"Sorry!"
Hawking grabbed the Third Raikage's Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite with one hand. With the other, he stopped using Exploding Charms to torment Deidara and threw a charged punch at the Third Raikage's head.
"It's useless. In this state, my body cannot be broken."
Before the Third Raikage had even finished speaking, the Lightning Release Armor covering his body cracked apart. Hawking's punch had forcibly pierced through it before striking his head.
Boom!
The Third Raikage's head exploded on the spot.
"He... he actually caught the Third Raikage's Hell Stab and broke through his Lightning Release Armor!"
Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki's eyes widened round.
As a former rival, he knew exactly how fast the Third Raikage was, how powerful his attacks were, and how terrifying his defense was.
For three days and three nights, more than ten thousand Iwagakure Ninja had besieged him. Yet not a single one could block the Third Raikage's attacks, nor could anyone break through his flesh.
In the end, they could only use the lives of one Iwagakure ninja after another to drag things out until the Third Raikage's Chakra was completely exhausted and he died.
Yet such a terrifying Third Raikage had had his head blown apart by Hawking, Konoha's adviser, in just one exchange.
If he had not been able to clearly sense the immense Chakra inside the Third Raikage, along with the speed he had just displayed, Ōnoki would have thought he was a fake.
"With strength like this, no wonder even Tsunade can't restrain him."
"Water Release: Water Ball Technique!"
Just then, dense bubbles suddenly appeared and shot toward Hawking.
After discovering that the Third Raikage had been instantly defeated in close combat, Yakushi Kabuto had commanded the Second Mizukage to launch a long-range, area-covering attack.
"Dodge! Every bubble will explode on