One Man Against an Army! Bird Slope Passage Renamed Divine Blessing Road!

Earth Dragon's death was like a boulder thrown into a pond, causing a massive uproar across the Hidden Rock front lines.

Meanwhile, Hidden Leaf's morale soared. Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they launched a fierce counterattack.

Flames of war stretched to the horizon, and battle cries shook the wilderness.

Kamizuki Yu paid little attention to it. His figure had already quietly vanished behind Hidden Leaf's advancing front.

On the system panel, the words "Bird Slope Passage" stood out clearly, pointing him toward a new destination.

Several days later, outside Bird Slope Passage.

It was a perilous canyon, with towering cliffs on both sides and only a narrow path through the middle. It was indeed an ideal place to choke off a supply line.

"Lord Yu, we have cleared out all Hidden Rock sentries in the surrounding area." A Hidden Leaf jonin bowed as he reported, his tone filled with reverence.

Behind him stood several other Hidden Leaf elites, all silent and efficient war machines. Yet as they looked at Kamizuki Yu's back, there was an indescribable fanaticism in their eyes.

This lord was always so calm and detached, yet he could create miracles beyond ordinary imagination.

"Mm. Keep watch here. Handle any unusual activity yourselves." Kamizuki Yu casually waved a hand.

"My lord, the defenses inside the passage must be extremely tight. Do you require us to..." The jonin still wanted to press the matter.

"No need."

The two words carried no emotion, yet they made the jonin swallow every word that followed.

He lowered his head. "Yes!"

Kamizuki Yu said nothing more. With a flicker, he melted into the shadows deep within the canyon like a wisp of smoke.

The remaining Hidden Leaf ninja exchanged looks. In the end, they could only smile bitterly and strictly carry out his orders.

They understood very well that this lord's way of doing things never required explanation, nor did it require anyone else's intervention.

Inside Bird Slope Passage, the defenses were indeed airtight.

There was a guard every few steps, a sentry every few more, and hidden bunkers and traps everywhere.

Hidden Rock clearly understood the importance of this place and had stationed a heavy force here.

Unfortunately, such defenses were no different from decoration before Kamizuki Yu.

He moved through the passage like a ghost. The marks of the Flying Thunder God Technique silently jumped between the shadows, occasionally aided by Kamui's intangibility, allowing him to bypass every form of detection with ease.

The patrolling Hidden Rock ninja never even noticed that mortal danger had brushed past them.

Before long, he reached the core of the supply line—a massive warehouse inside the mountain.

Several squads of elite Hidden Rock ninja stood guard at the entrance, including quite a few jonin with powerful chakra signatures.

Kamizuki Yu did not choose to force his way in.

He circled to one side of the mountain wall beside the warehouse and gently pressed his palm against it.

Earth Release chakra flowed through him, and the hard rock softened beneath his hand like tofu.

Without a sound, a hole just large enough for one person to pass through quietly took shape.

He slipped inside.

The warehouse was enormous. Supplies were piled up like mountains, sorted into categories and stacked neatly.

Food, weapons, medicinal herbs, explosive tags... there was a dazzling assortment of goods.

The air was thick with the distinctive mixed scent of saltpeter and metal.

Kamizuki Yu's gaze swept over the supplies, enough to sustain a large-scale war, yet his heart remained unmoved.

His only goal was to check in.

He walked to the center of the warehouse and stopped.

"System, check in here."

[Ding! The host has arrived at the check-in location: Hidden Rock Supply Line Hub—Bird Slope Passage!]

[Checking in...]

[Ding! Check-in successful at [Hidden Rock Supply Line Hub]! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Kekkei Tōta: [Dust Release Kekkei Mōra (Beginner)]!]

A profound stream of information poured into his mind.

The ultimate fusion of the three chakra nature transformations—earth, wind, and fire—surpassed the kekkei genkai and pointed directly toward the supreme realm of the Kekkei Tōta.

Dust Release was a terrifying power capable of breaking everything down into an atomic state.

Kamizuki Yu closed his eyes and carefully sensed the new power within his body.

His beginner Sage Body began operating on its own. His abundant vitality and senjutsu chakra seemed to form a marvelous resonance with this newly awakened Dust Release power.

Even at the beginner level, its destructive power far exceeded imagination.

"Not bad." He murmured.

The instant Kamizuki Yu completed the check-in, a sudden change occurred!

Rumble—!

Several entrances to the warehouse were sealed shut by massive boulders at the same time!

Countless holes suddenly opened in the mountain walls on all sides, and powerful auras erupted from within them!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A dense storm of kunai and shuriken shot toward the center of the warehouse, sealing off every avenue of escape.

Immediately after, dozens of figures poured out from those openings and surrounded Kamizuki Yu from every side.

At their head stood a Hidden Rock jonin with a vicious scar across his face. His presence was particularly outstanding among the group.

He stared at Kamizuki Yu, grinning and exposing a mouthful of pale teeth.

"Ha ha ha! We finally hooked you, you big fish! Hidden Leaf's ghost!"

The scar-faced Hidden Rock ninja's laughter echoed through the sealed warehouse, carrying a cruel delight.

"After the commander was killed, we knew Hidden Leaf had definitely sent a top-tier expert to carry out this kind of decapitation mission."

