Chapter 181
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Two flowers bloom, each showing a branch.
Within the Four Red Yang Formation, the battle was fierce, particularly the duel between space-time Kekkei Genkai and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Hiruzen and his companions could keep up but couldn't inflict lethal damage on Kyomu.
Minato could also keep up, but similarly, he couldn't harm Kyomu, gradually falling into a disadvantage.
Crack.
Yoei slashed through a Flying Thunder God kunai, severing it and disrupting the Flying Thunder God Technique engraved on it, breaking Minato's attack rhythm.
A trace of frustration flashed across Minato's face. Without the Flying Thunder God kunai as an anchor point, he couldn't get close to Kyomu at all.
Suddenly disappearing from his original position, Kyomu appeared behind Koharu without any warning.
This was the advantage of the space-time Kekkei Genkai: within an eighteen-meter radius, Kyomu could appear at any location instantly, without any need for a medium.
Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!
Danzo Shimura turned and spat out a series of oval-shaped air bullets at Kyomu, temporarily relieving Koharu from danger.
Kyomu didn't use the space-time Kekkei Genkai again, as he was fighting alone against five people and needed to conserve chakra.
However, as the battle progressed, Kyomu's previously edited body was undergoing subtle changes.
With autonomous adaptive evolution and the removal of harmful factors, coupled with core genetic information equivalent to the Ten-Tails and Kaguya, Kyomu's chakra depletion issue was slowly improving.
But compared to the consumption, the improvement was obviously slow, so Kyomu still needed to be cautious.
Bang, bang, bang.
Yoei danced in Kyomu's hand, creating afterimages as it repeatedly cut through Danzo's Vacuum Spheres.
Blue Flame: Skyline!
With a sudden reverse grip, a long, blazing blue-purple blade beam shot skyward and then horizontally toward Danzo's location.
Enma: Nyoi Staff!
Hiruzen, in his battle attire, coldly swung the staff transformed by Enma, making it larger and longer, holding it with both hands and sweeping forward.
Boom!
The scorching airwave and shockwave exploded. The surface of the staff transformed by Enma didn't change, and the residual waves were still within an acceptable range for the Konoha elders.
When the earth release defensive jutsu dissipated, Kyomu rushed forward again, still targeting Koharu.
Naturally, you should pick the weakest one first!
Swish.
A Flying Thunder God kunai swiftly approached Kyomu, but it was far too slow in his eyes.
"Flying Thunder God kunai is your biggest weakness, Minato."
The Flying Thunder God kunai couldn't match Kyomu's speed, enhanced by Lightning Release: Eight Gates, so Minato couldn't catch up.
His body turned into a streak of light, and the Flying Thunder God kunai trailing behind him widened the distance instead of closing it.
In an instant, he caught up with the panicked Koharu, and Kyomu raised his blade to slash down. The extreme speed created a red blade beam through the wind pressure.
Before the blade even reached, the red beam had already injured Koharu, her scalp instantly bleeding. Just a few centimeters more, and she would be split in half.
Swish.
Kyomu suddenly ducked as Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to arrive, and their eyes met.
Kyomu didn't intend to hold back, and Minato didn't plan to rescue Koharu. Instead, he extended his right hand, aiming to touch Kyomu's abdomen.
With a slight chuckle, Kyomu clenched his left fist and quickly punched towards Minato's face.
"What incredible speed and reaction!"
Minato's pupils shrank as he threw the Flying Thunder God kunai in his hand.
Boom!
The punch hit the air, while Minato's body appeared near the Flying Thunder God kunai behind Kyomu.
Kyomu's smile widened, quickly understanding Minato's intention.
Swish.
As Kyomu's fist missed, his blade still descending, Minato's body almost immediately disappeared again.
With a swift twist of his left fist, a powerful punch, creating a massive fist shadow, covered the Flying Thunder God kunai left at Kyomu's feet.
Leaving an anchor point and using other anchors to evade attacks, then moving in with the Flying Thunder God Technique during the opponent's recovery time—this was Minato's plan, which Kyomu was familiar with from fighting the Eight-Tails Gyūki.
But Kyomu didn't have the Flying Thunder God kunai as anchors, making him almost flawless, unlike Minato, whose kunai were his vulnerability.
A punch landed.
Kyomu's heart jolted, abandoning his attack on Koharu, his body flashing away as Minato lunged at empty air.
Swish.
In the same instant, Minato blocked Kyomu's path again without using a kunai.
Yoei thrust forward, but Minato's trident kunai parried along the blade's spine, avoiding a direct clash to prevent it from being cut.
A perfect defense.
Clearly, Kyomu's battle tactics were thoroughly analyzed by these people.
But Kyomu had also figured out Minato's capabilities.
"You marked Koharu and Homura with the Flying Thunder God seals, so you could keep up with me without the kunai's aid," Kyomu thought quickly. "You must have done it when shaking hands with them, but so what?"
At this moment, Yoei's thrust, influenced by Minato, only managed to cut off one of Homura's ears instead of beheading him.
Rasengan!
Minato's hand formed a chakra ball, not blue but milky white, without the Wind Release chakra infusion, making it a pure non-attribute chakra aggregate.
Its damage was decent but still inferior to the blue Rasengan.
And it wasn't a major issue, as Kyomu could react, with his speed far surpassing Minato's.
Kyomu's body leaned back sharply, his mouth opening wide.
Fire Release: Great Flame Bomb!
A nearly instant, hand seal-free B-rank jutsu with undiminished power was no different from a seal-less technique.
Minato's eyes dimmed slightly, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to vanish.
