Battlefield Showdown

"Bang!"

Two thunderous thuds of heavy objects hitting the ground echoed out.

Fujin and Raijin, with their robust two-meter-tall frames, leaped from afar, crossing dozens of meters like divine soldiers descending from the heavens.

They crashed into the dense formation of Cloud Ninja on the battlefield.

"Lightning Release: Earth Flash!"

"Lightning Release: Cell Activation!"

"Dual Blade Style!"

Although the Cloud Ninja did not recognize these two, they knew that anyone standing in their way was an enemy, and they attacked with killing intent without a moment's hesitation.

"Hm?!"

"Where did they go?!"

When the attacking Cloud Ninja rushed forward, their vision suddenly blurred, and the two figures who had been standing right in front of them vanished in an instant!

"Watch out!"

The Cloud Ninja furthest away had the best vantage point; seeing a dark shadow flash by, a sense of foreboding immediately gripped his heart.

Unfortunately, the speed of sound was far too slow, unable to keep pace with the physically evolved Fujin and Raijin!

"Bang!"

The sound of flesh exploding rang out as blood and viscera sprayed across the battlefield, splattering onto the faces of the surrounding Cloud Ninja.

Looking over, the towering Fujin stood before a Cloud Ninja, having shattered his entire upper body with a single punch!

Before the surrounding Cloud Ninja could even react, another equally massive figure was already rampaging across the battlefield.

"Boom!"

A violent gust of wind whistled by; no human figure could be seen, only the bodies and severed limbs of several Cloud Ninja flying through the air, snapping numerous trees as they collided with them.

In just a few leaps, without even needing to execute complete techniques, they relied solely on the immense impact force generated by their movement to crush the Cloud Ninja to pieces.

"They're Nintaijutsu powerhouses similar to the Raikage!"

"We can't react to them at all!"

"Fall back and create distance!"

The Cloud Ninja possessed the legacy of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, so they naturally understood the power of ninjas who had mastered Nintaijutsu to its peak; like the successive generations of Raikage, they moved like the wind on the battlefield, turning the fight into a one-sided slaughter against low- and mid-level ninjas.

The Cloud Ninja who had regained their senses scattered in all directions, attempting to create distance to unleash long-range Ninjutsu.

But against absolute speed and power, all tactics were futile.

Moreover, Fujin and Raijin had already breached their encirclement.

The earth and stones on the ground exploded continuously, as if a minefield had been buried there, leaving the battlefield pockmarked with craters.

And just like a minefield, every time the ground exploded, it signaled that these perfect weapons were performing a high-speed dash, and it signaled that another Cloud Ninja had died!

In an instant, the Cloud Ninja who had just organized their attack were once again wailing in agony across the field!

"Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"

A Cloud Ninja Jonin proficient in Nintaijutsu wore a ferocious expression, constantly stimulating his cellular activity to barely keep up with the speed of Fujin and Raijin.

"Nukite!"

It seemed to be a simplified version of the Raikage's Nintaijutsu; while not as potent as the true Four-Finger Nukite, it was still enough to pierce through metal and stone!

Fujin, who was being attacked, didn't even look, his expression cold as he reached out his hand.

"Hmph!"

The Cloud Ninja Jonin let out a muffled groan as his Nukite, reinforced by Lightning Release Chakra, was crushed into a ball.

This Jonin possessed incredible willpower; even with his hand bones shattered, he leaped into the air, delivering a kick toward Fujin's head with suicidal killing intent.

Fujin raised his hand and threw him, sending the Cloud Ninja Jonin's body flying like a projectile into the remaining incoming Cloud Ninja, resulting in another wave of casualties.

"If I were alone, it would naturally be easy to get bogged down by an army,"

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled faintly at the sight.

"But if you add two top-tier Nintaijutsu death-soldiers..."

"Who fear neither injury nor exhaustion..."

"Without experts of the same level to hold them back..."

"No matter how many ninjas come, they are merely filling a grave."

Fujin and Raijin's first appearance on the battlefield was truly extraordinary.

Speed and strength far exceeding that of a Jonin, equivalent to two Raikage rampaging across the battlefield, directly ignited a massacre.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not prepared to just stand by and watch; after all, there was still a troublesome little one who wished for nothing more than to tear him to pieces.

"Die!"

A sharp cry rang out from the side, followed by several blue, high-temperature fireballs.

Nii Yugito was seen cloaked in a Tailed Beast shroud, her pupils turned pure white, and cat-like whisker markings appeared on her unadorned face.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nimbly flipped backward, dodging all the fireballs.

"The Third Hokage!?"

Nii Yugito was somewhat startled, as the heroic and dignified man before her looked much younger than the legends suggested.

But the surprise lasted only a moment; having seen him ambush and kill so many Cloud Ninja on the battlefield, Nii Yugito's hatred for this Ninja Hero had reached its peak.

"Rat Tail Ball!"

Nii Yugito parted her lips slightly, spitting out ten consecutive blue fireballs that streaked toward Sarutobi Hiruzen from various tricky angles.

"Earth Flow Wall!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen performed hand seals at lightning speed, erecting a barrier in front of him.

But he did not expect those blue fireballs to act as if they had a life of their own, bypassing the Earth Wall directly to attack the hiding Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was slightly surprised, but his peak physical condition granted him incredibly sharp reflexes.

He nimbly changed his posture in mid-air, and within a few leaps, the homing blue fireballs could not touch him in the slightest.

Not only that.

Nii Yugito furrowed her delicate brows, as the blue fireballs in the air fell vertically one after another, like deflated balloons.

The invisible Chakra threads on Nii Yugito's ten fingers also hung limp, having lost their control.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled faintly, a Kunai wrapped in Wind Style Chakra dancing nimbly between his fingers.

He sensed instantly that it was Chakra threads controlling the fireballs and cut them with precision.

Such judgment and insight.

Nii Yugito's expression turned grave; the hot-blooded fervor she initially felt was suddenly dampened by more than half.

She had forgotten that the man before her was the Professor of Ninjutsu, renowned throughout the Ninja World; as a Jinchuriki who had only recently been promoted to Jonin, she was still too green to face a top-tier powerhouse of the Ninja World.

But Nii Yugito was not prepared to give up; instead, her competitive spirit was ignited.

The blue Tailed Beast shroud on her body grew deeper in color, almost turning a dark, blood-red.

Leaving a crater in the ground, Nii Yugito transformed into a blur and darted out.

With the augmentation of Tailed Beast Chakra, Yugito's physical prowess was not at all inferior to a Jonin specializing in Nintaijutsu, and perhaps even greater.

"A girl from the Cloud Village wants to bully me for being old and weak."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression carried a hint of provocation and mockery.

"Whoosh!"

While sprinting low to the ground, Yugito extended both hands, and a pair of blue Chakra claws emerged.

"Hm?!"

Yugito seemed to sense something and leaped, springing from the ground into the air.

Several earth spikes rose from the ground, grazing her body, their tips glinting with sharp edges.

But as Yugito leaped into the air, she was met with a kick right at her doorstep.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had predicted her move and leaped up as well, as if Yugito had delivered herself right to him, kicking her out of mid-air.