Chapter 504
Can't you even dance at this level?
Chapter 504 Can't you even dance at this level?
boom!!
The raging tornado formed by the Silver Wheel Reincarnation clashed fiercely with the meteorite.
There was no stalemate, no power struggle.
At the moment of impact, the hard rock layers on the meteorite's surface were shredded inch by inch in the path of the tornado amidst a piercing cracking sound!
The impact of the collision caused the already cracked earth to collapse again, and soil and rocks rolled down the edges of the newly dug trench. Trees further away were uprooted and swept into the air.
Splash...
The allied ninjas huddled in trenches and bunkers of varying depths, covering their heads. Dust and gravel filled the air like a yellow curtain, falling from the sky and obscuring most of the battlefield.
"Cough cough! Cough..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was also huddled in the trench, covered in dust and dirt, looking extremely disheveled. He was even bleeding from his mouth and nose from the shock, and his ears were ringing.
A moment later, the roar gradually subsided, and the allied ninjas, still shaken, looked up at the sky through the billowing smoke.
That devastating meteorite has vanished.
No, to be more precise, it was completely shredded and obliterated by that towering tornado, leaving only some fragments falling to the ground without causing much casualties.
In the air, only that slightly frail yet towering figure remained, silently suspended, its chakra cloak radiating a blue aura, its robes fluttering in the gale.
After a brief silence, a cacophony erupted.
"It's Lord Hyuga Kumokawa!" A Konoha ninja with blood streaming from his forehead shouted hoarsely, his voice trembling with excitement and relief at surviving the ordeal.
"The Fifth Hokage has arrived!"
More allied ninjas peeked out from their bunkers, or staggered to their feet, ignoring their disheveled appearance, and looked up at the figure in the sky with an almost fanatical light in their eyes.
"Great! We're saved! The Hokage is here!"
"Lord Hyuga Kumokawa, please lead us to defeat the enemy!"
At the same time, countless dust particles were drawn in from all directions and quickly gathered together, transforming into the figure of Uchiha Madara in the blink of an eye.
"That's... the Fifth Hokage? He's from the Hyuga clan?"
Looking up at the figure in the sky, a figure shrouded in a chakra cloak, Madara Uchiha's brows furrowed.
In his perception, the aura emanating from the man named Hinata Unkawa was vast and profound, and its level and intensity were in no way inferior to that of Hinata Unkawa during his prime.
What bothered him even more was...
“Those eyes…” Uchiha Madara stared intently into Hyuga Kumokawa’s eyes.
That was not the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan.
Instead, it was a pair of eyes that he had never heard of or seen before.
The blue was as deep as the vast starry sea, and there seemed to be a radiant light flowing in the depths of the pupils, calm and undisturbed.
Even from a great distance, Madara Uchiha could feel the oppressive aura emanating from those eyes as they locked eyes.
Those eyes definitely possess power on par with the Rinnegan.
"Hyuga Kumikawa..."
Madara Uchiha repeated the name in a low voice, a question lingering in his mind: "Why would the Hyuga clan possess eyes like that?"
why?
Or rather, does it matter?
"It doesn't matter anymore."
As he watched the figure gradually become clearer in the smoke and dust, and felt the aura that rivaled his own, Uchiha's lips slowly curled into a smile.
The long years and endless waiting, after his battle with Hashirama Senju, he had never tasted a battle that could make his blood boil again, and dragging his old and decaying body, he could only eke out a living.
That's not in his nature at all.
He's not a cunning schemer at heart; he solves problems with his fists whenever possible.
If it weren't for the goal of achieving peace through the Eye of the Moon Project, he would never have stayed hidden in the gutter like a rat.
So now...
"Finally, an interesting fellow has arrived," Madara Uchiha said.
boom!!
As soon as he finished speaking, an even more violent and terrifying chakra than when he summoned the meteorite erupted from Madara Uchiha's body without reservation, soaring into the sky.
The violent shockwave spread wildly outwards from its center, sending some Allied ninjas who had just gotten up flying.
"What is that?!"
The allied ninjas used chakra to immobilize themselves, staring in disbelief at the enormous figure that rose from the ground.
Click click click!
Madara Uchiha's feet slowly lifted off the ground and floated into the air, as a vast ocean of chakra surged out and shaped itself.
Bones, meridians, flesh, armor...
A blue giant, larger and more solid than any of its previous forms, rose from the ground, quickly taking shape, and exuding an aura that sent shivers down one's spine.
This is no longer a half-skull, nor a half-finished product in clothes.
This is the true, complete Susanoo!
Its enormous body, hundreds of meters tall, resembled a war god from mythology, covered entirely in majestic Tengu armor, with wings on its back and long swords at its sides.
Madara Uchiha himself was located in the diamond-shaped crystal in the center of the forehead of this complete Susanoo, with his arms crossed, looking down at the Allied Shinobi Forces below who looked like ants.
as well as……
Hinata Kumokawa, the one who piqued his interest.
"The Hyuga clan brat!"
