How could this be? He even knows Izanagi?
Danzo's last hope for survival was now exposed; helpless and defeated, he could only watch in despair as his opponent reached for his eyes.
Clearly, Heiyan intended to pluck out Danzo's Sharingan before finishing him off.
At this moment, deep within Danzo's mind, intense fear and instinctual will to live intertwined. Amidst this violent emotional storm, his Sharingan underwent an unbelievable transformation.
The triple-tomoe pattern in his pupil gradually blurred, evolving into something far more complex...
Hmm?
Witnessing the transformation, Heiyan's hidden face betrayed a flicker of surprise beneath his mask. Could it be that Danzo actually used just an implanted Sharingan to reach the Mangekyou Sharingan stage?
Though extremely rare, such a scenario wasn't entirely impossible.
In the original timeline, Kakashi had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan using Obito's transplanted Sharingan.
Moreover, Danzo's mental state had long been dominated by negative emotions like jealousy, rage, and hatred—even more extreme than the naturally hot-blooded Uchiha clan.
Considering this, he truly did possess the potential to unlock the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Realizing this, Heiyan hesitated momentarily, deliberately slowing his movements to prolong Danzo's psychological torment.
His goal was clear—to force Danzo to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan before claiming the eye for himself.
He hoped this guy wouldn't disappoint him by awakening some utterly useless and trivial power instead.
However, the Daimyo couldn't wait any longer.
"What are you all standing around for?! Kill both of them now!" he roared furiously at Tansen and the others.
"Attack!"
Originally wanting to observe a little longer, Tansen the monk had no choice but to sharply command the surrounding guardian shinobi.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he quickly formed hand seals, unleashing the secret technique known as [Welcoming Approach: Seven Heavens Breathing Method]. A Thousand-Armed Guanyin (Bodhisattva of Compassion) manifested behind him, hurling countless golden fists forward.
The other guardian shinobi held nothing back either, each launching their ultimate techniques, hoping to end the battle in one decisive round.
Thus—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Colorful ninjutsu erupted like dazzling fireworks, flying from all directions toward the courtyard's center, bombarding Heiyan and Danzo with explosive attacks.
Furrowing his brow slightly, Heiyan spread his wings and shot skyward, narrowly evading the onslaught.
Unfortunately, Danzo wasn't so lucky—he was immediately engulfed by the bombardment, his body battered and covered in wounds, looking absolutely terrible. And the fatal blow came precisely from Tansen's [Welcoming Approach: Seven Heavens Breathing Method].
At first glance, it appeared that the legendary warlord Danzo had finally met his end—a pitiful and tragic fate indeed.
But no one noticed.
In the split second before death, Danzo's eye had already transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan pattern. Facing Tansen's direction, it silently activated a certain dojutsu ability.
Strangely enough, right after activating the dojutsu, not only did the newly-formed Mangekyou design vanish from his eye, but even the triple-tomoe disappeared.
That eye of his reverted to a plain, normal human eye.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
"Aaaargh!"
The Fire Temple's abbot Tansen shuddered violently.
His entire face suddenly twisted. His features shifted and split apart, as if two faces were merging into one. But within just a couple of seconds, Tansen's expression had already returned to normal, as if nothing had ever happened.
Neither the Daimyo nor any of the Twelve Guardian Ninja noticed this strange change in Tansen, as their attention was completely fixed on the enemy.
Except for Heiyan.
High above, Heiyan keenly captured Danzo's final subtle gesture before death, along with Tansen's facial change.
Interesting.
A faint smile curled at the corner of his mouth. He sheathed the Murakumo Sword and performed a sequence of hand seals.
Instantly.
Swish!
Heiyan spat out a massive amount of Scale Powder from his mouth. At the same time, he beat his wings furiously, generating powerful gusts of wind that drove all the Scale Powder downward toward the Daimyo's Mansion.
As Heiyan continued casting his technique, a continuous stream of falling Scale Powder descended like a sandstorm, quickly forming an enormous circular barrier around the Daimyo's Mansion.
Inside the barrier, the powder filled the air, not only obstructing vision but also laced with poison. Those inside couldn't escape, while reinforcements outside couldn't get in.
The Daimyo and the Twelve Guardian Ninja were now trapped like hunted prey.
Then, Heiyan raised his fist. Dozens of meters in midair, he gathered energy before suddenly punching straight down with full force.
Although he did not cultivate the Eight Gates, his Sage Transformation naturally possessed explosive power rivaling the Eight Gates.
Heiyan was only one step away from achieving Perfect Sage Mode. When fully unleashed, he could temporarily match Hiashi after opening seven gates.
