Unstoppable, Bellflower Mountain City Destroyed!

Beep, beep, beep.

Above the Bellflower Mountain battlefield, as the One-Tail Shukaku appeared, Ato's Scouter displayed its combat power:

92.

Looking at the number displayed on the Scouter, Ato frowned slightly.

Ato frowned not because the Tailed Beast's combat power was somewhat high.

On the contrary, it was because the Tailed Beast's combat power was somewhat low.

"Only 92 combat power? What a pity. I was originally planning to fight a Tailed Beast." Ato spoke with considerable regret.

One of Ato's purposes in coming to this planet was to increase his combat power through battle.

After all, Saiyans were born for battle.

The more they fought, the stronger they became.

He had originally been prepared to have a great battle with the Tailed Beasts of the Naruto World.

But now, it seemed that the One-Tail Shukaku, with only 92 combat power, was not worth Ato making a move.

"Let me think. Who in the Naruto World might have combat power over 100?"

Ato supported his chin with his right hand and fell into thought.

And while Ato was deep in thought, Bellflower Mountain City was welcoming its doom.

Boom!

The One-Tail Shukaku's purple Tailed Beast Ball collided with Ato's white Energy Blast.

A massive energy shockwave instantly swept across the entire Bellflower Mountain City.

Rumble...

The energy sphere formed by the collision first contracted, then rapidly expanded and exploded.

The nearby Sand Shinobi were instantly reduced to ashes by the explosion of the enormous energy sphere.

The earth collapsed, leaving behind a massive crater.

Within the crater, dust and smoke billowed, nearly obscuring half the sky.

"Did it work?"

Chiyo, Sunagakure's commander, finally recovered from her shock and stared uneasily at the enormous cloud of dust ahead.

The Sand Shinobi behind her had been so frightened that they could no longer even hold their kunai.

The battlefield, once filled with chaos, had now fallen completely silent.

Whether Sand Shinobi or Konoha Shinobi,

all of them had stopped paying attention to the war and instead stared fixedly toward the white Energy Blast.

"Damn it, it failed!"

Across the silent battlefield, the One-Tail Shukaku's irritable yet somewhat frightened voice rang out.

At the same time, from within the enormous cloud of dust, a brilliant white Energy Blast continued charging toward the Sand Shinobi camp as before.

"Quick, use Air Bullets! We must stop that Tailed Beast Ball!"

Chiyo's pupils constricted sharply as she issued the order in panic.

White Secret Technique: Three Treasures Suction Crushing!

Chiyo moved first. Three special puppets formed a triangular arrangement, and a tremendous pulling force surged forth from them.

This Secret Jutsu, capable of trapping even a Kage, only slightly slowed the white Energy Blast.

Cold sweat poured down Chiyo's forehead.

Wind Release: Air Bullet!

Wind Release: Air Bullet!

Wind Release: Air Bullet!

Behind her, the Sand Shinobi unleashed their full firepower, dense volleys of Air Bullets hurtling toward the white Energy Blast.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Violent explosions rang out one after another, yet even after hundreds of Sand Shinobi exhausted all the chakra in their bodies, they still could not halt the white Energy Blast.

Unstoppable!

The Sand Shinobi watched in despair as the white Energy Blast rushed right before their eyes.

Shukaku Shield!

A shrill explosive roar rang out. Beneath the Sand Shinobi's feet, a violent sandstorm surged from the ground, forming a gigantic sand shield in the shape of Shukaku!

"It's the Shukaku Shield! We're saved!"

A Sand Shinobi cried out in delight.

Yet in the next moment, his eyes widened, and the terror on his face twisted into something grotesque.

The white Energy Blast tore through the One-Tail Shukaku's absolute defense as easily as rotten wood.

Then, the Energy Blast that had traveled hundreds of kilometers exploded with a thunderous roar.

Bellflower Mountain City seemed to have been struck by a falling sun.

Every Ninja, whether the nearest Sand Shinobi or the slightly more distant Konoha Shinobi, was temporarily blinded by the intense light.

When the Ninjas regained their vision, they saw a black energy sphere.

Boom!

The black energy sphere exploded violently.

The terrifying shockwave from the explosion spread madly in every direction from the center of the energy sphere.

The air trembled.

The earth bulged and rolled.

The Sand Shinobi on the ground were swallowed by the explosion in an instant.

