High above the battlefield, Ōnoki was contending with Jiraiya, but out of the corner of his eye, he also caught sight of his son being completely suppressed. Anxiety and anger filled him.
"Useless!"
He cursed inwardly, but more of his anger was directed at the Konoha ninja wearing the Azure Dragon Mask.
"Jiraiya, I have no time to play with you anymore!"
Ōnoki forced back a Rasengan from Jiraiya and brought his hands together before his chest. A small, transparent cube instantly formed between his palms and rapidly expanded!
An immense, terrifying surge of chakra instantly locked onto Jiraiya below!
"Feel despair! Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
The transparent cube blazed with light, bearing a terrifying aura that disintegrated everything and purified everything as it descended over Jiraiya's head!
Jiraiya's expression changed drastically in an instant. He sensed a lethal threat from that cube!
"Damn it!"
Chakra erupted beneath his feet, and he darted diagonally backward.
Humm-!
The Dust Release beam skimmed past the hem of his clothes and struck a massive rock a short distance behind where he had been standing.
There was no explosion, no deafening crash.
The massive rock, along with a small patch of ground and vegetation behind it, simply vanished soundlessly in the light.
It was as though an invisible hand had erased them directly from the world, leaving only an enormous cut surface as smooth as a mirror!
The Konoha ninja who witnessed it all gasped, the color draining from their faces.
"Y-you've got to be kidding! What technique was that?"
"The rock... just disappeared?!"
"Is this the Tsuchikage's power?"
Fear spread like a plague.
"Hmph, you're certainly quick to dodge. Did Hiruzen Sarutobi only teach you how to scurry away like a rat?"
Ōnoki sneered from the air and brought