On the vast battlefield, an unusual tranquility reigned.
In the open space, there was clearly only one person, yet the two thousand-plus Cloud Ninja, arrayed in a circle around him, didn't even dare to breathe loudly, their bodies tense, their expressions wary.
Of everyone present, only the Fourth Raikage seemed unfazed, looking at Danzo Shimura, now a Human Puppet, with a mix of pity and disdain. "The leader of the Root, a former Hokage candidate, the infamous darkness of Konoha, has actually become a Puppet of a Sand Village rogue ninja, and is being controlled to use our own lost Flying Thunder God Technique. How ironic and disgraceful!"
Danzo Shimura didn't speak, but with one hand holding a blade, he took a Kunai with the other and threw it at the Fourth Raikage.
"Such tricks, I grew tired of them when I fought the Fourth Hokage." The Fourth Raikage sneered, his figure covered in blue-white electricity, appearing to teleport like a Space-Time Ninjutsu, appearing to the left of Danzo Shimura and striking out with a chop.
Danzo Shimura vanished into thin air, reappearing next to the flying Kunai.
But the next second, the Fourth Raikage reappeared beside him, his face fierce, revealing a smile that was clearly full of fighting spirit, yet appeared extremely ferocious, excitedly saying, "I've always been very curious, at close range, which is faster, the Flying Thunder God Technique or my Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Since the Fourth Hokage didn't give an answer back then, you can continue that battle."
"Lightning Style Horizontal Chop!"
With a roar, the Fourth Raikage's chop struck out again.
This time, Danzo Shimura didn't dodge, but instead held a ninja blade covered in Wind Release Nature Transformation,intercept the Fourth Raikage's hand blade.
Wind counters Lightning. If it were just a garbage Wind Release Nature Transformation, it might not be able to counter it, but Danzo Shimura was not only a Wind Release expert in life, Izayoi's Wind Release attainment had also reached the top level after awakening the Tenseigan.
Unless the Fourth Raikage possessed a body as indestructible as the Third Raikage, this blade would surely tear through his Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation.
Looking at the incoming blade, the Fourth Raikage was expressionless, as if he really intended to confront the ninja blade with his bare hand.
Just as the two were about to collide, the Fourth Raikage's figure suddenly disappeared again.
"Heavy Stream Eruption!"
The loud shout came from behind. An elbow wearing metal protectors, larger than Danzo Shimura's head, gathered Lightning Release Chakra, carrying a terrifying force capable of easily shattering rocks, and struck towards the back of Danzo Shimura's head.
Danzo Shimura, with his back to the Fourth Raikage, still maintained the posture of swinging his blade, as if he hadn't reacted yet.
But if one looked closely, they would notice that a small section of wooden vine had grown out from Danzo Shimura's feet, with special formulas on it.
Just like the Fourth Raikage's movement just now, when his elbow strike was about to hit Danzo Shimura, the latter suddenly teleported, appearing next to his arm and slashing down with his blade.
The speed of this blade was extremely fast, even the Fourth Raikage didn't react, instinctively changing the direction of his elbow strike, using the metal protector on his elbow to block it.
In an instant, sparks flew everywhere.
The ninja blade covered in Wind Release Nature Transformation cut a gash in the protector, about to sink deeper, about to cut the Fourth Raikage's elbow, when the latter suddenly disappeared into thin air.
"The guy controlling Danzo Shimura behind the scenes is truly a Genius!"
Black and White Zetsu, who had arrived at some point, saw this scene, and White Zetsu couldn't help but exclaim, "Using Wood Release to create Flying Thunder God markers, if his Wood Release attainment was a little stronger, able to cover a wider range, this Puppet would simply be invincible. I wonder what Sasori would think if he saw this scene?"
Black Zetsu didn't speak, but instead released his terrifying perception, capable of even detecting the Chakra of Asura and Indra, searching for the mysterious person who was hidden somewhere.
After gaining nothing, he refocused his gaze on the battlefield, sensing the Wood Release aura on Danzo Shimura's body, and said in a deep voice, "That mysterious person is indeed connected to Orochimaru. This body of Danzo Shimura may not only incorporate Sasori's Human Puppet technology, but also Orochimaru's contribution. The reason he captured Konoha's Wood Release test subjects may be to graft Wood Release onto other Puppets, so that all Puppets can share the Wood Release Flying Thunder God formula."
"If that's the case, then it's terrifying." White Zetsu thought of such a scene and couldn't help but exclaim.
At this time, on the battlefield, the battle between Danzo Shimura and the Fourth Raikage intensified. The two were like flashes of black and blue, appearing in several places back and forth in a second, but without bringing deafening collisions, instead constantly probing and looking for an opportunity to kill with one blow.
Regardless of whether Danzo Shimura appeared at the position of the Kunai, or white seeds fell from his arm, quickly growing branches with the Flying Thunder God formula, and then teleporting, the Fourth Raikage could keep up with his rhythm.
Apart from being caught off guard earlier, the Fourth Raikage had not suffered any more hidden losses, and was evenly matched with Danzo Shimura.
At first glance, it seemed like the two were evenly matched.
