"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave."
Taking advantage of the chaos and panic among the surrounding Konoha ninja, Ryun formed hand seals and clapped his hands together, immediately unleashing a large-scale water release jutsu.
Before using this jutsu, Ryun had already seen Sarutobi Hiruzen instructing the Anbu to take away the unconscious Kushina, so now when employing this large-range water release, he had no need to worry about anything.
Ryun's current goal was to destroy Konoha and kill Shimura Danzo and the other Konoha higher-ups. Right now, it was impossible to bring Kushina along, or rather, bringing Kushina would make it very difficult for him to continue fighting. So after thinking it over, he decided to temporarily leave Kushina in Konoha's hands.
The colossal flood instantly engulfed most people, throwing the Konoha ninja into disarray.
Many were now unconscious and in a state of interrupted consciousness. Someone had to rescue them immediately. If they were left wrapped in the floodwaters, those unconscious comrades could likely lose their lives.
"Kill that one first."
Ryun pointed towards Shimura Danzo's location. Upon receiving the order, Black Dragon immediately charged towards Shimura Danzo at high speed.
Inside this massive, oval-shaped super giant water ball, the vast majority of ninja had lost their ability to counterattack. However, the water-based combat beast, Black Dragon, was like a fish in water within this enormous water ball, its speed as fast as lightning.
The biggest reliance for Ryun daring to challenge the entire Konoha alone was still his summoning beast. Once they coordinated, they simply feared no group battle.
Inside this giant water ball, aside from water release, many jutsu of the wind, fire, earth, and lightning nature transformations were impossible to perform. Even attempting to use water release jutsu inside would be greatly interfered with due to Ryun's chakra being infused within the floodwaters.
Engaging in close combat and taijutsu with a Black Dragon within the great water would only result in death.
Facing the fiercely charging Black Dragon in the water, Danzo felt a wave of panic and confusion. He tried to escape the range of the water ball, but his speed was far inferior to the dragon behind him.
At the critical moment when he was about to lose his life, the Root ninja who came with him immediately launched a rescue operation for him.
One Root ninja violently pushed Shimura Danzo aside, helping him dodge the dragon's pounce. Several others fearlessly threw themselves in front of Black Dragon, preventing it from further harming their leader.
However, with their strength, they could not hold out for too long. In just over a minute, several Root members had died in the dragon's mouth.
"Hmm?"
Just as Black Dragon bit down on the last blocking Root member, it suddenly sensed a life-or-death crisis. The next moment, without thinking, it tried to spit out the ninja in its mouth. But before it could completely throw the person out, that Root ninja self-destructed.
Boom.
The terrifying explosion instantly swallowed Black Dragon and Ryun on its head.
"Roar."
This self-destructing madman used explosive tags, blasting Black Dragon into howling pain, even knocking out two of its dragon teeth.
Ryun also did not expect this person to be so ruthless. Caught off guard, he was also affected by the big explosion, almost losing control of the giant water ball.
"Earth Release: Super Earth Style Wall."
Right below the water ball, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly formed hand seals and slapped the ground, frantically pouring his chakra into the earth the next moment.
A huge earthen wall suddenly shot out from the ground and, with lightning speed, struck the gigantic Black Dragon.
Black Dragon, still dizzy from the big explosion, simply couldn't avoid this suddenly rising giant earthen wall. At this moment, it, along with Ryun on its head, were together lifted out of the top of the giant water ball.
Without Ryun's chakra to maintain it, the water ball burst open with a crash, and the great water instantly surged towards every low-lying area of Konoha.
Ryun was very surprised that Sarutobi Hiruzen could break his jutsu, but upon careful thought, this old guy did have the title of 'Professor of Ninjutsu'. Given the opportunity, it seemed reasonable for him to break this water release jutsu.
Freed from the confinement of the great water, the advantage of the Konoha ninja's numbers became apparent. Ryun, facing the group attack of a group of experts, gradually began to seem somewhat strained, with his chakra consumption being huge.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Continuous Shot."
Shimura Danzo continuously launched wind release mouth blasts towards Ryun on the dragon's body.
While dodging, Ryun used a fire release jutsu to counterattack in the next moment.
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Singing Projectile."
Streams of high-speed fire dragons charged straight towards Shimura Danzo. Although he dodged and blocked with all his might, one fire dragon still directly hit him.
This blow not only sent him flying far away, but Shimura Danzo's body was also instantly set ablaze. He was burned by the great fire, howling in agony, and even rolled on the ground without regard for his image, attempting to extinguish the flames on his body.
Ryun used Body Flicker, intending to kill him while he was vulnerable. But the moment he moved, Sarutobi Hiruzen blocked his path in the next instant.
Although Shimura Danzo would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, when it came down to it, this person was still an old colleague who had worked with him for many years. Sarutobi Hiruzen could not simply watch as Ryun killed him.
"Ryun, do not force me to kill you."
Sarutobi Hiruzen heavily planted his Adamantine Staff on the ground, his gaze towards Ryun revealing coldness.
He felt this child had lost control. Perhaps now, only by hardening his heart and going for the kill could he defeat him.
As Hokage, he could not stand by and watch the village be recklessly destroyed.
"Kill me."
"Hmph. Hahaha."
Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen say he would kill him, Ryun could not help but laugh out loud. It was as if he had heard an extremely funny joke.
"You dare boast about killing me, you old fool. How many years has it been since you last fought someone. You dare show off in front of me."
"If you really had the ability, you wouldn't even have the courage to look me in the eye right now."
"In this ninja world, unless I willingly choose to die, who do you think can kill me. Who is qualified to kill me."
Ryun's series of taunts left Sarutobi Hiruzen flushed red with anger. But before he could make a move, Ryun had already started acting.
"Today, no one can stop me from killing Danzo. Since you want to protect him, then I will kill you first."
Ryun pressed one hand against his abdominal position. The Dragon Pearl inside his body was instantly affected, then transformed into a stream of pure natural energy, combining with his own chakra.
Although he failed to learn the complete sage art in Ryūchi Cave, including not learning any of the sage techniques, he could still temporarily disperse the Dragon Pearl within his body to exchange for one use of Sage Mode.
As the Dragon Pearl dispersed, the chakra within Ryun's body instantly transformed into senjutsu chakra. Horns grew on his forehead, and fine, hard dragon scales began to emerge on his skin.
Seeing the gradually dragonifying youth, and sensing that exceptionally powerful special chakra, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face drastically changed, and a foreboding feeling arose in his heart.
He had severely underestimated this youth's strength. He originally thought the other party might be slightly stronger than the Sannin, but after tonight's battle, Ryun was more than ten times stronger than he had imagined.
Actually, his original perception wasn't wrong. It was just that tonight, Ryun awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan while also awakening part of the Senju clan's bloodline. The combination of the two, plus forcibly entering Sage Mode now, indeed made his combat power nearly ten times stronger than before.
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