Chapter 117: Chibaku Tensei, Total Annihilation
"Not good! Everyone retreat immediately!"
Ōnoki's face was filled with urgency as he shouted toward the ninja still on the battlefield.
Seeing the cruel smile on Ling Yu's face, Ōnoki immediately understood that Ling Yu was about to unleash something massive. He had already teleported all the Konoha ninja away from the battlefield earlier—clearly to avoid harming his own allies.
Even though Ōnoki warned everyone as quickly as possible, it was already too late.
BOOM—BOOM—
Not long after Ling Yu released his technique, a deafening roar came from the sky. The heavens seemed to collapse. The entire battlefield was plunged into endless darkness.
"This is… a meteor?! Impossible!"
Ōnoki stared at the gigantic rock above him—easily dozens of kilometers in diameter. His pupils dilated in shock as he muttered in disbelief.
Thud.
For the four-nation allied ninja directly beneath the meteor, the terror was the most profound. One after another, they dropped their weapons. Their bodies collapsed powerlessly to the ground. Their eyes were filled with despair as they looked up at the sky.
"What the hell is this thing… has the sky fallen?"
"The end of the ninja world…? Why would something like this appear in the sky?"
"Can a ninja really do something like this…? Just how strong is Senju Ling Yu…?"
At this moment, they had completely lost any will to escape. Facing a meteor large enough to cover the entire battlefield, no matter how desperately they tried, there was no way they could outrun it.
"Damn it! Senju Ling Yu, you demon! Are you really going to slaughter so many innocent lives?!"
Flying up in front of Ling Yu, Ōnoki's eyes were bloodshot. He clenched his teeth tightly and shouted at him.
"Hmph. You call ninja innocent? How laughable. Once a ninja steps onto the battlefield, shouldn't they be prepared for this? War has no right or wrong—only winners and losers."
"Can you guarantee that if Konoha had lost, you would have spared our ninja? And even if you were willing, would the Third Raikage, Third Kazekage, and Hanzō have agreed?"
Arms crossed, Ling Yu looked down at Ōnoki with arrogant disdain. His words were filled with utter contempt for life.
War itself is the original sin. He was simply doing what the victor ought to do.
"I…"
Ōnoki was momentarily speechless. He opened his mouth, but the words caught in his throat—he couldn't force them out.
Yes… if not for their greed, how could they have ended up like this?
"Ahh! Damn it!"
Ōnoki's expression was complicated as he glanced at Ling Yu one last time. Then he turned and flew beneath the still-falling meteor.
By now, the Kage of the other villages were either dead or severely injured. Even Hanzō of the Rain—the only one still capable of fighting—had abandoned the Rain ninja on the battlefield after the Third Kazekage's death. He used Reverse Summoning Technique and fled without looking back.
The lives of the more than ten thousand remaining ninja on the battlefield now rested entirely on Ōnoki's shoulders—even though most of them weren't from Iwagakure.
But he couldn't just stand by and watch the meteor fall. He had no choice but to use every last bit of chakra he had left to try to stop it.
"Earth Release: Super Light-Weight Rock Technique!"
Arriving beneath the meteor, Ōnoki took a deep breath. Chakra erupted from his body as he formed hand seals.
"Now—run! I can't hold this for long! After this, Iwagakure will be in my son Akatsuchi's hands. You must support him well!"
After barely stabilizing the meteor's descent, Ōnoki shouted loudly to the ninja below, snapping them out of their despair.
"Lord Third Tsuchikage!"
"Father!"
Akatsuchi let out a grief-stricken cry. Though unwilling in his heart, he still obeyed his father's final command and led the Stone ninja fleeing from the battlefield.
The Cloud ninja also lifted the still-unconscious Third Raikage and retreated. The Sand ninja followed Chiyo and ran. Even the Rain ninja escaped the battlefield.
"Hmph. You blocked the first one—can you block the second? Be careful—the next meteor is coming."
Ling Yu didn't enjoy watching scenes of tragic parting. So to spare them further sorrow, he decided to send them on their way as well.
At this moment, he looked exactly like an emotionless demon king—completely crushing the last shred of hope that Ōnoki and the more than ten thousand ninja still harbored.
"Super Chibaku Tensei!"
The Rinnegan's pupil power surged again. This time, the meteor he pulled down was three times larger than the previous one—its diameter reaching thirty kilometers.
If it landed, even the Konoha ninja who had been teleported to the edge of the battlefield might suffer damage.
Fortunately, the Konoha ninja were far from the center—near the outer perimeter—and could escape to safety before the meteor fell.
"Senju Ling Yu, you demon! You heartless bastard who tramples on life!"
Ōnoki was so furious he spat blood. His molars were nearly ground to pieces. He no longer had enough chakra left to stop the next meteor—he had no choice but to abandon that idea and flee with the Stone ninja.
"Still talking tough even on the verge of death? Fine then—I'll give you all one last send-off. A perfect finale. Consider this an early grave I've prepared for you. Susanoo!"
"Draw Sword – Continuous Slash!"
Summoning a hundred-meter-tall tengu giant, Ling Yu drew the Totsuka Blade from its sheath. Facing the two meteors that had already reached the ground, he unleashed hundreds of slashes in an instant.
Hundreds of sword waves pierced through the meteors. The spherical rocks were instantly diced apart, turning into countless fragments that rained down on the battlefield—burying every remaining ninja beneath them and filling the craters left by the earlier meteors.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for defeating Ōnoki. Obtained Exquisite Chest ×2, Exchange Points 200.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing the Third Kazekage. Obtained Exquisite Chest ×2, Exchange Points 200.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for defeating the Third Raikage. Obtained Exquisite Chest ×2, Exchange Points 200.
Hearing the system notifications, Ling Yu left the battlefield. Although a few stragglers were still alive, he didn't bother chasing them down. He had already done more than enough.
Using Space Power, Ling Yu teleported back to the Konoha camp without looking back. The rest could be left to Hiruzen Sarutobi to deal with. These ants were no longer worth his time. Konoha's victory was now inevitable.
Crack… crack… BOOM.
Several hours after Ling Yu left, fragments of rock at the edge of the battlefield suddenly exploded from within. Then dozens of ninja wearing headbands from different villages crawled out of the rubble.
"Father! Are you alright?!"
Covered in dirt, Akatsuchi was the first to emerge. He was now holding the heavily injured, barely breathing Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki. Behind him followed a few surviving Stone ninja.
"Lord Akatsuchi, the Third Tsuchikage needs immediate treatment. We should get him back to camp and find medical ninja to stabilize his life first," suggested one Stone ninja who had some medical knowledge after sensing Ōnoki's faint breathing.
"Oh… you're right. Treatment first."
Snapping out of his grief, Akatsuchi immediately carried Ōnoki and flew at top speed toward the Stone ninja camp.
"Lady Chiyo, what do we do now?"
At the same time, the surviving Sand ninja also crawled out and asked their village's current advisor.
Their leader—the Third Kazekage—had already been killed by Ling Yu. Right now, Chiyo held the highest authority among them.
"Sigh… retreat."
Looking at the few dozen surviving Sand ninja behind her, Chiyo felt deep sorrow and rage. But she had no choice but to accept reality. She led the Sand ninja away from the battlefield.
After the Stone and Sand ninja left, more than a dozen Cloud ninja silently carried the still-unconscious Third Raikage back toward their Hidden Cloud camp.
These dozens of survivors had jumped into the hundred-meter-deep crater created by Ling Yu's Kirin at the last moment. They layered hundreds of defensive techniques above themselves—barely managing to stay alive. Otherwise, they would have been crushed to death along with everyone else.
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