But compared to Minato Namikaze's battle and the AB Combo, Danzo Shimura, who needed to use Wood Release, had already fallen into a disadvantageous position.
"Still too slow, too stiff..."
The Wood Clone, hidden by the Red Eye, sighed slightly, "Although he can use Lightning Release Nature Transformation and Wind Release Nature Transformation, he is ultimately just a corpse, lacking the vitality and flexibility he had in life. Against weaker opponents, he can still dominate, but against opponents of the same level, this flaw becomes very obvious."
"However..."
The Wood Clone's lips curled up slightly, "My trump card isn't just the Flying Thunder God Technique."
As if hearing the Wood Clone's words, the Mangekyo Sharingan in Danzo Shimura's right eye suddenly burst out with dazzling red light.
The Fourth Raikage, who met his gaze, seemed to see an enlarged afterimage of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and was dazed for a fraction of a second, as his violent Chakra was about to break through the Mangekyo Sharingan's Genjutsu.
Taking this opportunity, Danzo Shimura had already completed a one-handed hand seal, and darkness successfully deprived the Fourth Raikage of light.
Genjutsu: Darkness Genjutsu!
Immediately, Danzo Shimura swept in front of the Fourth Raikage, reaching out to leave a Flying Thunder God Technique formula on his body.
Just then, a huge octopus tentacle appeared out of nowhere, binding the Fourth Raikage's body, allowing Danzo Shimura's palm to press onto the tentacle, leaving the Flying Thunder God Technique formula.
The opponent seemed to know the power of the Flying Thunder God Technique, and after helping the Fourth Raikage block the technique, he didn't dare to stay for a moment. The tentacle quickly exerted force and threw the Fourth Raikage into the air.
At the same time, with a poof, the tentacle engraved with the Flying Thunder God Technique formula broke off.
A figure shot into the sky, catching the lightning-flashing Fourth Raikage with other tentacles.
"It's Lord Killer B!"
"Great, the AB Combo is formed, we're bound to win!"
"..."
The cheers of the Cloud Ninja troops revealed the identity of the tentacled person, who was none other than the Fourth Raikage's younger brother, the Cloud Village's Eight-Tails Jinchuriki—Killer B.
"There's no chance anymore, that mysterious person should take action himself this time, right?" White Zetsu said with anticipation.
And Black Zetsu once again released his astonishing perception.
Obito Uchiha, who also appeared at some unknown time, stared at Danzo Shimura's right eye and said, "The Sharingan in Danzo's right eye, is that Shisui Uchiha's Kotoamatsukami? That eye is very dangerous, we need to find a chance to retrieve it."
Obito Uchiha, who possessed Kamui, was not afraid of any Ninjutsu, but he was afraid of powerful Genjutsu.
That's why he wasn't afraid of Nagato at all, but he was very afraid of Itachi Uchiha.
Tsukuyomi was not only powerful, but it might also discover that his identity was not Madara Uchiha.
At that time, neither Itachi Uchiha nor Nagato would be full of fear towards him.
And Kotoamatsukami was even more dangerous than Tsukuyomi.
Compared to that mysterious person, Obito Uchiha now wanted to retrieve this eye even more.
Hearing his words, Black Zetsu was speechless, what an idiot, unable to distinguish between the big and small players.
If Kotoamatsukami was really that powerful, that mastermind wouldn't have put it on a Puppet.
Even someone without the Eternal Eye can't possibly understand the power of the Ultimate Eye Technique.
On the battlefield, after Killer B caught the Fourth Raikage, he helped the latter break free from the Darkness Genjutsu and mocked him in a rap-like tone, "Idiot~~ Dumbass big brother, you're so pathetic~~ If it weren't for yours truly arriving in time, you would've been killed instantly~~ completely finished!"
The Fourth Raikage wasn't angry, but instead looked delighted and said, "B, you came just in time! Join forces with me, and we must at least leave that Puppet behind."
The Fourth Raikage, who was almost ambushed to death, no longer had any fighting spirit, only intense killing intent.
Too terrifying!
This Akatsuki is truly too terrifying.
Just Sasori of the Red Sand's Puppet had put him in such a predicament.
The Akatsuki Leader, who seemed to possess the Sage Eye, hadn't even made a move yet.
Seeing his big brother become serious, Killer B also dropped his playful attitude, drew out two Bee Sting Needles-like blades, and red Tailed Beast Chakra appeared around him as he said in a deep voice, "In that case, let that bastard experience the power of the AB Combo!"
Watching the AB Combo, whose aura had completely changed with just one more person, Danzo Shimura slowly put away his Ninja Sword, and the Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye reverted to the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Seeing this, the Fourth Raikage said in a deep voice, "Are you trying to escape? You have the Flying Thunder God Technique, and I can't stop you, but this attack has crossed the line for your Akatsuki. Although it was wrong of us to send people to infiltrate Rain Hidden Village to gather information first, this level of warning is seriously excessive. If you run without giving an explanation, then your Rain Hidden Village can wait for the Tailed Beast Ball bombardment!"
Obito Uchiha: "..."
Black and White Zetsu: "..."
