Chapter 579: The True Second God of Shinobi

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"He is not Hashirama Senju, not the God of Shinobi; not everyone's Wood Release can be as powerful as Hashirama Senju's." Yagura Karatachi silently recited these words to boost his confidence.

Even with Wood Release, under the suppression of nearly double the numbers, Yagura Karatachi could not retreat the moment he made contact.

According to his speculation, the time Muyue had mastered Wood Release should not be particularly long; otherwise, Muyue would have used Wood Release in the last battle.

If Muyue's strongest Wood Release jutsu was just the previous Deep Forest Emergence, then there was still a chance to fight.

"Everyone, withdraw from the battlefield." Muyue ordered the Konoha ninja forces.

Although Muyue did not explain anything, Minura Hahaki did not ask the reason but immediately executed Muyue's order and led the forces to retreat.

At this moment, he already had 100% trust in Muyue; as long as Muyue did not order him to commit suicide, Minura Hahaki would believe there must be a reason.

With the help of the large trees, the Konoha ninjas gradually withdrew from the battlefield.

Yagura Karatachi sensed something was wrong and quickly ordered the Kirigakure ninjas to retreat, moving away from Muyue, the Wood Release ninja.

Some Kirigakure had long wanted to run, just waiting for Yagura Karatachi's order.

"Ah! It's the Wood Release powerhouse, retreat quickly!"

Although the Kirigakure ninjas wanted to flee, since Muyue dared to openly let his subordinates withdraw, he naturally had means to keep them.

Under the effect of Wood Release chakra, new trees continuously grew rapidly, using branches to attack the Kirigakure ninjas and obstruct their retreat.

Only stronger ninjas like Yagura Karatachi and Hōzuki Shingetsu managed to break through layers of obstruction and rush out.

"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"

After the Konoha ninjas completed their withdrawal, Muyue once again gathered a massive amount of chakra and used the enhanced version of Deep Forest Emergence—Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees.

Rumble!!!

Thick and enormous vines drilled out from the ground, dancing rapidly, as if a large number of green prehistoric giant pythons had suddenly emerged from the earth.

Muyue merely controlled the huge vines to gently swing, and the attacks aimed at him were all blocked.

Boom!!

Several huge vines slammed down heavily, and for a moment blood mist filled the air; dozens of Kirigakure who were hit instantly turned into formless flesh and blood.

"This is simply a monster, how can we possibly win..." The Kirigakure ninja who wasn't hit glanced at a pool of his comrade next to him, then looked at those enormous vines, and his heart instantly turned cold.

Could they beat the Wood Release ninja?

They were definitely dead!

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Some Kirigakure ninjas were stirred to bloodlust by this scene, no longer thinking of retreat; they drew their weapons and charged at Muyue.

But at that moment, huge flower buds suddenly grew on the vines and bloomed rapidly.

Grayish-yellow pollen instantly enveloped the entire battlefield. The Kirigakure ninjas at the front were the first to absorb the most pollen and fell first.

Bang bang bang!!

Before the Kirigakure force ninjas could react, the remaining Kirigakure also inhaled the pollen, fell into a coma, and collapsed to the ground.

In just an instant, over a thousand Kirigakure ninja troops lay fallen on the battlefield; only a very few elite managed to break through and not be knocked unconscious.

"Hasu Muyue!" Yagura Karatachi, who had not inhaled pollen, saw this scene, his vision went dark, and he almost collapsed.

These were over a thousand ninja troops, and they fell to this one Wood Release jutsu.

Could it be that Konoha would see a second God of Shinobi?

"No wonder he made us withdraw first; as expected of Wood Release." Minura Hahaki looked at the Kirigakure troops lying on the battlefield and sighed inwardly.

Such a large-scale attack indeed could easily cause friendly fire.

Many Konoha ninjas looked at the battlefield in shock, as if trying to remember this historic moment.

The second Wood Release user after Hashirama Senju had appeared, and in one move, he defeated a thousand-man ninja force single-handedly.

"Go quickly, don't let those few Kirigakure escape." Kakashi noticed Yagura Karatachi trying to flee.

Yagura is the core figure of this unit. If Yagura gets away, this victory will lose some of its luster.

"Eight Gates: Gate of Wonder, open!"

Since his upcoming opponents were all powerful Mist Jonin, Might Guy directly opened the fifth gate of the Eight Gates and entered a state of highly focused breathing.

Kakashi also silently entered Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode and dashed at top speed toward Yagura.

Obito and Shisui also sprinted at full speed. Rin Nohara followed at the first moment as well, but was a bit slower due to speed differences.