Even the One-Tail Shukaku could not escape unscathed.

After swallowing the Sand Shinobi, the raging explosion showed no discrimination as it swept directly toward the Konoha camp.

The earth rolled like an earthen dragon. The Konoha Shinobi could not remain standing and could only lie flat on the ground, clutching protruding rocks with both hands to steady themselves.

Only a very small number of Konoha jonin could barely remain standing.

Orochimaru's pupils contracted violently. He was already both shocked and horrified as he watched the terrifying energy shockwave rushing toward him.

Orochimaru formed hand seals at a rapid pace, three times faster than usual.

Summoning Jutsu: Three Uncles Come Repair the Door! Orochimaru slammed both hands down.

Three enormous Rashomon gates rose from the ground, each nearly as large as the One-Tail Shukaku.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

However, the three Rashomon gates had only just opened their mouths when the terrifying energy shockwave swept over them.

After holding it back for merely two seconds, the three Rashomon gates were violently torn apart and vanished into immense clouds of smoke.

Seeing that his strongest defensive Ninjutsu was ineffective, Orochimaru made a decisive choice and turned to dive into Manda's mouth.

"Manda, eat as many of the Konoha Shinobi behind us as you want." Orochimaru's cold voice sounded from within Manda's body.

Manda, who had long been unable to restrain himself, turned and opened his gaping maw, swallowing over a hundred Konoha Shinobi whole.

However, Manda's greed caused him to miss the best opportunity to escape.

The energy shockwave had already arrived.

Rumble!

In the next moment, Bellflower Mountain City was swallowed by an energy Patrick Star rising from the ground.

With a terrifying explosion, the entire Bellflower Mountain City was reduced to ashes.

Bellflower Mountain City, once the highest point in the region, had now become an enormous basin.

Within that basin, there was only a two-meter-tall tanuki, covered in blood and sprawled miserably on the ground.

Standing atop the tanuki's head was Bunpuku, the Sand Shinobi jinchuriki, with his hands pressed together.

"You damned Monk Bunpuku! You actually used me as a shield? I'll kill you!" The weakened One-Tail Shukaku bared his teeth at Bunpuku above him, murderous intent filling his beastly eyes.

"I am deeply sorry, Shukaku. In the end, I still used you. You were clearly about to accept humanity, yet I never expected everything to end in failure." Blood trickled from the corner of Bunpuku's mouth, his eyes full of guilt. At the final moment of the explosion, he had forcibly controlled the One-Tail Shukaku to protect Chiyo of Sunagakure and several puppet masters.

Beneath the One-Tail Shukaku, Chiyo of Sunagakure and three highly skilled puppet masters crawled out after surviving the disaster.

Not far from the One-Tail Shukaku,

Manda was in an even more miserable state, his body severed into two halves.

Inside Manda, a sharp blade sliced open his snake body, and Orochimaru crawled out of Manda's insides, drenched in slime.

Behind Orochimaru, more than a dozen Konoha jonin also crawled out, equally drenched.

"Orochimaru, you actually used me?"

Manda, who had not yet completely died, glared coldly at Orochimaru with snake eyes, wishing he could swallow him whole.

"What a pity. Such perfect experimental material was actually blown in half." Orochimaru looked indifferently at Manda, then opened his mouth and spat out a Sealing Scroll.

"Seal." Orochimaru directly sealed Manda's entire body into the scroll.

His Curse Mark experiments still lacked some materials. Manda and the Konoha Shinobi inside him who had not yet completely died were the best materials.

After dealing with Manda, Orochimaru looked at the basin before him and licked the blood from his face with his crimson tongue.

"Interesting. It seems something interesting happened on Haruki Hyuga's side." Interest flickered in Orochimaru's snake eyes before he turned his gaze toward Chiyo, who was also staring at him.

"No matter what, this boring war should come to an end."

In Konoha Year 46, the war between the Sand Shinobi and Konoha, which should have reached its fiercest stage, was declared over by the sudden destruction of Bellflower Mountain City.

There were no victors in this war.

Of the Sand Shinobi forces, only their commander Chiyo, three Sand Shinobi jonin puppet masters, Bunpuku—the One-Tail Shukaku's jinchuriki, whose life force had been exhausted and who was about to die—and the severely injured One-Tail Shukaku survived.

On Konoha's side, only their commander Orochimaru and more than a dozen Konoha jonin survived.