Naruto: Granny Tsunade, you've found a way?
Tsunade: I'm not sure it'll work… Ay, Chiyo, Ōnoki, Mei—have any of you heard the term "Phantom Beast Overlord Fist" from your phantom beasts?
Mei: I heard about it from the Phantom Beast Water Serpent. It's said to be a supreme technique unleashed when the power of all five of our phantom beasts is combined.
Ay: Apparently, this move is far stronger than any of our individual Phantom Beast Fists.
Ōnoki: Tsunade, are you thinking of using that against the Sea Serpent and the Earth Dragon?
Tsunade: I want to target the Sea Serpent first. I was thinking about what we saw on the screen earlier. The Sea Serpent creates its body by controlling the ocean. In other words, its so-called immortality only applies to its physical form. Its core, or real body, might be different.
Tsunade: If we can aim directly at its true body, we might be able to destroy it.
Jiraiya: You think that's possible?
Tsunade: It's just a theory. We won't know until we try. The real question is—do you all have the guts to go through with it?
Ōnoki: If we don't go, we die anyway. I'm in!
Ay: Hah! If even you old fossil are going, how could I possibly back down?!
Mei: We have no choice. The Land of Water depends on the sea. We can't allow a creature like that to exist.
Chiyo: I'm old. If I can still do something for the younger generation, I will.
Orochimaru: Such spirit… you're making even me hope you succeed.
Mei: Orochimaru, the Sea Serpent mentioned your C-virus earlier! Maybe it attacked because you spread the virus in the ocean. You might be the root cause of all this!
Orochimaru: Hey now, don't blame everything on me! Even if I hadn't released the virus, that creature still would've wanted to destroy humanity.
Jiraiya: Forget arguing with this guy. Let's move! I'm coming too!
Having made their decision, Tsunade, Ay, Mei, Ōnoki, Chiyo, and Jiraiya all departed, heading toward the battlefield where the Earth Dragon and Sea Serpent were still locked in fierce combat.
No one knew what fate awaited them.
The Earth Dragon and Sea Serpent's battle raged on—an earth-shattering clash.
Sky, land, and sea were all shaken by their confrontation.
Everything around them trembled violently.
Reality itself appeared distorted.
Any living being that dared to get close would surely be reduced to fragments.
The Sea Serpent, filled with rage, controlled massive waves through its vibrations to stabilize its form and strike the Earth Dragon.
The Earth Dragon constantly weaved and evaded, dodging the Sea Serpent's relentless attacks.
Despite their massive size, both monsters moved with astonishing agility, completely unhindered by their bulk.
It was a clash where neither could gain the upper hand.
Torrential tsunamis surged toward the Earth Dragon, only to be neutralized by its powerful vibrations before reaching their target.
The Earth Dragon twisted its body, physically tearing apart the Sea Serpent's water-made body.
But the Sea Serpent regenerated instantly, reforming its body with seamless speed through shockwave control.
Their prolonged battle had turned the land into a literal hellscape.
The terrain was riddled with cracks, craters, and collapses.
Large swaths of land had sunk beneath seawater.
Most inhabitants of the disaster zone had already perished.
The area was a sea of corpses.
From the sky, Jiraiya and the others, flying with phantom beast-enhanced speed, gazed down at the devastation.
Even as seasoned warriors who'd seen countless battlefields, their hearts ached at the scale of destruction.
This disaster far surpassed the horrors of any war they had witnessed.
As they neared the battlefield, the titanic figures of the Sea Serpent and Earth Dragon loomed clearer and larger.
An unshakable fear rose in each of them.
It almost made them want to turn back.
By now, the battle was reaching its climax.
The Earth Dragon's overwhelming vibrations were gradually unraveling the Sea Serpent's shockwaves.
As a result, the Sea Serpent could no longer control tsunamis—and even its own body was beginning to collapse.
Its massive oceanic form was crumbling, and its size was rapidly diminishing.
Tsunade: Attack from this distance! Now's our chance!
Ay: Give it everything you've got! No holding back!
As he spoke, the phantom beast mark on Ay's body glowed brilliantly, and lightning enveloped him.
Ōnoki: Who would hold back at a time like this?! This is our only hope!
They activated their Phantom Beast Fist techniques, pouring out all their power.
To draw out even greater strength, they prayed to their contracted phantom beasts for aid.
Then, the six of them placed their hands together, focusing and compressing their power into a single point.
They channeled every ounce of control and precision, fearful that a moment's leakage would weaken the final blow.
A fearsome, multicolored energy sphere—radiating dazzling rainbow light—began to form in their hands.
It swelled until it dwarfed the six of them.
Within it surged a terrifying power.
All six shouted in unison:
"Phantom Beast Overlord Fist!"
They had pushed the Phantom Beast Fist to its absolute limit. Drawing any more power would've caused their bodies to collapse.
The rainbow-colored sphere transformed into a colossal multicolored beam and blasted toward the Sea Serpent.
By now, the Sea Serpent had shrunk to less than a third of its original size.
Its shockwave defense had weakened.
The beam pierced through its body without resistance.
"Hm?"
The Earth Dragon noticed the sudden appearance of the rainbow beam and glanced toward its source.
BOOOOM!!!
In the next instant, an explosion of radiant, sun-like brilliance erupted.
It illuminated the entire landscape.
A terrifying shockwave exploded outward like a cyclone, spreading across a span of ten kilometers.
The sea was punched open, leaving a massive void.
Jiraiya: Did it work?!
He gasped for breath, his pale face threatening collapse mid-air.
Tsunade: I don't know...
She was drenched in sweat, panting heavily.
Then, a deep voice rumbled—
"You really thought that would destroy the Sea Serpent? How naive."
The Earth Dragon drifted closer to them.
Seeing it approach, all six instinctively trembled with fear.
In front of the Earth Dragon, they weren't even ants.
Floating calmly before them, the Earth Dragon stared down at their tiny figures.
"Your reasoning was sound—assuming the Sea Serpent forms its body by controlling the ocean, and that it must have a core body."
"But unfortunately, its true form is indestructible so long as water exists."
"As long as it remains in the ocean, it cannot be killed."
(End of Chapter)
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