237.The Third Hokage

A thank you for being my patron:

"Deva Path":

-Victor Gonzalez

-Mathias Zink

*

"Animal Path":

-Umar Jawed

*

"Human Path":

-Sayemal Reaz

*

"Outer Path":

-Anil Singh

-jayjayche990

-Ken Kaza

You can read 40 chapters ahead of everyone on p@treon.

P@TREON - p@treon.com/lessaservantofcosmos

(just replace the "@" with "a")

ps: Please support me on P@treon. I can really use your help!

--------------------------------------------------------------

As the indifferent words fell, Sōsuke's figure disappeared from the scene.

On the devastated ground, only the broken bodies of the Iwagakure ninjas remained, with blood covering the floor.

"Whoosh——"

The towering earth release walls collapsed thunderously, raising clouds of dust.

The sudden commotion shocked the Konoha ninjas outside the wall, all staring in astonishment.

"It... it collapsed... Have the Iwagakure ninjas been dealt with... But... Lord Sōsuke was still inside..."

A Konoha ninja muttered.

Hearing his words, another ninja hesitantly said.

"Lord Sōsuke possesses space-time ninjutsu... perhaps... he has already escaped successfully..."

Himiko stared with wide eyes at the collapsed wall, her gaze revealing a trace of barely discernible worry.

Sōsuke... you wouldn't be in trouble, would you...

Standing at a distance, Enma watched for a while, and after not seeing Sōsuke appear, it immediately turned and headed towards the Third Hokage.

.....

On the chaotic battlefield, the Tsuchikage and the Third Hokage were incessantly attacking each other.

Both of their ninjutsu hand seals were extremely fast, and the power of their techniques was tremendous, causing great destruction to the battlefield.

Fortunately, the villagers of Konoha had already been moved to a safe location, so even if the houses were greatly damaged, they could be rebuilt after the war.

"Fire Release: Majestic Fire Flower!"

Suddenly dodging a huge rock fist aimed at him, the Third swiftly formed hand seals and placed his hands in front of his mouth, his chest expanding.

"Boom——"

A burst of intense flame, thick as several people, shot towards Onoki in mid-air.

The surging flames were so intense that one could feel the terrifying temperature from afar.

Seeing this, Onoki frowned and clapped his hands together.

"Earth Release: Earth Wall!"

"Boom crack——"

A huge earth wall rose suddenly, the flames pouring over it like a raging river, turning the entire earth wall red-hot, which was quite astonishing.

Onoki looked at this scene with a grim expression, thinking to himself.

"This is troublesome. This guy's mastery of ninjutsu is too comprehensive. To defeat him, I must finish him off in one strike and not give him any chance to breathe!"

With that thought, his gaze turned cold.

Behind the massive earth wall, he rapidly formed hand seals!

His palms came together and then separated, revealing a glowing white cube in his hands, emitting a crystal clear white light, looking incredibly captivating.

When the earth wall collapsed from the air, revealing the prepared Onoki, he aimed his hands at Hiruzen and shouted.

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"

"Zing!"

In mid-air, a straight beam of white light shot rapidly towards Hiruzen, who had just reacted.

He looked up slightly at the incoming white beam, his expression grave, whispering.

"This is bad!"

Before Hiruzen could react, the dazzling white beam hit his position.

"Buzz...."

The attack of the Dust Release didn't cause much commotion, everything was so calm.

However, the spot where the Third was standing had turned into a void, the ground under the effect of Dust Release disintegrated into nothingness.

Seeing this, Onoki scanned the surroundings solemnly, and after confirming the Third Hokage's death, his expression relaxed slightly, saying coldly.

"Turned into nothing under my Dust Release... Indeed, as the Hokage, you were still far inferior to the First and Second."

After speaking, his expression darkened slightly, murmuring.

"Teacher... The disgrace Konoha faced in the past, this time, it will be fully returned to them!"

However, just then, an anomaly occurred!

Below him, the ground suddenly rose sharply, and a mud dragon burst forth from the earth, attacking him!

As he looked on in surprise, a composed voice then shouted.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bomb!"

As the cold shout fell, a fire dragon suddenly rose, entwining with the swiftly flying mud dragon!

The two combined, growing even larger, like a giant whale swallowing Onoki in the sky.

"Combined Ninjutsu: Fire-Stream Rock Blast!"

On the ground, Hiruzen stood amidst the freshly emerged earth, his gaze fixed on the sky.

His hands, however, did not stop, continuing to form seals.

Onoki, facing the sudden attack, furrowed his brows tightly. It was already too late to fly away, so he had to quickly form hand seals and shouted.

"Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique!"

Under his ninjutsu, the dragon mixed with flames slowed down significantly, with rocks continuously falling off its body.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Onoki quickly flashed to the side to escape!

However, at that moment.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!".....

Several enormous Wind Release: Rasenshuriken tore through the rock debris, surrounding Onoki from all directions!

Onoki frowned deeply, glancing at the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken coming from all around, thinking to himself.

Damn, it's impossible to block so many shuriken with Earth Release in mid-air!

With that thought, he made a decision in an instant!

"Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!"

His arms suddenly transformed into two huge rock fists, smashing towards the incoming giant shuriken one by one at UU Reading www.uukanshu.net.

When he smashed the first shuriken, the sudden ignition of fire on it made his expression turn awful in an instant!

"Boom!"

With a loud noise, a violent explosion occurred in the air.

After the first explosion, a series of explosions followed immediately.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"....

After a series of dense explosions, Hiruzen watched the area of smoke intently, speaking in a low voice.

"Being in mid-air, you shouldn't be able to block such a concentrated barrage of exploding tags with Earth Release..."

As his voice trailed off, on the distant ground.

"Thud!"

A short figure suddenly appeared from the earth, covered in some black ash, seemingly unharmed but with a very grim expression and cold gaze.

Standing in the distance, he locked eyes with Hiruzen, both of their eyes clearly showing rage.

"To think that I had to rely on a rock clone to escape, as the Third Hokage, you truly are strong."

Hearing this, Hiruzen remained silent, his gaze serious.

Just as Onoki was about to speak again.

"Whoosh!"

A tall figure arrived at the scene.

Seeing him, Hiruzen's eyebrows tightened, and he quickly asked.

"Enma, why have you returned!? How are things over there?"

Hearing Hiruzen's question, Enma glanced at the situation on the battlefield and said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, Hiruzen, that kid Sōsuke has already dealt with those Iwagakure ninjas. It's just that I don't know how he is doing himself."