The thunderclouds that perpetually shrouded the skies above Kumogakure were forcibly torn apart by an unimaginably vast black rift, violet lightning coursing along its edges!
At the center of the rift, five white-clad figures hovered silently, like gods and demons stepping out of the abyss.
Their leader wore a white haori, his black hair billowing as his violet eyes calmly surveyed the village below, braced for battle, as though looking down on an anthill.
Uchiha Ryūha.
Behind him stood the expressionless Fourth Espada, Ulquiorra.
And three Uchiha Arrancar-dressed in matching white outfits, their faces still vaguely recognizable, their gazes sharp, with black holes in their chests and scarlet tomoe spinning in their eyes.
"It's Liuyu! And those Uchiha traitors!" Someone recognized Steelbone and the other two.
"They're here..." Darui's voice was dry.
A stared fixedly at the white figure high above, his eyes bloodshot, fury mingling with a deeply buried fear.
He slammed the communications button, his voice carrying throughout the village through chakra, hoarse and resolute:
"Kumogakure! Open fire!!!"
"Target! The rift in the sky! Full barrage! Chakra Cannons! Fire!!!"
Hummm!!!!
Across Kumogakure, atop several mountain peaks where charging had long since reached its limit, enormous cannon barrels engraved with intricate runes suddenly blazed with dazzling blue-white light.
Terrifying torrents of chakra compressed and condensed within the barrels.
Finally, they became several destructive beams over three meters in diameter, powerful enough to instantly vaporize a Tailed Beast Cloak, and tore through the air.
With deafening roars, they blasted toward Liuyu and the other four at the center of the rift high above!
This was Kumogakure's ultimate strategic weapon, drawing on nearly half the village's chakra reserves, enough to destroy a small nation with a single strike!
Faced with this terrifying barrage capable of obliterating mountains, Liuyu did not even