Sarutobi Toru glanced at the crowd. Seeing that everyone's eyes had turned to him again, he simply sat down on one of the Ten-Tails' toes and began speaking at length. "It seems the Hokage knows something after all. Good. Then he won't treat what I'm about to say as pure fantasy."
"It all began a thousand years ago..."
"What do you mean, a thousand or two thousand years ago? You—" A trace of anger appeared on Ōnoki's face. With the Ten-Tails having changed like this, the two Tailed Beasts from his village were likely impossible to retrieve. Already furious, Ōnoki immediately tried to interrupt.
Sarutobi Toru narrowed his eyes, a faint layer of dark light shimmering over his body. He casually threw a punch into the air.
In that instant, every shinobi facing Sarutobi Toru felt as though the sky had collapsed.
After communicating with the God Tree, the ordinary Chakra within Sarutobi Toru's body had finally been completely converted into the Power of All Creation. His former Black Lightning Release Chakra Mode had also transformed into Six Paths Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Under such circumstances, his speed, offense, and defense had all risen tremendously. Sarutobi Toru had already been renowned for close combat, but now his taijutsu prowess nearly surpassed Kaguya's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack. He could fully rival Might Guy's Eight Gates Formation during the final battle of the Original Work.
Under such an attack, even Namikaze Minato, famed for his godlike speed, had no time to react. Much less when Sarutobi Toru's speed had always been his greatest strength. Even among Six Paths-level fighters, it could be called peak-tier—far beyond Namikaze Minato's.
With just one punch, the endless air was blasted into a circular pillar of wind. No one heard a sound, because the force of the