Madara Uchiha's voice echoed through the Susanoo, resounding across the entire battlefield, revealing his undisguised arrogance and excitement: "Let me see just how far you can go with your dance!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Complete Susanoo moved, gripping the hilt of the sword at his right waist with its right hand.
The starting move is similar to a draw slash, with the sword tip pointing diagonally downwards, and the massive body lowers its center of gravity.
Clang!
The longsword was drawn, its blade slicing through the air and creating a streak of light hundreds of meters long.
From bottom to top, a terrifying, dark blue sword light seemed capable of splitting the heavens and earth, tearing through the sky, and fiercely slashed out, enveloping Hyuga Kumokawa and the remaining Allied Shinobi!
Rumble!!
Wherever the sword light passed, the dust and rubble that filled the sky and earth were forcibly separated by this fierce and unparalleled sword force, and the earth below cracked open with a bottomless chasm, slashing towards the allied ninjas.
"Oops!"
Seeing the terrifying blow that cleaved the earth in two, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Onoki's hearts nearly leaped out of their chests, and they instinctively reached up to form hand seals...
"Leave it to me." A calm, steady, and unquestionable voice rang out.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Onoki almost instinctively chose to comply.
The one who spoke was naturally Hinata Kumokawa.
He remained suspended in mid-air, his expression unchanged as he faced the sword light that seemed capable of severing everything, and raised his right hand...
"Everyone, retreat immediately and create distance! Quickly!"
Upon seeing Hyuga Kumokawa's actions, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed. He endured his injuries and the weakness caused by his depleted chakra, and roared with all his might.
"Spread out to the sides and back, get out of this area!" Onoki, supported by the others, stood up and, ignoring the blood from his mouth, gave the same order.
He knew better than anyone the power of the Perfect Susanoo's attack, and he also knew that among everyone, only Hyuga Kumokawa could withstand it.
At this moment, placing their hopes on him is their subconscious choice.
At the same time, as Hyuga Kumokawa raised his hand, seven of the nine chakra beads that had been quietly floating behind him flew into his palm.
呲!
The moment it touched the palm, the chakra rosary changed shape, flowing and extending like liquid, turning into golden light that shot into the sky, like a sword that pierced through heaven and earth!
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion," Hinata Kumokawa whispered.
He swung his arm downwards, and the golden light that had gathered in his palm also fell down, meeting the sword light that was tearing through the heavens and earth!
boom!!
At the moment of collision, turbulence erupted from the point of intersection, and violent shockwaves and air currents spread and raged in all directions in a ring.
Although the allied ninjas had been desperately retreating under the orders of Onoki and Hiruzen Sarutobi, the distance they had retreated was far from enough to escape the impact zone.
The shockwave slammed into the retreating crowd, sending many ninjas flying and crashing heavily onto the ruins and the ground. In an instant, people and horses were thrown about, and dust filled the air.
A moment later, the raging turbulence subsided slightly, and the dust and smoke slowly settled and dispersed.
"cough!"
The allied ninjas, covered in dust and grime, struggled to their feet, coughing from the smoke and grime, many bearing scrapes and bruises. But their gazes were all fixed on the center of the battlefield.
As the smoke and dust cleared, Hinata Kumokawa's figure remained suspended in mid-air, the golden light in his hand turning into specks of starlight and dissipating into the air, his robes fluttering in the wind.
Before him, the fully-formed Susanoo that had previously dominated the entire arena now appeared rather disheveled.
The enormous body, hundreds of meters tall, knelt on one knee, barely maintaining its balance by plunging its massive longsword deep into the ground, preventing it from falling completely, its left leg severed at the root.
The broken leg fell to the ground and slowly turned into specks of light and dissipated.
Behind the complete Susanoo, further away, a small hill was also cleaved in two by a diagonal slash.
Boom!
The mountainside slid slowly down the cut surface, crashing to the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.
This slash mark was clearly caused by the residual force of the "Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion" after severing Susanoo's left leg.
Madara Uchiha, who had been standing proudly inside the crystal on the forehead of Susanoo, with his arms crossed and looking down at everyone, was now kneeling on one knee because of Susanoo, and his position had been lowered.
He had to raise his head slightly to meet the gaze of Hyuga Kumokawa, who was hovering higher up, calmly looking down at him.
"What?" Hinata Kumokawa looked down at him, a smile slowly appearing on his face, and said, "You can't even dance at this level?"
"You bastard..."
Looking at that calm, expressionless face, and those deep blue eyes, Madara Uchiha laughed angrily, "What a vindictive brat!"
With the power of that attack, he was fully capable of slicing him and Susanoo in two.
But the opponent deliberately only cut off one leg, forcing Susanoo to appear before everyone in this humiliating kneeling posture.
This was clearly retaliation for his arrogant attitude earlier.
In his view, it was perfectly normal for the strong to humiliate the weak from a superior position.
but……
The crimson light in Madara Uchiha's eyes suddenly intensified, and a violent and dangerous aura began to rise from his body.
