Birds did not dare approach.
The insect beasts fell silent.
Ordinary people could not look upon it directly.
These phenomena themselves pointed to no single explanation.
Only through the crowd's own interpretations did they gradually become divine miracles.
As long as Lie Yang left the Land of Fire, the rumors, having lost their basis in reality, would sooner or later slowly fade away.
But if Konoha was willing to actively promote them, the situation would be entirely different.
They could consolidate the chaotic rumors.
They could make records from different regions consistent with one another.
Until a definite concept truly took root in the Land of Fire.
This power was not yet mature.
Yet it could become a bargaining chip to use in the future.
Lie Yang nodded.
"Fine."
Jiraiya was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when the surrounding atmosphere suddenly turned violent.
Boom!
Dozens of white air currents howled and collided high in the sky.
Layer upon layer of shockwaves swept outward.
An invisible force pressed vast depressions into the sea's surface.
The forests along the coast bowed low all at once.
Countless branches and leaves tore free from the treetops, only to be ground into fragments by the air currents high above.
Jiraiya abruptly looked up.
His eyes widened.
His body froze completely.
A dense numbness spread across his skin.
His throat worked repeatedly, but he could not make a sound.
A gigantic upper-bodied giant suddenly appeared in midair.
Its entire body was formed from pure, crystal-white Chakra.
Luminous and translucent.
Glittering with flowing light.
Streams of cloud-like air coiled around the giant's body.
Sunlight passed through its immaculate form, refracting into vast patches of brilliant gold.
There was no sinister ocular power.
No violent killing intent.
There was only a purity so flawless it