The Terrifying Dark Guardian

"Did it break?" Flying in the sky, Konan looked down at Ryoha, who was covered by a small amount of smoke in the giant pit below, and said uncertainly.

"It should have broken. He was hit by C3 No.18 head-on, and it was in the most densely packed center of C3 No.18's explosion. Even if his dark defense is high, it must have been broken."

Deidara still had this confidence. Unless Ryoha used other jutsu to destroy C3 No.18, or resisted it, otherwise, relying solely on the automatic defense of the Dark Guard, Deidara was confident it could be broken.

Unfortunately, fantasies are often beautiful, but reality is often cruel. After the smoke cleared, what appeared in front of them was an oval-shaped black sphere. This black sphere slowly dissipated, revealing Ryoha inside, covered and protected, unharmed, no different from before the explosion, not even a speck of dust on his clothes.

Not to mention Deidara and Konan, even Nagato, who had escaped far away and used the Shinra Tensei to deflect the explosion, was stunned. Was the defense of the Dark Guard too high? It actually couldn't be broken by C3 C3 No.18?

"Sorry, the Dark Guard is not just a simple defense. On the contrary, it also has the special ability to corrode and consume everything with darkness. Therefore, in addition to its amazing defensive ability, the Dark Guard also possesses a terrifying corrosion and consumption ability. The power of your C3 No.18 just now was indeed very powerful. In fact, in the Ninja World, not many people can survive a direct hit by this move, and there are not many defensive ninjutsu that can completely defend against it without any harm."

"But unfortunately, you encountered my Dark Release. I've said before that my Dark Release integrates the advantages of all bloodline limits and secret techniques, and is infinitely optimized and fused with my own understanding and needs. It is the ability that best suits me according to the needs of my body, soul, and spirit. If it were so easy for you to break it, then it would be useless."

Ryoha smiled lightly. His Dark Guard was extremely powerful in protecting himself. Ryoha dared to say that the Dark Guard was the most convenient, worry-free, and least consuming technique in the Ninja World among numerous ninjutsu, secret techniques, and bloodline limits. It was the most intimate and reassuring defense technique. It was not so easy for Deidara to destroy it.

If Dark Release were really that simple, it wouldn't have integrated so many bloodline limits and wouldn't have taken so many years of effort from Ryoha (including the time used in Transient Youth) to merge all the bloodline limits, Nine-Tails chakra, chakra of life, and so on that he possessed into one, and only after the fusion, the terrifying ability of Dark Release appeared. The Dark Guard was truly terrifying.

"Then you've attacked me so many times, now it's my turn. Dark Release: Dark Sacred Sword." Another terrifying aspect of Dark Release was that it didn't require hand seals. It was like an instant ninjutsu, or even a magical instant activation. A dark sacred sword appeared in his hand, exuding a dreadful aura of cleaving mountains and splitting the earth, and he stabbed it directly at Deidara.

"Splat!"

The giant dragon beneath Deidara's feet was pierced alive, and Deidara timely used a substitution jutsu, narrowly avoiding a disaster. However, a cavity appeared in the sky where he had just been, as if the space had been dented.

"Paper Shuriken!" Konan, like an angel, shot out paper shurikens as white as feathers. Unfortunately, these razor-sharp paper shurikens, which were extremely sharp for others, were lightly swung and all shattered by the dark sacred sword in Ryoha's hand.

"No, Konan and Deidara are completely no match for Ryoha. I must quickly deal with Tsunade, but Tsunade's strength is too strong. This time she obviously has no reservations, unlike last time when she awakened Wood Release. Moreover, the owner of the black light in the sky last time was Ryoha, so the golden-green light should be Tsunade's. In that case, Tsunade is hiding a terrifying ability far beyond Wood Release. Damn, too strong."

As Nagato was distracted by his thoughts, Tsunade seized the opportunity. She immediately used the Hiraishin no Jutsu. After completing the Holy Release, Tsunade immediately practiced the Hiraishin.

With Ryoha's unrestricted sharing of experiences, what originally would have taken Tsunade one or two months to complete, the third stage of the Hiraishin no Jutsu, only took a week. So, although she didn't gain the enlightenment that Ryoha did, experiencing the third stage of the Hiraishin no Jutsu through sharing experiences with Ryoha delayed her by just a few days.

Therefore, at this moment, Tsunade's Hiraishin no Jutsu had entered the third stage. Those who hadn't entered the third stage would never understand how much more powerful the third stage of the Hiraishin no Jutsu was compared to the first and second stages. Tsunade was experiencing it firsthand.

It can be said that in front of the third stage of the Hiraishin no Jutsu, those who only know the second stage have absolutely no resistance. Using the second stage of the Hiraishin no Jutsu against someone in the third stage is simply seeking death. All movements in time and space would be anticipated in advance, suppressing them firmly.

Although the Rinnegan can see the spatial trajectory produced during space-time ninjutsu movement, in the face of Tsunade's third stage of the Hiraishin no Jutsu, even the Rinnegan's Six Paths of Pain, who doesn't possess space-time ninjutsu, is just struggling for a moment longer.

Moreover, Tsunade has not used her third stage ability up to now. Otherwise, Pain would be in an even worse situation. If Pain could use space-time ninjutsu, even though his proficiency in space-time ninjutsu was far inferior to Tsunade's, with the ability to see spatial trajectories with the Rinnegan, he could at least cope with the first and second stages. At least he wouldn't be so passive. He could see it, but without the help of space-time ninjutsu, he couldn't keep up. Even if he could dodge once or twice, he wouldn't have that luck with more attempts.

"Let's deal with the most troublesome one first. Wood Release: Wood Golem!" Tsunade's left hand grew wood and instantly captured Nagato, ignoring the other five paths, and even the approaching Animal Path. She pulled it directly and, at the same time, used the Hiraishin no Jutsu to appear in front of Nagato. A monstrous punch, like breaking deadwood, was directed at Nagato's face.

In the face of Nagato, who didn't even have Wood Release back then, let alone the current Tsunade, who not only possesses great strength but also knows the secret of the Six Paths, it can be said that Nagato is undoubtedly defeated. Even though Nagato has made great progress in these few days, compared to Tsunade's progress, it is simply insignificant.