stood, leaving behind only windblown sand. The next instant, his katana was pressed against Danzo's back, but what it pierced was merely a Substitute Log. A sealing array abruptly appeared beneath Fei Yun's feet, and countless cursed chains wrapped around his legs. Danzo emerged from the earth, his kunai stabbing straight toward Fei Yun's throat. "The souls of the Uchiha Clan should stay obediently in their graves. Why crawl back out?"

Fei Yun's right arm, bound by the cursed chains, suddenly turned to wood. Violent chakra shattered the sealing array, and he pressed one hand to the ground. Countless sharp wooden spikes burst from the earth.

Earth Style: Graveyard Burial Technique, Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves!

Fei Yun flashed behind Danzo, the gear-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan in his eye narrowing slightly.

A cold gleam flashed. The katana severed Danzo's head, but Danzo's corpse turned into an illusion, and he reappeared ten meters away without a scratch.

"Useless!"

Danzo sneered. "This old man has an entire armful of Sharingan to squander!"

Fei Yun said nothing. His left eye suddenly opened wide as Mangekyo power erupted. Divine Command!

Danzo froze, sensing an unusual discordance—an unnatural feeling coming from within himself—as he lowered his head.

Fei Yun spoke coldly. "Danzo, pour your chakra into the kunai in your hand, then slash your own throat."

"What?!"

Danzo's head fell once more. One Sharingan on his right arm slowly closed, losing its light forever.

Then Danzo appeared again some distance away, completely unharmed, fear lingering in his heart.

"Was that also the power of your Mangekyo?"

Fei Yun raised his blade and charged again. He truly wanted to kill Danzo. Whether it was due to the original owner's memories or because he himself deeply loathed that dark old dog, he could not say.

"Useless! I am immortal!"

Danzo also desperately wanted to kill Fei Yun.

The two clashed again. A violent explosion rang out, Danzo revived once more, and the wounds on Fei Yun's body healed automatically as well.

As Fei Yun attacked with all his strength, he mocked, "Immortal?"

"Don't make me laugh."

Fei Yun seized Danzo. The instant they landed, he brought his hands together. Wood Release! Stone-like roots and vines burst from the ground, wrapping tightly around Danzo and constricting further until they crushed him to death moments later.

Danzo appeared in the distance. He raised his right arm and glanced at the Sharingan that had already been depleted by more than half, gritting his teeth inwardly.

Seeing Fei Yun charge at him again, Danzo stopped taking his attacks head-on. Instead, he kept dodging and fled into the distance.

"You can't escape!"

Fei Yun pursued relentlessly, forcing Danzo to turn and fight once more.

Both wished to conserve chakra. They no longer used ninjutsu, instead engaging in a life-and-death struggle with taijutsu.

Watching Fei Yun's wounds heal on their own, Danzo was driven nearly mad.

"This is true immortality—the power I have dreamed of all my life!"

Fei Yun's katana pierced Danzo's heart, driving down from above and pinning him dead to the ground.

Danzo roared, "The Uchiha Clan will always be a threat to Konoha!"

The revived Danzo immediately flashed away without wasting a single moment.

As Fei Yun chased after him, he frowned in thought.

Something's wrong. I haven't gained any advantage at all. Why does Danzo keep choosing to run?

Fei Yun rapidly caught up again and slashed at Danzo.

At that moment, a black shadow flashed past. Fei Yun was struck violently and sent flying back, his feet carving two deep trenches through the ground.

He focused his eyes, and his expression immediately darkened. So it was Danzo!

"You were stalling for time to wait for him!"

Fei Yun looked at the white-haired man with two green frogs on his shoulders and spoke in a low voice.

"Jiraiya!"

Jiraiya stood before the panting Danzo.

His white hair fluttered in the wind as he stared solemnly at the man whose cloak billowed opposite him.

Fei Yun's Mangekyo Sharingan glowed blood-red amid the flying sand.

Jiraiya said gravely, "A demon who slaughtered those from his own village!"

"How could the Uchiha Clan produce people like you and Sasuke?"

Fei Yun sneered, his katana angled toward the ground. "Konoha's Sannin? Hmph. You're nothing more than watchdogs for hypocrites."

Jiraiya clapped his hands together. His thick white hair suddenly surged upward, turning into countless sharp needles. Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon! Fei Yun neither dodged nor evaded, directly summoning a massive tomb wall to defend himself.

As needle-like attacks rained down, Jiraiya leaped into the air. In Sage Mode, he formed hand seals alongside the two sage toads. Sage Art: Goemon!

A towering blaze formed from fire, oil, and wind engulfed the ground, melting even the stone walls under its extreme heat.

From the earth scorched by the intense heat, a massive wooden hand suddenly sprang forth. Fei Yun used the Wood Golem's body to endure the attack head-on, its charred exterior continuously peeling away and regenerating.

