The Strongest Spear and Shield VS Bloodline Elimination!

"Onoki—!!!"

Third Raikage A's roar was like the final cry of an injured lion, echoing through the valley torn apart by the Dust Release beam.

Under the sunlight, the Hidden Cloud's miserable state was laid bare.

The severely wounded were blinded by the sudden intense light, letting out frightened whimpers and instinctively curling up like burrowing creatures exposed to the sun.

Stench, blood, and despair.

His small frame now radiated an unshakable, godlike majesty. Hovering in the air, Onoki looked down at the devastated battlefield and the weakened Third Raikage, his face devoid of expression, leaving only icy indifference.

For this war, Hidden Stone had paid an enormous price. He had even sacrificed his own son.

With such a tremendous price paid, this victory was only natural!

"The war is over. Give up this meaningless struggle, A."

Onoki's voice was clearly transmitted to every corner through chakra, carrying the calmness of one declaring an end.

"Look around you. Look at these subordinates who have bled dry for you."

"Meaningless sacrifices. Worthless deaths. They are already enough to prove your defeat—to prove who the ultimate victor of this war is."

His gaze swept over the numb, terrified, dying Hidden Cloud shinobi within the cave as though he were looking at lambs awaiting slaughter.

"Surrender. In the name of the Tsuchikage, I promise you and your men a dignified end."

"If you continue to resist..."

Onoki slowly raised both hands. Between his palms, that heart-chilling white light capable of disintegrating all things began to gather.

"You do not want to experience the pain of being split into atoms of dust."

"Don't even think about it—!!!"

Before Onoki could complete his technique, the Third Raikage's roar had already interrupted him.

With surging chakra, unprecedentedly brilliant lightning suddenly erupted around A's body.

It was not a dim afterglow, but black lightning condensed to the absolute extreme, like an eclipse devouring the sun!

Crackle—

BOOM!!!

Violent Lightning Release chakra exploded like a tangible tidal wave of rage.

The Third Raikage vanished from where he stood in an instant, leaving behind only a ring-shaped sonic boom cloud produced by his speed breaking past its limit—and molten ground!

Lightning Release Chakra Mode—Full Power!

The strongest Lightning Release Armor!

At that moment, he was no longer a grievously injured, exhausted trapped beast. He had once again become the "strongest spear" that had made the entire ninja world tremble!

"He's so fast!"

Onoki's pupils abruptly contracted.

In his perception, the trajectory of that violent lightning below had completely surpassed the limits of visual tracking.

Yet in but an instant, Onoki had determined that his target was not himself, but... the elite Hidden Stone formation behind him, which was organizing Earth Release to completely seal off the Hidden Cloud's escape route.

"Stop him!"

Onoki shouted sharply, rapidly turning the Dust Release cube in his hands as he tried to lock onto the blur of lightning.

But the Third Raikage's speed simply could not be captured by ordinary eyes.

Bolstered by the strongest Lightning Release Armor, his speed had reached an unimaginable realm.

In an instant, the Third Raikage's figure drew countless jagged blue afterimages through the air, tearing apart the atmosphere. Every flash was accompanied by an ear-splitting sonic boom and terrifying trenches plowed into the ground by violent Lightning Release!

"Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite!!!"

The cold declaration rang out amid his high-speed movement.

The Third Raikage brought together the four fingers of his right hand, gathering Lightning Release chakra powerful enough to pierce mountains!

He did not choose to attack Onoki in the air—Onoki could fly, was too far away, and confronting Dust Release head-on was unrealistic.

His target—

Was the Hidden Stone shinobi on the ground, who were forming hand seals and constructing Earth Flow Walls and falling-rock traps in an attempt to completely cut off the Hidden Cloud's path of survival!

BOOM! BOOM!

Under the extreme empowerment of chakra, the Third Raikage transformed into the sharpest spear, and with speed and force beyond thought, that spear instantly pierced through the Hidden Stone defensive formation made up of dozens of men.

The condensed Earth Flow Walls were effortlessly ripped apart like paper, while the sturdy, heavy rocks shattered instantly before the lightning.

The targeted Hidden Stone jonin did not even have time to react before their bodies, along with the comrades around them, were utterly crushed by the Third Raikage, who was like an out-of-control dump truck!

"Arghhh!"

"No!"

"Scatter! Move, now!"

Lightning flashed as the Third Raikage flickered away once more.

Hidden Stone's encirclement formation instantly fell into chaos, wails, cries of alarm, and shouted orders blending together.

In the blink of an eye, the Third Raikage, by his strength alone, was like a rampaging chariot of thunder, forcibly tearing several bloody breaches through Hidden Stone's layered blockade!

"Go! Retreat!!"

The Third Raikage's roar was like an exploding thunderclap, ringing in the ears of every Hidden Cloud ninja!

"Don't look back! Everyone, get out! All of you, survive!!!"

As his words fell, his speed surged once more. With unwavering resolve, he became a black bolt of lightning that tore through the sky, charging forward again.

That was the direction of White Stone Gorge.

As long as they broke through this path, they could escape!

"Still planning to put up a futile struggle? Then this old man will grant your wish!"

Onoki was both shocked and enraged.

The Third Raikage was simply too fast. Though his Dust Release was immensely powerful, its preparation time was too long, and he could not lock onto him.

But.

His inability to lock onto the Third Raikage did not mean he could not lock onto those Hidden Cloud ninjas preparing to flee!

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!!"

No longer trying to target that ghostly swift figure, Onoki abruptly expanded the range of the Dust Release cube severalfold!

A few breaths later.

An incomparably massive, translucent cube enveloping nearly half the battlefield descended brutally upon the routed Hidden Cloud ninjas fleeing for their lives, carrying an aura of terror that could annihilate all things.

This was an indiscriminate area attack.

He would rather accidentally injure some Hidden Stone ninjas than leave those Hidden Cloud ninjas any chance of escape!

"Damn it!"

The Third Raikage, who was doing everything he could to throw Hidden Stone's formation into disarray, instantly sensed the threat above him.

A range of this magnitude!

Was that old bastard trying to kill those Hidden Stone ninjas too?!

At this rate... it couldn't be stopped.

In that case...

A resolute light erupted in the Third Raikage's eyes.

He forcibly halted his charge, his legs driving into the ground like steel spikes.

The next instant, the lightning around his body flared violently again, as Lightning Release chakra condensed to its utmost limit surged madly into his right arm!

"Raaahhh—!!!"

The Third Raikage threw back his head and roared, the muscles in his right arm swelling to their limit as veins bulged like coiling dragons.

He poured his entire life's strength, his unyielding will, and his conviction to protect the village into this one strike!

"Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite!"

A pitch-black bolt of lightning condensed to the utmost extreme, as though it had devoured every trace of light between heaven and earth, shot upward like a divine blade that split the world apart. Carrying A, the Third Raikage's resolve to perish together with his foe, it savagely pierced toward Onoki, who was unleashing Dust Release!

You want my people dead!

Then I'll take your life!