I'm retrieving corpses in Konoha.

But the sword in her left hand, which she had planted in the puddle to stabilize herself, still accidentally splashed a few drops of water, leaving a dark stain on the surface of her skirt.

"Mr. Senju Kamima is here probably because of me." The shrine maiden took the hem of her skirt, lifted it up again, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"No, this is not your fault. You see, the one who first attacked the Hokage was a high-ranking official from Konoha. It must have been premeditated." Inaho straightened up and said seriously.

"No. Senju Shinma said he would follow us to find the demon. If we hadn't come to Konoha, he certainly wouldn't have come either. This disaster was brought about by us."

The priestess's eyes dimmed, and guilt kept washing over her heart.

“Then let’s not help either side. Helping Senju Kamima would be immoral to Konoha, but if we help Konoha, then Senju Kamima is not someone we can contend with,” Inaho suggested.

The shrine maiden nodded, gazing at Senju Kamima and the Third Hokage in the distance, her pale hands clasped in front of her chest as she silently prayed.

"If Konoha can overcome this disaster, then we can make up for it in the future through trade with the country."

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Beside the collapsed Hokage Building, Uchiha Natsu controlled his wood clone and used the Sea of ​​Trees Advent technique.

Chakra merged into the ground, and in the next instant, hundreds of saplings emerged from the damp ground, growing taller and taller.

Within seconds, the area within a few hundred meters was completely covered by the trees.

The village center, which had just been reduced to ruins, has now become a small forest.

Because the trees grew so rapidly and the population was so dense, several ninjas were seriously injured when they were hit by the trees.

There was even an unfortunate male ninja who, after falling from a tree, clutched his crotch with a ferocious expression and rolled around on the muddy ground, groaning.

After the forest was formed, Uchiha Natsu controlled his wood clone and merged it into a large tree.

Then, all the trees began to twist and turn, with wooden strips constantly emerging from their trunks to attack the ninjas around them.

The Konoha ninja, who had initially maintained some semblance of order, were thrown into complete chaos.

Many squads were scattered and their original members could not be found.

Without teamwork, combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's main body, along with his four shadow clones, reacts much faster than other ninjas.

At this moment, all five figures had jumped onto the Fire Shadow Rock, which was even taller than the tree, and looked down at the scene below.

The most attacked units are still the Dark Guard, which now has only about three small teams left.

Of them, only Kakashi's team was unharmed.

However, Kakashi has the Sharingan and is very strong, so it's only natural that he can protect his teammates.

"Senju Kamima..." Upon seeing the horrific scene below, Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth, his eyes instantly becoming bloodshot.

Then he shouted down, "Everyone, get out of the forest!"

Upon hearing this, the ninjas below reacted swiftly, and thousands of figures, carrying the wounded, spread outwards.

Uchiha Natsu looked up and glanced at the top of the Hokage Rock.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, on the other hand, had a stern expression, his hand seals changing rapidly as he shouted, "Fire Release: Great Flame Technique!"

Five scorching waves of fire spewed from Hiruzen Sarutobi's five mouths, converging in mid-air before hurtling towards Uchiha Natsu's wood clone.

Uchiha Natsu's hands also rapidly formed hand seals, and he shouted in a low voice: "Water Release: Water Wall!"

"Splash!"

As soon as Uchiha Natsu opened his mouth, a wall of water rose up not far in front of him and continued to thicken.

The flames crashed against the water wall, making a hissing sound, and the evaporated water vapor continued to rise.

The Great Flame Technique was completely blocked, and as the water wall fell, Uchiha Natsu completed the hand seals once again.

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

He slapped a large tree beside him with his right hand, and the tree immediately bent over, wriggling and growing into a giant wooden figure fifty meters tall.

The wooden figure stood on the ground, its upper body already taller than the Hokage Rock, and raised its large hand to slap Hiruzen Sarutobi above.

"Boom!"

The giant hand descended, but Hiruzen Sarutobi's body was prepared and jumped several meters away in advance to dodge the attack.

The four shadow clones were all shattered and vanished into smoke.

Chapter 109 Escape from Prison

Hiruzen Sarutobi was already feeling somewhat tired.

He had already exhausted himself in a battle with Danzo, and now he had used a large-scale ninjutsu, causing his chakra to drop very quickly.

Gazing at the unstoppable giant wooden figure, Hiruzen Sarutobi's hesitation gradually turned into determination.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

With a low shout, Hiruzen Sarutobi formed hand seals, creating a shadow clone on each side.

