The Era of That Man (1)

"BOOOOM—"

Uchiha Tokino's howling roar vanished within the shockwave that destroyed everything.

The terrifying power of Lightning Style: Black Flame Hades had been displayed to its fullest!

By borrowing the power of Aizen's Lightning Style: Divine Punishment, Tokino used the Thunder God Control Hammer's properties to absorb the might of the lightning before unleashing it all upon Aizen.

That final strike, infused with the power of lightning and Amaterasu's black flames, reduced everything to dust.

Like the blast of a nuclear bomb, the violent shockwave utterly destroyed the already shattered rocky mountain. And that terrifying, all-sweeping force continued onward.

As that enormous sphere of light flared to its absolute peak, the fierce roar of the airwaves nearly drowned out everything!

"WHOOOOM—"

Countless clouds of dust, shattered stones, and fragments of black flame surged down from the sky toward the ninjas below like a mountain flood bursting loose.

Seeing this, the ninjas from every village who had already fled to the foot of the rocky mountain turned deathly pale. The apocalyptic scene reflected in their eyes as they shrieked in distorted, piercing voices.

"Run! Run!"

The moment those words fell, everyone turned and fled in all directions.

The pulverized remains of that enormous rocky mountain came crashing down like a terrifying avalanche!

The sheer mass of shattered stone and dust was far too immense. With human strength alone, there was no way to withstand its descent. Anyone struck by it would have no chance of escape—they would only be buried beneath it, never to see daylight again.

The same scene unfolded all around the base of the rocky mountain!

The Konoha ninjas led by Jiraiya, the Cloud Ninja led by A, the Mist Ninja, Ōnoki, Rasa, and the allied forces behind them all chose to retreat!

Yet even as they fled