On the Sky Screen, that utterly shocking scene froze.
The vast village of Amegakure had stood intact upon the earth one second, only to be completely wiped out by a single shot from the Black Ship the next. It dissolved into ashes that filled the sky, leaving not even a single intact brick or tile.
Across the Shinobi World, most of the shinobi and civilians watching the Sky Screen were left dumbstruck.
After a moment of deathly silence, an uproar erupted.
"My god! One strike! Just one strike, and an entire Shinobi Village was gone!"
"Is this the power of the Celestial Dragons? Is this their true trump card?! It's terrifying!"
"That Black Ship can actually hover in the sky and charge up an attack that destroys a village! This is nothing like the technology or ninjutsu the Shinobi World has!"
Intense fear rose in the hearts of countless ordinary shinobi. Their backs went cold, and they could not stop shivering.
But soon, some people calmed down. As they carefully recalled the power of that strike, their brows slowly furrowed.
"Wait... honestly, it doesn't seem quite as outrageous as we imagined."
"A Tailed Beast Bomb unleashed at full power can flatten a village too. The destructive power really isn't that different."
"Then doesn't that mean the Celestial Dragons' devastating strike tops out at about the same level as a Tailed Beast Bomb?"
At those words, many powerful figures came to their senses, and more than half of their overwhelming fear instantly faded.
"Exactly! That attack was incredibly intimidating, but its actual power wasn't enough to overwhelm the Shinobi World."
"Which raises the question-more nobles were killed in the Five Great Nations, and the operations there were much larger. Why did the Celestial Dragons only blow up Amegakure?"
Everyone understood at