Konoha's Collapse: Ingrates' Terrified, Desperate Screams; Perfect Sage Mode Shocks Everyone

Rumble...

The earth trembled without cease.

The underground chasm continued to expand.

Centered on the Uchiha Compound, Konoha continuously collapsed and sank.

"Jiraiya, you'd better hurry! Otherwise, by the time you get back, all of Konoha will have been swallowed up." Gamabunta leaped onto an open patch of ground and looked worriedly at the ever-expanding chasm.

"Bunta, you dare let your guard down in front of me?"

Uchiha Shadian suddenly appeared before Gamabunta. His Mangekyo Sharingan trembled slightly, and in an instant, the pattern of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan appeared in Gamabunta's pupils.

Gamabunta's expression immediately turned blank.

"The collapse is happening too fast. Before Jiraiya returns, you can serve as my mount!" Jiraiya took far too long to prepare Sage Mode. By the time he returned, Konoha would have completely collapsed.

"There are still quite a few fish that slipped through the net. Be afraid! Await death in terror."

"Let's see who will become the savior of you ungrateful curs this time."

"Gamabunta, go kill those ungrateful curs." Uchiha Shadian gave Gamabunta the order to massacre them.

With vacant eyes, Gamabunta drew the short sword at his waist and pursued the panicked Konoha ingrates fleeing for their lives.

Before the colossal Gamabunta, those ingrates who had failed to evacuate became souls beneath his blade, one after another.

The desperate screams were so wonderful.

The pained wails were so pleasant to hear.

The scarlet blood was so exhilarating.

Before the undead beneath the chasm could even crawl out, Konoha had already begun turning into hell under Gamabunta's slaughter.

Who knew how much time passed.

With a bang,

A cloud of white smoke suddenly rose from an open patch of ground. Once it dispersed,

Jiraiya's figure was revealed.

Jiraiya had already activated Sage Mode. Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima stood on his left and right shoulders.

Looking at Konoha, which had been completely swallowed by the chasm, Jiraiya said with helpless guilt, "I was still too late!"

He took too long to prepare Sage Mode. By the time he had successfully summoned the two sages, more than ten minutes had already passed.

"What an evil aura. Little Jiraiya, where is this?" Fukasaku asked with a frown.

"This is Konoha. It has already been swallowed by the chasm." Jiraiya pointed at the chasm ahead, his expression grief-stricken.

"What?" Shima and Fukasaku both revealed shocked expressions.

Bang!

A massive landing sound rang out.

A huge figure landed not far from Jiraiya.

"You finally decided to come out, Jiraiya? I've been waiting especially for you!" Uchiha Shadian stood with one foot on Gamabunta's forehead, looking down at Jiraiya.

Gamabunta was covered in blood, especially the short blade clenched in his mouth, which was drenched in fresh, dripping blood.

"Bunta."

"Shadian, what did you do to Bunta?"

Jiraiya glared furiously at Uchiha Shadian atop Gamabunta's head.

"Gamabunta has abandoned darkness for the light and joined my ranks. He understands righteousness and hates evil. To avenge Minato against Konoha's ungrateful curs, he personally sent them to hell," Uchiha Shadian said casually.

"What?" Jiraiya's face showed astonishment. He spoke in disbelief, "You killed all those ordinary people..."

"What ordinary people? They were my godson's enemies," Uchiha Shadian said coldly.

"Your godson?" Jiraiya was stunned again. "When did you take a godson? Who is he?"

"Minato's son, Naruto Uzumaki."

"He suffered terribly in Konoha."

"Today, Gamabunta, Minato's loyal summoning beast, has helped him seek justice." Uchiha Shadian patted Gamabunta's body and smiled.

"Those eyes... Little Bunta must have been controlled," Shima said with a frown.

"The Mangekyo Sharingan really is a troublesome pair of eyes," Fukasaku said, knitting his brows.

"Little Jiraiya, go! Take care of him, and Little Bunta will regain his freedom," Shima said.

Jiraiya nodded.

"Shadian, I'm sorry. Standing against you has nothing to do with grudges. It is only a matter of position." As soon as he finished speaking, Jiraiya charged at Uchiha Shadian at tremendous speed.

"Sage Art? I've wanted to test it out on you for a while." Watching Jiraiya rush toward him, Uchiha Shadian showed no panic. He pressed his palms together, and orange markings instantly appeared around his eyes.

When the orange markings appeared around Uchiha Shadian's eyes, not only did Jiraiya stop short and stand frozen in place, but the two sages on his shoulders were stunned as well.

"That's the mark of entering Sage Mode. How is that possible?" Shima said in surprise.

"His body hasn't changed at all. This is the most perfect Sage Mode, and he activated it in an instant. Just who is this guy?" Fukasaku asked in shock.

"Shadian... impossible. No one taught him. How did he learn Sage Mode?" Seeing Uchiha Shadian's Sage Mode, Jiraiya began to doubt his life. He had intended to rely on Sage Mode to counter Uchiha Shadian's Mangekyo Sharingan, but he had never imagined that Uchiha Shadian also knew Sage Mode—and could activate it instantly.

"Shadian, where did you learn your Sage Mode?" Jiraiya asked incredulously.

"Something so simple? Don't you learn it after one look?" Uchiha Shadian wore a faintly amused smile and said calmly, "Tell me, if I said my Mangekyo Sharingan could see through any ninjutsu you use, would you believe me?"

"Impossible! Without arduous training, how could Sage Mode be perfectly replicated after merely seeing it once?" Shima challenged skeptically.

"Back when Little Jiraiya trained in Sage Mode, he suffered quite a bit!" Fukasaku said.

Uchiha Shadian said, "How could a dead last compare to a genius?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Shadian shot forward like a cannonball, charging at Jiraiya with incredible speed.

"So fast." Jiraiya focused, unable to spare time to ponder how Uchiha Shadian had learned Sage Mode. His Sage Mode eyes struggled to track Uchiha Shadian's movement trajectory.

A fist came flying at him.

Jiraiya could even hear the sonic boom.

The fierce wind from the punch made it difficult to keep his eyes open.

"Dodge it, Little Jiraiya!" Fukasaku urgently warned.

Jiraiya did not dare hesitate. He abruptly leaped backward to evade it.

Bang!

Uchiha Shadian's fist slammed heavily into the ground.

Rumble!

A deep crater was instantly blasted into the earth, with cracks continuously spreading forward from it.

"What terrifying strength. It's practically a copy of Tsunade's monstrous power."

"If that punch landed, even if he didn't die, he'd be seriously injured."

Jiraiya looked fearfully at the huge crater before him. If he had been hit, he did not dare imagine the consequences.

"The Sharingan combined with Sage Mode... what a troublesome opponent," Shima said with a frown.

"And his Sage Mode is even more complete than Little Jiraiya's," Fukasaku said.