Chapter 486
Spread Your Wings, Caged Bird
Chapter 486 Spread Your Wings, Caged Bird
"Hyuga boy."
The expressionless 'Caged Bird' did not answer, but the Fourth Raikage's deep voice rang out first: "No matter who he is, he is no longer the person you think he is!"
“The fact that he stood with ‘Shadow’ before shows that he was absolutely trusted, and nothing you say will make a difference.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Fourth Raikage's body erupted with lightning, transforming into bolts of light once more as he instantly charged towards the 'Caged Bird'.
Almost simultaneously, white mist rose around the 'caged bird', obscuring the view.
This mist is no ordinary mist; it is mist condensed from chakra using the "Water Release: Mist Concealment Technique," which can obscure the vision of the Sharingan and Byakugan to a certain extent.
Seeing this, the 'Caged Bird's' eyes darted around, a strange light swirling within its dual pupils, and it reached out its hand towards the three people in the distance...
hum! !
The Fourth Raikage, who was at the forefront, suddenly changed his expression. He felt a heavy force pressing down on him from above without warning, like an invisible giant hand slamming him hard into the ground.
His lightning-fast speed was instantly reduced to a point where his figure could be clearly seen with the naked eye under the sudden pressure of gravity, and his movements became extremely heavy.
Huang Tu's burly body hunched slightly, and Hyuga Neji felt his body sink, as if he were wearing heavy shackles. The ground beneath his feet groaned under the weight, cracking inch by inch.
"Gravity?" Neji Hyuga's eyes narrowed. "His ability really is gravity and attraction?"
When the 'Caged Bird' first descended upon Konoha, it used gravity-like abilities to confuse Might Guy and a group of Anbu ninjas.
call!
Behind the 'Caged Bird', the mist churned silently, and Chojuro's figure appeared like a ghost.
"Flounder - Liberation!"
He gripped the "Twin Blades - Hiramekarei" tightly with both hands, and surging chakra was already bursting forth from the blades that resembled flounders.
"No!" Hyuga Neji's eyes widened suddenly.
He thought of the exquisite, effortless power of the 'caged bird'.
"Don't go near him!" Neji almost roared. "He doesn't control gravity or attraction, he controls 'force' itself!"
But it was too late.
Chojuro's flounder suddenly expanded in size, and a huge chakra blade tore through the air with unparalleled sharpness, slashing towards the seemingly defenseless back of the caged bird.
As Hyuga Neji stated, the 'Caged Bird's' ability is not simply about manipulating "gravity" or "attraction," but rather...
--"force".
In his double pupils, the world presents a different picture.
Everything is not a static form, but is composed of countless interwoven and flowing "lines".
Every breath, every heartbeat, every muscle contraction, every chakra flow, every weapon swing...
All of this will cause changes in these "forces".
Every force has its source, and every force exerted has its destination.
He can see the distribution of "forces" inside an object, which parts bear tension, which parts bear pressure, and which nodes are weak points where stress converges...
He named the weakest point in the structure the "eye".
For him, destroying an object does not require brute force to destroy the entire object.
All you need to do is find that "eye" and apply just the right amount of "force".
This force can be pressure, tension, shear force, or torque.
and so……
At this moment, the gravity field applied to the Fourth Raikage, Huang Tu, and Hyuga Neji disappeared.
The 'Caged Bird' slowly turned its head away, facing the oncoming azure sharpness, merely raising its right hand and extending a finger covered in bone armor, its color icy cold.
There was no explosive sound as if any attack was launched.
With a simple and direct flick of his finger, he gently touched the chakra blade that was slashing towards him.
Click...
The terrifying chakra blade, upon contact with that finger, vanished like a punctured phantom, offering no resistance and causing no explosion.
It vanished and disintegrated silently, turning into specks of chakra that disappeared without a trace.
"what?"
This unbelievable scene caused Chojuro's pupils to shrink as he swung his sword with all his might.
However, 'Caged Bird' did not pause at all. The index finger that shattered the chakra light blade did not diminish its momentum and continued forward, gently touching the blade of "Twin Blades - Hiramekarei".
At the moment of contact, there was still no loud clang of metal striking metal.
But Chojuro felt an indescribable and irresistible strange power instantly transmitted through the blade.
Under this precisely applied force, the inherent balance inside the incredibly sturdy blade of the "flounder" was instantly broken and amplified.
Click click click!
The blade seemed to be gripped at both ends by an invisible giant hand, twisted into a spiral shape like a pretzel in an instant, defying common sense, and groaned under the strain.
That strange power spread along the hilt of the sword to Chojuro's arms, which were gripping the hilt tightly, and then surged into his entire body.
