"You've really pissed me off!"
"I tried talking sense into you, but you wouldn't listen!"
"If you want to die, just say so!"
Zhou Cheng's voice boomed like thunder.
Many Kirigakure ninja collapsed onto their backsides.
Their faces were filled with terror.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I don't want to die!"
Ao remained on the ground for a long time.
He had completely lost hope!
Against overwhelming power, every scheme and ninjutsu was futile.
He looked at his hand, then drove a finger into his right eye.
"Aah!"
His agonized scream reached the ears of every Kirigakure ninja.
It made their scalps prickle!
The pain of gouging out his own eye sent chills through them.
Lord Ao saved us!
Mei Terumi came to Ao's side.
She treated him with basic medical ninjutsu.
Otherwise, even if the pain did not kill him, blood loss would.
Zhou Cheng deactivated the Eight Gates of Life and returned to normal.
Even so, no one dared challenge him again.
Just then, dozens of figures appeared nearby.
Kakashi had heard the commotion and brought the Konoha ninja here.
Seeing Zhou Cheng standing head and shoulders above the Kirigakure ninja,
the Konoha side erupted in cheers!
"Cheng Zhou is alive!"
"Thank goodness!"
"Lord Zhou Cheng isn't dead! He isn't dead!"
"Hahaha!"
Kakashi's expression visibly relaxed as well.
For Konoha, Zhou Cheng's death
would have been no less devastating than the Hokage dying in battle!
Kakashi knew full well that Zhou Cheng's strength was firmly at Kage level now.
And most promising of all, he was only in his teens.
Everyone had high hopes for how powerful he would become as an adult.
If he grew up safely, he would undoubtedly become someone who could subdue the entire Shinobi World.
Just like the First Hokage, Hashirama