All at once, the entire Konoha ninja force sprang into action.

"You all stay here to watch these Mist ninja. Most of them are only unconscious, not dead," Muyue said, turning to the Konoha ninja force.

Now the Mist only had Yagura and a few capable Jonin left. There was no need to have the entire force pursue.

Immediately after, Muyue switched to Lightning Breathing and instantly entered Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode.

Muyue transformed into a yellow lightning bolt and vanished from everyone's sight.

"Confiscate their weapons, then tie them up!" ordered Meicun Yejuan.

With so many prisoners, they could negotiate terms with the Mist.

"Nearly annihilated... How am I supposed to report this to the Third-sama..." Yagura, fleeing with Body Flicker, felt very heavy-hearted.

It wasn't that he worried about being blamed; he just felt he had let down the Third Mizukage's high regard.

However, Yagura also genuinely felt this wasn't his fault. Who could have imagined that Hanyu Muyue was also a powerful Wood Style ninja?

Even if other strong ninja from the Mist Village had come, the final result would have been the same.

"Hm? They actually caught up!" Yagura noticed the incoming yellow light and quickly formed hand seals to gather chakra.

"Water Release: Iron Cannonball!"

A massive water sphere was spit out by Yagura, hurtling toward the charging Muyue.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

"Water Release: Water Iron Cannon Technique!"

Hōzuki Shingetsu and Momokuruma Kawazawa and other subordinates also made their moves.

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"

Muyue rapidly formed hand seals, creating a thick earth wall in front of him that blocked the numerous incoming Water Release techniques.

Zzzt! Zzzt!

Next, Muyue took out Enma from his system space and once again transformed into a yellow light.

A sharp yellow blade light flashed, and in an instant a Mist Jonin was split in two.

Hōzuki Shingetsu saw this, swallowed nervously, and involuntarily took a few steps back.

He knew that Hōzuki Zangetsu had died at Muyue's hands, and the secret techniques of the Hōzuki clan were most afraid of Lightning Release users like Muyue.

"What are you afraid of? I'm still here!" Yagura couldn't help but scold when he saw his subordinates acting so cowardly.

Although he might not be able to defeat Muyue, Yagura believed that a ninja must not lose face. Even if death was inevitable, they should die fighting, not cower and get killed instantly.

Hōzuki Shingetsu stood there silently, thinking: you, Yagura, are one of the foremost strong ninja of the Mist, so of course you're not afraid. They didn't have that kind of power.

Yagura didn't need to be faster than Muyue; as long as he was faster than them, he had a high chance of escaping from Muyue.

"What use is your presence? You've already lost." Muyue didn't give Yagura any face.

"You!" Yagura stared at Muyue with a flushed face, his right hand gripping his iron staff tightly.

"Hanyu Muyue, don't you think I'm easy to bully!"

Feeling insulted, Yagura used Body Flicker to rush forward, swinging his iron staff and smashing it fiercely at Muyue.

Muyue swung Enma and easily parried Yagura's attack.

Just as the other Mist ninja were about to take this chance to attack Muyue, Muyue's disciples arrived.

"Konoha Dragon God!"

Might Guy burst out a large amount of chakra, his body spinning rapidly, and quickly formed a cyan long dragon, charging toward Tao Che Chuanze.

Facing the aggressive Might Guy, Tao Che Chuanze did not dare to be careless.

While retreating, he used fierce Water Release to attack Might Guy.

"Flash!"

Kakashi arrived together with Might Guy, and like Muyue, he turned into a yellow lightning bolt and struck at Hozuki Shingetsu.

Although he failed to cut Hozuki Shingetsu, he forced him back, disrupting the rhythm of Hozuki Shingetsu's attack.

"Perfect timing. This way I don't have to face Yusheng Muyue." Hozuki Shingetsu secretly rejoiced, beginning to plan to fight Kakashi farther away and then slip away.

The Hozuki clan had great influence in Kirigakure. Even if he was defeated, the punishment wouldn't be too severe, so now Hozuki Shingetsu only wanted to return to Kirigakure Village.

But before Hozuki Shingetsu could be happy for half a minute, he immediately couldn't be happy anymore.

Yagura was in trouble.

Zzzzz!

Muyue's aura rapidly rose, and the blade of Enma was enveloped in purple lightning.

Yagura realized something was wrong and wanted to use the Water Body Flicker Technique to dodge, but all his movements were seen through by Muyue.

The moment Muyue dashed toward Yagura and swung Enma, that incredibly dazzling purple light caught everyone's attention.

