Uehara Naraku squinted his eyes with a smile, his hands suddenly clasped together: "Originally, I just wanted to simply destroy The Hidden Cloud Village, but now it seems Raikage-sama wants me to do worse..."
"What do you want to do?"
The Fourth Raikage stared intensely at Uehara Naraku's movements.
This time, no matter what Ninjutsu Uehara Naraku wanted to unleash, he would risk his life to interrupt his hand seals and make his subordinates capture him.
"I have no intention to do anything..."
Uehara Naraku looked at the Fourth Raikage, his smile becoming increasingly sinister: "I just want you to witness... the terror of the Akatsuki!"
Uehara Naraku suddenly raised his hand to the sky, releasing a Jutsu without making a single hand seal: "Since you were born with the sound of thunder, let it disappear with thunder! Lighting Release: Heavenly Thunder Prison Jutsu!"
A storm of thunderclouds suddenly appeared in the sky!
In just a few seconds, the storm covered the entire Hidden Cloud Village, including the outermost idle peaks.
Countless lightning bolts danced within the storm.
Every Cloud Village Ninja couldn't help but look at the storm in the sky, its power so immense that even they felt a sense of dread; this Jutsu surpassed all known Lightning Ninjutsu!
The eyes of Fourth Raikage A almost popped out of his sockets, his gaze fixed on the thousands of lightning bolts falling from the sky, he whispered: "Everyone be careful..."
"...run!"
Uehara Naraku watched the endless rain of lightning strikes, hitting the Cloud Village Ninjas, knocking them down one by one.
Uehara Naraku looked down at enemies trying to dodge the lightning using Ninjutsu or Taijutsu, his voice murmured softly on the battlefield: "Try to run... no matter what, you won't escape."
Uehara Naraku slowly brushed his hair, watching the figure of Fourth Raikage A standing defiantly amid the lightning, while the Cloud Village Ninjas around him were struck down, unable to save even a few comrades despite their Jonin-level efforts.
Ten minutes later.
The Hidden Cloud Village was full of wailing.
Luckily, the people here had always lived in this place and almost every household had lightning protection, so many were safe from harm.
The ninjas on the platform created by Uehara Naraku weren't so fortunate.
They were completely exposed in that area, forced to await the falling lightning, and even their expertise in attracting lightning was useless against such a massive attack.
Only the Fourth Raikage still stood unbeaten.
With the strong defense of Lighting Release Chakra Mode, his speed almost allowed him to dodge lightning that fell after 0.5 seconds, and even tanking the strikes wasn't an issue.
Uehara Naraku glanced at the stacking of Dark Harvest and then took another deep look at the Fourth Raikage: "Good luck, Raikage-sama."
"You bastard, what are you trying to do!"
The Fourth Raikage's face was nearly bursting with rage.
At that moment, disregarding the gap in power between himself and Uehara Naraku, he flew towards Uehara Naraku, ready to fight to the death!
Unfortunately, Uehara Naraku's figure suddenly vanished, and the Fourth Raikage only grasped the air; in the next moment, he felt the ground shake beneath him.
The platform was trembling!
No, the platform was about to collapse!
Fourth Raikage A immediately remembered that this platform was a product of Uehara Naraku's Earth Release Ninjutsu, and a flash of anxiety crossed his face!
The central mountain of The Hidden Cloud was being crushed by the collapsing platform, and even the Fourth Raikage was powerless to stop it. He could only shout to his surviving subordinates to quickly evade and escape the collapsing mountain.
Uehara Naraku stood at the foot of the mountain, listening to the rumbling sound above, looking at his system panel filled with completed tasks.
Side Mission: Watch a live performance by Killer Bee, mission completed, 150 gold coins rewarded.
This mission was quite ordinary and very easy to complete.
Uehara Naraku touched his chin, a bit curious about another mission to make Fourth Raikage A sing, thinking the reward might not be low.
