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Chapter 106 - Chapter 106: The White Giant Tree Piercing Heaven and Earth

Almost simultaneously, all Konoha shinobi received a message from the Yamanaka clan.

Although they didn't know the reason, they still retreated without hesitation, no longer engaging with the Cloud Village shinobi.

"What's going on?"

"Konoha has been repelled!"

Just as the Cloud Village shinobi were astonished or excited, a piercing whoosh suddenly echoed from the sky.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Konoha shinobi above unrolled scrolls, and countless sharp spikes were instantly projected downwards.

However, from such a high altitude, aside from a few bloodthirsty Cloud and Konoha shinobi who were pierced, there were almost no casualties.

"Black spears?"

"Look up!"

"Those are... Konoha shinobi?!"

The Cloud Village shinobi either looked at the spikes embedded in the ground in confusion or roared as they looked up at the Konoha shinobi above.

Beneath the gloomy, oppressive cumulonimbus clouds, several blurred black figures circled overhead.

These were flying ninja beasts of various forms, some resembling giant eagles, others like bats, spreading their wings and weaving through the rain.

On the back of each ninja beast sat a Konoha shinobi, their attire different from the ground troops, their goggles reflecting cold light under the overcast sky.

Without giving the Cloud Village shinobi any time to think or react, the Konoha shinobi riding the flying ninja beasts formed hand seals.

"Water Release: Water Trumpet!"

"Water Release: Sticking Water!"

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

Chakra surged from within them, mixing with the cold rainwater, instantly transforming into cascading waterfalls.

The water curtains slammed onto the unprepared Cloud Village shinobi, the dense water instantly drenching them all over. The icy touch stimulated their skin, making their bodies tremble.

The previously dry areas on the ground instantly accumulated large pools of water. The muddy battlefield transformed into a water-logged swamp within a few breaths!

"Run! Hurry! They're going to use Lightning Release ninjutsu!"

As the Cloud Village shinobi were bewildered by Konoha's actions, Samui's hoarse, broken shout suddenly reached their ears.

Samui, who was usually calm in everyone's impression, now spoke with a voice completely devoid of her usual aloofness, even carrying unprecedented fear and absurdity.

This instantly put the Cloud Village shinobi on alert, and they were about to leave the area without hesitation.

But it wasn't that easy.

Water Release: Sticking Water was a Water Release ninjutsu developed by Konoha's Special Jonin, Izumo Kamizuki, combining the properties of Water Release chakra.

By releasing a colorless, transparent, sticky liquid imbued with chakra, its adhesive properties hinder the movement of targets that step on it, classifying it as an auxiliary, crowd-control ninjutsu.

Although the stickiness was weakened to expand the jutsu's range, it was still enough to significantly reduce the Cloud Village shinobi's mobility.

"No! That's not right! This aura..."

Yugito Nii stared intently at the swirling dark clouds. Her gaze penetrated the heavy rain curtain, finally discerning what was within the clouds.

The sky was suddenly dyed a blazing white by lightning, illuminating the gaps within the shadows at the same time.

"What... what is that?"

A Cloud Village shinobi with good sensory abilities, his voice sharp with extreme surprise and doubt, pointed at the thickest cumulonimbus cloud above.

The surrounding Cloud Village shinobi also realized something was wrong and looked up at the sky, then saw something imperceptible within the dark clouds.

The lightning in the heavy clouds resembled dense white branches, and faintly, a figure floated within them!

That figure was tiny and hard to discern, as if it were just a shadow on a cloud's fold. Only its unfurled wings were remarkably striking.

But what made the Cloud Village shinobi's scalps tingle was that around that figure, visible electric snakes crazily wriggled and converged!

Was that lightning formed naturally by the weather?

Was that... someone trying to wield the great power of nature?!

"What a joke?" someone mumbled foolishly.

But, at this very moment, on the battlefield, the metal headbands on all the Cloud Village shinobi's heads, the metal kunai at their waists, the shuriken pouches...

All metal objects seemed to come alive, their surfaces instantly sparking with dazzling electricity. Countless tiny arcs of electricity, like wriggling worms, crawled across the metal surfaces!

A dense, needle-like stinging sensation spread across their skin, and their drenched hair also stood on end!

Escape?

Where could they escape to?

The entire area had been transformed into a muddy swamp by the Water Release jutsu.

Every puddle, every lightning rod, every piece of metal on a Cloud Village shinobi's body, every inch of drenched clothing, including their wet bodies, was an excellent conductor!

An indescribable despair and terror spread among the Cloud Village shinobi.

"Damn it! What are you waiting for! Run! Run as far as you can!"

Without a moment of hesitation, the furious and alarmed Yugito Nii roared, releasing the seal within her body.

The next moment, her emerald eyes abruptly constricted under the stimulation, as if two points of eerie blue flame were frantically dancing!

"Ugh-aah-aah!!!"

A piercing shriek, a mix of pain and fury, erupted from Yugito's mouth. Visibly, deep blue chakra, flowing like flames, surged from within her! It frantically condensed and shaped!

Meanwhile, within the cumulonimbus clouds, Hyuga Kawa looked down.

"Is that the Two-Tails? What a terrifying aura..."

Beside him, Kakashi Hatake's face streamed with cold sweat, but he still stared intently at the speed and flow of the lightning around them with his Sharingan.

This jutsu, this jutsu that wielded divine power, this jutsu that Kawa called "Takemikazuchi."

Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely no mistakes could be made!

Suddenly, catching that precise moment, Kakashi abruptly looked up and shrieked: "Kawa!!"

"Understood," Hyuga Kawa responded softly.

He slowly raised his arm, palm facing upward, pointing towards the sky above his head.

Lightning Release chakra instantly spread from his body, and the distorted, chaotic lightning was guided by him...

Countless thick, terrifying, pale white giant electric snakes surged, emitting a piercing screech more terrifying than thunder itself at this moment.

Finally, Hyuga Kawa's hand descended, like a god.

Gently swinging the guillotine over this land marked as an execution ground, as if pronouncing the predetermined death sentence of the Cloud Village shinobi below.

At the same time, the grotesque beast, covered entirely in deep blue fiery patterns, revealed its massive, mountain-like true form on the battlefield!

"ROAR!!"

Two tails, burning and flowing like flames, rose high as the Two-Tails lifted its head, letting out an angry roar at the sky.

But the next moment.

The world seemed to lose all its colors, leaving only blindingly white stillness.

If the dense white lightning in the clouds were branches, then what appeared before them was the "tree trunk" that grew after the seed landed.

Between heaven and earth, only that white "giant tree" connecting heaven and earth remained.

This was a jutsu surpassing "Lightning Release: Kirin"...

Lightning Release: Takemikazuchi.

BOOM!!

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