Therefore, when his punch struck the air, it created a massive air blast. Its power approached Might Guy's [Daytime Tiger] move from the original timeline.
"Roar!"
The air blast transformed into a dragon shape, roaring with its gaping maw wide open, plummeting from the sky directly onto the courtyard of the Daimyo's Mansion.
"Run quickly!"
The guardian ninjas' expressions turned grim. Confronted by such a terrifying attack, they had no will to resist whatsoever.
However, it was already too late.
Boom!
With an earth-shaking explosion, Heiyan's aerial strike instantly transformed the flat courtyard into an oval-shaped meteorite crater. Buildings around it collapsed under the impact, kicking up thick clouds of dust.
In an instant, more than half of the Daimyo's Mansion became ruins.
Most of the Twelve Guardian Ninja were either killed or severely wounded.
Those few who survived were soon hunted down by Heiyan, dying one by one inside the Scale Powder barrier.
"Aaaaaa!"
From within the wreckage came a cry like a pig being slaughtered (an agonizing wail). This was the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, crushed beneath broken beams with both legs shattered, lying on the ground crying out in pain.
Beside him stood the last surviving guardian ninja—the monk Tansen.
Whoosh!
Heiyan flew over, retracted his wings, and advanced steadily toward the two of them.
"Don't come any closer!"
Terrified beyond reason, the Daimyo screamed pathetically with a grotesque expression. Then he shouted at Tansen beside him, "Quick! Quickly stop this person!"
Tansen's eyes flickered slightly. Once again performing a series of hand seals, he summoned the golden Kannon statue.
[Natron Vajra!]
Under the surge of his chakra, the Thousand-Armed Kannon instantly transformed into a wrathful state, becoming a crimson Myoo that launched countless red fists toward Heiyan.
[Heavenly Sword — Ku no Taiga!]
Heiyan formed a blade with his two fingers and manipulated the Murakumo Sword to shoot forth like lightning. No matter how flashy the opponent's techniques were, he pierced straight through them all with a single sword strike.
Dang dang dang!
The Murakumo Sword sliced through the rain of fists. Its blade remained steady as a mountain and directly pierced Tansen's chest, going clean through his heart.
Tansen could clearly see death approaching. His face immediately turned sallow like gold paper as his body wobbled precariously.
Yet before collapsing, he suddenly flashed Heiyan a strange grin. At the same time, his right eye actually transformed into a mangekyo sharingan, emitting intense fluctuations of ocular power.
The next moment.
Swish!
A sudden pressure exploded in Heiyan's skull. A foreign awareness invaded his mind like a devouring beast, attempting to swallow Heiyan's consciousness and then seize control of his body like a parasite taking over its host.
This was Danzo's mangekyo ability—False Form, True Shape.
This jutsu allowed Danzo to take over someone else's body by replacing their awareness. Its activation mechanism required the target to personally kill Danzo.
Previously, Danzo had used this method to replace Tansen. Now, he planned to repeat the trick—to take over this mysterious armored figure and see what lay hidden beneath his armor.
What made False Form, True Shape especially terrifying was its connection to the power of causality.
Once someone killed Danzo during battle, they planted the "cause." When Danzo's mangekyo activated at the moment of his death—establishing a link between him and the target—the opponent would be forced to repay the "effect."
Empowered by this force of cause and effect, Danzo's awareness gained immense strength, overwhelming and consuming the target's soul so thoroughly that resistance became impossible.
Bang!
As Tansen's body collapsed onto the ground, across from him, Heiyan's face contorted beneath his mask—Danzo was seizing control.
Fortunately, he was prepared in advance.
In the next second,
"Puff!"
Heiyan's entire form burst into white smoke and dispersed into the air.
A Shadow Clone.
After witnessing Danzo's actions against Tansen halfway through the fight, he heightened his vigilance. His original body had long been hidden away while sending out a clone to probe Danzo's mangekyo abilities.
Nearby, behind a broken wall,
Heiyan walked out calmly.
Whoosh!
He retrieved the Murakumo Sword and strolled forward unhurriedly, intending first to take Danzo's mangekyo before dealing with the Daimyo.
What surprised Heiyan, however, was—
Swish!
Another chilling awareness once again invaded his mind. Within that awareness came Danzo's mad cackling:
"Hahahaha, did you really think a simple Shadow Clone could break free from False Form, True Shape? You conceited fool—you're finished! Just hand over your body to me obediently; I'll ensure you live well on!"
Before his voice even faded, he impatiently began devouring Heiyan's awareness, eager to possess his body and obtain his memories for total victory.
At this life-or-death moment.
Heiyan showed no panic at all, maintaining maximum calm.
