In this era, the largest explosions the shinobi and civilians of the Five Great Shinobi Villages had ever witnessed, and which filled them with dread, were the Tailed Beast Balls.
Those were strategic-level powers capable of instantly destroying several small hills and influencing the course of a war.
But now, whether it was the Chunin and Elite Jonin wearing vests, or the Akatsuki members possessing strength to threaten the Five Kage, they all felt that the power of the Tailed Beasts was, well, nothing much.
Even Yugito Nii and Killer B, who had already become perfect Jinchuriki, felt their own insignificance for the first time.
All they could see in the far distance ahead were mushroom clouds with orange-red flames rising up.
Before the rumbling explosions could even travel from afar, the hurricane formed by the terrifying shockwave had already swept over them.
Many of the Cloud Ninja troops, who thought they were in a very safe place, were overturned on the ground by the howling gale.
Even some Cloud Ninja who reacted in time, gathering Chakra in their feet to stick to the ground, were blown by the wind until they couldn't open their eyes, and could only raise their hands to shield their faces.
Before they could continue watching, the dust and mist stirred up by the gale, and the spreading earthquake, engulfed them.
The entire troop was instantly thrown into chaos.
On the Akatsuki side, Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sand, riding on a white Clay Bird, were also blown away, and had to abandon the Clay Bird, landing on the rocky mountain to continue watching.
Although they were unaffected by the gale, dust, mist, and earthquake, the shock to their hearts was even greater than that of the Cloud Ninja troops.
In this era where there was no super-standard combat power, they, these S-Rank Missing-nin, were the strongest small group of people in the Shinobi World.
Even the Five Kage might not be able to completely defeat them one-on-one.
Escaping was even easier.
Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki had recently come and gone freely in Konoha, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
But at this moment, these arrogant fellows all felt their own insignificance.
In front of those two people, they might be like the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, playthings in their hands, and they might not even need to use such a large-scale technique.
The thought of being targeted by such beings made their scalps tingle.
Fortunately, one of these two monsters was their Leader.
With such a monster protecting them, their situation was actually better than that of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
The meteor rain continued to bombard for an unknown length of time before stopping.
During this time, the gale and dust had long since engulfed the three parties.
Except for Hinata, who was more than twenty kilometers away and still unaffected, everyone's eyes were filled with a gray haze.
The shockwaves and earthquakes generated by the meteor explosions made it difficult for even well-grounded elite ninja to steady themselves.
The intense tremors even reached the Rain Hidden Village.
Fortunately, most of the Rain Hidden Village were Steel Buildings with very solid foundations, and there was also a barrier protecting them. Konan had also returned, and the villagers were not frightened into fleeing the underground Shelter.
When the rumbling explosions and the piercing howling of the gale completely stopped and dissipated.
A gust of wind dispersed the dust and mist in front of them, and the three parties looked towards Izayoi and Nagato's battlefield, only to see an astonishingly large area, with a concentration so deep that if one mistakenly entered it, they would definitely not be able to see their fingers, as if they were in the desert, with a sandstorm about to strike.
Boom————
Just as the sensory ninja was forming hand seals, preparing to fully release their sensory ninjutsu to check the Chakra situation of the two monsters on the battlefield.
The gray mist ahead suddenly dispersed.
More precisely, the top of the mist was blasted away by a terrifying airflow.
However, this airflow was not a Repulsion storm.
"That... what is that?"
"Are you kidding me? Is that also a meteor?!"
"..."
Looking at the thing that blasted away the top of the mist, the three parties once again trembled, dumbfounded.
They saw that the thing was also a meteor.
It was just different from the previous meteor shower. This meteor did not generate flames from friction with the atmosphere, enveloping its entire body to form a giant fireball, but instead fell like a mountain.
The terrifying airflow not only blasted away the sandstorm-like mist, but even smashed a huge hole in the clouds in the sky, revealing the blue sky and the midday sun.
Tengai Shinsei!
Before the super meteor could blast away the remaining mist, falling to the ground and stirring up even more dust, an invisible Repulsion storm blew away the remaining mist, turning it into a distorted airflow, like a looming hand of God, catching the falling super meteor.
The super meteor stopped in the air, and suddenly the bottom shattered, spreading towards the top at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just a few blinks of an eye, the mountain-like super meteor turned into countless gravel, shooting towards the sky, as if to shoot the clouds in the sky into a hornet's nest.
When the Repulsion storm dissipated, the hole in the sky had not yet closed, and another super meteor fell.
The three parties had become numb.
Rumbling...
