The feeling of coming back from the dead was anything but pleasant.
Shimura Danzō panted violently.
Although the heart Uchiha Yao had pierced earlier was now completely intact, the pain of being violently run through still lingered.
"One eye in exchange for your life."
Uchiha Yao's words sent Danzo's heart plunging into the abyss once more.
"Shimura Danzō."
"How many deaths do you think that arm of yours can spare you from?"
The scar-covered old man's face twisted violently with terror.
"All personnel!"
Danzo let out a hysterical roar.
"Break through!"
"At all costs, charge out!"
"Buy time for this old man!"
Danzo had completely abandoned any hope of defeating the monster before him.
His only way to survive was to stall.
Stall until Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived!
"Yes!"
The surviving Root shinobi immediately carried out Danzo's orders.
They were Root.
Tools that could offer up everything for Danzo-sama at any time.
"Kaede! Torune!"
Danzo screamed sharply.
"Kill him!"
Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune, Danzo's two most loyal shadows, did not hesitate in the slightest. In an instant, they became two deadly streaks of light, pouncing on Uchiha Yao from both sides.
Yamanaka Fu's hands flashed through seals, veins bulging across his forehead.
"Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
This was the Yamanaka Clan's highest-level secret technique.
At the same time, Aburame Torune's body jolted.
Bzzzz—
Countless black, nanoscale venomous insects, nearly invisible to the naked eye, poured forth like a plague bursting through a dam. They formed a deadly black mist that blanketed Uchiha Yao.
Crackle—!
Violent blue-white Lightning Light erupted from Uchiha Yao's body once again.
Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
The moment Yamanaka Fu's mental attack touched Uchiha Yao, it was reflected back by Uchiha Yao's overwhelming spiritual power.
"Pfft—"
Yamanaka Fu's body suddenly stiffened, and crimson blood flowed from all seven