Pursuit

The Uchiha are evil by nature. Do not underestimate our Will of Fire.

To kill for Konoha, Feiyun naturally showed no mercy. He controlled the Nine-Tails, turning it into a harvesting machine that left carnage everywhere.

However, he had not expected Supreme Danzo to be so good at hiding. Even with the ancestral grounds in this state, he still had not appeared.

Amid the four-man formation, Orochimaru once again crawled out of his own gaping mouth. His legs became a snake tail, and he used serpentine movements to circle Jiraiya. Jiraiya could not help frowning. He could suppress Orochimaru, but killing him was difficult.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent the Fourth Hokage flying with a single strike of his staff. Tears filled his aged eyes as he looked at the devastated clan grounds.

Hiruzen Sarutobi roared, "Jiraiya, bind me!"

"I'm taking them all with me!"

Jiraiya gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely. "Old man, Boss Lady, Sir, I leave it to you." Shima and the elder sage knew the situation was urgent. Without another word, they released the Sage Chakra they had accumulated for so long. The technique, Toad Chant, began, and the noisy croaks of frogs rang out, growing louder and louder.

"Open the barrier!" Orochimaru shouted the moment he sensed the eruption of Sage Chakra.

Orochimaru had already been beaten into a severely weakened state. He knew he could not continue fighting. If this went on, he would truly die here!

The barrier opened. Orochimaru controlled the Second Hokage and used the Bringer of Darkness Technique, but he was still a step too late. His body had already been frozen by a powerful sound-based genjutsu, unable to flee.

"Damn it, father-son genjutsu!"

Orochimaru had retreated immediately, yet his body was still immobilized by the powerful Sage Art genjutsu.

Tayuya, who was farther away, hurriedly activated Curse Mark State and used her flute to interfere with the genjutsu. The darkness covering a large area was dispelled.

The Third Hokage's clone had already grabbed Tobirama Senju, while the other two clones seized Hashirama Senju and Minato Namikaze at the same time. They could not exert much strength, and under forced control, they could not use advanced space-time techniques like Flying Raijin to escape. Once the Death God locked onto them, their souls would have nowhere to flee.

Orochimaru felt that abyss-like, icy presence. It was the same aura he had sensed when the Fourth Hokage had been summoned earlier. Though he could not see it, it was undoubtedly the Death God!

That was right. Just as Uchiha Feiyun had said, Hiruzen Sarutobi truly possessed such a terrifying sealing technique!

Orochimaru's body trembled in fear as he shouted urgently, "Kidomaru, get me out of here!"

Kidomaru was farther away and had not been caught by the genjutsu. He immediately shot out spider silk, wrapping it around Orochimaru and yanking him away at high speed.

"Big sister!"

Kidomaru slammed a hand onto Orochimaru's shoulder and poured a large amount of Curse Mark Chakra into his body. Jiraiya, having recovered his strength, did not immediately give chase. Instead, he looked in the direction the Third Hokage had gone and shouted, "Old man!"

The Third Hokage did not look back. "Master Zilan, I'll leave what comes next to you!"

Watching the past Hokage crumble into dust, Master Zilan's eyes gradually sharpened. He suddenly fixed his gaze on the panting Orochimaru.

"Teacher Bisu, is this what you wanted? To toy with the souls of the dead?"

Orochimaru snorted coldly.

"Uh, I drove him to death. Or was it the so-called Will of Fire that drove him to death?"

"You acted your whole life and can't step out of the role anymore?"

"Shut up!"

"Orochimaru, you have fallen!"

Jiraiya glared furiously. "You trample on the Hokage and trample on the Will of Fire. Today, I must kill you!"

The Third Hokage's life had already entered its final countdown, yet he became even more valiant, like a final burst of brilliance before death. The Ruyi Jingu Bang struck the ground and abruptly extended, launching him like a streak of light toward the rampaging Nine-Tails. Prosperous Konoha had now become hell.

The streets were collapsing. Flames devoured houses, while people's screams mingled with the thunderous crashes of falling buildings.

