Haruki didn't answer the Third Raikage's question.
But he didn't hesitate anymore.
Countless natural auras rapidly filled the entire world.
The Third Raikage's body stiffened instantly. In his perception, the surroundings were quiet, but this tranquility didn't belong to him.
He looked at Haruki's black eye makeup and the black circle between his eyebrows, and distant memories welled up in his mind.
Sage Mode.
Hashirama Senju, the God of the Shinobi World.
Damn it!
For some reason, he found it rather ridiculous at this moment.
No one knew the true face of a ninja comparable to Hashirama Senju before.
They just thought he was a harmless medical ninja.
If he had known Haruki's true strength, he might not have tried to sneak behind enemy lines to assassinate Tsunade.
But it was too late now.
The lightning on the Third Raikage's body became even more intense. His hair stood on end one by one, and he seemed to be wearing a blue armor.
Lightning Release: The Strongest Armor.
His face was calm as he slowly said, "I don't believe you're another Hashirama Senju."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
He clenched his fists, and black lightning flashed.
Two huge black panthers formed in the air, leaped, and disappeared at an incredibly high speed.
Haruki was a bit stunned.
"Going to spread the news?"
He didn't care. Even if they informed other ninjas from the Cloud Hidden Village to escape, how many could actually get away?
Even if there were a few lucky ones who managed to escape, it didn't matter.
He clapped his hands, and tree trunks rolled up from the ground. In an instant, a forest appeared.
Countless vines formed a group of snakes and pursued the Third Raikage relentlessly on his back.
But his speed was just too fast.
For a moment, they couldn't catch up with him.
"Coming straight at me?"
Haruki watched as the Third Raikage appeared in front of him. He raised his eyebrows slightly.
A long sword landed in his hand, and he immediately slashed at the Third Raikage.
In the green world, the long sword was extremely eye - catching.
A cracking sound suddenly rang out in the air.
The Third Raikage punched the sword blade.
There was a series of explosions.
His face turned a bit cold as he glanced at the sword mark on his fist.
Maybe Haruki was right. All those claims about the strongest shield and the strongest spear were lies.
Even though he had expected it, he still couldn't see any hope.
Now the only thing he could do was to stall for time, prevent Haruki from taking further action, and give A and the others a chance to escape.
The Third Raikage maintained a high speed in the forest. He didn't dare to be touched by the vines.
He raised his right fist high and charged at Haruki again.
The sound rang out once more.
Haruki parried his fist with his sword and then slashed out another time.
Sword Aura grew with the wind and instantly formed a mountain of swords in front of him.
The next moment, the transparent Chakra covering the mountain of swords began to shatter, and countless lights resembling the moon's glow appeared.
So the sky was filled with long swords.
One after another, they flew out rapidly.
Combined with the vines entangling everywhere, there was no place to hide, neither in the sky nor on the ground.
The Third Raikage showed an expression of disbelief at first sight.
He probably wouldn't last long.
The lightning surged out again, even more terrifying and massive than before.
It seemed as if every last bit of the Chakra in his body had been transformed into thunderlight without any reservation.
Haruki shook his head slightly. The aura around him was like a blazing flame, surging into the ground wave upon wave.
Third Raikage keenly sensed a dangerous aura.
A huge red flower bud appeared on all the trees beneath his feet.
As they bloomed, a slight haze clouded his mind.
In such a situation, a moment's distraction could be deadly.
Vines coiled around his body, and then a rain of swords came crashing down.
When the swords first struck, they only left white marks on his skin, failing to penetrate his defense.
Lightning Release: The Strongest Armor, though not truly the most powerful, boasted the highest defensive power in the ninja world.
The sword aura grew increasingly sharp and menacing.
Deafening noises reverberated from Third Raikage's body.
His white shirt was instantly slit open, revealing his well - defined and muscular physique.
However, even though he managed to fend off the rain of swords, a sinking feeling grew in his heart.
With his body entangled by the vines and having to fully confront the endless sword glows, he had no energy left to make an escape.
Moreover, he had just inhaled some pollen, and a numbing sensation began to spread throughout his body.
He clearly felt his body becoming increasingly heavy and his internal Chakra gradually depleting.
In the original story, he was able to fight against ten thousand Iwagakure ninjas for three whole days and nights.
But when facing Haruki, he couldn't hold out for long.
The intense pain gradually intensified.
Haruki's sword aura was both magnificent and abundant.
Under his control, it began to attack indiscriminately, and even the vines suffered the consequences.
Third Raikage's Lightning Release: The Strongest Armor finally gave way.
In an instant, his body was like being rammed by a stampede of wild bulls, shaking violently numerous times in a flash.
Blood spurted out violently.
His body fell downward and was then ensnared by the newly - formed vines.
Haruki stepped up in front of him.
Third Raikage's body was riddled with sword holes.
All of his internal organs were completely devastated.
There was no hope of saving him.
He looked at Haruki, his mouth opening wordlessly, and then his eyes slowly closed.
Haruki snapped his fingers, and the vines began to greedily absorb his body.
The forest was the perfect place to dispose of a corpse.
Third Raikage disappeared completely and utterly.
Not even Impure World Reincarnation could summon him back.
Haruki turned his gaze towards the tower.
The fight there ended even more quickly than his own.
No, it couldn't even be called a fight; it was just B and Yugito making a one - sided escape.
He used the Flying Thunder God Technique to dash towards the tower.
By now, the tower had been reduced to a pile of ruins.
A huge blue cat was being pressed firmly to the ground, unable to move an inch.
The astonishing weight created a deep crater in the ground.
Haruki glanced at Matatabi, the Two - Tails, with the wooden dragon and the seal on it, and couldn't help but let out a smile.
No wonder it didn't even have a chance to move.
Only the Eight - Tails was missing.
However, he wasn't overly surprised.
If the Eight - Tails really wanted to escape, it would be extremely difficult to stop it.
"Haruki."
Tsunade noticed his arrival. Her eyes lit up, and she used the Shifting Body Technique to appear in front of him, immediately applying the Mystical Palm Technique to his chest.
After confirming that he had no injuries, she said regretfully, "We couldn't catch B."
"It's normal."
Haruki took her hand and said, "If I got any injuries, I'd have healed myself already."
"Forgot about that."
Tsunade stuck out her tongue. She seemed to be in a good mood.
Probably because they had gotten through this crisis.
Although it didn't seem like much of a crisis to Haruki, she still worried.
Tsunade then looked at the Two - Tails and asked, "What should we do with Yugito?"
Haruki pondered slightly.
Yugito wasn't a bad person in the original story.
But unfortunately, she was an enemy, and it would be hard to reach a reconciliation.
No, wait.
Haruki suddenly thought of Kurama.
It was hard to reconcile with Yugito, but what about Matatabi, the Two - Tails?
Anyway, even if they killed Yugito, they still needed Matatabi to submit.
It'd be better to hand her over to Kurama first.
Haruki was confident that Matatabi would understand.
If Yugito wanted to die then, they could send her off.
"Seal her Chakra and throw her to Kurama. Let Kurama have a good talk with Matatabi."