"The Tsuchikage was wise enough to predict long ago that your next target would be our most important supply line!"

He pointed at Kamizuki Yu, his tone brimming with the arrogance of someone who believed victory was already in hand.

"Bird Slope Passage will be your grave! We've laid a heavenly net here: three hundred Hidden Rock ninja, along with five special jonin. Let's see how you escape this time!"

The surrounding Hidden Rock ninja all gave vicious grins, looking at Kamizuki Yu as though he were a trapped beast in a cage.

They truly had reason to be confident.

Such a meticulous arrangement, such an overwhelming advantage in numbers, combined with the elites urgently pulled back from the front after the commander's death, was enough to eliminate any expert below Kage level.

Kamizuki Yu looked around, his expression still calm.

Three hundred Hidden Rock ninja. Five special jonin.

It was indeed no small display of force.

What a pity.

"A heavenly net?" he repeated softly. Then a faint curve rose at the corner of his lips.

"You seem to know nothing about power."

The scar-faced Hidden Rock ninja frowned, and an inexplicable unease rose in his heart.

His opponent was too calm.

That calm did not seem feigned. It felt more like... disregard.

"Stop pretending! Get him! Chop him into paste!" The scar-faced Hidden Rock ninja shouted, suppressing the unease in his heart.

Dozens of Hidden Rock ninja answered in unison as the glow of various ninjutsu began gathering in their hands.

Earth Release, Fire Release, Wind Release... chakra of every color surged and roiled.

Kamizuki Yu slowly raised his hands and pressed them together.

The power of his beginner Sage Body was instantly pushed to its limit as immense natural energy flooded into him.

At the same time, the newly awakened Dust Release power, fused from earth, wind, and fire chakra natures, began to move as well.

"This is..." The scar-faced Hidden Rock ninja's pupils suddenly contracted.

From Kamizuki Yu, he felt a terrifying fluctuation that made his very soul tremble.

It was not merely powerful chakra. It was a higher form of destructive power!

"Dust Release..." Kamizuki Yu's voice was not loud, yet it reached every Hidden Rock ninja with perfect clarity.

"Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!"

Buzz—

A massive transparent cubic barrier suddenly expanded outward from Kamizuki Yu at its center!

It spread so quickly and covered such a vast range that it far exceeded every Hidden Rock ninja's expectations.

In almost an instant, more than half the warehouse, along with nearly a hundred Hidden Rock ninja who had charged first, was engulfed within the transparent cube.

"What is that thing?!"

"My body... I can't move!"

"Ah—!"

The Hidden Rock ninja inside the cube discovered in horror that an irresistible force of decomposition was acting upon them.

Their bodies, their ninja tools, the ground beneath their feet, even the ninjutsu they had just unleashed, were all vanishing and breaking apart at a rate visible to the naked eye!

There was no explosion, no thunderous roar.

Only a scalp-numbing silent annihilation.

The scar-faced Hidden Rock ninja was slightly farther away, barely at the edge of the cube. He only felt half his arm brush against it, and that half of his arm instantly turned into nothingness!

Excruciating pain and absolute terror seized him at once!

"Run! Retreat!!" He screamed with all his strength, his voice completely warped by fear.

But it was already too late.

Under Kamizuki Yu's mental control, the force of decomposition within the transparent cube suddenly intensified.

The trapped Hidden Rock ninja, along with the mountain of supply materials piled beneath their feet, were completely broken down into their most primitive molecular state in only a few breaths.

Nothing remained.

Only a vast, eerie blank space.

It was as though that area, along with everything that had existed within it, had been forcibly erased from the world.

The horrifying sight shattered the courage of every surviving Hidden Rock ninja.

Nearly a hundred comrades, including elite chunin and even a special jonin, had simply... vanished?

Without leaving behind even the slightest trace?

What kind of terrifying jutsu was this?!

Was this truly power that a human could wield?!

A deathly silence filled the warehouse.

The remaining Hidden Rock ninja, including the scar-faced leader with one arm missing, all stared at Kamizuki Yu as though looking at a demon god.

The savage grins on their faces had long vanished, replaced by fear and despair that reached into their bones.

"Run... Run for your lives!"

No one knew who was the first to let out the shrill scream.

Then the remaining Hidden Rock ninja scattered like startled birds. No longer caring about orders or encirclement, they threw aside their gear and desperately rushed toward the entrances that had not yet been fully sealed, as well as the holes their own people had just opened.

They fled in complete disarray.

Kamizuki Yu stood quietly at the edge of that vast blank space and did not pursue them.

He simply watched the fleeing Hidden Rock ninja with calm eyes.

One man was an army.

After today, that phrase would likely leave an indelible mark in the hearts of Hidden Rock's ninja.

He lowered his head and looked at his unscathed hands.

The power of Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu was even stronger than he had expected, especially when combined with senjutsu chakra.

And this was only the beginner level.

If it could be raised to an advanced level, or even mastered perfectly...

Kamizuki Yu withdrew his thoughts, turned around, and headed toward the untouched supplies deeper inside the warehouse.

Most of it was useless to him, but there were always some things he could bring back to Hidden Leaf.

For example, a large number of blank scrolls and high-quality chakra metal.

He walked slowly onward, his feet stepping across the floor that had become incomparably smooth from the Atomic Dismantling Jutsu.