"Water Release, Great Waterfall Technique."
Under the control of the Third Mizukage, raging floodwaters fiercely crashed toward Ryun's position.
The half body skeletal Susanoo was soon mercilessly submerged by the great flood. But when the waters receded and the black flames surfaced once more, the original skeletal frame had quietly been clad in armor of flesh and blood.
"Dammit, what kind of monstrous move is this again!!!"
The Third Mizukage looked on in shock and anger at the black armored deity that had withstood his A rank ninjutsu.
"This is... the second form of Susanoo."
The Third Tsuchikage, seeing this, could not help but cry out in astonishment. The next moment, he directly abandoned the Fourth Raikage before him and flew straight up into the air.
"Abandoning your own speed and agility, activating this state means you shouldn't be able to dodge my attacks anymore..."
The Third Tsuchikage muttered to himself, his hands even taking the stance for Dust Release.
Gathering Dust Release required a certain amount of time. The reason he had hesitated to use this move before was precisely because he wasn't confident he could hit Uchiha Ryun.
Now it was good. Uchiha Ryun was using a powerful dojutsu like Susanoo, his own mobility would correspondingly be greatly reduced, and his own Kekkei Tota naturally would have its use.
The defense of Susanoo couldn't block his Kekkei Tota. As long as he could hit Uchiha Ryun, the Third Tsuchikage was confident he could end this great battle.
That short figure in the air could not escape Ryun's perception. Just as the Third Tsuchikage was concentrating on gathering his ninjutsu, the great sword in the hand of the Susanoo deity had also quietly finished forming.
This was the divine tool, the Ame no Murakumo Sword.
"Dust Release, Detachment of the Primitive World Technique."
As the ninjutsu in the Third Tsuchikage's hands completed, a straight, dazzling white light shot directly toward the Susanoo, to be more precise, toward Uchiha Ryun inside the black armor.
But before the attack could hit its target, everyone saw the Susanoo deity raise its long sword and fiercely slash at the Dust Release white light speeding toward it.
Boom!
The direct collision between the two instantly caused an extremely violent explosion. The terrifying shockwave subsequently enveloped all the present combatants.
After the scorching, blinding explosion passed, within the pitted and cratered giant hole, that soul stirring black armored deity still stood tall, and it appeared completely unharmed.
"Da... dammit! How can it be this strong!!!"
Seeing his proudest attack directly blown apart head on, the Third Tsuchikage's old face instantly turned pale.
It wasn't just him. The other three Kage also felt varying degrees of powerlessness in their hearts.
"You've all used your moves. Now it should be my turn to attack..."
Ryun's eyes blazed with intense red light. As a trail of bloody tears streamed down, the size of the Susanoo actually increased by several more feet, and its form underwent another change.
This was the third stage, the Crow Tengu armor form, the so called mature body Susanoo.
With the appearance of the mature body Susanoo, the originally somewhat illusory peerless divine weapon also clearly solidified further.
"All who can fight, come here!"
Seeing that Uchiha Ryun was about to get serious, the Third Tsuchikage hurriedly called for the previous helpers to come assist.
Apart from Hatake Sakumo and Yamanaka Iun who had left, they still had four elite jonin on their side, which could be considered a powerful force not to be ignored.
They had been through a great battle earlier, so by now they should have rested enough and should be able to fight again.
Ryun ignored the four coming to support. The Ame no Murakumo Sword in the Susanoo's hand was poised and ready. His gaze then fell upon the weakest Kage level present.
The moment the Fourth Raikage was locked by the gaze of death, all the hairs on his body stood on end. An extremely intense feeling of terror and crisis arose in his heart.
The next moment, without even thinking, he directly used Lightning Release, Body Flicker Technique. His entire focus fell upon that giant long sword.
The swirling, evil eye was staring fixedly at the Fourth Raikage. Ryun was like an old cat toying with a mouse, completely unmoved as the Fourth Raikage continuously flickered and moved.
At a certain critical moment, the Ame no Murakumo Sword in the Susanoo's hand swept out instantaneously. A huge white sword energy was generated in the blink of an eye, then precisely locked onto its target.
The Sharingan possessed a certain predictive ability. The Fourth Raikage's extreme speed was just so so in Ryun's Mangekyo Sharingan.
Just as everyone thought the Fourth Raikage was done for at this critical juncture, the Third Mizukage was the first to curse loudly.
"Baka!!!"
He saw that beast the Fourth Raikage coming toward his position. That terrifying white ribbon of energy was also sweeping toward him.
"Water Release, Water Barrier."
The Third Mizukage didn't have time to run now. So he could only brace himself and use a defensive ninjutsu.
Fortunately, there was a Kirigakure jonin beside him, and it was his guard. The moment he used his ninjutsu, that guard named Yoru immediately cooperated by performing an Ice Release secret technique.
"Ice Release, Absolute Freeze."
In the blink of an eye, the multiple Water Barriers erected by the Third Mizukage immediately turned into ice barriers as hard as steel.
The very moment their defensive ninjutsu took form, the white sword energy ribbon arrived right before them.
Whoosh!
The layers of ice barriers created through their coordinated efforts were instantly sliced into upper and lower halves by the white ribbon. The two people behind them were also instantly torn apart by this shocking sword energy.
Thus, the Third Mizukage became the first Kage to fall in this battle.
The young Fourth Raikage had very good luck. With the Third Mizukage blocking like that, the flight path of the sword energy was consequently altered slightly.
The Fourth Raikage, running at high speed, was only grazed by a tiny bit of the sword energy, but that terrifying force sent him flying far away.
"Because of the obstruction of the multiple ice walls, plus the smoothness of the ice surface itself, the sword energy's trajectory was deflected... That Fourth Raikage grandson... his luck is really quite good..."
Ryun could not help but sigh with emotion.
His single sword strike almost managed to kill two Kage simultaneously. It was just the Fourth Raikage's good luck that allowed him to narrowly escape death.
Actually, the Fourth Raikage didn't intentionally use the Third Mizukage as a shield. The reason he ran toward the Mizukage's position was because A was truly panicked...
There were so many people around, the attack range of the sword energy ribbon was so large, and the Fourth Raikage was running so fast... Accidentally getting one or two people killed was completely normal...
Whoosh!
The white sword energy ribbon, carrying an unstoppable force, swept through and cut down countless towering trees. Finally, under the horrified and despairing gazes of everyone, it cleaved through a large mountain.
This kind of terrifying power capable of altering the landscape instantly made everyone present feel fear and dread. The Third Kazekage was the first to signal his two elite jonin to escape first.
However, ninja are traditionally loyal. The two jonin did not immediately abandon their Kage and flee for their lives.
Witnessing this scene, the Third Tsuchikage finally could no longer contain his anger and cursed out loud, "Bastards, we haven't lost yet. What are you running for."
"Trying to escape without my permission."
The moment Ryun's words fell, the Ame no Murakumo Sword in the Susanoo deity's hand was once again raised high.
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