Pummeling the Raikage

Traces of Sage Mode appeared on Kazan's body.

The Third Raikage recognized them at a glance. They resembled a certain ability of the First Hokage recorded in his village's archives.

It seemed to be one of the legendary Sage of Six Paths' techniques, called Sage Mode.

Why did he know so much about it?

Besides reading the relevant records, he had fought Jiraiya in Sage Mode not long ago.

It provided an enormous boost to combat power.

He had only just unleashed his Black Lightning, yet the brat before him had already taken his own power up another notch.

"Arrogant brat!"

The Third Raikage flew into a rage. This Konoha genius actually dared to hold back against him.

He kept pressing forward, Black Lightning surging around his body with a sharp crackle.

"The times have changed. There will be no place for you in the Shinobi World of tomorrow!"

Conqueror's Haki coating enveloped Kazan's entire body, blocking the Leopard-Form Black Lightning and stopping it less than half a meter in front of him.

Kazan knocked the Third Raikage's knife-hand strike aside, then drove a counterpunch through the air.

Boom!

The Third Raikage felt his whole body shudder. Then he flew backward uncontrollably, snapping countless trees along the way.

He really had grown stronger. The boost was even greater than Jiraiya's, and the Third Raikage could feel it clearly.

Rather than pursuing immediately, Kazan stopped and shook out his fist. His dark golden eyes seemed capable of seeing through everything.

"Is that... the legendary Sage Mode?!"

Dodai and several other Cloud Shinobi suddenly paled.

The Sage of Six Paths' era was far too distant, more than a thousand years ago—so distant that the history books contained no relevant records.

But during the First Hokage's era, quite a few older-generation ninja had