After the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
Two things immediately drew everyone's attention.
The first was that Ōnoki of Iwagakure had his right arm cut clean off in his battle with Sōkyū Hatake, the Thunder God!
The news immediately caused an uproar.
After all, Ōnoki, the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, was an extremely powerful figure who also represented his village's dignity.
Yet someone like him had an arm forcibly severed by Sōkyū Hatake, the Thunder God, at this time.
This was earth-shattering news!
Afterward, Ōnoki also announced that he would return to Iwagakure for treatment so that his severed arm could be perfectly reattached.
The second was that Konoha's Thunder God, Sōkyū Hatake, had been blasted to death by Ōnoki and Hōki during his battle against them!
The impact of this matter was equally far-reaching.
It was not just that the other villages had all breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, the person who had cost Ōnoki an arm was only eight years old. If someone like that really remained alive, he would pose an enormous threat to every other village!
Of course, that threat might not be immediate, but it carried even more far-reaching implications.
Sōkyū Hatake's strength had made them all realize that while they might be powerful now, if no astonishing talent emerged in the next generation, then once Sōkyū Hatake grew up, it would be his era.
Thus, in this respect, Ōnoki could be said to have given all the other villages a warning.
Sōkyū Hatake himself.
Was very dangerous!
Fortunately, Ōnoki had already killed him!
Of course, Konoha's response to this was even more thought-provoking.
Apart from Minato Namikaze and the others still at the border becoming more ferocious over what had happened to Sōkyū Hatake, there could be said to have been no other