Black Zetsu's Fury

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Kosuke leaped into the air to dodge the attack from the tree root, throwing several Kunai with Explosive Tag attached to them. The Kunai the tree root squarely, and the shockwave from the Explosive Tag blasted the root away.

Taking Kosuke into the air and turned to look at Minato not far away, shouting, "Hurry up, isn't Minato ready yet? This thing is too troublesome; it's impervious to water and fire, and even if it's cut in two, it can regenerate rapidly."

"Buy some more time. This move only exists in theory; I've never actually used it," Minato shouted, his back turned.

At that moment, Minato was holding Kunai in both hands, forming some kind of hand seal, and a barrier began to open from his Minato.

Meanwhile, Kosuke was entangled with the tree root. Given Kosuke's strength, the tree root couldn't cause Kosuke any damage. However, just as Kosuke said, the tree root was too troublesome. Kosuke used Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and swordsmanship, but he still couldn't destroy the tree root. The only thing left was Genjutsu. However, as soon as he thought about using Genjutsu on a piece of tree root, Kosuke banished the idea from his mind.

Before Kosuke and the tree roots could entangle for long, Minato shouted, "Alright, Kosuke, lure him over here!"

Having been waiting for Minato to say those words, Kosuke leaped onto the trunk of a tall tree, used the force of his feet to propel himself forward, and flew straight towards Minato.

Behind him, the tree roots, resembling a giant green serpent, followed Kosuke. Wherever they passed, large trees were destroyed, crashing to the ground with loud thuds.

Kosuke was incredibly fast, and the distance between him and Minato kept decreasing: twenty meters, ten meters, five meters... Finally, when he was only one meter away from Minato, Kosuke flipped over and leaped into the air, soaring over to Minato's back.

The extremely fast-moving tree roots had no time to react, and like an out-of-control train, they crashed headlong into the Minato.

"Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!"

Just as the tree root was about to collide with Minato uttered a soft Kunai and pointed his kunai backward, causing black tadpole-like characters to appear in the previously calm void.

At the same time, the space in front of the Minato twisted, revealing a pitch-black hole. The tree root, without slowing down, plunged into it. The hole emitted a strange spatial suction force, constantly pulling at the tree root.

Kosuke, who had stopped behind him, turned around and saw this scene. He thought to himself, "Using the Flying Thunder God Kunai for defense, and using the technique to create a barrier, he can transfer attacks released within the Flying Thunder God to another Flying Thunder God Kunai. Minato's talent is truly extraordinary; his mastery of the Flying Thunder God far surpasses that of the Second Hokage."

"Break!"

With a low Minato, Minato's hands changed, and the tadpole-like characters in the void rapidly dissipated into the invisible void. The huge black hole in front of him also disappeared, and the thick tree root was instantly twisted and snapped by an invisible force.

Seeing Minato suddenly dispel his Ninjutsu, Kosuke couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Minato?"

Having just used this Ninjutsu, Minato was panting heavily, as if he had just gone through a fierce battle. Sweat dripped from his forehead as he explained, "No, this Ninjutsu is only theoretical. Although I was able to use it, it consumed too much Chakra."

Before Minato could finish speaking, the root on the ground, which had been motionless, began to twist again, and the broken part rapidly extended. Upon seeing this, Minato and Kosuke's expressions changed simultaneously. This thing seemed to be indestructible; no matter what, it would grow back.

Boom... Boom...

Suddenly, without warning, a deafening roar erupted, a sound so loud it could be heard dozens of miles away.

The loud noise startled countless fighting ninjas, who all stopped fighting at the same time and turned their gazes toward the Sacred Mountain from which the sound came.

In an instant, countless ninjas were dumbfounded as the massive Sacred Mountain exploded violently. The sound came from the explosion, and a billowing column of smoke rose from the ground like a dragon. But that wasn't the most terrifying thing. What was truly terrifying was that such a massive explosion shattered the entire Sacred Mountain.

Cracks thousands of meters long and tens of meters wide climb up the Sacred Mountain, with the largest crack stretching directly from the summit to the foot of the mountain. The dense cracks, like a spider web, instantly enveloped the entire Sacred Mountain.

