Staying in the trees overlooking the village, Itachi could see the arrival of the Black Demon mercenary group. Suffice to say, they were not very subtle in their approach to the village.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA.... Alright men, you know what to do. Gather all the women and children and kill the men. When you find that little beauty, make sure you give her to me. I'll enjoy her first and after I've had enough of her then you can enjoy her as well." Said the voice booming across the village with extreme malevolence.

Watching the only entrance to the village, Itachi could see a hundred men approaching, all with vicious smiles on their faces. After they set foot in the village, they immediately went to work gathering the villagers. They spread out across the entire village going to the houses in order to get the villagers, but just before they could touch the doors they suddenly lost all control in their bodies.

"WHAT IS THIS!!! Why can't I move my body?!?!"

"SOMEONE?! HELP!!! I CAN'T MOVE?!"

"CAPTAIN!! EVERYONE!! RETREAT!!"

And just like that screams were heard throughout the village of the mercenaries losing control of their bodies and begging for either help or a retreat, but it was already too late. After the bodies of the entire mercenary group had been hijacked, Itachi moved them back to the village entrance but not before stitching everyone's, except the captain's, mouths shut to stop them screaming. There at the village entrance was Itachi awaiting them with his three disguised clones, suffice to say the look of pure rage in the captain was so great it was a wonder his eyes didn't pop out.

"BLACK CLAW, BLACK FOX, BLACK DRAGON!! YOU FILTHY TRAITORS!! HOW DARE YOU BETRAY ME?!" screamed the captain, Black Demon, at the three mercenary look-a-likes.

"Let me answer that question for you." Said Itachi as he snapped his fingers causing the three mercenaries to pop into smoke. After the smoke dissipates, three more Itachi clones are revealed, causing the captain and the rest of the mercenary group to look in absolute bewilderment.

"You see; they were never your comrades to begin with. The real ones are dead and I sent these clones disguised as them to lure you and your entire group to this village so that I could capture you all in one fell swoop. And would you look at that. You all fell for it hook, line and sinker." Said Itachi with a sly grin that scared them all. Except for the captain, who was only getting angrier.

"BOY!! You better let us go, right now!! I must admit this is a nice trick, but ultimately pointless. If you let us go right now and kowtow hundred times, I might consider letting you join my group and I won't cripple you for the rest of your life!!" Said Black Demon, confident that he was strong enough to get himself out of here and still get those children to sell them of and take the women as his s.e.x slaves.

"Ohh really?! You think that you're strong enough to threaten me! Well, here is my answer." Said Itachi as he immediately unleased his full power, scaring the entire group and the captain into submission. Seeing the danger that he and his group are facing, Black Demon tried to say something. But before he ever could his mouth was stitched closed.

"Don't bother talking to me. You were all dead the moment you decided to come here." Said Itachi.

And so they started walking away from the village and deep into the forest. After walking for a few hours they reached a clearing in the forest. Looking over to his clones, he gives them their orders.

"Alright you three, start digging the hole. I'll keep an eye on these guys." Said Itachi after which his clones activated their Susanoo's and started digging the hole. Looking over to the mercenary group, it was visible from the defeated looks in their eyes and the crying that they knew what was going to happen.

"This is your punishment. I know what you and your mercenary group have been doing all these years. For many years you have kidnapped children from families that couldn't defend themselves against you and sold them off to those evil sects that use their vital yin and yang as their cultivation method. During all those years you have made so much money dooming those poor children to a fate worse than death. And what did you do with all that money? Help out your family waiting for at home? Of course not. You wouldn't allow any member to have a family, because that would endanger their loyalty to the group and you demanded absolute loyalty from your mercenaries. So instead you and your mercenaries would spend all that money on booze and buying expensive whores until all the money ran out and then you would start the process all over again. And now, karma has finally caught up to you. May God have mercy upon your souls, for I have none!!" said Itachi as he guided them all into the hole that had been dug.

