Chapter 100: Itachi, Let's Do a Multiple Choice Question!
Where would Hiruzen Sarutobi dare catch that? He quickly dodged to the side. Shisui stood forward, shield raised high.
The instant staff and shield collided, a deafening roar erupted—like two mountains crashing together.
Blood-red and brown chakra frantically interwove at the collision point, forming massive energy ripples.
Violent shockwaves spread rapidly outward from the collision center, blowing surrounding people away.
Itachi paid no attention to other ANBU comrades, merely flipping his hand, lowering his shield, and stepping forward. The brown Susanoo's arms gripped the blood-red Susanoo tightly and wouldn't let go.
Simultaneously, an Akimichi clansman transformed into giant butterfly form charged from behind. Front and back with the brown Susanoo, they restricted the blood-red Susanoo's movements.
Then shadows on the ground suddenly surged, wrapping layer after layer around the blood-red Susanoo's body.
Several Yamanaka clansmen desperately launched mental attacks. Regardless of cost, they continuously used Mind Body Switch Technique on Uchiha Yasushi's head. Even suffering backlash with blood spurting wildly, they didn't care.
The sealing technique formulas took this opportunity to climb upward, interconnecting and forming dense web-like structures.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood far behind the brown Susanoo, firmly trapping Uchiha Yasushi while declaring righteously:
"Uchiha Yasushi, don't think having Susanoo means you can defeat the world!"
"Even Uchiha Madara back then couldn't contend with all of Konoha by himself!"
"Today we'll seal you here!"
Feeling the restrictive sensation transmitted through the Susanoo's body, Yasushi didn't care in the slightest, still laughing madly.
"Hahahahahaaha!"
"Your preparations are thorough, but unfortunately, I've been progressing too!"
Yasushi clapped both hands together, mobilizing the chakra in his body.
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
Originally powerful Wood Release, after enhancement through Susanoo, naturally produced even more unbelievable effects.
With Yasushi's explosive roar, the ground began trembling violently. Bulges spread across the ground at visible speed, as if massive roots were rapidly growing underground.
The next second, with a tremendous "boom," thick tree trunks burst from the earth.
These massive trunks grew at alarming speed, breaking through dozens of meters height in moments, branches pointing toward the sky.
These towering trees' branches and leaves grew like mad tentacles, rapidly extending through midair. Layer upon layer of green leaves interwove, forming an enormous green net that spread frantically in all directions.
Whether ANBU shinobi or Iwagakure shinobi, once touched by branches and leaves, they'd be instantly entangled. The branches possessed consciousness, tightly binding people and madly extracting chakra.
The originally chaotic battlefield was instantly shrouded by this suddenly appearing forest, filled with desperate atmosphere.
"Wood Release? How can it be Wood Release?"
Shocked cries rang out from numerous shinobi mouths.
Not only was Konoha's side shocked—even Ōnoki in the sky was frightened.
He'd personally witnessed Hashirama Senju's Wood Release sweeping the world unstoppably back then. Even after many years, lingering fears remained.
Seeing green trees forming armies below—clearly a replay of all shinobi's nightmare from those years—Ōnoki didn't dare stay. He quickly issued hand signals, ordering his subordinates to retreat.
Once Wood Release unfolded, it was overwhelming. Whoever got caught would die!
He didn't care who won or lost between Konoha and Uchiha Yasushi. Even his thoughts of taking advantage diminished somewhat.
So what if they seized Fire Country's land?
As long as another Hashirama Senju appeared, all shinobi villages would have to spit out the land they'd swallowed!
Just... why was the person using Wood Release an Uchiha? Mixed blood?
Ōnoki flying in the sky still had leisure for wild thoughts. The Konoha crowd below completely lost their composure.
The original sealing technique formation had long since completely failed with Wood Release's large-scale spread.
Without sealing technique constraints, the blood-red Susanoo began displaying great might.
"Haha..." Uchiha Yasushi laughed madly, swinging the staff in his hands like whack-a-mole, picking off those ANBU shinobi one by one.
Those shinobi scattered like frightened rats. Besides guarding against the blood-red Susanoo's attacks, they also had to constantly watch out for Wood Release branches. Otherwise, they'd immediately be wrapped like zongzi, losing resistance capability.
Splat!
A pool of meat paste appeared!
Thud!
Another pile of meat pulp emerged!
Blood mixed with broken limbs and internal organs splattered everywhere through the dense forest. But quickly they'd be captured by tree vines and buried in underground roots, becoming growth nutrients.
The dense forest remained eternally green and clean. Only continuous screams echoed at the ears, turning the bright environment sinister and terrifying.
"Stop!"
Itachi eyes split with rage. The brown Susanoo swung its blade, continuously cutting approaching branches as it charged toward the blood-red Susanoo, wanting to protect his comrades.
But Yasushi deliberately targeted him. Tree after tree rose from the ground. Waving branches like surging net bags wrapped upward from the brown Susanoo's feet, layer upon layer binding the brown Susanoo.
No matter how many branches the brown Susanoo shattered, the next moment several times more branches would pile on him.
Susanoo was indeed powerful, but Wood Release specifically countered Susanoo!
With Wood Release's mad absorption, the brown Susanoo's chakra grew increasingly insufficient. Gradually, the armor on his body began loosening, showing signs of collapse, revealing twisted, knotted chakra muscles beneath.
Watching Itachi full of anxiety, Yasushi felt immensely satisfied.
He laughed madly, making faces at Itachi.
"Well, Itachi, let's do a multiple choice question!"
"Look—should I kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and these clan shinobi?"
"Or should I kill these ordinary Konoha shinobi?"
Speaking, Yasushi retreated the blood-red Susanoo several steps, revealing the scenery of the blocked area behind him.
In just this short time, most of Konoha's shinobi had already been completely annihilated. Only an extremely small number of elite figures still struggled with difficulty.
Hiruzen Sarutobi swung his Adamantine Staff, shattering branch after branch. But what followed were still endless tree branches.
Wood Release—as long as chakra was sufficient—was truly a bug! Especially the chakra absorption characteristic specifically countered all types of shinobi.
After struggling with difficulty for a while, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally slipped up. A branch wrapped around his calf. Though he severed it in time, the chakra lost in that instant made him lose his stance, getting wrapped by more branches.
Under layers of interwoven Wood Release net coverage, Hiruzen Sarutobi was finally captured alive.
At this point, Konoha's armed forces were completely and utterly annihilated.
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