Naruto: The Rise Of Uchiha

"Compound Ninjutsu. Earth Dragon Flame Style—"

The Third Hokage, who was thrown out, formed a seal and performed a compound ninjutsu.

The two ninjutsu, Earth Dragon Bullet and Fire Dragon Bullet, were combined. An earth dragon spewed out a stone bullet wrapped in flames and attacked Uchiha Fugaku who was chasing after him.

Bang—

Susanoo's giant hand slapped and easily shattered the stone bullet burning with flames.

As a compound ninjutsu, the power of this ninjutsu is very strong, but it's a pity that he was facing Susanoo, which is a kekkei genkai technique.

Swish—

Shattering the stone bullet burning with flames, Uchiha Fugaku released Susanoo and flashed close to the Third Hokage in an instant.

Now his attainments in the Body Flicker Technique are no slower than Uchiha Shisui.

The Third Hokage quickly swept the Adamantine Staff in his hand and attacked Uchiha Fugaku, but Uchiha Fugaku dodged by bending over.

While dodging the sweep of the Adamantine Staff, Uchiha Fugaku kicked the Third Hokage.

Bang—

The Third Hokage was kicked backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

Uchiha Fugaku caught up, Susanoo appeared again, and his giant hand slapped the Third Hokage who was lying on the ground.

"Adamantine Prison Wall—"

The Adamantine Staff split into dozens of pieces, and then formed a cage in an instant, protecting the Third Hokage inside.

Bang—

The Adamantine Cage collapsed, and the Adamantine Staff turned back into the Monkey King Enma. The demon ape spit out a mouthful of blood and turned into white smoke and disappeared.

The Third Hokage who was protected, even with the defense of the Adamantine Cage, was still injured and retreated with blood on the corners of his mouth.

"The strongest Hokage in history?"

Uchiha Fugaku had a contemptuous smile on his face.

He was injured after just a few moves with him. Is this the strongest Hokage in history?

It's just a joke. I really don't know where the Third Hokage got the nerve to put such a title on himself.

A hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Last time, he had no way to kill the Third Hokage because someone would have stopped him.

But this time, there was no one else here except the two of them.

Because he expected a fight, he had already asked the Uchiha clan to evacuate the people around the Hokage Building.

"Uchiha Fugaku..."

The Third Hokage roared at Uchiha Fugaku, with resentment in his voice.

The two previous fights had made him understand the huge gap in strength between him and Uchiha Fugaku.

He knew that he would probably be in danger today because he had already felt Uchiha Fugaku's murderous intention.

"Today, you will die with me!"

He made up his mind and said coldly.

"Dead Demon Consuming Seal—"

He formed a seal and performed the Shiki Fujin, a forbidden technique that would kill both of them. Even if he died, he would drag Uchiha Fugaku down with him.

"Everyone always likes to use forbidden techniques to die together with others."

Seeing the Third Hokage making hand seals, Uchiha Fugaku immediately understood that the Third Hokage was preparing to perform the Shiki Fujin. After all, the Shiki Fujin was listed in the Scroll of Seals.

He sneered in his heart, but did not stop it.

He was happy to see the Third Hokage perform the Shiki Fujin, a technique that kills both parties.

After all, the Third Hokage had been Hokage for decades. If he killed him outright, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the ninjas in the village, which would be detrimental to his takeover of Konoha.

But if the Third Hokage used a forbidden technique to commit suicide, then this dissatisfaction could be reduced.

It was not that he did not leave the Third Hokage a way to live, but that the Third Hokage himself was so desperate that he wanted to die.

As for whether he would be caught and dragged to death by the Third Hokage?

The Third Hokage could not even die together with Orochimaru, let alone with him.

Buzz——

The huge phantom of the Shinigami that only the Third Hokage could see appeared behind him.

He was wearing white garments and floated in the air like a ghost.

He had black horns like ox horns on his head, and his hair was very long like a lion's mane.

He held a dagger in his mouth, revealing a thin chest with visible ribs.

In front of the Shinigami, there was an entangled translucent body, which was the sacrificed soul of the Third Hokage himself.

"Uchiha Fugaku, die with me!"

The Third Hokage roared, and then the Shinigami behind him took action.

One of the hands passed through his back and came out from his chest, extending forward to grab Uchiha Fugaku.

This is a soul-based hand. Aside from the Rinnegan, even the Mangekyō Sharingan cannot see it.

In addition, this soul hand cannot be defended by conventional ninjutsu.

At this time, such a hand was grabbing Uchiha Fugaku, aiming for his soul.

This invisible hand was not visible at all, so Uchiha Fugaku naturally did not know how to dodge.

Puff—

This soul hand pierced through Uchiha Fugaku's body and grabbed his soul.

"Uchiha Fugaku, no matter how strong you are, you will never survive today!"

Seeing Uchiha Fugaku being caught, the Third Hokage laughed triumphantly.

Uchiha Fugaku's strength is indeed stronger than his, but so what—once caught by the hand of the Shinigami, death is certain.

Peng—

Suddenly, the captured Uchiha Fugaku turned into white smoke and disappeared.

This was not Uchiha Fugaku himself, but just his Shadow Clone.

With the Scroll of Seals in hand, Uchiha Fugaku's understanding of the forbidden technique Shiki Fujin was no less than the Third Hokage's, and he knew the attack from the Shinigami couldn't be seen.

So, he naturally didn't stay in place.

When he saw the Third Hokage using the Shiki Fujin, he immediately used a Shadow Clone to replace himself, and used the Mayfly Technique to retreat far away.

As far as he knew, the Third Hokage could no longer move after activating the Shiki Fujin, and the range of the Shinigami's hand was limited.

As long as he left the range, the Shiki Fujin would be useless.

"Shadow Clone..."

The Third Hokage's expression became dull. That was actually just Uchiha Fugaku's Shadow Clone.

He looked around, trying to find the real Uchiha Fugaku.

Snap, snap, snap!

With the sound of footsteps, Uchiha Fugaku came over. His face lit up, and he was about to attack Uchiha Fugaku with the Shinigami's hand.

But Uchiha Fugaku spoke.

"This is also my Shadow Clone. As for wanting to drag me to death with you, forget it. I know just as much about Shiki Fujin as you do."

"How do you know so much about... Shiki Fujin?"

The Third Hokage stared at Uchiha Fugaku's Shadow Clone with anger and unwillingness.

Uchiha Fugaku had already seen through his intention to use Shiki Fujin and dodged far away.

"This is not something you need to know."

Uchiha Fugaku's Shadow Clone chuckled.

Although he believed that with his current strength, even the Third Hokage might not be able to pull his soul out…

After all, the Third Hokage couldn't even extract Orochimaru's full soul and only managed to take his arms.

But he couldn't risk personally verifying whether the Third Hokage could succeed.

So after noticing the activation of the Shiki Fujin, he decisively retreated.

(End of this chapter)

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