Because he knew, there was no perfect Ninjutsu in this world—every Ninjutsu must have its weaknesses.
Even abilities of the Rinnegan like [Shinra Tensei], [Universal Pull], and [Planetary Devastation] had been deciphered by Heiyan one by one. How much of a threat could a mere Mangekyo Sharingan technique really be?
In the blink of an eye, Heiyan rapidly analyzed and reached a conclusion: Just like those Rinnegan techniques, this [False Form, True Shape] must also have its limits.
He speculated that as long as the target's soul was strong enough to resist Danzo's consciousness invasion during the duration of the jutsu, it would ultimately be Danzo himself who suffered complete annihilation.
After all, if cause-and-effect power was truly omnipotent, wouldn't Danzo already be invincible—able to replace anyone he wished?
Although Heiyan lacked Yin Release chakra within his body, this didn't mean his spiritual power was weak.
On the contrary, as a transmigrator from another world, Heiyan possessed a naturally strong soul from having lived two lives. Combined with the long-term nourishment from Sage Transformation and years of rigorous cultivation sharpening his spirit, his awareness had become extremely refined through countless trials.
His soul and physical body had already become one. Even Madara's Rinnegan Genjutsu couldn't affect him.
So from the very moment Danzo activated his Dojutsu, his defeat had already been sealed.
So, Heiyan closed his eyes. His consciousness transformed into a mighty, awe-inspiring colossal dragon, battling furiously with Danzo's consciousness within his mind.
"Why? How could this happen?"
Screaming desperately, Danzo was quickly overwhelmed by Heiyan. In the end, he was completely shattered—his very soul shattered into nothingness by a single mighty roar from the dragon.
Only then did Danzo truly meet his end at last.
Heiyan walked before Tansen's corpse, excavating the other's Mangekyo Sharingan, and attempted implanting it into the right eye socket of Heiyan's living armor.
The Seven-Tails living armor was created based upon Heiyan's own Sage cells, possessing tremendous compatibility—it surely wouldn't reject the Sharingan.
Indeed.
As expected by Heiyan, the Sharingan was just like a USB flash drive—plug-and-play.
He soon gained vision through the Sharingan eye, pitting it against his symbiotic Byakugan.
The Byakugan could achieve long-range vision, 360-degree sight, and penetration—it was comprehensive indeed. Yet the Sharingan's dynamic vision was extremely powerful, more suitable for high-speed taijutsu combat.
Danzo had spent his entire life hiding in shadows, fearing death and always seizing others' achievements through underhanded means.
So naturally, as the "eye that reflects the heart," his Mangekyo ability was equally treacherous—perfectly suited to Danzo.
When Danzo activated this technique, even experts at the [Kage-Level] or [Transcendent Kage] level might fall victim if caught off guard. If he hadn't been killed by Heiyan, he probably would've secretly returned to Konoha and replaced Hiruzen Sarutobi, finally becoming Hokage—the position he so desperately craved.
Now that Heiyan possessed this eye, when he used its ability, its power would certainly be far greater.
Firstly, because Heiyan's soul strength surpassed Danzo's by far. Under the enhancement of [False Form, True Shape], his consciousness invasion against targets would become even more ferocious.
On the other hand, although the Mangekyou Sharingan had already been used twice in quick succession by Danzo and his vision had become somewhat blurry, under Heiyan's cellular nourishment, its ocular power would soon recover—and perhaps even significantly enhance once again.
Unfortunately, Heiyan couldn't wield its full power—yet.
Even if his target were someone as powerful as Madara or Gamamaru, he wouldn't be willing to abandon his Sage Transformation for it.
Unless… it was a true member of the Otsutsuki Clan, like Kaguya or Momoshiki.
Thinking of this, Heiyan temporarily removed the eye and stored it away carefully. He had a feeling that it might prove extremely useful in the not-so-distant future.
That guy Danzo—he could be considered to have died with purpose after all.
After wrapping things up here,
Heiyan slowly walked toward the Daimyo and stood before him, looking down at the latter from above.
"I was wrong! Please, spare my life! Money, women, status, honor—anything you can imagine, I can give it all to you…"
The Daimyo trembled uncontrollably, begging for mercy and offering everything—wealth, women, honor…
"Too bad. There has only ever been one thing I wanted."
As Heiyan said this, he removed his facial mask. "It's your life."
"You…" The Daimyo stared at Heiyan's familiar face, pupils constricting suddenly, expression instantly shifting into extreme terror.
The next moment.
Puh!
Without hesitation or delay, Heiyan cleanly and decisively slashed his sword through the Daimyo.
With that, their feud ended once and for all.
A short while later.
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