Yagami's response was simple yet effective.
He stomped the ground, his body instantly shifting horizontally, dodging the impact of the water dragon bullet.
Then...
Without a moment's hesitation, he charged straight in, drawing the katana from his waist and ruthlessly slashing towards Sarutobi Yagami!
Just how terrifying was Qianyu when he truly unleashed killing intent?
Even Uchiha Fugaku can't see it entirely.
But at this moment, everyone saw it.
It was like a flash of lightning, streaking across the sky in an instant, its edge blazing!
The coldness of the katana cut through the air, drawing an arc of light, and fiercely struck towards Sarutobi Yagami!
Sarutobi Hiro hadn't expected the opponent to be so fast.
He was instantly shocked.
But he was, after all, the Clan Leader of the Sarutobi Clan, having trained for decades, his strength was naturally extremely formidable.
Although, over the years he had lived a life of ease and indeed hadn't experienced battle for a long time, his reaction was a fraction of a second slower, but he still managed to draw his sword in time and meet the attack head-on.
Clang!
The two sword lights intertwined and collided, emitting cold, beautiful sparks and a chilling cutting sound.
Sarutobi Hiro's body recoiled sharply, suppressed by Yagami's strength, clearly at a disadvantage!
"Clan Leader!"
The members of the Sarutobi Clan immediately cried out in alarm, about to step forward to assist.
But Sarutobi Hiro was consumed by rage.
"Don't come over!"
Just as he was about to roar, suddenly, the Yagami in front of him, his eyes bloomed with a blood-red light.
Buzz.
A strange and beautiful soft sound.
Uchiha Yagami, finally released the pupil power of his Sharingan.
Sarutobi Hiro was greatly startled, and quickly glanced downwards, somewhat flustered as he avoided the opponent's pupils.
He didn't know if Uchiha Yagami was skilled in genjutsu.
But he absolutely dared not take the risk.
Everyone in the Shinobi World knew that when facing a genjutsu user one-on-one, there was no choice but to escape.
Unless there were companions present who could help dispel the genjutsu.
This was true for ordinary genjutsu users, let alone the Uchiha Clan with their Sharingan.
However...
Yagami did not release the Sharingan's genjutsu.
Instead, he merely used the instant of activating his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to force the opponent to reveal a weakness, and then...
He seized that momentary weakness!
The katana twisted instantly, sweeping up a cold glint, and fiercely knocked away the opponent's blade, sending it flying.
Sarutobi Hixiong was even more flustered, quickly dodging, but it was already too late.
Pfft!
With a muffled sound, the katana in Yagami's hand had fiercely pierced his lower abdomen.
Intense pain drilled into his bones.
Sarutobi Hiro recoiled sharply, pulling the blade out with force, then tightly clutched his lower abdomen, blood gushing out through his fingers.
"Did he avoid the vital spot?"
Yagami's brow furrowed slightly as well.
After all, he was a veteran Jonin, a Clan Leader; even if he had neglected battle for many years, he was still not so easy to kill.
"Ani... Animal!"
Sarutobi Hiro gritted his teeth, the intense pain making him tremble slightly, cold sweat pouring down.
However, he suddenly released his hand, and his blood-soaked hands quickly formed hand seals again.
"Earth Release! Earth Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Sarutobi Hiro slammed the ground, and instantly the earth seemed to come alive, rising up and transforming into an earth dragon, opening its massive mouth and firing cannonballs from within!
Uchiha Fugaku was greatly startled: "He even uses Earth Release..."
However.
In the eyes of Yagami, who had activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, such an assault was not worth mentioning.
The light of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan flickered slightly, seeing through all the movements of the earth dragon bullets, and he easily evaded them.
Then, he pressed forward again, wielding his katana to kill.
Sarutobi Hiro dared not let him approach further, and slammed the ground again.
"Earth Release! Earth Style Wall!"
Rumble!
In an instant, an earth wall emerged from the ground, intercepting Yagami's advancing figure and shielding Sarutobi Hiro behind it.
Yagamk sneered, saying each word slowly.
"Lightning Release..."
"False Darkness!"
In an instant, the air crackled, the strong buzzing sound even making one's hair stand on end!
An extremely sharp lightning spear burst forth!
Sweeping wildly from near to far!
Boom!
With just one strike, it instantly pierced the ground and directly shattered the earth style wall into dust!
Uchiha Fugaku couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"When did that guy Yagami master such a powerful Lightning Release ninjutsu?!"
Sarutobi Hiro was even more terrified.
The terrifying lightning spear of Lightning Release: False Darkness instantly shattered the earth style wall and showed no sign of stopping, fiercely striking towards him!
Its speed was so fast that there was no way to dodge!
"Ahhhhh!"
A scream instantly erupted, Sarutobi Hiro's entire body was enveloped and permeated by the lightning, the violent current raging wildly, causing his entire body to emit a scorched smell...
"Clan Leader!"
The members of the Sarutobi Clan could no longer heed orders and immediately rushed forward to rescue him, and several ninjas simultaneously released ninjutsu to obstruct Yagami's attack.
"Fire Release! Hōen no Jutsu (Great Flame Technique)!"
"Wind Release! Wind Cutter Technique!"
Violent flames and hurricanes merged into one, transforming into chaotic blades of fire, raging and roaring, attempting to block Yagami's path forward.
However, the blood-red light of the Sharingan bloomed fiercely, the three tomoe gently rotating, Yagami calmly weaved and dodged through the flames and wind blades, not caring even if he was affected.
Pfft, pfft, pfft!
Yagami's shoulder, arm, and lower abdomen were instantly cut through, spurting out plumes of blood mist.
He did not stop at all, still carrying the sharp edge of the katana, sweeping past the shattered earth wall, past the wind blades and flames, descending from the sky, and arriving in front of Sarutobi Hiro first!
"No!"
"Stop!"
The members of the Sarutobi Clan saw that it was too late, and cried out in alarm one after another.
At this moment, Sarutobi Hiro, having been hit by Qianyu's Lightning Release: False Darkness, was severely injured, his entire body numb, completely incapable of resisting.
Seeing the sharp edge about to pass over his throat...
"Yagami, stop!"
"Stop!"
Two voices, from two directions, arrived simultaneously.
Yagami could tell that one was from Uchiha Shisui.
And the other, his Sharingan's pupil power sweeping over with his peripheral vision, he already knew his identity...
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eldest son, Anbu Captain, Sarutobi Asuma!
One was Uchiha Shisui, who had already activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and was known as the Uchiha Clan's strongest expert.
One was the Lord Hokage's eldest son, Anbu's Captain, a powerful existence known as the Hokage's right-hand man.
Either of these two individuals was a truly important figure.
However...
Even though both of them simultaneously ordered him to stop, they still couldn't stop the blade in Yagami's hand.
What of Uchiha Shisui?
What of Sarutobi Asuma?
The katana in Yagami's hand fiercely cut through, the sharp edge lightly slicing across Sarutobi Hiro's throat...
Subsequently, a fine head rolled down and landed in the mud on the bank of the Naka River.
Sarutobi Hiro...
Dead.
At this moment, whether it was Uchiha Fugaku and the members of the Uchiha Clan, or the members of the Sarutobi Clan, or Uchiha Shisui and Sarutobi Asuma who had just desperately rushed over, they were all stunned and extremely shocked.
Ding!
[You have killed Sarutobi Hiro, successfully reuniting him with his son. A family should be together, complete! Good! Merit points plus one hundred!]
(End of the Chapter)