The sound of the earth shaking came again, and a Buddha statue hundreds of meters high, with hundreds of giant arms, rose from the ground.
As soon as this Buddha statue appeared, countless giant arms extended from its back, bringing the sound of tearing through the air, carrying the terrifying power of a punch that could shatter a rocky mountain, and slammed into the falling super meteor.
The super meteor, which was like a mountain falling, was once again smashed to pieces.
As a price, a large number of wooden giant arms were also smashed and broken by the super meteor.
When the super meteor turned into countless gravel again, falling like a rain curtain.
Another super meteor dropped from the huge hole in the clouds.
The Buddha statue, which was growing giant arms, could no longer smash it like before.
However, Nagato, standing on the head of the Buddha statue, remained unchanged.
The head of the Buddha statue suddenly moved, making a lifting motion, and then opened its mouth, shooting out five colors of Chakra flames, merging to form a Five Release Flame Pillar, soaring into the sky.
The flame pillar collided with the super meteor, immediately exploding a huge firework in the sky.
The dazzling flames were like a Tailed Beast Ball exploding in the air.
The terrifying shock wave turned into a hurricane and swept over again.
"Completely... completely not on the same level!"
"How many of these large-scale techniques have they released? Don't they have any limits?!"
"Could this be how the Valley of the End was created?!"
"..."
Amidst the raging winds, the three groups of people watched the scene numbly.
Even a perfect Jinchuriki couldn't continuously release Tailed Beast Balls.
But these two monsters were constantly using techniques with a range and power comparable to, or even far exceeding, Tailed Beast Balls.
Such Chakra, such Ninjutsu mastery... made these Shinobi doubt themselves. Were they really the elites of the Five Great Shinobi Villages?
They were all Shinobi, so why was the gap so vast?
As the third super meteorite bloomed into a massive firework, no more rocks fell from the hole in the dark clouds.
However, a small black dot drifted down from the hole, it was Izayoi disguised as the 19-year-old 'Toneri Otsutsuki'.
At this time, Izayoi still maintained his condescending and arrogant posture, his Tenseigan like the eyes of a god, overlooking all living beings.
But if you looked closely, you would find that Izayoi's breathing was slightly disordered.
A little sweat also appeared on his forehead under his white hair.
Obviously, even Izayoi, whose Chakra was as vast as the sea, had consumed a great deal of energy after the series of big moves just now.
Like Izayoi, Nagato below was also in a similar state.
If he hadn't absorbed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's Chakra, Nagato's situation would probably have been much worse than Izayoi's.
After all, whether it was Super Almighty Push, or Wood Release: Wood Human Technique and the Five Release Flame Pillar just now, they all required an unknown amount of Chakra.
And the Attraction converted from Izayoi's Chakra was also at the same level as Super Almighty Push.
If it weren't for the Tenseigan's amazing farsight, which allowed him to see outer space from the Shinobi World and lock onto the position of the meteorites, even if all his Chakra was converted into Attraction, he would not be able to summon so many meteor showers and three Tengai Shinsei.
Even if he really pulled down a meteor swarm, without the Tenseigan's farsight and perspective lock, he would not be able to achieve precision strikes.
The always-effective Almighty Push was ineffective, and facing Nagato, who possessed the Preta Path, Izayoi could only use physical attacks if he wanted to defeat him.
Wood Release could not be exposed, and even if it was, it would not be as good as Nagato wearing the Tobi Armor.
Unless Izayoi mastered the Eight Gates Formation and could open the Seventh Gate now, he could only summon meteorites to bombard him.
As a result, he didn't expect that the combination of Tobi and Nagato could actually perform Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees and Wood Release: Wood Human Technique.
Obviously, this Gold Perk Wood Release had also been converted into strength.
Nagato, wearing the Tobi Armor, was now at the same level as Madara Uchiha, who possessed the power of the Tailed Beasts in the Valley of the End, or even stronger.
After all, Madara Uchiha at that time did not have the Preta Path.
In addition to the Six Paths Technique and Wood Release, Nagato also had the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as his trump card.
The Chakra Dragon was simply an externalized Preta Path and Human Path Combination Technique.
The two, one above and one below, one in the sky and one on the ground, used their Ultimate Eye Technique to see through each other's Chakra.
After seeing the Chakra within each other's bodies clearly, both Izayoi and Nagato couldn't help but furrow their brows slightly.
Because the remaining Chakra of the two was almost the same, with Nagato, who had absorbed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's Chakra, being slightly better than Izayoi.
However, this little difference in Chakra couldn't occupy any advantage at all.