They could all feel the terrifying power contained within it; the purple lightning seemed to tear and destroy everything.

Feeling unable to dodge, Yagura gritted his teeth, used a large amount of chakra to strengthen his body, then poured much chakra into his iron staff, and fiercely met the attack.

Crack!!

A clear and loud thunderclap rang out. As Muyue fully swung the purple lightning blade, a dazzling purple slashing light flashed, and Yagura's swung iron staff was instantly cut in two.

Bang!!

Boom!!

Blood splattered, and Yagura's body flew backward like a kite with its string cut.

On the ground beside Yagura, a scorched slash mark over twenty meters long was left.

Watching this, Hozuki Shingetsu's forehead was pouring cold sweat.

He didn't care whether Yagura lived or died, but if Muyue could cut down Yagura like that, he had no chance of escaping.

Tao Che Chuanze, seeing this, was also drenched in sweat.

Before the battle, he thought Yagura and Muyue were ninja of the same level, but he never expected Muyue to have made such terrifying progress since that war.

And this scene was just seen by Obito and the others who had arrived.

Obito was not surprised at all. With Muyue the Sage around, Yagura and his group couldn't possibly escape.

"Summoning Technique!"

Obito immediately used the Summoning Technique to summon Charizard.

The battlefield had been too chaotic earlier, and he was worried Charizard would get hurt, so he hadn't summoned it.

"Roar!"

Charizard habitually wanted to bite Obito, but after seeing the situation on the field, it quickly turned around and spat a fierce flame at Hozuki Shingetsu, who was fighting Kakashi.

Shisui also used the Summoning Technique to summon Zoroark.

Seeing this scene, Zoroark immediately used an illusion technique.

From Hozuki Shingetsu's perspective, Zoroark was like a flame demon, spewing out extremely terrifying cyan flames, setting everything around on fire.

Hozuki Shingetsu wanted to dodge these incoming attacks, but this left an opening.

"Yang Seal: Release!"

Kakashi immediately released the Yang Seal, pushing the Lightning Breathing Chakra Mode to its limit.

The purple lightning appeared again, but this time it was Kakashi.

A long, narrow purple slashing strike flew out and landed on Hozuki Shingetsu.

Hozuki Shingetsu desperately tried to use the Hydrification Technique to reduce the damage, but it was useless against the powerful Musō Issen, and in the end he could only fall to the ground with a face full of reluctance.

He never expected to die not by Moyue's hands, but at the hands of a few little brats who hadn't grown up yet.

"Minaz, go help Kai."

Nohara Rin, who arrived last, also immediately summoned Minaz and sent it to help Might Kai.

Minaz's strength was far greater than her own.

"Rock Breath Chakra Mode, Open!"

Seeing his teammates come to help, Might Kai no longer held back. With a low roar, he concentrated his breath to the utmost, and the aura on his body soared rapidly, reaching a level that even Momocha Kawazawa found somewhat astonishing.

"Water Cannon!"

Minaz opened its mouth, gathering a large amount of water-nature chakra in its throat, and sprayed out a thick water column carrying immense impact force.

Although Momocha Kawazawa had Water Release techniques that could cancel out the Water Cannon, with Might Kai by his side, he simply couldn't execute them, and was forced back repeatedly.

"Golden Horizon!"

Might Kai placed his right hand behind his waist, extended his index and middle fingers, then burst with chakra and charged at Momocha Kawazawa at extreme speed.

While charging, Might Kai swung his left hand, using a blade-drawing motion to drive his right hand forward in a slash, carving out a thin golden line.

Boom!

A flash of golden light passed, and an incredibly immense force struck Momocha Kawazawa, causing his pupils to dilate and his face to twist.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

The tremendous force sent Momocha Kawazawa crashing through seven or eight large trees without stopping, until he had smashed through fifteen large trees before barely coming to a halt.

At this point, the Kirigakure ninja force was completely defeated, with some dead and some wounded; not a single Kirigakure ninja escaped.

Moyue watched his disciples' performance and nodded.

Besides Might Kai, who could power up even when injured, the other disciples working together were also able to kill a powerful jōnin like Hozuki Shingetsu.

If it were his disciples experiencing Obito's crisis from the original story, they wouldn't need anyone's help; they could solve the problem with their own abilities.

After all, they only encountered some Iwagakure squads, not any particularly strong ninja.

Of course, the original story is the original story, reality is reality. With Obito becoming stronger, Madara Uchiha's methods would also change accordingly.: sjwx→