His Wood Golem was not strong enough yet, standing only several dozen meters tall.

Jiraiya was slightly startled. "How exactly did you obtain the power of the First Hokage?"

The Wood Golem spread its enormous hands, revealing Fei Yun inside.

"Take a guess!"

Jiraiya's expression darkened. "Mangekyo Sharingan and Wood Release—you are too dangerous. Not only are your thoughts dangerous, but your potential is exceptionally terrifying as well."

Fei Yun found it laughable. "I'm dangerous?"

"Are all six of your eyes blind?"

"Didn't you see Danzo and the others wipe out my entire clan?"

"Didn't you see Danzo's arm full of Sharingan?"

"Was it you and Sasuke who massacred the Uchiha Clan?"

"Hahaha! It's not that you don't know the truth. You simply don't want to know, do you?"

Fei Yun crossed his arms and continued, "Why was Yo the only one wanted at first? Why was I added to the list later?"

"Why have I only killed members of the four great clans?"

"Jiraiya, intelligence work is what you excel at. Could it be that you truly cannot guess the truth? It is simply too cruel, so you refuse to believe it."

Jiraiya snorted. "Hmph, all talk. So what?"

"Come back to Konoha's Intelligence Department with me."

"Once we obtain the memories in your brain, the truth will naturally come to light."

Fei Yun was also stalling for time. The power in his left eye was nearly recovered, so he was quite willing to trade words with Jiraiya.

"Why don't you read the memories of your master and Danzo instead? Why play this game with me?"

"Go screw yourself!"

Fei Yun pointed at Danzo. "If you read the memories in that old dog's head, I guarantee they'd be quite spectacular."

Jiraiya was listening to Danzo describe Fei Yun's abilities and did not respond for the moment.

Fei Yun continued, "Forget the other Sharingan Danzo stole. Uchiha Kagami and Shisui Uchiha were heroes—men who loved the village deeply—yet weren't they still killed by that old dog?"

"Dig out that old dog's memories and take a look! See how many Konoha ninja clans he destroyed!"

"Hahaha!"

Danzo flew into a rage from humiliation. "Nonsense!"

"This old man has devoted his entire life to Konoha! I was the Second Hokage's most favored disciple!"

Jiraiya began gathering senjutsu chakra. "Stop talking to yourself. Right and wrong are not for you or me to decide."

"Surrender, and the Hokage will naturally give a fair explanation for all of this."

Fei Yun sneered. Jiraiya's killing intent had not changed in the slightest from beginning to end. His resolve to kill Fei Yun was as firm as stone.

Fei Yun naturally knew he could not persuade the Shinobi World's greatest pervert. He was merely stalling out of desperation. Once he possessed enough power to overwhelm them, he would not bother wasting words.

Still, Fei Yun was too young. Though his newfound power was formidable, it had yet to fully mature.

Against veteran top-tier shinobi who had dominated the Shinobi World for decades, Fei Yun's shortcomings became apparent. This was the gap in combat experience and battlefield art.

Sage Jiraiya and Izanagi Danzo—anyone would have to shake their head at such a combination.

If they disguised themselves as ordinary shinobi and launched an ambush, they could likely kill the vast majority of Kage-level fighters. Caught off guard, most would perish at the hands of these two old monsters. Fei Yun's mind raced as he considered every possible plan and calculated their eventual outcomes.

In the end, Fei Yun realized that he most likely could not kill these two. Even if he fought desperately, he could probably only defeat them. Killing them would be extremely, extremely difficult.

Jiraiya bit his thumb and slapped the ground. Summoning: Crushing Stage Technique!

The enormous dual-bladed Gamaken descended from the sky, attempting to suppress Fei Yun atop the Wood Golem. It had to be said that this toad was much larger than his Wood Golem!

Fei Yun swiftly formed the Ten Fingers Interlocking Seal. A Wood Dragon erupted from the ground and wrapped around Gamaken's limbs. Then the Wood Golem threw a powerful punch, only for Gamaken to draw his blades and block it.

Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta as well. The two great leaders of Mount Myoboku launched a fierce assault, while Fei Yun wrapped the Wood Dragon around the Wood Golem, greatly enhancing its defense and offensive power as he fought them.

Powerful shockwaves from their collisions swept outward in wave after wave. In the distance, the small Giant Shark Formation shook as if it might collapse at any moment. The residents hid trembling in their cellars, silently praying for the gods' protection.

Danzo flashed behind a massive boulder and merely watched the battle in the distance, greed gleaming in his eyes. That was a complete pair of Mangekyo Sharingan!

The Wood Dragon's massive tail swept across the boulder, shattering it and forcing Danzo to reveal himself.

"Look at that, such sharp perception?"

"You can actually remain on guard against this old man even while fighting Jiraiya!"

Fei Yun's left eye opened wide, blood vessels covering the gear-shaped Mangekyo around it. Divine Command!