Whoooosh—
Wild winds swept through the battlefield.
The thick clouds of dust were blown away.
Within a radius of over a hundred meters,
all the towering trees that once stood there had vanished,
leaving behind a shocking wasteland.
Broken stones of every size littered the ground.
The earth itself had collapsed,
and underground water was bubbling upward.
At the center of it all—
stood a single enormous figure.
It was a gigantic wooden giant covered in dense foliage.
"Is that… Ren?"
Tsunade stared blankly.
The towering figure standing in the ruins ahead looked nothing like the boy she knew.
Looking at the overwhelming destruction,
she couldn't help but gasp in disbelief.
"Did he… use Monstrous Strength while in a giant form?"
Even standing far away,
Tsunade was deeply shaken.
And if she felt that shocked—
one could imagine how Danzō felt,
having taken the attack head-on.
Using Izanagi to convert death into illusion,
he reappeared behind Ren once more.
His face was filled with awe.
"What terrifying power…"
"That strike just now had the destructive force of an S-rank ninjutsu."
Even as he spoke,
his hands were already rapidly forming seals.
Facing the massive wooden giant,
he suddenly exhaled:
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
SHING! SHING!
Blade after blade of razor-sharp wind sliced through the air.
They shot toward the giant wooden body.
However—
Ren, who had transformed into a giant tree-like being using the Mori Mori Fruit power, suddenly stomped.
BOOM!
The ground shattered beneath his feet.
His enormous body launched into the air with astonishing speed.
Despite his huge size,
his reflexes were unbelievably fast.
He dodged Danzō's sneak attack entirely.
The wind blades missed and continued flying far into the distance.
WHOOOSH—
The wind howled.
From over a hundred meters in the air,
the massive wooden giant dropped like a falling mountain.
Danzō's pupils shrank.
He retreated instantly.
"BOOOOOM!!!"
A deafening explosion shook the forest.
Dust and rocks burst into the air.
Violent shockwaves surged outward.
It was impossible to even open one's eyes.
When the dust settled—
the wooden giant stood there once more.
Ren looked down at Danzō and smiled lightly.
"You're pretty fast."
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Barely escaping the devastating blow,
Danzō bit his finger.
He quickly formed seals and slammed his hand onto the ground.
A summoning array spread across the earth.
POOF!
A huge cloud of smoke erupted.
A gigantic beast appeared.
Its body resembled a mammoth-like monster.
This was Danzō's summon—
the Dream-Eater Beast, Baku.
"ROAR!"
The beast bellowed.
Then it opened its enormous mouth.
A powerful suction force erupted.
WHOOOSH—
Rocks, dirt, and broken trees were pulled toward it.
The immense wind pressure made even the gigantic Ren struggle to stay balanced.
But the next moment—
he charged forward.
"So this is the legendary Dream-Eater Baku?"
At the same time,
he extended his massive hand toward Danzō,
who had secretly circled behind him.
Then he clenched his fist.
CRACK! CRACK!
Countless tree sprouts burst from the ground.
They grew rapidly,
wrapping around Danzō—
whose lower body was still partially underground.
"WHAT?!"
Danzō's expression changed drastically.
He had been trying to coordinate with the Baku's suction ability.
But now he was forced to leap out of the ground in panic.
He barely avoided being entangled.
But in the next instant—
the enormous wooden giant
appeared right beside the Baku.
Its gigantic fist slammed down toward the beast's head.
"That's… the Body Flicker Technique?"
Danzō's pupils shrank in disbelief.
Such an enormous body—
yet capable of moving with that kind of speed?
It was unimaginable.
"BOOM!"
"ROOOAAAR—!"
Blood sprayed everywhere.
The dream-eating beast howled miserably.
Ren's terrifying monstrous strength smashed its skull.
The beast was blasted away like a cannonball.
In midair—
it dissolved into smoke and vanished.
"Danzō."
"If this is all you can do… then you'll stay here forever."
The gigantic wooden body began shrinking.
After briefly testing his giant-form power,
Ren returned to normal size.
With killing intent blazing,
he rushed toward Danzō.
"Hmph."
"I still have plenty of tricks left."
Danzō charged forward as well.
"Wood Release: Impalement Technique!"
Ren's eyes flashed.
He flicked his right arm forward.
Sharp wooden spikes shot out like lightning.
They rained down toward Danzō.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Using the incredible perception of his Sharingan,
Danzō dodged continuously.
He barely avoided the deadly spikes.
Suddenly—
a gigantic wooden hand burst from the ground.
Its wrist formed from tree trunks,
rapidly extending and stretching.
It lunged toward Danzō with lightning speed.
Caught completely off guard,
Danzō was grabbed instantly.
"CRUNCH!"
Ren clenched his fist.
"AAAAH—!"
Danzō screamed.
In a single moment,
his body was crushed into bloody pulp.
Thick blood streamed from the wooden hand.
But in the next instant—
Danzō's corpse disappeared again.
He suddenly reappeared directly in front of Ren.
"Chiye Ren…"
"You truly have surprised me."
Danzō grinned viciously.
"You can use Wood Release without hand seals."
"You can even perform other ninjutsu with one-handed seals…"
"But you're still too inexperienced."
His right eye glowed crimson.
The three tomoe spun—
transforming into a four-bladed Mangekyō pattern.
He instantly activated Kotoamatsukami.
"What?!"
"That… a Mangekyō Sharingan?!"
Ren's expression changed drastically.
As if fearing the genjutsu,
he retreated rapidly.
He closed his eyes immediately—
refusing to look at Danzō's Sharingan.
"Too late!"
Danzō laughed maniacally.
"Serve me, Chiye Ren!"
The command he implanted with Kotoamatsukami was simple:
Absolute loyalty to Danzō forever.
"Is that so?"
But to his horror—
Ren suddenly opened his eyes again.
A crimson glow shone within them.
The Mangekyō pattern in his left eye spun rapidly.
"Ukamitama — Genjutsu Reflection!"
The terrifying ocular power that attempted to invade his mind—
was instantly reflected back.
It was completely neutralized.
"SHHK!"
A vine shot through the air.
It pierced straight through Danzō's right eye.
Then it retracted.
Blood sprayed everywhere.
"AAAAAAH—!"
Caught completely off guard,
Danzō screamed in agony.
His eyeball was ripped out—
dangling grotesquely from the vine.
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