From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 419 Wood Release Showdown: Let's Show Our Hands, Black Zetsu
Rumble, rumble—! ! !
A deafening roar tore the sky apart!
Wood chips, gravel, and dust swept outwards like a tsunami!
The dark green, serpentine giant logs and the spiraling, twisting siege spears were locked in a fierce struggle, squeezing, colliding, and tearing apart!
Each impact triggered a violent shockwave, further crushing the already dilapidated buildings into dust. The clash of Wood Release techniques lacked the explosive power of flames, yet it was filled with primal, savage, and devastating destructive force!
This is what Asuma saw when he returned to Konoha.

At this time, the gates of Konoha had been completely destroyed. Inside the gates, a large number of Konoha ninjas had gathered, including the Fourth Hokage Tsunade, the former Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, as well as the clan leaders of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans and a large number of ninjas.

Among these people were many Kage-level powerhouses, but they rarely intervened in the battle outside the gate. In fact, they had no desire to intervene at all. Apart from Tsunade, everyone's eyes seemed somewhat vacant.

Wood Release!
That's Wood Release!
The bloodline limit that Konoha had lost has now appeared on Orochimaru and another mysterious man.

This morning, this strange man appeared outside the gates of Konoha, muttering incomprehensible words. After being stopped, he attacked. When five ANBU Jonin appeared, he suddenly used Wood Release, attempting to force his way into Konoha. This immediately alerted the Jonin of Konoha. By the time the Fourth Hokage, Tsunade, arrived, he had already entered Konoha and was punched out of the village by Tsunade.

Then Orochimaru appeared and used Wood Release as well. The two fought fiercely outside the gates of Konoha.

"Wow! You can use Wood Release too?!" Tobi leaped and dodged flying chunks of wood atop the giant tree, his voice exaggerated and flippant. "This is getting more and more interesting! Where did you steal this power from?"

"Of course, it comes from you monsters." Orochimaru's figure appeared and disappeared among the wildly growing snake trees, his voice like the hiss of a venomous snake, "How could you, these flawed creations made by stealing the First Hokage's Wood Release power, possibly understand the true secrets of Wood Release!"

The tops of several of the thickest giant trees suddenly split open, revealing "giant mouths" filled with sharp teeth, from which jets of viscous, pungent, and foul-smelling purple venom gushed forth, pouring like waterfalls onto the area where A-Fei was! Wherever the venom passed, even the wooden stakes summoned by A-Fei emitted a "sizzling" corrosive sound!
"Ouch, so dirty!" Afei cried out, his body flashing repeatedly. The venom he dodged landed on the ground, corroding large, charred pits.

"Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, your 'Wood Release' is quite unique. Is this what they call art?" Tobi's voice carried a hint of inquiry. "However, it doesn't seem 'pure' enough."

He clasped his hands together, his chakra surging violently. The roof beneath his feet instantly cracked, and more giant trees burst forth from the ground, but this time they were no longer in attack form. They grew rapidly, coiling and intertwining to form a massive, cage-like structure, simultaneously releasing a powerful suction force!

"Wood Release: Tree Binding and Eternal Burial!"

The enormous wooden cage not only attempted to imprison Orochimaru, but a powerful force also began to frantically drain Orochimaru and the surrounding Snakewood Forest of chakra!

Orochimaru felt his own chakra and the chakra that maintained his Wood Release rapidly depleting, and the twisted snake trees visibly began to wither!
“Absorb chakra…!” Orochimaru licked his lips. “With just this, you can’t trap me.”

Having said that, he formed a hand seal, and a large number of trees twisted like snakes grew from his feet, breaking through the wooden cage. With a loud bang, the cage turned into pieces of broken wood, shrouded in smoke and dust.

The two faced off across the billowing smoke and the massive, broken tree debris.

"Hey, they're fighting!"

Seeing the two facing off, Asuma strolled over leisurely. "Orochimaru-senpai, you're no good. What kind of Wood Release is this? It's such a disgrace to Konoha."

Orochimaru's expression fell, and he glared fiercely at Asuma. "If you're so capable, then you do it!"

Having said that, he vanished in a flash.

"No!"

Asuma opened his mouth, speechless, watching Orochimaru walk away.

"You're Sarutobi Asuma? I've heard of you!"

After his opponent left, Tobi didn't give chase. Instead, he focused his attention on Asuma. After all, he had come to Konoha on a mission. Once he confirmed that someone in Konoha did indeed know Wood Release, his mission was complete. In fact, while he was fighting Orochimaru, a White Zetsu had already returned to report. Asuma glanced at him. "You came to Konoha to investigate the Rinnegan, didn't you?"

"Hmm?" The face behind the mask of the seemingly carefree Afei suddenly changed, and the next moment, he saw the Rinnegan open between Asuma's eyebrows.

He saw it, and all the Konoha ninjas saw it too.

"Go back and tell Black Zetsu that if he wants the Rinnegan, he should come to Konoha to find me."

Having said that, he raised his hand, and an invisible repulsive force erupted violently.

Shinra Tianzheng
boom! ! !
Centered on Asuma, everything in front of him was overturned...

When the smoke and dust subsided, the area in front of Asma was leveled, and everything on the ground disappeared. Even the ground itself sank two or three meters, forming a basin about three meters deep and one kilometer long.

After doing all this, Asuma closed the Sharingan between his eyebrows, and his expression returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Then, he turned his head, looked at the stunned and dumbfounded group of people from Konoha, and smiled, "So many people, it seems we have something to talk about!"

Having said that, he raised his hand, and a shadow clone appeared.

"Let him talk to you, I have other things to do."

Having said that, he vanished without a trace with a whoosh.

The shadow clone shrugged helplessly, "This is a long story..."

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Pure Land

Li Chengqian looked at the reflection of the scene in the water mirror and laughed.

Indeed, it's true that you should play dumb when you need to, and you should lay your cards on the table when you need to. Although Asuma hasn't fully digested the benefits he gained from Isshiki Otsutsuki, he only needs one Rinnegan to suppress everything in the ninja world.

With absolute strength, there's no need to play dumb or pretend to be weak to outsmart others. If someone with such strength still pretends to be weak to outsmart others, then they are truly a fool.

Moreover, from a standpoint perspective, before Kaguya appeared, he and Black Zetsu had no conflict, and even shared common interests. The only difference was that Black Zetsu wanted to save his mother, while he wanted to release Kaguya for the Ten-Tails to eat, to complete the ritual that was not completed a thousand years ago, and incidentally, to inherit all of Kaguya's legacy.

Therefore, before Kaguya was released, their interests were aligned. Once they reached an agreement, Madara Uchiha's existence would be superfluous.

He wouldn't mind wiping out Madara Uchiha; after all, he was going to die soon anyway.

(End of this chapter)