Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 584 As expected
Kakuzu believed he was immune to illusions, so he believed he would not reveal the secrets of his technique even if he died. Although there was no need for him to keep his technique secret, he felt a sense of relief that he could prevent his enemies from succeeding.

In the world of ninja, if a mission fails, there's only one outcome. Even if it's a mission you chose. So Kakuzu didn't expect to survive at all.

Heart Steel stepped forward and snatched up the strange mass. According to the Soul-Soul Fruit, Kakuzu only had one soul. Although he possessed five hearts, the souls of those he had taken were gone. Unlike Orochimaru, his method of immortality didn't require facing the souls of others.

The black line formed by the Earth's resentment tried to take root in the Stand's body, but the Stand was not something that could be touched casually by ordinary objects. Under the added chakra, the tentacles did touch the Stand, but Kakuzu had already lost the ability to resist.

Under the power of the Human Path, Kakuzu's soul was torn out. Combined with the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit, Kakuzu's consciousness was modified.

"The earth resents Yu Shi."

Having lost his ability to resist, Kakuzu took the initiative to tell Lu Chen the secret technique of Diyuan Yu.

Flames ignited Kakuzu's body, and as the five masks shattered one after another, all that remained on the ground was a tangled mass of dark threads. These were the core of the secret technique, Earth Wrath. Kakuzu used this technique to steal the hearts of others.

Lu Chen reached out and picked up the Earth Wrath Yu. After sensing the human body, the ball of yarn tried to drill under Lu Chen's skin. However, the tower had no way to break through Lu Chen's defense.

Lu Chen then dropped the black thread into a specially made bottle and stored it. Five hearts might not be the limit for the Earthly Grudge. A ninja of Hashirama's caliber might be able to form a large-scale Earthly Grudge army with hundreds of hearts. In the next world, the Earthly Grudge might produce some very interesting results.

After Lu Chen finished all this, the others also jumped over. Nagato couldn't help but look at Lu Chen's eyes a few more times. These eyes should be the ones he had before. He didn't expect Lu Chen to be able to control them so easily.

Not to mention the Samsara Eye, even Nagato couldn't perfectly control his incomplete Samsara Eye. He wanted to make this eye appear like an ordinary person, but it was impossible. This was a manifestation of his inability to control his own power.

V complained, "As expected, you can even snatch away the strongest enemy."

Lu Chen tried to objectively tell them that this enemy wasn't that powerful. "This enemy isn't strong at all. His ninjutsu only looks powerful. Nagato can easily take him out."

The Rinnegan has the ability to attack ordinary ninjas at a reduced dimension, and the Earth Grudge is the best thing that ordinary ninjas can find.

Jiraiya had originally wanted to get some information from Kakuzu, but since that enemy had already been killed, and since he was completely unskilled in illusions, he had to abandon that plan. The good news was that they had killed the enemy quickly, so it was easy to catch up with the Third Hokage.

"Now that the enemy who ambushed us has been eliminated, let's quickly chase the teacher."

They could already see the towering waterfalls in the distance. Where those waterfalls converged was where Takigakure Village was located.

So Lu Chen clapped his hands and nodded and said, "Let's go."

The second team hadn't been walking long when they saw the flash of an explosion in the distance. The vibration in the air made everyone realize that Sarutobi Hiruzen was under attack. They couldn't help but speed up their advance, and Lu Chen instantly disappeared from the group. He was moving much faster than the others.

Sarutobi Hiruzen ignored Kakuzu's ambush and rushed directly to the gate of Takigakure Village where he was attacked.

As expected, it wasn't just the Hokage who came here. Ohnoki also came to Takigakure with his own guards. At this moment, the genius of Iwagakure, Deidara, had not yet betrayed Iwagakure.

This was the helplessness of the small nations. They might be stronger than the others, but once the Five Kage decided to attack them, they were powerless to resist.

Because of the distance, Tsuchikage Ōnoki arrived faster than Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. He arrived at Takigakure in the morning and then took control of Takigakure's Seven-Tails Jinchūriki.

According to intelligence from other hidden villages, Konoha had also lost its tailed beast. The two previous attacks on Konoha had led the other hidden villages to conclude that the Nine-Tails had also been taken away by that mysterious entity. After all, during the second attack, the Nine-Tails did show signs of reappearing amidst the chaos.

The power displayed by Isshiki made Ohnoki think of the first Hokage. Perhaps only someone like that would have the ability to gather the nine tailed beasts again.

Ohnoki certainly had spies planted in Takigakure. After all, uncontrollable factors like the tailed beasts had to be monitored. So he also knew that Takigakure's Seven-Tails had not been lost, and this tailed beast might be the last one that had not been taken away by anyone.

Sarutobi Hiruzen certainly didn't know that the Takigakure Village was now full of ninjas from the Iwagakure Village, but he was prepared for an attack at any time.

In fact, Ohnoki had no intention of attacking Sarutobi Hiruzen, as he had already taken away the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. The next step was to bring the old Seven-Tails Jinchuriki to the Iwagakure Village to create a new Jinchuriki for the Iwagakure. This time, he would choose someone who could obey his orders.

The one who attacked the former Hokage was Deidara, a young, impulsive genius. He had no respect for authority, having betrayed his village to pursue his art. To him, if he could kill a Hokage, his art would be truly magnificent. So, upon seeing the symbolic Hokage hat, he attacked without hesitation.

The explosion caused by Deidara alarmed Lu Chen and his group who were on their way and Ohnoki who was researching the Hero's Water in Takigakure Village. Since they had already torn their relationship and snatched the Seven-Tails away, they had to take the Hero's Water with them.

Sarutobi Hiruzen jumped back to avoid the clay bomb, but a sealed ninja was injured because he couldn't dodge in time. As a blasting technique that allows the bomb to find its target, Deidara's attack is not easy to avoid.

Looking at the little brat yelling in the distance, Sarutobi Hiruzen said:

"Iwagakure's demolition team. As expected, the attack we encountered was caused by Iwagakure."

Kakuzu's attack could be perfectly thrown to the Tsuchikage.

(End of this chapter)