Super S-Rank Ninjutsu, a Terrifying Art Comparable to the Tailed Beast Bomb?!

Forest of Death, perimeter zone.

The Kumogakure Unit was already poised to plunge into the forest and make their move, but the problem was they'd realized they had Konoha tails on them too.

Clearly, their plan to capture Hinata Hyuga had already caught the Anbu's attention.

"Captain, what do we do?"

"Konoha's spotted us."

Several ninjas in the Kumogakure Unit voiced their panic.

"Don't panic." Makai, the Hidden Cloud ninja squad leader, made a calm assessment: "We're here at the Third Hokage's invitation, representing the Raikage for peace talks.

"In a sense, Konoha wants to negotiate with us, Kumogakure.

"That being the case, they won't easily start a conflict and risk breaking the peace between our villages.

"Those Konoha ninjas showing up now is probably deliberate—to make us think twice.

"So we can't hesitate. Whether we retreat or capture, we need to move fast."

Makai paused here, sweeping his gaze seriously over his squad members' faces, and said firmly:

"And my call right now is to go ahead with the capture immediately.

"After all, Hinata is still in this forest..."

Makai trailed off as he suddenly felt the ground tremble beneath his feet—more accurately, the entire Forest of Death was quaking, and in a distant corner of the woods, countless birds burst into the sky.

What the hell?

Had the Konoha Anbu struck first, unleashing a jutsu to stop them from capturing Hinata and seizing the Byakugan?

Makai, the Kumogakure tactical squad leader, thought this and tensed up inside.

Then he noticed that his squad members, whom he'd just calmed down with his words, were all staring at him with terrified expressions.

Behind me?

Is there something behind me?

Makai turned to look, and his soul nearly fled his body.

The reason was simple: he saw a horrifying sight.

Trees across most of the forest were shattering, and an endless expanse of earth, tree debris, and the mangled flesh and bones of unknown beasts had formed a tidal wave of soil—a dozen meters high, like an Earth Wave.

And what's more, that dozen-meter-high Earth Wave was hurtling straight toward them at breakneck speed!

A powerful ninja was fighting in this forest!

And the jutsu they'd unleashed had to be no lower than A-rank!

No—S-rank!

—It had to be some unknown S-rank jutsu!

After making that judgment, Makai shouted at his subordinates: "Everyone, use Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"

"Yes!"

The squad ninjas snapped out of their daze and began forming hand seals.

In an instant, one sturdy earthen wall after another rose from the ground.

They formed a massive bulwark before the Kumogakure ninjas.

And the next second, the Earth Wave—like a sea tide or an enormous mudslide from afar—slammed violently into the Earth-Style Wall.

Boom...

The massive wall trembled, groaned, and even began to crack.

But thankfully, the shaking soon stopped, and the ground went still.

They'd blocked it?!

Just as that thought surfaced in the Kumogakure ninjas' minds and they let out a heavy sigh of relief, a terrifying air tide erupted—a truly invisible force strike, an air current attack!

And a true Vacuum Attack!

Linked with the Byakugan's dojutsu, born from the Hyuga bloodline, and deeply tied to the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack—a divine blow!

Crack!

In an instant, the Super Earth-Style Wall, conjured by all six Kumogakure squad members, collapsed, shattering into rubble that, along with the invisible air force, smashed viciously into the Hidden Cloud ninjas.

Bam!

The head of Makai, the squad leader who'd insisted on capturing Hinata, didn't even have time to react before it was blown clean off by the boulders and the shockwave of the Vacuum Attack.

The remaining Kumogakure squad members, though not as unlucky as Makai, were all struck by the Vacuum Attack's force and the rubble from their own shattered Earth-Style Wall, each one spitting blood from severe injuries as they collapsed.

The Kumogakure peace delegation was thus crippled.

The captain died on the spot; all members were gravely wounded...

And all of this was witnessed by Uzuki Yanxi, the Konoha Anbu kunoichi who had been tailing the Kumogakure squad to the Forest of Death's edge.

The delicate face hidden behind the Anbu mask couldn't help but reveal deep shock:

From hundreds of meters away, a single strike had devastated the Hidden Cloud peace negotiation team!

And even killed the team leader... a Jonin, by blowing his head off!

Such a ninjutsu attack was absolutely no less than S-rank.

Then, Uzuki Yanxi glanced again at the Forest of Death, no longer as dense as before, where a wide passage hundreds of meters long had appeared, sparking a conjecture in her mind:

If the Forest of Death's trees hadn't been so thick, absorbing part of the jutsu's power for those Hidden Cloud ninja...

Then all the Hidden Cloud ninja would have died instantly, and the terrifying shockwave from that jutsu would have kept spreading... reaching the area where these Leaf Anbu were stationed, killing them too!

Such power could rival the Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb recorded in Anbu archives... and what made it truly terrifying was that this jutsu wasn't wielded by a mindless tailed beast, but by an unknown person!

Uzuki Yanxi spoke seriously to the other Anbu members around her, also wearing masks: "We must investigate the Forest of Death."

One Anbu member nodded beside her: "We do need to investigate, but before that, we must report the situation to the Third Hokage. Besides that, we have to keep those Hidden Cloud ninja alive.

"After all, if we can't save their lives... this peace negotiation between the two great villages will be completely ruined."

The assembled Anbu all nodded at this, then used the Body Flicker Technique to appear before the Hidden Cloud ninja, who were severely wounded by the Vacuum Attack, unable to move... bleeding all over the ground and groaning.

They crouched down and used Medical Ninjutsu:

Mystical Palm Technique!

And just then, a sudden rush of footsteps came from not far away.

It was the Anbu Commander, Mitarashi Zixiao, and Hyuga Hiashi, who had arrived at top speed using the Body Flicker Technique.

Especially Hyuga Hiashi—his worry for his daughter Hinata Hyuga had reached its peak, his heart burning with anxiety... terrified that his daughter had been taken by those damned Hidden Cloud bastards, and her Byakugan ripped out...

Tap tap.

Seconds later, Hyuga Hiashi and Mitarashi Zixiao finally arrived on the scene, witnessing the devastated Forest of Death, its terrain drastically altered, and the severely wounded Hidden Cloud ninja lying on the ground.

Mitarashi Zixiao and Hyuga Hiashi both froze at the sight:

What the hell happened here?