Deidara abruptly tore off his Akatsuki Organization cloak. The flesh on his chest churned, and a black gemstone emerged.
The black gemstone burst forth with blinding light as the surrounding natural energy surged toward it like a raging tide.
The radiance was so dazzling that it seemed ready to swallow heaven and earth whole.
Deidara's eyes brimmed with madness, and his twisted face looked even more ferocious and terrifying beneath the light.
Deidara took out his last bit of clay and fed it to the mouth on his chest.
The clay instantly fused into his body. His body began to shake violently, his muscles swelling as veins bulged across his skin.
"This is my ultimate art! You'll all be reduced to dust in this unparalleled explosion!" Deidara's voice trembled with extreme excitement. This was the sacred moment when he would put his art into practice.
The Kumogakure ninja watched the horrifying sight, fear involuntarily rising in their hearts.
Deidara's body seemed to transform into an enormous ball of energy. The light grew ever stronger, and even the surrounding space began to warp and distort.
Mabui, who possessed the Raikage's secret technique, swiftly rushed to Raikage A's side and began forming hand seals, preparing to use the Heavenly Transfer Technique to send him away.
The next instant, a massive explosion shook the heavens, and white light instantly engulfed everything within a hundred miles.
Once the white light faded, Kumogakure's buildings had vanished completely. Even the mountains had been flattened, leaving behind a gigantic semicircular crater.
The elite ninja who had laid an ambush within Kumogakure were also reduced to ashes by the earth-shattering blow. Only Raikage A escaped by sheer luck with the aid of Mabui's space-time ninjutsu, the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
Raikage A looked at the crater, despair appearing in