Chakra surged instantly from the severed left leg of Susanoo, and bones, meridians, flesh, and armor regrowed and coalesced at a visible speed!
"I'm not weak!" His smile turned sinister and dangerous. "That level of attack just now, I doubt you could land it a second time, right?"
"So……"
Madara Uchiha was about to activate his Perfect Susanoo to stand up again.
However, before he could finish speaking, his body suddenly trembled, his movements froze, and the arrogance and fighting spirit on his face vanished instantly, replaced by icy anger.
"Damn it!" His bloodshot eyes blazed with murderous intent.
Bang!
With a soft sound, Madara Uchiha suddenly turned into a wisp of white smoke and disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, the complete Susanoo, which was hundreds of meters tall, also quickly collapsed and disintegrated, turning into countless specks of light that scattered and flew away, completely dissipating into the air within a few breaths.
"Cough cough! That's... a psychic technique?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi clutched his chest, coughed twice, and frowned deeply.
Seemingly realizing something, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the edge of the battlefield in the distance, where the Gedo Mazo and Orochimaru and his three companions had stood on the Mazo's palm.
But at this moment, the place was empty, and Kakuzu's corpse, which had been there, had also disappeared.
At the same time, after a deathly silence, someone suddenly cheered.
"We...we won? We won?"
"Uchiha Madara, that god-like Uchiha Madara, was really defeated by Lord Yunchuan?!"
"We're really saved! Waaah... We survived!"
Those wild, ecstatic roars coalesced into a wave of sound that echoed across the ruined battlefield.
Many people collapsed to the ground, crying and laughing without a care for their image, while others tightly hugged their companions...
Many more people looked up at the figure that descended slowly from the sky like a god.
Exhilaration, ecstasy, reverence, dependence...
The emotions that followed their narrow escape from death surged and erupted among the Allied Ninjas.
Under the gaze of countless burning, upward-looking eyes, Hinata Kumokawa landed on the ground covered with gravel.
He didn't look at the place where Madara Uchiha disappeared, nor did he look in the direction where the Gedo Mazo originally stood; his deep blue eyes slowly swept across the battlefield.
As far as the eye could see, there were broken walls and ruins, burning embers, deep ravines and huge meteorite craters, and wounded people supporting each other, covered in blood.
"I'm sorry." Hinata Kumokawa's face did not show the smile of someone who had defeated a powerful enemy. He said in a deep voice, "I'm late."
These six simple words struck many people like a heavy hammer, gradually plunging them into silence.
Immediately, the ninjas, realizing what had happened, exclaimed, "No! Hokage-sama, you saved us!"
"Without you, we would have long ago..."
"Lord Yun Chuan, please don't say that. You have already done very well!"
Surrounded by heartfelt support from the crowd, Hinata Kumokawa took a slow breath.
The stench of blood still lingered in the air, but at the same time, spiritual energy emanating from the intense emotional fluctuations of thousands of people around him flowed continuously into his body.
The somber expression on his face did not lessen, but deep within his azure eyes, it seemed as if an even more profound galaxy was flowing.
[Item: Hogyoku (positive 46% → 48.9%; negative 42%)]
Bloodline: Otsutsuki Clan (69%) [Fixed]
[Remaining Realization Points: 116041]
The numbers are ticking, recording the gains from this battle.
"Hmm, it was worth watching from a distance for so long..."
Hinata Kumokawa murmured to himself, glancing at the panel that only he could see, without much emotional fluctuation.
Now, he has seen through the true nature of this so-called "system".
It is not something given to it by anyone.
This is an "anchor point".
An "anchor" that connects and integrates his past, present, and future.
It is also a part of him, a power that comes from within him...
"Fifth Generation, now is not the time to blame yourself."
Hiruzen Sarutobi approached, supported by a ninja, his aged face etched with weariness and solemnity: "It's a miracle you were able to get back in time."
"Didn't Tsunade and Jiraiya come back with you? Our most important thing right now is that Orochimaru and Nagato have disappeared, and their threat remains."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice pulled Hyuga Kumokawa back to reality.
He met Hiruzen Sarutobi's probing gaze and explained, "Tsunade-senpai and Jiraiya-senpai are not as fast as me. I sensed the critical situation here and rushed back first."
"As for Orochimaru and Nagato..."
He paused for a moment, gazing into the distance: "I just sensed where they went."
Upon hearing this, Onoki and Hiruzen Sarutobi instinctively turned their heads to look into the distance, following his gaze.
"That's..." Onoki's expression changed, "...the direction of the Land of Earth?"
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's body trembled violently, and the color drained from his face instantly.
He recalled the chilling scene he had witnessed on the third level of the underground palace, a terrifying scene that seemed to foreshadow the future.
Everything now seems to be gradually moving towards that inevitable future?
That future where war engulfs the entire ninja world, plunging it into endless chaos and death, with corpses strewn across the fields and cries of despair everywhere...
(End of this chapter)