"Don't worry. With us here, everything will be fine."
Deidara could naturally guess Neji's thoughts. He glanced back at him and gave a confident smile.
"You just keep handling your business. Leave the rest to your brothers!"
But as he spoke, he noticed the Four Violet Flames Formation trapping Neji. He frowned slightly and said, "This thing is a bit of a nuisance. Jugo, go break this barrier!"
This barrier? A nuisance?
"Break the barrier?" Jugo's massive body slowly turned as he looked at the Four Violet Flames Formation.
The barrier emitted a strange, eerie glow, as if proudly showing off its strength.
Still, when he looked at the formation, Jugo nodded. His determined eyes seemed to say, "This small matter? Leave it to me." His voice was deep and powerful. "I've got this!"
As his words fell, Jugo took a deep breath, as if drawing all the air around him into his lungs.
He stepped forward toward the barrier, each step heavy and steady.
Slowly, he raised his fist, his muscles taut and coiled. Every fiber of his body seemed packed with limitless power.
Chakra began flowing into him, surging like a rising tide, gathering continuously within him. He was accumulating strength, preparing to strike the barrier with a decisive blow.
"What is he trying to do?"
"Does he really intend to smash the Four Violet Flames Formation with his fists?"
"Impossible, right?"
"This barrier was formed by eight people. Even the Nine-Tails would struggle to break it quickly!"
"These idiots—of course they're attacking the sealers outside the formation!"
"They're clearly rookies with no battle experience!"
Watching Jugo's movements, the other ninjas spoke, their voices dripping with disdain. Mocking smiles spread across their faces as if they were watching a ridiculous comedy.
To them, Jugo's actions were sheer arrogance, an insult to all the ninjas present.
Yet, under the mocking gazes of the crowd, Jugo's fist slammed forward with tremendous force.
In that instant, time seemed to freeze. Everyone's eyes widened as they fixed on that single fist.
Jugo was already half a Sage, and with his cellular modifications, even without transforming under the curse mark, his strength rivaled the full power of an ordinary tailed beast.
Boom~~
His fist struck the barrier, and the impact seemed powerful enough to shake the heavens and the earth.
The entire barrier, along with the ground beneath it, trembled violently. The intensity of the quake made it feel as if they were caught in a massive earthquake.
At the same time, the eight ninjas who had set up the barrier all spat out blood simultaneously, their faces turning pale in an instant.
Immediately, countless cracks appeared across the barrier, forming a shattered web-like pattern.
With a tremendous crash, the barrier was completely destroyed.
The sound of its destruction was like a loud slap to the faces of those who had mocked him, freezing their smiles instantly.
This sudden turn of events left everyone present in shock.
They had thought Jugo was joking, but the undeniable reality forced them to believe it. This seemingly reckless giant had genuinely shattered the Four Violet Flames Formation with a single punch.
"So strong!"
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura's eyes flickered, their expressions mirroring the shock.
Just that one punch had sent a wave of intimidation through everyone.
"This Adamantine Staff of yours is in the way!" Kimimaro said, eyeing the massive Adamantine Staff as he stepped forward.
His body appeared before the staff, his palm pressed against its side.
In an instant,
The Adamantine Staff shifted direction, veering away from Neji, and continued to grow rapidly.
In an instant, the Adamantine Staff destroyed more than a dozen buildings of the Hyuga clan's compound, and as it continued to grow, it transformed into a cloud of smoke.
When the smoke cleared, it took the form of Enma!
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, his expression unusually grave. At the same time, Enma watched the three of Deidara with caution, finally settling its gaze on Jugo.
The old monkey's eyes carried a heavy seriousness. "Sarutobi, they are strong!"
The aura emanating from Jugo filled it with a sense of fear.
"I know!" Hiruzen's aged eyes were deep with thought. These people were indeed beyond his expectations.
Atsukara.
It seemed he could no longer afford to ignore them. Moreover, the Uchiha clan had close ties with Atsukara, especially Genya Uchiha, who might have deep connections with its members.
"These three are also strong? How does that kid Genya know so many monsters?" Nine-Tails sniffed the air around Deidara and felt Genya's presence, puzzled.
The Nine-Tails also sensed a threat from these three. Each one carried a unique and peculiar aura, putting it on high alert.
"Are they all Genya's friends?" Naruto, hearing the Nine-Tails' low murmur, asked in astonishment.
"That's right. I can sense Genya's aura from them!" Having been absorbed chakra by Genya so many times, the Nine-Tails was extremely familiar with his presence.
"If Genya's friends are this strong, I'll have to work even harder!" Naruto's eyes blinked, determination flashing across his face.
If Genya's companions were so powerful, he couldn't afford to fall behind.
Sasuke, silent by the side, also had an unusual light flickering in his eyes. He had seen Deidara before and noticed that he seemed to have a good relationship with Genya.
Amidst the shock and astonishment of everyone,
Deidara clapped his hands, casually beginning to clear the area. "Everyone, please leave the Hyuga clan grounds. My brother has business to attend to!"
"No… What Hyuga Neji did violated Konoha's rules. You may take him away, but he must not harm the Hyuga main house again!" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Deidara, speaking each word deliberately.
This was his greatest concession.
Deidara, however, ignored him and looked up at the sky.
Soon, several massive clay birds circled above. As they passed over the group, they blocked out a large portion of the sunlight.
Following Deidara's gaze, the others looked up and were bewildered at the sight of the clay birds.
Deidara, however, laughed—a wild, almost reckless laugh. "The explosion radius of my clay birds is three hundred meters. I'll have them fly over the Sarutobi clan, the Shimura clan, the Mitokado clan, and the Utatane clan's lands right now."
As he spoke, Deidara continued controlling the clay bird, directing it toward those clan territories.
The reason Deidara targeted these places was due to Genya's long-term influence, so his attack immediately focused on the Konoha Council clans.
However, as soon as Deidara finished speaking, the expressions on Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others' faces changed instantly.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of Konoha, Hyuga Hiashi, rushing at full speed, finally returned to the village, panting heavily.
"What happened in the Hyuga clan territories?" he gasped.
He had not stopped once along the way.
His eyelids twitched constantly; he was already upset for not finding Hinata, and now there was trouble within the Hyuga clan as well.
Thinking of this, his pace quickened even more.
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