On a mountain peak dozens of kilometers away from Kumogakure,
a massive Space-Time Chakra Cannon had been set up, its enormous barrel continuously charging.
"Charge at seventy percent, eighty percent,"
"Charge at ninety percent, one hundred percent!"
"Fire!"
A five-meter-wide ball of Chakra light shot straight into the cloud vortex above Kumogakure.
The Chakra shell exploded violently.
At the same time, massive Chakra shells were fired from five other directions into the clouds.
The Chakra shells exploded instantly, affecting an area dozens of meters wide.
But...
in the next instant, the cloud vortex, whose eye alone spanned five kilometers, showed no reaction at all.
The areas affected by the exploding Chakra shells were immediately scattered by the surging hurricane winds.
The vortex's rotation was not affected in the slightest.
"It's no good, Mabui! We can't destroy this cloud vortex at all!"
Yukubi clutched his radio and roared at Mabui.
"Bzzz... target... that... person..."
The radio transmission was distorted by the extreme cold and violent winds.
But Yukubi still heard Mabui's voice.
"Change targets! Aim at the person inside the clouds!"
"Shoot him down!"
The Space-Time Chakra Cannons began charging once more.
A massive sphere of energy appeared before each barrel.
This time, the Space-Time Chakra Cannons stationed in five directions condensed enormous energy spheres.
"Yukubi! That person is too fast—we can't lock onto him!"
"And the barrels need to cool down now, or they'll be easily damaged!"
The personnel operating the Space-Time Chakra Cannons hurriedly reported.
At that moment, Hyōri was using Wind Release with all his strength to drive the cloud vortex, accelerating it without pause.
As time passed, a layer of rapidly rotating airflow gradually formed around the outer edge of the cloud vortex, like an enormous whirlpool.
At the center of that vortex, thousands, even tens of