"Ah!" Chojuro only had time to let out a scream.
His arms, bones, muscles, internal organs... every part of his body was swept and twisted by that invisible yet violent "torsion"!
puff!
The bones emitted a series of sharp, cracking sounds that sent chills down your spine; muscles and fascia were violently twisted and torn apart; and internal organs were shredded into a pulp.
It was like a towel being wrung out by a pair of giant hands, with blood spurting out from all over his body.
In the blink of an eye, one of the seven ninja swords was easily destroyed. The Jonin who was qualified to become the next Mizukage was also turned into twisted, mangled flesh, no longer recognizable as human, and left without a trace.
puff.
The dull thud of that blurry mass of flesh hitting the ground struck the hearts of the allied ninjas.
Not far away, the Fourth Raikage, Kyoto, and Hyuga Neji, who had witnessed this bizarre scene, had faces so solemn they looked like they were about to burst into tears.
Chojuro, who wields the "Double Blades - Hiramekarei," is no weakling.
But in front of that guy, he was only "pointed" at, and he ended up with such a miserable fate.
This ability...
"You bastard."
The Fourth Raikage uttered two words through gritted teeth, his already raging Lightning Release chakra intensifying even further, blue arcs of electricity crackling and clearly illuminating the bulging veins on his forehead.
"He's just the fourth Espada..." The Fourth Raikage's voice was deep and rumbled like thunder, "...a guy who can't even crack the top three..."
"Kill him!"
As the Fourth Raikage's roar subsided, Huang Tu and Hyuga Neji exchanged a glance, knowing they could no longer hold back or test each other; they had to give it their all.
Squeak!
The Fourth Raikage raised the heavy gauntlet on his left arm, and a surge of violent Lightning Release chakra rushed into it, emitting a sharp buzzing sound like the chorus of thousands of birds.
Huang Tu's arm, gripping the giant axe, bulged with muscles, veins standing out like writhing dragons. Hyuga Neji, meanwhile, tapped the tip of his katana, which burned with golden flames, on the ground. "Blast, Thunder!"
"Crush them! Ama-no-Murakumo!"
"Burn away the filth, rage!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three beams of chakra, each a different color yet equally powerful and vast, transformed into beams of light. As the release command was uttered, they erupted from the three individuals, shooting straight into the sky above.
One is a surging, violent blue; another is a heavy, majestic brown; and the third is a pure, fiery gold.
Three powerful auras intertwined and collided, stirring up the thin air around them. The huge floating island beneath their feet groaned under the weight, and small stones fell down in a rustling sound.
"Very impressive power."
Three beams of light shot into the sky, reflected in the 'Caged Bird's' double pupils. Feeling the powerful aura surging towards it like a tidal wave, it said, "However, it seems you have misunderstood."
"Although I'm fourth in the Espada, ranking doesn't fully represent strength," he said, emphasizing each word. "I'm just not into fighting."
As he spoke, the two pupils in his heterochromatic eyes moved inward and merged into one, becoming an even deeper single pupil.
"Spread your wings," he said, "you caged bird."
boom!!
A terrifying aura, even more powerful than that of the Fourth Raikage and his two companions, erupted from the not-so-robust body of the Caged Bird, sending shivers down one's spine.
It transformed into a crimson beam of light that shot into the sky from his body, turning the sky, which was originally dominated by golden, blue, and tri-colored light, into a blood-red hue.
The aura released by him alone overwhelmed the four members of the Fourth Raikage who were unleashing their full power. The air seemed to become viscous, and every breath felt suffocating.
A moment later, the beams of light that shot into the sky from the four people slowly receded, the light dissipated, revealing the figures of the Fourth Raikage, the three Raikage, and the 'Caged Bird'.
The appearance of the 'cage bird' has changed significantly.
Behind him, a pair of enormous, menacing bone wings grew from his shoulder blades, covered with countless jet-black feathers.
call!
With a gentle flap of its dark, gleaming wings, it instantly stirred up a violent and chaotic airflow, its robes fluttering in the wind, and slowly rose into the air like an owl.
His profound aura was completely different from before. His eyes, now rainbow-colored, were slightly lowered, reflecting the three figures below who were unleashing an astonishing aura.
"Drink!"
The loess roared, and the already massive axe seemed to expand even further, concentrating all its power into the blade, and slammed down towards the caged bird in the air.
The immense pressure, like a mountain collapsing, poured down from above the 'caged bird,' compressing the surrounding air to the point of near solidification, causing it to groan under the unbearable weight.
