The Giant God Descends

Though the Iron Sand cube was simply a huge mass used to attack with its weight and looked plain and unremarkable, its destructive power was beyond that of ordinary Ninjutsu. It was a technique that overwhelmed through sheer force, yet it was straightforward and aboveboard.

A colossal object dozens of meters across was falling from the sky. What could anyone do against it but dodge?

The entire desert fell silent. Even the howling wind was drowned out by its astonishing force.

Even the four Kazekage guards and Kimimaro, locked in combat, could not help stopping and turning their shocked gazes to the sky.

"This is Lord Kazekage's Magnet Release!!!"

Humans were born to worship ninja, and ninja, whose profession was fighting, were even more so. How could such powerful Ninjutsu not make the sand ninja of Sunagakure proud of their Kage?

"Lord Dōmeki!"

A trace of concern flashed through Kimimaro's eyes, but the confidence he had built in the boy over the years made him suppress his urge to act. He merely turned a cold gaze on the four troublesome opponents.

"Nice Ninjutsu. It'll be mine after this!"

Dōmeki's eyes flickered as he committed Rasa's Hand Seals to memory, but this Iron Sand cube

The red-haired boy's strength had returned to its peak during the pause. He abruptly thrust out both hands and rapidly formed Hand Seals.

Though Sakamoto was always complaining that other ninja were behind the times for using Hand Seals, they really were the best means of helping ninja perform Ninjutsu, especially techniques of exceptional difficulty that had only recently been perfected.

Dōmeki studied the enormous object and grinned, baring gleaming white teeth!

"Super Electromagnetic Release-Giant God Soldier Technique!"

Powerful currents of Chakra burst from the points all over the boy's body. The Chakra condensed into solid form and fell swiftly to the ground.

A black circle spread out from the shadow beneath the boy as his voice rang out!

Bzzzt~~

Blue arcs of electricity danced across the ground as an enormous hand several meters wide slowly emerged from the shadow.

Unlike the hand the boy had previously formed simply by piling material together with Magnet Release, this giant hand continued to rise.

An arm, a head, a torso

A pitch-black giant over fifty meters tall emerged as though it had stepped out of myth and legend. The lines of its body were slender and graceful, yet gave a powerful impression, while constantly dancing arcs of electricity tinged its body purple.

A single horn like a sharp sword jutted from its head toward the sky, and two blades rose from its shoulders in the same fashion.

The giant, with its extraordinarily futuristic industrial look, gleamed with a metallic luster. Its body seemed to be covered in streamlined armor, beneath which muscles and veins that seemed human gently pulsed.

Its humanoid head was also covered in armor, and its eyes, complete with pupils, shone with a cold, indifferent, mechanical light.

Orochimaru, who had appeared from somewhere, looked up at the enormous humanoid weapon with feverish eyes. "It's almost alive. That's Yang Release energy!"

"Shun-kun, you really do surprise me every time. This Ninjutsu already bears a faint resemblance to Lord First's!"

The boy stood on the giant's shoulder, breathing slightly hard. He gently patted its head and spoke in a low voice.

"Go! My partner!"

Fierce lightning flashed in the giant's icy eyes, and as the boy's command fell, it suddenly moved.

The enormous object was already close to the giant, and the wind pressure it stirred up whipped the boy's robes.

Standing in place, the giant spread its arms and slowly arched its back, its pose like that of the legendary god who bore the sky on his shoulders alone.

Almost in an instant, the giant raised both hands and stopped the object falling like a natural disaster. Its legs made a sound like steel being twisted tight.

Its palms glowed red, and fragments constantly broke away, only to be drawn back by the dancing lightning and rejoin the giant's body.

"It... it stopped!"

The sand ninja who had been using a steel puppet to block the sharp finger bones paused for a moment, startled by the strange sight in the sky. A forest of bones shot up from the ground and blasted the puppet into fragments, and a thin line of blood slowly appeared at his throat.

Yet the boy was not satisfied with merely stopping Rasa's Ninjutsu. His tightly furrowed brow simply relaxed.

"Super Electromagnetic Release won't be bound by mere gravity!"

As the boy's cool voice faded, two frightening depressions appeared beneath the giant.

The next moment, a gale tore up the surrounding ground. Holding the enormous metal cube aloft, the Giant God Warrior lifted its feet from the ground and floated into the air.

Standing on the giant's shoulder, Dōmeki's face filled with a smile brimming with madness and a desire to fight. As he formed a katana in his hand, the metal block the giant held aloft compressed into a golden spear.

Dōmeki pointed the long sword and spear at Rasa from afar and spoke slowly.

"Lord Kazekage, the next round begins!"

The Fourth Kazekage's face darkened. He stared at the red-haired boy and took two heavy breaths, an ominous premonition already forming in his heart.

But as Sunagakure's strongest fighter and one of the ninja standing at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World, Rasa had his own pride.

After briefly meeting the boy's gaze, Rasa moved the sand platform beneath his feet and rushed toward Dōmeki at high speed.

On the way, he completed his Hand Seals, and the Gold Dust surrounding him transformed into rapidly spinning spears!

"Magnet Release-Gold Dust Spear!"

The spears filled the sky like a violent downpour, shrieking toward the giant's upper body.

Whoosh!

Dōmeki swung the long blade in his hand, and the Giant God Warrior mirrored the boy's movement at the same time.

Despite the giant's enormous size, there was nothing clumsy about its spear swing. It was just as sharp and swift as the boy's, and the spear, dozens of meters long, traced a brilliant arc through the air.

"Clink! Clink! Clang!!!"

The spear collided with the rapidly spinning spears, throwing off a shower of sparks. The shafts of both the spears and the giant's weapon burst apart from time to time, scattering clouds of Gold Dust.

But in a single exchange, every spear in the sky was swept away, and the Fourth Kazekage and Dōmeki stood face-to-face.

"Boy, that's powerful Magnet Release! Considering your age, it really makes me sigh that heaven doesn't seem to favor Sunagakure!"

Rasa guided his sand platform level with Dōmeki and faced him, his expression calm but utterly serious.

"I might actually die at your hands, but I won't give you that chance!"

He then took a deep breath and bit his finger. A burst of Chakra erupted from his body, and he formed Hand Seals before pressing both hands to the sand platform. "Summoning Technique!"

A black tea kettle appeared in front of him. Rasa reached out with his right hand and lifted its lid, then spoke to Dōmeki.

"Want to see Sunagakure's ultimate weapon? Come out, Shukaku!"