After positioning all of the mercenaries in the hole Itachi, who was in their middle, pointed the palm of his hand upwards and shoots an immense amount of strings, concentrated into a beam, high up in the air before it fans out and comes down to surround the entire mercenary group like a cage. After the birdcage has been deployed, Itachi released his hold on the mercenaries. In their desperation to escape, the mercenaries ran with all their might towards the bars thinking they could just run through those strings, only to end up on the other side of the bars sliced in pieces. The mercenaries behind them immediately stopped and took out their weapons to destroy the bars, only for it to end up in failure as their weapons were cut in pieces the moment they touched the bars. Seeing as how they won't get out of this cage so easily, the mercenaries looked at Itachi with great vengeance in their eyes.

"That bastard has left himself wide open. GET HIM!! Once we get him we can get out of this deathtrap." Screamed Black Demon who clearly forgot that Itachi was much stronger then all of them.

And like that all the mercenaries rush at Itachi, desperate to get out and slash at him. Just as they were glad that Itachi still left himself wide open and didn't offer any resistance, their hopes were smashed to pieces as their swords passed right though Itachi without hurting him at all. And then the cage started shrinking, forcing the mercenaries ever closer together to avoid the strings of death while still desperately trying to kill or grab Itachi to no avail. And like that the mercenaries were screaming in desperation at seeing their deaths approach while the key to their freedom was right next to them but unattainable. A few minutes later the cage was closed and all the mercenaries were dead. Walking out of the hole and in the direction of the village, Itachi gives the clones one last order.

"Alright boys, fill up this hole and disperse. Good work on luring them all here." Said Itachi as he walked away towards the village. A few hours later he arrived at the village that was still completely silent.

"Alright everyone, you can come out now!! They are all gone!!" yelled Itachi to which the villagers started pouring out of their houses and surrounded Itachi to give him their gratitude. Making his way through the crowd of people was Feng Baichuan who was making his way to Itachi.

"Thank you!! Thank you so very much!! How can we ever repay you for this favor. Come let me bring you to the Phoenix Trial Grounds. That is the least I could for you." Said Feng Baichuan with tears in his eyes. Looking at him, one could see that his face was filled with gratitude that no words could describe.

"Wait wait wait wait wait. Why should we hurry to go to the Phoenix Trial? Tomorrow is another day, I can go then. Today let us have a feast to celebrate." Said Itachi as he summoned his 9 clones and brought out the corpse of the Emperor Dragon he had slain back at the Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range.

"Well I hope you're all hungry, cause there's enough meat here for everyone so don't worry about not eating your fill." Said Itachi as he and his clones brought out tables, a barbeque and barbeque toolset, kegs of juices and sodas, bread, vegetables, sauces and big ass knives to cut up the dragon meat.

And so they started setting up the feast. One Itachi clone would set up a table with the juice and soda kegs and hand out juices like: orange juice, gr.a.p.e juice, apple juice, tropical fruit, cola, 7-up, Fanta etc.

2 clones would be cutting the dragon meat in pieces, 3 others would man the barbeques and grill the meat while another 2 would man two tables and make burgers from the grilled dragon meat. And the other 2 Itachi's would make sure that order was kept and people didn't cut the line or that no fights would happen.

And like that the feast began. The people would all crowd around the barbeque tables, drooling at the scent of the grilled meat. Order was kept as the villagers listened to the instructions given to them. The children especially would crowd around the juice and soda table to get another cup of juice that they had never drank before in their lives. The a.d.u.l.ts would mainly crowd around the barbeque table just waiting and watching how the burgers, the most delicious thing they had ever eaten, would be made. Every time they ate a burgers and washed it away with some juice or soda they would be right back in line for more.

At the end of the day, everyone had eaten at least twenty burgers and drank at least ? a gallon of juice. Looking around the village, everyone was sitting on the ground unable to stand up anymore after eating to the point of near bursting. Feng Baichuan, who was sitting near the tables and letting out an occasional burp, was thanking Itachi again for everything he had done for him and his people.

"Thank you... [burp]. Thank you so very much. First you save us from certain disaster and now you have given us more food than we had ever had. And lastly it was the most delicious food I have ever eaten. I would love to let you in to the Phoenix Trial, but I'm simply unable to move. I think I, and the rest of the village, need at least two days before I can get back on my feet again. So I hope you don't mind waiting for me. [burp]" said Feng Baichuan while he was rubbing his overfull belly.

