Nawaki's Strength Realm

Although the outside world did not know Senju Nawaki's exact plans, that did not stop them from fearing him. Killing Hanzo was not something that could be accomplished through schemes alone; it also required immense strength. Hanzo, who excelled in Space Ninjutsu, was famously difficult to deal with. Defeating him and killing him were entirely different concepts.

Now, everyone was speculating about just how far Nawaki's strength had progressed after ten years of growth. Had he entered—or even surpassed—the realm of the God of Shinobi?

Ever since the Second Shinobi World War ended, Nawaki had devoted all his energy to internal reforms and construction, and had hardly fought seriously again. Even those closest to him did not know exactly how far his strength had reached.

Hanzo's death was the only clue in recent years that allowed people to indirectly estimate Nawaki's strength. However, due to limited intelligence and unclear battle details, the outside world could only arrive at a rough conclusion: Skywalker's strength had at least reached the realm of the God of Shinobi.

In truth, this conclusion seemed rather arbitrary, but it had some basis and was already very close to the truth.

Nawaki had managed to kill Hanzo this time, and it seemed as though he had taken advantage of a sneak attack. But in reality, the reason he had been able to strike Hanzo with Chidori without giving him even a chance to evade was because his basic attributes had already completely surpassed Hanzo's!

More than a decade ago, when Nawaki had fought Hanzo for the first time, he had used Flying Thunder God: Unceasing to attack Hanzo simultaneously from every angle. Yet all of those attacks had been perfectly defended against with Hanzo's master-level swordsmanship.

Compared to this sneak attack, the multi-angle assault of Flying Thunder