Side Mission: Defeat Eight-tailed Jinchuriki Killer Bee, mission completed, rewarding Passive Talent Skills: Kenjutsu Mastery.
Kenjutsu Mastery: Can perfectly replicate any Kenjutsu observed.
"..."
Uehara Naraku couldn't help but scratch his head.
Why is it that after defeating Killer Bee, this kind of thing is rewarded?
Kenjutsu Mastery is categorized as Passive Talent Skills, clearly different from ordinary Passive Skills, and the explanation is very simple.
Any skill with 'Talent' in front of it is undoubtedly extraordinary, and Kenjutsu Mastery's description is no exception.
Can replicate any Kenjutsu...
Uehara Naraku silently looked towards the next reward.
Side Mission: Defeat Fourth Raikage A (1/1), mission completed, rewarding Passive Talent Skills: Highland Bloodline.
Highland Bloodline: Enables extremely swift movement, increases personal speed and attack speed, and provides immunity to slow effects in certain areas.
Very straightforward indeed!
Increasing speed and attack speed wasn't much of a concern, as Uehara Naraku's life energy enhanced speed was already startling, but the immunity to slowing meant he could move at super speeds anywhere.
On water surfaces, ice, even in swamps.
Uehara Naraku looked at his final reward, the only one he needed.
Side Mission: Successfully breach The Hidden Cloud Village, mission completed, rewarding Passive Talent Skills: Gale Power.
Gale Power: Freely manipulate Lighting Attribute Chakra to create and use Lighting Release Ninjutsu at will, part of the formation of the Truth-Seeking Ball.
Gale Power (Activated): Freely manipulate Storm Release Chakra utilizing Gale Power and Water Power to create and use Storm Release Ninjutsu at will.
Apart from these.
Dark Harvest also boosted the three-dimensional stats by over forty thousand, which didn't hugely affect things but brought all attributes to around four hundred sixty thousand.
This value... of course, strong compared to ordinary ninja.
However, according to Uehara Naraku's own estimates, if Uzumaki Naruto lifted the Nine-tail restriction, his Chakra would be over three hundred thousand, meaning the half-Nine-tail within him surely has similar numbers.
This Ninja World is truly outrageous.
Once these powerful beings fully unleash, it's beyond outrageous.
"I've acquired Wind Power, Water Power, Earth Power, and Lightning Power."
Uehara Naraku slowly held up his fingers, gradually focusing his will on the Fourth Hokage, speaking softly: "How is the situation in Konoha now?"
Outside Konoha Village.
Yakushi Kabuto heard Uehara Naraku's voice and immediately replied: "Lord Naraku? Lord Nagato's location has been found by the Konoha Ninjas!"
Yakushi Kabuto's voice sounded unexpectedly tense, he continued in a deep tone: "Lord Naraku, Lord Jiraiya, Uzumaki Naruto, and Might Guy possess immense power. Lord Nagato's actions have a high chance of failure..."
Yakushi Kabuto's voice began trembling slightly, and he whispered: "Just now... three Pains were simultaneously taken down by Lord Jiraiya and his team!"
"That's normal, too."
Uehara Naraku's fingers gradually twitched, murmuring: "I anticipated this long ago; besides the Asura Path and Celestial Path, the other Pains aren't all that strong... wait for me there, I'm heading over right now!"
"Yes, Lord Naraku."
Even Yakushi Kabuto, this pre-battle journalist, was a bit nervous.
Clearly, he had witnessed something that shocked even him.
However, the battle between Konoha and the Akatsuki leader was indeed worthy of awe; the power displayed by every participant was rare to see, especially now as Konoha's three powers rise!
"Secret Profound Technique! Merciful Soul Fall."
Uehara Naraku merged his hands at the foot of The Hidden Cloud Village's mountain, lines forming beneath him in a circle, with light gradually enveloping his body.
In the next moment, Uehara Naraku vanished, appearing abruptly beside Yakushi Kabuto.