His physical speed couldn't match Kyomu's. Every time he stopped using the Flying Thunder God Technique to attack, Kyomu could always counter, his body speed far superior.
Without the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato would have died several times at Kyomu's hands.
Minato escaped, but Homura suffered.
The instant B-rank jutsu, Great Flame Bomb, hit his back directly.
Enma: Nyoi Staff!*
Once again, Hiruzen.
The staff transformed by Enma blocked the Great Flame Bomb, shattering it and continuing its momentum towards Kyomu.
Clang.
"That hurts!"
Kyomu blocked with his blade, making Enma wince in pain, eliciting a grin from Kyomu.
Yoei's blade wasn't something anyone could handle.
Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique!
Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!
Danzo and Koharu coordinated, launching a massive fire dragon that covered the entire Four Red Yang Formation's internal space, exploding towards Kyomu.
The coverage exceeded Kyomu's teleportation range, forcing him to withstand it.
"Is he dealt with?" Homura asked loudly, clutching his severed ear, his eyes filled with hatred and fear.
As soon as he finished speaking...
Boom!
The explosive flames split open, shooting upward, forming a massive entity's shadow over a hundred meters long.
Below the shadow, Kyomu, surrounded by purple lightning arcs, gripped Yoei, charging it before slashing down.
Lightning Release: Eight Gates, Fully Open!
Chakra boiled within, merging Wind and Fire chakra into Scorch Release, channeling it into Yoei, then into the hundred-meter-long flame shadow.
The color subtly turned purple, deepening.
World Ashes: Slash!
The blade's shadow descended, causing a ripple in the Four Red Yang Formation capable of defending against the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb. Though it didn't break, the temperature was evident.
Enma: Nyoi Staff!
Hiruzen turned the staff into a massive pillar, enough to shield several people side by side. But upon contact with the deep purple flame shadow, Enma couldn't hold.
The temperature was too high, nearly evaporating all moisture within Enma instantly.
Thud.
Barely touching, Enma, on the verge of death, returned home in a puff of smoke, exposing Hiruzen and the others to the blade's light.
Suddenly, flames ignited on them, with the weakest Koharu's skin peeling, her body nearly shriveled.
This was just the aura of the deep purple blade shadow. If it had actually struck them, they would have turned into four piles of ash!
Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique...
Hiruzen's face showed horror as he tried to use Water Release, but no water came out!
It wasn't because of insufficient chakra, but because the air and surrounding soil had no moisture left. Creating water from nothing, even Tobirama couldn't do that if he were resurrected.
Minato wanted to rescue them, but as soon as he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear between Hiruzen and Danzo, flames erupted on his body, nearly burning him to death.
Moreover, Homura and Koharu were beyond saving.
Swish.
Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato took Hiruzen and Danzo and disappeared, reappearing outside the Four Red Yang Formation.
In the blink of an eye, the purple flames engulfed the formation, and Homura and Koharu were instantly vaporized, leaving only two black shadows etched on the ground.
But as the blade beam exploded, the ground bearing the evidence of their existence shattered, turning into molten lava, flowing into a massive crack.
When the flames finally dispersed...
The Four Red Yang Formation dissolved, and Kyomu, holding Tsunade, landed steadily on the ground.
Looking around, it was a desolate apocalyptic scene, like a volcanic eruption, with scorching air rising and the smell of sulfur everywhere.
The Hokage Building, surrounding structures, and all traces of human habitation were obliterated.
"Sister, are you alright?"
"I thought you were going to cut me down with them," Tsunade said, her arms wrapped around Kyomu's neck, smiling slightly but with a hint of sadness. "I'm sorry, I couldn't fulfill my promise."
"It doesn't matter. The blade in my hand will carve out a brilliant future for us."
Kyomu set Tsunade down. "Sister, this is not something you should be involved in. Leave."
"I'm on your side!"
"I know." Kyomu smiled, "But these matters are best handled by me personally. In the future... let sister take the field again."
Without further words to Tsunade, Kyomu vanished, leaving a scorched mark where he stood.
A ball of purple lightning ascended, the rising heat and red glow beneath making him look like a deity from afar.
"Long live Lord Kyomu!"
"Long live Lord Kyomu!"
"Long live Lord Kyomu!"
The ninjas under Kyomu's command, seeing this scene, fought with renewed vigor, foreseeing their victory and a brilliant future ahead.
Scanning below, Kyomu couldn't find any trace of Minato, Hiruzen, or Danzo, not knowing where they had fled using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Heh.
With a cold smile, Kyomu muttered, "Hiruzen, Danzo, since you escaped, I will not spare those who follow you."
Whoosh, boom, boom, boom!
Kyomu plunged from high in the air, accelerating at supersonic speed, creating one sonic boom after another.
Landing.
Boom!
Like a comet hitting the earth, the impact alone created a crater over 200 meters in diameter, and the shockwave lifted Sarutobi and Shimura clan ninjas into the air, blood splattering everywhere.
Some might be innocent, but in an avalanche, every snowflake bears guilt.
When the Sarutobi and Shimura clans benefited from following Hiruzen and Danzo, this outcome was inevitable.
Then, twisting his body, Kyomu slashed horizontally.
Centering on Kyomu, wave-like blade beams spread out, destroying everything and everyone in their path.
Clearing the field, Kyomu now stood at a level of power where he could slaughter ten thousand with ease!
"Aragami Kyomu!" came Danzo Shimura's voice from afar. "Look who this is!"
Kyomu's pupils shrank sharply, and in the distance, Obito and Kakashi had similar reactions.
"Rin!" Obito cried out in anguish.
(End of Chapter)