Nine tails swept across the land like mountains, every strike making the earth tremble.

A pitch-black sphere of energy condensed, then the blast wave from its explosion swept outward. A mushroom cloud rose into the sky as countless ninja and civilians were reduced to ash in an instant.

Kunai, shuriken, even advanced ninjutsu were scattered with a single swipe of the Nine-Tails' claw.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!" Several jonin joined forces to raise a towering wall, trying to stop the Nine-Tails' advance.

However, with one swing of the Nine-Tails' claws, the earth wall shattered like paper. The ninja were hurled away by the shockwave and crashed into the burning ruins.

Standing atop the Nine-Tails' head, Feiyun's eyes suddenly narrowed. He turned to look at the rapidly approaching Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes were filled with rage, his face twisted beyond recognition. Whether it was pain or fury, Feiyun did not know, but it was deeply satisfying to watch.

Feiyun revealed a gratified smile.

Looks like the old men are quite satisfied with this performance.

That was when Feiyun felt a familiar sensation—cold and despairing.

So, the Death God's aura. He was using a life-or-death move now!

Feiyun hurriedly controlled the Nine-Tails' nine tails and sent them attacking Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The enormous beast tails destroyed a vast area, yet failed to strike Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Like a nimble ape, Hiruzen Sarutobi darted swiftly and deftly through the destructive shockwaves, continually closing in on the Nine-Tails and Feiyun.

Feiyun hurriedly attacked while controlling the Nine-Tails to retreat.

"What the hell? Why aren't you sealing the ambassador? Why are you coming after me?"

Blood and tears streamed from Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.

"You evil little bastard, die!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to have taken some strength-enhancing drug. He was absurdly fierce, moving so fast that afterimages appeared one after another. It made one wonder why, during the first Nine-Tails rampage, he had been so slow, with such long windups before every move.

Only after the Fourth Hokage had circled Konoha several times did he finally show up.

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi had only one thought in his heart: get close and grab him!

As long as he could grab him once, he could die with honor and complete his glorious life.

Konoha would forever pass down the legend of the strongest Hokage of all generations—the Third Hokage who saved the village!

"Enma, help me!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi roared. The Ruyi Jingu Bang transformed into a humanoid form and used Adamantine Body to slam aside the Nine-Tails' tail, trying to restrain Feiyun. Feiyun curled his lips. "Hmph, I won't give you that chance. I'm not fighting you anymore!"

The Nine-Tails fled at full speed.

Before his words had even faded, Feiyun leaped down from the Nine-Tails' head and sped toward the direction of the earlier four-man formation. Under his control, the Nine-Tails also ran away.

This was also thanks to its master. Otherwise, with the pride of a Tailed Beast, it would never run from a tiny human. They would only fight to the bitter end.

"Damn it!"

"If you have the guts, stop running!"

"Haha!"

"We haven't killed everyone from the Sarutobi Clan yet!"

"Don't worry. I won't spare the Sarutobi ninja stationed at the other strongholds either!"

Feiyun and the Nine-Tails split up. Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately panicked, as he had already sensed that the Death God was preparing to take his soul.

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew he had no time for a prolonged fight. He withdrew his gaze and, without hesitation, chased after the Nine-Tails.

There was no choice. Comparatively speaking, the Nine-Tails was easier to catch and was a much larger target.

Hiruzen Sarutobi spat out a huge mouthful of old blood in midair.

Whether his injuries were too severe or he was simply overcome by rage, Feiyun did not know. He rapidly reached the rooftop overlooking the battlefield and swept his eyes across it. Only two immobilized advisers remained here.

Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.

The old man and woman had vacant eyes and sorrowful expressions as they stared blankly toward their clan members.

"Haha, no one even came to save you?"

"Honorable advisers."

Feiyun mocked them, then drew his blade and cut them in two at the waist. Blood sprayed everywhere.

Miserable screams rang out.

"You can die slowly here!"

Feiyun's cut had been extremely precise. It would not kill them immediately, but they could never be saved.

