Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 42 You Made a Mistake Too

Those who could protect Danzo were at least special Jonin with exceptional skills.

Several Root ninjas sprang up like lightning, launching a surprise attack on Kaede Tsukasa from multiple directions. An ordinary person would have been taken down in an instant.

But Kaede Tsukasa is no ordinary person.

Puffs of white smoke rose simultaneously, and several figures appeared out of thin air around Kaedeji. The leader, Sandstorm Araki, even raised his hands, instantly creating a small-scale sandstorm.

The earth trembled, and layers of dust were forcefully lifted up, becoming part of the storm. In the fierce wind, sand and dust condensed into stone bullets, which suddenly exploded, interfering with the actions of the Root ninjas.

"This is an elite Jonin from Sunagakure. This guy can actually control ninjas at this level?" a Root ninja said.

"It's not a simple matter of being driven. From the moment the spirit emerges to the moment the spell is successfully cast, even if we had prepared to do so beforehand, the speed is still too fast."

This means one thing—the Sandstorm Araki retained 70-80% of his former strength, or even more!

On the contrary, Kaede Tsukasa's decisive choice to fight back was nothing compared to the astonishing performance of Sandstorm Araki.

Danzo stared at the sandstorm that had suddenly erupted before him, his eyes gleaming.

"As expected, Kaedeji Tsukasa hid the true power of this secret technique from everyone! To be able to restore the power of an elite Jonin to this level, no, it may be infinitely close to the strongest level he was in life, which means that this secret technique can even work on the corpse of a Kage."

Perfect, absolutely perfect. Danzo looked at the Sandstorm Araki and the other zombies and felt that there was no technique more perfect than this secret art.

It's unclear how this secret jutsu system, capable of developing numerous complementary ninjutsu, compares in terms of learning difficulty to the Impure World Reincarnation, which no one has yet mastered. And the fact that Kaedeji could single-handedly develop a technique like Corpse Release shows that his talent far surpasses his expectations.

The more this is the case, the less we can easily let Kaedeji go.

"Continue. Capture them alive. Do you expect me to do it myself?" Danzo said coldly.

The Root ninjas scattered around and immediately began to use their ninjutsu to break the ninjutsu.

Under the impact of so many ninjutsu, the sandstorm was naturally torn apart, clearly revealing Kaede Tsukasa's figure.

A Root ninja, wielding a sword in one hand and forming a hand seal with the other, thrust directly at Kaedeji with astonishing speed.

"Are you Captain Terai? I can tell."

Kaede Tsukasa's expression remained unchanged. The zombies beside him had already begun their attack, and the zombie that used its explosive escape technique even stepped sideways to block his path.

Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!
Explosion Release: Exploding Thunder Palm!
A zombie pressed its hands to the ground and used Earth Release. The moment the barrier surged up, a zombie using Explosion Release next to it almost simultaneously stretched out its palm and precisely slapped it down the instant the barrier stopped.

boom!
A violent explosion suddenly erupted. The barrier shattered under the destruction of the Explosion Release Technique, and a powerful shockwave surged straight toward Terai who was approaching.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, with perfect coordination, and the zombies did not communicate with each other at all, as if they had rehearsed it countless times.

The combination of ninjutsu with different attributes, and the fact that it all flows so smoothly and effortlessly, is what makes it so awe-inspiring.

This gap was enough for Sandstorm Araki to use a completely new ninjutsu.

Magnet Release: Sand Barrage!
"This guy is definitely better suited to fighting in the desert; the terrain advantage greatly enhances the power of his ninjutsu."

Kaede Tsukasa stood motionless, still having the energy to conduct an assessment.

But Terai is Terai after all. With the strength of an elite Jonin and the support of other Root ninjas, lightning crackled from his blade as he precisely struck the sand's trajectory, deflecting countless sand projectiles with a swift swing. The blade, accompanied by a piercing chakra hum, traced a brilliant blue arc through the air. *Swoosh!*

The sandstorm pierced through the chest of the desert tree, leaving a gaping hole in its left side, yet no blood flowed out, and it continued to create even larger sandstorms as if nothing had happened.

"This corpse is very strong and has the characteristic of being immune to injury, which makes it even more difficult to deal with in battle."

Terai glanced at his forearm out of the corner of his eye; the hairs on it stood on end—an instinctive warning.

With a swift motion, he changed his original aim of striking the throat into a diagonal slash, seemingly intent on severing the head of the Sandstorm Wildwood!
Just then, an ordinary zombie stepped forward, his body emitting a hissing sound, before exploding with a bang.

The blast wave from the explosion blew off half of the blade, and flying metal fragments grazed Kaedeji's ear, piercing honeycomb-like holes in the ground several meters away.

At the same time, three figures suddenly rose from the ground, surrounding the exploding zombie in the center.

However, the giant sand hand of Sandstorm Araki simultaneously emerged from the ground, carrying Magnet Release chakra, turning the ground within a radius of twenty meters into moving quicksand.

This series of actions did indeed allow the Root ninjas to successfully dismantle the defensive system in front of Kaede Tsukasa, leaving no other zombies behind.

"Be careful he doesn't use psychic abilities again."

"One of his hands remained in a mudra position the entire time."

The group exchanged information rapidly while forming hand seals.

"Fire Release: Seal of Sealing Ashes!"

A series of explosive tags surged forth, forming a series of explosive tag arrays amidst their overlapping layers, and then detonated, turning everything within the array into dust.

"Lord Danzo, he's not dead, is he?" Terai, covered in dust, held the broken blade in his hand and expressionlessly removed his tattered mask.

"He was once your subordinate, and you witnessed him using space-time ninjutsu." Danzo stared at the rising smoke with a sinister expression, calculating the time.

"Forty-seven seconds is a bit long, but it's still within a controllable range. However, the commotion it creates is too great. No matter how remote this place is, it will inevitably attract the attention of the village. At this point, I'm afraid many ninjas will have rushed over."

Terai said, "His main problem is that his body is too weak. Controlling so many corpses to perform techniques must have consumed most of his chakra. After such an intense battle, I'm not sure if he has the strength to use space-time techniques to escape."

Even if the spell is successfully cast, the distance to move is still a problem. Within a few dozen meters, everything has already been blasted into a white wasteland, the soil on the ground has been turned upside down, and the solid walls have already collapsed with a crash.

The longer the distance traveled, the more chakra is consumed, and the higher the cost of the technique. Judging from the characteristics of the Flying Thunder God Technique, Kaede Tsukasa's technique should be the same.

After a few seconds, the dust settled, and Kaede Tsukasa emerged from a secret room, completely spotless and showing no signs of exhaustion; everything seemed perfectly normal.

The fallen Sandstorm Araki stirred again, but instead of launching another attack, it stood quietly in place.

"So he's already been moved. He used a corpse to take the brunt of the explosion? Terai, it seems you made a mistake with this guy too. The energy consumption for him to control the corpse is far lower than you thought."

Danzo showed a satisfied expression.

"The battle ends here, Kaedeji. I have seen your talent in its entirety."

(End of this chapter)