When Sasuke drove Danzo into a corner, Danzo unhesitatingly released the Four Symbols Seal etched onto his body.
At this distance, Sasuke ordinarily would have had no chance of escaping the seal's range.
Yet Naruto suddenly appeared.
Deva Path Pain and Konan, watching from high in the sky, sighed at the sight.
They believed that even this mysterious man could not withstand such a powerful eruption of sealing power head-on through sheer strength.
But a second later, they saw the mysterious man simply extend his right hand and effortlessly flick away the sealing power rushing toward him.
Everyone present was shaken.
"How is that possible? How could he block it?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured as he looked at Sasuke and Naruto, both still unharmed.
"Why were they unscathed by Danzo's final move?"
Kabuto Yakushi now watched the pair warily as well. That terrifying power was just like the Akatsuki leader's.
I need to leave as soon as I finish off the Third Hokage.
He immediately directed the Former Kage to surround and attack Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Age had already sapped Hiruzen Sarutobi's vitality, and his chakra reserves kept dwindling. How could he single-handedly withstand the combined assault of the Former Kage at their full strength?
In just a few minutes, the four Former Kage, each at the height of their power, killed him.
After killing the Third Hokage in their combined assault, Kabuto Yakushi withdrew from the heart of the battlefield without looking back.
Yet neither Sasuke nor Naruto spared the Third Hokage's death a glance.
Someone who commanded far more of their attention had arrived.
"You actually awakened the Rinnegan? Who are you? How could Orochimaru possibly have a subordinate like you?"
The Six Paths of Pain and Konan all appeared, surrounding Naruto and Sasuke.
Faced with this situation, the seven