They then leaped down, forming a triangle that surrounded Uchiha Natsu's wooden dummy.

Uchiha Natsu controlled the wooden doll and immediately located Hiruzen Sarutobi's true form.

The wooden figure's eyes gleamed, and its fist suddenly swung up and slammed down.

Like a cannonball leaving the barrel, the air wailed under the pressure of the fist.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had completed the hand seals and shouted, "Sealing Technique: Three-Directional Seal!"

"call out!"

Three green rays of light instantly formed a triangle beneath the feet of his main body and his two shadow clones.

The next moment, a semi-transparent green light curtain, forming a triangle from bottom to top, enveloped the wooden figure.

The wooden figure's fist slammed into the inner wall of the light barrier, but was blocked. However, the light barrier also cracked in several places.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was even more shocked; these three seals were extremely powerful among sealing techniques cast by a single person.

Normally, it couldn't be broken by countless fireballs, but it was shattered by just one punch.

It's easy to imagine how powerful that punch was.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi's original goal was only to temporarily hinder the wooden golem's actions.

Seeing that the three-way seal had taken effect, Hiruzen Sarutobi's two shadow clones were released.

Only the main body remains in one corner, and the hands quickly and steadily form hand seals.

Uchiha Natsu glanced at the sequence of hand seals formed by Hiruzen Sarutobi and couldn't help but sneer.

Hiruzen Sarutobi finished forming the hand seals and then shouted in a low voice, "Sealing Technique, Reaper Death Seal!"

Uchiha Natsu knew very well that this move was a technique meant to take the opponent down with them.

While sealing the other person's soul, one's own soul will also be sealed.

However, if the opponent has no soul, then this move will not work, and the result will be the same as if it had not been used at all.

Uchiha Natsu's wood clone is essentially soulless, so this technique will have no effect.

The wooden figure reached its physical limit and then suddenly threw another punch.

"call!"

"Boom!"

The light barrier was shattered, but the fist continued its momentum, smashing towards Hiruzen Sarutobi.

At this moment, behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, a ghostly figure of a Shinigami, invisible to others, appeared.

As the wooden doll shattered the light barrier, an arm swiftly extended from Hiruzen Sarutobi's abdomen and grabbed at the top of the wooden doll's head.

An invisible arm pierced through dozens of meters of space, and with a speed faster than the wooden dummy's fist, grabbed Thousand-Handed God standing on the wooden dummy's head.

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"Senju Kamima, even if it costs me my life, I will protect Konoha to the very end. Because I am the Third Hokage, bearing the title of Kage!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was full of passion, but as soon as he finished speaking, his eyes widened in horror.

Because the invisible arm gripped Senju Shinma's body, but did not pull out his soul.

Soulless!

Uchiha Natsu didn't give him time to think, and slammed his fist into Hiruzen Sarutobi's body.

Although it was blocked by the light barrier once, the remaining force was still considerable, directly blasting Hiruzen Sarutobi dozens of meters away.

After tracing a parabola, it is embedded in the rock wall below the Fire Shadow Rock.

Halfway there, the abandoned Enma managed to grab Hiruzen Sarutobi, but the force of the attack sent it flying as well.

After crashing into the rock wall, the ape demon's summoning spell was immediately dispelled, and it disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, meanwhile, coughed up blood and fainted, utterly bewildered.

Uchiha Natsu, standing a hundred meters away, watched all this with an indifferent expression. Then, he reached out from the tree and formed a hand seal.

Meanwhile, in a prison a kilometer away.

Uchiha Natsu's shadow clone crossed his arms and suddenly opened his eyes.

Having received a prompt from the main body, Uchiha Natsu's shadow clone knew it was time to go out.

He looked up and saw that the prison guards were walking towards the gate with their backs to him.

Then, Uchiha Natsu made a hand gesture to the people behind him.

Because the prison was so dirty and chaotic, and it was broad daylight, no one else was in the mood to rest.

Seeing Uchiha Natsu's actions, they all gathered around.

Uchiha Natsu reached out and gripped the iron bars, then suddenly exerted force on his wrist, slowly bending the bars and widening the gap in the middle.

Then pry open the other side as well; the gap in the middle is now large enough for a person to pass through.

Uchiha Natsu stepped out, glanced up expressionlessly, and lightly leaped to the second-floor passageway.

With a flash, he appeared behind one of them, and with a swift movement of his arm, struck the guard on the back of the neck.