These victories caught the attention of the Four Devas—the last remnants of samurai leadership in the Land of Mountains—who personally put together an ambush to deal with the Uchiha and their comrades. While on route to Yamagakure to report their most recent string of successes, the Devas executed their plans; easily killing three of the five-man team almost immediately. Despite their prowess with the Sharingan, the Uchiha duo was unable to fight off the Kage-level samurai, and, while trying to protect Saburō from what was to be a killing blow, Sanji was fatally injured and died shortly thereafter.