Give Konoha a Chance

Around the deep pit, dozens of Wood Clone Techniques landed.

The open ground outside the entrance to the entire Root Base instantly turned into a slaughterhouse.

The Root elites hiding in the shadows had not even finished spreading out and forming hand seals.

Thick tree roots had already burst from the ground beneath their feet, wrapping around their ankles and dragging them down.

Someone had just swung a blade to sever the vines when a second thick branch immediately coiled around his wrist, forcefully pinning him into the mud.

Then sharp wooden spikes erupted from the ground, piercing straight through their calves and nailing them in place.

Screams rose one after another.

Several ninjas who tried to leap into the air and flee had barely shown themselves when Wood Clone Techniques appeared behind them.

A swift palm strike to the back of their necks slammed them face-first into the rubble.

The Root deputy commander rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, trying to escape with Earth Release.

"Don't panic! Take Lord Danzo and break through together!"

The moment his words fell, a Wood Clone Technique raised its foot and stomped down hard.

The ground collapsed with a roar, and a wooden hand seized his head, smashing his entire body into the mud.

In barely a dozen seconds, more than ten Root elites had been subdued without even a chance to resist, their bodies piled into a small mountain.

Ninja Swords and Kunai lay scattered everywhere, while the air was filled with the pungent stench of blood and wood chips.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had just stepped through the breach in the Hokage Building when his expression darkened to the extreme.

He had originally intended to berate Madara and make him stop, but his gaze swept over three fox-faced masks among the pile