Hatake Kusuo had not said a single word from beginning to end. His entrance and his attacks were always clean and decisive.
Faced with an enemy, it was always the sword in his hand that did the talking.
These Hidden Stone Village ninja thought that by hiding in their defensive earth wall, everything would be fine. How laughable. Truly, utterly laughable. Little did they know that in Kusuo's eyes, all of this was nothing more than a desperate struggle for a few more moments of life.
The sword was raised high, its trajectory cutting through the sky. This time, it was not a horizontal sweep, but a vertical chop.
Kusuo's breathing gradually grew heavy. Beneath his strong and well-defined physique, a surging torrent of blood was churning, rumbling like thunder, flowing like a great river, rushing endlessly.
At that moment, the blade of his sword had, at some unknown point, turned gray.
Rock Breathing. Its biggest drawback was the long interval between each slash, the slowness of its execution. Its advantage was that every strike possessed the force of ten thousand catties.
DONG!
A figure teleported to the spot. The sword chopped down vertically, as if splitting a mountain and felling the earth, carrying the force to cleave through an army.
"Rock Breathing, Third Form! Heavenly Surface Smash!"
BOOM!
The air exploded. The back of the blade chopped down on the thick earth wall. The small blade erupted with an unimaginably terrifying power.
Stunned. Dumbfounded. Shaken.
Under the incredulous gazes of all, one strike had chopped open the earth wall. This one strike, with the momentum of Mount Tai crashing down, had smashed the hearts of every Hidden Stone Village ninja. Their supposedly invincible defense, the earth wall they believed not even the Hokage in person could break through, had actually been chopped to pieces by a single blade.
A large amount of earth chunks and mud residue fell with a rustle, scattering on everyone's heads. Looking at Kusuo's emotionless face, a deep fear rose in everyone's hearts, including the commander of this force, Onoki Shio.
The sound of swallowing rose and fell. But they still had one last hope. The Earth-Style Dome. This, which stretched across the sky, was their last line of defense.
"Fire Style! Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
"Wind Style! Great Breakthrough!"
The Konoha ninja on the side were not just waiting around either. The only jonin among them besides Guy spat out a fire dragon a dozen meters in size, which roared forth with scorching high temperature, smashing heavily onto the final defensive earth wall of the Iwa ninja. This one strike immediately sent ripples across it, and flames wildly grew upon its surface.
However, the Earth-Style Dome jointly cast by a dozen jonin only trembled slightly. It was completely unharmed.
This scene, falling into the eyes of the Konoha ninja who wanted to help, revealed an incomparable despair. That's right. A dozen jonin against one jonin. Although it was due to the enemy's sudden launch of a decisive battle and their advance mobilization, the gap was still despairingly large.
Conversely, this scene, in the eyes of the chunin and genin of the Hidden Stone Village, was like a godsend. That's right! They still had a dozen jonin. The combined defensive ninjutsu cast with their full strength was invincible. That person just now might have been able to unleash a move that could blow up their earth wall, but that didn't mean he could do it again.
Almost everyone was filled with a deep excitement and expectation. Except for Onoki Shio. He knew deep down that the sword aura casually slashed out by that man was almost comparable to a strike from a Kage-level powerhouse. And it was continuous, as if it cost nothing.
Throughout the entire history of the ninja world, the only one who possessed this ability was the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who had pacified a chaotic world and suppressed the entire ninja world with one hand. Others, not even a Tailed Beast, could do it. Their chakra reserves were sufficient, but their power was indeed lacking.
Kusuo's gaze was indifferent. His original intention was to quickly sweep the battlefield and then completely relieve the pressure on the Land of Demons' side. And now, too much time had already been wasted. Shion was still following his instructions, distributing chakra everywhere. Any battlefield he had swept through now had the enhancement of Mōryō's chakra and the terracotta warriors.
"So, this should end soon too," he thought.
His gaze sharpened. The airflow of half the sky was swept in by him. A huge amount of oxygen entered his body and, under the enhancement of Rock Breathing, was quickly broken down and utilized by his cells.
"Rock Breathing, Fifth Form! Stone Treasure Pentinence!"
He took out both his scabbard and his blade at the same time. He used them crossed in his left and right hands. A gray, focused light enveloped them, carrying a heavy aura.
BOOM!
With a muffled grunt, the blade chopped down on the Earth-Style Dome. Immediately, a large number of cracks appeared.
DONG!
The scabbard was also smashed out with a backhand. Like a meteorite falling from the sky, with an unstoppable momentum, it pierced through the entire dome. And its momentum showed no sign of stopping. The pupils of the Iwa ninja could only widen powerlessly as they watched this scabbard smash towards their heads.
POW!
In an instant, a dozen or so chunin from the Sand Village, and even one jonin, were smashed to pieces by the scabbard that hit the ground. Their bodies all exploded. Bloody and brutal. The scene...
"Gulp, gulp..."
Kusuo's right-hand sword, following the momentum, once again chopped down, tearing another giant opening in the dome that had just been pierced by the scabbard. His entire figure flashed, and he descended to the ground, coming face to face with the Iwa ninja.
In the process, the gray light of his blade disappeared, once again turning into golden lightning.
SIZZLE—
Arcs of lightning flashed in Kusuo's pupils. His whole body was surrounded by high-voltage golden and red lightning, as if the God of Thunder had descended. The super-high-voltage lightning evaporated the blood and severed limbs at his feet and from his descent. Kusuo's body had not been stained or wrinkled at all by the battle just now.
This...
Onoki Shio's pupils contracted. His heart pounded uncontrollably. No matter how he tried to take deep breaths, he couldn't stop the frantic secretion of adrenaline in his body. Even he, as the commander, was like this. How much better could the other chunin and genin of lower strength be?
Their teeth were chattering. Their eyeballs were trembling. The hands holding their weapons were also shaking uncontrollably.
"Ah!"
"Ahhhhhh!"
Crazed roars began to echo throughout the camp. Only by shouting with all their might could these people regain a sliver of control over their bodies.
Hatake Kusuo... from beginning to end, the number of ninja he had killed was no less than a few thousand. Just the battle in the Sand Village alone had wiped out almost all of their jonin and chunin. That killing intent and murderous aura had long since been hidden within his body. But during the Konoha Crush when he had begun his slaughter, he had already been able to completely control this aura. The aura of a powerhouse and a slaughterer.
Now, a full-force, unreserved impact on this group of ninja, whose strength was only at the genin and chunin level, almost made them wet their pants in fear.
Tap, tap.
A light, trembling footstep sounded.
Onoki Shio. As a clansman of the Third Tsuchikage, the second strongest expert in the clan, the commander of this ninja allied force... even in this environment, this atmosphere, no matter how afraid he was, he still bravely took this step forward. Only in this way could he give a little confidence to the nearly collapsing morale.
Seeing their commander's action, the remaining dozen or so jonin also suppressed their fear and stepped forward, blocking the front. They... had to give their comrades hope and courage.
Unfortunately... Schlick!
A light sword mark passed by, carrying crackling arcs of lightning. Kusuo slashed horizontally with his sword, directly cutting off Onoki Shio's head. The entire process was casual and indifferent. The Iwa ninja saw that Kusuo didn't even give their commander a proper look.
And just like that, he was killed with one slash.
The commander of the Iwa army, Onoki Shio, was dead.
At that moment, all the people of the Hidden Stone Village felt as if the sky had fallen.
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