Almost simultaneously, Hyuga Neji thrust his katana, which was burning with golden flames, downwards, burying it into the ground beneath his feet.
Bang! !
The blazing karmic fire transformed into a golden pillar of fire, which erupted from the ground beneath the 'Caged Bird' with a deafening roar, carrying the power to incinerate everything, and rushed to within inches of the Caged Bird's feet!
One on one.
However, the 'caged bird' suspended in mid-air had no ripples in its iridescent eyes. As it slowly raised its hands, the space on the left and right sides behind it began to visibly distort.
On the left, space rotates and collapses counterclockwise inward, forming a dark vortex that devours light and emits an irresistible gravitational pull.
On the right, space expands outward clockwise, forming a vortex of incandescent white air that repels everything and emits a repulsive force that empties everything.
One is reversed, the other is positive; one is drawn in, the other is repelled.
As the 'Caged Bird' slowly interlocked its ten fingers in front of it, the two vortexes with completely opposite properties behind it gradually merged!
Two completely opposite forces, both tending towards infinity, superimpose...
hum!
At the center where the two vortexes intersect, a chilling singularity forms.
Spiderweb-like black cracks spread outwards, indicating that the space of the illusory realm could not withstand the superposition of the two forces and began to break down, reaching a critical point.
boom!!
Centered on the singularity, perfect white light appeared as a sphere and began to spread outwards.
Everything it passed through was like pencil lines erased by an eraser; matter was broken down into particles at its most fundamental level and vanished into nothingness.
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At this moment, the territory of the 'Puppet Master' has been completely transformed and is now a scene of utter devastation.
A thick, dark red river of blood flooded the entire spider cave, emitting a corrosive hissing sound, with wisps of blood mist faintly visible rising from it.
Beneath this surging river of blood, the silhouettes of countless bodies submerged within are faintly visible, including cultists of evil gods and White Zetsu.
In the air, the enormous spider web, which was originally like a work of art with its layers upon layers, was now tattered and broken. Many of the threads were cut off, stained and corroded by the blood mist, and hung limply.
At the center of the spider web, the figure sitting atop it was a far cry from its previous languid elegance.
Her beautiful upper body was still in human form, but her long purple hair was stained with sticky blood, clinging wetly to her skin and broken bone armor.
From the waist down, it merges with a huge, ferocious spider body, with eight sharp legs deeply embedded in the silken web, and a bloated abdomen covered with patterns.
Three pairs of six scarlet compound eyes were set in her face, which was twisted with anger.
"Mad dog!" the Puppet Master roared in anger. "You bastard, you actually forced me to transform into this hideous form!"
With the roar of the 'Puppet Master', countless threads gleaming with a cold purple light shot out, dancing wildly in front of her and slashing towards Hidan not far away.
"Hahaha!!"
Hidan burst into wild laughter, his eyes filled with almost manic joy.
His two lower legs were severed cleanly below the knees, the cut surfaces of the muscles and bones at the break points were smooth, and blood kept gushing out, supporting his body and allowing him to fly in the air.
He seemed completely oblivious to the pain of his broken leg, or perhaps the pain was the very source of his pleasure. He swung his crimson scythe continuously, leaving trails of bloody afterimages.
The blood splashed from the giant scythe condensed and shaped in the air, transforming into dozens or even hundreds of crescent-shaped dark red blood blades that shot towards the 'Puppet Master' at the center of the spider web!
The 'Puppet Master' suddenly crossed her arms in front of her, and with a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, her ten fingers pulled, and in an instant, countless tough threads gleaming with a cold light wove into a net in front of her.
After releasing her blade, her control over the threads and the strength of the threads themselves are now vastly different from what they used to be.
puff!puff!
The blood-red blades that shot towards them collided with the silk net. Those blades, powerful enough to tear steel, were all sliced and disintegrated in mid-air, turning into filthy blood that spilled into the blood river below.
In the instant he shattered the blood blade, the puppet master suddenly opened his crossed hands!
The silk threads that had just been cut, along with many more around them, instantly changed direction and shot towards Hidan from all directions at an even faster speed.
Puff! Puff puff puff!
Hidan's body stiffened abruptly as dozens, even hundreds, of incredibly strong purple threads easily pierced through his limbs, torso, and neck.
It penetrated his muscles, wrapped around his bones, and pierced his meridians, completely locking down all his points of power. Several particularly thick silk threads were also tightly wrapped around the giant scythe in his hand.
Hidan was suspended in mid-air in an extremely bizarre posture, his limbs unnaturally spread and twisted, and blood dripping down along the threads that pierced his body.
Like a marionette.
(End of this chapter)