At that moment, Ōnoki and Rasa were giving it everything they had.
Ōnoki roared, formed Hand Seals, and unleashed a barrage of Dust Release.
The Light of Annihilation tore through the sky, carrying the chakra he had burned his life to produce as it slammed toward the colossal Buddha shadow blotting out the heavens.
Yet before the Dust Release could even touch the surface of the Susanoo Buddha Statue, it seemed to be drained by some invisible force, twisted, crushed, and reduced to nothing but dust.
"H-how... how is this possible...?"
His eyes widened, cold sweat pouring down his face as his voice trembled.
That was Dust Release—the Kekkei Tōta that could annihilate even Kekkei Genkai!
Yet it hadn't even managed to so much as shake the other side's defenses!
On the other side, Rasa glared furiously as Gold Dust surged from his palms, hardening into blades and crashing forward like a tide of steel toward the Susanoo Wood Golem.
It was his ultimate technique, commanding gold and Iron Sand—the secret art that protected Sunagakure.
But when the raging tide of Gold Dust crashed into the Buddha's body—
BOOM!
It was as if it had struck another world. The Gold Dust was sent flying, shattered, and scattered.
It hadn't even left a single crack.
"Th-this... what is this...?"
Rasa murmured to himself, his voice hoarse and his chest heaving.
A chill coiled around his spine like a venomous snake, inching its way upward.
At last, they understood.
The one standing before them was no ninja—
but a god.
An incarnation bearing the name "Destruction."
Ōnoki clenched his fists, veins bulging as his knuckles cracked.
He had led Iwagakure's strongest forces, determined to weaken Konoha and dominate the Ninja World.
But now, it was his own men who had suffered the