Cloud Village's reinforcements arrived quickly.
Early the next morning, a brand-new small boat broke through the mist barrier surrounding Turtle Island.
A deep blue bolt of lightning flashed past, and a middle-aged man with long pale-yellow hair, dark brown skin, and the bearing of a lion appeared before everyone.
The Third Raikage!
He bore both the titles of Strongest Spear and Strongest Shield, a peak powerhouse flawless in both offense and defense!
If the villages and their Third Kage were compared together—
The strongest in attack was undoubtedly the Third Tsuchikage. With his Kekkei Tōta, Dust Release, no one in the entire Shinobi World could take it head-on.
The most well-rounded was the Third Hokage. Ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, Summoning Technique, Sealing Technique—he excelled at them all. He could display formidable strength in any situation, and his wide range of abilities made him difficult to counter.
The most mysterious was the Third Mizukage. His battle record was unknown, his abilities were unknown—everything about him was an unknown.
By comparison, although the Third Kazekage was known as the strongest Kazekage, his strength was actually fairly average.
Perhaps he was stronger than the Third Mizukage, who had revealed no information whatsoever, but he definitely could not defeat the Fire, Earth, and Lightning Kage.
Among the Fire, Earth, and Lightning Kage, however, Araki believed the Third Raikage had the greatest chance of being the last one standing in a one-on-one fight.
With Lightning Release Armor protecting him, he had an extremely high margin for error in battle.
Other than Dust Release, the Third Raikage could withstand nearly any attack from the other Kage, yet no one could endure his Strongest Spear.
As for Dust Release, its greatest flaw was that it was not fast enough to activate.
—That was only relative to the Third