Danzo turned his head to look at the figure of Black Zetsu standing before him.
From the point where he had been stabbed, his entire body began to rapidly undergo petrification, turning into wood at an alarming speed.
"Sealing Jutsu!"
Sealing runes spread outward with the Wood Clone as the center, forming a seal that encompassed everything within a five-meter radius.
"...It worked..."
Seeing Black Zetsu visibly restricted in his movements, Danzo felt a surge of satisfaction.
"Sealing Jutsu!"
"Wood Release: Silent Strangulation Bind!"
Danzo wasted no time, immediately layering another sealing technique on top. His wooden arm extended unnaturally, coiling around Obito's body and beginning to constrict.
"You really are quite cautious..." Obito remarked, maintaining his distance while observing Danzo carefully.
The seals on his body slowly faded away until they completely disappeared.
The sealing jutsu didn't work?
No... it worked—but only marginally better than regular ninjutsu. It was still being absorbed.
"Who exactly are you? How do you wield Yin-Yang Release?" Danzo asked while analyzing the situation, already considering a possible retreat.
"You'll find out soon enough..." Black Zetsu replied, his hands forming a rapid sequence of hand seals.
As he moved—
"Black Zetsu, what are you doing?" Obito's expression grew grim as he sensed his life energy rapidly draining. He was already preparing to break free from Black Zetsu's control at any moment.
"It's fine, Obito. You can have White Zetsu replenish you afterward..."
Black Zetsu's presence became more ominous, giving Danzo an uneasy feeling.
"Genjutsu: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Whoosh!
Danzo attempted to disrupt Black Zetsu's sensory perception, but the technique had no effect whatsoever.
With a speed far surpassing before, Black Zetsu burst through the lingering dust cloud and charged directly at Danzo.
Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang!
After several exchanges, Danzo quickly realized something was wrong. Black Zetsu's strength and speed had at least doubled, and the influence on his chakra was growing stronger.
Can he forcibly enhance his host's abilities to boost his own combat prowess?
While engaged in the fierce battle, Danzo suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
"When did—?!"
"Oh? You noticed?" Black Zetsu's attacks grew even fiercer.
"Wind Release: Chaotic Air Dance!"
Yet, instead of the expected turbulent gusts filling the battlefield, only a few weak breezes stirred.
Black Zetsu stepped back, smirking wickedly.
"Yin-Yang Release: Devouring Collapse!"
Four black orbs, which had been buried in the ground beforehand, emerged from the four corners of Training Ground No. 3, forming a barrier that sealed the entire area.
Through his Sharingan, Danzo could see that all surrounding chakra was being drained into the black spheres—even his own chakra was evaporating like mist, drawn into them against his will.
I need to find a way out...
"You won't be leaving." Black Zetsu's eerie voice cut through the air, as if reading Danzo's thoughts.
He launched himself at Danzo once more.
"Wind Release: Big Ball Rasengan!"
As the swirling chakra sphere formed in his hand, Danzo's brows furrowed. The same technique now required more than three times the usual chakra to maintain. Even worse, the Big Ball Rasengan was steadily diminishing in size.
Obito had been injured by this very technique earlier—this meant that Black Zetsu's Yin-Yang Release wasn't as invincible as Madara had later demonstrated.
From the earlier sealing techniques, it was also evident that chakra-based jutsu were not completely ineffective. As long as the attacks exceeded his absorption rate, they could still inflict damage.
Black Zetsu didn't evade. Instead, he lunged forward, pressing both hands against the swirling sphere of chakra.
The Big Ball Rasengan visibly shrank as its chakra was rapidly consumed.
"Super Big Ball Rasengan!"
Danzo roared, unleashing his chakra in a torrential surge without hesitation.
The Rasengan expanded rapidly, swallowing Black Zetsu's arm little by little until his entire body was engulfed in the glowing blue sphere.
To maximize the damage, Danzo sustained the Rasengan for a full six seconds, ensuring that the force of the technique remained constant.
Then, a hand suddenly extended from within the glowing sphere.
"Damn it...!"
Danzo quickly leapt back, landing firmly on the ground.
The moment he touched down, a streak of black matter shot up from beneath, piercing into his body from below.
His chakra instantly spiraled into chaos, and an excruciating pain surged through him, locking his muscles in place.
At that moment, Obito closed the distance in a flash.
Bzzzt!Bzzzt!
Blood splattered in two sharp arcs as two black rods, formed from Yin-Yang Release, impaled Danzo's shoulders, nailing him against the wooden surface behind him.
"Got you."
A dark, menacing face emerged from the shadows, whispering in Danzo's ear with a hoarse and chilling voice.
"Impossible... The spatial seal was broken?"
Danzo could feel his chakra in complete disarray, the black substance rampaging inside his body.
He never expected to be caught off guard like this.
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