P.S. This chapter makes up for Sunday's missed update. I still owe you one chapter for Qingming, which I'll make up this weekend!
It was only for an instant.
The small Katsuyu scattered all around
glowed with beautiful green light.
High above,
in that very moment,
a brilliant flash suddenly flared.
Compared to the area just below,
Boom!
As the terrifying shockwave swept up,
Jiraiya, who had only just defeated the Animal Path and Asura Path head-on,
shuddered.
"Lord Jiraiya!"
"Little Jiraiya!"
At the warnings from the two Sages, Fukasaku and Shima, and the small Katsuyu that had just attached herself to his other side,
"Ninja Art!"
"Damn it!?"
"This!?"
"Lightning Style!"
Brilliant light.
A terrifying aura.
The entire battlefield seemed about to be swallowed up.
An overwhelming force erupted.
"Super Shinra Tensei!"
High in the sky, Deva Path Pain's low, emotionless voice rang out.
For an instant, space seemed to freeze.
Then,
the shockwave erupted in a frenzy.
Rumble!
At an angle below,
with Deva Path Pain at its center,
the force spiraled outward in a devastating blast.
"Not good!?"
After a brief moment of compression,
the shockwave burst outward.
As it surged forth,
there was no way to evade this attack.
Naruto, the Fourth Raikage, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, along with Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and the others still some distance away, all unleashed their defensive techniques at that moment.
However,
the instant they had barely managed to do so,
in the empty space,
Obito had already been concealed in a certain spot.
His expression was one of extreme excitement.
Boom!
Bang!
In an instant, light flooded the entire battlefield.
A violent roar erupted, stretching outward with the explosion.
A clamorous force.
Terrifying shockwaves.
There was no need to mention the epicenter.
Even at the very edge,
everywhere the technique