"This... this is too shameless, right?!" White Zetsu stuttered for once, "In other words, that mysterious person is again shifting the blame for destroying Cloud Village onto us?"
"We need to tell Nagato about this as soon as possible." Black Zetsu said in a deep voice, "Although the Preta Path can absorb Chakra, Cloud Village has two Jinchuriki, and also has a Space-Time type Heavenly Transfer Technique, so it's uncertain whether they can airdrop the Tailed Beast Ball. To avoid this situation, we must prepare countermeasures in advance."
Obito Uchiha was speechless, only feeling ashamed of his inferiority.
He thought that disguising himself as Madara Uchiha and occasionally appearing as Tobi was shameless enough.
He didn't expect that there would always be someone more shameless, and he finally understood how Itachi Uchiha and Nagato felt.
So he was this shameless!
But the next second, Obito Uchiha and Black and White Zetsu realized that they had still greatly underestimated that mysterious person.
"Our Akatsuki will play along!"
Only to hear a dignified and indifferent voice echoing in the sky.
Everyone looked up at the sky.
Under the starry night sky, a figure wearing a red cloud black robe was reflected in the eyes of all the Cloud Ninja under the moonlight.
Those purple ripple eyes, like a god overlooking living beings, were devoid of emotion.
The terrifying Eye Power contained within made everyone who saw these eyes tremble in body and mind.
Without needing to say anything, they also confirmed one thing.
That is, the information released by Konoha is true.
The eyes of the Sage of Six Paths in mythology, the Rinnegan, the first of the legendary Three Great Eye Techniques, is real!
Everyone was stunned in place, staring blankly at Izayoi, who had descended like a celestial being.
And Obito Uchiha turned to Black and White Zetsu and asked, "How is it?"
"Too messy." Black Zetsu finally couldn't help but grit his teeth and say, "Our information has indeed been obtained by the person behind the scenes. He has absorbed a large amount of Chakra in advance, and now the aura fluctuation of the Chakra is too messy. It is composed of at least hundreds, or even more, Chakra, making it impossible to record."
"Did he even consider this?" Obito Uchiha looked at Deva Path Pain in the sky, his face under the mask filled with solemnity.
This time, he and Black and White Zetsu came with no intention of dealing with the mysterious person at all. After all, there was not enough time, nor did they have the ability.
Their purpose this time was to record the mysterious person's Chakra aura through Black and White Zetsu's perception, and then send out a large number of White Zetsu Clones to search for that Chakra aura, and then swarm out to eliminate this threat in one fell swoop.
But they didn't expect that the other party had even considered this, absorbing a large amount of Chakra in advance to change his own Chakra fluctuations.
What a terrifying opponent!
Izayoi looked down at the Fourth Raikage from a high position, declaring war on behalf of Nagato: "This time, we are using your strongest Cloud Village as an example to warn everyone in the Shinobi World that gods are inviolable! If you are not convinced, then whether it's mutual strategic strikes, a full-scale war, or a joint siege of Rain Hidden Village, feel free to come at us. We Akatsuki will accompany you to the end!"
"Of course, the premise is... that you can survive."
After saying that, Izayoi slowly opened his hands.
"Be careful, everyone scatter!"
Although he didn't know what Izayoi was going to do, the Fourth Raikage's expression changed drastically as he shouted loudly.
Killer B next to him entered his complete Tailed Beast form without saying a word, using his huge tentacles to wrap the Fourth Raikage, opening his mouth to condense a Tailed Beast Ball.
And the Cloud Ninja troops, who had experienced the power of the meteor rain, also felt a sense of suffocation as if a disaster was imminent. Each of them turned around without hesitation, either towards the shelter or towards other mountain peaks.
The more agile ninjas quickly formed hand seals and shouted, "Ninja Art: Four Violet Flames Formation!"
There were also some Cloud Ninjas who had mastered several Nature Transformations, and they used all their strength to perform Earth Release Ninjutsu, creating solid fortresses on the spot.
Just as the multiple barriers and fortresses were formed, a indifferent voice descended from the sky.
"Feel the pain, this is a farewell gift... Super Almighty Push!"
The dazzling white light tore through the darkness, engulfing Cloud Village, turning all the Cloud Ninjas with horrified expressions and eyes full of despair into black and white colors in a manga, and then, as if erased by a rubber, they were swallowed by the pure white color.
Boom————
A deafening explosion sounded.
Although it couldn't be compared to the meteor rain bombardment, for Cloud Village, the lethality was no less than that of the meteor rain. A dust and mist zone instantly spread out from the top of the mountain.
These dust and mist were like clouds during the day, surrounding the mountain, concealing its height.
The violent shaking caused the already precarious mountain to shake again.
If it weren't for the volume of the mountain being far larger than the surrounding mountains, it would have probably collapsed already.
Even if it didn't collapse, Cloud Village would not be able to rebuild on this mountain.
When the dense dust and mist dissipated, Cloud Village, which was originally covered with large and small meteorite craters but still had a few buildings remaining, had become a huge meteorite crater.
There was no rubble or gravel in the giant pit. All objects were repelled out of the pit by a force as if governed by rules.
Cloud Village, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages and also the strongest at present, had completely disappeared.
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