Kumogakure's Last Days

Wood Dragon!

Senju Zen stood atop the wooden dummy's head. With a thought, the Wood Dragon wrapped around the dummy's shoulder shot out, entangled with the numerous octopus tentacles of the Eight-Tails, and then opened its belly to devour the Eight-Tails 'Chakra.

"Boom! Boom!"

The Eight-Tails creature struggled fiercely, its fists landing on the Wood Dragon like cannonballs.

However, it was clear that the wooden man wasn't just standing by watching the show. He punched the Eight-Tails bull on the head, making it see stars. With its eight tails entangled by the Wood Dragon, it lost its balance and crashed into a small mountain, using the mountain as a springboard to regain its footing.

The defeat is inevitable.

A flicker of despair flashed in the Eight-Tails' eyes, and deep within his consciousness, Killer B sighed helplessly.

The difference in strength is still too great. This extremely high-level Wood Style Jutsu alone is enough to suppress the Tailed Beast, not to mention the power of the Rinnegan.

Killer B and the Eight-Tails both gave it their all, using every trick in the book, but in the end, they were no match for their opponent.

Wood Dragon viciously devoured the Eight-Tails 'Chakra. In just over ten seconds, the Eight-Tails' aura weakened to its limit. Finally, with a bang, it dispelled its Tailed Beast Transformation form and could no longer sustain such a massive amount of energy consumption. Killer B appeared in mid-air, and before he could fall, Wood Dragon swallowed him whole.

"Eight-Tails, captured successfully."

Senju Zen's lips curled into a smile, and he relaxed. Now all eight Tailed Beasts were collected; only the final Nine-Tails remained.

Through the eyes of his Six Paths Clone, he simultaneously monitored the battlefield of the Fourth Raikage.

"Now that this is over, we can send more Chakra over to Kumogakure for a good attack!"

Standing atop the wooden figure, Senju Zen gazed at the village utterly devastated by the thunderstorm, stroked his chin, and a sudden, intense urge to destroy ignited within him.

Now that the plan is mostly complete, once Nine Tailed Beasts are gathered and the Moon Eye Plan is activated, the Five Great Ninja Villages will certainly not sit idly by. Rather than waiting for the Five Great Ninja Villages to unite, they might as well defeat the Cloud Ninja first to establish their authority.

"Let's do it! Let's get started."

Senju Zen stomped his foot, and the wooden puppet responded by stretching out its two long, thick arms, breaking off the top of a mountain, and then hurling it fiercely towards Kumogakure.

The mountain, weighing tens of thousands of tons, burst through the air. Its extremely high speed and immense mass caused the surface of the mountain to rub against the air, generating heat. A layer of Kakkō enveloped the outer layer of the mountain, making it look like a falling meteor, carrying intense Kakkō, rapidly approaching Kumogakure.

The wooden figure was enormous, so its every move was impossible to hide.

The survivors in Kumogakure witnessed the wooden doll breaking off a mountain peak and throwing it like a shot put; this time, they were truly in despair.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One mountain peak after another was snapped in half.

The Kumogakure covers a vast area, with more than twenty mountain peaks connected by viaducts, forming one of the five great peaks of the Shinobi World.

At that moment, the wooden golem's attack destroyed four mountain peaks, taking away one-fifth of the Kumogakure's territory. Naturally, all the survivors on those peaks perished; even ninjas would find it difficult to survive under such circumstances.

Damn it!

"You beast, you're despicable!!"

The survivors on the other peaks were furious, and the elders were filled with rage, wishing they could rush over and tear Senju Zen to pieces.

"Retreat, retreat quickly! Don't worry about the civilians anymore, those who can leave should leave now."

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

The ninjas mustered all their strength and rushed down the mountain, disregarding the thunderstorms from above and protecting the defenseless villagers, even though they themselves were now in grave danger.

"Kumogakure is finished! Isn't Lord Raikage going to save them?"

Asura Path spoke, his tone flippant, with a hint of a smile.

Ai's eyes twitched, his anger reaching its peak. Veins on his forehead throbbed like small snakes, and his entire body shone with azure lightning. He unleashed a barrage of punches, piercing through the Water Wall in front of Human Path and sending the short Human Path flying like a tattered sack, splattering onto the ground with a loud thud.

The Heavenly Dao looked at the miserable state of the Human Path and shook its head helplessly.

Well, he's a Shadow after all; paying a price is nothing.

"Hell Stab, One-Finger Nukite"

The six arms of the Asura Path pierced Ai's chest and abdomen, entering from the front and exiting from the back. One of the arms gripped a strong and powerful heart, which was still pounding even after leaving his body.

Ai gave a weak, bitter laugh. He was truly exhausted after fighting to this point. His Chakra was pushed to the limit, and he had swallowed Ration Pills he had. Every cell in his body was aching, but thankfully, he could no longer feel the pain. Only the endless chill was gradually engulfing his last bit of consciousness.

"Lord Raikage!!"

Darui cried out in anguish, wildly wielding his longsword. Black lightning crackled around the blade, unleashing destructive power that forced back the siege from the Preta Path and the Animal Path.

He stared at Ai, who had collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide with fury, and two streams of bloody tears flowed down his cheeks.

Looking back, the once bustling and prosperous village has vanished without a trace, leaving only giant wooden figures walking among the broken mountain peaks.

All seven Jonin who came with him were killed in battle, leaving him all alone on the vast mountain plateau, a truly desolate sight.

"Senju Zen, Uchiha Genso, the Cloud Ninja will not fall like this. I will kill you all, absolutely."

Amidst the roar

With a kick, Darui sent the Amber Purifying Pot flying towards the realms of Preta Path and Animal Path. He then turned and rushed to the edge of the hillside, jumping down without hesitation.

"Hmm, very decisive!"

Uchiha Genso strolled over leisurely. With Kumogakure destroyed, he no longer needed to maintain the Great Calamity Day of the Sun. He was just about to come down and lend a hand when that Cloud Ninja guy actually escaped.

"So what if they ran away? It's alright."

Tiandao also came over. He picked up the Amber Purifying Pot that had fallen to the ground, righted it, and placed his palm on the outer wall of the large urn, gently stroking it, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Knock knock!"

A gentle tap produced a hollow sound from the Amber Purifying Pot.

"This is good stuff!"

Tian Dao's lips curled up, his smile unfathomable.

"The Amber Purifying Pot —a legendary ninja tool left behind by the Sage of Six Paths?" Uchiha Genso was also drawn to the Amber Purifying Pot, curiously examining this legendary treasure of the Sage of Six Paths. "Brother Zen, are you perhaps planning to use this thing to deal with that one?"

"Give it a try. If it works, that would be great, but even if it doesn't, there's nothing to lose!"

A scroll slipped from Tiandao's sleeve, unfolded, and lay flat on the ground. He placed the Amber Purifying Pot in the blank space on the scroll and quickly Hand Seals.

"Seal up!"

A command was given.

However, the Amber Purifying Pot was not sealed inside the scroll; instead, the scroll tore open with a ripping sound.

"Tsk tsk! Interesting. Is there no way to seal it in a scroll? No wonder that Cloud Ninja was carrying it on his shoulder. Looks like I'll have to carry it back." (To be continued)