The feeling of holding the power of life and death was incredible.
The stone sphere in the sky kept growing. Once it fell, all of Kirigakure would be wiped off the map.
Just then.
A large hole suddenly melted open in the distant ground without a sound.
Gekkō Raito floated leisurely out of the hole.
He gently brushed the dust off his clothes, even finding the leisure to feel the surging new power inside him.
He had thought stripping away his Kekkei Genkai would leave him weakened, but instead, it felt like shedding heavy armor. His whole body felt more nimble.
The nature transformations of the five basic attributes were now as clear in his mind as the lines on his palm.
It seemed he could combine them however he wished with just a thought.
He raised his head and glanced at the enormous stone sphere blotting out the sky above him.
"Whoa, that's pretty big."
"That kid Nagato's planning to make quite a splash."
Raito shook his head regretfully, extended an index finger, and pointed toward the sky.
Golden light compressed and gathered furiously above his fingertip.
"Impressive as it is, I'd better destroy it."
Whoosh!
A golden aurora instantly pierced heaven and earth!
The beam was so fast that it surpassed even an afterimage, instantly piercing the core of the massive Chibaku Tensei.
Immediately afterward, dazzling golden light shone out from inside the enormous stone sphere.
Boom!
An earth-shattering explosion erupted ten thousand meters in the air, and a sea of fire instantly spread across the sky.
Countless burning boulders rained indiscriminately down toward Kirigakure like a meteor shower, trailing long tails of flame.
On the ground, Nagato froze.
He spread his hands and stared at the sky in disbelief.
What just happened?
Raito?
*He broke my strongest