The grassland had become... a lake? Their widened eyes reflected the boundless expanse of water, nearly merging with the sky. In the tranquil night, the gentle sound of flowing water lingered by their ears. Occasionally, a night breeze swept over the rippling surface, carrying the lake's distinct chill as it brushed past their ears and cheeks.
A horrified thought surfaced in the hearts of these Kumogakure ninja.
This wasn't... a genjutsu! Then came another thought, one that confirmed they were not trapped in an illusion.
That Little Monster... had changed the entire landscape of this grassland with a single punch?
Then came an utterly unbelievable thought.
What kind of joke was this?!
Finally, as they stared at the now still and silent lake, their mouths hung open and their bodies stiffened. In their hearts, they cried out in disbelief.
Battles between ninja changing the terrain were not without precedent. In the homeland of that Little Monster, at the founding of Konoha, there had indeed been an earth-shattering battle that directly altered the terrain around the battlefield—and even the land across the sea from it.
Konoha even had a place called the "Valley of the End," built to commemorate that shocking, world-shaking battle.
But one of the combatants in that battle had been the First Hokage, known as the Ninja God, while the other had been Madara Uchiha, the strongest ninja in the Uchiha Clan's history and the only man who could fight the Ninja God to a standstill.
Ever since the beginning of the shinobi world, both had been beings engraved with labels such as "legend" and "myth," existences that the current shinobi world could never surpass. Even their Third Raikage was far from being able to compare with them.
Yet this Little Monster possessed such strength at barely over