First Raikage, A.
With his exceptional leadership and formidable strength, he ended the era of ninja turmoil in the Lightning Country.
The Kage of later generations might vary greatly in combat ability for all sorts of reasons. Though they bore the title of Kage, their strength could be rather lacking—at most, they might only be Jonin, perhaps even weaker than some formidable elite Jonin.
But the founders of the six great ninja villages were absolutely no frauds. To them, Kage was merely a title, incapable of representing their true strength.
The First Raikage wielded the strongest Lightning Release in the world. In terms of Lightning Release alone, not even Madara or Hashirama could surpass First Raikage A's mastery.
And when a supreme expert of such unquestionable strength chose to deal with someone through a sneak attack and assassination, success was practically guaranteed!
Of course, that was assuming the target truly noticed nothing...
Clang—
Cold Edge left its sheath, trailing a bleak, chilling gleam through the air!
Enkō did not even turn his gaze toward the First Raikage. Relying purely on battle instincts powerful beyond reason, he raised his left arm to block while slashing his blade horizontally at the First Raikage's chest and abdomen!
The First Raikage, who had erupted with all his strength, had never expected Enkō to react and counterattack under such extreme circumstances. His own all-or-nothing killing blow could not be altered at the last moment, so he steeled himself and continued driving his fist forward without dodging!
Boom—
A fist carrying the force of thunder struck Enkō's forearm head-on. A deafening explosion rang out amid the army of ten thousand, and the soldiers within several meters of the two were instantly hurled away by the violent shockwave, leaving a vacant circle around them!
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