"Whoosh!!"
"Urgh..."
A lethal kunai greeted him, ending his life on the spot. None of the squad heading to Amegakure were ordinary; even the weakest possessed jonin-level strength. Dealing with these chunin and genin was effortless.
In truth, aside from the Akatsuki members, Amegakure's remaining ninja were no different from those of other small nations' ninja villages.
It was already impressive if they had a few jonin. Moreover, due to the war between the Small Nations Alliance and the Four Great Nations, the stronger fighters had been transferred away. The ones left behind had no room to resist Kisame Hoshigaki and the Anbu.
"Kill!!"
Kisame Hoshigaki charged in first with Samehada in hand. Though Water Release could have ended the battle faster in such an environment, he did not want to use it. He dearly missed the sensation of smashing people with Samehada.
The twenty of them were like twenty ghosts as they charged straight into Amegakure. In an instant, the entire village erupted into chaos, like a basin of cold water being poured into boiling oil.
"Ah!!"
Unfortunately, under an absolute disparity in strength, no matter how fiercely Amegakure's ninja resisted, the result was always the same: death!
Kirigakure was erased from the map. Not a single ninja left behind survived, and the entire village was ravaged by immensely powerful ninjutsu, turning Amegakure completely into a homeland of floodwaters. Many civilians were caught in the attacks, though aside from those struck by the ninjutsu, everyone else was unharmed.
But they could only watch helplessly as their homes were destroyed.
Amegakure's destruction was Ronglin's final warning to Black Zetsu: if he did anything else that displeased him in the future, Ronglin would turn hostile outright. Erasing a small village would be the least of it.
Once Amegakure was destroyed, the