A trench, a full five or six meters long, now stretched between Onoki and Kusuo, as if a straight sword had cut through, carrying a cold sharpness that could shave away everything. Kusuo slowly turned his back, a straight line also drawn at his feet.
Just now, Kusuo's casual slash had annihilated the rock monster arm technique that the two elite jonin had used to ambush him. But immediately following that, the soaring pillar of Dust Release... he couldn't dodge it. Therefore, Kusuo had no choice but to use the Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash to escape this certain-kill technique.
"Brat from Konoha, prepare to die," Onoki said, floating arrogantly in the sky, looking down on Kusuo, his eyes brimming with killing intent.
This war... it no longer mattered whether the Hidden Stone won or lost. They had lost numerous elite jonin, many ordinary jonin and standouts among them, including the Lava Style user. Add to that the thousands of chunin and genin who had been annihilated one battlefield after another by Kusuo. They, the Hidden Stone, had already suffered heavy losses.
And it was all because of him. Hatake Kusuo.
"Die!" Onoki's eyes spat fire, and he shouted through gritted teeth. He held out a transparent, square block in his palms. It looked extremely exquisite, but the fluctuations within were enough to make any powerhouse's scalp tingle.
Dust Release. It disintegrated everything.
BOOM!!!
A strike filled with hatred. Carrying an unstoppable momentum and an incomparable danger, it once again extended into a conical sharp sword.
After seeing the Third Tsuchikage's Dust Release, Kusuo's eyes remained serious, but he was not as grave as before. On the contrary, he even had a calm expression on his face, watching the heaven-cleaving strike come at him without a ripple.
"Thunder Breathing, Third Form! Swarm of Mosquitoes Become Thunder!"
VMM! VMM!
SIZZLE! SIZZLE!
The roar of thunder and the crackle of electricity formed a symphony, circling around Kusuo's body in a crescent shape. The black and gold lightning formed a thunder shield, firmly protecting his entire body. The earth beneath his feet began to roll up in a spiral, bringing up large amounts of damp, black soil. It should be known, this was the Land of Earth. The environment was no better than the Land of Wind. To be able to bring up the damp black soil from deep underground... one could imagine just how strong the penetration of the lightning was.
And... "Go!" Kusuo let out a light shout. The lightning on his sword, which had been gathering momentum, rushed out, brazenly crashing into that transparent Dust Release sharp sword.
The process of the lightning rampaging... it distorted the fluctuations of the air itself. People looking at Kusuo's face through the barrier of the Swarm of Mosquitoes Become Thunder even saw a kind of strange blurring.
There was no world-shaking sound as expected. Nor was there any earth-changing explosive power. The moment the disintegrating power of Dust Release and the penetrating power of Thunder Breathing clashed head-on... it was like ice and snow melting. The transparent light pillar was directly fixed at a certain node, then evenly dissipated, until it turned into specks of light that scattered in the air.
But that fluctuation... and the light that shot into the clouds... it uncontrollably pierced through the heavens, shattering the clouds in the sky. The entire sky was enveloped in a broad daylight. It was as if an eternal star had reached the end of its life, the final flash before collapsing into a black hole, shaking the entire world.
At this moment, it wasn't just the Hidden Stone and Konoha on both ends of the battlefield who could see it. Even Tsunade, who was still rushing on her way, was shocked by the sight.
"That stinking brat... what did he go through?"
"How can there be such a dazzling light?"
Tsunade's heart began to beat violently. This isn't the brat's sword glint, I recognize it. Could it be...?
BOOM! She slammed a fist on the ground, as if in frustration.
Swoosh! Her speed became even faster.
The white light finally dissipated, turning into starlight that dotted the sky. The electric snakes on Kusuo's body dispersed, only the golden blade of his sword still had arcs of lightning dancing on it.
Onoki... his body was still flying in the air. But the hate, the anger on his face... had all disappeared.
"I've lived for half a lifetime... Dust Release can still be... be neutralized?"
"How is that possible?!"
Onoki's entire cognition was about to shatter. The Dust Release Kekkei Tōta had been developed and glorified by his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage, Mu. It had single-handedly lifted the Hidden Stone Village, whose environment was similar to the Land of Wind's, to its position today. Besides them using it to instantly disintegrate an enemy's weapons and ninjutsu, when had another's ninjutsu ever melted their Dust Release?
It was like an unbreakable diamond drill being cut by another object today. This strong contrast and shock left Onoki completely speechless.
If the Third Tsuchikage was like this, the Hidden Stone ninja below were in an even greater state of turmoil, their hearts trembling as if in a magnitude-nine earthquake.
Dust Release... Lord Tsuchikage's Dust Release... was broken by someone?
"`ˇImpossible!"
"This must be an illusion!"
"How can Lord Third's Dust Release be cut down by a single sword slash?"
"I don't believe it!"
Even more so, some Hidden Stone ninja helplessly dropped their weapons, staying on the spot as if they had accepted their fate.
"The Tsuchikage!"
"That was the Tsuchikage's Dust Release! It was cut away by Lord Kusuo with one slash!"
The people of Konoha also had their eyes wide open, their faces filled with an unstoppable ecstasy. Kusuo had already brought them enough shock. But the brilliant light from just now still made their hearts tremble wildly again.
That was the Tsuchikage! The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, who had been in charge of the Hidden Stone Village for decades, whose Dust Release Kekkei Tōta was renowned throughout the entire ninja world. Once upon a time, in the Third Great War, Konoha, faced with such a powerful existence, even with the Yellow Flash, even with the "Strongest Hokage" Hiruzen Sarutobi in his prime, had still been beaten to the point where their army had invaded the Land of Fire, killing a large number of Konoha's comrades.
And now... Lord Kusuo had actually shaved off the Tsuchikage's Dust Release with just one slash. What kind of power was this?
Others didn't know, but the ninja of Konoha knew very well in their hearts. This kind of sword aura from Lord Kusuo... he could swing it countless times. At least for now, no one could make him exhausted.
Gradually, both sides stared at the two figures, one in the air, one on the ground, even forgetting to breathe, deeply afraid that their careless movements would disturb the clash between the two peak powerhouses of the current world.
"Hah!" Onoki had lived for a long time. The shock in his heart was already hidden, at least on the surface. He was the Tsuchikage, the pillar, the spiritual leader. He could not fall.
At the same time, a deep apprehension filled his wrinkled face. This little brat from Konoha... was too monstrous. He must not be left alive. No matter what the outcome of this battle, he had to unite with the Mizukage and the Raikage to act together. Even if the entire ninja world laughed at them, he had to completely suppress and kill this child.
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