Feiyun looked at the group of Edo Tensei reanimations with little combat ability. They were all from the four great clans.

Since they posed no threat, Jiraiya and the Third Hokage had ignored them earlier.

Feiyun decided to put waste to use and gave them the order to destroy Konoha.

From above, Feiyun overlooked Konoha, where war raged everywhere. The sunset was blood-red, shining across the entire village.

Since Shukaku had not arrived as scheduled, and the Kazekage had yet to appear,

the Sand Village ninja sensed that something was wrong and had already begun a full retreat. Once the Sand Village withdrew, the already weak Hidden Rain had no chance against Konoha. Learning that the ambassador had retreated, they began withdrawing as well.

Konoha truly deserved to be called the village of a great nation. The number and quality of its ninja were simply beyond comparison with those of small countries.

Of course, that was also because top-tier fighters like Jiraiya and a super healer like Tsunade were present, greatly increasing Konoha's overall combat strength.

To the north, a giant as enormous as the Nine-Tails approached. Shikaku Nara, the head of the Nara Clan, stood on its left shoulder, while the head of the Yamanaka Clan crouched on its right shoulder.

Inoichi Yamanaka's voice rang out as the Hyuga Clan's Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm howled through the air.

In the sky, swarms of insects from the Aburame Clan covered the heavens. A large group of Konoha ninja began taking over the battlefield, while countless expanding split bodies writhed throughout Konoha.

"What a pain."

Seeing a large group of Konoha ninja closing in, Feiyun flickered away. His main objective had already been achieved, and he could not be bothered to fight thousands of powerful ninja.

Hadn't Orochimaru already slipped away?

Feiyun was deeply disappointed in the Sand Village and Hidden Rain. They had only fought for half a day before collapsing.

In the arena, Might Guy spotted Feiyun flashing past and immediately set off in pursuit.

"Open!"

"Don't be rash! That's an emergency mission!"

Kakashi stretched out a hand and shouted.

"For Konoha, I must go! We cannot leave such a terrifying enemy behind!"

Might Guy directly opened the Sixth Gate and, in the blink of an eye, chased out of Konoha's grounds.

"Now—" Kakashi did not continue, because Guy had already gone far enough that he could no longer hear him.

As he sped away from Konoha, Feiyun's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he turned his head slightly.

"That idiot!"

Feiyun gritted his teeth inwardly. He had originally planned to leave just like this.

Whether the Nine-Tails was sealed or not did not really matter. As long as Feiyun wanted to, he could use Edo Tensei and Orochimaru to summon Hiruzen Sarutobi again. Wouldn't the Nine-Tails return to his hands then?

Feiyun touched the Uchiha forbidden technique scrolls he had obtained in Konoha during this time and snorted. "Hmph!"

"They say there's no third time, but I'm generous. I'll put up with you!"

For a third encounter, Feiyun was somewhat confident he could kill Might Guy. Yet after considering it for a while, he still chose to endure.

If Guy held him up here, it would become an endless situation. Guy was not one of those old men. Konoha's people would definitely all come to support him, and Feiyun was still counting on Guy to help deal with the enemy. Maybe he could even kill a few of them.

Feiyun did not intend to fight, but Might Guy did not think the same way.

"The Seventh Gate, Gate of Wonder, open!" Might Guy's speed rose dramatically again as he charged after him!

"Fuck!"

Feiyun's eyelid twitched. He hurriedly followed his chakra sensing toward Orochimaru, pushing his speed to the limit.

Every time the chakra beneath his feet touched down, it shattered the ground and trees below.

Guy was too fast. Before long, he had entered within a hundred meters. A golden skeletal frame blocked Guy's fist and sent him flying.

Feiyun did not linger in battle and continued racing away.

"Damn it, I suffered because I was born a civilian!"

"If I had a clan-head father and could learn the Uchiha Clan's techniques, I wouldn't need to avoid his edge."

Feiyun touched the forbidden technique scroll he had only recently obtained again. He had not yet had time to master the forbidden techniques within.