If Izayoi summoned another wave of meteor showers, Nagato would likely need to expend even more Chakra to defend against it.
Similarly, even if Izayoi had a Chakra advantage, it would be difficult to defeat Nagato.
The three parties were still watching from a distance. If Nagato wanted to, he could completely capture a Jinchuriki as a battery.
The same went for Izayoi.
With similar abilities and close strength, a fair one-on-one duel between the two would not produce a winner at all.
Only by borrowing external force, or finding a fatal weakness, could the balance be broken.
Thinking of this, Izayoi subconsciously turned his head to look at Rain Hidden Village.
Seeing this, Nagato below suddenly changed his expression drastically. If the range of Almighty Pull wasn't limited, he would have wanted to immediately release Attraction and grab Izayoi in the sky.
Just as Nagato was inputting Chakra into the Buddha statue under his feet, converting it into five Nature Transformations, preparing to once again unleash the Five Release Combination Ninjutsu.
Suddenly, Nagato's expression changed drastically, and his eyes widened.
The same went for Obito Uchiha and Black and White Zetsu, who were watching from afar, their Mangekyo Sharingan and powerful senses constantly locked onto Izayoi.
"Hiss..."
Only to see Izayoi in the sky suddenly gasp, subconsciously raising his hand to cover his eyes.
The next second, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve into an arc, his tone slightly excited as he said, "Finally here? Looks like you're not willing to be suppressed either!"
In Nagato's and Obito Uchiha's Chakra perception, as well as Black and White Zetsu's senses, Izayoi's brain was secreting an astonishing amount of Chakra, converging towards the eye area.
The Eye Power, which was originally severely depleted and as weak as a candle flame, became vigorous again.
As for Izayoi, he felt his eyeballs wriggling, as if something was drilling and crawling inside, both painful, itchy, and comfortable, making it impossible to exert much combat power.
This situation was similar to Sasuke Uchiha's recovery period after transplanting Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan in the original story.
Thus, Izayoi put down his hand, closed his eyes, and pointed at Nagato below, his posture still arrogant as he said, "The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, I'll temporarily leave it with you, the thief. Our battle, no... the battle between the Tenseigan and the Rinnegan, has only just begun."
After saying that, Izayoi's figure disappeared without any warning.
"Retreat!"
Seeing the battle end, the Cloud Ninja troops and spies from various countries instantly woke up, hurriedly issuing orders, quickly turning into afterimages and leaving Rain Country.
That visitor from the Moon had run away, leaving only the Akatsuki Leader, this super-standard combat power, on the field.
If the other party chose to settle accounts at this time, they would all be left here.
Even the self-proclaimed Fourth Raikage chose to leave at this time.
From now on, the strongest in the Shinobi World was no longer the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but had returned to the era of the God of Shinobi and the Shinobi World Asura from decades ago.
To be precise, it's a new era.
He cannot die yet; he must ensure that Cloud Village survives in this new era.
This is his duty as the Raikage!
"Izayoi-kun..."
Over twenty kilometers away, Hinata looked at Izayoi with a worried expression.
Others may not know that 'Toneri Otsutsuki' is Izayoi, but Hinata is very clear that the person is Izayoi's Main Body.
She is also the fourth person to see Izayoi's brain secreting Chakra.
Hinata had already witnessed this situation once last year in March.
She doesn't know about the Fetal Movement period of the Tenseigan, but she knows that when Izayoi is in that state, he will enter a long period of weakness.
Therefore, Hinata is very worried that Izayoi's Wood Clone will be affected by the Main Body, leading to his identity being exposed.
"The war is over, let's go back."
Izayoi's Wood Clone only gave Hinata a slight smile, and then led the team to instantly return to the Land of Fire.
Of course, he knows what Hinata is worried about.
If this were just a Shadow Clone, it might have automatically dispelled already.
But the Wood Clone is different from the Shadow Clone; the former is a more perfect clone. Unless the Main Body remotely performs hand seals to dispel it, the Wood Clone can continue to exist as long as it absorbs other people's Chakra.
Even the Tenseigan abilities from the first Fetal Movement can still be used by the Wood Clone.
The Main Body's Fetal Movement period cannot affect him at all.
Seeing this scene, Hinata immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Izayoi's back with her beautiful eyes shining, not concealing her admiration and love for her boyfriend.
If Shino Aburame wasn't beside her, and if the Izayoi in front of her was just a Wood Clone, Hinata would have already thrown herself into Izayoi's arms, expressing her emotions.
Her boyfriend was really cool just now!
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