Immediately following the shockwave of the explosion, the entire Sacred Mountain trembled and collapsed with a deafening roar. The force of the hundreds-of-meters-high peak falling was truly earth-shattering. Chunks of the mountain crashed down from the height of hundreds of meters, and countless rocks rained down in all directions. The explosive power was immense; shattered rocks even flew several kilometers before crashing into the dense forest with a bang, destroying countless giant trees. In other words, the rain of stones covered an area of several kilometers, and everyone was at risk of being hit by the falling rocks.

"Hey, hey, what on earth happened?" Seeing this scene, Kosuke was already dumbfounded, shouting in disbelief.

At a certain Chiyuki Uzumaki stared in disbelief at the shattered Sacred Mountain, exclaiming, "How could this be? The Sacred Mountain is actually destroyed!"

The Sacred Mountain has been a spiritual symbol for the Uzumaki Clan for over a thousand years. For thousands of years, the Uzumaki Clan has held annual sacrifices to their ancestors at the altar atop the Sacred Mountain. Now that the Sacred Mountain has been destroyed, one can imagine the shock it has caused the Uzumaki Clan.

After a brief moment of shock, Minato withdrew his gaze, his attention drawn to something else. At the instant the explosion occurred, the tree roots in front of them twisted violently, as if something terrible had happened. And after about ten seconds, the tree roots retreated in the direction they had come from, that is, they shrank back to the foot of the Sacred Mountain.

Seeing this, Minato neither stopped nor followed. He wondered to himself if these strange tree roots were related to the Sacred Mountain. Now that the Sacred Mountain had been destroyed by the sudden explosion, the tree roots quickly retreated.

Pebbles rained down from the sky, but Minato and Kosuke reacted quickly enough. These stones, falling randomly without any apparent purpose, were easy to dodge.

However, the allied forces of Kekkei Genkai clans did not fare so well. Huge rocks crashed into the densely packed crowd. Faster ninjas were able to dodge them, but some slower and weaker ninjas were smashed into pieces.

The Uzumaki Clan suffered no casualties, not because the Uzumaki ninjas were strong, but because very few of them survived. The tree roots devoured most of the imprisoned Uzumaki Clan, turning them into withered corpses. Only a very few Uzumaki Clan ninjas escaped and survived, including Chiyuki Uzumaki, who was with Kosuke and Minato and later took the opportunity to escape.

At the same time, right there on the slid-down mountainside, two figures, like ants, were scrambling among the massive boulders. These two were none other than Yemo and Kakashi, the culprits behind the explosion, and they were now desperately trying to escape.

Dodging a massive boulder that slid down, Yemo cursed, "Kakashi, what have you done? I told you to destroy that giant tree, not the entire mountain! Now the tree is destroyed, and we're both going to die with it!"

Kakashi leaped among the rolling rocks, dodging the onslaught of boulders, and retorted, "It wasn't you who said you wanted maximum power; I said before that the explosion would be so powerful it could flatten the entire mountain."

"Bullshit, you only said it was possible back then," Yemo cursed as a flying pebble cut his arm.

The Sacred Mountain collapsed faster and faster, with more and more rocks tumbling down. Thick smoke, carrying countless rocks, rolled down the mountainside like a monstrous wave, threatening to destroy everything.

Looking back at the horrific scene, Kakashi and Yemo stopped arguing and ran forward with all their might. Unfortunately, they couldn't outrun the rolling rocks and thick smoke. They were swallowed up and disappeared without a trace before they got very far.

Meanwhile, Black Zetsu, who was secretly plotting all of this, watched with delight as the tree roots devoured a large number of the Uzumaki Clan, along with many ninjas from Kekkei Genkai clans. His goal would be achieved step by step according to his plan.

But before he could be excited for long, a deafening explosion suddenly came from within the Sacred Mountain, destroying the entire Sacred Mountain. Most importantly, he was cut off from the 'God Tree'. In an instant, his face was filled with rage, his fists clenched tightly, and a strong killing intent emanated from his body.

He shouted in a murderous tone, "Who? Who? Which bastard ruined my plans? I'll tear him to pieces!"