Killing the Third Raikage with His Fists

Haki swept across the battlefield.

Kazan pressed his assault, his fists raining down like crashing waves.

"Once I kill you, the Cloud Shinobi's banner will fall!"

The Third Raikage was driven back, his disadvantage plain to see.

Yet he still refused to retreat. Even as he fought Kazan, he tried to stop Konoha's forces from pursuing his troops.

This time.

Kazan no longer hesitated. Gone was the mercy he had shown in the Land of Rivers campaign. He ordered his forces to pursue, determined to inflict devastating losses on the Cloud Shinobi at any cost.

One decisive punch now would spare them a hundred later.

In this battle, he would make the Cloud Shinobi truly feel the pain.

"Then we'll raise a new banner!"

The Third Raikage roared, blood pouring from his mouth. He was already on his last legs.

Armament Haki had shredded his internal organs, yet the lightning around him had not dimmed in the slightest.

Behind him.

The Cloud Shinobi tried to come to his aid several times, but Dodai shouted them down each time.

"Withdraw from the Land of Sound! Don't look back!"

He bit his lip until it bled and ordered the main force to retreat, while the Raikage threw everything his battered body had left into stopping Konoha's pursuit.

Haki raged across heaven and earth as Kazan unleashed one crushing blow after another.

But though his body was broken, the Third Raikage's resolve held firm. Alone, he sought to stop both Kazan and Konoha's pursuing forces.

His will could not take tangible form and affect them as Kazan's Conqueror's Haki could.

Yet the Third Raikage's resolve was every bit as moving.

Even now, he refused to take a single step back.

Kazan had gravely wounded him. Blood covered his body, his life was beyond