Itachi who was cleaning up after the feast, after repeatedly denying help from the villagers and telling them to just continue to enjoy food, was looking around the village with a smile on his face before answering Feng Baichuan.

"Sure, I can wait. That Phoenix Trial ground is not gonna run away any time soon so I can wait. I just hope you have enjoyed the food." Said Itachi

"This was without a shadow of a doubt the most delicious food I have ever eaten in my life. I am pretty sure you have ruined any other food for me for the rest my of life." Said Feng Baichuan.

"Well glad to be of service. I think I'm gonna go to bed early. Don't bother getting up, I'll find my way." Said Itachi to which Feng Baichuan answered with pointing in the direction of his house. As he was walking towards his house, he was looking around and seeing people just lie on the ground, some were even sleeping, with blissful expressions on their faces.

'These people have been through enough shit already. This was the least that I could do for them.' Thought Itachi to himself.

"So Jasmine, how have you been doing this entire time." Said Itachi

"I am... [burp] doing good. Doing really good. It's like that guy said. I am not gonna get of this bed for the next two days at least. [burp]" said Jasmine as she was lying on the bed after eating way too much hamburgers.

"And how are you doing Articuno?" said Itachi

"[burp]"

"Fantastic, good to hear you're doing great as well." said Itachi.

As Itachi woke up the next day the first thing he did was access the system in preparation for the Phoenix Trial.

'If I remember correctly from the story. The Phoenix Trial had three parts: the purgatory flame demon, the arrows of the Phoenix and the test of character. The purgatory flame demon consisted of fighting a giant magma monster in a volcano, the arrows of the Phoenix consisted of dodging thousands of arrows and that test of character. Well seeing as how this is a fire based trial, water style jutsu's would come in handy.' Thought Itachi to himself.

[ 'System, I want you to buy the following jutsu's: Lightning style: Kirin, Lightning style: Chidori, the rasengan and Wind style: Rasenshuriken, Water style: Exploding water shock wave, Water style: Thousand hungry sharks, Water style: Super shark bomb and lastly the water clone jutsu. And get me the Orange Charred ring from Dark Souls and the Universal Energy Immunity Ring from D&D.']

DING* [ "Affirmative, the total price for all jutsu's 400,000 system credits. But because host does not have the lightning elemental affinity, he must first buy the elemental affinity or extract said affinity from one of the Evil God's seeds. Buying elemental affinity costs 500,000 system credits. The cost for the rings are 100,000 system credits in total. This will bring the total cost at 1,000,000 system credits.

Warning: If host extract the elemental affinity from one of the Evil God's seed, be warned that only elemental affinity is extracted and not the immunity. The rings have a durability that wears down the more the rings are used in combat. Once durability has hit 0 the rings will break and host must buy them again for the same price. Host is able to repair these rings at a price of 1000 system credits each or buy a repair kit for 100,000 system credits."]

[ 'Alright system, buy all of it and install it.']

DING* ["Affirmative"]

Itachi, who was on the bed in a lotus position, started to feel the information about the jutsu's rush into his head giving him a splitting headache. At the same time, he felt a tingling sensation run through every fiber of body. From his skin and hair all the way down to his veins and bones. After 15 minutes it was all done and Itachi got up from his bed and out the door. Walking to the same spot where he left Feng Baichuan yesterday, he could see him sleeping peacefully on the ground. Looking around he saw basically the whole village lying on the ground asleep.

'Huh... He wasn't kidding when he said that he probably wouldn't move from this spot for 2 days. Anyways, it's time for me to get me some of that Phoenix blood' thought Itachi to himself as he shook Feng Baichuan awake.

"Huh.. wha-what. Where am I?....Ohh right, fell asleep on the ground after eating way too much." Said Feng Baichuan to himself as he looked up to who woke him up to see Itachi.

"Ahh... Junior Itachi! Guess it's time for you to go to the Phoenix Trial Grounds. Let's go, follow me."